IB
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2330
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 25, 2001
Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes,
namely:
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TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $3,015,000: Provided, That not to
exceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise
provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agri-
culture to carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law
104–127: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available by this Act may be used to enforce section 793(d)
of Public Law 104–127.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in-
cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit
analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the
World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of
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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, $7,704,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, including employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,869,000.
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, $7,041,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation 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, $10,325,000.
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com-
puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service
and Rural Development mission areas for information
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technology, systems, and services, $59,369,000, to remain
available until expended, for the capital asset acquisition
of shared information technology systems, including serv-
ices as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C.
1421–28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall
be consistent with the Department of Agriculture Service
Center Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies,
and shall be with the concurrence of the Department’s
Chief Information Officer.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec-
ond 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, $5,384,000: Provided,
That the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market and
expand cross-servicing activities of the National Finance
Center.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out
the programs funded by this Act, $652,000.
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veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1621–1627, Public Law 105–113, and other laws,
$114,546,000, of which up to $25,456,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for the Census of Agriculture: 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 $40,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,
and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco-
nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui-
sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in-
formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex-
change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,
and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall
be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out
of Federal ownership, $971,365,000: Provided, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for temporary
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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 appropria-
tions 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 appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not
exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses
which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for
10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not
to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent
of the current replacement value of the building or
$375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not
apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements
at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including
an easement to the University of Maryland to construct
the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion
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shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: 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 subdivi-
sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing 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 produc-
tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts.
In fiscal year 2002, the agency is authorized to
charge fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for
any permit, easement, lease, or other special use author-
ization for the occupancy or use of land and facilities (in-
cluding 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 pur-
poses.
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
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research programs of the Department of Agriculture,
where not otherwise provided, $78,862,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That
funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re-
search 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, $507,452,000, as follows: to carry out
the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–i),
$180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research
(16 U.S.C. 582a–a7), $21,884,000; for payments to the
1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
(7 U.S.C. 3222), $32,604,000, of which $998,000 shall
be made available to West Virginia State College in Insti-
tute, West Virginia; for special grants for agricultural re-
search (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $82,409,000; for special grants
for agricultural research on improved pest control (7
U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,721,000; for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $105,767,000, including grants
for authorized competitive research programs regarding
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enhancement of the nitrogen-fixing ability and efficiency
of plants; for the support of animal health and disease
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,098,000; for supplemental
and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d),
$950,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical
Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and
section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3318), $639,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for the 1994 research program (7 U.S.C. 301
note), $998,000, to remain available until expended; for
higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(6)), $2,993,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher education 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 expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for
Hispanic-serving
Institutions
(7
U.S.C.
3241),
$3,492,000; for a program of noncompetitive grants, to
be awarded on an equal basis, to Alaska Native-serving
and Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions to carry out
higher education programs (7 U.S.C. 3242), $2,993,000;
for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-year
post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(h)), $1,000,000;
for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,991,000; for
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sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C.
5811), $12,000,000; 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, $9,479,000,
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, $1,549,000; and 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, $18,399,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to carry out research related to the produc-
tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to re-
search on the medical, biotechnological, food, and indus-
trial uses of tobacco.
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
For the Native American Institutions Endowment
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301
note), $7,100,000.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
For payments to States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia,
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $436,029,000,
as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under
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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 cooperative extension agents and State extension direc-
tors, $275,940,000; payments for extension work at the
1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C.
343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and
family education program for low-income areas under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $58,566,000; payments for the pest
management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,759,000; payments for the farm safety program under
section 3(d) of the Act, $5,800,000; payments to upgrade
research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as au-
thorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C.
3222b), $12,173,000, to remain available until expended;
payments for the rural development centers under section
3(d) of the Act, $906,000; payments for youth-at-risk pro-
grams under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,481,000; for
youth farm safety education and certification extension
grants, to be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of
the Act, $499,000; payments for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978,
$3,185,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under
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section 3(d) of the Act, $1,996,000; payments for sustain-
able agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
$5,000,000; payments for rural health and safety edu-
cation as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–
624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $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, $28,181,000, of which
$998,000 shall be made available to West Virginia State
College in Institute, West Virginia; and for Federal ad-
ministration and coordination including administration of
the Smith-Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977
(7 U.S.C. 341–349), 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 posses-
sions, $18,648,000: Provided, That funds hereby appro-
priated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26,
1953, and section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, shall
not be paid to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa prior to availability of an
equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure dur-
ing the current fiscal year.
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INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
For the integrated research, education, and extension
competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis-
trative expenses, as authorized under section 406 of the
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $43,355,000, as follows:
payments for the water quality program, $12,971,000;
payments for the food safety program, $14,967,000; pay-
ments for the national agriculture pesticide impact assess-
ment program, $4,531,000; payments for the Food Qual-
ity Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food
crop systems, $4,889,000; payments for the crops affected
by
Food
Quality
Protection
Act
implementation,
$1,497,000; payments for the methyl bromide transition
program, $2,500,000; and payments for the organic tran-
sition program, $2,000,000.
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 Pro-
grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by
the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain
Inspection,
Packers
and
Stockyards
Administration;
$660,000.
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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including
those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21
U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradi-
cate pests and plant and animal diseases; to carry out in-
spection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; to dis-
charge the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture
under the Acts of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468) and
December 22, 1987 (101 Stat. 1329–1331) (7 U.S.C.
426–426c); and to protect the environment, as authorized
by law, $587,386,000, of which $4,096,000 shall be avail-
able 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: Pro-
vided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or admin-
ister a brucellosis eradication program for the current fis-
cal 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 pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic 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
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and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall
be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi-
tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the
agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec-
retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds
available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart-
ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail-
able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi-
cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani-
mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance
with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section 102 of
the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unexpended bal-
ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes
in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such
transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7
U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased build-
ings 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.
In fiscal year 2002 the agency is authorized to collect
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-
ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations,
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foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such
fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such
fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods,
or 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 pro-
viding such assistance, goods, or services.
Of the total amount available under this heading in
fiscal year 2002, $84,813,000 shall be derived from user
fees deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection
User Fee Account.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $7,189,000, 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 dis-
tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au-
thorized by law, and for administration and coordination
of payments to States, including field employment pursu-
ant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
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ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed
$90,000
for
employment
under
U.S.C.
3109,
$71,774,000, including funds for the wholesale market de-
velopment program for the design and development of
wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major met-
ropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)
for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but the cost of altering any one building during
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current
replacement value of the building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $60,596,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive 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.
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FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND
SUPPLY (SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the
Department 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 $13,995,000
for formulation and administration of marketing agree-
ments 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
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural
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 admin-
istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying
procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products,
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and the standardization activities related to grain under
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, 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 $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $33,117,000: Provided, 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 percent of the current replacement
value of the building.
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
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 ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be
exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees 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 enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In-
spection Service, $481,000.
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FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry
Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection
Act, including 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),
$720,652,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of
Public Law 102–237: Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available for field employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur-
ther, 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.
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
Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for
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the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity
Credit Corporation, $611,000.
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, $945,993,000: Provided, That
the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities,
and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro-
grams 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 ac-
count: Provided further, That these funds 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), 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, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–
5106), $2,993,000.
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DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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
(Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–12).
