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$250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limita-
tions on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to mod-
ernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Mary-
land: 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 the
foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase of land at
Beckley, West Virginia: Provided further, That not to exceed
$190,000 of this appropriation may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for the Office of the Under Secretary for
Research, Education and Economics for the scientific review of
international issues involving agricultural chemicals and food addi-
tives: Provided further, That funds may be received from any State,
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the pur-
pose of establishing or operating any research facility or research
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law:
Provided further, That all rights and title of the United States
in the property known as USDA Houma Sugar Cane Research
Laboratory, consisting of approximately 20 acres in the City of
Houma and 150 acres of farmland in Chacahula, Louisiana, includ-
ing facilities and equipment, shall be conveyed to the American
Sugar Cane League Foundation: Provided further, That all rights
and title of the United States in the Agricultural Research Station
at Brawley, California, consisting of 80 acres of land, including
facilities and equipment, shall be conveyed to Imperial County,
California: Provided further, That all rights and title of the United
States in the Pecan Genetics and Improvement Research Labora-
tory, consisting of 84.2 acres of land, including facilities and equip-
ment, shall be conveyed to Texas A&M University: Provided further,
That the property originally conveyed by the State of Tennessee
to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Serv-
ice, in Lewisburg, Tennessee be conveyed to the University of Ten-
nessee.
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.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided,
$30,200,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b):
Provided, That funds may be received from any State, other political
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establish-
ing 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 coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other
expenses, including $168,734,000 to carry into effect the provisions
of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–361i); $20,497,000 for grants for
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cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7); $27,735,000
for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee
University (7 U.S.C. 3222); $49,846,000 for special grants for agri-
cultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $9,769,000 for special grants
for agricultural research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c));
$96,735,000 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b));
$5,051,000 for the support of animal health and disease programs
(7 U.S.C. 3195); $650,000 for supplemental and alternative crops
and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $500,000 for grants for research
pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C.
178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977,
as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended;
$475,000 for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3331–3336);
$3,500,000 for higher education graduate fellowships grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322);
$8,100,000 for sustainable agriculture research and education (7
U.S.C. 5811); $9,200,000 for a program of capacity building grants
to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30,
1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee University,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $1,450,000
for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1)
of Public Law 103–382; and $10,337,000 for necessary expenses
of Research and Education Activities, of which not to exceed
$100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all,
$421,929,000.
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.
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
For establishment of a Native American institutions endowment
fund, as authorized by Public Law 130–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note),
$4,600,000.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities
and for grants to States and other eligible recipients for such
purposes, as necessary to carry out the agricultural research, exten-
sion, and teaching programs of the Department of Agriculture,
where not otherwise provided, $57,838,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa: For payments for cooperative extension work
under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, 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 coopera-
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tive extension agents and State extension directors, $268,493,000;
payments for the nutrition and family education program for low-
income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $60,510,000; payments
for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,783,000; payments for the farm safety program under section
3(d) of the Act, $2,943,000; payments for the pesticide impact assess-
ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,313,000; payments
to upgrade 1890 land-grant college research, extension, and teaching
facilities as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,782,000, to remain available until
expended; payments for the rural development centers under section
3(d) of the Act, $936,000; payments for a groundwater quality
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $11,065,000; payments for
the agricultural telecommunications program, as authorized by Pub-
lic Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,203,000; payments for youth-
at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,850,000; payments
for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,438,000;
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable
Resources Extension Act of 1978, $3,291,000; payments for Indian
reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,724,000; pay-
ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of
the Act, $3,411,000; payments for rural health and safety education
as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C.
2661 note, 2662), $2,709,000; payments for cooperative extension
work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill
Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee University, $25,090,000;
and for Federal administration and coordination including adminis-
tration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act of Septem-
ber 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), as amended, and section 1361(c)
of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate
and provide program leadership for the extension work of the
Department and the several States and insular possessions,
$12,209,000; in all, $427,750,000: Provided, That funds hereby
appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953,
and section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, as amended, shall
not be paid to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from non-
Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND
REGULATORY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing Serv-
ice, and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administra-
tion, $605,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursu-
ant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–
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c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant
and animal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu-
latory activities; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of
Agriculture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7
U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as authorized
by law, $331,667,000, of which $4,799,000 shall be available for
the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases
and for control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary
to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That in fiscal year 1996,
amounts in the agricultural quarantine inspection user fee account
shall be available for authorized purposes without further appro-
priation: Provided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate
or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current
fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the States
of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft
and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be
for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in emer-
gencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations
of the Department such sums as he may deem necessary, to be
available only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication
of contagious or infectious diseases or pests of animals, poultry,
or plants, and for expenses in accordance with the Act of February
28, 1947, as amended, and section 102 of the Act of September
21, 1944, as amended, and any unexpended balances of funds trans-
ferred for such emergency purposes in the next 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 replacement value of the building:
Provided further, That of the funds provided, the Secretary of
Agriculture may provide for the funding of all fees or charges
under section 2509 of Public Law 101–624, codified at 21 U.S.C.
136a(c), for any service related to the cost of providing import,
entry, diagnostic and quarantine services in connection with the
1996 Summer Olympic Games to be held in Atlanta, Georgia.
In fiscal year 1996 the agency is authorized to collect fees
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods,
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domes-
tic and international organizations, foreign governments, or individ-
uals, provided that such fees are structured such that any entity’s
liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assist-
ance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, and
such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available
until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.