103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2264
AMENDMENT
June 29 (legislative day, June 22), 1993
Ordered to be printed as passed
June 29 (legislative day, June 22), 1993
Ordered to be printed as passed
In the Senate of the United States,
June 25 (legislative day, June 22), 1993.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2264) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for reconcili-
ation pursuant to section 7 of the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 1994’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents is as follows:
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TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND
FORESTRY
TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
TITLE III—COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN
AFFAIRS
TITLE IV—COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION
TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
TITLE VI—COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
TITLE VII—FINANCE COMMITTEE RECONCILIATION PROVISIONS
RELATING TO MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND OTHER PROGRAMS
TITLE VIII—FINANCE COMMITTEE REVENUE PROVISIONS
TITLE IX—COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
TITLE X—COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
TITLE XI—COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
TITLE XII—COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND HUMAN RESOURCES
TITLE XIII—VETERANS’ PROGRAMS
TITLE XIV—ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES
TITLE XV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON AGRI-
CULTURE, 
NUTRITION, 
AND
FORESTRY
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘Ag-
ricultural Reconciliation Act of 1993’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this
title is as follows:
Sec. 1001. Short title and table of contents.
Subtitle A—Commodity Programs
Sec. 1101. Wheat program.
Sec. 1102. Feed grain program.
Sec. 1103. Upland cotton program.
Sec. 1104. Rice program.
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Sec. 1105. Dairy program.
Sec. 1106. Tobacco program.
Sec. 1107. Sugar program.
Sec. 1108. Oilseeds program.
Sec. 1109. Peanut program.
Sec. 1110. Honey program.
Sec. 1111. Wool and mohair program.
Subtitle B—Restructuring of Loan Programs
Sec. 1201. Electric and telephone loan programs.
Subtitle C—Food Stamp Program
Sec. 1301. Uniform reimbursement rates.
Subtitle D—Agricultural Trade
Sec. 1401. Market promotion program.
Sec. 1402. Acreage reduction requirements.
Sec. 1403. End-use certificates.
Sec. 1404. Sense of Congress regarding the export of vegetable oil.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous
Sec. 1501. Federal crop insurance.
Sec. 1502. Environmental conservation acreage reserve program amendments.
Sec. 1503. Admission, entrance, and recreation fees.
Sec. 1504. Sense of the Senate regarding deficit reduction.
Subtitle A—Commodity Programs
SEC. 1101. WHEAT PROGRAM.
Section 107B(c)(1)(E) of the Agricultural Act of 1949
(7 U.S.C. 1445b–3a(c)(1)(E)) is amended—
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ‘‘0/
92 PROGRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘0/85 PROGRAM’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘8 percent’’ both places it
appears in clause (i) the following: ‘‘for each of the
1991 through 1993 crops, and 15 percent for each of
the 1994 and 1995 crops (except as provided in clause
(vii)),’’, and by adding at the end of the subpara-
graph the following new clause:
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‘‘(vii) EXCEPTIONS
TO
0/85.—In the
case of each of the 1994 and 1995 crops of
wheat, producers on a farm shall be eligible
to receive deficiency payments as provided
in clause (ii) if an acreage limitation pro-
gram under subsection (e) is in effect for the
crop and—
‘‘(I)(aa) the producers have been
determined by the Secretary (in ac-
cordance with section 503(c)) to be pre-
vented from planting the crop or have
incurred a reduced yield for the crop
(due to a natural disaster); and
‘‘(bb) the producers elect to devote
a portion of the maximum payment
acres for wheat (as calculated under
subparagraph (C)(ii)) equal to more
than 8 percent of the wheat acreage, to
conservation uses; or
‘‘(II) the producers elect to devote
a portion of the maximum payment
acres for wheat (as calculated under
subparagraph (C)(ii)) equal to more
than 8 percent of the wheat acreage, to
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alternative crops as provided in sub-
paragraph (F).’’.
SEC. 1102. FEED GRAIN PROGRAM.
(a) 0/92 PROGRAM.—Section 105B(c)(1)(E) of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444f(c)(1)(E)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking ‘‘0/
92 PROGRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘0/85 PROGRAM’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘8 percent’’ both places it
appears in clause (i) the following: ‘‘for each of the
1991 through 1993 crops, and 15 percent for each of
the 1994 and 1995 crops (except as provided in clause
(vii)),’’, and by adding at the end of the subpara-
graph the following new clause:
‘‘(vii) EXCEPTIONS
TO
0/85.—In the
case of each of the 1994 and 1995 crops of
feed grains, producers on a farm shall be el-
igible to receive deficiency payments as pro-
vided in clause (ii) if an acreage limitation
program under subsection (e) is in effect for
the crop and—
‘‘(I)(aa) the producers have been
determined by the Secretary (in ac-
cordance with section 503(c)) to be pre-
vented from planting the crop or have
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incurred a reduced yield for the crop
(due to a natural disaster); and
‘‘(bb) the producers elect to devote
a portion of the maximum payment
acres for feed grains (as calculated
under subparagraph (C)(ii)) equal to
more than 8 percent of the feed grain
acreage, to conservation uses; or
‘‘(II) the producers elect to devote
a portion of the maximum payment
acres for feed grains (as calculated
under subparagraph (C)(ii)) equal to
more than 8 percent of the feed grain
acreage, to alternative crops as pro-
vided in subparagraph (F).’’.
