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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to
the coordination of programs involving public affairs, for
the dissemination of agricultural information, and the co-
ordination of information, work, and programs authorized
by Congress in the Department, $8,138,000, including em-
ployment 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
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, $63,128,000,
including such sums as may be necessary for contracting
and other arrangements with public agencies and private
persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum not
to exceed $125,000, for certain confidential operational ex-
penses, including the payment of informants, to be expended
under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to
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Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–
98: Provided, That funds transferred to the Office of the
Inspector General through forfeiture proceedings or from the
Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or the De-
partment of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a participat-
ing agency, as an equitable share from the forfeiture of
property in investigations in which the Office of the Inspec-
tor General participates, or through the granting of a Peti-
tion for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the
credit of this account for law enforcement activities author-
ized under the Inspector General Act of 1978, to remain
available until expended.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $28,759,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Eco-
nomic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statis-
tics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Co-
operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice, $540,000.
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice in conducting economic research and analysis, as au-
thorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $53,109,000: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
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, statis-
tical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys,
and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), the Cen-
sus of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–113), and
other laws, $103,964,000, of which up to $23,599,000 shall
be available until expended for the Census of Agriculture:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for em-
ployment 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.
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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 econom-
ics or nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition,
preservation, and dissemination of agricultural informa-
tion; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange,
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for
land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the
grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value
of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,
$768,221,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for 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 operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: 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 other-
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wise provided, the cost of constructing any one building
shall not exceed $250,000, except for headhouses or green-
houses 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-
cent 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 appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements
at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including an
easement to the University of Maryland to construct the
Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion shall
be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided further,
That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24,
1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, 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.
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None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to carry out research related to the production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
In the fiscal year 1999, the agency is authorized to
charge fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for
any permit, easement, lease, or other special use authoriza-
tion for the occupancy or use of land and facilities (includ-
ing land and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Re-
search Center) issued by the agency, as authorized by law,
and such fees shall be credited to this account, and remain
available until expended, for authorized purposes.
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, $31,930,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service,
as authorized by law, and an additional $13,500,000 is
provided to be available on October 1, 1999 under the provi-
sions of this paragraph.
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COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND
EXTENSION SERVICE
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and
for other expenses, including $173,796,000 to carry into ef-
fect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–i);
$21,112,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research (16
U.S.C. 582a–a7); $28,567,000 for payments to the 1890
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7
U.S.C. 3222); $51,400,000 for special grants for agricul-
tural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $15,048,000 for special
grants for agricultural research on improved pest control
(7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $92,200,000 for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); $4,918,000 for the support of ani-
mal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195); $550,000
for supplemental and alternative crops and products (7
U.S.C. 3319d); $600,000 for grants for research pursuant
to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C.
178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended;
$3,000,000 for higher education graduate fellowship grants
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher edu-
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multicultural 
scholars 
program 
(7 
U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); $2,500,000 for an education grants program for
Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241); $1,000,000
for a secondary agriculture education program (7 U.S.C.
3152 (h)); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C.
3322); $8,000,000 for sustainable agriculture research and
education (7 U.S.C. 5811); $9,200,000 for a program of ca-
pacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eli-
gible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7
U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee University,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b);
$1,494,000 for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant
to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382; and
$10,247,000 for necessary expenses of Research and Edu-
cation Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $432,982,000:
Provided, That of the $2,000,000 made available for a food
safety competitive research program at least $550,000 shall
be available for research on E.coli:0157H7.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to carry out research related to the production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
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NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
For establishment of a Native American institutions
endowment fund, as authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7
U.S.C. 301 note), $4,600,000.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mar-
ianas, and American Samoa: For payments for cooperative
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed
under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section
208(c) of Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’
compensation costs for extension agents and for costs of pen-
alty mail for cooperative extension agents and State exten-
sion directors, $276,548,000; payments for extension work
at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7
U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $2,060,000; payments for the nutrition
and family education program for low-income areas under
section 3(d) of the Act, $58,695,000; payments for the pest
management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,783,000; payments for the farm safety program under
section 3(d) of the Act, $2,855,000; payments for the pes-
ticide impact assessment program under section 3(d) of the
Act, $3,214,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant col-
lege research, extension, and teaching facilities as author-
ized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C.
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3222b), $8,304,000, to remain available until expended;
payments for the rural development centers under section
3(d) of the Act, $908,000; payments for a groundwater qual-
ity program under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,061,000; pay-
ments for the agricultural telecommunications program, as
authorized by Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926),
$900,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $9,554,000; payments for a food safety
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,365,000; pay-
ments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Re-
sources Extension Act of 1978, $3,192,000; payments for In-
dian reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Act,
$1,756,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs
under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,309,000; payments for
rural health and safety education as authorized by section
2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662),
$2,628,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the
colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7
U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University,
$25,843,000; and for Federal administration and coordina-
tion including administration of the Smith-Lever Act, and
the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), and sec-
tion 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301
note), and to coordinate and provide program leadership
for the extension work of the Department and the several
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States and insular possessions, $10,206,000; in all,
$432,181,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated
pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and
section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid
to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,
or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from
non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fis-
cal year.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by
the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,
$618,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including
those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C.
114b–c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests
and plant and animal diseases; to carry out inspection,
quarantine, and regulatory activities; to discharge the au-
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thorities of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of
March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and
to protect the environment, as authorized by law,
$419,473,000, of which $3,099,000 shall be available for the
control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal dis-
eases and for control of pest animals and birds to the extent
necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That no
funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis
eradication program for the current fiscal year that does
not require minimum matching by the States of at least
40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall
be available for field 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: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be available for the operation
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to ex-
ceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Pro-
vided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which
threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus-
try of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or cor-
porations of the Department such sums as may be deemed
necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease
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or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses
in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, and sec-
tion 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unex-
pended balances of funds transferred for such emergency
purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall be merged
with such transferred amounts: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased
buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided,
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value
of the building: Provided further, That, of the amounts
made available under this heading, not less than
$22,970,000 shall be used for fruit fly exclusion and detec-
tion.
In fiscal year 1999, the agency is authorized to collect
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance,
goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign
governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are
structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is
reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall
be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
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pended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.
Of the total amount available under this heading in
fiscal year 1999, $88,000,000 shall be derived from user fees
deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User
Fee Account.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,200,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service shall enter into a cooperative
agreement for construction of a Federal large animal bio-
safety level-3 containment facility in Iowa.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry on services related to
consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu-
tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author-
ized by law, and for administration and coordination of
payments to States; including field 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 $90,000 for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $45,567,000, including
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funds for the wholesale market development program for the
design and development of wholesale and farmer market fa-
cilities for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $59,521,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/
or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Appropriations Committees.
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND
SUPPLY (SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for commodity
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife
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Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in
this Act; and (3) not more than $10,998,000 for formulation
and administration of marketing agreements and orders
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,200,000.
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the United States Grain Standards Act, for the administra-
tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce-
dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the
standardization activities related to grain under the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $26,390,000:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu-
ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair
of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any
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one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building.
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE
EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,557,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities
require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Appropriations
Committees.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws en-
acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection
Service, $446,000.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry on services authorized
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act,
$605,149,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited
to this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory
accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of Public Law
102–237: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
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available for shell egg surveillance under section 5(d) of the
Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be available for field
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 $75,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)
for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the
Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the
Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration, $572,000.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs administered by
the Farm Service Agency, $710,842,000: Provided, That the