H. J. Res. 2
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three
Joint Resolution
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003,
and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This joint resolution may be cited as the ‘‘Consolidated Appro-
priations Resolution, 2003’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this joint resolution is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG AD-
MINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS,
2003
Title I—Agricultural Programs
Title II—Conservation Programs
Title III—Rural Development Programs
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI—Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII—General Provisions
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
Title I—Department of Justice
Title II—Department of Commerce and Related Agencies
Title III—The Judiciary
Title IV—Department of State and Related Agency
Title V—Related Agencies
Title VI—General Provisions
Title VII—Rescissions
DIVISION C—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
Title I—Federal Funds
Title II—District of Columbia Funds
Title III—General Provisions
DIVISION D—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
Title I—Department of Defense—Civil: Department of the Army
Title II—Department of the Interior
Title III—Department of Energy
Title IV—Independent Agencies
Title V—General Provisions
DIVISION E—FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED
PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
Title I—Export and Investment Assistance
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Title II—Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title III—Military Assistance
Title IV—Multilateral Economic Assistance
Title V—General Provisions
DIVISION F—INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
Title I—Department of the Interior
Title II—Related Agencies
Title III—General Provisions
Title IV—T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area
Title V—National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003
DIVISION G—LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION,
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
Title I—Department of Labor
Title II—Department of Health and Human Services
Title III—Department of Education
Title IV—Related Agencies
Title V—General Provisions
DIVISION H—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
Title I—Legislative Branch Appropriations
Title II—General Provisions
DIVISION I—TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
Title I—Department of Transportation
Title II—Related Agencies
Title III—General Provisions
DIVISION J—TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS,
2003
Title I—Department of the Treasury
Title II—Postal Service
Title III—Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to the Presi-
dent
Title IV—Independent Agencies
Title V—General Provisions—This Act
Title VI—General Provisions—Departments, Agencies, and Corporations
DIVISION K—VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
Title I—Department of Veterans Affairs
Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III—Independent Agencies
Title IV—General Provisions
DIVISION L—HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 AMENDMENTS
DIVISION M—DEFENSE MATTERS
DIVISION N—EMERGENCY RELIEF AND OFFSETS
Title I—Election Reform
Title II—Agricultural Assistance
Title III—Wildland Fire Emergency
Title IV—TANF and Medicare
Title V—Fisheries Disasters
Title VI—Offsets
Title VII—Bonneville Power Administration Borrowing Authority
DIVISION O—PRICE-ANDERSON ACT AMENDMENTS
DIVISION P—UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW
COMMISSION
SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this
Act’’ contained in any division of this joint resolution shall be
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
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DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2003, and for other purposes.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, $3,412,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this
amount shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including eco-
nomic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, energy and
new uses, and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook
Board, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1622g), $8,566,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
$13,759,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, $7,358,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $15,251,000.
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing
Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service and Rural Development
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mission areas for information technology, systems, and services,
$133,155,000, to remain available until expended, for the capital
asset acquisition of shared information technology systems,
including services as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C.
1421–28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be consistent
with the Department of Agriculture Service Center Modernization
Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be with the concurrence
of the Department’s Chief Information Officer.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, $5,572,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall
actively market and expand cross-servicing activities of the National
Finance Center.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For the acquisition of remote mirroring backup technology of
the National Finance Center’s data, $12,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of these funds may be
obligated until the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations
have approved a feasibility study to be submitted by the Secretary
of Agriculture: Provided further, That if the study is not approved
within 30 days of its submission, the funds appropriated shall
be available for the authorized uses of the Working Capital Fund.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Civil Rights, $400,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded
by this Act, $664,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act,
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $196,781,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary
of Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency’s appropriation
made available by this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer
a share of this appropriation to that agency’s appropriation to
cover the costs of new or replacement space for such agency, but
such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds made avail-
able for space rental and related costs to or from this account.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.),
$15,685,000, to remain available 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, $38,095,000, to provide for
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of
the Department and for general administration and disaster
management of the Department, repairs and alterations, and other
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for
and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-
ment: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from
applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident
to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL
RELATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs
funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental
affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $3,821,000: Pro-
vided, 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 other funds appro-
priated to the Department by this Act shall be available to the
Department for support of activities of congressional relations.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating to the
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the dissemina-
tion of agricultural information, and the coordination of information,
work, and programs authorized by Congress in the Department,
$9,140,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used
for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of
1978, $74,097,000, including such sums as may be necessary for
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and pri-
vate persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General
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Act of 1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants,
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursu-
ant 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,
$35,017,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to administer
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic Research
Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricul-
tural Research Service, and the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, $588,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in
conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other
laws, $69,123,000.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work,
including crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and
improvements, marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture,
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627 and 2204g, and other laws,
$139,354,000, of which up to $41,274,000 shall be available until
expended for the Census of Agriculture.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research
Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating
to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use
including the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agri-
cultural information; and for acquisition of lands by donation,
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor
which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land
or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,052,770,000:
Provided, That appropriations 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 improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any
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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 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 subdivision, organization, or individual for the pur-
pose of establishing or operating any research facility or research
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
None of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
available to carry out research related to the production, processing
or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, the agency is authorized
to charge fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for any
permit, 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, improvement,
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided,
$119,480,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That,
in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, funds may be received from
any State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual
for the purpose of establishing any research facility of the Agricul-
tural Research Service, as authorized by law.
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION
SERVICE
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other
expenses, $620,827,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of
the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $180,148,000; for grants
for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7),
$21,884,000; for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including
Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $35,643,000, 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)),
$112,264,000; for special grants for agricultural research on
improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,264,000; for competitive
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $167,131,000; for the support
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of 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), $1,196,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical
Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,250,000, to
remain available until expended; for research grants for 1994
institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7
U.S.C. 301 note), $1,100,000, to remain available until expended;
for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(6)), $3,243,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)),
$4,920,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars program
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-
serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $4,100,000; 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 Hawaii, $3,500,000; for a secondary agriculture education pro-
gram and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)),
$1,000,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $4,500,000; for
sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811),
$13,750,000; 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
University, $11,479,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to
section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $1,700,000; and for nec-
essary expenses of Research and Education Activities, $29,659,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available
to carry out research related to the production, processing or mar-
keting of tobacco or tobacco products: Provided, 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 author-
ized 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, Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa, $453,468,000, as follows: payments for cooperative
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of
Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation
costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coopera-
tive extension agents and State extension directors, $281,218,000;
payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the
Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,387,000; payments for the
nutrition and family education program for low-income areas under
section 3(d) of the Act, $58,566,000; payments for the pest manage-
ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,759,000; payments
for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$5,525,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching
facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee
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University, as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113
(7 U.S.C. 3222b), $15,000,000, to remain available until expended;
payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the
Smith-Lever 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 (16
U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $4,546,000; payments for Indian reservation
agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,996,000; pay-
ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of
the Act, $4,875,000; payments for rural health and safety education
as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C.
