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be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing 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 production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
In fiscal year 2002, the agency is authorized to charge
fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for any per-
mit, easement, lease, or other special use authorization for
the occupancy or use of land and facilities (including 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 purposes.
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, $99,625,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service,
as authorized by law.
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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, $542,842,000, as follows: to carry out
the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–i),
$180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research
(16 U.S.C. 582a–a7), $21,884,000; for payments to the 1890
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7
U.S.C. 3222), $34,604,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be
made available only for the purpose of ensuring that each
institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for special
grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)),
$84,850,000, of which $500,000 shall be for a grant for
Oklahoma State University and its industrial partners to
develop chemical and biological sensors, including chemical
food safety sensors based on micro-optoelectronic devices
and techniques (such as laser diode absorption and cavity-
ring-down spectroscopy with active laser illumination), and
of which $500,000 is for the Environmental Biotechnology
Initiative at the University of Rhode Island; for special
grants for agricultural research on improved pest control
(7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,691,000; for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $134,452,000; for the support of
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animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195),
$5,098,000; for supplemental and alternative crops and
products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $898,000; for grants for research
pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984
(7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agri-
culture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), $800,000, to remain
available until expended; for the 1994 research program (7
U.S.C. 301 note), $998,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,993,000, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher education challenge
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,340,000; for a higher edu-
cation 
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U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for His-
panic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $3,492,000; for
noncompetitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all
provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (Section 759 of Public Law
106–78) to individual eligible institutions or consortia of
eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds
awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha-
waii, $3,000,000; for a secondary agriculture education
program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C.
3152(h)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C.
3322), $4,000,000; for sustainable agriculture research and
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education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $13,000,000; for a program of
capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges
eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890
(7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee Univer-
sity, $9,479,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursu-
ant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382,
$1,549,000; 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, $20,568,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to carry out research related to the production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products: Pro-
vided, That this paragraph shall not apply to research on
the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial 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.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
For payments to States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North-
ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $433,546,000, as fol-
lows: payments for cooperative extension work under the
Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and
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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 cooper-
ative extension agents and State extension directors,
$275,940,000, of which $3,600,000 may be used to carry
out Public Law 107–19; payments for extension work at
the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C.
343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and
family education program for low-income areas under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $58,566,000; payments for the pest
management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,759,000; payments for the farm safety program under
section 3(d) of the Act, $4,700,000; payments to upgrade
research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-
grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as authorized
by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b),
$13,500,000, to remain available until expended; payments
for the rural development centers under section 3(d) of the
Act, $1,000,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs
under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,481,000; for youth farm
safety education and certification extension grants, to be
awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act,
$499,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the
Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978, $5,000,000;
payments for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d)
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of the Act, $1,996,000; payments for sustainable agriculture
programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,500,000; pay-
ments for rural health and safety education as authorized
by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 2661
note, 2662), $2,622,000; payments for cooperative extension
work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Mor-
rill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee Univer-
sity, $31,181,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made avail-
able only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution
shall receive no less than $1,000,000; 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 Octo-
ber 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate and pro-
vide program leadership for the extension work of the De-
partment and the several States and insular possessions,
$11,529,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated
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 during the current fis-
cal year.
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INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
For the integrated research, education, and extension
competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis-
trative expenses, as authorized under section 406 of the Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $42,350,000, as follows: payments
for the water quality program, $12,971,000; payments for
the food safety program, $14,967,000; payments for the na-
tional agriculture pesticide impact assessment program,
$4,531,000; payments for the Food Quality Protection Act
risk mitigation program for major food crop systems,
$4,889,000; payments for the crops affected by Food Quality
Protection Act implementation, $1,497,000; payments for
the methyl bromide transition program, $2,495,000; and
payments for the organic transition program, $1,000,000.
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 Programs
to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con-
gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;
the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec-
tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $654,000.
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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 eradicate pests
and plant and animal diseases; to carry out inspection,
quarantine, and regulatory activities; to discharge the au-
thorities 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, $602,754,000, of which
$4,096,000 shall be available 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 $79,157,000 shall be used
for the boll weevil eradication program for cost share pur-
poses or for debt retirement for active eradication zones:
Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or ad-
minister 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 pur-
suant 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
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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
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from
other appropriations or funds available to the agencies or
corporations 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 ex-
penses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947,
and section 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any
unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emer-
gency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged
with such transferred amounts: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased
buildings 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.
In fiscal year 2002, the agency is authorized to collect
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance,
goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
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divisions, 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 serv-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall
be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.
Of the total amount available under this heading in
fiscal year 2002, $84,813,000 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, $5,189,000, 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 distribu-
tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author-
ized by law, and for administration and coordination of
payments to States, including field employment pursuant
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to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $90,000 for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $71,430,000, including
funds for the wholesale market development program for the
design and development of wholesale and farmer market fa-
cilities for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Pro-
vided, 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 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building.
