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WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures,
including but not limited to research, engineering operations, meth-
ods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of exist-
ing works and changes in use of land, in accordance with the
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August
4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provi-
sions 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, $241,965,000 to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which $40,786,000 shall be available for the
watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act approved June
22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supple-
mented: 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
$28,631,000 shall be available for emergency measures as provided
by sections 403–405 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 2203–2205), and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
$4,000,000 in loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured,
under the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home
Administration (7 U.S.C. 1931): 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), as amended, including cooperative efforts as contemplated
by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to other
suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite project
construction.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects
for resource conservation and development and for sound land use
pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–
1011; 76 Stat. 607), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935
(16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food
Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $32,945,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That $600,000 in loans
may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under the Agricul-
tural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Administration
(7 U.S.C. 1931): Provided further, That this appropriation shall
be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109.
GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of con-
servation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of
the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by
the Act of August 7, 1956, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)),
$25,658,000, to remain available until expended (16 U.S.C.
590p(b)(7)).
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AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program author-
ized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation
and Domestic Allotment Act approved February 29, 1936, as
amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f),
and 590q), and sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the
Agricultural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504, 1506–1508, and 1510),
and including not to exceed $15,000 for the preparation and display
of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and inter-
national fairs within the United States, $194,650,000, to remain
available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for agreements, excluding
administration but including technical assistance and related
expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o), except that no participant in the Agricul-
tural Conservation Program shall receive more than $3,500 per
year, except where the participants from two or more farms or
ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve
or improve the agricultural resources of the community, or where
a participant has a long-term agreement, in which case the total
payment shall not exceed the annual payment limitation multiplied
by the number of years of the agreement: Provided, That no portion
of the funds for the current year’s program may be utilized to
provide financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands
now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20 (XX) in
United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Circular
39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Provided further, That
such amounts shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers,
lime, trees, or any other conservation materials, or any soil-terrac-
ing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers
to aid them in carrying out approved farming practices as author-
ized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as
amended, as determined and recommended by the county commit-
tees, approved by the State committees and the Secretary, under
programs provided for herein: Provided further, That such assist-
ance will not be used for carrying out measures and practices
that are primarily production-oriented or that have little or no
conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Provided further, That
not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation for the current year’s
program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county
committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and
allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni-
cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural Conservation
Program in the participating counties, and shall not be utilized
by the Soil Conservation Service for any purpose other than tech-
nical and other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on
the recommendation of such county committee and approval of
the State committee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made
available to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for
the same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided further,
That for the current year’s program $2,500,000 shall be available
for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out rural
environmental practices: Provided further, That no part of any
funds available to the Department, or any bureau, office, corpora-
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tion, or other agency constituting a part of such Department, shall
be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or
travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent pernicious political activities’’
approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who has been found
in accordance with the provisions of title 18 U.S.C. 1913 to have
violated or attempted to violate such section which prohibits the
use of Federal appropriations for the payment of personal services
or other expenses designed to influence in any manner a Member
of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropriation
by Congress except upon request of any Member or through the
proper official channels: Provided further, That not to exceed
$18,500,000 of the amount appropriated shall be used for water
quality payments and practices in the same manner as permitted
under the program for water quality authorized in chapter 2 of
subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry
out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized in the Coopera-
tive Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including
technical assistance and related expenses, $12,820,000, to remain
available until expended, as authorized by that Act.
WATER BANK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of
the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311), $8,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary cooperative
salinity control program pursuant to section 202(c) of title II of
the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, as amended (43
U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to reduce salinity in the Colorado River
and to enhance the supply and quality of water available for use
in the United States and the Republic of Mexico, $13,783,000,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be used
for investigations and surveys, for technical assistance in developing
conservation practices and in the preparation of salinity control
plans, for the establishment of on-farm irrigation management sys-
tems, including related lateral improvement measures, for making
cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and operators,
Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local govern-
mental and nongovernmental entities, and other landowners to
aid them in carrying out approved conservation practices as deter-
mined and recommended by the county ASC committees, approved
by the State ASC committees and the Secretary, and for associated
costs of program planning, information and education, and program
monitoring and evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conservation
Service shall provide technical assistance and the Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation Service shall provide administrative
services for the program, including but not limited to, the negotia-
tion and administration of agreements and the disbursement of
payments: Provided further, That such program shall be coordinated
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with the regular Agricultural Conservation Program and with
research programs of other agencies.