2662(i)), $2,622,000; payments for cooperative extension work by
the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7
U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University, $32,117,000,
of which $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the purpose
of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less than
$1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to section
7630 of title 7, United States Code, $3,000,000; and for necessary
expenses of extension activities, $20,877,000.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
For the integrated research, education, and extension competi-
tive grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses,
as authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626),
$46,743,000, as follows: payments for the water quality program,
$12,971,000; payments for the food safety program, $14,967,000;
payments for the regional pest management centers program,
$4,531,000; payments for the Food Quality Protection Act risk miti-
gation program for major food crop systems, $4,889,000; payments
for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act implementa-
tion, $1,497,000; payments for the methyl bromide transition pro-
gram, $3,250,000; payments for the organic transition program,
$2,125,000; payments for the international science and education
grants program under 7 U.S.C. 3291, to remain available until
expended, $500,000; payments for the critical issues program under
7 U.S.C. 450i(c): Provided, That of the funds made available under
this heading, $500,000 shall be for payments for the critical issues
program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) and $1,513,000 shall be for pay-
ments for the regional rural development centers program under
7 U.S.C. 450i(c).
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279),
$3,493,000, to remain available until expended.
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 Congress for the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service; the Agricultural Marketing
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Service; and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Adminis-
tration; $730,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to prevent,
control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases; to
carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; and to
protect the environment, as authorized by law, $725,502,000, of
which $4,103,000 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 condi-
tions; of which $62,000,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi-
cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for
active eradication zones: Provided, That no funds shall be used
to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for
the current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching
by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be available for 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 nec-
essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the arrest
and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani-
mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sec-
tions 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection 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
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise 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 2003, the agency is authorized to collect fees
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods,
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions,
domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any
entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical
assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency,
and such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available
until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance,
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and
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purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a,
$9,989,000, to remain available until expended.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry out services related to con-
sumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transpor-
tation, and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for
administration and coordination of payments to States, $75,702,000,
including funds for the wholesale market development program
for the design and development of wholesale and farmer market
facilities for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C.
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements,
but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of
the building.
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 $61,619,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-
lable 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 program
expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating
expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce
as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956;
(2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more
than $14,910,000 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 marketing activi-
ties 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 administration of the Packers
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and Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used to protect pur-
chasers of farm products, and the standardization activities related
to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $39,950,000,
of which $4,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
for a packer concentration study: Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration
and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent
of the current replacement value of the building.
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing
services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable 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 enacted by the
Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, $603,000.
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, including not to exceed
$50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766),
$759,759,000, of which no less than $649,082,000 shall be available
for Federal food safety inspection; and of which $5,000,000 shall
be for enhanced inspection activities, to remain available through
September 30, 2004; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited
to this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accredi-
tation as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C.
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements,
but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of
the building.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND FOREIGN
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to administer
the laws enacted by Congress for the Farm Service Agency, the
Foreign Agricultural Service, the Risk Management Agency, and
the Commodity Credit Corporation, $622,000.
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FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration
and implementation of programs administered by the Farm Service
Agency, $976,738,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture
is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but
not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make pro-
gram payments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro-
vided further, That other funds made available to the Agency for
authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this
account.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5102(b)), $4,000,000.
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments
to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a
dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That such program is carried out by the Sec-
retary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program
described in Public Law 106–387 (114 Stat. 1549A–12).
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating
(7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land acquisition loans
(25 U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available
from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows:
farm ownership loans, $1,130,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans and $130,000,000 shall be for direct loans;
operating loans, $2,705,000,000, of which $1,700,000,000 shall be
for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $400,000,000 shall be for sub-
sidized guaranteed loans and $605,000,000 shall be for direct loans;
Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $2,000,000; and for boll weevil
eradication program loans, $100,000,000.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the
cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$22,593,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be for guaranteed loans,
and $15,093,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans,
$205,513,000, of which $53,890,000 shall be for unsubsidized
guaranteed loans, $47,200,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans, and $104,423,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian tribe
land acquisition loans, $179,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $287,176,000, of
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which $279,176,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct
loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these pro-
grams: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of
any transfer.
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by
section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act
of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $70,708,000: 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 authorized
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 Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal
year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary,
to remain available until expended.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 2003, such sums as may be necessary to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2
of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11).
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)
For fiscal year 2003, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall
not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with
the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental 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 Forest Service and the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, $750,000.
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 irrigation 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 agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation 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 of permanent and temporary
buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $825,004,000,
to remain available until expended, of which not less than
$9,162,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, and not less
than $10,701,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant
materials centers, and of which not less than $23,500,000 shall
be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: Provided, That
appropriations 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 technical 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 qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at
per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the
Service: Provided further, That none of the funds made available
under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act may
be used to provide technical assistance with respect to programs
listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3841(a)).
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small
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watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–
1009), $11,197,000.
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures,
including but not limited to research, engineering operations,
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 (16 U.S.C.
1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27,
1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions
of laws relating to the activities of the Department, $110,000,000,
to remain available until expended (of which up to $15,000,000
may be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood
Control Act (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 not to exceed
$1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out the pur-
poses 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 habi-
tats 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 (16 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance
with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart-
ment, $30,000,000, 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 sections 31 and 32 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 subtitle H of title
XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–
3461), $51,000,000, to remain available until expended.
TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs under
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing Service,
the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural Utilities
Service of the Department of Agriculture, $640,000.