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 $60,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative
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 August
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity
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program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
ment 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 $13,874,000 for formulation
and administration of marketing agreements 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 mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,347,000.
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 administra-
tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce-
dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the
standardization activities related to grain under the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $34,000,000:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu-
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ant 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 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building.
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities
require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees
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 en-
acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection
Service, $476,000.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in-
cluding 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), $715,747,000, of which no
less than $608,730,000 shall be available for Federal food
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inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to
this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory
accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of Public Law
102–237: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able 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 em-
ployment 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 im-
provements, 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.
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 Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the
Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the
Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration, $606,000.
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
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the Farm Service Agency, $939,030,000: 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 programs
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 account: Provided
further, That these funds shall be available for employment
pursuant 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 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), $3,993,000.
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 com-
mercial 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 pro-
ducing such milk, at a fair market value to any dairy farm-
er who is directed to remove his milk from commercial mar-
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kets because of: (1) the presence of products of nuclear radi-
ation or fallout if such contamination is not due to the fault
of the farmer; or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic sub-
stances 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 applica-
ble regulations or labeling instructions provided at the time
of use and the contamination is not due to the fault of the
farmer, $100,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, 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 mar-
kets as a result of the farmer’s willful failure to follow proce-
dures prescribed by the Federal Government: Provided fur-
ther, That this amount shall be transferred to the Com-
modity Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and
authorities 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,
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Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and
operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans-
ferred 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 author-
ized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $73,752,000: Provided, That
not to exceed $700 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1506(i).
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation
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 pro-
grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.
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FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be necessary,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 2002, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net re-
alized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pur-
suant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C.
713a–11).
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)
For fiscal year 2002, 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.
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TITLE II
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For-
est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service,
$730,000.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions
of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of
measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga-
tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil
and water management as may be necessary to prevent
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant
materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
semination 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 alteration or improvement
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of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and
maintenance of aircraft, $807,454,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than
$8,515,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, and
not less than $9,849,000 is for operation and establishment
of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and
public improvements at plant materials centers, except that
the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings
and other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000:
Provided further, That when buildings or other structures
are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such
land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be available for tech-
nical assistance and related expenses to carry out programs
authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River
Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)):
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local
engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates
to perform the technical planning work of the Service (16
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U.S.C. 590e–2): Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be
available to carry out a pilot program in cooperation with
the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Inte-
rior to determine migratory bird harvest, including popu-
lation monitoring, harvest information, and field oper-
ations.
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga-
tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water-
ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning,
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001–
1009), $10,960,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall
be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $110,000 shall be available for em-
ployment 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
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provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart-
ment, $100,413,000, to remain available until expended (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 $45,514,000 of this
appropriation shall be available for technical assistance:
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 $200,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed
$1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out
the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public
Law 93–205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated
by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to
other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite
project construction.
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of
structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved
August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), as amended by
section 313 of Public Law 106–472, November 9, 2000 (16
U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws
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relating to the activities of the Department, $10,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
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), $48,048,000, to remain avail-
able 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 authorized
by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and related ex-
penses, $7,811,000, to remain available until expended, as
authorized by that Act.
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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 pro-
grams 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 Agri-
culture, $623,000.
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
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, $1,004,125,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $83,903,000 shall be for rural community programs
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which
$842,254,000 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 $77,968,000 shall be for the rural
business and cooperative development programs described
in sections 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated in this account,
$24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Feder-
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ally Recognized Native American Tribes, of which
$1,000,000 shall be available for rural business opportunity
grants under section 306(a)(11) of that Act (7 U.S.C.
