I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5426
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Programs for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 6, 2000
Mr. SKEEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,914,000: Provided, That not to
exceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise
provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agri-
culture to carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law
104–127: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available by this Act may be used to enforce section 793(d)
of Public Law 104–127.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in-
cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit
analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the
World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,462,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, including employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,421,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and
Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,765,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, including employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000
is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,051,000.
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com-
puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service
and Rural Development mission areas for information
technology, systems, and services, $40,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for the capital asset acquisition
of shared information technology systems, including serv-
ices as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C.
1421–28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall
be consistent with the Department of Agriculture Service
Center Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies,
and shall be with the concurrence of the Department’s
Chief Information Officer.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,171,000: Provided,
That the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market
cross-servicing activities of the National Finance Center.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out
the programs funded by this Act, $629,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL
PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of
Agriculture buildings, $182,747,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That in the event an agency
within the Department should require modification of
space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a
share of that agency’s appropriation made available by
this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer a share
of this appropriation to that agency’s appropriation, but
such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds
made available for space rental and related costs to or
from this account.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq., and the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., $15,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal
lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Departmental Administration, $36,010,000, to
provide for necessary expenses for management support
services to offices of the Department and for general ad-
ministration and disaster management of the Department,
repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies
and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for
the practical and efficient work of the Department, includ-
ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re-
quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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, $3,568,000: 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 other
funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall
be available to the Department for support of activities
of congressional relations.
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, $8,623,000, includ-
ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000
may be used for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$68,867,000, including such sums as may be necessary for
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, including not to exceed
$50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and includ-
ing not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper-
ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to
be expended under the direction of the Inspector General
pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Pub-
lic Law 97–98.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $31,080,000.
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-
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, $556,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $67,038,000: Pro-
vided, That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Food and Nutrition Service,
Food Program Administration’’ for studies and evalua-
tions: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225).
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta-
tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur-
veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1621–1627, Public Law 105–113, and other laws,
$100,772,000, of which up to $15,000,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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,
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, $898,812,000: Provided, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for temporary
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria-
tions 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 appro-
priations 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, including
an easement to the University of Maryland to construct
the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion
shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided fur-
ther, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to re-
placement 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 subdivi-
sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing or operating any research facility or research
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized
by law.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to carry out research related to the produc-
tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts.
In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to
charge fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for
any permit, easement, lease, or other special use author-
ization for the occupancy or use of land and facilities (in-
cluding land and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural
Research Center) issued by the agency, as authorized by
law, and such fees shall be credited to this account, and
shall remain available until expended for authorized pur-
poses.
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, $74,200,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That
funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re-
search Service, as authorized by law.
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, $506,193,000, as follows: to carry out
the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–i),
$180,545,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research
(16 U.S.C. 582a–a7), $21,932,000; for payments to the
1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
(7 U.S.C. 3222), $32,676,000, of which $1,000,000 shall
be made available to West Virginia State College in Insti-
tute, West Virginia; for special grants for agricultural re-
search (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $85,669,000; for special grants
for agricultural research on improved pest control (7
U.S.C. 450i(c)), $13,721,000; for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $106,000,000; for the support
of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195),
$5,109,000; for supplemental and alternative crops and
products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $800,000; for grants for re-
search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act
of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and
Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), $640,000, to
remain available until expended; for the 1994 research
program (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,000,000, to remain
available until expended; for higher education graduate
fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,000,000, to
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for
higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)),
$4,350,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $1,000,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an edu-
cation grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7
U.S.C. 3241), $3,500,000; for a program of noncompeti-
tive grants, to be awarded on an equal basis, to Alaska
Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions
to carry out higher education programs (7 U.S.C. 3242),
$3,000,000; for a secondary agriculture education pro-
gram and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C.
3152(h)), $800,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C.
3322), $4,000,000; for sustainable agriculture research
and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $9,250,000; for a pro-
gram of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4))
to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of Au-
gust 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including
Tuskegee University, $9,500,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the
1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public
Law 103–382, $1,552,000; and for necessary expenses of
Research and Education Activities, of which not to exceed
$100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$18,149,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to carry out research related to the produc-
tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to re-
search on the medical, biotechnological, food, and indus-
trial 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), $7,100,000: Provided, That hereafter, any distribu-
tion of the adjusted income from the Native American In-
stitutions Endowment Fund is authorized to be used for
facility renovation, repair, construction, and maintenance,
in addition to other authorized purposes.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
For payments to States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia,
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $433,429,000,
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 and for costs of penalty mail
for cooperative extension agents and State extension direc-
tors, $276,548,000; payments for extension work at the
1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C.
343(b)(3)), $3,280,000; payments for the nutrition and
family education program for low-income areas under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $58,695,000; payments for the pest
management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,783,000; payments for the farm safety program under
section 3(d) of the Act, $4,000,000; payments to upgrade
research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as au-
thorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C.
3222b), $12,200,000, to remain available until expended;
payments for the rural development centers under section
3(d) of the Act, $908,000; payments for youth-at-risk pro-
grams under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,500,000; for
youth farm safety education and certification extension
grants, to be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of
the Act, $500,000; payments for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978,
$3,192,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under
section 3(d) of the Act, $2,000,000; payments for sustain-
able agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
$3,800,000; payments for rural health and safety edu-
cation as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–
624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,628,000; payments
for cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the
benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and
328) and Tuskegee University, $28,243,000, of which
$1,000,000 shall be made available to West Virginia State
College in Institute, West Virginia; and for Federal ad-
ministration and coordination including administration of
the Smith-Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977
(7 U.S.C. 341–349), and section 1361(c) of the Act of
October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate
and provide program leadership for the extension work of
the Department and the several States and insular posses-
sions, $18,152,000: Provided, That funds hereby appro-
priated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26,
1953, and section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, shall
not be paid to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa prior to availability of an
equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure dur-
ing the current fiscal year.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
For the integrated research, education, and extension
competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis-
trative expenses, as authorized under section 406 of the
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $41,941,000, as follows:
payments for the water quality program, $13,000,000;
payments for the food safety program, $15,000,000; pay-
ments for the national agriculture pesticide impact assess-
ment program, $4,541,000; payments for the Food Qual-
ity Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food
crop systems, $4,900,000; payments for the crops affected
by 
Food 
Quality 
Protection 
Act 
implementation,
$1,500,000; payments for the methyl bromide transition
program, $2,500,000; and payments for the organic tran-
sition program, $500,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by
the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration;
$635,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including
those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21
U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradi-
cate pests and plant and animal diseases; to carry out in-
spection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; to dis-
charge the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture
under the Acts of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468) and
December 22, 1987 (101 Stat. 1329–1331) (7 U.S.C.
426–426c); and to protect the environment, as authorized
by law, $530,564,000, of which $4,105,000 shall be avail-
able for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases,
animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds
to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of
which $59,400,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi-
cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retire-
ment for active eradication zones: Provided, That no funds
shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis
eradication program for the current fiscal year that does
not require minimum matching by the States of at least
40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall
be available for field employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be available for the operation
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to
exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only:
Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which
threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus-
try of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or cor-
porations of the Department such sums as may be deemed
necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses
in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, and sec-
tion 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unex-
pended balances of funds transferred for such emergency
purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with
such transferred amounts: Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7
U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build-
ings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
value of the building: Provided further, That not to exceed
$1,000,000 of the funds available under this heading for
wildlife services methods development may be used by the
Secretary of Agriculture to conduct pilot projects in up
to four States representative of wildlife predation of live-
stock in connection with farming operations for direct as-
sistance in the application of non-lethal predation control
methods: Provided further, That the General Accounting
Office shall report to the Committees on Appropriations
by November 30, 2001, on the Department’s compliance
with this provision and on the effectiveness of the non-
lethal measures.
In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to collect
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-
ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,
foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such
fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such
fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such
fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available
until expended, without further appropriation, for pro-
viding such assistance, goods, or services.
Of the total amount available under this heading in
fiscal year 2001, $85,000,000 shall be derived from user
fees deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection
User Fee Account.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $9,870,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry out services related
to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis-
tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au-
thorized by law, and for administration and coordination
of payments to States, including field employment pursu-
ant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed
$90,000 
for 
employment 
under 
U.S.C. 
3109,
$65,335,000, including funds for the wholesale market de-
velopment program for the design and development of
wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major met-
ropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)
for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but the cost of altering any one building during
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current
replacement value of the building: Provided further, That,
only after promulgation of a final rule on a National Or-
ganic Standards Program, $639,000 of this amount shall
be available for the Expenses and Refunds, Inspection and
Grading of Farm Products fund account for the cost of
the National Organic Standards Program and such funds
shall remain available until expended.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $60,730,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may
exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND
SUPPLY (SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and
Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $13,438,000
for formulation and administration of marketing agree-
ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,350,000.
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin-
istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying
procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products,
and the standardization activities related to grain under
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $31,420,000: Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement
value of the building.
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,557,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection
and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be
exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the
laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In-
spection Service, $460,000.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry
Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection
Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766),
$696,704,000, of which no less than $591,258,000 shall
be available for Federal food inspection; and in addition,
$1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees col-
lected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as author-
ized by section 1017 of Public Law 102–237: Provided,
That not more than $2,500,000 of this appropriation may
be used to implement section 752 of title VII of this Act:
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available
for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7
U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of
the current replacement value of the building: Provided
further, That from amounts appropriated under this head-
ing not needed for federal food inspection, up to
$6,000,000 may be used to liquidate obligations incurred
in previous years, to the extent approved by the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget based on docu-
mentation provided by the Secretary of Agriculture.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for
the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity
Credit Corporation, $589,000.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs administered by
the Farm Service Agency, $828,385,000: Provided, That
the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities,
and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro-
grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That
other funds made available to the Agency for authorized
activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac-
count: Provided further, That these funds shall be avail-
able for employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106),
$3,000,000.
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity
payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing
such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have
been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from
commercial markets because it contained residues of
chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal
Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk,
or cows producing such milk, at a fair market value to
any dairy farmer who is directed to remove his milk from
commercial markets because of: (1) the presence of prod-
ucts of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination
is not due to the fault of the farmer; or (2) residues of
chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first
sentence of the Act of August 13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j),
if such chemicals or toxic substances were not used in a
manner contrary to applicable regulations or labeling in-
structions provided at the time of use and the contamina-
tion is not due to the fault of the farmer, $450,000, to
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Pro-
vided, That none of the funds contained in this Act shall
be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer whose
milk was removed from commercial markets as a result
of the farmer’s willful failure to follow procedures pre-
scribed by the Federal Government: Provided further,
That this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity
Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary
is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authori-
ties of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose
of making dairy indemnity disbursements.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$998,000,000, of which $870,000,000 shall be for guaran-
teed loans; operating loans, $1,972,741,000, of which
$1,077,839,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $369,902,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by
25 U.S.C. 488, $2,006,000; for emergency insured loans,
$25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis-
asters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.