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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 and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, $907,737,000, to remain available until expended,
of which $96,800,000 shall be for rural community programs
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which $723,217,000
shall be for the rural utilities programs described in sections
381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which
$87,720,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative develop-
ment 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-
ally Recognized Native American Tribes, including grants for
drinking water and waste disposal systems pursuant to section
306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 shall be available for commu-
nity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section
306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
and of which $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified
national organization to provide technical assistance for rural
transportation in order to promote economic development: Provided
further, That of the amount appropriated for rural community pro-
grams, $7,000,000 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, non-
profit community-based housing and community development
organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve
housing, community facilities, community and economic develop-
ment projects in rural areas: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated for the Rural Community Development Initiative, not
less than $1,000,000 shall be available until expended to carry
out a demonstration program on Replicating and Creating Rural
Cooperative Home Based Health Care: Provided further, That of
the $1,000,000 made available, not less than $200,000 shall be
in the form of predevelopment planning grants, not to exceed
$50,000 each, with the balance for low-interest revolving loans
to be used for capital and other related expenses, and made avail-
able to nonprofit based community development organizations: Pro-
vided further, That such organizations should demonstrate experi-
ence in the administration of revolving loan programs and providing
technical assistance to cooperatives: Provided further, 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 organizations 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 assist-
ance for rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment; and $2,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional
Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): Provided further, That of the
amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, not to exceed
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$25,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit
the Colonias along the United States/Mexico border, including
grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to exceed
$30,000,000 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 1 percent available to administer the program
and up to 1 percent available to improve interagency coordination
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $18,333,000
shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste
systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which
$5,513,000 shall be for Rural Community Assistance Programs;
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be in the form of predevelopment
planning grants, not to exceed $50,000 each; and not to exceed
$12,100,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, not to exceed $37,624,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and
enterprise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones;
of which $1,163,000 shall be for the rural community programs
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which $27,431,000
shall be for the rural utilities programs described 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 appropriated for rural community programs, not to exceed
$25,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural commu-
nities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression
(Public Law 106–387), with 5 percent for administration and
capacity building in the State rural development offices: Provided
further, That of the amount appropriated, $30,000,000 shall be
transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High
Energy Cost Grants Account’’ to provide grants authorized under
section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a):
Provided further, That any remaining funds specifically appro-
priated in fiscal year 2002 for rural communities with extremely
high energy costs under the Rural Community Advancement Pro-
gram shall be merged and transferred into the Account: Provided
further, That any funds in the Account shall be used to provide
grants authorized under section 19 of that Act.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration
and implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission
area, including activities with institutions concerning the develop-
ment and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative
agreements; $145,736,000: Provided, That not more than $10,000
may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-
USDA employees: Provided further, 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
appropriation.
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RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 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: $5,572,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers,
as determined by the Secretary, of which $1,044,000,000 shall be
for direct loans, and of which $4,528,000,000 shall be for unsub-
sidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair
loans; $115,805,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000
for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,046,000
for section 524 site loans; $12,000,000 for credit sales of acquired
property, of which up to $2,000,000 may be for multi-family credit
sales; and $5,011,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop-
ment loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans,
$234,950,000, of which $202,350,000 shall be for direct loans, and
of which $32,600,000, to remain available until expended, shall
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair
loans, $10,857,000; section 515 rental housing, $54,000,000; section
538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans, $4,500,000; section 524
site loans, $55,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired property,
$934,000; and section 523 self-help housing land development loans,
$221,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated in this
paragraph, $11,656,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003,
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, $432,374,000, 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 renewed
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, $726,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may
be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate
debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided,
That of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available
for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as author-
ized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $20,000
per project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies
to cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in pur-
chasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided
further, That agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal
year 2003 shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life
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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: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, 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, $42,498,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and
enterprise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized
by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $36,307,000, to remain available
until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic
farm labor housing grants and contracts.
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $40,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $19,304,000, as authorized by
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which
$1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, for Federally
Recognized Native American Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall
be available through June 30, 2003, 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 of the total amount appropriated, $2,730,000 shall
be available through June 30, 2003, 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 Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan programs, $4,190,000 shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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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,
$14,967,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying
loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, $3,197,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit
payments in fiscal year 2003, as authorized by section 313 of
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $3,197,000 shall not be obli-
gated and $3,197,000 are rescinded.
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), $9,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for
cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for
rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of
the total amount appropriated shall be made available to coopera-
tives or associations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to
provide assistance to small, minority producers and whose gov-
erning 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 empowerment
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 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277).
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made
as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, $121,103,000; munic-
ipal rate rural electric loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant
to section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $2,600,000,000; Treasury
rate direct electric loans, $1,150,000,000; 5 percent rural tele-
communications loans, $75,029,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $300,000,000; loans made pursuant to sec-
tion 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, $120,000,000;
and for guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A,
$1,000,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct
and guaranteed loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act
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of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural electric
loans, $11,025,000, and the cost of telecommunication loans,
$1,433,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed
7 percent per year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $37,833,000 which
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such corpora-
tion in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments 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 2003 and within the resources and authority available, gross
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$174,615,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct
loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
935), $2,410,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses, including audits, nec-
essary 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 principal amount of direct distance learning and tele-
medicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the principal amount of
broadband telecommunication loans, $80,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $56,941,000, to remain available until
expended, to be available for loans and grants for telemedicine
and distance learning services in rural areas: Provided, That
$10,000,000 may be available for grants to finance broadband trans-
mission and local dial-up Internet service in areas that meet the
definition of ‘‘rural area’’ used for the Distance Learning and Tele-
medicine Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa: Provided further,
That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION AND
CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to administer
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition
Service, $603,000.
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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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; $10,580,169,000, to remain available through September
30, 2004, of which $5,834,506,000 is hereby appropriated and
$4,745,663,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c):
Provided, That 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 heading, $3,300,000 shall
be for a School Breakfast Program startup grant pilot program,
of which no less than $1,000,000 is for the State of Wisconsin:
Provided further, That $200,000 shall be for the Common Roots
Program: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be for the Child
Nutrition Archive Resource Center: Provided further, That up to
$5,080,000 shall be for independent verification of school food
service claims.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS,
AND CHILDREN (WIC)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $4,696,000,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2004, of which $125,000,000 shall be placed
in reserve, to remain available until expended, for use in only
such amounts, and in such manner, as the Secretary determines
necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of the Child Nutrition Act,
to provide funds to support participation, should costs or participa-
tion exceed budget estimates: Provided, That of the total amount
available, the Secretary shall obligate $25,000,000 for the farmers’
market nutrition program: Provided further, That notwithstanding
section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, $14,000,000 shall be available
for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further,
That $2,000,000 shall be available for the Food and Nutrition
Service to conduct a study of WIC vendor practices: Provided fur-
ther, That no other funds made available under this heading shall
be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That none
of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative
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 with the cost containment and competitive
bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided shall be available for
activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Govern-
ment departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of
such Act.