1926(a)(11)); $4,000,000 shall be available for community
facilities grants for tribal college improvements under sec-
tion 306(a)(19) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19));
$16,000,000 shall be available for grants for drinking water
and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of
such Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(c)) to benefit Federally Recognized
Native American Tribes that are not eligible to receive
funds under any other rural utilities program set-aside
under the rural community advancement program; and
$3,000,000 shall be available for rural business enterprise
grants under section 310B(c) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)),
of which $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a quali-
fied national organization to provide technical assistance
for rural transportation in order to promote economic de-
velopment: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated for rural community programs, $6,000,000 shall be
available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to
develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit com-
munity-based housing and community development organi-
zations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Rec-
ognized Native American tribes to undertake projects to im-
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prove housing, community facilities, community and eco-
nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified
private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations
proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical
assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-
nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources,
including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That of the
amount appropriated for the rural business and cooperative
development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made
available for a grant to a qualified national organization
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in
order to promote economic development; and $2,000,000
shall be for grants to Mississippi Delta Region counties:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for
rural utilities programs, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be
for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias
along the United States/Mexico borders, including grants
pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to exceed
$24,000,000 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 ad-
minister the program and up to one percent available to
improve interagency coordination may be transferred to
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and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $17,215,000
shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and
waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act;
and not to exceed $9,500,000 shall be for contracting with
qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $37,624,000 shall be available through June 30,
2002, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise
communities and communities designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones,
of which $1,163,000 shall be for the rural community pro-
grams described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which
$27,431,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which
$9,030,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of
such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated for rural community programs, not to exceed
$25,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural
communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-
nomic depression (P.L. 106–387), with five percent for ad-
ministration and capacity building in the State rural de-
velopment offices: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
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propriated $30,000,000 shall be to provide grants in rural
communities with extremely high energy costs: Provided
further, That any prior year balances for high cost energy
grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and
merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy
Costs Grants’’ account: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated by this Act to the Rural Community Advance-
ment Program for guaranteed business and industry loans,
funds may be transferred to direct business and industry
loans as deemed necessary by the Secretary and with prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-
velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;
$133,722,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 may be used for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not
more than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest non-
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monetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided fur-
ther, That any balances 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 ac-
count.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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: $4,233,014,000 for loans
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary,
of which $3,137,968,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans; $32,324,000 for section 504 housing repair
loans; $99,770,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family
housing loans; $114,068,000 for section 515 rental housing;
$5,090,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,778,000 for credit
sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,778,000 may
be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,000,000 for section
523 self-help housing land development loans.
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, $184,274,000 of which $40,166,000 shall be for
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unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair
loans, $10,386,000; section 538 multi-family housing guar-
anteed loans, $3,921,000; section 515 rental housing,
$48,274,000; section 524 site loans, $28,000; multi-family
credit sales of acquired property, $750,000; and section 523
self-help housing land development loans, $254,000: Pro-
vided, That of the total amount appropriated in this para-
graph, $11,656,000 shall be available through June 30,
2002, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise
communities and communities 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,
$422,241,000, 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, $708,504,000;
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance
program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That
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of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available
for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to
exceed $10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi-
zations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than
purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant
to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That
agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2002
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),
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That of the total amount appropriated,
$1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2002, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities
and communities designated by the Secretary 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, $38,914,000, to
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remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through
June 30, 2002, for authorized empowerment zones and en-
terprise communities and communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $28,431,000, to
remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts.
RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $16,494,000, as authorized
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
of which $1,724,000 shall be for Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be for
Mississippi Delta Region counties (as defined by Public
Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct loans of $38,171,000:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
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$2,730,000 shall be available through June 30, 2002, for
the cost of direct loans for authorized empowerment zones
and enterprise communities and communities designated by
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
nership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $3,733,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job
creation projects, $14,966,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, $3,616,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
credit payments in fiscal year 2002, as authorized by sec-
tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,
$3,616,000 shall not be obligated and $3,616,000 are re-
scinded.
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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), $8,000,000, of which
$2,000,000 shall be available for cooperative agreements for
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,497,000 of the total
amount appropriated shall be made available to coopera-
tives or associations of cooperatives whose primary focus
is to provide assistance to small, minority producers and
whose governing board and/or membership is comprised of
at least 75 percent minority.
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE
COMMUNITIES GRANTS
For grants in connection with a second round of em-
powerment zones and enterprise communities, $14,967,000,
to remain available until expended, for designated rural
empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities, as
authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Om-
nibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277).
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RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall
be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,
$121,107,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans,
$74,827,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans,
$300,000,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans,
$500,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of
that Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000 and rural tele-
communications, $120,000,000; and $750,000,000 for
Treasury rate direct electric loans.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936),
as follows: cost of rural electric loans, $3,689,000, and the
cost of telecommunication loans, $2,036,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7 per-
cent per year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$36,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with
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the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available
to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2002 and
within the resources and authority available, gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$174,615,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $3,737,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses, including
audits, necessary to carry out the loan programs,
$3,082,000, 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., $51,941,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended, to be available for loans and grants
for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas: Provided, That, $25,000,000 may be available for the
continuation of a pilot project for a loan and grant pro-
gram 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 Telemedicine
Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa: Provided further,
That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
LOCAL TELEVISION LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by Title X of Public Law 106–
553 for the purpose of facilitating access to signals of local
television stations for households located in nonserved areas
and underserved areas, $322,580,000.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $25,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the guaranteed loan program, $2,000,000, which
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Food and Nutrition Service, $587,000.
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; $10,087,246,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2003, of which
$4,746,538,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,340,708,000
shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available under this
heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, $500,000 shall be for a School Breakfast Program start-
up grant pilot program for the State of Wisconsin: Provided
further, That up to $4,507,000 shall be available for inde-
pendent verification of school food service claims.