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: farm
ownership loans, $18,223,000, of which $4,437,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $92,310,000, of
which $14,770,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $30,185,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by
25 U.S.C. 488, $323,000; and for emergency insured
loans, $6,133,000 to meet the needs resulting from nat-
ural disasters.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$269,454,000, of which $265,315,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership
and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be
transferred among these programs with the prior approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
For administrative and operating expenses, as au-
thorized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re-
form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $65,597,000: Provided,
That not to exceed $700 shall be available for official re-
ception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1506(i).
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-
inafter provided.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be nec-
essary, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b).
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 2001, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net
realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15
U.S.C. 713a–11).
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For fiscal year 2001, the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site inves-
tigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and mainte-
nance expenses to comply with the requirement of section
107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961.
TITLE II
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ-
ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for
the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, $711,000: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or
any other Act shall be available to the Office of the Under
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment for the
supervision, management or direction of the Forest Serv-
ice or the Natural Resources Conservation Service until
January 20, 2001: Provided further, That the Chiefs of
the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service shall report directly to the Secretary of Agri-
culture until January 20, 2001.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f),
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of
soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands,
water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials
program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-
ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
$714,116,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than $5,990,000 is for
snow survey and water forecasting and not less than
$9,125,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant
materials centers: Provided, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for
construction and improvement of buildings and public im-
provements at plant materials centers, except that the cost
of alterations and improvements to other buildings and
other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 of this
amount shall be available for the Urban Resources Part-
nership program, of which $1,000,000 shall be available
only after promulgation of a final rule on this program:
Provided further, That not to exceed $204,000 of this
amount shall be available for American Heritage Rivers:
Provided further, That when buildings or other structures
are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such
land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be available for tech-
nical assistance and related expenses to carry out pro-
grams authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colo-
rado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C.
1592(c)): Provided further, That this appropriation shall
be available for employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,
That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em-
ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning
work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e–2).
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING
For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves-
tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa-
terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan-
ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C.
1001–1009), $10,868,000: Provided, That not to exceed
$136,000 shall be available for American Heritage Rivers:
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $110,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land,
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C.
1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of
April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance
with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the
Department, $99,443,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000
may be available for the watersheds authorized under the
Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C.
701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Provided, That not to exceed
$44,423,000 of this appropriation shall be available for
technical assistance: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $200,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appro-
priation is available to carry out the purposes of the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), in-
cluding cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act
to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit-
able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con-
struction: Provided further, That of the funds available for
Emergency Watershed Protection activities, $8,000,000
shall be available for Ohio, New Mexico, Mississippi and
Wisconsin for financial and technical assistance for pilot
rehabilitation projects of small, upstream dams built
under the Watershed and Flood Prevention Act of 1954,
Public Law 83–566 (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); Section 13
of the Flood Control Act of 1944, Public Law 78–534 (33
U.S.C. 701 b–1); the pilot watershed program authorized
under the heading ‘‘FLOOD PREVENTION’’ of the De-
partment of Agriculture Appropriations Act, 1954, Public
Law 83–156 (67 Stat. 214); and Subtitle H of title XV
of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451
et seq.): Provided further, That the amount of Federal
funds that may be made available to an eligible local orga-
nization for construction of a particular rehabilitation
project shall be equal to 65 percent of the total rehabilita-
tion costs, but not to exceed 100 percent of actual con-
struction costs incurred in the rehabilitation: Provided fur-
ther, That consistent with existing statute, rehabilitation
assistance provided may not be used to perform operation
and maintenance activities specified in the agreement for
the covered water resource projects entered into between
the Secretary and the eligible local organization respon-
sible for the works of improvement.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out
projects for resource conservation and development and
for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section
32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act
(7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27,
1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and the Agriculture and Food
Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $42,015,000, to re-
main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109.
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author-
ized by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and re-
lated expenses, $6,325,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized by that Act.
TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department
of Agriculture, $605,000.
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c,
1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H, 381N, and
381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, $762,542,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $53,225,000 shall be for rural community programs
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which
$644,360,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of
such Act; and of which $64,957,000 shall be for the rural
business and cooperative development programs described
in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided, That of the
total amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000
shall be for loans and grants to benefit Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes, including grants for drink-
ing and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 306C
of such Act, of which $250,000 shall be available for a
grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech-
nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro-
mote economic development: Provided further, That of the
amount appropriated for rural community programs,
$6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Community De-
velopment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds
shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of
private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu-
nity development organizations serving low-income rural
communities, including Federally Recognized Indian tribes
to undertake projects to improve housing, community fa-
to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico
borders, including grants pursuant to section 306C of
such Act; not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water
and waste disposal systems for rural and native villages
in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with up
to one percent available to administer the program and
up to one percent available to improve interagency coordi-
nation; not to exceed $16,215,000 shall be for technical
assistance grants for rural waste systems pursuant to sec-
tion 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed $9,500,000
shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza-
tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical as-
sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That
of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$42,574,650 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of
which $34,704,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs
described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act; and of which
$8,435,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of
such Act.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of administering Rural Devel-
opment programs as authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936; the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act; title V of the Housing Act of 1949; section
1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative
Marketing Act of 1926 for activities related to marketing
aspects of cooperatives, including economic research find-
ings, authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946; for activities with institutions concerning the devel-
opment and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for
cooperative agreements; $130,371,000: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$1,000,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may
be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to
non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any bal-
ances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities
Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall
be transferred to and merged with this account.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the
rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,800,000,000
for loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the
Secretary, of which $3,700,000,000 shall be for unsub-
sidized guaranteed loans; $32,396,000 for section 504
housing repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 538 guar-
anteed multi-family housing loans; $114,321,000 for sec-
tion 515 rental housing; $5,152,000 for section 524 site
loans; $11,780,000 for credit sales of acquired property,
of which up to $1,780,000 may be for multi-family credit
sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing
land development loans: Provided, That of the total
amount made available for loans to section 502 borrowers,
up to $5,400,000 shall be available until expended for use
under a demonstration program to be carried out by the
Secretary of Agriculture in North Carolina to determine
the timeliness, quality, suitability, efficiency, and cost of
utilizing modular housing to house low-income and very
low-income elderly families who: (1) have lost their hous-
ing because of a major disaster (as so declared by the
President pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act); and (2)(A) do not
have homeowner’s insurance; or (B) can not repay a direct
loan that is provided under section 502 of the Housing
Act of 1949 with the maximum subsidy allowed for such
loans: Provided further, That of the amounts made avail-
able for such demonstration program, $5,000,000 shall be
for grants and $400,000 shall be for the cost (as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974)
of loans, for such families to acquire modular housing.
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, $184,160,000 of which $7,400,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair
loans, $11,481,000; section 538 multi-family housing
guaranteed loans, $1,520,000; section 515 rental housing,
$56,326,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired prop-
erty, $874,000; and section 523 self-help housing land de-
velopment loans, $279,000: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated in this paragraph, $13,832,000 shall
be available through June 30, 2001, for authorized em-
powerment zones and enterprise communities and commu-
nities designated 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;
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au-
thorized 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 eli-
gible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of
the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for ad-
vances to nonprofit organizations 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 ap-
propriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June
30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones.
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, aqua-
culture, and seafood processor workers: Provided further,
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall
be available through June 30, 2001, for authorized em-
powerment zones and enterprise communities and commu-
nities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts,
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $30,000,000,
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and
contracts.
RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $19,476,000, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.
9812(a)), of which $2,036,000 shall be for Federally Rec-
ognized Native American Tribes and of which $4,072,000
shall be for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as defined
by Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined 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 di-
rect 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 commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 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 author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,
for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects, $15,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,911,000, which shall be ad-
ministered in accordance with the regulations utilized in
fiscal year 2000.
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), $6,500,000, of
which $2,000,000 shall be available for cooperative agree-
ments for the appropriate technology transfer for rural
areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000
of the total amount appropriated shall be made available
to cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri-
mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro-
ducers and whose governing board and/or membership is
comprised of at least 75 percent minority.
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 electrifica-
tion loans, $121,500,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications 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 
telecommunications, 
$120,000,000; 
and
$500,000,000 for Treasury rate direct electric loans.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying 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 municipal rate loans, $20,503,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Elec-
trification 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 TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car-
rying out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2001
and within the resources and authority available, gross ob-
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$175,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,590,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses, including
audits, 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, and of which $2,000,000 may be available for a
pilot program to finance broadband transmission and local
dial-up Internet service in areas that meet the definition
of ‘‘rural area’’ used for the Distance Learning and Tele-
medicine Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa: Pro-
vided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 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
Services 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
remain 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 section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935
(7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That except as specifically pro-
vided under this heading, none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua-
tions: Provided further, That of the funds made available
under this heading, up to $6,000,000 shall be for school
breakfast pilot projects, including 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 program for the State of Wis-
consin: Provided further, That school food authorities in
Ohio participating in a domestic food assistance program
administered by the Secretary and preparing meals for use
by other schools and institutions also participating in a
domestic food assistance program, shall, with regard to
such meals, not be subject to additional requirements
under section 301(c) of the Federal Meat Inspection Act
or section 5(c) of the Poultry Products Inspection Act:
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 sup-
plemental 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 evalua-
tions: Provided further, That of the total amount available,
the Secretary shall obligate $10,000,000 for the farmers’
market nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment
of this Act, and an additional $10,000,000 for the farm-
ers’ market nutrition program from any funds not needed
to maintain current caseload levels: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, up to
$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 systems: Provided further, That none of the funds
in this Act shall be available to pay administrative ex-
penses of WIC clinics except those that have an announced
policy of prohibiting smoking within the space used to
carry out the program: 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 Govern-
ment departments or agencies unless authorized by section
17 of such Act: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading shall be made available for sites
participating in the special supplemental nutrition pro-
gram 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.), $20,114,293,000, of which
$100,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary
to carry out program operations: Provided, That of the
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)), not to
exceed $3,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison for the
FDPIR: Provided further, That the Secretary shall pur-
chase such bison from Native American producers and Co-
operative Oganizations without competition: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this
heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided
further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in
accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to
any work registration or workfare requirements as may
be required by law: Provided further, That not more than
$194,000,000 may be reserved by the Secretary, notwith-
standing section 16(h)(1)(A)(vi) of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(A)(vi)), for allocation to
State agencies under section 16(h)(1) of such Act to carry
out Employment and Training programs: Provided fur-
ther, 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.