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation reserve
program pursuant to the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain available until expended,
to be used for Commodity Credit Corporation expenditures for cost-
share assistance for the establishment of conservation practices
provided for in approved conservation reserve program contracts,
for annual rental payments provided in such contracts, and for
technical assistance.
WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Reserve
Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of title XII of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837), $66,675,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is
authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities of the
Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the
Wetlands Reserve Program.
TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL COMMUNITY AND
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development to admin-
ister programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Farmers Home Administration, Rural Electrification Administra-
tion, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and rural development
activities of the Department of Agriculture, $580,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, except section
722, the Secretary may transfer funds from the Farmers Home
Administration in this Act to fund the Rural Development Adminis-
tration, as authorized by law.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FARMERS HOME
ADMINISTRATION
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of
1949, as amended, to be available from funds in the Rural Housing
Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,550,000,000 for loans to section
502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which
$750,000,000 
shall 
be 
for 
unsubsidized 
guaranteed 
loans;
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$35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $16,300,000 for
section 514 farm labor housing; $540,107,000 for section 515 rental
housing; $600,000 for site loans; and $133,000,000 for credit sales
of acquired property: Provided, That up to $50,664,000 of these
funds shall be made available for section 502(g), Deferral Mortgage
Demonstration.
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: low-income housing section
502 loans, $366,360,000, of which $12,225,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair loans,
$13,671,000; section 514 farm labor housing, $8,394,000; section
515 rental housing, $309,967,000; and credit sales of acquired prop-
erty, $20,242,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $396,161,000.
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 forgiveness or payments for eligible house-
holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act
of 1949, as amended, $446,694,000; 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 $5,840,000 shall
be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households
as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed
$10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public
agencies to cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred
in purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act:
Provided further, That agreements entered into or renewed during
fiscal year 1994 shall be funded for a five-year period, although
the life of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize
amounts obligated.
RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to operate a rural housing voucher
program as authorized by section 542 of title V of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended, $25,000,000, to be administered by the
Secretary of Agriculture.
SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For direct loans pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(B) of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $622,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, $23,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct loan program, $14,000.
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obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of not to exceed
$100,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct loan programs, $1,481,000.
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For loan guarantees authorized under sections 1465–1469 of
Public Law 101–624, for the Agricultural Resource Conservation
Demonstration Program, $6,799,000 to any State defined as eligible
under section 1465(c)(3)(A) of that Act. For the cost, as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,599,000.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $3,000,000.
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926),
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, pursuant to sec-
tion 306(d) of the above Act: Provided, That of this amount,
$25,000,000 shall be available for water and waste disposal systems
to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico border,
including grants pursuant to section 306C: Provided further, That
of this amount, up to $15,000,000 shall be available for project
grants to remedy the dire sanitation conditions in rural Alaska
villages in which the median household income does not exceed
110 percent of the statewide nonmetropolitan household income
and that notwithstanding the consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act, Public Law 87–128, such grants shall be for 50 percent
of the development cost of the project upon a State or local contribu-
tion of 50 percent of the development cost of the project: Provided
further, That, with the exception of the foregoing $25,000,000, and
the foregoing $15,000,000, these funds shall not be used for any
purpose not specified in section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act.
VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS
For grants to the very low-income elderly for essential repairs
to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949,
as amended, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR
For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for
housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to section 516 of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1486), $11,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $12,750,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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SUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants pursuant to sections 509(g)(6) and 525 of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended.
RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry
Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–313), $3,500,000 to fund
up to 50 per centum of the cost of organizing, training, and equip-
ping rural volunteer fire departments.
COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS
For compensation for construction defects as authorized by
section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $500,000,
to remain available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS
For grants for rural housing preservation as authorized by
section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983
(Public Law 98–181), $23,000,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For grants authorized under sections 310B(c) and 310B(j) (7
U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act to any qualified public or private nonprofit organization,
$42,500,000: Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for grants
to qualified nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance
and training for rural communities needing improved passenger
transportation systems or facilities in order to promote economic
development.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS
For grants for pollution abatement and control projects author-
ized under section 310B(b) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act, $3,000,000: Provided, That such
assistance shall include regional technical assistance for improve-
ment of solid waste management.