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$1,128,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans and $128,000,000 shall be for direct
loans;
operating
loans,
$2,600,000,000,
of
which
$1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans, $500,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans, and $600,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian
tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C.
488,
$2,000,000;
for
emergency
insured
loans,
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$25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis-
asters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $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
ownership loans, $7,866,000, of which $4,500,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans and $3,366,000 shall be for direct
loans;
operating
loans,
$174,030,000,
of
which
$52,650,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans,
$67,800,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and
$53,580,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land
acquisition
loans
as
authorized
by
U.S.C.
488,
$118,000; and for emergency insured loans, $3,363,000
to meet the needs resulting from natural disasters.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$282,769,000, of which $274,769,000 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
transferred among these programs: Provided, That the
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Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
For administrative and operating expenses, as au-
thorized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re-
form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $75,142,000: Provided,
That not to exceed $700 shall be available for official re-
ception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1506(i).
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make
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 the programs set forth in the budget for the current
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-
inafter provided.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be nec-
essary, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b).
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 2002, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net
realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed,
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15
U.S.C. 713a–11).
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For fiscal year 2002, 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.
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 Environ-
ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for
the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, $736,000.
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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f),
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of
soil; dissemination 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 alter-
ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings;
and
operation
and
maintenance
of
aircraft,
$782,762,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than $7,137,000 is for
snow survey and water forecasting, and of which not to
exceed $30,500,000 is for technical assistance activities in
conjunction with the Conservation Reserve Program au-
thorized by subchapter B, chapter 1, title XII of the Food
Security Act of 1985, and of which not less than
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$9,349,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant
materials centers, and of which not less than $20,000,000
shall be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: Pro-
vided, That $8,500,000 of the funds authorized for allot-
ments or transfers under 15 U.S.C. 714i shall be available
for Conservation Reserve Program technical assistance:
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and
improvement of buildings and public improvements at
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations
and improvements to other buildings and other public im-
provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further,
That when buildings or other structures are erected on
non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob-
tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be available for technical as-
sistance and related expenses to carry out programs au-
thorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River
Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)):
Provided further, 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 $25,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified
local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem
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rates to perform the technical planning work of the Service
(16 U.S.C. 590e–2).
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING
For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves-
tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa-
terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan-
ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C.
1001–1009), $11,030,000: Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec-
ond 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 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance
with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the
Department, $105,743,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $10,000,000
may be available for the watersheds authorized under the
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Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C.
701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Provided, That not to exceed
$45,514,000 of this appropriation shall be available for
technical assistance: Provided further, 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 $200,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appro-
priation is available to carry out the purposes of the En-
dangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), in-
cluding cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act
to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit-
able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con-
struction.
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 section
32(e) of title III 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 the Agriculture and Food
Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $48,361,000, to re-
main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
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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.
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
(RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
Of the funds appropriated for ‘‘Agricultural Con-
servation
Program’’
under
Public
Law
104–37,
$45,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
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
programs 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 Agriculture, $628,000.
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, 381N, and
381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, $767,465,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $34,503,000 shall be for rural community programs
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described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which
$658,994,000 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 $73,968,000 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 available for community facilities grants to tribal col-
leges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which
$250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified na-
tional organization to provide technical assistance for
rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
for rural community programs, $6,000,000 shall be avail-
able for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be used solely to de-
velop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit commu-
nity-based housing and community development organiza-
tions, low-income rural communities, and federally Recog-
nized Native American tribes to undertake projects to im-
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prove housing, community facilities, community and eco-
nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified
private and public intermediary organizations proposing to
carry out a program of financial and technical assistance:
Provided further, That such intermediary organizations
shall provide matching funds from other sources, including
Federal funds for related activities, in an amount not less
than funds provided: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated for the rural business and cooperative devel-
opment 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 development; and $2,000,000
shall be for grants to Mississippi Delta Region counties:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for
rural utilities programs, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall
be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the
Colonias along the United States/Mexico borders, includ-
ing grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to
exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal
systems for rural and native villages in Alaska pursuant
to section 306D of such Act, of which 1 percent to admin-
ister the program and to improve interagency coordination
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
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for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’; not to
exceed $16,215,000 shall be for technical assistance
grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to sec-
tion
306(a)(14)
of
such
Act;
and
not
to
exceed
$11,000,000 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, 2002, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of
which $1,163,000 shall be for the rural community pro-
grams described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of
which $27,431,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs
described 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 any prior year balances
for high cost energy grants authorized by section 19 of
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19))
shall be transferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Utili-
ties Service, High Energy Costs Grants’’ account.
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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-
tural
cooperatives;
and
for
cooperative
agreements;
$134,733,000: 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
nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided
further, That any balances available from prior years for
the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and
the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and ex-
penses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with
this account.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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: $4,202,618,000
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for loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the
Secretary, of which $1,064,650,000 shall be for direct
loans, and of which $3,137,968,000 shall be for unsub-
sidized guaranteed loans; $32,324,000 for section 504
housing repair loans; $114,068,000 for section 515 rental
housing; $99,770,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-
family housing loans; $5,090,000 for section 524 site
loans; $11,778,000 for credit sales of acquired property,
of which up to $1,778,000 may be for multi-family credit
sales; and $5,000,000 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, $180,274,000 of which $140,108,000 shall be
for direct loans, and of which $40,166,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair
loans,
$10,386,000;
section
515
rental
housing,
$48,274,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed
loans, $3,921,000; section 524 site loans, $28,000; multi-
family credit sales of acquired property, $750,000; and
section 523 self-help housing land development loans,
$254,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated in this paragraph, $11,656,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2002, for authorized empowerment
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zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic
Area Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$422,910,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
Of the amounts made available under this heading
in chapter 1 of title II of Public Law 106–246 (114 Stat.
540) for gross obligations for principal amount of direct
loans authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949
for section 515 rental housing, the Secretary of Agri-
culture may use up to $5,986,197 for rental assistance
agreements described in the item relating to ‘‘Rental As-
sistance Program’’ in such chapter: Provided, That such
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Control Act of 1985, as
amended.
In making available for occupancy dwelling units in
housing that is provided with funds made available under
the heading referred to in the preceding paragraph, the
Secretary of Agriculture may give preference to prospec-
tive tenants who are residing in temporary housing pro-
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vided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
a result of an emergency.
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, $693,504,000;
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au-
thorized 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 eli-
gible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of
the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for ad-
vances to nonprofit organizations 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 2002 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.
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1490c), $33,925,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June
30, 2002, for authorized empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 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, $38,914,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2002, for authorized empowerment
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic
Area Partnership Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts,
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $31,431,000,
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and
contracts.
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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 author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.
9812(a)), $38,171,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $16,494,000, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.
9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be for federally Rec-
ognized Native American Tribes and of which $3,449,000
shall be for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as defined
by Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans of $38,171,000: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $2,730,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2002, for the cost of direct loans for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $3,761,000 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 author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,
for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects, $14,966,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,616,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
credit payments in fiscal year 2002, as authorized by sec-
tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,
$3,616,000 shall not be obligated and $3,616,000 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), $7,500,000, of
which $2,500,000 shall be available for cooperative agree-
ments for the appropriate technology transfer for rural
areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,497,000
of the total amount appropriated shall be made available
to cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri-
mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro-
ducers.
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RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE
COMMUNITY 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 des-
ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise
communities as authorized in the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997.