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
September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of these funds
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 5(a)(2) of the
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (Public
Law 93–86; 7 U.S.C. 612c note), $20,781,000 of this
amount shall be available for administrative expenses of
the commodity supplemental food 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 au-
thorized by section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free As-
sociation Act of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965, $151,081,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2002.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic 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 regula-
tions, 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
pursuant 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.
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
activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi-
nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec-
tion 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), $115,424,000: Provided, That the Serv-
ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro-
priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen-
cies, public and private organizations and institutions
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural
food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and
the foreign 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.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the
Agricultural 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,
Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $815,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity 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 trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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 Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related
costs pursuant 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 miscella-
neous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,
authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be ac-
counted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to ex-
ceed $25,000; $1,217,797,000, of which not to exceed
$149,273,000 in prescription 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 applications 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: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated: (1) $285,269,000 shall be for the
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2)
$317,547,000 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)
$140,489,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $64,069,000 shall be for
the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5)
$165,207,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra-
diological Health and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $35,568,000 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 Adminis-
tration; (8) $104,954,000 shall be for payments to the
General Services Administration for rent and related
costs; and (9) $78,839,000 shall be for other activities,
including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of
Management and Systems; the Office of the Senior Asso-
ciate Commissioner; the Office of International and Con-
stituent Relations; the Office of Policy, Legislation, and
Planning; and central services for these offices: Provided
further, That funds may be transferred from one specified
activity to another with the prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by
42 U.S.C. 263(b) may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re-
main 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).
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.), in-
cluding 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 
U.S.C. 
3109,
$68,000,000, including not to exceed $1,000 for official
reception and representation expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $36,800,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships.
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
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 389 passenger
motor vehicles, 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 al-
lowances 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; com-
monly 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 accord-
ance with such Acts and chapter.
SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
unobligated balances of funds appropriated by this Act or
other available unobligated balances of the Department of
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv-
ery of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the
Department of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the
funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the
prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working
Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available
for obligation without the prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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 con-
ditions, fruit fly program, integrated systems acquisition
project, boll weevil program, up to 25 percent of the
screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs asso-
ciated with colocating regional offices; Food Safety and
Inspection Service, field automation and information man-
agement project; funds appropriated for rental payments;
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service, funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C.
450i(b)), funds for the Research, Education and Econom-
ics Information System (REEIS), and funds for the Na-
tive American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Serv-
ice 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
currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the
Foreign 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 appropria-
tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this
Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation
and language training pursuant to section 606C of the Act
of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b; commonly known
as the Agricultural Act of 1954).
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 ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations 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
Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture 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
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants
awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay
full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under
section 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 consid-
ered 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 develop-
ment loans program account.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,
United States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural
Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; and the food safety activities of the
Food Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative
agreements to reflect a relationship between the Agricul-
tural Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers
and Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service and a state or cooperator to carry out agricul-
tural marketing programs, to carry out programs to pro-
tect the nation’s animal and plant resources, or to carry
out educational programs or special studies to improve the
safety of the nation’s food supply.
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including provisions of law requiring competition), the
Secretary of Agriculture may hereafter enter into coopera-
tive agreements (which may provide for the acquisition of
goods or services, including personal services) with a
State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or
private agency, organization, or any other person, if the
Secretary determines that the objectives of the agreement
will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agree-
ment in carrying out the programs administered by the
Natural Resources Conservation Service; and (2) all par-
ties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of
these objectives: Provided, That Commodity Credit Cor-
poration funds obligated for such purposes shall not ex-
ceed the level obligated by the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for such purposes in fiscal year 1998.
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
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 tele-
phone liquidating account which is in excess of current
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set
forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed-
eral Credit 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
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees,
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants.
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 Poul-
try 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 Department for more than 30 days unless the indi-
vidual’s employing 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 other-
wise 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 re-
quested for the appropriations hearing process.
SEC. 720. None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 721. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies 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
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) reorga-
nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out
or privatizes any functions or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided 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-
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
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be-
fore implementing a program or activity not carried out
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac-
tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any
other Act.
SEC. 722. (a) Of the funds made available to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture pursuant to section 793(b)(1) of
Public Law 104–127 (7 U.S.C. 2204f) for the 2000 fiscal
year—
(1) $30,000,000 shall be available to be obli-
gated for any purpose authorized under section 793
of that Act during the 2001 fiscal year; and
(2) $30,000,000 shall be available to be obli-
gated for any purpose authorized under section 793
of that Act during the 2002 fiscal year.
(b) 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 other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out an envi-
ronmental quality incentives program authorized by chap-
ter 4 of subtitle 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 other-
wise 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
Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7
U.S.C. 7621): Provided, That notwithstanding section
401(d) of Public Law 105–185, any appropriation or
funds available to the Secretary of Agriculture to make
grants under section 401 of Public Law 105–185 shall be
used only to make grants to Hispanic-serving institutions
(as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1101a(5)); West Virginia State
College in Institute; and the 1862 institutions, 1890 insti-
tutions, and 1994 institutions, as defined in section 2 of
Public Law 105–185 (7 U.S.C. 7601), or research founda-
tions maintained by such institutions.
SEC. 725. Hereafter, none of the funds made avail-
able to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to
carry out any commodity purchase program that would
prohibit eligibility or participation by farmer-owned co-
operatives.
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a conserva-
tion 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
(recently renamed the Division of Pharmaceutical Anal-
ysis) in St. Louis, Missouri, except that funds could be
used to plan a possible relocation of this Division within
the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri.
SEC. 728. None of the funds made available to the
Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used
to reduce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration District Office below the operating and full-time
equivalent staffing level of July 31, 1999; or to change
the Detroit District Office to a station, residence post or
similarly modified office; or to reassign residence posts as-
signed 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 per-
sonnel shall be assigned to locations in the general vicinity
of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements
between the Food and Drug Administration and other lab-
oratory 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
expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria-
tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis-
sion to the Congress of the United States for programs
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit-
tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related
Agencies that assumes 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 reductions should occur in the
event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the
date of the convening of a committee of conference for
the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act.
SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to establish
an Office of Community Food Security or any similar of-
fice within the United States Department of Agriculture
without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 by this Act
shall be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, de-
crees, or orders for the purpose of implementation, or in
preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol
which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto,
Japan.
SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 convey such lands or facilities prior to July
1, 2001, without the specific authorization of Congress.
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act or any other Act shall
be used for the implementation of a Support Services Bu-
reau or similar organization.
SEC. 736. 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 max-
imum income level for the loans, grants, and assist-
ance shall be 150 percent of the average income level
in nonmetropolitan areas of the State;
(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 2001 carried out under the rural community
advancement 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 applicants for assistance under the Initiative shall
be scored on a community-by-community basis.
SEC. 737. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Town of Lloyd, New York, and the Town of
Thompson, New York, shall be eligible for loans and
grants provided through the Rural Community Advance-
ment Program.
SEC. 738. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision 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
Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, including property purchased using
foreign currencies generated under the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law
480) and used or occupied by agricultural attache´s of the
Foreign Agricultural Service: Provided, That the Depart-
ment of State/Office of Foreign Buildings may sell such
properties with the concurrence of the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service if the proceeds are used to acquire suitable
properties of appropriate 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 appro-
priate maintenance expenses.
SEC. 
739. 
Hereafter, 
notwithstanding 
section
502(h)(7) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1472(h)(7)), the fee collected by the Secretary of Agri-
culture with respect to a guaranteed loan under such sec-
tion 502(h) at the time of the issuance of such guarantee
may be in an amount equal to not more than 2 percent
of the principal obligation of the loan.
SEC. 740. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the De-
partment of Agriculture may be used to employ individuals
by contract for services outside the United States as deter-
mined by the agencies to be necessary or appropriate for
carrying out programs and activities abroad; and such
contracts are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the
contract to be prescribed, and the work to be performed,
where necessary, without regard to such statutory provi-
sions as relate to the negotiation, making and performance
of contracts and performance of work in the United
States. Individuals employed by contract to perform such
services outside the United States shall not by virtue of
such employment be considered to be employees of the
United States Government for purposes of any law admin-
istered by the Office of Personnel Management. Such indi-
viduals may be considered employees within the meaning
of the Federal Employee Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C.
8101 et seq. Further, that Government service credit shall
be accrued for the time employed under a Personal Service
Agreement (PSA) should the individual later be hired into
a permanent United States Government position within
FAS or another United States Government agency if the
authorities of the hiring agency so permit.
SEC. 741. 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 effec-
tiveness and enhancement of program delivery have been
determined.
SEC. 742. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 141 of the Ag-
ricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘and
2000’’; and inserting ‘‘through 2001’’; and
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2000’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2001’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 142(e) of
the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C.
7252(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting
‘‘2002’’.
SEC. 743. Of any shipments of commodities made
pursuant 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 more 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 provi-
sion of—
(1) agricultural commodities to—
(A) individuals with Human Immuno-
deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Defi-
ciency Syndrome in the communities, and
(B) households in the communities, par-
ticularly individuals caring for orphaned chil-
dren; 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. 744. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $2,000,000 is ap-
propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center.
SEC. 745. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be
cited as the ‘‘Medicine Equity and Drug Safety Act of
2000’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following
findings:
(1) The cost of prescription drugs for Ameri-
cans 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
housing.
(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 en-
able 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:
‘‘IMPORTATION OF COVERED PRODUCTS
‘‘SEC. 804. (a) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, after
consultation with the United States Trade Representative
and the Commissioner of Customs, shall promulgate regu-
lations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import
into the United States covered products.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Regulations under subsection (a)
shall—
‘‘(1) require that safeguards be in place to en-
sure that each covered product imported pursuant to
such subsection complies with section 505 (including
with respect to being safe and effective for its in-
tended use), with sections 501 and 502, and with
other applicable requirements of this Act;
‘‘(2) require that an importer of a covered prod-
uct pursuant to subsection (a) comply with the ap-
plicable provisions of this section, including sub-
section (d); and
‘‘(3) contain any additional provisions deter-
mined by the Secretary to be appropriate as a safe-
guard to protect the public health or as a means to
facilitate the importation of such products.
‘‘(c) RECORDS.—Regulations under subsection (a)
shall require that records regarding the importation of
covered products pursuant to such subsection be provided
to and maintained by the Secretary for a period of time
determined to be necessary by the Secretary.
‘‘(d) IMPORTATION.—Regulations under subsection
(a) shall require an importer of a covered product pursu-
ant to such subsection to provide to the Secretary the fol-
lowing information and records:
‘‘(1) The name and amount of the active ingre-
dient of such product and description of the dosage
form.
