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In addition, for construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties as necessary to carry out the programs of the Depart-
ment, where not otherwise provided, $28,622,000, to re-
main available until expended; making a total appropria-
tion of $135,193,000.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)
For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com-
mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in-
cluded in this Act, $928,000: Provided, That no other
funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in
this Act shall be available to the Department of Agri-
culture for support of activities of advisory committees.
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961,
$15,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to
the Department of Agriculture for hazardous waste man-
agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
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ment 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 Finance and Management, $4,477,000, for Per-
sonnel, Operations, Information Resources Management,
Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Disadvantaged Busi-
ness Utilization, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial
Officer, and Emergency Programs, $21,710,000; making
a total of $26,187,000 for Departmental Administration
to provide for necessary expenses for management support
services to offices of the Department of Agriculture and
for general administration and emergency preparedness of
the Department of Agriculture, repairs and alterations,
and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not other-
wise provided for and necessary for the practical and effi-
cient work of the Department of Agriculture, including
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re-
quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro-
grams funded in this Act, including programs involving
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive
branch, $1,764,000.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,
and for the dissemination of agricultural information and
the coordination of information, work and programs au-
thorized by Congress in the Department, $8,198,000, in-
cluding employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed
$2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $63,918,000 $62,918,000, including such sums
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
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ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant
to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
as amended, and including a sum not to exceed $50,000
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum
not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential operational
expenses including the payment of informants, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Inspector General pur-
suant 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, $25,992,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded
in this Act, $540,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
Service in conducting economic research and service relat-
ing to agricultural production, marketing, and distribu-
tion, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including eco-
nomics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, in-
come and population, and demand for farm products, use
of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns
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in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the eco-
nomic and marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives; and
for analysis of supply and demand for farm products in
foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United
States exports, progress in economic development and its
relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis
of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of inter-
national financial and monetary programs and policies as
they affect the competitive position of United States farm
products, $54,306,000 $53,565,000; of which $500,000
shall be available for investigation, determination, and
finding as to the effect upon the production of food and
upon the agricultural economy of any proposed action af-
fecting such subject matter pending before the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency for presen-
tation, in the public interest, before said Administrator,
other agencies or before the courts: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant
to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225): Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be available for analysis of statistics
and related facts on foreign production and full and com-
plete information on methods used by other countries to
move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive
basis.
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta-
tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing
surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws,
$81,424,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD
For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural
Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity
and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop
outlook and situation material within the Department of
Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(g)), $2,498,000: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE
AND EDUCATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to ad-
minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Agricul-
tural Research Service, Cooperative State Research Serv-
ice, Extension Service, and National Agricultural Library,
$520,000.
ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND
COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990
(7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $4,000,000 $9,000,000 is appro-
priated to the Alternative Agricultural Research and Com-
mercialization Revolving Fund.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,
and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home eco-
nomics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition
of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
cost not to exceed $100, $693,977,000 $698,787,000: Pro-
vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for
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temporary employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the oper-
ation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not
to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available to conduct
marketing research: Provided further, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250
for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings
and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost
of constructing any one building shall not exceed
$250,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which
shall each be limited to $1,000,000, and except for ten
buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to
exceed $500,000 each, and the cost of altering any one
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per cen-
tum of the current replacement value of the building or
$250,000, 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 the fore-
going limitations shall not apply to replacement of build-
ings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21
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U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limita-
tions shall not apply to the purchase of land at Parlier,
California, Beckley, West Virginia and Grand Forks,
North Dakota: Provided further, That not to exceed
$190,000 of this appropriation may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Science and Education for the scientific
review of international issues involving agricultural chemi-
cals and food additives: Provided further, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
or operating any research facility or research project of
the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to carry out research related to the produc-
tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural
research programs of the Department of Agriculture,
where not otherwise provided, $23,400,000 $38,718,000,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Pro-
vided, That funds may be received from any State, other
political subdivision, organization, or individual for the
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purpose of establishing any research facility of the Agri-
cultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and
for other expenses, including $171,304,000 to carry into
effect the provisions of the Hatch Act approved March 2,
1887, as amended, including administration by the United
States Department of Agriculture, penalty mail costs of
agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the
Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under sec-
tion 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C.