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 electrifica-
tion loans $121,107,000; municipal rate rural electric
loans, $794,358,000; loans made pursuant to section 306
of that Act, rural electric, $2,600,000,000; Treasury rate
direct electric loans, $500,000,000; and guaranteed elec-
tric loans, $100,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $74,827,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $300,000,000; and rural tele-
communications loans, $120,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by
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the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and
936), as follows: cost of rural electric loans, $3,689,000,
and the cost of telecommunication loans, $2,036,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates
may exceed 7 percent per year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$36,322,000, 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 avail-
able 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 Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car-
rying out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2002
and within the resources and authority available, gross ob-
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$174,615,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
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fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,584,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses, including
audits,
necessary
to
carry
out
the
loan
programs,
$3,107,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM
For the principle amount of direct distance learning
and telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the prin-
ciple amount of broadband telecommunication loans, con-
tingent upon the enactment of authorizing legislation,
$100,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $26,941,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be available for loans and grants
for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas: Provided, That, contingent upon the enactment of
authorizing legislation, $1,996,000 may be available for
a loan and grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission 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 cost of direct
loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974.
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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
Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Food and Nutrition Service, $592,000.
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; $10,088,746,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2003, of which
$4,748,038,000
is
hereby
appropriated
and
$5,340,708,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935
(7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That except as specifically pro-
vided under this heading, none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua-
tions: Provided further, That up to $4,507,000 shall be
available for independent verification of school food service
claims: Provided further, That of the funds provided under
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this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available for new activi-
ties to enhance integrity in the National School Lunch
Program.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$4,137,086,000, to remain available through September
30, 2003: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua-
tions: Provided further, That of the total amount available,
the Secretary may obligate up to $25,000,000 for the
farmers’ market nutrition program and up to $15,000,000
for senior farmers’ market activities from any funds not
needed to maintain current caseload levels: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such
Act, up to $10,000,000 shall be available for the purposes
specified in section 17(h)(10)(B), no less than $6,000,000
of which shall be used for the development of electronic
benefit transfer systems: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be available to pay administra-
tive expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an an-
nounced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space
used to carry out the program: Provided further, That
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none of the funds provided in this account shall be avail-
able for the purchase of infant formula except in accord-
ance with the cost containment and competitive 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 Fed-
eral Government departments or agencies unless author-
ized 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.), $21,991,986,000, of which
$1,000,000,000 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 none of
the funds made available under this heading shall be used
for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with sec-
tion 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration
or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available for Employment
and Training under this heading shall remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the
Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That funds provided
under this heading may be used to procure food coupons
necessary for program operations in this or subsequent fis-
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cal years until electronic benefit transfer implementation
is complete.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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, $152,813,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2003: Provided, That none of these funds
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available, the Sec-
retary may obligate up to $15,000,000 for senior farmers’
market activities from any funds not needed to maintain
current caseload levels: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 5(a)(2) of the Agriculture and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–86; 7 U.S.C. 612c
note), $21,820,000 of this amount shall be available for
administrative expenses of the commodity supplemental
food program.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973;
special assistance for the nuclear affected islands as au-
thorized by section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free As-
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sociation Act of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965, $150,749,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2003.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic food programs funded under this Act, $126,656,000,
of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula-
tions, 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
$4,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the
Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs: 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
$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
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Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development
activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi-
nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec-
tion 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), $122,631,000: Provided, That the Serv-
ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro-
priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen-
cies, public and private organizations and institutions
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural
food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and
the foreign assistance programs of the United States
Agency for International Development: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated in this account may
be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to
disburse funds to any rice trade association under the
market access program or the foreign market development
program at any time when the applicable international ac-
tivity agreement for such program is not in effect.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or
tobacco products.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the
Agricultural 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,
$122,600,000, 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-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $2,013,000,
of which $1,033,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service,
Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $980,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL
GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, $20,277,000, to
remain available until expended, for ocean freight differen-
tial costs for the shipment of agricultural commodities
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under title I of said Act: Provided, That funds made avail-
able for the cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean
freight differential may be used interchangeably between
the two accounts with prior notice to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
PUBLIC LAW 480 GRANTS—TITLES II AND III
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, $835,159,000, to
remain available until expended, for commodities supplied
in connection 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, $4,021,000, to cover common
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity 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 $797,000 may be trans-
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ferred 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 Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related
costs pursuant 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 miscella-
neous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,
authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be ac-
counted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to ex-
ceed $25,000; $1,342,339,000, of which not to exceed
$161,716,000 to be derived from prescription drug user
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379(h), including any such
fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited
during the current year, in accordance with 21 U.S.C.
379h(g)(4), and shall be credited to this appropriation and
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other allocations for such purpose made from such total
amount.
In addition, $2,950,000, solely for carrying out sec-
tion 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,
to be available only after the requirements of section
804(l) have been satisfied.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by
42 U.S.C. 263(b) may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re-
main 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, $34,281,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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.), in-
cluding 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
U.S.C.
3109,
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$70,700,000, including not to exceed $2,000 for official
reception and representation expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $36,700,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships.
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 2002 under this Act
shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 379 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 378 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 al-
lowances 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-
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search and service work authorized by sections 1 and 10
of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; com-
monly 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. 1621 et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United
States Code, shall be available for contracting in accord-
ance 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
Department of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the
funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the
prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Commit-
tees on Appropriations 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-
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tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con-
ditions, fruit fly program, integrated systems acquisition
project, boll weevil program, up to 25 percent of the
screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs asso-
ciated with colocating regional offices; Food Safety and
Inspection Service, field automation and information man-
agement project; Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, funds for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Edu-
cation 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 appropria-
tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this
Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation
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and language training pursuant to section 606C of the Act
of August 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
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 ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations 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
Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture 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-
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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
awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay
full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under
section 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 consid-
ered 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 2002 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2002 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 account; and the Rural Economic Develop-
ment 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
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Food Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative
agreements to reflect a relationship between the Agricul-
tural Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers
and Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service and a state or cooperator to carry out agricul-
tural marketing programs, to carry out programs to pro-
tect the nation’s animal and plant resources, or to carry
out educational programs or special studies to improve the
safety of the nation’s food supply.
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including provisions of law requiring competition), the
Secretary of Agriculture may hereafter enter into coopera-
tive agreements (which may provide for the acquisition of
goods or services, including personal services) with a
State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or
private agency, organization, or any other person, if the
Secretary determines that the objectives of the agreement
will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agree-
ment in carrying out the programs administered by the
Natural Resources Conservation Service; and (2) all par-
ties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of
these objectives: Provided, That Commodity Credit Cor-
poration funds obligated for such purposes shall not ex-
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ceed the level obligated by the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for such purposes in fiscal year 1998.
SEC. 715. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the
Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub-
account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele-
phone liquidating account which is in excess of current
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set
forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed-
eral Credit Reform Act of 1990.
SEC. 716. Of the funds made available by this Act,
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees,
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants.
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat
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Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
SEC. 718. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or
office funded by this Act to any other agency or office
of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi-
vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by
the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses
of the employee for the period of assignment.
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to
any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or
responses to questions that are a result of information re-
quested for the appropriations hearing process.
SEC. 720. None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
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tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 721. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 2002, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out
or privatizes any functions or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2002, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
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this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be-
fore implementing a program or activity not carried out
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac-
tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any
other Act.