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$4,247,086,000, to remain available through September 30,
2003: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations:
Provided further, That of the total amount available, the
Secretary shall obligate $20,000,000 for the farmers’ market
nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment of this
Act, and an additional $5,000,000 for the farmers’ market
nutrition program upon a determination by the Secretary
that funds are available to meet caseload requirements: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of
such Act, up to $14,000,000 shall be available for the pur-
poses 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 ad-
ministrative expenses 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
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with the cost containment and competitive bidding require-
ments specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided further,
That none of the funds provided shall be available for ac-
tivities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Gov-
ernment departments or agencies unless authorized by sec-
tion 17 of such Act: Provided further, That once the amount
for fiscal year 2001 carryover funds has been determined
by the Secretary, any funds in excess of $110,000,000 may
be transferred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Rural
Community Advancement Program and shall remain avail-
able until expended.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $22,991,986,000, of which
$2,000,000,000 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 meat for the
FDPIR from producer-owned cooperative organizations:
Provided further, 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 ex-
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pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp
Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be sub-
ject to any work registration or workfare requirements as
may be required by law: Provided further, That of funds
that may be reserved by the Secretary for allocation to State
agencies under section 16(h)(1) of such Act to carry out
Employment and Training programs, not more than
$145,000,000 made available in previous years may be obli-
gated in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That funds
made available for Employment and Training under this
heading shall remain available until expended, as author-
ized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided
further, That funds provided under this heading may be
used to procure food coupons necessary for program oper-
ations in this or subsequent fiscal years until electronic ben-
efit transfer implementation is complete.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
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, $139,991,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2003: Provided, That none of these funds shall
be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for commodities donated to the program: Provided fur-
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ther, That $5,300,000 of unobligated balances available at
the beginning of fiscal year 2002 are hereby rescinded.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special
assistance for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by
section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act
of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965, $150,749,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2003.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic
food programs funded under this Act, $127,546,000, of
which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations,
improving food stamp benefit delivery, and assisting in the
prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud and
other violations of law and of which not less than
$6,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the
Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pursu-
ant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000
shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development ac-
tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate
and integrate activities of the Department in connection
with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $121,563,000: Provided, That the Service
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies,
public and private organizations and institutions under
agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro-
duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for-
eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for
International Development.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco
products.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and
the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of
modifying 
credit 
arrangements 
under 
said 
Acts,
$130,218,000, 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, $2,005,000, of
which $1,033,000 may be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, and of which $972,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL
GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, $20,277,000, to remain
available until expended, for ocean freight differential costs
for the shipment of agricultural commodities under title I
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of said Act: Provided, That funds made available for the
cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean freight dif-
ferential may be used interchangeably between the two ac-
counts with prior notice to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, $850,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for commodities supplied in con-
nection with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,014,000; to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,224,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’,
and of which $790,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of
the Food and Drug Administration which are included in
this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District
of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on
the 
Secretary’s 
certificate, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$25,000;
$1,345,386,000, of which not to exceed $161,716,000 to be
derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 379(h), including any such fees assessed prior to the
current fiscal year but credited during the current year, in
accordance with section 736(g)(4), shall be credited to this
appropriation and remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That fees derived from applications received during
fiscal year 2002 shall be subject to the fiscal year 2002 limi-
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tation: 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) $311,926,000 shall
be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
fairs; (2) $350,578,000 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
$14,207,000 shall be available for grants and contracts
awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C.
360ee), and of which not less than $500,000 shall be avail-
able for a generic drug public education campaign; (3)
$155,431,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $81,182,000 shall be for the
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $178,761,000
shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health
and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (6) $36,984,000 shall be for the National Center for
Toxicological Research; (7) $31,798,000 shall be for Rent
and Related activities, other than the amounts paid to the
General Services Administration, of which $6,000,000 for
costs related to occupancy of new facilities at White Oak,
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Maryland shall remain available until September 30, 2003;
(8) $105,116,000 shall be for payments to the General Serv-
ices Administration for rent and related costs; and (9)
$93,610,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office
of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and Sys-
tems; the Office of the Senior Associate Commissioner; the
Office of International and Constituent Relations; the Office
of Policy, Legislation, and Planning; and central services
for these offices: Provided further, That $1,000,000 to the
Center for Food Safety and Nutrition to enhance enforce-
ment of requirements under the Dietary Supplement Health
and Education Act of 1994 related to the accuracy of prod-
uct labeling, and the truthfulness and substantiation of
claims: Provided further, That funds may be transferred
from one specified activity to another with the prior ap-
proval of the Committees 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 remain
available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
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ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where
not otherwise provided, $34,281,000, 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.), including
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental
of space (to include multiple year leases) in the District
of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed $25,000 for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $70,400,000, including
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $36,700,000 (from assessments collected
from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul-
tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the
current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author-
ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships.