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FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $26,313,692,000, 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 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 heading and not already
appropriated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reserva-
tions (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 Native Amer-
ican bison producers as well as from producer-owned cooperatives
of bison ranchers: Provided further, That funds provided herein
shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp
Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to
any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required
by law: Provided further, That funds made available for Employ-
ment and Training under this heading shall remain available until
expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp
Act.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity supple-
mental 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, $164,500,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2004: Provided, That none of these
funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agri-
culture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and special assistance
for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by section 103(h)(2)
of the Compacts of Free Association Act of 1985, $1,081,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2004.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food
programs funded under this Act, $136,560,000, 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
$7,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the Food
Stamp and Child Nutrition programs.
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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. 1761–1769), market development activities 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), $129,948,000: Provided, That the Service
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation
for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and
private organizations and institutions under agreements executed
pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance programs
(7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United
States Agency for International Development.
In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, none of the funds in the
foregoing paragraph shall be available to promote the sale or export
of tobacco or tobacco products.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and the Food for Progress
Act of 1985, including the cost of modifying credit arrangements
under said Acts, $116,171,000, 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 appropriated for Public Law 83–
480 are utilized, $2,059,000, of which $1,033,000 may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural
Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $1,026,000 may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of agricul-
tural commodities under title I of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 and under the Food for Progress
Act of 1985, $25,159,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds made available for the cost of agreements under
title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act
of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter-
changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, including interest
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance
Act of 1954, $1,200,000,000, to remain available until expended,
for commodities supplied in connection 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 Commodity Credit
Corporation’s export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,
$4,058,000; to cover common overhead 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 $834,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration,
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for pay-
ment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law
92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose
space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscella-
neous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized
and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely
on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; $1,630,727,000,
of which not to exceed $222,900,000 to be derived from prescription
drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, 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;
and of which not to exceed $25,125,000 to be derived from device
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j shall be credited to this
appropriation, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
fees derived from applications received during fiscal year 2003
shall be subject to the fiscal year 2003 limitation: Provided further,
That none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or
operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701:
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,300,000 of the total amount
appropriated shall be for activities related to legislative affairs:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1)
$413,347,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied
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Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (2) $426,671,000 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 $13,357,000 shall be available for
grants and contracts awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug
Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $199,699,000 shall be for the Center
for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field activities
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $88,972,000 shall be for
the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $208,685,000 shall be for
the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $40,688,000
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)
$36,914,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other than
the amounts paid to the General Services Administration; (8)
$108,269,000 shall be for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent and related costs; and (9) $107,482,000
shall be for other activities, including the Office of the Commis-
sioner; the Office of Management and Systems; the Office of the
Senior Associate Commissioner; the Office of International and
Constituent Relations; the Office of Policy, Legislation, and Plan-
ning; and central services for these offices: Provided further, That
funds may be transferred from one specified activity to another
with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C.
263b 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, extension, alter-
ation, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used
by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise pro-
vided, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to
include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $85,985,000, including not to exceed $2,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $38,400,000 (from assessments collected from
farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for
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administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Pro-
vided, 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, appropria-
tions and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture
for fiscal year 2003 under this Act shall be available for the pur-
chase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed
374 passenger motor vehicles, of which 372 shall be for replacement
only, and for the hire of such vehicles.
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be available
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated
balances of funds appropriated by this Act or other available unobli-
gated balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working
Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment
necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and informa-
tion technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the
Department of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made
available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to
the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency
administrator: Provided 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until
expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contin-
gency fund to meet emergency conditions, information technology
infrastructure, fruit fly program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil
program, up to 25 percent of the screwworm program; Food Safety
and Inspection Service, field automation and information manage-
ment project; Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service, funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)),
funds for the Research, Education 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 appropriation solely
for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency
exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricul-
tural 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 language training pursuant
to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b).
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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 institutions in excess of 10 percent
of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of
such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual
interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate
payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu-
tions 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 available
to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
lease space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of other
agencies of the Department of Agriculture when such space will
be jointly occupied.
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agricultural
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 notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants awarded
competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service shall be available to pay full allowable indirect
costs for each grant awarded under section 9 of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates,
not limitations.
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal
year 2003 shall remain available until expended to cover obligations
made in fiscal year 2003 for the following accounts: the Rural
Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone
Bank program account, the Rural Electrification and Telecommuni-
cations Loans program account, the Rural Housing Insurance Fund
program, and the Rural Economic Development Loans program
account.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States
Code, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing Service;
the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; and the food safety
activities of the Food Safety and Inspection Service hereafter may
use cooperative agreements to reflect a relationship between the
Agricultural Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Service and a State
or cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing programs, to
carry out programs to protect the nation’s animal and plant
resources, or to carry out educational programs or special studies
to improve the safety of the nation’s food supply.
SEC. 714. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire
more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone
Bank or to maintain any account or subaccount within the
accounting records of the Rural Telephone Bank the creation of
which has not specifically been authorized by statute: Provided,
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That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used
to transfer 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 requirements and
such balance shall receive interest as set forth for financial accounts
in section 505(c) of the Federal Credit 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 expenses of activi-
ties related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and
task forces of the Department of Agriculture, 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 Agriculture may
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this
Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more
than 30 days unless the individual’s employing agency or office
is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary
and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment.
SEC. 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 Department
of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the
Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of
the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive
Information Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without the
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations 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 2003, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates
new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3)
increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates
an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activi-
ties; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities
presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days
in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year
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2003, 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, programs, 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) reduces
by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity,
or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress;
or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel
which would result in a change in existing programs, activities,
or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days
in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission shall notify the Committees 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 administer
and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations incurred
in prior fiscal years, 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 the provisions
of section 401 of Public Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future
Agriculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
SEC. 722. None of the funds made available to the Food and
Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to reduce the Detroit,
Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District Office below the
operating and full-time equivalent staffing level of July 31, 1999;
or to change the Detroit District Office to a station, residence
post or similarly modified office; or to reassign residence posts
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 Administration and other
laboratory facilities associated with the State of Michigan.
SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel
who prepare or submit 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 Sub-
committees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or
reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of
the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which addi-
tional spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees
proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of
a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2004 appropriations
Act.
SEC. 724. None of the funds made available by this Act or
any other Act may be used to close or relocate a State Rural
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Development office unless or until cost effectiveness and enhance-
ment of program delivery have been determined.
SEC. 725. Of any shipments of commodities made pursuant
to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)),
the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent practicable, direct
that tonnage equal in value to not more than $25,000,000 shall
be made available to foreign countries to assist in mitigating the
effects of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome on communities, including the provi-
sion of—
(1) agricultural commodities to—
(A) individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the commu-
nities; and
(B) households in the communities, particularly
individuals caring for orphaned children; and
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to provide other
assistance (including assistance under microcredit and micro-
enterprise programs) to create or restore sustainable livelihoods
among individuals in the communities, particularly individuals
caring for orphaned children.