SEC. 722. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob-
ligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex-
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penses of personnel to carry out section 793 of Public Law
104–127, the Fund for Rural America (7 U.S.C. 2204f).
SEC. 723. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob-
ligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel to carry out the provisions of section
401 of Public Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Ag-
riculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a conserva-
tion farm option program, as authorized by section 1240M
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb).
SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria-
tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis-
sion to the Congress of the United States for programs
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit-
tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes reve-
nues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due
to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law
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prior to the submission of the Budget unless such Budget
submission identifies which additional spending reductions
should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not
enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee
of conference for the fiscal year 2003 appropriations Act.
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this
Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a
state Rural Development office unless or until cost effec-
tiveness and enhancement of program delivery have been
determined.
SEC. 727. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $4,000,000 is ap-
propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center.
SEC. 728. Hereafter, refunds or rebates received on
an on-going basis from a credit card services provider
under the Department of Agriculture’s charge card pro-
grams may be deposited to and retained without fiscal
year limitation in the Departmental Working Capital
Fund established under 7 U.S.C. 2235 and used to fund
management initiatives of general benefit to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture bureaus and offices as determined by
the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary’s designee.
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SEC. 729. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri-
cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
(7 U.S.C. 1736f) any balances available to carry out title
III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act,
and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail-
able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to
carry out title II of such Act.
SEC. 730. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated
Farm
and
Rural
Development
Act
(7
U.S.C.
2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$26,000,000’’.
SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to issue a
notice of proposed rulemaking, to promulgate a proposed
rule, or to otherwise change or modify the definition of
‘‘animal’’ in existing regulations pursuant to the Animal
Welfare Act.
SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the City of Cabot, Arkansas, and the City of
Coachella, California, shall be eligible for loans and grants
provided through the Rural Community Advancement
Program.
SEC. 733. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall consider the City of Casa Grande,
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Arizona, as meeting the requirements of a rural area in
section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490).
SEC. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the City of Saint Joseph, Missouri, shall be eligible
for grants and loans administered by the rural develop-
ment mission areas of the Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 735. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City
of Hollister, California, as meeting the requirements of a
rural area for the purposes of housing programs in the
rural development mission areas of the Department of Ag-
riculture.
SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to maintain,
modify, or implement any assessment against agricultural
producers as part of a commodity promotion, research,
and consumer information order, known as a check-off
program, that has not been approved by the affected pro-
ducers in accordance with the statutory requirements ap-
plicable to the order.
SEC. 737. None of the funds made available to the
Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used
to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the
Food and Drug Administration Division of Drug Analysis
(recently renamed the Division of Pharmaceutical Anal-
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ysis) in St. Louis, Missouri, except that funds could be
used to plan a possible relocation of this Division within
the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri.
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available to the
Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used
to reduce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration District Office below the operating and full-time
equivalent staffing level of July 31, 2000; or to change
the Detroit District Office to a station, residence post or
similarly modified office; or to reassign residence posts as-
signed to the Detroit Office: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to Food and Drug Administration field lab-
oratory facilities or operations currently located in Detroit,
Michigan, except that field laboratory personnel shall be
assigned to locations in the general vicinity of Detroit,
Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements between the
Food and Drug Administration and other laboratory facili-
ties associated with the State of Michigan.
MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE FOR APPLE PRODUCERS
SEC. 739. (a) ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall use $150,000,000 of funds of
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments as
soon as possible after the date of the enactment of this
Act to apple producers to provide relief for the loss of mar-
kets for their 2000 crop.
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(b) PAYMENT BASIS.—The amount of the payment
to a producer under subsection (a) shall be made on a
per pound basis equal to each qualifying producer’s 2000
production of apples, except that the Secretary shall not
make payments for that amount of a particular farm’s
apple production that is in excess of 20,000,000 pounds.
(c) DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.—A producer shall be
ineligible for payments under this section with respect to
a market loss for apples to the extent of that amount that
the producer received as compensation or assistance for
the same loss under any other Federal program, other
than under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.).
(d) OTHER TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall not establish any terms or conditions for pro-
ducer eligibility, such as limits based upon gross income,
other than those specified in this section.
(e) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies only with
respect to the 2000 crop of apples and producers of that
crop.
SEC. 740. Of any shipments of commodities made
pursuant to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949
(7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to
the extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value
to not more than $25,000,000 shall be made available to
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foreign countries to assist in mitigating the effects of the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome on communities, including the provi-
sion of—
(1) agricultural commodities to—
(A)
individuals
with
Human
Immuno-
deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Defi-
ciency Syndrome in the communities; and
(B) households in the communities, par-
ticularly individuals caring for orphaned chil-
dren; and
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro-
vide other assistance (including assistance under
microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create
or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals
in the communities, particularly individuals caring
for orphaned children.
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to eliminate
the two river navigator positions, including the contract
position, for the Hudson River and Upper Susquehanna/
Lackawanna Rivers or to alter the tasks assigned to the
persons filling such positions.
SEC. 742. The amounts otherwise provided by this
Act are revised by increasing the total amount provided
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in title II under the heading ‘‘WATERSHED AND FLOOD
PREVENTION OPERATIONS’’ (to be used to carry out sec-
tion 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), as added by section 313 of Public
Law 106–472 (114 Stat. 2077)), and none of the funds
made available in this Act may be used to pay the salaries
of personnel of the Department of Agriculture who carry
out the programs authorized by section 524(a) of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) in excess of a
total of $3,600,000 for all such programs for fiscal year
2002, by $5,400,000.
SEC. 743. None of the amounts made available in this
Act for the Food and Drug Administration may be used
under section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act to prevent an individual who is not in the busi-
ness of importing prescription drugs within the meaning
of section 801(g) of such Act from importing a prescrip-
tion drug that: (1) appears to be FDA-approved; (2) does
not appear to be a narcotic drug; and (3) appears to be
manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or
processed in an establishment registered pursuant to sec-
tion 510 of such Act.
SEC. 744. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act shall be made available to any
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the
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Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c; popularly know
as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
SEC. 745. For an additional amount for the Secretary
of Agriculture to carry out section 311 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965, and the amount otherwise provided by
this Act for ‘‘Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and
Rental Payments’’ is hereby reduced by, $10,000,000.
SEC. 746. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
in the item relating to ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINIS-
TRATION—SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, the amount appro-
priated in the second undesignated paragraph of such item
(relating to section 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act) is transferred and made available as an ad-
ditional appropriation under the first undesignated para-
graph of such item.
SEC. 747. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
for carrying out the responsibilities of the Food and Drug
Administration with respect to abbreviated applications
for the approval of new drugs under section 505(j) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, $1,000,000 is
available for the purpose of carrying out section 314.53(b)
of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, in addition to
any
other
allocation
for
carrying
out
such
section
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314.53(b) made from amounts appropriated in this Act
for the Food and Drug Administration.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002’’.
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,992,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to
carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104–127: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available by
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this Act may be used to enforce section 793(d) of Public
Law 104–127.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, includ-
ing economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit anal-
ysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the World
Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and includ-
ing 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, $7,648,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, 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, $12,766,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, including employment pursuant to the sec-
ond 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 em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,978,000.
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec-
ond 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 em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,261,000.