‘‘(2) The date that the product is shipped and
the quantity of the product that is shipped, points
of origin and destination for the product, the price
paid for the product by the importer, and (once the
product is distributed) the price for which such
product is sold by the importer.
‘‘(3) Documentation from the foreign seller
specifying the original source of the product and the
amount of each lot of the product originally received.
‘‘(4) The manufacturer’s lot or control number
of the product imported.
‘‘(5) The name, address, and telephone number
of the importer, including the professional license
number of the importer, if any.
‘‘(6) For a product that is coming directly from
the first foreign recipient of the product from the
manufacturer:
‘‘(A) Documentation demonstrating that
such product came from such recipient and was
received by the recipient from such manufac-
turer.
‘‘(B) Documentation of the amount of each
lot of the product received by such recipient to
demonstrate that the amount being imported
into the United States is not more than the
amount that was received by the recipient.
‘‘(C) In the case of the initial imported
shipment, documentation demonstrating that
each batch of such shipment was statistically
sampled and tested for authenticity and deg-
radation.
‘‘(D) In the case of all subsequent ship-
ments from such recipient, documentation dem-
onstrating that a statistically valid sample of
such shipments was tested for authenticity and
degradation.
‘‘(E) Certification from the importer or
manufacturer of such product that the product
is approved for marketing in the United States
and meets all labeling requirements under this
Act.
‘‘(7) For a product that is not coming directly
from the first foreign recipient of the product from
the manufacturer:
‘‘(A) Documentation demonstrating that
each batch in all shipments offered for importa-
tion into the United States was statistically
sampled and tested for authenticity and deg-
radation.
‘‘(B) Certification from the importer or
manufacturer of such product that the product
is approved for marketing in the United States
and meets all labeling requirements under this
Act.
‘‘(8) Laboratory records, including complete
data derived from all tests necessary to assure that
the product is in compliance with established speci-
fications and standards.
‘‘(9) Documentation demonstrating that the
testing required by paragraphs (6) through (8) was
performed at a qualifying laboratory (as defined in
subsection (k)).
‘‘(10) Any other information that the Secretary
determines is necessary to ensure the protection of
the public health.
‘‘(e) TESTING.—Regulations under subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) shall require that testing referred to in
paragraphs (6) through (8) of subsection (d) be con-
ducted by the importer of the covered product pur-
suant to subsection (a), or the manufacturer of the
product;
‘‘(2) shall require that if such tests are con-
ducted by the importer, information needed to au-
thenticate the product being tested, and to confirm
that the labeling of such product complies with label-
ing requirements under this Act, be supplied by the
manufacturer of such product to the pharmacist or
wholesaler, and shall require that such information
be kept in strict confidence and used only for pur-
poses of testing under this Act; and
‘‘(3) may include such additional provisions as
the Secretary determines to be appropriate to pro-
vide for the protection of trade secrets and commer-
cial or financial information that is privileged or
confidential.
‘‘(f) COUNTRY LIMITATION.—Regulations under sub-
section (a) shall provide that covered products may be im-
ported pursuant to such subsection only from a country,
union, or economic area that is listed in subparagraph (A)
of section 802(b)(1) or designated by the Secretary, sub-
ject to such limitations as the Secretary determines to be
appropriate to protect the public health.
‘‘(g) SUSPENSION
OF IMPORTATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall require that importations of specific covered
products or importations by specific importers pursuant
to subsection (a) be immediately suspended upon discovery
of a pattern of importation of such products or by such
importers that is counterfeit or in violation of any require-
ment pursuant to this section, until an investigation is
completed and the Secretary determines that the public
is adequately protected from counterfeit and violative cov-
ered products being imported pursuant to subsection (a).
‘‘(h) PROHIBITED AGREEMENTS.—No manufacturer
of a covered product may enter into a contract or agree-
ment that includes a provision to prevent the sale or dis-
tribution of covered products imported pursuant to sub-
section (a).
‘‘(i) STUDIES; REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) STUDY BY SECRETARY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct,
a study on the imports permitted pursuant to
subsection (a), including consideration of the
information received under subsection (d). In
conducting such study, the Secretary or entity
shall—
‘‘(i) evaluate the compliance of im-
porters with regulations under subsection
(a), and the number of shipments pursuant
to such subsection, if any, that have been
determined to be counterfeit, misbranded,
or adulterated, and determine how such
compliance contrasts with the number of
shipments of prescription drugs trans-
ported within the United States that have
been determined to be counterfeit, mis-
branded, or adulterated; and
‘‘(ii) consult with the United States
Trade Representative and the Commis-
sioner of Patents and Trademarks to
evaluate the effect of importations pursu-
ant to subsection (a) on trade and patent
rights under Federal law.
include a controlled substance in schedule I, II,
or III under section 202(c) of the Controlled
Substances Act or a biological product as de-
fined in section 351 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act.
‘‘(B) CHARITABLE
CONTRIBUTIONS; PAR-
ENTERAL DRUGS.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, section 801(d)(1)—
‘‘(i) continues to apply to a covered
product donated or otherwise supplied for
free by the manufacturer of the drug to a
charitable or humanitarian organization,
including the United Nations and affili-
ates, or to a government of a foreign coun-
try; and
‘‘(ii) continues to apply to a covered
product that is a parenteral drug the im-
portation of which pursuant to subsection
(a) is determined by the Secretary to pose
a threat to the public health.
‘‘(2) OTHER TERMS.—For purposes of this sec-
tion:
‘‘(A) The term ‘importer’ means a phar-
macist or wholesaler.
‘‘(B) The term ‘pharmacist’ means a per-
son licensed by a State to practice pharmacy,
including the dispensing and selling of prescrip-
tion drugs.
‘‘(C) The term ‘prescription drug’ means a
drug subject to section 503(b).
‘‘(D) The term ‘qualifying laboratory’
means a laboratory in the United States that
has been approved by the Secretary for pur-
poses of this section.
‘‘(E) The term ‘wholesaler’ means a person
licensed as a wholesaler or distributor of pre-
scription drugs in the United States pursuant
to section 503(e)(2)(A). Such term does not in-
clude a person authorized to import drugs
under section 801(d)(1).
‘‘(l) CONDITIONS.—This section shall become effec-
tive only if the Secretary demonstrates to the Congress
that the implementation of this section will—
‘‘(1) pose no additional risk to the public’s
health and safety; and
‘‘(2) result in a significant reduction in the cost
of covered products to the American consumer.
‘‘(m) SUNSET.—Effective upon the expiration of the
five-year period beginning on the effective date of final
regulations under subsection (a), this section ceases to
have any legal effect.’’.
(d) PROHIBITED ACT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 301 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(aa) The importation of a covered product in viola-
tion of section 804, the falsification of any record required
to be maintained or provided to the Secretary under such
section, or any other violation of regulations under such
section.’’.
(2) ENHANCED PENALTIES.—Section 303(b) of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
U.S.C. 333(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(6) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any person who
is a manufacturer or importer of a covered product pursu-
ant to section 804(a) and knowingly fails to comply with
a requirement of section 804(e) that is applicable to such
manufacturer or importer, respectively, shall be impris-
oned for not more than 10 years or fined not more than
$250,000, or both.’’.
(e) For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and ex-
penses’’, Food and Drug Administration, $23,000,000,
solely to carry out the ‘‘Medicine Equity and Drug Safety
Act of 2000’’, to be available only upon submission of an
official budget request and justification for such amount
by the President to the Congress.
SEC. 746. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be
cited as the ‘‘Prescription Drug Import Fairness Act of
2000’’.
(b) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Patients and their families sometimes have
reason to import into the United States drugs that
have been approved by the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration (‘‘FDA’’).
(2) There have been circumstances in which—
(A) an individual seeking to import such a
drug has received a notice from FDA that im-
porting the drug violates or may violate the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; and
(B) the notice failed to inform the indi-
vidual of the reasons underlying the decision to
send the notice.
(3) FDA should not send a warning notice re-
garding the importation of a drug without providing
to the individual involved a statement of the under-
lying reasons for the notice.
(c) CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
OF FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT
TO IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS INTO UNITED
STATES.—Section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381) is amended by adding at
the end the following subsection:
‘‘(g)(1) With respect to a prescription drug being im-
ported or offered for import into the United States, the
Secretary, in the case of an individual who is not in the
business of such importations, may not send a warning
notice to the individual unless the following conditions are
met:
‘‘(A) The notice specifies, as applicable to the
importation of the drug, that the Secretary has
made a determination that—
‘‘(i) importation is in violation of section
801(a) because the drug is or appears to be
adulterated, misbranded, or in violation of sec-
tion 505;
‘‘(ii) importation is in violation of section
801(a) because the drug is or appears to be for-
bidden or restricted in sale in the country in
which it was produced or from which it was ex-
ported;
‘‘(iii) importation is or appears to be in
violation of section 801(d)(1); or
‘‘(iv) importation otherwise is or appears
to be in violation of Federal law.
‘‘(B) The notice does not specify any provision
described in subparagraph (A) that is not applicable
to the importation of the drug.
‘‘(C) The notice states the reasons underlying
such determination by the Secretary, including a
brief application to the principal facts involved of the
provision of law described in subparagraph (A) that
is the basis of the determination by the Secretary.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘warning
notice’, with respect to the importation of a drug, means
a communication from the Secretary (written or other-
wise) notifying a person, or clearly suggesting to the per-
son, that importing the drug for personal use is, or ap-
pears to be, a violation of this Act.’’.
SEC. 747. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture may not deny a loan ap-
plication made pursuant to the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) in Arkan-
sas solely on the basis that—
(a) the proceeds of the loan will be used to con-
duct activities in a flood plain; or
(b) the loan is secured by land that is in a flood
plain.
SEC. 748. 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. 749. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or regulation, hereafter, Friends of the National Arbo-
retum, an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(a) of such Code incorporated in
the District of Columbia, shall not be considered a prohib-
ited source with respect to gifts to the United States Na-
tional Arboretum so long as Friends of the National Arbo-
retum remains an organization described under section
501(c)(3) of such Code and continues to conduct its oper-
ations exclusively for the benefit of the United States Na-
tional Arboretum. The Secretary of Agriculture shall,
within 90 days of enactment of this Act, provide the Ap-
propriations Committees of both Houses of Congress with
either a copy of a Memorandum of Understanding detail-
ing the nature of its partnership with the Friends of the
National Arboretum, or with a written explanation of why
such a Memorandum of Understanding could not be
achieved.
SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to require an office of the Farm Service
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Agency that is using FINPACK on May 17, 1999, for fi-
nancial planning and credit analysis, to discontinue use
of FINPACK for six months from the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 751. 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 bor-
rower contained in section 502(h)(2) of the Housing Act
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)(2)).
