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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
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, $78,127,000,
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 not to exceed $50,000 for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including not to exceed
$125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, in-
cluding the payment of informants, 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, $35,588,000.
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-
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operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice, $780,000.
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, $65,123,000: 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 7 U.S.C.
1621–1627 and 2204g, and other laws, $140,854,000, of
which up to $41,274,000 shall be available until expended
for the Census of Agriculture: 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 $40,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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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 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,
$1,053,597,000: 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 $375,000, except for headhouses or green-
houses 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 per-
cent 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
at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided fur-
ther, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to re-
placement 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,
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
or operating any research facility or research project of the
Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to carry out research related to the production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
In fiscal year 2003, the agency is authorized to charge
fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for any per-
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mit, easement, lease, or other special use authorization for
the occupancy or use of land and facilities (including land
and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center)
issued by the agency, as authorized by law, and such fees
shall be credited to this account, and shall 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, $100,955,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That funds may be received from
any State, other political subdivision, organization, or in-
dividual for the purpose of establishing any research facility
of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
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, $651,411,000, as follows: to carry out
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–
i), $185,553,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research
(16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $22,541,000; for payments
to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Univer-
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sity (7 U.S.C. 3222), $35,643,000, 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 agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)),
$103,834,000; for special grants for agricultural research
on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,006,000;
for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)),
$204,263,000; for the support of animal health and disease
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,251,000; for supplemental
and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d),
$1,000,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical
Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.),
$1,500,000, to remain available until expended; for research
grants for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Pub-
lic Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,000,000, to remain
available until expended; for higher education graduate fel-
lowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,993,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher edu-
cation challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,340,000;
for a higher education multicultural scholars program (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program
for 
Hispanic-serving 
Institutions 
(7 
U.S.C. 
3241),
$3,500,000; for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of
carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759
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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, $3,500,000; 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), $5,000,000; for sustainable agri-
culture 
research 
and 
education 
(7 
U.S.C. 
5811),
$15,000,000; 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, $11,479,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments
to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of
Public Law 103–382, $1,700,000; and for necessary ex-
penses of Research and Education Activities, of which not
to exceed $100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $26,310,000.
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: Pro-
vided, That this paragraph shall not apply to research on
the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of
tobacco.
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NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
For the Native American Institutions Endowment
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301
note), $7,100,000.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
For payments to States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North-
ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $452,767,000, as fol-
lows: 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 penalty mail for cooper-
ative extension agents and State extension directors,
$281,218,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 In-
stitutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)),
$3,500,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of
the Act, $58,566,000; payments for the pest management
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,759,000; pay-
ments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of
the Act, $5,250,000; payments to upgrade research, exten-
sion, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges,
including Tuskegee University, as authorized by section
1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $15,000,000,
to remain available until expended; payments for youth-
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at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act,
$8,481,000; for youth farm safety education and certifi-
cation extension grants, to be awarded competitively under
section 3(d) of the Act, $499,000; payments for carrying
out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $4,093,000; payments for
Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-
Lever Act, $1,996,000; payments for sustainable agriculture
programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $5,000,000; pay-
ments for rural health and safety education as authorized
by section 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)),
$2,622,000; 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,
$32,117,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available
only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall
receive no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organi-
zations pursuant to section 7630 of title 7, United States
Code, $3,000,000; and for necessary expenses of extension
activities, $20,666,000.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
For the integrated research, education, and extension
competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis-
trative expenses, as authorized under section 406 of the Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $48,218,000, as follows: payments
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for the water quality program, $12,971,000; payments for
the food safety program, $14,967,000; payments for the re-
gional pest management centers program, $4,531,000; pay-
ments for the Food Quality Protection Act risk mitigation
program for major food crop systems, $4,889,000; payments
for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act imple-
mentation, $1,497,000; payments for the methyl bromide
transition program, $3,000,000; payments for the organic
transition program, $1,750,000; and payments for agricul-
tural technology, $2,600,000: Provided, That of the funds
made available under this heading, $500,000 shall be for
payments for the critical issues program under 7 U.S.C.
450i(c) and $1,513,000 shall be for payments for the re-
gional rural development centers program under 7 U.S.C.
450i(c).