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com-
puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service
and Rural Development mission areas for information tech-
nology, systems, and services, $59,369,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for the capital asset acquisition of
shared information technology systems, including services
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421–
28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be con-
sistent with the Department of Agriculture Service Center
Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall
be with the concurrence of the Department’s Chief Informa-
tion Officer.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial 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 employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,335,000: Provided, That the
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Chief Financial Officer shall actively market and expand
cross-servicing activities of the National Finance Center.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the
programs funded by this Act, $647,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL
PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant 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 Depart-
ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations
and other actions needed for the Department and its agen-
cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit-
able for release to the Administrator of General Services,
and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
pair of Agriculture buildings, $187,581,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of
Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency’s appro-
priation made available by this Act to this appropriation,
or may transfer a share of this appropriation to that agen-
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cy’s appropriation to cover the costs of new or replacement
space for such agency, but such transfers shall not exceed
5 percent of the funds made available for space rental and
related costs to or from this account.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601
et seq., and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., $15,665,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials
Management may be transferred to any agency of the De-
partment 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 Departmental Administration, $37,079,000, to
provide for necessary expenses for management support
services to offices of the Department and for general admin-
istration and disaster management of the Department, re-
pairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and
expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the
practical and efficient work of the Department, including
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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 reim-
bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by
5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out
the programs funded by this Act, including programs in-
volving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the ex-
ecutive branch, $3,684,000: Provided, That these funds may
be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture
funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency
level: Provided further, That no other funds appropriated
to the Department by this Act shall be available to the De-
partment for support of activities of congressional relations.
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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to
the coordination of programs involving public affairs, for
the dissemination of agricultural information, and the co-
ordination of information, work, and programs authorized
by Congress in the Department, $8,894,000, including em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used
for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
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, $70,839,000,
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.
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OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $32,627,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Eco-
nomic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statis-
tics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Co-
operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice, $573,000.
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, $67,200,000: 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,
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and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1621–1627, Public Law 105–113, and other laws,
$113,786,000, of which up to $25,350,000 shall be available
until expended for the Census of Agriculture: 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), and not to exceed
$40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109.
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,
$999,438,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to
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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-
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, including an
easement to the University of Maryland to construct the
Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion shall
be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided further,
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That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24,
1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or
operating any research facility or research project of the
Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
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 2002, the agency is authorized to charge
fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for any per-
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, $99,625,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
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ganization, or individual 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, $542,842,000, as follows: to carry out
the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–i),
$180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research
(16 U.S.C. 582a–a7), $21,884,000; for payments to the 1890
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7
U.S.C. 3222), $34,604,000, 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)),
$84,850,000, of which $500,000 shall be for a grant for
Oklahoma State University and its industrial partners to
develop chemical and biological sensors, including chemical
food safety sensors based on micro-optoelectronic devices
and techniques (such as laser diode absorption and cavity-
ring-down spectroscopy with active laser illumination), and
of which $500,000 is for the Environmental Biotechnology
Initiative at the University of Rhode Island; for special
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grants for agricultural research on improved pest control
(7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,691,000; for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $134,452,000; for the support of
animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195),
$5,098,000; for supplemental and alternative crops and
products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $898,000; 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 Agri-
culture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), $800,000, to remain
available until expended; for the 1994 research program (7
U.S.C. 301 note), $998,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,993,000, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher education challenge
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,340,000; for a higher edu-
cation 
multicultural 
scholars 
program 
(7 
U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for His-
panic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $3,492,000; for
noncompetitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all
provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (Section 759 of Public Law
106–78) to individual eligible institutions or consortia of
eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds
awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha-
waii, $3,000,000; for a secondary agriculture education
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program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C.
3152(h)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C.
3322), $4,000,000; for sustainable agriculture research and
education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $13,000,000; 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 Univer-
sity, $9,479,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursu-
ant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382,
$1,549,000; and 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, $20,568,000.
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.
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-
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ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $433,546,000, 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,
$275,940,000, of which $3,600,000 may be used to carry
out Public Law 107–19; payments for extension work at
the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C.
343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and
family education program for low-income areas under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $58,566,000; payments for the pest
management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,759,000; payments for the farm safety program under
section 3(d) of the Act, $4,700,000; payments to upgrade
research, extension, 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),
$13,500,000, to remain available until expended; payments
for the rural development centers under section 3(d) of the
Act, $1,000,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs
under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,481,000; for youth farm
safety education and certification extension grants, to be
awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act,
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$499,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the
Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978, $5,000,000;
payments for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d)
of the Act, $1,996,000; payments for sustainable agriculture
programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,500,000; pay-
ments for rural health and safety education as authorized
by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 2661
note, 2662), $2,622,000; payments for cooperative extension
work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Mor-
rill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee Univer-
sity, $31,181,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made avail-
able only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution
shall receive no less than $1,000,000; and for Federal ad-
ministration and coordination including administration of
the Smith-Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977
(7 U.S.C. 341–349), and section 1361(c) of the Act of Octo-
ber 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate and pro-
vide program leadership for the extension work of the De-
partment and the several States and insular possessions,
$11,529,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated
pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and
section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid
to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,
or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from
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non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fis-
cal year.
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), $42,350,000, as follows: payments
for the water quality program, $12,971,000; payments for
the food safety program, $14,967,000; payments for the na-
tional agriculture pesticide impact assessment program,
$4,531,000; payments 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 implementation, $1,497,000; payments for
the methyl bromide transition program, $2,495,000; and
payments for the organic transition program, $1,000,000.
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;
the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec-
tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $654,000.
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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including
those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C.
114b–c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests
and plant and animal diseases; to carry out inspection,
quarantine, and regulatory activities; to discharge the au-
thorities of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Acts of
March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468) and December 22, 1987 (101
Stat. 1329–1331) (7 U.S.C. 426–426c); and to protect the
environment, as authorized by law, $602,754,000, of which
$4,096,000 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; of which $79,157,000 shall be used
for the boll weevil eradication program for cost share pur-
poses or for debt retirement for active eradication zones:
Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or ad-
minister 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 pur-
suant 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
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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 emergencies
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 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 ex-
penses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947,
and section 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any
unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emer-
gency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged
with such transferred amounts: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased
buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value
of the building.
In fiscal year 2002, 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-
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divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign
governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are
structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is
reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall
be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.
Of the total amount available under this heading in
fiscal year 2002, $84,813,000 shall be derived from user fees
deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User
Fee Account.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $5,189,000, 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
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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, $71,430,000, including
funds for the wholesale market development program for the
design and development of wholesale and farmer market fa-
cilities for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $60,596,000 (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
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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 $13,874,000 for formulation
and administration of marketing agreements and orders
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,347,000.
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, $34,000,000:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu-
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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.
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, $476,000.
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), $715,747,000, of which no
less than $608,730,000 shall be available for Federal food
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inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to
this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory
accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of Public Law
102–237: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for field employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for 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, $606,000.
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
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the Farm Service Agency, $939,030,000: Provided, That the
Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and
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. 5101–5106), $3,993,000.