(b) 
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section
105B(c)(1)(B)(iii)(IV)(bb) of such Act is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘clause (i)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (i)(I) and
(ii)(I)’’.
SEC. 1103. UPLAND COTTON PROGRAM.
(a) 50/92 PROGRAM.—Section 103B(c)(1)(D) of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444–2(c)(1)(D)) is
amended—
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(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking
‘‘50/92 PROGRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘50/85 PROGRAM’’;
and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘8 percent’’ both places it
appears in clause (i) the following: ‘‘for each of the
1991 through 1993 crops, and 15 percent for each of
the 1994 and 1995 crops (except as provided in clause
(v)(II)),’’, and in clause (v)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(v) PREVENTED
PLANT-
ING.—If’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(v) PREVENTED
PLANTING
AND
RE-
DUCED YIELDS.—
‘‘(I) 
1991 
THROUGH
1993
CROPS.—In the case of each of the 1991
through 1993 crops of upland cotton,
if’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
‘‘(II) 1994 AND 1995 CROPS.—In
the case of each of the 1994 and 1995
crops of upland cotton, producers on a
farm shall be eligible to receive defi-
ciency payments as provided in clause
(iii) if an acreage limitation program
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under subsection (e) is in effect for the
crop and—
‘‘(aa) the producers have
been determined by the Secretary
(in 
accordance 
with 
section
503(c)) to be prevented from
planting the crop or have in-
curred a reduced yield for the
crop (due to a natural disaster)
and the producers elect to devote a
portion of the maximum payment
acres for upland cotton (as cal-
culated 
under 
subparagraph
(C)(ii)) equal to more than 8 per-
cent of the upland cotton acreage,
to conservation uses; or
‘‘(bb) the producers elect to
devote a portion of the maximum
payment acres for upland cotton
(as calculated under subpara-
graph (C)(ii)) equal to more than
8 percent of the upland cotton
acreage, to alternative crops as
provided in subparagraph (E).’’.
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(b) 
ACREAGE
LIMITATION
PROGRAM.—Section
103B(e)(1)(D) of such Act is amended by inserting after
‘‘30 percent’’ the following: ‘‘for each of the 1991 through
1994 crops, and 291⁄2 percent for the 1995 crop’’.
SEC. 1104. RICE PROGRAM.
Section 101B(c)(1)(D) of the Agricultural Act of 1949
(7 U.S.C. 1441–2(c)(1)(D)) is amended—
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking
‘‘50/92 PROGRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘50/85 PROGRAM’’;
and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘8 percent’’ both places it
appears in clause (i) the following: ‘‘for each of the
1991 through 1993 crops, and 15 percent for each of
the 1994 and 1995 crops (except as provided in clause
(v)(II)),’’, and in clause (v)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(v) PREVENTED
PLANT-
ING.—If’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(v) PREVENTED
PLANTING
AND
RE-
DUCED YIELDS.—
‘‘(I) 
1991 
THROUGH
1993
CROPS.—In the case of each of the 1991
through 1993 crops of rice, if’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
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‘‘(II) 1994 AND 1995 CROPS.—In
the case of each of the 1994 and 1995
crops of rice, producers on a farm shall
be eligible to receive deficiency pay-
ments as provided in clause (iii) if an
acreage limitation program under sub-
section (e) is in effect for the crop
and—
‘‘(aa) the producers have
been determined by the Secretary
(in 
accordance 
with 
section
503(c)) to be prevented from
planting the crop or have in-
curred a reduced yield for the
crop (due to a natural disaster)
and the producers elect to devote a
portion of the maximum payment
acres for rice (as calculated under
subparagraph (C)(ii)) equal to
more than 8 percent of the rice
acreage, to conservation uses; or
‘‘(bb) the producers elect to
devote a portion of the maximum
payment acres for rice (as cal-
culated 
under 
subparagraph
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(C)(ii)) equal to more than 8 per-
cent of the rice acreage, to alter-
native crops as provided in sub-
paragraph (E).’’.
SEC. 1105. DAIRY PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Agricultural Act
of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446e) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(3)—
(A) in the first sentence of subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting
‘‘Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary’’;
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
subparagraph (C); and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) GUIDELINES.—In the case of pur-
chases of butter and nonfat dry milk that are
made by the Secretary under this section on or
after the date of enactment of this clause, in allo-
cating the rate of price support between the pur-
chase prices of butter and nonfat dry milk under
this paragraph, the Secretary may not—
‘‘(i) offer to purchase butter for more
than $0.65 per pound; or
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‘‘(ii) offer to purchase nonfat dry milk
for less than $1.034 per pound.’’; and
(2) in subsection (h)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A);
(B) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) during calendar year 1996, 10 cents
per hundredweight of milk marketed, which rate
shall be adjusted on or before May 1 of calendar
year 1996 in the manner provided in subpara-
graph (B).’’.
(b) SALE, MARKETING, OR USE OF BOVINE GROWTH
HORMONE.—Section 204 of such Act is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection
(l); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(k) SALE, MARKETING, OR USE OF BOVINE GROWTH
HORMONE.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
BOVINE
GROWTH
HOR-
MONE.—As used in this subsection, the term ‘bovine
growth hormone’ means a synthetic growth hormone
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produced through the process of recombinant DNA
techniques that is intended for use in bovine animals.