EMERGENCY COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For emergency community water assistance grants as author-
ized under section 306B (7 U.S.C. 1926b) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act, $10,000,000.
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279),
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration, $600,000: Pro-
vided, That no other funds in this Act shall be available for this
Office.
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Administration,
not otherwise provided for, in administering the programs author-
ized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1921–2000), as amended; title V of the Housing Act of
1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1471–1490o); the Rural Rehabilitation
Corporation Trust Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C.
440–444), for administering the loan program authorized by title
III–A of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law
88–452 approved August 20, 1964), as amended, and such other
programs which the Farmers Home Administration has the respon-
sibility for administering, $729,749,000; of which $35,552,000 is
hereby appropriated, $374,255,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account in this Act
and merged with this account, $261,158,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program
Account in this Act and merged with this account, $57,294,000
shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Development Insurance
Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this account,
$1,476,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Development
Loan Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this
account, and $14,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Self-
Help Housing Land Development Fund Program Account in this
Act and merged with this account: Provided, That not to exceed
$500,000 of this appropriation may be used for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed $4,368,000
of this appropriation shall be available for contracting with the
National Rural Water Association or other equally qualified national
organization for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), as follows:
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935), shall
be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,
$125,000,000; 5 percent rural telephone loans, $100,000,000; cost
of money rural telephone loans, $198,000,000; municipal rate rural
electric loans, $600,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section
306 of that Act, $933,000,000; to remain available until expended.
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
of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans,
$33,266,000; cost of municipal rate loans, $46,020,000; cost of money
rural telephone loans, $40,000; cost of loans guaranteed pursuant
to section 306, $3,090,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $29,982,000.
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RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
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
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized pro-
grams for the current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1994 and
within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for
the principal amount of direct loans shall be $199,847,000.
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, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 935), $3,118,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry
out the loan programs, $8,794,000.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the programs author-
ized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law 101–624, $10,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For loans authorized under section 313 of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects, $13,025,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans, $3,423,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)),
and to administer the loan and loan guarantee programs for
Community Antenna Television facilities as authorized by the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–
1995), and for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year
1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and credit reports,
funds 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 $103,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000;
of which $29,982,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural
Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in this Act
and $8,794,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Tele-
phone Bank Program Account in this Act: Provided, That none
of the funds in this Act may be used to authorize the transfer
of additional funds to this account from the Rural Telephone Bank:
Provided further, That none of the salaries and expenses provided
to the Rural Electrification Administration, and none of the respon-
sibilities assigned by law to the Administrator of the Rural Elec-
trification Administration may be reassigned or transferred to any
other agency or office.
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TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND CONSUMER
SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services to administer the
laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition Service,
$551,000.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the applicable provisions other
than sections 3 and 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1773–1785, and 1788–1789); $7,497,131,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 1995, of which $2,727,022,000 is hereby
appropriated and $4,770,109,000 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 funds appropriated for the purpose
of section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall be allocated
among the States but the distribution of such funds to an individual
State is contingent upon that State’s agreement to participate in
studies and surveys of programs authorized under the National
School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, when such
studies and surveys have been directed by the Congress and
requested by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That
if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that a State’s administra-
tion of any program under the National School Lunch Act or the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (other than section 17), or the regula-
tions issued pursuant to these Acts, is seriously deficient, and
the State fails to correct the deficiency within a specified period
of time, the Secretary may withhold from the State some or all
of the funds allocated to the State under section 7 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 and under section 13(k)(1) of the National
School Lunch Act; upon a subsequent determination by the Sec-
retary that the programs are operated in an acceptable manner
some or all of the funds withheld may be allocated: Provided further,
That only final reimbursement claims for service of meals, supple-
ments, and milk submitted to State agencies by eligible schools,
summer camps, institutions, and service institutions within sixty
days following the month for which the reimbursement is claimed
shall be eligible for reimbursement from funds appropriated under
this Act. States may receive program funds appropriated under
this Act for meals, supplements, and milk served during any month
only if the final program operations report for such month is submit-
ted to the Department within ninety days following that month.
Exceptions to these claims or reports submission requirements may
be made at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided further, That
up to $3,849,000 shall be available for independent verification
of school food service claims: Provided further, That $1,853,000
shall be available to provide financial and other assistance to oper-
ate the Food Service Management Institute.