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity
payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such
milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have been
directed to remove their milk or dairy products from com-
mercial markets because it contained residues of chemicals
registered and approved for use by the Federal Government,
and in making indemnity payments for milk, or cows pro-
ducing such milk, at a fair market value to any dairy farm-
er who is directed to remove his milk from commercial mar-
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kets because of: (1) the presence of products of nuclear radi-
ation or fallout if such contamination is not due to the fault
of the farmer; or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic sub-
stances not included under the first sentence of the Act of
August 13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic
substances were not used in a manner contrary to applica-
ble regulations or labeling instructions provided at the time
of use and the contamination is not due to the fault of the
farmer, $100,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained
in this Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to
any farmer whose milk was removed from commercial mar-
kets as a result of the farmer’s willful failure to follow proce-
dures prescribed by the Federal Government: Provided fur-
ther, That this amount shall be transferred to the Com-
modity Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the
purpose of making dairy indemnity disbursements.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–
1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
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$1,146,996,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for guar-
anteed loans; operating loans, $2,616,729,000, of which
$1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans
and $505,531,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans;
Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25
U.S.C. 488, $2,000,000; for emergency insured loans,
$25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural disas-
ters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $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, $8,366,000, of which $4,500,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $175,780,000, of which
$52,650,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and
$68,550,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; In-
dian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25
U.S.C. 488, $118,400; and for emergency insured loans,
$3,362,500 to meet the needs resulting from natural disas-
ters.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$280,595,000, of which $272,595,000 shall be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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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 with the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
For administrative and operating expenses, as author-
ized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $73,752,000: Provided, 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
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.
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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 (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 2002, 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).
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)
For fiscal year 2002, 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,
$730,000.
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, $807,454,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than
$8,515,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, and
not less than $9,849,000 is for operation and establishment
of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for construction and improvement of buildings and
public improvements at plant materials centers, except that
the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings
and other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000:
Provided further, That when buildings or other structures
are erected on non-Federal 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 tech-
nical assistance and related expenses to carry out programs
authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River
Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)):
Provided further, 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 $25,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local
engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates
to perform the technical planning work of the Service (16
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U.S.C. 590e–2): Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be
available to carry out a pilot program in cooperation with
the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Inte-
rior to determine migratory bird harvest, including popu-
lation monitoring, harvest information, and field oper-
ations.
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 approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001–
1009), $10,960,000: 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 $110,000 shall be available for em-
ployment 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
27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance with the
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provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart-
ment, $100,413,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000 may be available
for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act
approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C.
1006a)): Provided, 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 Organic 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 approved
August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), as amended by
section 313 of Public Law 106–472, November 9, 2000 (16
U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws
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relating to the activities of the Department, $10,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
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 section 32(e)
of title III 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 the Agriculture and Food Act of
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $48,048,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): 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 $50,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to
carry out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized
by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and related ex-
penses, $7,811,000, to remain available until expended, as
authorized by that Act.
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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, $623,000.
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, 381N, and
381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, $1,004,125,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $83,903,000 shall be for rural community programs
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which
$842,254,000 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 $77,968,000 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-
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ally Recognized Native American Tribes, of which
$1,000,000 shall be available for rural business opportunity
grants under section 306(a)(11) of that Act (7 U.S.C.
1926(a)(11)); $4,000,000 shall be available for community
facilities grants for tribal college improvements under sec-
tion 306(a)(19) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19));
$16,000,000 shall be available for grants for drinking water
and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of
such Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(c)) to benefit Federally Recognized
Native American Tribes that are not eligible to receive
funds under any other rural utilities program set-aside
under the rural community advancement program; and
$3,000,000 shall be available for rural business enterprise
grants under section 310B(c) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)),
of which $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a quali-
fied national organization to provide technical assistance
for rural transportation in order to promote economic de-
velopment: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated for rural community programs, $6,000,000 shall be
available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to
develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit com-
munity-based housing and community development organi-
zations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Rec-
ognized Native American tribes to undertake projects to im-
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prove housing, community facilities, community and eco-
nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified
private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations
proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical
assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-
nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources,
including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount
not less than funds provided: Provided further, 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 development; and $2,000,000
shall be for grants to Mississippi Delta Region counties:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for
rural utilities programs, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be
for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias
along the United States/Mexico borders, including grants
pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to exceed
$24,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems
for rural and native villages in Alaska pursuant to section
306D of such Act, with up to one percent available to ad-
minister the program and up to one percent available to
improve interagency coordination may be transferred to
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and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $17,215,000
shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and
waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act;
and not to exceed $9,500,000 shall be for contracting with
qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $37,624,000 shall be available through June 30,
2002, 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 pro-
grams described 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 (P.L. 106–387), with five percent for ad-
ministration and capacity building in the State rural de-
velopment offices: Provided further, That of the amount ap-
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propriated $30,000,000 shall be to provide grants in rural
communities with extremely high energy costs: Provided
further, That any prior year balances for high cost energy
grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and
merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy
Costs Grants’’ account: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated by this Act to the Rural Community Advance-
ment 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-
tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;
$133,722,000: 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-
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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 ac-
count.
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: $4,233,014,000 for loans
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary,
of which $3,137,968,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans; $32,324,000 for section 504 housing repair
loans; $99,770,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family
housing loans; $114,068,000 for section 515 rental housing;
$5,090,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,778,000 for credit
sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,778,000 may
be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,000,000 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, $184,274,000 of which $40,166,000 shall be for
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unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair
loans, $10,386,000; section 538 multi-family housing guar-
anteed loans, $3,921,000; section 515 rental housing,
$48,274,000; section 524 site loans, $28,000; multi-family
credit sales of acquired property, $750,000; and section 523
self-help housing land development loans, $254,000: Pro-
vided, That of the total amount appropriated in this para-
graph, $11,656,000 shall be available through June 30,
2002, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise
communities and communities designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$422,241,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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, $708,504,000;
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
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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 $10,000 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 2002
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 (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That of the total amount appropriated,
$1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2002, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture
as Rural Economic 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, $38,914,000, to
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remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through
June 30, 2002, 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, $28,431,000, to
remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts.
RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $16,494,000, as authorized
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
of which $1,724,000 shall be for Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be 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 section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct loans of $38,171,000:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
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$2,730,000 shall be available through June 30, 2002, for
the cost of direct loans for authorized empowerment zones
and enterprise communities and communities designated by
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
nership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $3,733,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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, $14,966,000.
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, $3,616,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
credit payments in fiscal year 2002, as authorized by sec-
tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,
$3,616,000 shall not be obligated and $3,616,000 are re-
scinded.
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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), $8,000,000, of which
$2,000,000 shall be available for cooperative agreements for
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,497,000 of the total
amount appropriated shall be made available to coopera-
tives or associations of cooperatives whose primary focus
is to provide assistance to small, minority producers and
whose governing 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).
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RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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,
$121,107,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans,
$74,827,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans,
$300,000,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans,
$500,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of
that Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000 and rural tele-
communications, $120,000,000; and $750,000,000 for
Treasury rate direct electric loans.
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, $3,689,000, and the
cost of telecommunication loans, $2,036,000: 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,
$36,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with
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the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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 2002 and
within the resources and authority available, gross obliga-
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), $3,737,000.
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 cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $51,941,000, to remain avail-
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able until expended, to be available for loans and grants
for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas: Provided, That, $25,000,000 may be available for the
continuation of a pilot project for a loan and grant pro-
gram 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 cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
LOCAL TELEVISION LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of guar-
anteed loans, as authorized by Title X of Public Law 106–
553 for the purpose of facilitating access to signals of local
television stations for households located in nonserved areas
and underserved areas, $322,580,000.