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), $3,493,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND
REGULATORY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con-
gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;
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the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec-
tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $780,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to
prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal
diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu-
latory activities; and to protect the environment, as author-
ized by law, $735,673,000, of which $4,103,000 shall be
available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis-
eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and
birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions;
of which $62,000,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi-
cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retire-
ment for active eradication zones: Provided, That no funds
shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradi-
cation program for the current fiscal year that does not re-
quire minimum matching by the States of at least 40 per-
cent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
available for field employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence 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 em-
ployment 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 exceed
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four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided
further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten
any segment of the agricultural production industry of this
country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria-
tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations 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 or pests of
animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance
with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro-
tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and
442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772),
and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such
emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be
merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further,
That appropriations 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 replace-
ment value of the building.
In fiscal year 2003, 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
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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-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.
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, $13,189,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry out 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, $75,411,000, including
funds for the wholesale market development program for the
design and development of wholesale and farmer market fa-
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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 LEVEL
Not to exceed $61,619,000 (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
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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
Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in
this Act; and (3) not more than $14,910,000 for formulation
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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)), $1,347,000.
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, $44,475,000:
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
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building.
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LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (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 Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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, $780,000.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in-
cluding not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $759,759,000, of which no
less than $649,082,000 shall be available for Federal food
safety inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of labora-
tory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the
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Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for field employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence 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 em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C.
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im-
provements, but the cost of altering any one building during
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current
replacement 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, $899,000.
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, $986,913,000: Provided, That the
Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and
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authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make program payments for all programs
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other
funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities
may be advanced to and merged with this account: Provided
further, That these funds 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), and not to exceed
$1,000,000 shall be available for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5102(b)), $4,000,000.
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy
products under a dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro-
gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner
as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub-
lic Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–12).
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AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.)
and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe
land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil
loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm own-
ership loans, $1,146,996,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans and $146,996,000 shall be for direct
loans; 
operating 
loans, 
$2,816,729,000, 
of 
which
$1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans,
$505,531,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and
$611,198,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land
acquisition loans, $2,000,000; and for boll weevil eradi-
cation program loans, $100,000,000.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm owner-
ship loans, $24,566,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans, and $17,066,000 shall be for direct loans;
operating loans, $219,036,000, of which $53,890,000 shall
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $59,653,000 shall be
for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $105,493,000 shall be
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for direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans,
$179,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$287,176,000, of which $279,176,000 shall be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and
operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans-
ferred among these programs: Provided, That the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
For administrative and operating expenses, as author-
ized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reor-
ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $70,708,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $700 shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1506(i).
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation
or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts
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and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be necessary,
to remain available until expended.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 2003, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net re-
alized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pur-
suant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C.
713a–11).
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)
For fiscal year 2003, the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site inves-
tigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and mainte-
nance expenses to comply with the requirement of section
107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961.
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TITLE II
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For-
est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service,
$902,000.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions
of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of
measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga-
tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil
and water management as may be necessary to prevent
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant
materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and
interests therein for use in the plant materials program by
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to
exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement
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of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and
maintenance of aircraft, $840,002,000, to remain available
until expended, of which not less than $9,162,000 is for
snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than
$10,701,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant
materials centers, and of which not less than $23,500,000
shall be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: Pro-
vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improve-
ment of buildings and public improvements at plant mate-
rials centers, except that the cost of alterations and im-
provements to other buildings and other public improve-
ments shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That
when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Fed-
eral land, that the right to use such land is obtained as
provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be available for technical assistance
and related expenses to carry out programs authorized by
section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salin-
ity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation shall be available for employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of
the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may
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be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the
technical planning work of the Service: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available under this para-
graph by this or any other appropriations Act may be used
to provide technical assistance with respect to programs
listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga-
tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water-
ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning,
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $10,960,000: Pro-
vided, 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 $110,000 shall be available for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109.
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land,
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001–
1005 and 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act of April
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27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance with the
provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart-
ment, $105,000,000, to remain available until expended (of
which up to $15,000,000 may be available for the water-
sheds authorized under the Flood Control Act approved
June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $45,514,000 of this appropriation
shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further,
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), and not to exceed
$200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of
this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–
205), 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.
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of
structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C.
1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relat-
ing to the activities of the Department, $30,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
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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 sections 31
and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C.
1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16
U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture
and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $50,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That this ap-
propriation 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.
TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro-
grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural
Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agri-
culture, $898,000.