SEC. 752. Effective 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and continuing for the remainder
of fiscal year 2001 and each subsequent fiscal year, estab-
lishments in the United States that slaughter or process
birds of the order Ratitae, such as ostriches, emus and
rheas, and squab, for distribution in commerce as human
food shall be subject to the ante mortem and post mortem
inspection, reinspection, and sanitation requirements of
the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et
seq.) rather than the voluntary poultry inspection program
of the Department of Agriculture under section 203 of the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622).
SEC. 753. In developing a rule concerning on-farm
standards for prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in shell
eggs pursuant to any plan to eliminate Salmonella
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Enteritidis illnesses due to eggs, the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration shall—
(a) consider one environmental test per laying
cycle for each layer house for verification of the pro-
ducer’s Salmonella Enteritidis reduction plan;
(b) consider when it is appropriate to require
diversion of shell eggs to treatment, such as pasteur-
ization, and base any requirement for testing that
would necessitate diversion, which may include the
receipt of a positive egg test result, on sound
science;
(c) conduct or support research to develop cost-
effective and improved tests for determination of
Salmonella Enteritidis; and
(d) solicit comments on appropriate options for
implementing a Salmonella Enteritidis reduction
plan in shell eggs, including comments on con-
ducting and funding testing, through state and fed-
eral programs.
SEC. 754. Public Law 105–277, division A, title XI,
section 1121 (112 Stat. 2681–44, 2681–45) is amended
by—
(1) striking ‘‘not later than January 1, 2000’’
and inserting ‘‘not later than January 1, 2001’’; and
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(2) adding the following new subsection at the
end thereof—
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL DISBURSEMENT.—
‘‘(1) COTTON STORED IN GEORGIA.—The State
of Georgia may use funds remaining in the indem-
nity fund established in accordance with this section
to compensate cotton producers in other States who
stored cotton in the State of Georgia and incurred
losses in 1998 or 1999 as the result of the events
described in subsection (a).
‘‘(2) GINNERS
AND
OTHERS.—The State of
Georgia may also use funds remaining in the indem-
nity fund established in accordance with this section
to compensate cotton ginners and others in the busi-
ness of producing, ginning, warehousing, buying, or
selling cotton for losses they incurred in 1998 or
1999 as the result of the events described in sub-
section (a), if—
‘‘(A) as of March 1, 2000, the indemnity
fund has not been exhausted,
‘‘(B) the State of Georgia provides cotton
producers an additional time period prior to
May 1, 2000, in which to establish eligibility for
compensation under this section;
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‘‘(C) the State of Georgia determines dur-
ing calendar year 2000 that all cotton pro-
ducers in that State and cotton producers in
other States as described in paragraph (d)(1)
have been appropriately compensated for losses
incurred in 1998 or 1999 as described in sub-
section (a); and
‘‘(D) such additional compensation is not
made available until May 1, 2000.’’.
SEC. 755. The Food Security Act of 1985 is amended
by inserting after section 1230 (16 U.S.C. 3830) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 1230A. GOOD FAITH RELIANCE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(d) and notwithstanding any other provision of this chap-
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 vio-
lation of the contract, if the owner or operator in attempt-
ing to comply with the terms of the contract and enroll-
ment requirements took actions in good faith reliance on
the action or advice of an authorized representative of the
Secretary.
‘‘(b) TYPES OF RELIEF.—The Secretary shall—
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‘‘(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
‘‘(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-
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spect to an owner or operator that the representative and
the owner or operator know are inconsistent with applica-
ble 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. 756. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C.
2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’.
SEC. 757. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the De-
partment of Agriculture’s charge card programs may be
deposited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in
the Departmental Working Capital Fund established
under 7 U.S.C. 2235 and used to fund management initia-
tives of general benefit to the Department of Agriculture
bureaus and offices as determined by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture or the Secretary’s designee.
SEC. 758. The Act of August 19, 1958 (7 U.S.C.
1431 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘clause (3) or (4) of’’ the first
place it appears and inserting ‘‘the Food for
Progress Act of 1985,’’;
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(2) by striking ‘‘clause (3) or (4) of such’’ and
inserting ‘‘the Food for Progress Act of 1985,
such’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘to the President’’.
SEC. 759. 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.
SEC. 760. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the area bounded by West 197th Avenue, North S.W.
232nd Street, East U.S. Highway 1 and S.W. 360th
Street in Dade County, Florida, shall continue to be eligi-
ble to receive business and industry guaranteed loans
under section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932) until such time that
population data is available from the 2000 decennial Cen-
sus.
SEC. 761. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall consider the City of Kewanee and the City of Jack-
sonville, Illinois, as meeting the requirements of a rural
area contained in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1490).
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SEC. 762. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation
Service shall provide funds, within discretionary amounts
available, to pay the balance of the amount due pursuant
to the settlement of claims associated with the
Chuquatonchee Watershed Project in Mississippi to close
out this project.
SEC. 763. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Konocti Water District, California, shall be eligi-
ble for grants and loans administered by the Rural Utili-
ties Service.
SEC. 764. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, Jefferson County, Kentucky, shall be considered to
be a rural area for the purposes of the business and indus-
try direct and guaranteed loan program authorized by the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1921 et seq.).
SEC. 765. The Secretary of Agriculture may convey,
under such terms and conditions as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate, all right, title, and interest of the
United States in and to a parcel of real property con-
sisting of approximately one acre located within the Sun-
nyside Subdivision in Prince George’s County, Maryland,
for the purpose of resolving land title claims and encroach-
ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and
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for promoting public access on Sunnyside Avenue. Any
funds received by the Secretary as a result of the convey-
ance shall be credited to and merged with the appropria-
tions available to operate the Beltsville Agricultural Re-
search Center and shall be available, without further ap-
propriation, for the same purposes and for the same time
period as such appropriations.
SEC. 766. Of the funds provided to carry out section
211(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000
(16 U.S.C. 2820 note; Public Law 106–224), up to
$500,000 shall be used solely for the State of California.
SEC. 767. The first section of the Act of March 2,
1931 (7 U.S.C. 426) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. PREDATORY AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS.
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a pro-
gram of wildlife services with respect to injurious animal
species and take any action the Secretary considers nec-
essary in conducting the program. The Secretary shall ad-
minister the program in a manner consistent with all of
the wildlife services authorities in effect on the day before
the date of the enactment of the Agriculture, Rural Devel-
opment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001.’’.
SEC. 768. Section 412(d) of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C.
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1736f(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘title I of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.)’’ and inserting
‘‘dairy price support operations’’.
SEC. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the City of Coachella, California, shall be eligible for
grants and loans administered by the rural development
mission areas of the Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 770. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City
of Vicksburg, Mississippi, as meeting the requirements of
a rural area in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1490).
SEC. 771. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service shall
use the authorities provided in the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936 to finance the acquisition of existing genera-
tion, transmission and distribution systems and facilities
serving high cost, predominantly rural areas by entities
capable of and dedicated to providing or improving service
in such areas in an efficient and cost effective manner.
SEC. 772. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to issue a
notice of proposed rulemaking, to promulgate a proposed
rule, or to otherwise change or modify the definition of
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‘‘animal’’ in existing regulations pursuant to the Animal
Welfare Act.
SEC. 773. Section 306(a)(19)(A) of the Consolidated
Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 is amended
by inserting after ‘‘nonprofit corporations’’ the following
new phrase: ‘‘, Indian tribes (as such term is defined
under section 4(e) of Public Law 93–638, as amended),’’.
SEC. 774. Section 2101 of the Emergency Supple-
mental Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–246; 114 Stat. 541)
is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘or prior’’ after ‘‘such out-
standing’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘and subsequently repaid’’
after ‘‘placed under loan’’.
SEC. 775. For purposes of administering Title IX of
this Act, the term ‘‘agricultural commodity’’ shall also in-
clude fertilizer and organic fertilizer, except to the extent
provided pursuant to Section 904 of that title.
SEC. 776. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; HAMILTON GRANGE,
NEW YORK.
(a) Congress finds that—
(1) Alexander Hamilton, assisted by James
Madison and George Washington, was the principal
drafter of the Constitution of the United States;
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(2) Hamilton was General Washington’s aide-
de-camp during the Revolutionary War, and, given
command by Washington of the New York and Con-
necticut light infantry battalion, led the successful
assault on British redoubt number 10 at Yorktown;
(3) after serving as Secretary of the Treasury,
Hamilton founded the Bank of New York and the
New York Post;
(4) the only home Hamilton ever owned, com-
monly known as ‘‘the Grange’’, is a fine example of
Federal period architecture designed by New York
architect John McComb, Jr., and was built in upper
Manhattan in 1803;
(5) the New York State Assembly enacted a law
in 1908 authorizing New York City to acquire the
Grange and move it to nearby St. Nicholas Park,
part of the original Hamilton estate, but no action
was taken;
(6) in 1962, the National Park Service took
over management of the Grange, by then wedged on
Convent Avenue within inches between an apartment
house on the north side and a church on the south
side;
(7) the 1962 designation of the Grange as a na-
tional memorial was contingent on the acquisition by
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the National Park Service of a site to which the
building could be relocated;
(8) the New York State legislature enacted a
law in 1998 that granted approval for New York
City to transfer land in St. Nicholas Park to the Na-
tional Park Service, causing renovations to the
Grange to be postponed; and
(9) no obelisk, monument, or classical temple
along the national mall has been constructed to
honor the man who more than any other designed
the Government of the United States, Hamilton
should at least be remembered by restoring his home
in a sylvan setting.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) Alexander Hamilton made an immense con-
tribution to the United States by serving as a prin-
cipal drafter of the Constitution; and
(2) 
the 
National 
Park 
Service 
should
expeditiously—
(A) proceed to relocate the Grange to St.
Nicholas Park; and
(B) restore the Grange to a state befitting
the memory of Alexander Hamilton.
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SEC. 777. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LAND ACQUISITION
FOR FALLEN TIMBERS BATTLEFIELD AND
FORT MIAMIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Fallen Timbers
Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site Act
of 1999 (Public Law 106–164; 16 U.S.C. 461 note) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) LAND ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide
financial assistance to the management entity for ac-
quiring lands or interests in lands within the bound-
aries of the historic site under subsection (b).
‘‘(2) 
COST SHARING.—Financial 
assistance
under this subsection may not be used to pay more
than 50 percent of the cost of any acquisition made
with the assistance.
‘‘(3) CONDITION.—The Secretary shall require,
as a condition of any assistance under this sub-
section, that any interest in land acquired with as-
sistance under this subsection shall be included in
and managed as part of the historic site.’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
6 of such Act is amended by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—’’ before ‘‘There is authorized’’, and by adding at
the end the following:
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‘‘(b) LAND ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 to carry out sec-
tion 4(d).’’.
