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DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., as amended, $12,030,000, to
remain available until expended, to be available for loans
and grants for telemedicine and distance learning services
in rural areas: Provided, That the costs of direct loans shall
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,
including administering the programs authorized by the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, and the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amend-
ed, and cooperative agreements, $33,000,000: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of 706(a) of the Organic
Act of 1944, and not to exceed $105,000 may be used for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Food and Consumer Service, $454,000.
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CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $7,769,066,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 1999, of which
$2,617,675,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,151,391,000
shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro-
vided, That $4,124,000 shall be available 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 supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$3,927,600,000, to remain available through September 30,
1999, of which up to $12,000,000 may be used to carry out
the farmers’ market nutrition program from any funds not
needed to maintain current caseload levels: Provided, That
notwithstanding sections 17 (g), (h), and (i) of such Act,
the Secretary shall adjust fiscal year 1998 State allocations
to reflect food funds available to the State from fiscal year
1997 under section 17(i)(3)(A)(ii) and 17(i)(3)(D): Pro-
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vided further, That the Secretary shall allocate funds recov-
ered from fiscal year 1997 first to States to maintain stabil-
ity funding levels, as defined by regulations promulgated
under section 17(g), and then to give first priority for the
allocation of any remaining funds to States whose funding
is less than their fair share of funds, as defined by regula-
tions promulgated under section 17(g): 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 ac-
cordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding
requirements specified in section 17 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966: Provided further, That State agencies required
to procure infant formula using a competitive bidding sys-
tem may use funds appropriated by this Act to purchase
infant formula under a cost containment contract entered
into after September 30, 1996 only if the contract was
awarded to the bidder offering the lowest net price, as de-
fined by section 17(b)(20) of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966, unless the State agency demonstrates to the satisfac-
tion of the Secretary that the weighted average retail price
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for different brands of infant formula in the State does not
vary by more than five percent.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $26,051,479,000, of which
$1,000,000,000 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 funds pro-
vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section
16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be subject to any work registration or workfare
requirements as may be required by law.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity
supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a)
of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7
U.S.C. 612c (note)), and the Emergency Food Assistance
Act of 1983, as amended, $148,600,000, to remain available
through September 30, 1999: Provided, That none of these
funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for commodities donated to the program.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C.
612c (note)), and section 311 of the Older Americans Act
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of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a), $141,165,000, to
remain available through September 30, 1999.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic
food programs funded under this Act, $107,719,000, of
which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations,
improving food stamp coupon handling, and assistance in
the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud and
other violations of law: 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 $150,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE AND GENERAL SALES
MANAGER
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market de-
velopment activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary
to coordinate and integrate activities of the Department in
connection with foreign agricultural work, including not to
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exceed $128,000 for representation allowances and for ex-
penses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $136,664,000, of which $3,231,000
may be transferred from the Export Loan Program account
in this Act, and $1,066,000 may be transferred from the
Public Law 480 program account in this Act: Provided,
That up to $3,000,000 shall be available in fiscal year 1999
for overseas inflation, subject to documentation by USDA
of actual overseas inflation and deflation: Provided further,
That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reim-
burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and
institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the ag-
ricultural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C.
1736) and the foreign assistance programs of the Inter-
national 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.
PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C.
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the products thereof, as authorized by section 202 (a) and
(b) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
EMERGING MARKETS EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail-
able 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 markets, as authorized
by section 1542 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5622
note).
TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; for rental of special purpose space in the District
of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on
the 
Secretary’s 
certificate, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$25,000;
$935,175,000, of which not to exceed $91,204,000 in fees
pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
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metic Act may be credited to this appropriation and re-
main available until expended: Provided, That fees derived
from applications received during fiscal year 1998 shall be
subject to the fiscal year 1998 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.
In addition, fees pursuant to section 354 of the Public
Health Service Act may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended.
In addition, fees pursuant to section 801 of the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to this ac-
count, to remain available until expended.
In addition, the total amount made available under
this heading shall be increased so as to make available a
total of $34,000,000 for the Food and Drug Administration
children’s tobacco initiative: Provided, That—
(1) the amount that may be expended for equip-
ment or services related to automated data processing,
information technologies, or related items (including
telecommunications equipment and computer hard-
ware and software) under section 4(g) of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C.