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RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c,
1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act,
$867,176,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$97,600,000 shall be for rural community programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which
$682,814,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of
such Act; and of which $86,762,000 shall be for the rural
business and cooperative development programs described
in sections 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated in this account,
$24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Feder-
ally Recognized Native American Tribes, including grants
for drinking water and waste disposal systems pursuant to
section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 shall be avail-
able for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as
authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act, and of which $250,000 shall
be available for a grant to a qualified national organization
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in
order to promote economic development: Provided further,
That of the amount appropriated for rural community pro-
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grams, $10,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Commu-
nity Development Initiative: Provided further, That of the
amount appropriated for the Rural Community Develop-
ment Initiative, not less than $4,000,000 shall be available
until expended to carry out a demonstration program on
Replicating and Creating Rural Cooperative Home Based
Health Care: Provided further, That of the $4,000,000 made
available, not less than $1,500,000 shall be in the form of
predevelopment planning grants, not to exceed $50,000
each, with the balance for low-interest revolving loans to
be used for capital and other related expenses, and made
available to nonprofit based community development orga-
nizations: Provided further, That such organizations should
demonstrate experience in the administration of revolving
loan programs and providing technical assistance to co-
operatives: Provided further, That a minimum of one plan-
ning grant should be provided to a minority sponsored enti-
ty with three years experience in rural cooperative develop-
ment: Provided further, That of funds appropriated for the
Rural Community Development Initiative, $6,000,000 shall
be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private,
nonprofit community-based housing and community devel-
opment organizations, low-income rural communities, and
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake
projects to improve housing, community facilities, commu-
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nity and economic development projects in rural areas: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be made available to
qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary orga-
nizations proposing to carry out a program of financial
and technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter-
mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from
other sources, including Federal funds for related activities,
in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount appropriated for the rural business
and cooperative development programs, not to exceed
$500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified
national organization to provide technical assistance for
rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment; and $2,000,000 shall be for grants to Delta Regional
Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): Provided further, That
of the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs,
not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste dis-
posal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United
States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to section
306C of such Act; not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for
water and waste disposal systems for rural and native vil-
lages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with
up to 1 percent available to administer the program and
up to 1 percent available to improve interagency coordina-
tion may be transferred to and merged with the appropria-
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tion for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’; not
to exceed $19,200,000 shall be for technical assistance
grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to sec-
tion 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,775,000 shall be
for Rural Community Assistance Programs; and not to ex-
ceed $12,100,000 shall be for contracting with qualified na-
tional organizations for a circuit rider program to provide
technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$37,624,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which
$1,163,000 shall be for the rural community programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which
$27,431,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which
$9,030,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of
such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated for rural community programs, not to exceed
$25,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural
communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-
nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 5 percent for
administration and capacity building in the State rural
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development offices: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated, $30,000,000 shall be transferred to and
merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost
Grants Account’’ to provide grants authorized under section
19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a):
Provided further, That any funds in the ‘‘Rural Utilities
Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account’’ and any re-
maining funds specifically appropriated in fiscal year 2002
for rural communities with extremely high energy costs
under the Rural Community Advancement Program shall
be merged and transferred into the Account: Provided fur-
ther, That any funds in the Account shall be used to provide
grants authorized under section 19 of that Act: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated by this Act to the
Rural Community Advancement Program for guaranteed
business and industry loans, funds may be transferred to
direct business and industry loans as deemed necessary by
the Secretary and with prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-
velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
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tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;
$127,502,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 may be used for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not
more than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest non-
monetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided fur-
ther, That any balances available from prior years for the
Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the
Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and expenses
accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this appro-
priation.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural
housing insurance fund, as follows: $3,755,162,000 for loans
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary,
of which $1,005,162,000 shall be for direct loans, and of
which $2,750,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans;
$120,000,000 for new construction, repair, rehabilitation,
and preservation of section 515 rental housing; $5,000,000
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for section 524 site loans; $12,000,000 for credit sales of
acquired property, of which up to $2,000,000 may be for
multi-family credit sales; and $5,011,000 for section 523
self-help housing land development loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section
502 loans, $214,500,000, of which $194,700,000 shall be for
direct loans, and of which $19,800,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;
section 504 housing repair loans, $10,857,000; section 515
rental housing, $55,956,000; section 524 site loans, $55,000;
multi-family credit sales of acquired property, $934,000;
and section 523 self-help housing land development loans,
$221,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated
in this paragraph, $11,656,000 shall be available through
June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and en-
terprise communities and communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$455,630,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)
or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or
payments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $730,000,000;
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
ized 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 $5,900,000 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 $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi-
zations 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 2003
shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life of any
such agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts
obligated.