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for fiscal year 2002 under this Act shall
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be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifi-
cally provided for, of not to exceed 379 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 378 shall be for replacement only, and for
the hire of such vehicles.
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria-
tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re-
search and service work authorized by sections 1 and 10
of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; commonly
known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of title II
and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C.
1621 et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available for contracting in accordance with such
Acts and chapter.
SEC. 704. The 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 De-
partment of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds
made available by this Act or any other Act shall be trans-
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ferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior ap-
proval of the agency administrator: Provided further, 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 Committees on Appro-
priations 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 condi-
tions, 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 associ-
ated with colocating regional offices; Food Safety and In-
spection Service, field automation and information man-
agement project; Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, funds for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Edu-
cation and Economics Information System (REEIS), and
funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment
Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds
made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural
Service, middle-income country training program and up
to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appro-
priation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in
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international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation 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 appropriations
available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall
be available to provide appropriate orientation and lan-
guage training pursuant to section 606C of the Act of Au-
gust 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b; commonly known as the Ag-
ricultural Act of 1954).
SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative
agreements or similar arrangements between the United
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the
agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Cor-
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poration to lease space for its own use or to lease space
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agriculture
when such space will be jointly occupied.
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award-
ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered
estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
available in fiscal year 2002 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2002 for
the following accounts: the rural development loan fund
program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac-
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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 telephone
liquidating account which is in excess of current require-
ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth
for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990.
SEC. 715. Of the funds made available by this Act, not
more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively
awarded grants.
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
SEC. 717. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office
funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De-
partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving
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agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee
for the period of assignment.
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be
used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non-
Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses
to questions that are a result of information requested for
the appropriations hearing process.
SEC. 719. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer
without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 720. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2002, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
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collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through
a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases
funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity
for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates
an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
in fiscal year 2002, or provided from any accounts in the
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1)
augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) re-
duces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
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savings from a reduction in personnel which would result
in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as
approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before
implementing a program or activity not carried out during
the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is
funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
SEC. 721. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obli-
gations incurred prior to enactment of this Act, none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or
any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses
of personnel to carry out section 793 of Public Law 104–
127, the Fund for Rural America (7 U.S.C. 2204f).
SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the
transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2002 funds under the
provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105–185, the Initia-
tive for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C.
7621).
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SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out a conservation farm
option program, as authorized by section 1240M of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb).
SEC. 724. 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 Pharmaceutical Analysis
in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits
of St. Louis, Missouri.
SEC. 725. None of the funds made available to the Food
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to re-
duce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration
District Office below the operating and full-time equivalent
staffing level of July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit Dis-
trict Office to a station, residence post or similarly modified
office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to the Detroit
District Office: Provided, That this section shall not apply
to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory facilities
or operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except
that field laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations
in the general vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to
cooperative agreements between the Food and Drug Admin-
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istration and other laboratory facilities associated with the
State of Michigan.
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to
the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that as-
sumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous
year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted
into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such
Budget submission identifies which additional spending re-
ductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a com-
mittee of conference for the fiscal year 2003 appropriations
Act.
SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this
Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a
state Rural Development office unless or until cost effective-
ness and enhancement of program delivery have been deter-
mined.
SEC. 728. Of any shipments of commodities made pur-
suant to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the
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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 provision of—
(1) agricultural commodities to—
(A) individuals with Human Immuno-
deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome in the communities, and
(B) households in the communities, particu-
larly individuals caring for orphaned children;
and
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro-
vide other assistance (including assistance under
microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create
or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals
in the communities, particularly individuals caring
for orphaned children.
SEC. 729. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $1,996,000 is appro-
priated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center.
SEC. 730. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the Depart-
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ment of Agriculture’s charge card programs may be depos-
ited 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 initiatives of
general benefit to the Department of Agriculture bureaus
and offices as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture
or the Secretary’s designee.
SEC. 731. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7
U.S.C. 1736f) any balances available to carry out title III
of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, and
any recoveries and reimbursements that become available
to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to carry
out title II of such Act.
SEC. 732. Of the funds made available under section
27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et
seq.), the Secretary may use up to $5,000,000 for adminis-
trative costs associated with the distribution of commod-
ities.
SEC. 733. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary may transfer up to $26,000,000 in funds pro-
vided for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program
authorized by Chapter 4, Subtitle D, Title XII of the Food
Security Act of 1985, for technical assistance to implement
the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by subchapter
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B, Chapter 1, Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985,
with funds to remain available until expended: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary may elect to enroll no more than 340,000 acres for
continuous signup, conservation reserve enhancement, or
wetland pilot purposes and no acres for regular enrollment
into the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by sub-
chapter B, Chapter 1, Title XII of the Food Security Act
of 1985, during fiscal year 2002 and any savings derived
from such action may be transferred, not to exceed
$18,000,000, for technical assistance to implement the Con-
servation Reserve Program, with funds to remain available
until expended.