301n.); $20,809,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re-
search under the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16
U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as amended, including administra-
tive expenses, and payments under section 1361(c) of the
Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $28,157,000 for
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including
Tuskegee University, for research under section 1445 of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222), as amend-
ed, including administration by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890
land-grant 
colleges, 
including 
Tuskegee 
University;
$44,969,000 $52,295,000 for contracts and grants for ag-
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ricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $103,123,000 for competitive
research grants under section 2(b) of the Act of August
4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), including admin-
istrative expenses; $5,551,000 for the support of animal
health and disease programs authorized by section 1433
of Public Law 95–113, including administrative expenses;
$1,818,000 $650,000 for supplemental and alternative
crops and products as authorized by the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $400,000 $500,000
for grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricul-
tural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section
1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, as amend-
ed (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended;
$475,000 for rangeland research grants as authorized by
subtitle M of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended;
$3,500,000 for higher education graduate fellowships
grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), including ad-
ministrative expenses, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); $1,500,000 for higher education chal-
lenge grants under section 1417(b)(1) of the National Ag-
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ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act
of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including ad-
ministrative expenses; $1,000,000 for a higher education
minority scholars program under section 1417(b)(5) of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)),
including administrative expenses, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aqua-
culture grants as authorized by section 1475 of the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322), and other Acts;
$7,400,000 $8,825,000 for sustainable agriculture re-
search and education, as authorized by section 1621 of
Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), including adminis-
trative expenses; and $19,954,000 $19,019,000 for nec-
essary expenses of Cooperative State Research Service ac-
tivities, including coordination and program leadership for
higher education work of the Department, administration
of payments to State agricultural experiment stations,
funds for employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), of which $9,917,000 shall be for a program of ca-
pacity building grants to colleges eligible to receive funds
under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and
328), including Tuskegee University, to remain available
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until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not to exceed
$100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109;
in all, $413,960,000 $420,233,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to carry out research related to the produc-
tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligi-
ble recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out
the agricultural research, extension, and teaching pro-
grams of the Department of Agriculture, where not other-
wise provided, $34,148,000 $59,836,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
EXTENSION SERVICE
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop-
erative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever
Act, as amended, 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 coop-
erative extension agents and State extension directors,
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$272,582,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)
of the Act, $61,431,000; payments for the pest manage-
ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,147,000
$10,947,000, of which up to $125,000 may be transferred
to the Cooperative State Research Service; payments for the
farm safety and rural health programs under section 3(d)
of the Act, $2,988,000; payments for the pesticide impact
assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college
research and extension facilities as authorized by section
1447 of Public Law 95–113, as amended (7 U.S.C.
3222b), $7,901,000, to remain available until expended;
payments for the rural development centers under section
3(d) of the Act, $950,000; payments for a groundwater
quality program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$11,234,000; payments for the Agricultural Telecommuni-
cations Program, as authorized by Public Law 101–624
(7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,221,000; payments for youth-at-risk
programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; pay-
ments for a Nutrition Education Initiative under section
3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000; payments for a food safety
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,475,000; pay-
ments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable
Resources Extension Act of 1978, $3,341,000; payments
this subsection with respect to any plan may
not exceed $100,000 during any year of the 3-
year period for which the State receives assist-
ance.
(b) DESIGNATION OF AREAS.—
(1) DESIGNATION BY GOVERNOR.—In accord-
ance with the guidelines developed under paragraph
(2), the Governor of a State may designate an area
in the State as a chronically underserved area for
purposes of this section upon the request of a local
official of the area or upon the Governor’s initiative.