SEC. 726. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or
made available by this Act, $3,000,000 is appropriated for the
purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger
Fellowships, as authorized by section 4404 of Public Law 107–
171 (2 U.S.C. 1161).
SEC. 727. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agricultural 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 reimburse-
ments that become available to carry out title III of such Act,
may be used to carry out title II of such Act.
SEC. 728. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$26,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$26,499,000’’.
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
City of Coachella, California; the City of Dunkirk, New York; the
City of Starkville, Mississippi; the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma;
and the City of Berlin, New Hampshire, shall be eligible for loans
and grants provided through the Rural Community Advancement
Program.
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary shall consider the Cities of Hollister, Salinas, and
Watsonville, California; the City of Caldwell, Idaho; the City of
Casa Grande, Arizona; the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota; and
the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, as meeting the requirements
of a rural area in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1490).
SEC. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and
technical assistance to the DuPage County, Illinois, Waynewood
Drainage Improvement Project, from funds available for the Water-
shed and Flood Prevention Operations program, not to exceed
$1,600,000.
SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from
the funds appropriated to the Rural Utilities Service by this Act,
any current Rural Utilities Service borrower within 100 miles of
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New York City shall be eligible for additional financing, refinancing,
collateral flexibility, and deferrals on an expedited basis without
regard to population limitations for any financially feasible tele-
communications, energy, or water project that assists endeavors
related to the rehabilitation, prevention, relocation, site preparation,
or relief efforts resulting from the terrorist events of September
11, 2001.
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act.
SEC. 734. 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. 735. Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2003’’.
SEC. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and
technical assistance for projects in the Embarras River Basin, Lake
County Watersheds, and DuPage County, Illinois, from funds made
available for Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations by Public
Law 107–76.
SEC. 737. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
funds made available in this Act for competitive research grants
(7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent of
the amount provided to carry out a competitive grants program
under the same terms and conditions as those provided in section
401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621).
SEC. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and
technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program to carry out the Upper Tygart Valley Water-
shed project, West Virginia: Provided, That the Natural Resources
Conservation Service is authorized to provide 100 percent of the
engineering assistance and 75 percent cost share for installation
of the water supply component of this project.
SEC. 739. Agencies and offices of the Department of Agriculture
may utilize any unobligated salaries and expenses funds to
reimburse the Office of the General Counsel for salaries and
expenses of personnel, and for other related expenses, incurred
in representing such agencies and offices in the resolution of com-
plaints by employees or applicants for employment, and in cases
and other matters pending before the Equal Employment Oppor-
tunity Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or the
Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or made available
by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection
and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or made available
by this Act, or any other Act, may be used to pay the salaries
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and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–
7).
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or made available
by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to carry out section 6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7
U.S.C. 2655).
SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated or made available
by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to carry out section 9010 of Public Law 107–171 (7
U.S.C. 8108) that exceed 77 percent of the payment that would
otherwise be paid to eligible producers.
SEC. 744. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial and
technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program for the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) project
in Arkansas and the Matanuska River erosion control project in
Alaska.
SEC. 745. The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o)
is amended—
(1) in subsections (c) and (g), by striking ‘‘may’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(o) PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER PRIVATE
ENTITIES.—In entering into agreements described in subsection (c),
the President (acting through the Secretary)—
‘‘(1) shall enter into agreements with eligible entities
described in subparagraphs (C) and (F) of subsection (b)(5);
and
‘‘(2) shall not discriminate against such eligible entities.’’.
SEC. 746. Of the unobligated balances of funds made available
under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service, Buildings and Facilities appropriation in Public Law 104–
180, $795,400 are hereby rescinded.
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available in fiscal year
2003 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7
U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 shall be used to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of
eligible commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson
Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any
such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i)
of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.
SEC. 748. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial and
technical assistance to the Dry Creek/Neff’s Grove project, Utah,
and the Jefferson River Watershed, Montana.
SEC. 749. Section 307 of Title III—Denali Commission of Divi-
sion C—Other Matters of Public Law 105–277, as amended, is
further amended by adding a new subsection at the end thereof
as follows:
‘‘(d) SOLID WASTE.—The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized
to make direct lump sum payments which shall remain available
until expended to the Denali Commission to address deficiencies
in solid waste disposal sites which threaten to contaminate rural
drinking water supplies.’’.
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SEC. 750. The $5,000,000 of unobligated balances available
at the beginning of fiscal year 2003 for the experimental Rural
Clean Water Program authorized under the heading ‘‘Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service—Rural Clean Water Pro-
gram’’ in Public Law 96–108 (93 Stat. 835) and Public Law 96–
528 (95 Stat. 3111) are hereby rescinded.
SEC. 751. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make
loans and grants to expand the State of Alaska’s dairy industry
and related milk processing and packaging facilities. There is
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out this section
for each fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
SEC. 752. The Secretary, if presented with a complete and
fully compliant application, including an approved third party to
hold the development easement, to protect the 33.8 acre farm for-
merly operated by American Airlines Captain John Ogonowski from
development through the Farmland Protection Program, shall waive
the matching fund requirements of the program, if necessary. Farm-
land Protection Program funds provided shall not exceed the
appraised fair market value of the land, as determined consistent
with program requirements. Any additional funding provided to
carry out this project shall not come at the expense of an allocation
to any other State.
SEC. 753. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit
employees of the United States Department of Agriculture to carry
and use firearms for personal protection while conducting field
work in remote locations in the performance of their official duties.
SEC. 754. Of the funds made available for the Export Enhance-
ment Program, pursuant to section 301(e) of the Agricultural Trade
Act of 1978, as amended by Public Law 104–127, not more than
$28,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 2003.
SEC. 755. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico, shall be eligible for grants
and loans administered by the Rural Utilities Service.
SEC. 756. 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 the provisions of section 7404 of Public
Law 107–171.
SEC. 757. The Agricultural Marketing Service and the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, that have
statutory authority to purchase interest bearing investments outside
of Treasury, are not required to establish obligations and outlays
for those investments, provided those investments are insured by
FDIC or are collateralized at the Federal Reserve with securities
approved by the Federal Reserve, operating under the guidelines
of the United States Treasury.
SEC. 758. 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 $10,000,000 for costs associated with the distribution
of commodities.
SEC. 759. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses
of personnel to enroll in excess of 245,833 acres in the calendar
year 2003 wetlands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
3837.
SEC. 760. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses
of personnel who carry out an environmental quality incentives
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program authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess
of $695,000,000.