TITLE VIII
NATURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND OTHER
EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For an additional amount for ‘‘Common Computing
Environment,’’ $19,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be avail-
able only to the extent that an official budget request for
$19,500,000, 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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for Departmental Adminis-
tration, $200,000: Provided, That this amount shall be
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transferred to the Small Business Administration to sup-
port two advocacy staffers to review rules and regulations
relating to disasters to determine the impact of their im-
plementation on small business entities: Provided further,
That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex-
tent an official budget request for $200,000, 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 Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount 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 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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
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gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Conserva-
tion Program,’’ for expenses resulting from natural disas-
ters, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only
to the extent an official budget request for $80,000,000,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the re-
quest as an emergency requirement as defined in the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Con-
gress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For an additional amount for the Federal Crop In-
surance Corporation Fund, up to $13,000,000, to provide
premium discounts to purchasers of crop insurance rein-
sured by the Corporation (except for catastrophic risk pro-
tection coverage), as authorized under section 1102(g)(2)
of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105–277): Provided, That the entire
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
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anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended.
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,
$110,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available in this section,
the Secretary may use up to $2,000,000 to replace, repair
and improve snow telemetry equipment impacted by fire,
winds, and fire fighting efforts in order to protect water-
sheds: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for
$110,000,000, 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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
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RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
For an additional amount for the Rural Community
Advancement Program, $200,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That of the additional amount
appropriated, $50,000,000 shall be to provide grants for
facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment
and severe economic depression: Provided further, That of
the additional amount appropriated, $30,000,000 shall be
to provide grants in rural communities with extremely
high energy costs: Provided further, That of the additional
amount appropriated, $50,000,000 shall be for rural com-
munity programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
2009d), of which $25,000,000 shall be to provide assist-
ance to areas in the State of North Carolina subject to
a declaration of a major disaster as a result of Hurricane
Floyd, Hurricane Dennis, or Hurricane Irene: Provided
further, That of the additional amount appropriated,
$70,000,000 shall be for the cost of direct loans and
grants of the rural utilities programs described in section
381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d) for distribution through the
national reserve, of which $30,000,000 may be used in
counties which have received an emergency designation by
the President or the Secretary after January 1, 2001, for
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applications responding to water shortages resulting from
the designated emergency: 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 $200,000,000, 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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
SEC. 801. 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 for technical assistance activities performed
by any agency of the Department of Agriculture in car-
rying out the Conservation Reserve Program and the Wet-
lands Reserve Program funded by the Commodity 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 the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as
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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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
SEC. 802. 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 Pub-
lic 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 avail-
able 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 Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
SEC. 803. Hereafter, for the purposes of the Live-
stock Indemnity Program authorized in Public Law 105–
18, the term ‘‘livestock’’ shall have the same meaning as
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the term ‘‘livestock’’ under section 104 of Public Law
106–31.
SEC. 804. 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 for losses not otherwise
compensated to: (a) compensate growers whose crops
could not be sold due to Mexican fruit fly quarantines in
San Diego and San Bernardino/Riverside counties in Cali-
fornia since their imposition on November 16, 1999, and
September 10, 1999, respectively; (b) compensate growers
in relation to the Secretary’s ‘‘Declaration of Extraor-
dinary Emergency’’ on March 2, 2000, regarding the plum
pox virus; (c) compensate growers for losses due to
Pierce’s disease; (d) compensate growers for losses due to
watermelon sudden wilt disease; and (e) compensate grow-
ers 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 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount
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is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 805. 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 Pub-
lic Law 106–78 and to new dairy producers. Such pay-
ment, per unit of production used in such prior payments,
shall be in an amount equal to 35 percent of the reduction
in market value per unit of milk production in 2000, as
determined by the Secretary, based, to the extent prac-
ticable, on price estimates as of the date of enactment of
this Act, from the previous 5-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 these
funds shall be available until September 30, 2001: Pro-
vided further, 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 which were applicable to the payments that
were made to dairy producers under section 805 of Public
Law 106–78, except that a producer may be paid for pro-
duction up to 39,000 cwt: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall also make payments to new dairy producers
at the same per unit rate: Provided further, That for any
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dairy producers, including new dairy producers, whose
base production was less than twelve months for purposes
of section 805 of Public Law 106–78, the producer’s base
production for the purposes of payments under this sec-
tion may be, at the producer’s option, the production of
that producer in the twelve months preceding the enact-
ment of this section or the producer’s base production
under the program carried out under section 805 of Public
Law 106–78 subject to such limitations which are applica-
ble to other producers: Provided further, That the entire
amount necessary to carry out this section shall be avail-
able 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 Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
SEC. 806. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in
an amount equal to $490,000,000 to make and administer
payments for livestock losses using the criteria established
to carry out the 1999 Livestock Assistance Program (ex-
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cept 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 after January 1, 2000, and shall be available
until September 30, 2001: Provided, That the Secretary
shall give consideration to the effect of recurring droughts
in establishing the level of payments to producers under
this section: Provided further, That of the funds made
available by this section, up to $40,000,000 may be used
to carry out the Pasture Recovery Program: Provided fur-
ther, That the payments to a producer made available
through the Pasture Recovery Program shall be no less
than 65 percent of the average cost of reseeding: Provided
further, That of the funds made available, the Secretary
shall use not more than $12,000,000 to carry out the
American Indian Livestock Feed Program: 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 $490,000,000, 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 the Congress: Provided further,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
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an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 807. In using amounts made available under
section 801(a) of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations 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 CORPORATION 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 emer-
gency financial assistance to producers on a farm that
have incurred losses in a 1999 crop due to a disaster, the
Secretary of Agriculture shall consider nursery stock
losses caused by Hurricane Irene on October 16 and 17,
1999, to be losses to the 1999 crop of nursery stock: Pro-
vided, That such sums shall also be available to provide
additional compensation to eligible agriculture producers
of 1999 crop year citrus fruit for losses incurred due to
the December 1998 freeze in California: Provided further,
That such additional compensation, together with com-
pensation previously provided by the Secretary of Agri-
culture for such losses does not exceed the level of com-
pensation such producers would have received if such
losses had occurred during the 1998 crop year: Provided
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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 des-
ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement under 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 necessary to carry out this section
is designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 808. Notwithstanding section 1237(b)(1) of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(1)), the
Secretary of Agriculture may permit the enrollment of not
to exceed 1,075,000 acres in the Wetlands Reserve Pro-
gram: Provided, That notwithstanding section 11 of the
Commodity 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 for technical assistance activities per-
formed by any agency of the Department of Agriculture
in carrying out this section: 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 the entire amount, that includes designation of the en-
tire amount of the request as an emergency requirement
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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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
SEC. 809. In addition to other compensation paid by
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary shall com-
pensate, for economic losses not otherwise compensated,
or otherwise seek to make whole, from funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, not to exceed $2,400,000, the
owners of all sheep destroyed from flocks within the period
ending 20 days after the date of enactment of this Act
under the Secretary’s declarations of July 14, 2000, for
lost income, or other business interruption losses, due to
actions of the Secretary with respect to such sheep: Pro-
vided, 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 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,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
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an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 810. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall pay
Florida commercial citrus and lime growers $26 for each
commercial citrus or lime tree removed to control citrus
canker in order to allow for tree replacement and associ-
ated business costs. Payments under this subsection shall
be capped in accordance with the following trees per acre
limitations:
(1) in the case of grapefruit, 104 trees per acre;
(2) in the case of valencias, 123 trees per acre;
(3) in the case of navels, 118 trees per acre;
(4) in the case of tangelos, 114 trees per acre;
(5) in the case of limes, 154 trees per acre; and
(6) in the case of other or mixed citrus, 104
trees per acre.
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall compensate
Florida commercial citrus and lime growers for lost pro-
duction, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture,
with respect to trees removed to control citrus canker.
(c) To receive assistance under this section, a tree
referred to in subsection (a) or (b) must have been re-
moved after January 1, 1986, and before September 30,
2001.
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(d) In the case of a removed tree that was covered
by a crop insurance tree policy, compensation for lost pro-
duction under subsection (b) with respect to such a tree
shall be reduced by the indemnity received with respect
to such a tree. In the case of a removed tree that was
not covered by a crop insurance tree policy, although such
insurance was available for the tree, compensation for lost
production under subsection (b) with respect to such a
tree shall be reduced by 5 percent.
(e) 
The 
Secretary 
of 
Agriculture 
shall 
use
$58,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to carry out this section, to remain available until
expended.
(f) 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 des-
ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement under 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
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)
of such Act.
SEC. 811. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use $100,000,000
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of Commodity Credit Corporation funds, to remain avail-
able until expended, to make payments to apple producers
to provide relief for the loss of markets: Provided, That
the amount of payment to each producer shall be made
on a per pound basis equal to each qualifying producer’s
1998 and 1999 production of apples: Provided further,
That the grower shall establish eligibility for the amount
of market loss payment upon either of the two crop years
or an average of the two years: Provided further, That the
Secretary shall not make payments for that amount of a
particular farm’s apple production that is in excess of 1.6
million pounds: Provided further, That in addition to the
assistance provided under this section, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall use $38,000,000 of Commodity Credit
Corporation funds, to remain available until expended, to
make payments to apple and potato producers to com-
pensate them for quality losses to either or both their
1999 and 2000 crops due to fireblight or weather-related
disaster, including but not limited to a hurricane or hail:
Provided further, That these payments shall be made re-
gardless of whether a crop was harvested and without
limit: Provided further, That the producer shall be ineli-
gible for payments under this section with respect to a
market loss for apples or a quality loss for apples or pota-
toes to the extent of that amount that the producer re-
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ceived as 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.): Provided further,
That the Secretary shall not establish any terms or condi-
tions for grower eligibility, such as limits based upon gross
income, other than those in this section: Provided further,
That the assistance made available under this section for
an eligible producer shall be made as soon as practicable
after the enactment of this Act: 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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
SEC. 812. (a) NONRECOURSE MARKETING ASSIST-
ANCE LOANS.—
(1) The Secretary shall use funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to make nonrecourse
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marketing assistance loans available to producers of
the 2000 crop of honey.
(2) The loan rate for a marketing assistance
loan under paragraph (1) for honey shall be 65
cents per pound.
(3) The Secretary shall permit producers to
repay a marketing assistance nonrecourse loan
under paragraph (1) at a rate that is the lesser of—
(A) the loan rate for honey, plus interest
(as determined by the Secretary); or
(B) the prevailing domestic market price
for honey, as determined by the Secretary.
(b) LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.—
(1) The Secretary may make loan deficiency
payments available to any producer of honey that,
although eligible to obtain a marketing assistance
loan under subsection (a), agrees to forgo obtaining
the loan in return for a payment under this sub-
section.