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION
ON
SALE, MARKETING, OR
USE.—During the period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this paragraph and ending on September
30, 1994, it shall be unlawful for a person to sell,
market, or use bovine growth hormone for commercial
agricultural purposes.
‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT.—Not later than 30 days
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Sec-
retary shall issue regulations to provide for the en-
forcement of the prohibition contained in paragraph
(2).’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 204 of such
Act is amended—
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘1995’’
and inserting ‘‘1996’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘1995’’ each place it appears
(other than in subsection (h)(2)(B)) and inserting
‘‘1996’’; and
(3) in subsection (g)(2), by striking ‘‘1994’’ and
inserting ‘‘1995’’.
SEC. 1106. TOBACCO PROGRAM.
(a) DOMESTIC MARKETING ASSESSMENT.—Part I of
subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
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of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 320C. DOMESTIC MARKETING ASSESSMENT.
‘‘(a) CERTIFICATION.—A domestic manufacturer of
cigarettes shall certify to the Secretary, for each calendar
year, the percentage of the quantity of tobacco that the man-
ufacturer uses to produce cigarettes during the year that
is produced in the United States.
‘‘(b) PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A domestic manufacturer of
cigarettes that has failed, as determined by the Sec-
retary after notice and opportunity for a hearing, to
use in the manufacture of cigarettes during a cal-
endar year at least 75 percent of tobacco produced in
the United States, or to comply with subsection (a),
shall be subject to the requirements of subsections (c),
(d), and (e).
‘‘(2) FAILURE TO CERTIFY.—For purposes of this
section, if a manufacturer fails to comply with sub-
section (a), the manufacturer shall be presumed to
have used only imported tobacco in the manufacture
of cigarettes produced by the manufacturer.
‘‘(3) REPORTS
AND
RECORDS.—The Secretary
may require a manufacturer to make such reports
and maintain such records as are necessary to carry
out this section in accordance with section 373.
‘‘(c) DOMESTIC MARKETING ASSESSMENT.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A domestic manufacturer of
cigarettes described in subsection (b) shall remit to the
Commodity Credit Corporation a nonrefundable mar-
keting assessment in accordance with this subsection.
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of an assessment
imposed on a manufacturer under this subsection
shall be determined by multiplying—
‘‘(A) the quantity by which the quantity of
imported tobacco used by the manufacturer to
produce cigarettes during a preceding calendar
year exceeds 25 percent of the quantity of all to-
bacco used by the manufacturer to produce ciga-
rettes during the preceding calendar year; by
‘‘(B) the difference between—
‘‘(i) 1⁄2 of the sum of—
‘‘(I) the average price per pound
received by domestic producers for
Burley tobacco during the preceding
calendar year; and
‘‘(II) the average price per pound
received by domestic producers for
Flue-cured tobacco during the preced-
ing calendar year; and
‘‘(ii) the average price per pound of
unmanufactured imported tobacco during
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the preceding calendar year, as determined
by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) 
COLLECTION.—An 
assessment 
imposed
under this subsection shall be—
‘‘(A) collected by this Secretary and trans-
mitted to the Commodity Credit Corporation;
and
‘‘(B) enforced in the same manner as pro-
vided in section 320B.
‘‘(d) PURCHASE OF BURLEY TOBACCO.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A domestic manufacturer of
cigarettes described in subsection (b) shall purchase
from the inventories of the producer-owned coopera-
tive marketing associations for Burley tobacco de-
scribed in section 320B(a)(2), at the applicable list
price published by the association, the quantity of to-
bacco described in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) QUANTITY.—Subject to paragraph (3), the
quantity of Burley tobacco required to be purchased
by a manufacturer during a calendar year under this
subsection shall equal 1⁄2 of the quantity of imported
tobacco used by the manufacturer to produce ciga-
rettes during the preceding calendar year that exceeds
25 percent of the quantity of all tobacco used by the
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manufacturer to produce cigarettes during the preced-
ing calendar year.
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—If the total quantity of Bur-
ley tobacco required to be purchased by all manufac-
turers under paragraph (2) would reduce the inven-
tories of the producer-owned cooperative marketing
associations for Burley tobacco to less than the reserve
stock level for Burley tobacco, the Secretary shall re-
duce the quantity of tobacco required to be purchased
by manufacturers under paragraph (2), on a pro rata
basis, to ensure that the inventories will not be less
than the reserve stock level for Burley tobacco.
‘‘(4) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If a manufacturer fails
to purchase from the inventories of the producer-
owned cooperative marketing associations the quan-
tity of Burley tobacco required under this subsection,
the manufacturer shall be subject to a penalty of 75
percent of the average market price (calculated to the
nearest whole cent) for Burley tobacco for the imme-
diately preceding year on the quantity of tobacco as
to which the failure occurs.
‘‘(5) PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS.—Tobacco pur-
chased by a manufacturer under this subsection shall
not be included in determining the quantity of to-
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bacco purchased by the manufacturer under section
320B.