SEC. 761. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) of section
313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 940c(c) and (e)(2))
in implementing section 313A of that Act, the Secretary shall,
with the consent of the lender, structure the schedule for payment
of the annual fee, not to exceed an average of 30 basis points
per year for the term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds
are available to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under
that section.
SEC. 762. In addition to amounts appropriated by this Act
under the heading ‘‘Public Law 480 Title II Grants’’, there is appro-
priated $250,000,000 for assistance for emergency relief activities:
Provided, That the amount appropriated under this section shall
remain available through September 30, 2004.
SEC. 763. (a) Section 1001(9) of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901(9)) is amended by inserting
‘‘crambe, sesame seed,’’ after ‘‘mustard seed,’’.
(b) Section 1202 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7932) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (10) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0960 per pound for
each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
‘‘(A) Sunflower seed.
‘‘(B) Rapeseed.
‘‘(C) Canola.
‘‘(D) Safflower.
‘‘(E) Flaxseed.
‘‘(F) Mustard seed.
‘‘(G) Crambe.
‘‘(H) Sesame seed.
‘‘(I) Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.’’;
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (10) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0930 per pound for
each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
‘‘(A) Sunflower seed.
‘‘(B) Rapeseed.
‘‘(C) Canola.
‘‘(D) Safflower.
‘‘(E) Flaxseed.
‘‘(F) Mustard seed.
‘‘(G) Crambe.
‘‘(H) Sesame seed.
‘‘(I) Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.’’;
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) SINGLE COUNTY LOAN RATE FOR OTHER OILSEEDS.—The
Secretary shall establish a single loan rate in each county for
each kind of other oilseeds described in subsections (a)(10) and
(b)(10).
‘‘(d) QUALITY GRADES
FOR DRY PEAS, LENTILS, AND SMALL
CHICKPEAS.—The loan rate for dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas
shall be based on—
‘‘(1) in the case of dry peas, United States feed peas;
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‘‘(2) in the case of lentils, United States number 3 lentils;
and
‘‘(3) in the case of small chickpeas, United States number
3 small chickpeas that drop below a 20/64 screen.’’.
(c) Section 1204 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7934) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and extra long staple
cotton’’ and inserting ‘‘extra long staple cotton, and confec-
tionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other than
oil sunflower seed)’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (h); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
‘‘(f) REPAYMENT RATES FOR CONFECTIONERY AND OTHER KINDS
OF SUNFLOWER SEEDS.—The Secretary shall permit the producers
on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section
1201 for confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other
than oil sunflower seed) at a rate that is the lesser of—
‘‘(1) the loan rate established for the commodity under
section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with sec-
tion 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or
‘‘(2) the repayment rate established for oil sunflower seed.
‘‘(g) QUALITY GRADES
FOR DRY PEAS, LENTILS, AND SMALL
CHICKPEAS.—The loan repayment rate for dry peas, lentils, and
small chickpeas shall be based on the quality grades for the
applicable commodity specified in section 1202(d).’’.
(d) This section and the amendments made by this section
apply beginning with the 2003 crop of other oilseeds (as defined
in section 1001 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901)), dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas.
SEC. 764. Of the amount of funds that are made available
to producers in the State of Vermont under section 524 of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) for fiscal year 2003,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a grant of $200,000 to
the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at the University
of Vermont to support value-added projects that contribute to agri-
cultural diversification in the State, to remain available until
expended.
SEC. 765. (a) Section 319(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment
Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(e)) is amended in the fifth sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘: Provided, That’’ and inserting ‘‘, except
that (1)’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘, (2) the total quantity of all adjustments under this sentence
for all farms for any crop year may not exceed 10 percent
of the national basic quota for the preceding crop year, and
(3) this sentence shall not apply to the establishment of a
marketing quota for the 2003 marketing year’’.
(b) During the period beginning on the date of enactment
of this Act and ending on the last day of the 2002 marketing
year for the kind of tobacco involved, the Secretary of Agriculture
may waive the application of section 1464.2(b)(2) of title 7, Code
of Federal Regulations.
(c) REGULATIONS.—
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture may promulgate such regu-
lations as are necessary to implement this section and the
amendments made by this section.
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(2) The promulgation of the regulations and administration
of this section and the amendments made by this section shall
be made without regard to—
(A) the notice and comment provisions of section 553
of title 5, United States Code;
(B) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agri-
culture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804),
relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public
participation in rulemaking; and
(C) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’).
(3) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall
use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, United
States Code.
SEC. 766. Title III of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2001, is amended in the first paragraph under the heading
‘‘RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT (INCLUDING
TRANSFER OF FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘RURAL HOUSING SERVICE’’
(114 Stat. 1549, 1549A–19) by inserting before the period at the
end the following: ‘‘: Provided further, That after September 30,
2002, any funds remaining for the demonstration program may
be used, within the State in which the demonstration program
is carried out, for fiscal year 2003 and subsequent fiscal years
to make grants, and to cover the costs (as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974
(2 U.S.C. 661a)) of loans authorized, under section 504 of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1474)’’.
SEC. 767. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for
purposes of administering sections 1101 and 1102 of Public Law
107–171, acreage planted to, or prevented from being planted to,
popcorn shall be considered as acreage planted to, or prevented
from being planted to, corn: Provided, That if a farm program
payment yield for corn is otherwise established for a farm under
such section 1102, the same yield shall be used for the acreage
on the farm planted to, or prevented from being planted to, popcorn:
Provided further, That with respect to all other farms, the farm
program payment yield for such popcorn acreage shall be estab-
lished by the Secretary on a fair and equitable basis to reflect
the farm program payment yields for corn on similar farms in
the area.
(b) This section shall take effect on October 1, 2003.
SEC. 768. Of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2002 and
prior years for grants and contracts to carry out section 523(b)(1)(A)
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c(b)(1)(A)), $11,000,000
is hereby rescinded.
SEC. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
the $4,696,000,000 provided for the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) shall be exempt
from the across-the-board rescission under section 601 of division
N.
SEC. 770. During the 180-day period beginning on the date
of enactment of this Act, none of the funds made available by
this Act or any other Act shall be available to the Secretary of
Agriculture to pay the salaries of any personnel—
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(1) to amend the terms of a licensing agreement for a
grain warehouse (excluding rice) under the United States Ware-
house Act (7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.); or
(2) to issue a new license for a grain warehouse (excluding
rice) under that Act unless—
(A) the warehouse does not hold (as of the date of
enactment of this Act) a Federal or State license for the
operation of the warehouse; and
(B) the licensing agreement accompanying the new
license conforms to the licensing requirements of the Sec-
retary in effect on January 1, 2003.