(2) GUIDELINES FOR DESIGNATION.—
(A) DEVELOPMENT BY SECRETARY.—Not
later than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop
guidelines for the designation of areas as chron-
ically underserved areas under this section.
(B) FACTORS CONSIDERED IN DEVELOP-
MENT
OF
GUIDELINES.—In developing guide-
lines under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall
consider the following factors:
(i) Whether the area (or a significant
portion of the area)—
(I) is designated as a health pro-
fessional shortage area (under section
(B) LOCAL
COMPETITIVE
GRANT
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 4204(b)(2) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7174(b)(2))— 
(i) in subparagraph (M), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(N) as subparagraph (O); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(M) the following: 
‘‘(N) an assurance that the proposed pro-
gram is coordinated with the physical education 
and health education programs offered during 
the school day; and’’. 
(C) LOCAL ACTIVITIES.—Section 4205(a) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7175(a))— 
(i) in paragraph (11), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) in paragraph (12), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
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ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENTS
For necessary expenses of acquisition, construction,
rebuilding, and improvement of aids to navigation, shore
facilities, vessels, and aircraft, including equipment related
thereto, $385,200,000, of which $32,500,000 shall be de-
rived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; of which
$201,750,000 shall be available to acquire, repair, ren-
ovate or improve vessels, small boats and related equip-
ment, to remain available until September 30, 1999;
$14,900,000 shall be available to acquire new aircraft and
increase aviation capability, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1997; $31,500,000 shall be available for other
equipment, to remain available until September 30, 1997;
$93,050,000 shall be available for shore facilities and aids
to navigation facilities, to remain available until Septem-
ber 30, 1997; and $44,000,000 shall be available for per-
sonnel compensation and benefits and related costs, to re-
main available until September 30, 1995: Provided, That
funds received from the sale of the VC–11A aircraft shall
be credited to this appropriation for the purpose of acquir-
ing new aircraft and increasing aviation capacity.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Coast
Guard’s environmental compliance and restoration func-
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nance, and one shall be appointed by the
Ranking Minority Member of such Com-
mittee;
(ii) two shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the House Committee on
Ways and Means, and one shall be ap-
pointed by the Ranking Minority Member
of such Committee; and
(iii) six shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services.
(B) 
QUALIFICATIONS
OF
MEMBERS.—
Members of the Commission shall have exper-
tise and experience in the evaluation and devel-
opment of child support guidelines. At least one
member shall represent advocacy groups for
custodial parents, at least one member shall
represent advocacy groups for noncustodial par-
ents, and at least one member shall be the di-
rector of a State program under title IV–D of
the Social Security Act.
(2) TERMS OF OFFICE.—Each member shall be
appointed for the life of the Commission. A vacancy
in the Commission shall be filled in the manner in
which the original appointment was made.
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limitation withheld in accordance with this section to
those States receiving Interstate Ω153æConstruction
Discretionary allocations.
(d) During the period October 1 through December
31, 1994, the aggregate amount of obligations under sec-
tion 157 of title 23, United States Code, for projects cov-
ered under section 147 of the Surface Transportation As-
sistance Act of 1978, section 9 of the Federal-Aid High-
way Act of 1981, sections 131(b), 131(j), and 404 of Pub-
lic Law 97–424, sections 1061, 1103 through 1108, 4008,
and 6023(b)(8) and 6023(b)(10) of Public Law 102–240,
and for projects authorized by Public Law 99–500 and
Public Law 100–17, shall not exceed $325,155,150.
(e) During the period August 2 through September
30, 1995, the aggregate amount which may be obligated
by all States pursuant to paragraph (d) shall not exceed
2.5 percent of the aggregate amount of funds apportioned
or allocated to all States—
(1) under sections 104 and 144 of title 23,
United States Code, and 1013(c) and 1015 of Public
Law 102–240, and
(2) for highway assistance projects under sec-
tion 103(e)(4) of title 23, United States Code,