714b(g)) may not exceed $36,914,000 for fiscal year
1998; and
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(2) to the extent that funding becomes available
for the Food and Drug Administration children’s to-
bacco initiative as a result of the national tobacco set-
tlement—
(A) any amounts made available under this
Act, allocated for the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration children’s tobacco initiative, and not ex-
pended on the date that such funding becomes
available shall be rescinded; and
(B) the amount specified in paragraph (1)
shall be increased by the total of the amounts re-
scinded under subparagraph (A):
Provided further, That in carrying out their responsibilities
under the Food and Drug Administration children’s tobacco
initiative, States are encouraged to coordinate their enforce-
ment efforts with enforcement of laws that prohibit under-
age drinking.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where
not otherwise provided, $22,900,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92-313 for programs and activities of
the Food and Drug Administration which are included in
this Act, $46,294,000: Provided, That in the event the Food
and Drug Administration should require modification of
space needs, a share of the salaries and expenses appropria-
tion 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 percent 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 authorized by section 6.28(c) of the Farm
Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of inter-
est expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Corpora-
tion on obligations issued through 1994, as authorized,
$7,728,000.
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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; $60,101,000
including not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and
representation expenses: Provided, That the Commission is
authorized to charge reasonable fees to attendees of Commis-
sion sponsored educational events and symposia to cover
the Commission’s costs of providing those events and
symposia, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees
shall be credited to this account, to be available without fur-
ther appropriation.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $34,423,000 (from assessments collected
from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul-
tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the
current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author-
ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships.
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TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1998 under this Act
shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those spe-
cifically provided for, of not to exceed 394 passenger motor
vehicles, of which 391 shall be for replacement only, and
for the hire of such vehicles.
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria-
tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re-
search and service work authorized by the Acts of August
14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–1629),
and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, shall
be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts
and chapter.
SEC. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the
Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating
growth capital for data services and National Finance Cen-
ter operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided, That
no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the De-
partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
without the approval of the agency administrator.
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SEC. 705. 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, fruit fly program, and inte-
grated systems acquisition project; Farm Service Agency,
salaries and expenses funds made available to county com-
mittees; and Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income
country training program.
New obligational authority for the boll weevil program;
up to 10 percent of the screwworm program of the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service; funds appropriated
for rental payments; funds for the Native American institu-
tions endowment fund in the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service, and funds for the com-
petitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), shall remain
available until expended.
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations
available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall
be available to provide appropriate orientation and lan-
guage training pursuant to Public Law 94–449.
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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 institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the
agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, commodities acquired by the Department in connection
with Commodity Credit Corporation and section 32 price
support operations 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. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able 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 1997 or prohibit
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an expansion of rental space or services with the use of
funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no agen-
cy of the Department of Agriculture, from funds otherwise
available, shall reimburse the General Services Administra-
tion for payment of space rental and related costs provided
to such agency at a percentage rate which is greater than
is available in the case of funds appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to lease space for its own use or to lease space
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agriculture
when such space will be jointly occupied.
SEC. 712. With the exception of grants awarded under
the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982,
Public Law 97–219, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), none of
the funds in this Act shall be available to pay indirect costs
on research grants awarded competitively by the Coopera-
tive State Research, Education, and Extension Service that
exceed 14 percent of total Federal funds provided under each
award.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Act, all loan levels provided of this Act shall be considered
estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
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available in fiscal year 1998 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 1998 for
the following accounts: the rural development loan fund
program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac-
count; the rural electrification and telecommunications
loans program account; and the rural economic develop-
ment loans program account.
SEC. 715. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1998 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 716. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Co-
operative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Service and the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service may use cooperative agreements to reflect
a relationship between Agricultural Marketing Service or
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and a
State or Cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing
programs or to carry out programs to protect the Nation’s
animal and plant resources.
SEC. 717. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to retire more than 5 per centum of the Class A stock of
the Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or
subaccount within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone
liquidating account which is in excess of current require-
ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth
for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990.
SEC. 718. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to provide assistance to, or to pay the sala-
ries of personnel who carry out a market promotion/market
access program pursuant to section 203 of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides assistance
to the United States Mink Export Development Council or
any mink industry trade association.
SEC. 719. Of the funds made available by this Act, not
more than $1,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively
awarded grants.
SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated in this Act
may be used to carry out the provisions of section 918 of
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Public Law 104–127, the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act.
SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office
funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De-
partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving
agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee
for the period of assignment.
SEC. 722. 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 export enhance-
ment program if the aggregate amount of funds and/or com-
modities under such program exceeds $150,000,000.
SEC. 723. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board.
SEC. 724. Section 3(c) of the Federal Noxious Weed
Act of 1974 (7 U.S.C. 2802 (c)) is amended by inserting
before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and includes
kudzu (Pueraria lobata Dc)’’.
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SEC. 725. Notwithstanding section 520 of the Housing
Act of 1949, (42 U.S.C. 1490) the Martin Luther King area
of Pawley’s Island, South Carolina, located in Georgetown
County, shall be eligible for loans and grants under section
504 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended.
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available to the Food
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close
or relocate the Food and Drug Administration Division of
Drug Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, or to proceed with
a plan to close or consolidate the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration’s Baltimore, Maryland, laboratory.
SEC. 727. The Secretary of Agriculture, before making
any reduction in the employee level required to carry out
a program or activity under the jurisdiction of the Under
Secretary for Rural Development, shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a plan
(including the justification and cost savings) for reducing
the employee level below the level described in the budget
submitted by the President for fiscal year 1998.
SEC. 728. Effective on October 1, 1998, section 136(a)
of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C.
7236(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraph (4),
during’’ and inserting ‘‘During’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘130’’
and inserting ‘‘134’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (4); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4).
SEC. 729. STUDY OF NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY
COMPACT. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) CHILD, SENIOR, AND LOW-INCOME NUTRITION
PROGRAMS.—The term ‘‘child, senior, and low-income
nutrition programs’’ includes—
(A) the food stamp program established
under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.);
(B) the school lunch program established
under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.);
(C) the summer food service program for
children established under section 13 of that Act
(42 U.S.C. 1761);
(D) the child and adult care food program
established under section 17 of that Act (42
U.S.C. 1766);
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(E) the special milk program established
under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772);
(F) the school breakfast program established
under section 4 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1773);
(G) the special supplemental nutrition pro-
gram for women, infants, and children author-
ized under section 17 of that Act (42 U.S.C.
1786); and
(H) the nutrition programs and projects
carried out under part C of title III of the Older
Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030e et seq.).
(2) COMPACT.—The term ‘‘Compact’’ means the
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact.
(3) NORTHEAST INTERSTATE DAIRY COMPACT.—
The term ‘‘Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact’’
means the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact re-
ferred to in section 147 of the Agricultural Market
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7256).
(4) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
(b) EVALUATION.—Not later than December 31, 1997,
the Director shall conduct, complete, and transmit to Con-
gress a comprehensive economic evaluation of the direct and
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indirect effects of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact
and other factors which affect the price of fluid milk.
(c) COMPONENTS.—In conducting the evaluation, the
Director shall consider, among other factors, the effects of
implementation of the rules and regulations of the Northeast
Interstate Dairy Compact Commission, such as rules and
regulations relating to over-order Class I pricing and pool-
ing provisions. This evaluation shall consider such effects
prior to implementation of the Compact and that would
have occurred in the absence of the implementation of the
Compact. The evaluation shall include an analysis of the
impacts on—
(1) child, senior, and low-income nutrition pro-
grams including impacts on schools and institutions
participating in the programs, on program recipients,
and other factors;
(2) the wholesale and retail cost of fluid milk;
(3) the level of milk production, the number of
cows, the number of dairy farms, and milk utilization
in the Compact region, including—
(A) changes in the level of milk production,
the number of cows, and the number of dairy
farms in the Compact region relative to trends
in the level of milk production and trends in the
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number of cows and dairy farms prior to imple-
mentation of the Compact;
(B) changes in the disposition of bulk and
packaged milk for Class I, II, or III use pro-
duced in the Compact region to areas outside the
region relative to the milk disposition to areas
outside the region;
(C) changes in—
(i) the share of milk production for
Class I use of the total milk production in
the Compact region; and
(ii) the share of milk production for
Class II and Class III use of the total milk
production in the Compact region;
(4) dairy farmers and dairy product manufac-
turers in States and regions outside the Compact re-
gion with respect to the impact of changes in milk
production, and the impact of any changes in disposi-
tion of milk originating in the Compact region, on
national milk supply levels and farm level milk prices
nationally; and
(5) the cost of carrying out the milk price sup-
port program established under section 141 of the Ag-
ricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7251).