‘‘(e) PURCHASE OF FLUE-CURED TOBACCO.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A domestic manufacturer of
cigarettes described in subsection (b) shall purchase
from the inventories of the producer-owned coopera-
tive marketing association for Flue-cured tobacco de-
scribed in section 320B(a)(2), at the applicable list
price published by the association, the quantity of to-
bacco described in paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) QUANTITY.—Subject to paragraph (3), the
quantity of Flue-cured tobacco required to be pur-
chased by a manufacturer during a calendar year
under this subsection shall equal 1⁄2 of the quantity of
imported tobacco used by the manufacturer to produce
cigarettes during the preceding calendar year that ex-
ceeds 25 percent of the quantity of all tobacco used by
the manufacturer to produce cigarettes during the
preceding calendar year.
‘‘(3) LIMITATION.—If the total quantity of Flue-
cured tobacco required to be purchased by all manu-
facturers under paragraph (2) would reduce the in-
ventories of the producer-owned cooperative marketing
association for Flue-cured tobacco to less than the re-
serve stock level for Flue-cured tobacco, the Secretary
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shall reduce the quantity of tobacco required to be
purchased by manufacturers under paragraph (2), on
a pro rata basis, to ensure that the inventories will
not be less than the reserve stock level for Flue-cured
tobacco.
‘‘(4) NONCOMPLIANCE.—If a manufacturer fails
to purchase from the inventories of the producer-
owned cooperative marketing association the quantity
of Flue-cured tobacco required under this subsection,
the manufacturer shall be subject to a penalty of 75
percent of the average market price (calculated to the
nearest whole cent) for Flue-cured tobacco for the im-
mediately preceding year on the quantity of tobacco
as to which the failure occurs.
‘‘(5) PURCHASE REQUIREMENTS.—Tobacco pur-
chased by a manufacturer under this subsection shall
not be included in determining the quantity of to-
bacco purchased by the manufacturer under section
320B.
‘‘(f) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may enforce this
section in the courts of the United States.’’.
(b) BUDGET DEFICIT ASSESSMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 106 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445) is amended—
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(A) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘1995’’
and inserting ‘‘1998’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(h)(1) Effective only for each of the 1994 through
1998 crops of tobacco, an importer of tobacco that is pro-
duced outside the United States shall remit to the Commod-
ity Credit Corporation a nonrefundable marketing assess-
ment in an amount equal to the product obtained by mul-
tiplying—
‘‘(A) the number of pounds of tobacco that is im-
ported by the importer; by
‘‘(B) the sum of—
‘‘(i) the per pound marketing assessment
imposed on purchasers of domestic Burley to-
bacco pursuant to subsection (g); and
‘‘(ii) the per pound marketing assessment
imposed on purchasers of domestic Flue-cured to-
bacco pursuant to subsection (g).
‘‘(2) An assessment imposed under this subsection shall
be paid by the importer.
‘‘(3)(A) The importer shall remit the assessment at
such time and in such manner as may be prescribed by
the Secretary.
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‘‘(B) If the importer fails to comply with subpara-
graph (A), the importer shall be liable for a marketing pen-
alty at a rate equal to 37.5 percent of the sum of the average
market price (calculated to the nearest whole cent) of Flue-
cured and Burley tobacco for the immediately preceding
year on the quantity of tobacco as to which the failure oc-
curs.
‘‘(C) The Secretary may reduce an assessment in such
amount as the Secretary determines equitable in any case
in which the Secretary determines that the failure was un-
intentional or without knowledge on the part of the person
concerned.
‘‘(D) Any assessment provided for under this sub-
section shall be assessed by the Secretary after notice and
opportunity for a hearing.
‘‘(4)(A) Any person against whom a penalty is as-
sessed under this subsection may obtain review of the pen-
alty in an appropriate district court of the United States
by filing a civil action in the court not later than 30 days
after the penalty is imposed.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall promptly file in the court a
certified copy of the record on which the penalty is based.
‘‘(5) The district courts of the United States shall have
jurisdiction to review and enforce any penalty imposed
under this subsection.
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‘‘(6) An amount equivalent to any penalty collected
by the Secretary under this subsection shall be deposited
for use by the Commodity Credit Corporation.’’.
(2) IMPORTER ASSESSMENTS FOR NO NET COST
TOBACCO FUND.—Section 106A of such Act (7 U.S.C.
1445–1) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘and im-
porters’’ after ‘‘purchasers’’;
(B) in subsection (d)(1)(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
clause (i); and
(ii) by inserting after clause (ii) the
following new clause:
‘‘(iii) each importer of Flue-cured or
Burley tobacco shall pay to the appropriate
association, for deposit in the Fund of the
association, an assessment, in an amount
that is equal to the product obtained by
multiplying—
‘‘(I) the number of pounds of to-
bacco that is imported by the importer;
by
‘‘(II) the sum of the amount of
per pound producer contributions and
purchaser assessments that are payable
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by domestic producers and purchasers
of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco
under clauses (i) and (ii); and’’;
(C) in subsection (d)(2)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or importer’’ after ‘‘or
purchaser’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
subparagraph (B);
(iii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of
subparagraph (C); and
(iv) by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) if the tobacco involved is imported by
an importer, from the importer.’’; and
(D) in subsection (h)(1)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (B)
and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), re-
spectively; and
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph
(A) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) Each importer who fails to pay to the association
an assessment as required by subsection (d)(2) at such time
and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary,
shall be liable, in addition to any amount due, to a market-
ing penalty at a rate equal to 75 percent of the average
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market price (calculated to the nearest whole cent) for the
respective kind of tobacco for the immediately preceding
year on the quantity of tobacco as to which the failure oc-
curs.’’.