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c),
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be
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available through June 30, 2003, for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones.
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $47,498,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through
June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and en-
terprise communities and communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $34,615,000, to
remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts.
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RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
$40,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $19,304,000, as authorized
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30,
2003, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and
of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30,
2003, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as defined by
Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,730,000
shall be available through June 30, 2003, for the cost of
direct loans for authorized empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $4,290,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job
creation projects, $14,967,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, $3,197,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
credit payments in fiscal year 2003, as authorized by sec-
tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,
$3,197,000 shall not be obligated and $3,197,000 are re-
scinded.
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For rural cooperative development grants authorized
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $9,000,000, of which
$2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the total amount
appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or as-
sociations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide
assistance to small, minority producers and whose gov-
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erning board and/or membership is comprised of at least
75 percent minority.
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE
COMMUNITIES GRANTS
For grants in connection with a second round of em-
powerment zones and enterprise communities, $14,967,000,
to remain available until expended, for designated rural
empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities, as
authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Om-
nibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277).
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall
be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,
$121,103,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans,
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that
Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000; Treasury rate direct
electric loans, $1,150,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $75,029,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $300,000,000; and loans made pur-
suant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications
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loans, $120,000,000; and for guaranteed underwriting loans
pursuant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936),
as follows: cost of rural electric loans, $11,025,000, and the
cost of telecommunication loans, $1,433,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7 per-
cent per year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$38,035,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available
to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2003 and
within the resources and authority available, gross obliga-
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tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$174,615,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,410,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses, including
audits, necessary to carry out the loan programs,
$3,082,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM
For the principal amount of direct distance learning
and telemedicine loans, $50,000,000; and for the principal
amount 
of 
broadband 
telecommunication 
loans,
$79,535,000.
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $51,941,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be available for loans and grants
for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas: Provided, That $10,000,000 may be available for the
continuation of a project for a loan and grant program to
finance broadband transmission and local dial-up Internet
service in areas that meet the definition of ‘‘rural area’’
used for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa: Provided further, That the
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cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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 Nutrition Service, $774,000.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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. 1771
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $10,580,169,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2004, of which
$5,834,506,000 is hereby appropriated and $4,745,663,000
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 of the funds made available under this heading,
$3,300,000 shall be for a School Breakfast Program startup
grant pilot program, of which no less than $1,000,000 is
for the State of Wisconsin: Provided further, That $200,000
shall be for the Common Roots Program: Provided further,
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That $500,000 shall be for the Child Nutrition Archive Re-
source Center: Provided further, That up to $5,080,000 shall
be 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),
$4,751,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
2004, of which $125,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to
remain available until expended, for use in only such
amounts, and in such manner, as the Secretary determines
necessary, not withstanding section 17(i) of the Child Nu-
trition Act, to provide funds to support participation,
should costs or participation exceed budget estimates: Pro-
vided, That of the total amount available, the Secretary
shall obligate $25,000,000 for the farmers’ market nutrition
program within 45 days of the enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of
such Act, $14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes
specified in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further, That
$2,000,000 shall be available for the Food and Nutrition
Service to conduct a study of WIC vendor practices: Pro-
vided further, That no other funds made available under
this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
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available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics ex-
cept 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 accordance with the cost containment and com-
petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of such
Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided shall
be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by
other Federal Government departments or agencies unless
authorized by section 17 of such Act.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $26,289,692,000, of which
$2,000,000,000 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 of the
funds made available under this heading and not already
appropriated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed
$4,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the
FDPIR from Native American bison producers as well as
from producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended
in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Pro-
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vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to
any work registration or workfare requirements as may be
required by law: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able for Employment and Training under this heading
shall remain available until expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act.
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, $167,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2004: Provided, That none of these funds shall
be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for commodities donated to the program: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount available, the Secretary shall
provide $5,000,000 for senior farmers’ market activities:
Provided further, That at the discretion of the States, any
State may request that USDA use a portion of its storage
and distribution funds for the Emergency Food Assistance
Program to purchase additional commodities for distribu-
tion within that State.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and spe-
cial assistance for the nuclear affected islands as authorized
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by section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association
Act of 1985, $1,081,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2004.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic
food programs funded under this Act, $136,865,000, of
which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations,
improving food stamp benefit delivery, and assisting in the
prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud and
other violations of law and of which not less than
$11,000,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the
Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pursu-
ant 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
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1769), market development ac-
tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate
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and integrate activities of the Department in connection
with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $131,198,000: Provided, That the Service
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies,
public and private organizations and institutions under
agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro-
duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for-
eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for
International Development.
