transmitted to the Appropriations Committees of both 
Houses of Congress. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,644,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 
and funds available herein to the Department for Haz-
ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re-
quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 
non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $23,103,000, to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general ad-
ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro-
vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 
of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 
be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 
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for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 
required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 
carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro-
grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 
within the executive branch, $3,821,000: Provided, That 
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per-
sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 
made available by this appropriation may be obligated 
after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, un-
less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 
these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That no 
other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 
shall be available to the Department for support of activi-
ties of congressional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 
for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 
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coordination of information, work, and programs author-
ized by Congress in the Department, $9,509,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 
farmers’ bulletins. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $79,626,000, including such sums 
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 
to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden-
tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 
General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 
of Public Law 97–98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $38,439,000. 
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 Eco-
nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 
for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-
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tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 
and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension Service, $598,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $75,931,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta-
tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur-
veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 
1621–1627 
and 
2204g, 
and 
other 
laws, 
$136,241,000, of which up to $29,115,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for the Census of Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 
and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco-
nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui-
sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in-
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formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex-
change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 
and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 
be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of 
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out 
of Federal ownership, $1,035,475,000: Provided, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 
exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 
exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 
10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 
to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
of the current replacement value of the building or 
$375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 
apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 
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at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 
replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 
April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 
funds may be received from any State, other political sub- 
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law: Provided further, That the Secretary, through the 
Agricultural Research Service, or successor, is authorized 
to lease approximately 40 acres of land at the Central 
Plains Experiment Station, Nunn, Colorado, to the Board 
of Governors of the Colorado State University System, for 
its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station, on such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary deems in the public 
interest: Provided further, That the Secretary understands 
that it is the intent of the University to construct research 
and educational buildings on the subject acreage and to 
conduct agricultural research and educational activities in 
these buildings: Provided further, That as consideration 
for a lease, the Secretary may accept the benefits of mu-
tual cooperative research to be conducted by the Colorado 
State University and the Government at the Shortgrass 
Steppe Biological Field Station: Provided further, That the 
term of any lease shall be for no more than 20 years, but 
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a lease may be renewed at the option of the Secretary on 
such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems in the 
public interest. 
None of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available to carry out research related to the pro-
duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 
products. 
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, $87,300,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
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, 
$661,691,000 
(increased 
by 
$855,000), as follows: to carry out the provisions of the 
Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $178,807,000; for 
grants for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a 
through a–7), $22,255,000; for payments to the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 
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West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
$37,704,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 
only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for ag-
ricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $92,064,000; for 
special grants for agricultural research on improved pest 
control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,038,000; for competitive 
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $214,634,000; for the 
support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 
3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 
and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $1,187,000; for grants 
for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Mate-
rials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,102,000, to remain 
available until expended; for the 1994 research grants pro-
gram for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of 
Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended; for rangeland research 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $1,000,000; for higher education 
graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), 
$4,500,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)), $5,500,000; for a higher education multicul-
tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for 
an education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institu-
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tions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $5,645,000 (increased by 
$855,000); for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of 
carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 
of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible institutions 
or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Ha-
waii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of 
Alaska and Hawaii, $2,997,000; for a secondary agri-
culture education program and 2-year post-secondary edu-
cation (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,968,000; for sustainable agri-
culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 
$12,400,000; for a program of capacity building grants 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 
under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 
328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
State University, $12,312,000, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 In-
stitutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 
103–382, $2,250,000; for resident instruction grants for 
insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $500,000; and for necessary ex-
penses 
of 
Research 
and 
Education 
Activities, 
$39,773,000, of which $2,750,000 for the Research, Edu-
cation, 
and 
Economics 
Information 
System 
and 
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$2,173,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, 
are to remain available until expended. 
None of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available to carry out research related to the pro-
duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 
products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 
to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in-
dustrial uses of tobacco. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $12,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $444,871,000, 
as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 
the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 
and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public 
Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $275,940,000; payments for 
extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith- 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income 
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,409,000; pay-
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ments for the pest management program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for the farm safe-
ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; 
payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $1,000,000; payments to upgrade 
research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 
West Virginia State University, as authorized by section 
1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), 
$16,777,000, to remain available until expended; pay-
ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $7,978,000; for youth farm safety edu-
cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $444,000; 
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 
Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 
seq.), $4,060,000; payments for Indian reservation agents 
under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,996,000; 
payments for sustainable agriculture programs under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for rural 
health and safety education as authorized by section 
502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 
$1,965,000; 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 
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