(3) IMPORTER ASSESSMENTS TO NO NET COST
TOBACCO
ACCOUNT.—Section 106B of such Act (7
U.S.C. 1445–2) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘pro-
ducers and purchasers’’ and inserting ‘‘produc-
ers, purchasers, and importers’’;
(B) in subsection (d)(1)—
(i) by designating the first and second
sentences as subparagraphs (A) and (B), re-
spectively; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following
new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall also require (in lieu of any
requirement under section 106A(d)(1)) that each importer
of Flue-cured and Burley tobacco shall pay to the Corpora-
tion, for deposit in the Account of the association, an assess-
ment, as determined under paragraph (2) and collected
under paragraph (3), with respect to purchases of all such
kind of tobacco imported by the importer.’’;
(C) in subsection (d)(2), by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
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‘‘(C) The amount of the assessment to be paid by im-
porters shall be an amount that is equal to the product ob-
tained by multiplying—
‘‘(i) the number of pounds of tobacco that is im-
ported by the importer; by
‘‘(ii) the sum of the amount of per pound pro-
ducer and purchaser assessments that are payable by
domestic producers and purchasers of the respective
kind of tobacco under this paragraph.’’;
(D) in subsection (d)(3), by adding at the
end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) If Flue-cured or Burley tobacco is imported by
an importer, any importer assessment required by sub-
section (d) shall be collected from the importer.’’; and
(E) in subsection (j)(1)—
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (B)
and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and (D), re-
spectively; and
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph
(A) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) Each importer who fails to pay to the Corpora-
tion an assessment as required by subsection (d) at such
time and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Sec-
retary, shall be liable, in addition to any amount due, to
a marketing penalty at a rate equal to 75 percent of the
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average market price (calculated to the nearest whole cent)
for the respective kind of tobacco for the immediately pre-
ceding year on the quantity of tobacco as to which the fail-
ure occurs.’’.
(c) FEES FOR INSPECTING IMPORTED TOBACCO.—The
second sentence of section 213(d) of the Tobacco Adjustment
Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 511r(d)) is amended by inserting be-
fore the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and which shall
be comparable to fees and charges fixed and collected for
services provided in connection with tobacco produced in
the United States’’.
(d) EXTENSION OF QUOTA REDUCTION FLOORS.—
(1) BURLEY TOBACCO.—Section 319(c)(3)(C)(ii)
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C.
1314e(c)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting
‘‘1996’’; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the end
the following: ‘‘, except that, in the case of each
of the 1995 and 1996 crops of Burley tobacco, the
Secretary may waive the requirements of this
clause if the Secretary determines that the re-
quirements would likely result in inventories of
the producer-owned cooperative marketing asso-
ciations for Burley tobacco described in section
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320B(a)(2) to exceed 150 percent of the reserve
stock level for Burley tobacco’’.
(2) 
FLUE-CURED
TOBACCO.—Section
317(a)(1)(C)(ii) 
of 
such 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C.
1314c(a)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting
‘‘1996’’; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the end
the following: ‘‘, except that, in the case of each
of the 1995 and 1996 crops of Flue-cured to-
bacco, the Secretary may waive the requirements
of this clause if the Secretary determines that the
requirements would likely result in inventories of
the producer-owned cooperative marketing asso-
ciation for Flue-cured tobacco described in sec-
tion 320B(a)(2) to exceed 150 percent of the re-
serve stock level for Flue-cured tobacco’’.
SEC. 1107. SUGAR PROGRAM.
Section 206(i) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1446g(i)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘equal to’’ and
all that follows through the period and inserting the
following: ‘‘equal to—
‘‘(A) in the case of marketings during each
of fiscal years 1992 through 1994, .18 cents per
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pound of raw cane sugar, processed by the proc-
essor from domestically produced sugarcane or
sugarcane molasses, that has been marketed (in-
cluding the transfer or delivery of the sugar to
a refinery for further processing or marketing);
and
‘‘(B) in the case of marketings during each
of fiscal years 1995 and 1996, .198 cents per
pound of raw cane sugar, processed by the proc-
essor from domestically produced sugarcane or
sugarcane molasses, that has been marketed (in-
cluding the transfer or delivery of the sugar to
a refinery for further processing or marketing).’’;
and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘equal to’’ and
all that follows through the period and inserting the
following: ‘‘equal to—
‘‘(A) in the case of marketings during each
of fiscal years 1992 through 1994, .193 cents per
pound of beet sugar, processed by the processor
from domestically produced sugar beets or sugar
beet molasses, that has been marketed; and
‘‘(B) in the case of marketings during each
of fiscal years 1995 and 1996, .2123 cents per
pound of beet sugar, processed by the processor
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from domestically produced sugar beets or sugar
beet molasses, that has been marketed.’’.
SEC. 1108. OILSEEDS PROGRAM.