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $25,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the guaranteed loan program, $2,000,000, which
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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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, $587,000.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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; $10,087,246,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2003, of which
$4,746,538,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,340,708,000
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 none of the funds made available under this
heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, $500,000 shall be for a School Breakfast Program start-
up grant pilot program for the State of Wisconsin: Provided
further, That up to $4,507,000 shall be available for inde-
pendent verification of school food service claims.
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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),
$4,247,086,000, to remain available through September 30,
2003: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations:
Provided further, That of the total amount available, the
Secretary shall obligate $20,000,000 for the farmers’ market
nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment of this
Act, and an additional $5,000,000 for the farmers’ market
nutrition program upon a determination by the Secretary
that funds are available to meet caseload requirements: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of
such Act, up to $14,000,000 shall be available for the pur-
poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B), no less than
$6,000,000 of which shall be used for the development of
electronic benefit transfer systems: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay ad-
ministrative expenses of WIC clinics except 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
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with the cost containment and competitive bidding require-
ments specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided further,
That none of the funds provided shall be available for ac-
tivities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal Gov-
ernment departments or agencies unless authorized by sec-
tion 17 of such Act: Provided further, That once the amount
for fiscal year 2001 carryover funds has been determined
by the Secretary, any funds in excess of $110,000,000 may
be transferred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Rural
Community Advancement Program and shall remain avail-
able until expended.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $22,991,986,000, 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
$3,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the
FDPIR from producer-owned cooperative organizations:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations:
Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be ex-
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pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp
Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be sub-
ject to any work registration or workfare requirements as
may be required by law: Provided further, That of funds
that may be reserved by the Secretary for allocation to State
agencies under section 16(h)(1) of such Act to carry out
Employment and Training programs, not more than
$145,000,000 made available in previous years may be obli-
gated in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That funds
made available for Employment and Training under this
heading shall remain available until expended, as author-
ized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided
further, That funds provided under this heading may be
used to procure food coupons necessary for program oper-
ations in this or subsequent fiscal years until electronic ben-
efit transfer implementation is complete.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING RESCISSION)
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, $139,991,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2003: Provided, That none of these funds shall
be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for commodities donated to the program: Provided fur-
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ther, That $5,300,000 of unobligated balances available at
the beginning of fiscal year 2002 are hereby rescinded.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special
assistance for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by
section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act
of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965, $150,749,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2003.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic
food programs funded under this Act, $127,546,000, 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
$6,500,000 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.
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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. 1761–1768), market development ac-
tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate
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), $121,563,000: 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.
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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,
$130,218,000, 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-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $2,005,000, 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 $972,000 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 TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
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, $20,277,000, to remain
available until expended, for ocean freight differential costs
for the shipment of agricultural commodities under title I
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of said Act: Provided, That funds made available for the
cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean freight dif-
ferential may be used interchangeably between the two ac-
counts with prior notice to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
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, $850,000,000, to remain
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, $4,014,000; 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 $790,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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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-
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;
$1,345,386,000, of which not to exceed $161,716,000 to be
derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 379(h), 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: Pro-
vided, That fees derived from applications received during
fiscal year 2002 shall be subject to the fiscal year 2002 limi-
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tation: 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) $311,926,000 shall
be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
fairs; (2) $350,578,000 shall be for the Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than
$14,207,000 shall be available for grants and contracts
awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C.
360ee), and of which not less than $500,000 shall be avail-
able for a generic drug public education campaign; (3)
$155,431,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $81,182,000 shall be for the
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $178,761,000
shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health
and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (6) $36,984,000 shall be for the National Center for
Toxicological Research; (7) $31,798,000 shall be for Rent
and Related activities, other than the amounts paid to the
General Services Administration, of which $6,000,000 for
costs related to occupancy of new facilities at White Oak,
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Maryland shall remain available until September 30, 2003;
(8) $105,116,000 shall be for payments to the General Serv-
ices Administration for rent and related costs; and (9)
$93,610,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office
of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and Sys-
tems; 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 $1,000,000 to the
Center for Food Safety and Nutrition to enhance enforce-
ment of requirements under the Dietary Supplement Health
and Education Act of 1994 related to the accuracy of prod-
uct labeling, and the truthfulness and substantiation of
claims: Provided further, That funds may be transferred
from one specified activity to another with the prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42
U.S.C. 263(b) 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-
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ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where
not otherwise provided, $34,281,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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, $70,400,000, including
not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $36,700,000 (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 2002 under this Act shall
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be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifi-
cally provided for, of not to exceed 379 passenger motor ve-
hicles, of which 378 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.
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-
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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, integrated systems acquisition
project, boll weevil program, up to 25 percent of the
screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs associ-
ated with colocating regional offices; Food Safety and In-
spection Service, field automation and information man-
agement project; Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, funds for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Edu-
cation 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
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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; commonly known as the Ag-
ricultural Act of 1954).
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
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-
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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
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 2002 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2002 for
the following accounts: the rural development loan fund
program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac-
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count; the rural electrification and telecommunications
loans program account; the local television loan guarantee
program; the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Ac-
count; 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-
ice and a state or cooperator to carry out agricultural mar-
keting programs, to carry out programs to protect the na-
tion’s animal and plant resources, or to carry out edu-
cational programs or special studies to improve the safety
of the nation’s food supply.
SEC. 714. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the
Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub-
account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
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authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone
liquidating account which is in excess of current require-
ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth
for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990.
SEC. 715. Of the funds made available by this Act, not
more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively
awarded grants.
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
SEC. 717. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office
funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De-
partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving
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agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee
for the period of assignment.
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be
used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non-
Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses
to questions that are a result of information requested for
the appropriations hearing process.
SEC. 719. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer
without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 720. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2002, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
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collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through
a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases
funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity
for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates
an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
in fiscal year 2002, or provided from any accounts in the
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1)
augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) re-
duces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
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savings from a reduction in personnel which would result
in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as
approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before
implementing a program or activity not carried out during
the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is
funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
SEC. 721. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obli-
gations incurred prior to enactment of this Act, none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or
any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses
of personnel to carry out section 793 of Public Law 104–
127, the Fund for Rural America (7 U.S.C. 2204f).
SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the
transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2002 funds under the
provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105–185, the Initia-
tive for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C.
7621).
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SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out a conservation farm
option program, as authorized by section 1240M of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb).
SEC. 724. None of the funds made available to the Food
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close
or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and
Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis
in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits
of St. Louis, Missouri.
SEC. 725. None of the funds made available to the Food
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to re-
duce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration
District Office below the operating and full-time equivalent
staffing level of July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit Dis-
trict Office to a station, residence post or similarly modified
office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to the Detroit
District Office: Provided, That this section shall not apply
to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory facilities
or operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except
that field laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations
in the general vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to
cooperative agreements between the Food and Drug Admin-
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istration and other laboratory facilities associated with the
State of Michigan.
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to
the Congress of the United States for programs under the
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that as-
sumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous
year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted
into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such
Budget submission identifies which additional spending re-
ductions should occur in the event the user fees proposals
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a com-
mittee of conference for the fiscal year 2003 appropriations
Act.
SEC. 727. None of the funds made available by this
Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a
state Rural Development office unless or until cost effective-
ness and enhancement of program delivery have been deter-
mined.
