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NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
to exceed $25,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$11,846,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $5,899,000.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $4,133,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall
reinstate and market cross-servicing activities of the National
Finance Center: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used
to obtain, modify, re-engineer, license, operate, implement, or
expand commercial off-the-shelf financial management software sys-
tems or existing commercial off-the-shelf system financial manage-
ment contracts, beyond general ledger systems and accounting sup-
port software, at the National Finance Center until thirty legislative
days after the Secretary of Agriculture submits to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations a complete and thorough
cost-benefit analysis and a certification by the Secretary of Agri-
culture that this analysis provides a detailed and accurate cost-
benefit analysis comparison between obtaining or expanding
commercial off-the-shelf software systems and conducting identical
or comparable software systems acquisitions, re-engineering, or
modifications in-house.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded
in this Act, $596,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act,
$110,187,000, of which $20,216,000 shall be retained by the Depart-
ment for the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture
buildings: Provided, That in the event an agency within the Depart-
ment should require modification of space needs, the Secretary
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of Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency’s appropriation
made available by this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer
a share of this appropriation to that agency’s appropriation, but
such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds made avail-
able for space rental and related costs to or from this account.
In addition, for construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary
to carry out the programs of the Department, where not otherwise
provided, $25,587,000, to remain available until expended; making
a total appropriation of $135,774,000.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)
For necessary expenses for activities of advisory committees
of the Department of Agriculture which are included in this Act,
$650,000: Provided, That no other funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment in this Act shall be available to the Department for support
of activities of advisory committees.
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to
comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961,
$15,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for
Hazardous Waste Management may be transferred to any agency
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant
to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Personnel, Operations, Information Resources Manage-
ment, Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Disadvantaged Business
Utilization, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Officer, Disas-
ter Management and Coordination, and Modernization of the
Administrative Process, $27,986,000, to provide for necessary
expenses for management support services to offices of the Depart-
ment and for general administration and disaster management
of the Department, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous
supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary
for the practical and efficient work of the Department, including
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of
the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed
$10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropria-
tions in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of
hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL
RELATIONS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs
funded in this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental
affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $3,797,000: Pro-
vided, That no other funds appropriated to the Department in
this Act shall be available to the Department for support of activities
of congressional relations: Provided further, That not less than
$2,355,000 shall be transferred to agencies funded in this Act to
maintain personnel at the agency level.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the dissemina-
tion of agricultural information, and the coordination of information,
work, and programs authorized by Congress in the Department,
$8,198,000, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used
for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector
General Act of 1978, as amended, $63,639,000, 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, as amended, including a
sum not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109;
and including a sum not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential
operational expenses including 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: Pro-
vided, That funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector General
through forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice
Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury Forfeit-
ure Fund, as a participating agency, as an equitable share from
the forfeiture of property in investigations in which the Office
of Inspector General participates, or through the granting of a
Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the
credit of this account for law enforcement activities authorized
under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, to remain
available until expended.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$27,860,000.
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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 Economic Research Serv-
ice, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricultural
Research Service and the Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, $520,000.
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, $53,131,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic 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, includ-
ing crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and
improvements, and marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws,
$81,107,000: 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
$40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research
Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating
to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use includ-
ing the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural
information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange,
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, $710,000,000:
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for tem-
porary 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
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 provided the cost of con-
structing any one building shall not exceed $250,000, except for
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to
$1,000,000, and except for ten buildings to be constructed or
improved at a cost not to exceed $500,000 each, and the cost
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed
10 percent of the current replacement value of the building or