(a) LOAN LEVEL.—Section 205(c) of the Agricultural
Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446f(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘$5.02
per bushel’’ the following: ‘‘for each of the 1991
through 1993 crops and $4.92 per bushel for each of
the 1994 and 1995 crops’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting after ‘‘$0.089
per pound’’ the following: ‘‘for each of the 1991
through 1993 crops and $0.087 per pound for each of
the 1994 and 1995 crops’’.
(b) LOAN MATURITY.—Section 205(h) of such Act is
amended by striking ‘‘mature on the last day of the 9th
month following the month the application for the loan is
made.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘mature—
‘‘(1) in the case of each of the 1991 through 1993
crops, on the last day of the 9th month following the
month the application for the loan is made; and
‘‘(2) in the case of each of the 1994 and 1995
crops, on the last day of the 9th month following the
month the application for the loan is made, except
that the loan may not mature later than the last day
of the fiscal year in which the application is made.’’.
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(c) LOAN ORIGINATION FEE.—Section 205(m) of such
Act is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(3) 
APPLICABILITY.—This 
subsection 
shall
apply only to each of the 1991 through 1993 crops of
oilseeds.’’.
SEC. 1109. PEANUT PROGRAM.
Section 108B(g) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1445c–3(g)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after ‘‘1 per-
cent’’ both places it appears the following: ‘‘for each
of the 1991 through 1993 crops, and 1.1 percent for
each of the 1994 and 1995 crops,’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘1⁄2 percent’’
and inserting ‘‘.5 percent for each of the 1991
through 1993 crops, and .6 percent for each of
the 1994 and 1995 crops,’’; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘1⁄2 percent’’
and inserting ‘‘.5 percent’’.
SEC. 1110. HONEY PROGRAM.
(a) REDUCED SUPPORT RATE.—Section 207(a) of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h(a)) is amended
by striking ‘‘than 53.8 cents per pound.’’ and inserting the
following: ‘‘than—
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‘‘(1) 53.8 cents per pound for each of the 1991
through 1993 crops; and
‘‘(2) 47 cents per pound for each of the 1994
through 1997 crops.’’.
(b) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—Section 207(e)(1) of such
Act is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); and
(2) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting
the following new subparagraphs:
‘‘(D) $125,000 in the 1994 crop year;
‘‘(E) $100,000 in the 1995 crop year;
‘‘(F) $75,000 in the 1996 crop year; and
‘‘(G) $50,000 in the 1997 crop year.’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 207 of such
Act (as amended by subsection (b)) is further amended by
striking ‘‘1995’’ each place it appears (other than in sub-
section (e)(1)(E)) and inserting ‘‘1997’’.
SEC. 1111. WOOL AND MOHAIR PROGRAM.
(a) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—Section 704(b)(1) of the
National Wool Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1783(b)(1)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (C); and
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(2) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting
the following new subparagraphs:
‘‘(D) $125,000 for the 1994 marketing year;
‘‘(E) $100,000 for the 1995 marketing year;
‘‘(F) $75,000 for the 1996 marketing year;
and
‘‘(G) $50,000 for the 1997 marketing year.’’.
(b) SUPPORT PRICE FOR SHORN WOOL.—Paragraph
(3) of section 703(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1782(b)(3)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) Effective only for each of the 1994 through 1997
marketing years, the support price for shorn wool shall not
exceed the support price for shorn wool for the 1993 market-
ing year.’’.
(c) MARKETING ASSESSMENT.—Section 704(c) of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 1783(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘through
1995’’ and inserting ‘‘and 1992’’.
(d) MARKETING CHARGES.—Section 706 of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 1785) is amended by inserting after the second
sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘In determining the net
sales proceeds and national payment rates for shorn wool
and shorn mohair, the Secretary shall not deduct marketing
charges for commissions, coring, or grading.’’.
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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(1) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 703(b)(2)
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1782(b)(2)) is amended by
striking ‘‘1982’’ and inserting ‘‘1990’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 703 of
such Act (7 U.S.C. 1782) is amended by striking
‘‘1995’’ both places it appears in subsections (a) and
(b) and inserting ‘‘1997’’.
Subtitle B—Restructuring of Loan
Programs
SEC. 1201. ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE LOAN PROGRAMS.
(a) LOAN PROGRAMS UNDER
THE RURAL ELEC-
TRIFICATION ACT OF 1936.—
(1) INSURED LOAN PROGRAMS.—Section 305 of
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935)
is amended—
(A) by striking subsections (b) and (d);
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b); and
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) (as so
redesignated) the following new subsections:
‘‘(c) INSURED ELECTRIC LOANS.—
‘‘(1) HARDSHIP LOANS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
shall make insured electric loans, to the extent of
qualifying applications for the loans, at an in-
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terest rate of 5 percent per year to any applicant
for a loan who meets each of the following re-
quirements:
‘‘(i) The average revenue per kilowatt-
hour sold by the applicant is not less than
120 percent of the average revenue per kilo-
watt-hour sold by all utilities in the State
in which the applicant provides service.
‘‘(ii) The average residential revenue
per kilowatt-hour sold by the applicant is
not less than 120 percent of the average res-
idential revenue per kilowatt-hour sold by
all utilities in the State in which the appli-
cant provides service.
‘‘(iii) The average per capita income of
the residents receiving electric service from
the applicant is less than the average per
capita income of the residents of the State
in which the applicant provides service, or
the median household income of the house-
holds receiving electric service from the ap-
plicant is less than the median household
income of the households in the State.