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SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk program,
as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966
(42 U.S.C. 1772), $20,277,000, to remain available through Septem-
ber 30, 1995. Only final reimbursement claims for milk submitted
to State agencies within sixty days following the month for which
the reimbursement is claimed shall be eligible for reimbursement
from funds appropriated under this Act. States may receive program
funds appropriated under this Act only if the final program oper-
ations report for such month is submitted to the Department within
ninety days following that month. Exceptions to these claims or
reports submission requirements may be made at the discretion
of the Secretary.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND
CHILDREN (WIC)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental
food program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $3,210,000,000, to remain available
through September 30, 1995, of which up to $5,500,000 may be
used to carry out the farmer’s market coupon program: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay adminis-
trative 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 until revised allocation regula-
tions have been issued, the Secretary may waive the 15 percent
cap regulation to ensure that all funds are allocated to States
most in need: Provided further, That no State will incur an interest
liability to the Federal Government on WIC rebate funds provided
that all interest earned by the State on these funds is used for
program purposes.
COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD 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)), includ-
ing not less than $8,000,000 for the projects in Detroit, New
Orleans, and Des Moines, $104,500,000 to remain available through
September 30, 1995: Provided, That none of these funds shall
be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for
commodities donated to the program.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7
U.S.C. 2011–2029), $28,136,655,000: Provided, That funds provided
herein shall remain available through September 30, 1994, in
accordance with section 18(a) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided
further, That $2,500,000,000 of the foregoing amount 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
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
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work fare requirements as may be required by law: Provided further,
That $345,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be available
after the Secretary has employed the regulatory and administrative
methods available to him under the law to curtail fraud, waste,
and abuse in the program: Provided further, That $1,091,000,000
of the foregoing amount shall be available for Nutrition Assistance
for Puerto Rico as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028, of which $12,472,000
shall be transferred to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service for the Cattle Tick Eradication Project.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agri-
culture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)),
section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section
311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C.
3030a), $218,641,000, to remain available through September 30,
1995: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for meals provided pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965,
a maximum rate of reimbursement to States will be established
by the Secretary, subject to reduction if obligations would exceed
the amount of available funds, with any unobligated funds to remain
available only for obligation in the fiscal year beginning Octo-
ber 1, 1994.
For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of the Hunger
Prevention Act of 1988, $40,000,000.
THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency Food Assist-
ance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000: Provided, That, in
accordance with section 202 of Public Law 98–92, these funds
shall be available only if the Secretary determines the existence
of excess commodities.
For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emergency Food
Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $80,000,000.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food
programs funded under this Act, $107,767,000; of which $5,000,000
shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead
costs, tightening regulations, improving food stamp coupon han-
dling, and assistance in the prevention, identification, and prosecu-
tion of fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service,
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954,
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as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), 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 $128,000 for representation allow-
ances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $118,027,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics and related
facts on foreign production and full and complete information on
methods used by other countries to move farm commodities in
world trade on a competitive basis: Provided further, That in addi-
tion, funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall be
available to assist an international organization in meeting the
costs, including salaries, fringe benefits and other associated costs,
related to the employment by the organization of Federal personnel
that may transfer to the organization under the provisions of 5
U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-qualified United States citizens,
for the performance of activities that contribute to increased under-
standing of international agricultural issues, with transfer of funds
for this purpose from one appropriation to another or to a single
account authorized, such funds remaining available until expended:
Provided further, That the Office may utilize advances of funds,
or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institu-
tions under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food
production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign
assistance programs of the International Development Cooperation
Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available
to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Sales Man-
ager, $9,158,000, of which $4,866,000 may be transferred from
Commodity Credit Corporation funds, $2,792,000 may be trans-
ferred from the Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account
in this Act, and $1,500,000 may be transferred from the Public
Law 480 Program Account in this Act. The General Sales Manager
shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available information on
developments related to private sales, as well as those funded
by the Corporation, including grade and quality as sold and as
delivered, including information relating to the effectiveness of
greater reliance by the General Sales Manager upon loan guaran-
tees as contrasted to direct loans for financing commercial export
sales of agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit
terms, as provided in titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade
Act of 1978, Public Law 95–501, and shall submit quarterly reports
to the appropriate committees of Congress concerning such develop-
ments.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available
to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
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, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701–1715, 1721–1726,
1727–1727f, 1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $450,446,000 for Public
Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress credit; (2)
$45,927,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight differential
costs for the shipment of agricultural commodities pursuant to
title I of said Act and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as
amended; (3) $821,570,000 is hereby appropriated for commodities
supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title
II of said Act; and (4) $280,083,000 is hereby appropriated for
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursu-
ant to title III of said Act: Provided, That not to exceed 10 per
centum of the funds made available to carry out any title of said
Act may be used to carry out any other title of said Act: Provided
further, That such sums shall remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b).