SEC. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the City of St. Joseph, Missouri, shall be eligible for grants
and loans administered by the rural development mission
area of the Department of Agriculture relating to an appli-
cation submitted to the Department by a farmer-owned co-
operative, a majority of whose members reside in a rural
area, as determined by the Secretary, and for the purchase
and operation of a facility beneficial to the purpose of the
cooperative.
SEC. 735. Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)(B))
is amended by striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.
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SEC. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide
financial and technical assistance in the amount of
$150,000 to the Mallard Pointe project in Madison County,
Mississippi.
SEC. 737. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall, in cooperation with the
State of Illinois, develop and implement a pilot project uti-
lizing conservation programs of the Department of Agri-
culture for soil, water, wetlands, and wildlife habitat en-
hancement in the Illinois River Basin: Provided, That no
funds shall be made available to carry out this section un-
less they are expressly provided for a program in this Act
or any other Act for obligation in fiscal year 2002: Provided
further, That any conservation reserve program enrollments
made pursuant to this section shall be subject to section 734
of this Act.
SEC. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide
$450,000 for a wetlands restoration and water conservation
project in the vicinity of Jamestown, Rhode Island.
SEC. 739. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$3,000,000 shall be made available from funds under the
rural business and cooperative development programs of the
Rural Community Advancement Program for a grant for
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an integrated ethanol plant, feedlot, and animal waste di-
gestion unit, to the extent matching funds from the Depart-
ment of Energy are provided if a commitment for such
matching funds is made prior to July 1, 2002: Provided,
That such funds shall be released to the project after the
farmer-owned cooperative equity is in place, and a formally
executed commitment from a qualified lender based upon
receipt of necessary permits, contract, and other appro-
priate documentation has been secured by the project.
SEC. 740. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service
shall use the authorities provided in the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 to finance the acquisition of existing gen-
eration, transmission and distribution systems and facili-
ties 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. 741. Notwithstanding subsection (f) of section 156
of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C.
7272(f)), any assessment imposed under that subsection for
marketings of raw cane sugar or beet sugar for the 2002
fiscal year shall not be required to be remitted to the Com-
modity Credit Corporation before September 2, 2002.
SEC. 742. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Natural Re-
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sources Conservation Service, shall provide financial assist-
ance from available funds from the Emergency Watershed
Protection Program in Arkansas, in an amount not to ex-
ceed $400,000 for completion of the current construction
phase of the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) Project.
SEC. 743. (a) TEMPORARY USE OF EXISTING PAY-
MENTS
TO
STATES
TABLE.—Notwithstanding section
101(a)(1) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393; 16 U.S.C.
500 note), for the purpose of making the first fiscal year’s
payments under section 102 of such Act to eligible States
and eligible counties, the full payment amount for each eli-
gible State and eligible county shall be deemed to be equal
to the full payment amount calculated for that eligible State
or eligible county in the Forest Service document entitled
‘‘P.L. 106–393, Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act’’, dated July 31, 2001.
(b) REVISION OF TABLE.—For the purpose of making
payments under section 102 of such Act to eligible States
and eligible counties of subsequent fiscal years, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall provide for the revision of the
table referred to in subsection (a) to accurately reflect the
average of the three highest 25-percent payments and safety
net payments made to eligible States for the fiscal years
of the eligibility period, as required by section 101(a)(1)
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of such Act. If the revisions are not completed by the time
payments under section 102 of such Act are due to be made
for a subsequent fiscal year, the table referred to in sub-
section (a) shall again be used for the purpose of making
the payments for that fiscal year. The Forest Service shall
provide the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Com-
mittee and the House of Representatives Agriculture Com-
mittee with a report on the progress of the correction by
March 1, 2002.
(c) ADDITIONAL OPT-OUT OPTION.—Notwithstanding
section 102(b)(2) of Public Law 106–393, if the revision
of the table referred to in subsection (a) results in a lower
full payment amount to a county that has elected under
section 102(a)(2) the full payment amount, then that coun-
ty may revisit their election under section 102(b)(1).
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘eligible
State’’, ‘‘eligible county’’, ‘‘eligibility period’’, ‘‘25-period
payment’’, and ‘‘safety net payments’’ have the meanings
given such terms in section 3 of such Act.
(e) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MINERAL LEASING RE-
CEIPTS.—An eligible county that elects under section 102(b)
to receive its share of an eligible State’s full payment
amount shall continue to receive its share of any payments
made to that State from a lease for mineral resources issued
by the Secretary of the Interior under the last paragraph
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under the heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ in the Act of
March 4, 1917 (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 520).
