9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,393,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non–Federal 
lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $23,900,000, to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general ad-
ministration and other miscellaneous supplies and ex-
penses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 
practical and efficient work of the Department: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applica-
ble appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident 
to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551– 
558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro-
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grams funded by this Act, including programs involving 
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
branch, $3,289,000: Provided, That these funds may be 
transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 
level; Provided further, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from 
the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary 
has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 
USDA agency: Provided further, That no other funds ap-
propriated to the Department by this Act shall be available 
to the Department for support of congressional relations 
activities. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Communica-
tions, $8,058,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $80,000,000, including such sums 
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 
to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden-
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tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 
General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 
of Public Law 97–98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $35,204,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 
$760,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service, $70,000,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service, $149,500,000, of which up to 
$40,000,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen-
sus of Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 
Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
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for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 
equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 
to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 
total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
eral ownership, $993,345,000: Provided, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 
exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 
10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 
to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
of the current replacement value of the building or 
$375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 
apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 
at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 
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replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 
April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 
funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $600,800,000, as follows: to carry out 
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a– 
i), $208,000,000; for grants for cooperative forestry re-
search (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $30,000,000; for 
payments to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
$48,000,000, provided that each institution receives no 
less than $1,000,000; for special grants (7 U.S.C. 
450i(c)), $1,250,000; for competitive grants for Inte-
grated Pest Management and Biological Control (7 U.S.C. 
450i(c)), $14,000,000; for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 
450i(b)), $229,500,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for the support of animal health and disease pro-
grams (7 U.S.C. 3195), $4,000,000; for a program pursu-
ant to section 1415A of the National Agricultural Re-
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search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3151a), $4,200,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for a higher education multicultural scholars pro-
gram (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $1,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 
grants program for Hispanic–serving Institutions (7 
U.S.C. 3241), $7,800,000; for competitive grants for the 
purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3156 
to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible in-
stitutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded 
equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, 
$2,700,000; for secondary education, 2-year post-sec-
ondary education, and agriculture in the K-12 classroom 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $900,000; for aquaculture grants (7 
U.S.C. 3322), $3,300,000; for sustainable agriculture re-
search and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,300,000; for 
a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive funds under 
7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $16,400,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 
1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public 
Law 103–382, $2,800,000; for resident instruction grants 
for insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $900,000; for distance education 
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grants for insular areas under section 1490 of the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362), $750,000; for com-
petitive grants for policy research (7 U.S.C. 3155), 
$3,000,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and 
Education Activities, $10,000,000, of which $2,500,000 
for the Research, Education, and Economics Information 
System and $2,000,000 for the Electronic Grants Infor-
mation System, are to remain available until expended. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $411,200,000, 
as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 
the Smith–Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 
and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public 
Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $259,200,000; payments for 
extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith– 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,600,000; payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income 
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areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,000,000; pay-
ments for the pest management program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $8,400,000; payments for New Tech-
nologies for Agriculture Extension under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $1,400,000; payments to upgrade research, exten-
sion, and teaching facilities at institutions eligible to re-
ceive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $16,700,000, 
to remain available until expended; payments for youth- 
at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Smith–Lever 
Act, $7,100,000; payments for carrying out the provisions 
of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $3,400,000; payments for the feder-
ally-recognized Tribes Extension Program under section 
3(d) of the Smith–Lever Act, $2,600,000; payments for 
sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the 
Act, $4,000,000; payments for rural health and safety 
education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 
92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,500,000; payments for co-
operative extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3221), $36,000,000, provided that each institution re-
ceives no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organi-
zations pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,500,000; for pay-
ments to carry out the food animal residue avoidance data-
base program as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, 
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$1,000,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension Ac-
tivities, $6,800,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants program authorized under section 406 of the Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), including necessary administra-
tive expenses, $8,000,000, as follows: for a competitive or-
ganic transition program, $4,000,000; and for the regional 
pest management centers program $4,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 
$760,000. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 
$790,000,000, of which $2,000,000, to be available until 
expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks 
of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control 
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of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the ex-
tent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 
$16,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes 
or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of 
which $32,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 
$54,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
used to support avian health; of which $4,200,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for information 
technology infrastructure; of which $147,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be for specialty crop 
pests; of which, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem 
pests; of which $52,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which 
$2,300,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for wildlife services methods development; of which 
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 
safety; and up to 25 percent of the screwworm program 
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shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel-
losis 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 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 Depart-
ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail-
able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi-
cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani-
mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 
with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro-
tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 
and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 
7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 
for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 
shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter-
ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 
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