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements as authorized by
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954,
as amended, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amended,
including the cost of modifying credit agreements under said Act,
$346,889,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Public
Law 480 title I credit program, and the Food for Progress Act
of 1985, as amended, to the extent funds appropriated for Public
Law 480 are utilized, $2,536,000.
SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not
less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export credit
guarantee program for short-term credit extended to finance the
export sales of United States agricultural commodities and the
products thereof, as authorized by section 211(b)(1) of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not
less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export guaran-
tee program for intermediate-term credit extended to finance the
export sales of United States agricultural commodities and the
products thereof, as authorized by section 211(b)(2) of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not
less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees under its Export
Guarantee Program for credit expended to finance the export sales
of United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof
to emerging democracies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public
Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note).
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out CCC’s Export Guaran-
tee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $3,381,000; 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 not to exceed $2,792,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the
salaries and expenses of the General Sales Manager, and of which
not to exceed $589,000 may be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation Service.
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the
United States for research activities authorized by section 104(c)(7)
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954,
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available
for payments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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 rental
of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere;
and for miscellaneous 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; $867,339,000, of which not to exceed $54,000,000 in fees
pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act may be credited to this appropriation and remain available
until expended: Provided, That fees derived from applications
received during fiscal year 1994 shall be subject to the fiscal year
1994 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 none
of the funds in this Act may be used to pay for expenses of the
Board of Experts on Tea.
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-
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vided, $8,350,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That the Food and Drug Administration may
accept donated land in Montgomery and/or Prince George’s Coun-
ties, Maryland.
RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to
Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of the Food and
Drug Administration which are included in this Act, $48,575,000,
of which $15,000,000 shall be retained by the Food and Drug
Administration for repairs, improvements, and non-recurring
repairs as determined by the Food and Drug Administration: Pro-
vided, That in the event the Food and Drug Administration should
require modification of space needs, a share of the salaries and
expenses appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation,
or a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the salaries
and expenses appropriation, but such transfers shall not exceed
5 per centum of the funds made available for rental payments
(FDA) to or from this account.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
CORPORATION
For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System Financial
Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the Treasury, as author-
ized by section 6.28(c) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended,
for reimbursement of interest expenses incurred by the Financial
Assistance Corporation on obligations issued through 1993, as
authorized, $62,696,000.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental of
space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia
and elsewhere; and not to exceed $25,000 for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109; $47,485,000, including not to exceed $700 for official
reception and representation expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $40,426,000 (from assessments collected from
farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249.
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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 the fiscal year 1994 under this Act shall be available for the
purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to
exceed 657 passenger motor vehicles, of which 653 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. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of
the Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service
work authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, and July 28,
1954, and (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–1629), and by chapter 63 of title
31, United States Code, shall be available for contracting in accord-
ance with said Acts and chapter.
SEC. 704. Hereafter, none of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may be used to make production or other
payments to a person, persons, or corporations upon a final finding
by court of competent jurisdiction that such party is guilty of
growing, cultivating, harvesting, processing or storing marijuana,
or other such prohibited drug-producing plants on any part of
lands owned or controlled by such persons or corporations.
SEC. 705. The cumulative total of transfers to the Working
Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for
data services and National Finance Center operations shall not
exceed $2,000,000: Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated
to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working
Capital Fund without the approval of the agency administrator.
SEC. 706. New obligational authority provided for the following
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, and
Integrated Systems Acquisition Project; Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service, salaries and expenses funds made avail-
able to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, Middle-
Income Country Training Program; 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)); and capacity building grants to
colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890,
including Tuskegee University.