(f) MINERAL PAYMENTS.—Section 6(b) of the Mineral
Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(b)) is
amended by inserting after the first sentence, the following
new sentence: ‘‘The preceeding sentence shall also apply to
any payment to a State derived from a lease for mineral
resources issued by the Secretary of the Interior under the
last paragraph under the heading ‘FOREST SERVICE’ in
the Act of March 4, 1917 (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 520).’’.
SEC. 744. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND. Section 501(b)
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471) is amended
in paragraph (5)—
(1) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5)(A)’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) For purposes of this title, for fiscal years
2002 and 2003, the term ‘income’ does not include
dividends received from the Alaska Permanent Fund
by a person who was under the age of 18 years when
that person qualified for the dividend.’’.
SEC. 745. Hereafter, any provision of any Act of Con-
gress relating to colleges and universities eligible to receive
funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee
University, shall apply to West Virginia State College at
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Institute, West Virginia: Provided, That the Secretary may
waive the matching funds’ requirement under section 1449
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222d) for fiscal
year 2002 for West Virginia State College if the Secretary
determines the State of West Virginia will be unlikely to
satisfy the matching requirement.
SEC. 746. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service, shall provide financial and technical as-
sistance relating to the Tanana River bordering the Big
Delta State Historical Park.
SEC. 747. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act to the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration shall be used to allow admission of fish or fish prod-
ucts labeled wholly or in part as ‘‘catfish’’ unless the prod-
ucts are taxonomically from the family Ictaluridae.
SEC. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized
to accept any unused funds transferred to the Alaska Rail-
road Corporation for avalanche control and retransfer up
to $499,000 of such funds as a direct lump sum payment
to the City of Valdez to construct an avalanche control wall
to protect a public school.
SEC. 749. Of funds previously appropriated to the Bu-
reau of Land Management under the heading ‘‘Wildland
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Fire Management’’, up to $5,000,000 is transferred to the
Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, for reim-
bursement for crop damage resulting from the Bureau’s use
of herbicides in the State of Idaho: Provided, That nothing
in this section shall be construed to constitute an admission
of liability in any subsequent litigation with respect to the
Bureau’s use of such herbicides.
SEC. 750. PILOT PROGRAM
FOR ENROLLMENT
OF
WETLAND AND BUFFER ACREAGE IN CONSERVATION RE-
SERVE. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(h)(4)(B)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(which may include emerging vege-
tation in water)’’ after ‘‘vegetative cover’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1232(a)(4) of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘(which may include emerging vege-
tation in water)’’ after ‘‘vegetative cover’’.
SEC. 751. SPECIALTY CROPS. (a) GRADING OF PRICE-
SUPPORT TOBACCO.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than March 31,
2002, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this
section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall conduct a ref-
erendum among producers of each kind of tobacco
that is eligible for price support under the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) to determine
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whether the producers favor the mandatory grading of
the tobacco by the Secretary.
(2) MANDATORY GRADING.—If the Secretary de-
termines that mandatory grading of each kind of to-
bacco described in paragraph (1) is favored by a ma-
jority of the producers voting in the referendum, effec-
tive for the 2002 and subsequent marketing years, the
Secretary shall ensure that all kinds of the tobacco are
graded at the time of sale.
(3) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A determination by the
Secretary under this subsection shall not be subject to
judicial review.
(b) QUOTA REDUCTION FOR CONSERVATION RESERVE
ACREAGE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1236 of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3836) is amended—
(A) by striking subsection (a);
(B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c),
and (d) as subsections (a), (b), and (c), respec-
tively;
(C) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’; and
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(D) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated),
by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
1232(a)(5) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3832(a)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘section
1236(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1236(c)’’.
(3) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by
this subsection shall apply beginning with the 2002
crop.
(c) HORSE BREEDER LOANS.—
(1) DEFINITION OF HORSE BREEDER.—In this
subsection, the term ‘‘horse breeder’’ means a person
that, as of the date of enactment of this Act, derives
more than 70 percent of the income of the person from
the business of breeding, boarding, raising, training,
or selling horses, during the shorter of—
(A) the 5-year period ending on January 1,
2001; or
(B) the period the person has been engaged
in such business.
(2) LOAN AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall
make loans to eligible horse breeders to assist the horse
breeders for losses suffered as a result of mare repro-
ductive loss syndrome.
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(3) ELIGIBILITY.—A horse breeder shall be eligi-
ble for a loan under this subsection if the Secretary
determines that, as a result of mare reproductive loss
syndrome—
(A) during the period beginning January 1
and ending October 1 of any of calendar years
2000, 2001, or 2002—
(i) 30 percent or more of the mares
owned by the horse breeder failed to con-
ceive, miscarried, aborted, or otherwise
failed to produce a live healthy foal; or
(ii) 30 percent or more of the mares
boarded on a farm owned, operated, or
leased by the horse breeder failed to con-
ceive, miscarried, aborted, or otherwise
failed to produce a live healthy foal;
(B) the horse breeder is unable to meet the
financial obligations, or pay the ordinary and
necessary expenses, of the horse breeder incurred
in connection with breeding, boarding, raising,
training, or selling horses; and
(C) the horse breeder is not able to obtain
sufficient credit elsewhere, in accordance with
subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.).