‘‘(B) SEVERE HARDSHIP LOANS.—In addi-
tion to hardship loans that are made under sub-
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paragraph (A), the Administrator may make an
insured electric loan at an interest rate of 5 per-
cent per year to an applicant for a loan if, in
the sole discretion of the Administrator, the ap-
plicant has experienced a severe hardship.
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—The Administrator may
not make a loan under this paragraph to an ap-
plicant for the purpose of furnishing or improv-
ing electric service to a consumer located in an
urban area (as defined by the Bureau of the Cen-
sus) if the average number of consumers per mile
of line of the total electric system of the appli-
cant exceeds 17.
‘‘(2) MUNICIPAL RATE LOANS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
shall make insured electric loans, to the extent of
qualifying applications for the loans, at the in-
terest rate described in subparagraph (B) for the
term or terms selected by the applicant pursuant
to subparagraph (C).
‘‘(B) INTEREST RATE.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), the interest rate described in this sub-
paragraph on a loan to a qualifying appli-
cant shall be—
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‘‘(I) the interest rate determined
by the Administrator to be equal to the
current market yield on outstanding
municipal obligations with remaining
periods to maturity similar to the term
selected by the applicant pursuant to
subparagraph (C), but not greater than
the rate determined under section
307(a)(3)(A) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1927(a)(3)(A)) that is based on the
current market yield on outstanding
municipal obligations; plus
‘‘(II) if the applicant for the loan
makes an election pursuant to sub-
paragraph (D) to include in the loan
agreement the right of the applicant to
prepay the loan, a rate equal to the
amount by which—
‘‘(aa) the interest rate on
commercial loans for a similar
period that afford the borrower
such a right; exceeds
‘‘(bb) the interest rate on
commercial loans for the period
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that do not afford the borrower
such a right.
‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM
RATE.—The interest
rate described in this subparagraph on a
loan to an applicant for the loan shall not
exceed 7 percent if—
‘‘(I) the average number of con-
sumers per mile of line of the total
electric system of the applicant is less
than 5.50; or
‘‘(II)(aa) the average revenue per
kilowatt-hour sold by the applicant is
more than the average revenue per kil-
owatt-hour sold by all utilities in the
State in which the applicant provides
service; and
‘‘(bb) the average per capita in-
come of the residents receiving electric
service from the applicant is less than
the average per capita income of the
residents of the State in which the ap-
plicant provides service, or the median
household income of the households re-
ceiving electric service from the appli-
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cant is less than the median household
income of the households in the State.
‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (ii) shall
not apply to a loan to be made to an appli-
cant for the purpose of furnishing or im-
proving electric service to consumers located
in an urban area (as defined by the Bureau
of the Census) if the average number of con-
sumers per mile of line of the total electric
system of the applicant exceeds 17.
‘‘(C) LOAN TERM.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause
(ii), the applicant for a loan under this
paragraph may select the term for which an
interest rate shall be determined pursuant
to subparagraph (B), and, at the end of the
term (and any succeeding term selected by
the applicant under this subparagraph),
may renew the loan for another term se-
lected by the applicant.
‘‘(ii) MAXIMUM TERM.—
‘‘(I) APPLICANT.—The applicant
may not select a term that ends more
than 35 years after the beginning of
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the first term the applicant selects
under clause (i).
‘‘(II) ADMINISTRATOR.—The Ad-
ministrator may prohibit an applicant
from selecting a term that would result
in the total term of the loan being
greater than the expected useful life of
the assets being financed.
‘‘(D) CALL PROVISION.—The Administrator
shall offer any applicant for a loan under this
paragraph the option to include in the loan
agreement the right of the applicant to prepay
the loan on terms consistent with similar provi-
sions of commercial loans.
‘‘(3) OTHER SOURCE OF CREDIT NOT REQUIRED
IN CERTAIN CASES.—The Administrator may not re-
quire any applicant for a loan made under this sub-
section who is eligible for a loan under paragraph (1)
to obtain a loan from another source as a condition
of approving the application for the loan or advanc-
ing any amount under the loan.
‘‘(d) INSURED TELEPHONE LOANS.—
‘‘(1) HARDSHIP LOANS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
shall make insured telephone loans, to the extent
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of qualifying applications for the loans, at an
interest rate of 5 percent per year, to any appli-
cant who meets each of the following require-
ments:
‘‘(i) The average number of subscribers
per mile of line in the proposed service area
of the applicant is not more than 4.
‘‘(ii) The applicant is capable of pro-
ducing net income or margins, after interest
payments on the loan applied for, of not
less than 100 percent (but not more than
300 percent) of the interest requirements on
all of the outstanding and proposed loans of
the applicant.
‘‘(iii) The Administrator has approved
a telecommunications modernization plan
for the State under paragraph (3) and, if
the plan was developed by telephone borrow-
ers under this title, the applicant is a par-
ticipant in the plan.
‘‘(B) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE TIER REQUIRE-
MENT.—The Administrator may waive the re-
quirement of subparagraph (A)(ii) in any case
in which the Administrator determines (and sets
forth the reasons for the waiver in writing) that
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the requirement would prevent emergency res-
toration of the telephone system of the applicant
or result in severe hardship to the applicant.