(2) A loan deficiency payment under this sub-
section shall be determined by multiplying—
(A) the loan payment rate determined
under paragraph (3); by
(B) the quantity of honey that the pro-
ducer is eligible to place under loan, but for
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which the producer forgoes obtaining the loan
in return for a payment under this subsection.
(3) For the purposes of this subsection, the
loan payment rate shall be the amount by which—
(A) the loan rate established under sub-
section (a)(2); exceeds
(B) the rate at which a loan may be repaid
under subsection (a)(3).
(c) In order to provide an orderly transition to the
loans and payments provided under this section, the Sec-
retary shall convert recourse loans for the 2000 crop of
honey outstanding on the date of enactment of this Act
to nonrecourse marketing assistance loans under sub-
section (a).
(d) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) The marketing assistance loan gains and
loan deficiency payments that a person may receive
for the 2000 crop of honey under this section shall
be subject to the same limitations that apply to mar-
keting assistance loans and loan deficiency payments
received by producers of the same crop of other agri-
cultural commodities.
(2) The Secretary shall carry out this section in
such a manner as to minimize forfeitures of honey
marketing assistance loans.
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(e) The Secretary shall make loans and loan defi-
ciency payments under this section available to producers
beginning not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act.
(f) In the case of a producer that marketed or re-
deemed, before, on, or within 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, a quantity of an eligible 2000
crop for which the producer has not received a loan defi-
ciency payment or marketing loan gain under this section,
the producer shall be eligible to receive a payment from
the Secretary of Agriculture under this section in an
amount equal to the payment or gain that the producer
would have received for that quantity of eligible production
as of the date on which the producer lost beneficial inter-
est in the quantity or redeemed the quantity, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.
(g) 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 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,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
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an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 813. The Secretary shall use up to $10,000,000
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make
livestock indemnity payment to producers on a farm that
have incurred livestock losses during calendar year 2000
due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary, includ-
ing losses due to fires and anthrax: Provided, That the
entire amount 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
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 814. The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, not
to exceed $20,000,000, to make payments directly to pro-
ducers of wool, and producers of mohair, for the 2000
marketing year: Provided, That the payment rate for pro-
ducers of wool and mohair shall be equal to $0.40 per
pound: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the ex-
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tent that an official budget request for the entire amount,
that includes designation of the entire amount of the re-
quest as an emergency requirement as defined in the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Con-
gress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 815. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’)
shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial
assistance authorized under this section available to pro-
ducers on a farm that have incurred qualifying losses de-
scribed in subsection (c).
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall make assistance avail-
able under this section in the same manner as pro-
vided 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 thresholds for quantity and eco-
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nomic losses as were used in administering that sec-
tion.
(2) 
LOSS
THRESHOLDS
FOR
QUALITY
LOSSES.—In the case of a payment for quality loss
for a crop under subsection (c)(2), the loss thresh-
olds for quality loss for the crop shall be determined
under subsection (d).
(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 crop
diseases and insects) associated with crops that are, as
determined by the Secretary—
(1) quantity losses for the 2000 crop;
(2) quality losses for the 2000 crop; or
(3) severe economic losses for the 2000 crop.
(d) QUALITY LOSSES.—
(1) AMOUNT OF QUALITY LOSS.—The amount
of a quality loss for a crop of producers on a farm
under subsection (c)(2) shall be equal to the dif-
ference between—
(A) the per unit market value of the units
of the crop affected by the quality loss would
have had if the crop had not suffered a quality
loss; and
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(B) the per unit market value of the units
of the crop affected by the quality loss.
(2) AMOUNT
OF
QUALITY
LOSS
PAYMENT.—
Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of a payment
made to producers on a farm for a quality loss for
a crop under subsection (c)(2) shall be equal to the
amount obtained by multiplying—
(A) 65 percent of the quantity of the crop
affected by the quality loss that was produced
on the farm; by
(B) 65 percent of the per unit quality loss
for the crop determined under paragraph (1).
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—For producers on a farm to
be eligible to obtain a payment for a quality loss for
a crop under subsection (c)(2), the amount obtained
by multiplying the per unit loss determined under
paragraph (1) by the number of units affected by
the quality loss shall be at least 20 percent of the
value that all production of the crop would have had
if the crop had not suffered a quality loss.
(e) CROPS COVERED.—Assistance under this section
shall be applicable to losses for all crops, as determined
by the Secretary, due to disasters, including—
(1) irrigated crops that, due to lack of water or
contamination by saltwater intrusion of an irrigation
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supply resulting from drought conditions, were
planted and suffered a loss or were prevented from
being planted;
(2) pecans; and
(3) nursery losses in the State of Florida that
occur, because of disaster, during the period begin-
ning on October 1, 2000, and ending on December
31, 2000. Calculations of the amount of such losses
shall be made independently of other losses of the
producer, and such losses shall be subject to a sepa-
rate limit on payment amounts as may otherwise
apply. Any payment under this section for such
losses shall for all purposes, present and future, be
considered to be a 2000 crop payment, and such
compensated losses shall be ineligible for any assist-
ance that may become available for 2001 crop losses.
(f) 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.).
(g) LIMITATION
ON
PAYMENTS
FOR
MULTIPLE
LOSSES ON SAME ACREAGE.—Notwithstanding subsection
(d), a producer may not receive assistance under this sec-
tion for losses to more than one 2000 crop on the same
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acreage unless there is an established practice of planting
two or more crops for harvest on such acreage in the same
crop year, as determined by the Secretary. The Secretary
shall give a producer that is not covered by the exception
in the previous sentence an opportunity to designate the
2000 crop for which the producer requests assistance
under this section.
(h) 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 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,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 816. Of the amounts made available to the Sec-
retary for the purchase of specialty crops under sections
203(d) and 261(a)(2) of the Agricultural Risk Protection
Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106–224),
the Secretary shall use not less than $30,000,000 to pur-
chase cranberry juice concentrate and frozen cranberry
fruit: Provided, That section 203(d)(1) of the Agricultural
Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public
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Law 106–224) is amended by inserting ‘‘or cranberry
products (including cranberry juice concentrate and frozen
cranberry fruit)’’ after ‘‘cranberries’’: Provided further,
That in this section, the term ‘‘farm unit’’ means a sepa-
rate and distinct farming operation that reports inde-
pendent production information to the Cranberry Mar-
keting Committee: Provided further, That to provide as-
sistance for loss of markets for cranberries, the Secretary
shall use $20,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make payments to cranberry producers:
Provided further, That subject to this section and such
other terms and conditions as are determined by the Sec-
retary, a payment under this section shall be made on the
basis of the quantity of the 1999 crop of cranberries that
was produced on each farm unit: Provided further, That
the maximum quantity of the 1999 crop of cranberries for
which producers are eligible for a payment for a farm unit
under this section shall be 1,600,000 pounds: Provided
further, That subject to this section, the Secretary shall
take such actions as are necessary to ensure that pay-
ments made under this section do not duplicate payments
provided under other Federal programs for the same loss:
Provided further, That this shall not apply to an indemnity
provided under a policy or plan of insurance offered under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.):
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‘‘(ii) the land subject to the contract
that could practicably be planted to such
cover is planted to such cover; and
‘‘(iii) the land on which the owner or
operator was unable to plant such cover is
planted to such cover after the wet condi-
tions that prevented the planting sub-
sides;’’.
SEC. 818. (a) Section 353(e) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2001(e)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) FINANCING OF RECAPTURE PAYMENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may
amortize a recapture payment owed to the Sec-
retary under this subsection.
‘‘(B) TERM.—The term of an amortization
under this paragraph may not exceed 25 years.
‘‘(C) INTEREST RATE.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The interest rate
applicable to an amortization under this
paragraph may not exceed the rate appli-
cable to a loan to reacquire homestead
property less 100 basis points.
‘‘(ii) EXISTING
AMORTIZATIONS
AND
LOANS.—The interest rate applicable to an
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amortization or loan made by the Sec-
retary before the date of enactment of this
paragraph to finance a recapture payment
owed to the Secretary under this sub-
section may not exceed the rate applicable
to a loan to reacquire homestead property
less 100 basis points.’’.
(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 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,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 819. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use up
to $2,500,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to provide financial assistance to the State of
South Carolina to capitalize the South Carolina Grain
Dealers Guaranty Fund: Provided, That these funds shall
only be available if the State of South Carolina provides
an equal amount in the form of a grant to the South Caro-
lina Grain Dealers Guaranty Fund: Provided further, That
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the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall
be available only to the extent that an official budget re-
quest for the entire 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 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. 820. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture may use
funds made available under sections 211(a) and 211(b),
and 133(b) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of
2000 to provide technical assistance to farmers and ranch-
ers for the purposes described in sections 211(a) and
211(b), and 133(b) of that Act; and
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture may use funds made
available under section 211(b) of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 3830 note; Public Law
106–224) to provide additional funding for the Wildlife
Habitat Incentive Program established under section 387
of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act
of 1996 in such sums as the Secretary considers necessary
to carry out that program.
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(c) 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 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,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 821. Section 19(a)(1)(A) of the Food Stamp
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2028(a)(1)(A)) is amended by
striking ‘‘Puerto Rico’’ and all that follows through
‘‘2002, to finance’’ and inserting ‘‘Puerto Rico—
‘‘(i) for fiscal year 2000, $1,268,000,000;
‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 2001, the amount required
to be paid under clause (i) for fiscal year 2000, as
adjusted by the change in the Food at Home series
of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con-
sumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the Department of Labor, for the most recent 12-
month period ending in June; and
‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 2002, the amount required
to be paid under clause (ii) for fiscal year 2001, as
adjusted by the percentage by which the thrifty food
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plan is adjusted for fiscal year 2002 under section
3(o)(4);
to finance’’.
SEC. 822. 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 ag-
ricultural transportation cooperative in Hawaii, the mem-
bers of which are eligible to participate in the Farm Serv-
ice Agency administered Commodity Loan Program and
have suffered extraordinary market losses due to unprece-
dented low prices: Provided, That the entire amount shall
be available only to the extent an official budget request
for $7,200,000, 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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
SEC. 823. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Long Park
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Dam in Utah from funds available for the Emergency Wa-
tershed Program, not to exceed $4,500,000.
SEC. 824. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Kuhn Bayou
(Point Remove) Project in Arkansas from funds available
for the Emergency Watershed Program, not to exceed
$3,300,000.
SEC. 825. 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. 826. Of the funds made available for the Emer-
gency Watershed Protection Program activities in the
State of North Carolina, $1,000,000 shall be available to
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Natural
Resources Conservation Service, to provide technical and
financial assistance for implementation of the project
known as the ‘‘Flood Water Mitigation and Stream Res-
toration Project’’, Princeville, North Carolina.
SEC. 827. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, funds paid to oyster producers in the State of Con-
necticut under section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural De-
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velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277) shall be re-
tained by such producers.