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(4) AMOUNT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph
(B), the amount of a loan made to a horse breed-
er under this subsection shall be determined by
the Secretary on the basis of the amount of losses
suffered by the horse breeder, and the financial
needs of the horse breeder, as a result of mare re-
productive loss syndrome.
(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of a
loan made to a horse breeder under this sub-
section shall not exceed the maximum amount of
an emergency loan under section 324(a) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C. 1964(a)).
(5) TERM.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph
(B), the term for repayment of a loan made to
a horse breeder under this subsection shall be de-
termined by the Secretary based on the ability of
the horse breeder to repay the loan.
(B) MAXIMUM TERM.—The term of a loan
made to a horse breeder under this subsection
shall not exceed 20 years.
(6) INTEREST
RATE.—The interest rate for a
loan made to a horse breeder under this subsection
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shall be the interest rate for emergency loans pre-
scribed under section 324(b)(1) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1964(b)(1)).
(7) SECURITY.—A loan to a horse breeder under
this subsection shall be made on the security required
for emergency loans under section 324(d) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1964(d)).
(8) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to obtain a
loan under this subsection, a horse breeder shall sub-
mit an application for the loan to the Secretary not
later than September 30, 2002.
(9) FUNDING.—The Secretary shall carry out
this subsection using funds made available to make
emergency loans under subtitle C of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et
seq.).
(10) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by
this subsection to make a loan terminates effective
September 30, 2003.
SEC. 752. During fiscal year 2002, subsection (a)(2)
of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1508) shall be applied as though the term ‘‘and potatoes’’
read as follows: ‘‘, potatoes, and sweet potatoes’’.
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SEC. 753. Within 30 days of the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a re-
programming request to the House and Senate Appropria-
tions Committees to address the $21,700,000 in tornado
damages incurred at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agri-
cultural Research Center.
SEC. 754. CITRUS CANKER ERADICATION. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Section 810 of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1549A–52) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘The’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to subsection (e), the’’; and
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2001’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2002’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments in subsection
(a) shall take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2001.
SEC. 755. From the amount appropriated to the Ani-
mal and Plant Health Inspection Service, $300,000 shall
be provided to monitor and prevent Mare Reproductive Loss
Syndrome in cooperation with the University of Kentucky.
SEC. 756. Section 306(a)(20) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(20)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph:
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‘‘(D) RURAL
BROADBAND.—The Secretary
may make grants to regulatory commissions in
States with communities without dial-up inter-
net access to establish a competitively neutral
grant program to telecommunications carriers
that establish facilities and services which, in the
commission’s determination, will result in the
long-term availability to rural communities in
such 
States 
of 
affordable 
broadband 
tele-
communications services which can be used for
the provision of high speed internet access.’’.
SEC. 757. In accordance with the Farmland Protection
Program, a total of $720,000 shall be made available to
purchase conservation easements or other interests in land,
not to exceed 235 acres, in Adair, Green, and Taylor Coun-
ties, Kentucky: Provided, That $490,000 of this amount
shall be from funds made available to the Conservation Re-
serve Enhancement Program for the State of Kentucky.
SEC. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the City of Caldwell, Idaho, shall be eligible for grants and
loans administered by the Rural Housing Service of the
United States Department of Agriculture for a period not
to exceed one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 759. Section 8c(1) of the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 is amended by adding the following
provision at the end of the penultimate sentence:
‘‘The Secretary is authorized to implement a producer
allotment program and a handler withholding pro-
gram under the cranberry marketing order in the
same crop year through informal rulemaking based
on a recommendation and supporting economic anal-
ysis submitted by the Cranberry Marketing Com-
mittee. Such recommendation and analysis shall be
submitted by the Committee no later than March 1 of
each year.’’.
SEC. 760. Section 11(f) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(f)) is amended
by—
(1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ‘‘2001’’ and
inserting ‘‘2003’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
submit to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry of the Senate—
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‘‘(i) not later than January 1, 2003,
an interim report on the activities of the
State agencies receiving grants under this
subsection; and
‘‘(ii) not later than January 1, 2004,
a final report on the activities of the State
agencies receiving grants under this sub-
section.’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘re-
port’’ and inserting ‘‘reports’’.
SEC. 761. From the amount appropriated to the Ani-
mal and Plant Health Inspection Service, $300,000 shall
be provided for activities regarding West Nile Virus, in co-
operation with the University of Illinois.
SEC. 762. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the City of Mt. Vernon, Washington, shall be eligible for
grants and loans administered by the Rural Housing Serv-
ice of the United States Department of Agriculture for a
period not to exceed one year from the date of enactment
of this Act.