New obligational authority for the Boll Weevil Program; up
to 10 per centum of the Screwworm Program of the Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service; funds appropriated for Rental Pay-
ments; and higher education minority scholars programs 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))
shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 707. 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. 708. 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 Public Law 94–449.
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SEC. 709. 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 per centum
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. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
commodities acquired by the Department in connection with
Commodity Credit Corporation and section 32 price support oper-
ations may be used, as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and
7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide commodities to individuals in cases of
hardship as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.
SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of
space rental and related costs in excess of the amounts specified
in this Act; nor shall this or any other provision of law require
a reduction in the level of rental space or services below that
of fiscal year 1993 or prohibit an expansion of rental space or
services with the use of funds otherwise appropriated in this Act.
Further, no agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds
otherwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Adminis-
tration for payment of space rental and related costs provided
to such agency at a percentage rate which is greater than is avail-
able in the case of funds appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 712. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used to reduce programs by establishing an end-of-year employment
ceiling on full-time equivalent staff years below the level set herein
for the following agencies: Food and Drug Administration, 9,824;
Farmers Home Administration, 12,225; Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service, 2,550; Rural Electrification Administra-
tion, 550; and Soil Conservation Service, 14,177.
SEC. 713. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be applied
only to the objects for which appropriations were made except
as otherwise provided by law, as required by 31 U.S.C. 1301.
SEC. 714. 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. 715. Hereafter, none of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may be expended to release information
acquired from any handler under the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
ment Act of 1937, as amended: Provided, That this provision shall
not prohibit the release of information to other Federal agencies
for enforcement purposes: Provided further, That this provision
shall not prohibit the release of aggregate statistical data used
in formulating regulations pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That this
provision shall not prohibit the release of information submitted
by milk handlers.
SEC. 716. Unless otherwise provided in this Act, none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may
be used by the Farmers Home Administration to employ or other-
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wise contract with private debt collection agencies to collect delin-
quent payments from Farmers Home Administration borrowers.
SEC. 717. None of the funds in this Act, or otherwise made
available by this Act, shall be used to sell loans made by the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund. Further, Rural Development
Insurance Fund loans offered for sale in fiscal year 1994 shall
be first offered to the borrowers for prepayment.
SEC. 718. None of the funds in this Act may be used to establish
any new office, organization, or center for which funds have not
been provided in advance in Appropriations Acts, except the Depart-
ment may carry out planning activities.
SEC. 719. None of the funds in this Act shall be available
to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded competitively
by the Cooperative State Research Service that exceed 14 per cen-
tum of total Federal funds provided under each award.
SEC. 720. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal
years 1992, 1993, and 1994 shall remain available until expended
to cover obligations made in fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994
for the following accounts: Rural Development Insurance Fund Pro-
gram Account; Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account;
the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account; the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telephone Loans Program Account; and the Rural Eco-
nomic Development Loans Program Account: Provided, That here-
after, such appropriations are authorized to remain available until
expended.
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates,
not limitations.
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
none of the funds in this Act may be used to operate the seven
regional offices of the Rural Development Administration after April
1, 1994.
SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel
who carry out a Market Promotion Program pursuant to section
203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with
respect to tobacco or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or
commodities under such program exceeds $100,000,000.
SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to enroll in excess of 75,000
acres in the fiscal year 1994 Wetlands Reserve Program, as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to enroll additional acres in
the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–
3845.
SEC. 726. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1994
pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within
the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 727. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—None
of the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an
entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the
entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March
3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American
Act’’).
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(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PROD-
UCTS.—In the case of any equipment or product that may
be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance pro-
vided using funds made available in this Act, it is the sense
of the Congress that entities receiving the assistance should,
in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made
equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing
financial assistance using funds made available in this Act,
the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient
of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in
paragraph (1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS FALSELY LABEL-
ING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—If it has been finally deter-
mined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally
affixed a label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any
inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United States, the
person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract
made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debar-
ment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 728. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Agri-
culture to provide a total amount of payments to a person to
support the price of honey under section 207 of the Agricultural
Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7
U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of $0 in the 1994 crop year.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act
shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for a
total amount of payments and/or total amount of loan forfeitures
to a person to support the price of honey under section 207 of
the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of zero dollars in the 1994
crop year.
SEC. 729. Section 712 of this Act shall have no effect.