SEC. 828. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to DuPage County,
Illinois, from funds available for the Emergency Water-
shed Program, not to exceed $1,100,000.
SEC. 829. Subtitle G, Section 262 of Public Law
106–224 is amended as follows: After ‘‘obligate’’, strike
‘‘and expend’’.
SEC. 830. Any funds appropriated by Cerro Grande
Fire Supplemental as contained in Public Law 106–246
for the Emergency Conservation Program not required to
meet the purposes of rehabilitating farmland damaged
from fires which resulted from prescribed burnings con-
ducted by the Federal Government may be used by the
Secretary of Agriculture for activities mandated under the
Emergency Conservation Program authorized under sec-
tion 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.
2201) consistent with the cost-share requirements of that
program: Provided, That the entire amount shall be avail-
able only to the extent that an official budget request for
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the entire 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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
SEC. 831. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for technical and financial assistance up to $120,000
shall be made available from the Emergency Watershed
Program for the Camp Lejeune Project on the Camp
Lejeune Marine Base, North Carolina.
SEC. 832. Funds appropriated by this Act and Public
Law 106–113 to the Agricultural Credit Insurance Pro-
gram Account for farm ownership and operating direct
loans and guaranteed loans and emergency loans may be
transferred among these programs with the prior approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress: Provided, That the entire amount shall be avail-
able 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 Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the
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President to the Congress: Provided further, That the en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
SEC. 833. Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(b)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) LOANS TO POULTRY FARMERS.—
‘‘(A) INABILITY TO OBTAIN INSURANCE.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subtitle, the
Secretary may make a loan to a poultry
farmer 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’);
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‘‘(III) obtains, for the term of
the loan, hazard insurance for the full
market value of the chicken house;
and
‘‘(IV) meets the other require-
ments 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
will allow the farmer to rebuild the chicken
house in accordance with current industry
standards.
‘‘(B) LOANS TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT
INDUSTRY STANDARDS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subtitle, the
Secretary may make a loan to a poultry
farmer under this subtitle to cover the loss
of a chicken house for which the farmer
had hazard insurance at the time of the
loss, if—
‘‘(I) the amount of the hazard in-
surance is less than the cost of re-
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building the chicken house in accord-
ance with current industry standards;
‘‘(II) the farmer uses the loan to
rebuild the chicken house in accord-
ance 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.
‘‘(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. 834. For an additional amount for grants under
sections 231(a) and 261(a)(2) of the Agricultural Risk
Protection Act of 2000, $10,000,000: Provided, That the
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entire amount shall be available only to the extent an offi-
cial budget request for $10,000,000, 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
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 835. For an additional amount for the cost (as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974) of guaranteed loans under section 310B(a)(1)
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
$10,000,000: Provided, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for
$10,000,000, 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 en-
tire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
such Act.
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SEC. 836. Section 156(e) of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(e))
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘recourse’’ each place that
it appears and inserting ‘‘nonrecourse’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraph (2),
the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (2);
(3) by re-designating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (2); and
(4) in paragraph (2) as so re-designated,
by striking ‘‘If’’ through ‘‘shall’’ in the first
sentence and inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall’’.
SEC. 837. Notwithstanding section 1001(2) of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308 (1)), the total
amount of the payments specified in section 1001(3) of
that Act or section 812 of this Act that a person shall
be entitled to receive under the Agricultural Market Tran-
sition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for one or more contract
commodities, oilseeds and for honey under section 812 of
this Act produced during the 2000 crop year may not ex-
ceed $150,000: Provided, That in carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall allow a producer that has mar-
keted or redeemed a quantity of an eligible 2000 crop for
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which the producer has not received a loan deficiency pay-
ment or marketing loan gain under section 134 or 135
of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7234,
7235) or section 812 of this Act to receive such payment
or gain as of the date on which the quantity was marketed
or redeemed, as determined by the Secretary.
SEC. 838. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall extend until the date that is 60
days after the date of enactment of this Act the final eligi-
bility date for marketing assistance loans and loan defi-
ciency payments under subtitle C of the Agricultural Mar-
ket Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231 et seq.) for rice of spe-
cial grade designations, as determined by the Secretary,
that was made eligible for the loans by the Secretary dur-
ing December 1999; and for which producers were not no-
tified of the eligibility period for the loans: Provided, That
producers on a farm that lost a beneficial interest in rice
after the date on which the rice was made ineligible for
loans and loan deficiency payments by the Secretary shall
be eligible to obtain loan deficiency payments based on the
payment rate that was in effect on the last date of eligi-
bility for the loans before the date of enactment of this
Act: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the ex-
tent that an official budget request for the entire amount,
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that includes designation of the entire amount of the re-
quest as an emergency requirement as defined in the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Con-
gress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 839. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into contracts
with livestock producers for the purpose of controlling the
buildup of grasses, forbs and other natural fuels that con-
tribute to the threat of wildfire on rangelands adminis-
tered by the Secretary: Provided, That such contracts are
provided from within discretionary funds.
SEC. 840. As soon as practicable after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity
Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall issue such regu-
lations as are necessary to implement sections 804, 805,
806, 809, 810, 811, 812, 814, 815, 816, 836, 837, 838,
839, 841, 843, 844, and 845 of this title: Provided, That
the issuance of the regulations shall be made without re-
gard to: (1) the notice and comment provisions of section
553 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the Statement of
Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24,
1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of pro-
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posed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking;
and (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’): Pro-
vided further, That in carrying out this section, the Sec-
retary shall use the authority provided under section 808
of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 841. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a
payment to each eligible person described in section
204(b)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of
2000 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106–224) without
regard to section 204(b)(1)(A)(ii) of that Act: Provided,
That the Secretary shall make a payment to an eligible
person described in this section in the same amount as
is payable to an eligible person under section 204 of that
Act: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary
to carry out this section shall be available only to the ex-
tent an official budget request that includes designation
of the entire amount of the request as an emergency re-
quirement 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.
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SEC. 842. Payments made from amounts appro-
priated pursuant to this title shall not be subject to admin-
istrative offset, including administrative offset under
chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 843. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use not
more than $20,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make payments to producers of tomatoes,
pears, peaches, and apricots that were unable to market
the crops of the producers because of the insolvency of
an agriculture cooperative in the State of California: Pro-
vided, That the amount of a payment made to a producer
under this subsection shall not exceed 50 percent of the
contract value of the unmarketed crop referred to in this
section: Provided further, That the entire amount nec-
essary to carry out this section 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: 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.
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SEC. 844. LOAN FORFEITURES OF BURLEY TOBACCO.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 106
through 106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1445 through 1445–2)—
(1) a producer-owned cooperative marketing as-
sociation may fully settle a loan made for the 1999
crop of Burley tobacco by forfeiting to the Com-
modity Credit Corporation the Burley tobacco cov-
ered by the loan regardless of the condition of the
tobacco;
(2) any losses to the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration as a result of paragraph (1)—
(A) shall not be charged to the No Net
Cost Tobacco Account; and
(B) shall not affect the amount of any as-
sessment imposed against Burley or any other
kind of tobacco under sections 106 through
106B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1445 through 1445-2); and
(3) any tobacco forfeited pursuant to this sec-
tion shall not be—
(A) counted for the purpose of determining
the Burley tobacco quota for any year pursuant
to section 319 of the Agricultural Adjustment
Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e); or
(B) sold for use in the United States.
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(b) EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—
(1) 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 as de-
fined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985, as amended is transmitted
by the President to the Congress.
(2) The entire amount is designated by the
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 845. COMMODITY ELIGIBILITY ASSISTANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3720B(a) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended in the first sentence by
inserting ‘‘or a marketing assistance loan or loan defi-
ciency payment under subtitle C of the Agricultural Mar-
ket Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231 et seq.)’’ after ‘‘dis-
aster loan’’.
(b) PAYMENTS.—Any payment made by the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to a producer as a result of
the amendment made by section (a) shall be credited to-
ward any delinquent debt owed by the producer to the
Farm Service Agency.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) takes effect on the date of enactment
of this Act.
(2) 
TRANSITION
LOAN
DEFICIENCY
PAY-
MENTS.—If the producers on a farm lost beneficial
interest in a crop during the period beginning March
21, 2000, and ending on the day before the date of
enactment of this Act and were ineligible for a mar-
keting assistance loan under subtitle C of the Agri-
cultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231 et
seq.) because of section 3720B(a) of title 31, United
States Code, as in effect before the amendment
made by subsection (a), the producers shall be eligi-
ble for any loan deficiency payment under subtitle C
of that Act that was available on the date on which
the producers lost beneficial interest in the crop.
(d)(1) The entire amount necessary to carry out this
section shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for the entire amount, 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 amedned, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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(2) The entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 846. MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF EXCESS SHELTER EX-
PENSE DEDUCTION.
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 5(e)(7)(B) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(7)(B)) is amended
by striking clauses (iii) and (iv) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 1999, $275,
$478, $393, $334, and $203 per month,
respectively;
‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 2000, $280, $483,
$398, $339, and $208 per month, respec-
tively;
‘‘(v) for fiscal year 2001, $340, $543,
$458, $399, and $268 per month, respec-
tively; and
‘‘(vi) for fiscal year 2002 and each
subsequent fiscal year, the applicable
amount during the preceding fiscal year, as
adjusted to reflect changes for the 12-
month period ending the preceding Novem-
ber 30 in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers published by the Bureau
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of Labor Statistics of the Department of
Labor.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION
OF AMEND-
MENT.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendment made by this section shall take effect on
March 1, 2001.
(2) The amendment made by this section shall not
apply with respect to certification periods beginning before
March 1, 2001.
(c)(1) The entire amount necessary to carry out this
section shall be available only to the extent an official
budget request for the entire amount, that includes des-
ignation of the entire amount of the request as an emer-
gency requirement under as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
(2) The entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 847. VEHICLE ALLOWANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(g)(2) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B)(iv)—
(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (C)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (C) and (D)’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘to the extent that’’ and all
that follows through the end of the clause and
inserting ‘‘to the extent that the fair market
value of the vehicle exceeds $4,650; and’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) 
ALTERNATIVE
VEHICLE
ALLOW-
ANCE.—If the vehicle allowance standards that
a State agency uses to determine eligibility for
assistance under the State program funded
under part A of title IV of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) would result in a
lower attribution of resources to certain house-
holds than under subparagraph (B)(iv), in lieu
of applying subparagraph (B)(iv), the State
agency may elect to apply the State vehicle al-
lowance standards to all households that would
incur a lower attribution of resources under the
State vehicle allowance standards.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION
OF AMEND-
MENTS.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall take effect on July
1, 2001.
(2) The amendments made by this section shall not
apply with respect to certification periods beginning before
July 1, 2001.