SEC. 771. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used to require that a farm satisfy section 2110(c)(1) of the
Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6509(c)(1)) in order
to be certified under such Act as an organic farm with respect
to the livestock produced on the farm unless the report prepared
by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to the recommendations
contained in the joint explanatory statement of the Managers on
the part of the House of Representatives and the Senate to accom-
pany Public Law 107–171 (House Conference Report 107–424, pages
672–673) confirms the commercial availability of organically pro-
duced feed, at not more than twice the cost of conventionally pro-
duced feed, to meet current market demands.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2003’’.
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDI-
CIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003
JOINT RESOLUTION
Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003,
and for other purposes.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for the administration of the Depart-
ment of Justice, $100,579,000, of which not to exceed $3,137,000
is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That not to exceed 43 permanent positions
and 44 full-time equivalent workyears and $10,172,000 shall be
expended for the Department Leadership Program exclusive of aug-
mentation that occurred in these offices in fiscal year 2002: Provided
further, That not to exceed 31 permanent positions, 33 full-time
equivalent workyears and $3,464,000 shall be expended for the
Office of Legislative Affairs: Provided further, That not to exceed
15 permanent positions, 20 full-time equivalent workyears and
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$1,875,000 shall be expended for the Office of Public Affairs: Pro-
vided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices may utilize
non-reimbursable details of career employees within the caps
described in the preceding two provisos: Provided further, That
the Attorney General is authorized to transfer, under such terms
and conditions as the Attorney General shall specify, forfeited real
or personal property of limited or marginal value, as such value
is determined by guidelines established by the Attorney General,
to a State or local government agency, or its designated contractor
or transferee, for use to support drug abuse treatment, drug and
crime prevention and education, housing, job skills, and other
community-based public health and safety programs: Provided fur-
ther, That any transfer under the preceding proviso shall not create
or confer any private right of action in any person against the
United States, and shall be treated as a reprogramming under
section 605 of this Act.
JOINT AUTOMATED BOOKING SYSTEM
For expenses necessary for the nationwide deployment of a
Joint Automated Booking System including automated capability
to transmit fingerprint and image data, $15,973,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2004.
AUTOMATED BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM/INTEGRATED
AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM INTEGRATION
For expenses necessary for the planning, development, and
deployment of an integrated fingerprint identification system,
including automated capability to transmit fingerprint and image
data, $9,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2004.
LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMATION
For necessary expenses related to the design, development,
engineering, acquisition, and implementation of office automation
systems for the organizations funded under the headings ‘‘Salaries
and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’, and ‘‘General Administra-
tion, Salaries and Expenses’’, and the United States Attorneys,
the United States Marshals Service, the Antitrust Division, the
United States Trustee Program, the Executive Office for Immigra-
tion Review, the Community Relations Service, the Bureau of
Prisons, and the Office of Justice Programs, $15,942,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2004.
NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS
For the costs of conversion to narrowband communications,
including the cost for operation and maintenance of Land Mobile
Radio legacy systems, $81,354,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2004: Provided, That the Attorney General shall transfer
to the ‘‘Narrowband Communications’’ account all funds made avail-
able to the Department of Justice for the purchase of portable
and mobile radios: Provided further, That any transfers made under
this proviso shall be subject to section 605 of this Act.
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Kansas City, Kansas Smart Port, $500,000;
Kent Intracity Transit Project, Washington, $1,500,000;
Law Enforcement Communications for Security, Bio-
metrics, Iowa, $2,550,000;
Lynnwood ITS, Washington, $2,000,000;
Macomb County ITS Integration, Michigan, $250,000;
Maine Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler Info. System,
$1,000,000;
Maryland Statewide ITS, $1,000,000;
Metrolina Traffic Management Center Communication,
North Carolina, $2,000,000;
MetroLink Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) passenger
information delivery system project, California, $500,000;
Minnesota Guidestar, $9,100,000;
Missouri Statewide Rural ITS, $2,150,000;
Montachusett Area Regional Transit (MART) advanced
vehicle located system, Massachusetts, $200,000;
Monterey-Salinas 
Transit, 
intelligent 
transportation
system, California, $750,000;
Nebraska Statewide ITS, $3,000,000;
New Bedford ITS Port Information Center, Massachusetts,
$1,000,000;
New York Metropolitan Area enhanced operations, New
York, $655,000;
Northern Virginia ITS, Virginia, $750,000;
Oklahoma Statewide ITS, $2,750,000;
Pennsylvania 
Turnpike 
Commission, 
Pennsylvania,
$2,000,000;
Program of Projects, Washington, $5,000,000;
Providence Transportation Information Center ITS, Rhode
Island, $1,500,000;
Richmond Highway intelligent transportation system
project, Virginia, $400,000;
Round Rock, Texas, Williamson County, Communications
Integration, $500,000;
Rural Highway Information System, Kentucky, $6,000,000;
Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Sacramento
region intelligent transportation system projects, California,
$1,000,000;
Salem, New Hampshire ITS, $900,000;
San Diego Joint Transportation Operations Center, Cali-
fornia, $2,000,000;
Santa Teresa Border Tech Center, New Mexico State
University, $1,000,000;
Shreveport ITS, Louisiana, $1,000,000;
Sierra Madre Intermodal Transportation Center, Cali-
fornia, $1,500,000;
South Carolina DOT Statewide ITS, $1,500,000;
South Com Regional Dispatch Trauma Center, Matteson,
Olympia Fields, and Richton Park, Illinois, $100,000;
SR–68/Riverside Dr. ITS, Espanola, New Mexico, $500,000;
State of Wisconsin, deployment of commercial vehicle
information system and networks, level one capability,
$500,000;
Statewide Transportation Operations Center, Kentucky,
$1,365,000;
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Surface Transportation Institute, University of North
Dakota, $1,000,000;
Surveillance Camera and Transportation Management
Center, Des Moines, Iowa, $400,000;
The Rapid, Grand Rapids, Michigan Public Transportation,
$1,000,000;
Traffic Corridor Communications System, Lake County,
Illinois, $2,000,000;
Tri-Cities Advanced Traffic Management System, Wash-
ington, $500,000;
Tucson ER-LINK ITS project, Arizona, $625,000;
UALR Intelligent transportation system, Little Rock,
Arkansas, $250,000;
University of Nebraska Lincoln SMART Transportation,
$1,000,000;
University of Kentucky Transportation Center, $1,500,000;
US–395 Columbia River Bridge Traffic Operations and
Traveler Information System, Washington, $250,000;
Utah ITS Commuter Link, Davis and Utah Counties,
$1,000,000;
Vermont Statewide Rural Advanced Traveler System,
$1,500,000;
Vermont Variable Message Signs, $1,000,000;
Washington, DC Metro ITS, $2,000,000; and
Wisconsin State Patrol Mobile Data Communications Net-
work Upgrade, $2,000,000.