SEC. 728. Of any shipments of commodities made pur-
suant to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the
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extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value to not
more than $25,000,000 shall be made available to foreign
countries to assist in mitigating the effects of the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome on communities, including the provision of—
(1) agricultural commodities to—
(A) individuals with Human Immuno-
deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome in the communities, and
(B) households in the communities, particu-
larly individuals caring for orphaned children;
and
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro-
vide other assistance (including assistance under
microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create
or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals
in the communities, particularly individuals caring
for orphaned children.
SEC. 729. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $1,996,000 is appro-
priated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center.
SEC. 730. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going
basis from a credit card services provider under the Depart-
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ment of Agriculture’s charge card programs may be depos-
ited to and retained without fiscal year limitation in the
Departmental Working Capital Fund established under 7
U.S.C. 2235 and used to fund management initiatives of
general benefit to the Department of Agriculture bureaus
and offices as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture
or the Secretary’s designee.
SEC. 731. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7
U.S.C. 1736f) any balances available to carry out title III
of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, and
any recoveries and reimbursements that become available
to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to carry
out title II of such Act.
SEC. 732. Of the funds made available under section
27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et
seq.), the Secretary may use up to $5,000,000 for adminis-
trative costs associated with the distribution of commod-
ities.
SEC. 733. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary may transfer up to $26,000,000 in funds pro-
vided for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program
authorized by Chapter 4, Subtitle D, Title XII of the Food
Security Act of 1985, for technical assistance to implement
the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by subchapter
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B, Chapter 1, Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985,
with funds to remain available until expended: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary may elect to enroll no more than 340,000 acres for
continuous signup, conservation reserve enhancement, or
wetland pilot purposes and no acres for regular enrollment
into the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by sub-
chapter B, Chapter 1, Title XII of the Food Security Act
of 1985, during fiscal year 2002 and any savings derived
from such action may be transferred, not to exceed
$18,000,000, for technical assistance to implement the Con-
servation Reserve Program, with funds to remain available
until expended.
SEC. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the City of St. Joseph, Missouri, shall be eligible for grants
and loans administered by the rural development mission
area of the Department of Agriculture relating to an appli-
cation submitted to the Department by a farmer-owned co-
operative, a majority of whose members reside in a rural
area, as determined by the Secretary, and for the purchase
and operation of a facility beneficial to the purpose of the
cooperative.
SEC. 735. Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)(B))
is amended by striking ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.
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SEC. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide
financial and technical assistance in the amount of
$150,000 to the Mallard Pointe project in Madison County,
Mississippi.
SEC. 737. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall, in cooperation with the
State of Illinois, develop and implement a pilot project uti-
lizing conservation programs of the Department of Agri-
culture for soil, water, wetlands, and wildlife habitat en-
hancement in the Illinois River Basin: Provided, That no
funds shall be made available to carry out this section un-
less they are expressly provided for a program in this Act
or any other Act for obligation in fiscal year 2002: Provided
further, That any conservation reserve program enrollments
made pursuant to this section shall be subject to section 734
of this Act.
SEC. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide
$450,000 for a wetlands restoration and water conservation
project in the vicinity of Jamestown, Rhode Island.
SEC. 739. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
$3,000,000 shall be made available from funds under the
rural business and cooperative development programs of the
Rural Community Advancement Program for a grant for
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an integrated ethanol plant, feedlot, and animal waste di-
gestion unit, to the extent matching funds from the Depart-
ment of Energy are provided if a commitment for such
matching funds is made prior to July 1, 2002: Provided,
That such funds shall be released to the project after the
farmer-owned cooperative equity is in place, and a formally
executed commitment from a qualified lender based upon
receipt of necessary permits, contract, and other appro-
priate documentation has been secured by the project.
SEC. 740. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service
shall use the authorities provided in the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 to finance the acquisition of existing gen-
eration, transmission and distribution systems and facili-
ties serving high cost, predominantly rural areas by entities
capable of and dedicated to providing or improving service
in such areas in an efficient and cost effective manner.
SEC. 741. Notwithstanding subsection (f) of section 156
of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C.
7272(f)), any assessment imposed under that subsection for
marketings of raw cane sugar or beet sugar for the 2002
fiscal year shall not be required to be remitted to the Com-
modity Credit Corporation before September 2, 2002.
SEC. 742. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Natural Re-
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sources Conservation Service, shall provide financial assist-
ance from available funds from the Emergency Watershed
Protection Program in Arkansas, in an amount not to ex-
ceed $400,000 for completion of the current construction
phase of the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) Project.
SEC. 743. (a) TEMPORARY USE OF EXISTING PAY-
MENTS
TO
STATES
TABLE.—Notwithstanding section
101(a)(1) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393; 16 U.S.C.
500 note), for the purpose of making the first fiscal year’s
payments under section 102 of such Act to eligible States
and eligible counties, the full payment amount for each eli-
gible State and eligible county shall be deemed to be equal
to the full payment amount calculated for that eligible State
or eligible county in the Forest Service document entitled
‘‘P.L. 106–393, Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act’’, dated July 31, 2001.
(b) REVISION OF TABLE.—For the purpose of making
payments under section 102 of such Act to eligible States
and eligible counties of subsequent fiscal years, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall provide for the revision of the
table referred to in subsection (a) to accurately reflect the
average of the three highest 25-percent payments and safety
net payments made to eligible States for the fiscal years
of the eligibility period, as required by section 101(a)(1)
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of such Act. If the revisions are not completed by the time
payments under section 102 of such Act are due to be made
for a subsequent fiscal year, the table referred to in sub-
section (a) shall again be used for the purpose of making
the payments for that fiscal year. The Forest Service shall
provide the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Com-
mittee and the House of Representatives Agriculture Com-
mittee with a report on the progress of the correction by
March 1, 2002.
(c) ADDITIONAL OPT-OUT OPTION.—Notwithstanding
section 102(b)(2) of Public Law 106–393, if the revision
of the table referred to in subsection (a) results in a lower
full payment amount to a county that has elected under
section 102(a)(2) the full payment amount, then that coun-
ty may revisit their election under section 102(b)(1).
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘eligible
State’’, ‘‘eligible county’’, ‘‘eligibility period’’, ‘‘25-period
payment’’, and ‘‘safety net payments’’ have the meanings
given such terms in section 3 of such Act.
(e) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MINERAL LEASING RE-
CEIPTS.—An eligible county that elects under section 102(b)
to receive its share of an eligible State’s full payment
amount shall continue to receive its share of any payments
made to that State from a lease for mineral resources issued
by the Secretary of the Interior under the last paragraph
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under the heading ‘‘FOREST SERVICE’’ in the Act of
March 4, 1917 (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 520).
(f) MINERAL PAYMENTS.—Section 6(b) of the Mineral
Leasing Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(b)) is
amended by inserting after the first sentence, the following
new sentence: ‘‘The preceeding sentence shall also apply to
any payment to a State derived from a lease for mineral
resources issued by the Secretary of the Interior under the
last paragraph under the heading ‘FOREST SERVICE’ in
the Act of March 4, 1917 (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 520).’’.
SEC. 744. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND. Section 501(b)
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471) is amended
in paragraph (5)—
(1) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5)(A)’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) For purposes of this title, for fiscal years
2002 and 2003, the term ‘income’ does not include
dividends received from the Alaska Permanent Fund
by a person who was under the age of 18 years when
that person qualified for the dividend.’’.
SEC. 745. Hereafter, any provision of any Act of Con-
gress relating to colleges and universities eligible to receive
funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee
University, shall apply to West Virginia State College at