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 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and
the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of
modifying 
credit 
arrangements 
under 
said 
Acts,
$116,171,000, to remain available until expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro-
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priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $2,059,000, of
which $1,033,000 may be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, and of which $1,026,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL
GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of
agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under
the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $25,159,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That funds made avail-
able for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and
for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter-
changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS
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, $1,185,000,000, to remain
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available until expended for commodities supplied in con-
nection with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,058,000; to cover common over-
head 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 $3,224,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’,
and of which $834,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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 payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
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ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of
the Food and Drug Administration which are included in
this Act; 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;
$1,631,530,000, of which not to exceed $222,900,000 to be
derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 379h, including any such fees assessed prior to the
current fiscal year but credited during the current year, in
accordance with section 736(g)(4), shall be credited to this
appropriation and remain available until expended; and
of which not to exceed $25,125,000 to be derived from device
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j shall be credited to
this appropriation, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That fees derived from applications received dur-
ing fiscal year 2003 shall be subject to the fiscal year 2003
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
of the total amount appropriated: (1) $412,404,000 shall
be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
fairs; (2) $426,232,000 shall be for the Center for Drug
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Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than
$13,357,000 shall be available for grants and contracts
awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C.
360ee); (3) $199,117,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $88,342,000 shall be
for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5)
$211,819,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radio-
logical Health and for related field activities in the Office
of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $40,509,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $36,914,000
shall be for Rent and Related activities, other than the
amounts paid to the General Services Administration; (8)
$108,269,000 shall be for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent and related costs; and (9)
$107,924,000 shall be for other activities, including the Of-
fice of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and
Systems; the Office of the Senior Associate Commissioner;
the Office of International and Constituent Relations; the
Office of Policy, Legislation, and Planning; and central
services for these offices: Provided further, That funds may
be transferred from one specified activity to another with
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the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42
U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended.
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, $11,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Commodity Exchange Act (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, $93,985,000, including
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $38,404,000 (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.
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 fiscal year 2003 under this Act shall
be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifi-
cally provided for, of not to exceed 374 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 372 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 sections 1 and 10
of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; commonly
known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of title II
and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C.
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1621 et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available for contracting in accordance with such
Acts and chapter.
SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
unobligated balances of funds appropriated by this Act or
other available unobligated balances of the Department of
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv-
ery of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the De-
partment of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds
made available by this Act or any other Act shall be trans-
ferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior ap-
proval of the agency administrator: Provided further, That
none of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund
pursuant to this section shall be available for obligation
without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi-
tions, fruit fly program, emerging plant pests, integrated
systems acquisition project, boll weevil program, up to 25
percent of the screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000
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for costs associated with collocating regional offices; Food
Safety and Inspection Service, field automation and infor-
mation management project; Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service, funds for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research,
Education and Economics Information System (REEIS),
and funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment
Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds
made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural
Service, middle-income country training program and up
to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appro-
priation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in
international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
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 section 606C of the Act of Au-
gust 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b).
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
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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. 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. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award-
ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full
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allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered
estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
available in fiscal year 2003 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2003 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, the Rural Housing Insurance
Fund program, and the Rural Economic Development
Loans program account.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,
United States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural
Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; and the food safety activities of the Food
Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative agree-
ments to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural
Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
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‘‘(D) Safflower.
‘‘(E) Flaxseed.
‘‘(F) Mustard seed.
‘‘(G) Crambe.
‘‘(H) Sesame seed.
‘‘(I) Other oilseeds designated by the Sec-
retary.’’;
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(c) SINGLE COUNTY LOAN RATE FOR OTHER OIL-
SEEDS.—The Secretary shall establish a single loan rate in
each county for each kind of other oilseeds described in sub-
sections (a)(10) and (b)(10).
‘‘(d) QUALITY GRADES FOR DRY PEAS, LENTILS, AND
SMALL CHICKPEAS.—The loan rate for dry peas, lentils,
and small chickpeas shall be based on—
‘‘(1) in the case of dry peas, United States feed
peas;
‘‘(2) in the case of lentils, United States number
3 lentils; and
‘‘(3) in the case of small chickpeas, United States
number 3 small chickpeas that drop below a 20/64
screen.’’.
(c) REPAYMENT OF LOANS.—Section 1204 of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7934)
is amended—