FEDERAL-AID HIGHWAYS
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORIZATION)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
(HIGHWAY TRUST FUND)
For carrying out the provisions of title 23, United States Code,
that are attributable to Federal-aid highways, including the
National Scenic and Recreational Highway as authorized by 23
U.S.C. 148, not otherwise provided, including reimbursement for
sums expended pursuant to the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 308,
$32,000,000,000 or so much thereof as may be available in and
derived from the Highway Trust Fund, to remain available until
expended.
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances made available under Public Law
103–331, Public Law 102–388, Public Law 102–240, Public Law
102–143, Public Law 101–516, Public Law 97–424, Public Law
101–164, Public Law 100–17, and Public Law 95–599, $5,609,337
is rescinded.
(RESCISSION)
Of the unobligated balances of funds apportioned to each State
under 
the 
programs 
authorized 
under 
sections 
1101(a)(1),
1101(a)(2), 1101(a)(3), 1101(a)(4) and 1101(a)(5) of Public Law 105–
178, as amended, $250,000,000 are rescinded.
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Connecticut:
New Haven, Robert N. Gaimo Federal Building.
District of Columbia:
Federal Office Building 10A Garage.
Harry S Truman Building (State).
GSA Central Office (design).
GSA Regional Office Building (design).
Herbert C. Hoover Building (design).
Hawaii:
Hilo, Federal Building and Post Office (design).
Illinois:
Chicago, United States Custom House.
Iowa:
Davenport, Federal Building and United States Court-
house.
Maryland:
Baltimore, Metro West.
Baltimore, George H. Fallon Federal Building (design).
Woodlawn, Operations Building.
Massachusetts:
Boston, John F. Kennedy Federal Building Plaza.
Minnesota:
St. Paul, Warren E. Burger Federal Building and
United States Courthouse (design).
Missouri:
Kansas City, Bannister Federal Complex, Building 1.
Kansas City, Bannister Federal Complex, Building 2.
New Hampshire:
Manchester, Norris Cotton Federal Building.
Portsmouth, Thomas J. McIntyre Federal Building.
New York:
New York, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building.
Ohio:
Cleveland, Howard M. Metzenbaum United States
Courthouse.
Columbus, John W. Bricker Federal Building (design).
Pennsylvania:
Pittsburgh, William S. Moorhead Federal Building.
Texas:
Dallas, Earle Cabell Federal Building—Courthouse and
Santa Fe Federal Building.
Fort Worth, Fritz Garland Lanham Federal Building.
Washington:
Seattle, Henry M. Jackson Federal Building.
Seattle, William Kenzo Nakamura, United States
Courthouse (design).
Auburn Warehouse Complex (design).
Nationwide:
Elevator Program, Glass Fragmentation Program and
Anti-Terrorism Program:
Provided further, That funds made available in any previous Act
in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall,
for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identified for
each project, except each project in any previous Act may be
increased by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance
approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of
a greater amount: Provided further, That additional projects for
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(2) OTHER PAYMENTS.—In applying the limitation in para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:
(A) Any crop insurance payment made under the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or payment
under section 196 of the Federal Agricultural Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) that the producer
receives for losses to the same crop.
(B) The value of the crop that was not lost (if any),
as estimated by the Secretary.
(e) INELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (f), the producers on a farm shall not be eligible for assist-
ance under this section with respect to losses to an insurable
commodity or noninsurable commodity if the producers on the
farm—
(1) in the case of an insurable commodity, did not obtain
a policy or plan of insurance for the insurable commodity under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act for the crop incurring the
losses; and
(2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, did not file
the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by
the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable com-
modity under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act of 1996 for the crop incurring the losses.
(f) CONTRACT WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive subsection
(e) with respect to the producers on a farm if the producers enter
into a contract with the Secretary under which the producers
agree—
(1) in the case of an insurable commodity, to obtain a
policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance
Act providing additional coverage for the insurable commodity
for each of the next two crops; and
(2) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, to file the
required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the
applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable commodity
for each of the next two crops under section 196 of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996.
(g) EFFECT OF VIOLATION.—In the event of the violation of
a contract under subsection (f) by a producer, the producer shall
reimburse the Secretary for the full amount of the assistance pro-
vided to the producer under this section.
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ADDITIONAL COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘additional coverage’’
has the meaning given the term in section 502(b)(1) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)).
(2) INSURABLE
COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘insurable com-
modity’’ means an agricultural commodity (excluding livestock)
for which the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain a
policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance
Act.
(3) NONINSURABLE COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘noninsurable
commodity’’ means an eligible crop for which the producers
on a farm are eligible to obtain assistance under section 196
of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of
1996.
SEC. 203. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE.
(a) LIVESTOCK COMPENSATION PROGRAM.—
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with China, including the need for corporate reporting on
United States investments in China and incentives that
China may be offering to United States corporations to
relocate production and R&D to China.
(F) REGIONAL ECONOMIC AND SECURITY IMPACTS.—The
Commission shall assess the extent of China’s ‘‘hollowing-
out’’ of Asian manufacturing economies, and the impact
on United States economic and security interests in the
region; review the triangular economic and security rela-
tionship among the United States, Taipei and Beijing,
including Beijing’s military modernization and force deploy-
ments aimed at Taipei, and the adequacy of United States
executive branch coordination and consultation with Con-
gress on United States arms sales and defense relationship
with Taipei.
(G) UNITED STATES-CHINA BILATERAL PROGRAMS.—The
Commission shall assess science and technology programs
to evaluate if the United States is developing an adequate
coordinating mechanism with appropriate review by the
intelligence community with Congress; assess the degree
of non-compliance by China and United States-China agree-
ments on prison labor imports and intellectual property
rights; evaluate United States enforcement policies; and
recommend what new measures the United States Govern-
ment might take to strengthen our laws and enforcement
activities and to encourage compliance by the Chinese.
(H) WORLD
TRADE
ORGANIZATION
COMPLIANCE.—The
Commission shall review China’s record of compliance to
date with its accession agreement to the WTO, and explore
what incentives and policy initiatives should be pursued
to promote further compliance by China.
(I) MEDIA CONTROL.—The Commission shall evaluate
Chinese government efforts to influence and control percep-
tions of the United States and its policies through the
internet, the Chinese print and electronic media, and Chi-
nese internal propaganda.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on the
date of enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.