‘‘(C) EFFECT OF LACK OF FUNDS.—On re-
quest of any applicant who is eligible for a loan
under this paragraph for which funds are not
available, the applicant shall be considered to
have applied for a loan under title IV.
‘‘(2) COST-OF-MONEY LOANS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator
may make insured telephone loans for the acqui-
sition, purchase, and installation of telephone
lines, systems, and facilities (other than build-
ings used primarily for administrative purposes,
vehicles not used primarily in construction, and
customer premise equipment) related to the fur-
nishing, improvement, or extension of rural tele-
communications service, at an interest rate equal
to the then current cost of money to the Govern-
ment of the United States for loans of similar
maturity, but not more than 7 percent per year,
to any applicant for a loan who meets the follow-
ing requirements:
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‘‘(i) The average number of subscribers
per mile of line in the service area of the
applicant is not more than 15.
‘‘(ii) The applicant is capable of pro-
ducing net income or margins, before inter-
est payments on the loan applied for, of not
less than 100 percent (but not more than
500 percent) of the interest requirements on
all of the outstanding and proposed loans of
the applicant.
‘‘(iii) The Administrator has approved
a telecommunications modernization plan
for the State under paragraph (3), and, if
the plan was developed by telephone borrow-
ers under this title, the applicant is a par-
ticipant in the plan.
‘‘(B) CALL PROVISION.—The Administrator
shall offer any applicant for a loan under this
paragraph the option to include in the loan
agreement the right of the applicant to prepay
the loan on terms consistent with similar provi-
sions of commercial loans.
‘‘(C) CONCURRENT LOAN AUTHORITY.—On
request of any applicant for a loan under this
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paragraph during any fiscal year, the Adminis-
trator shall—
‘‘(i) consider the application to be for
a loan under this paragraph and a loan
under section 408; and
‘‘(ii) if the applicant is eligible for a
loan, make a loan to the applicant under
this paragraph in an amount equal to the
amount that bears the same ratio to the
total amount of loans for which the appli-
cant is eligible under this paragraph and
under section 408, as the amount made
available for loans under this paragraph for
the fiscal year bears to the total amount
made available for loans under this para-
graph and under section 408 for the fiscal
year.
‘‘(D) EFFECT OF LACK OF FUNDS.—On re-
quest of any applicant who is eligible for a loan
under this paragraph for which funds are not
available, the applicant shall be considered to
have applied for a loan guarantee under section
306.
‘‘(3) STATE TELECOMMUNICATIONS MODERNIZA-
TION PLANS.—
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‘‘(A) APPROVAL.—If, not later than 180
days after final regulations are promulgated to
carry out this paragraph, the public utility com-
mission of any State develops a telecommuni-
cations modernization plan that meets the re-
quirements of subparagraph (B), the Adminis-
trator shall approve the plan for the State. If a
State does not develop a plan in accordance with
the requirements of the preceding sentence, the
Administrator shall approve any telecommuni-
cations modernization plan for the State that
meets the requirements that is developed by a
majority of the borrowers of telephone loans
made under this title who are located in the
State.
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of
subparagraph (A), a telecommunications mod-
ernization plan must, at a minimum, meet the
following objectives:
‘‘(i) The plan must provide for the
elimination of party line service.
‘‘(ii) The plan must provide for the
availability of telecommunications services
for improved business, educational, and
medical services.
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‘‘(iii) The plan must encourage and
improve computer networks and informa-
tion highways for subscribers in rural
areas.
‘‘(iv) The plan must provide for—
‘‘(I) subscribers in rural areas to
be able to receive through telephone
lines—
‘‘(aa) multiple voices;
‘‘(bb) video images; and
‘‘(cc) data at a rate of at
least 1,000,000 bits of information
per second; and
‘‘(II) the proper routing of infor-
mation to subscribers.
‘‘(v) The plan must provide for uni-
form deployment schedules to ensure that
advanced services are deployed at the same
time in rural and nonrural areas.
‘‘(vi) The plan must provide for such
additional requirements for service stand-
ards as may be required by the Adminis-
trator.
‘‘(C) FINALITY OF APPROVAL.—
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A telecommuni-
cations modernization plan approved under
subparagraph (A) may not subsequently be
disapproved. 
Notwithstanding 
subsection
(c)(1)(A)(iii), subsection (c)(2)(A)(iii), and
section 408(b)(4)(C), the Administrator and
the Governor of the telephone bank may
make a loan to a borrower serving a State
that does not have a telecommunication
modernization plan approved by the Ad-
ministrator if the loan is made less than 1
year after the Administrator has adopted
final regulations implementing subsection
(c)(3).’’.
(2) RURAL TELEPHONE BANK LOAN PROGRAM.—
Section 408 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 948) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, (2)’’
and all that follows through ‘‘408 of this Act,’’
and inserting ‘‘, (2) for the acquisition, pur-
chase, and installation of telephone lines, sys-
tems, and facilities (other than buildings used
primarily for administrative purposes, vehicles
not used primarily in construction, and cus-
tomer premise equipment) related to the furnish-
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ing, improvement, or extension of rural tele-
communications service,’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking paragraph (4) and in-
serting the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) The Governor of the telephone bank may
make a loan under this section only to an applicant
for the loan who meets the following requirements:
‘‘(A) The average number of subscribers per
mile of line in the service area of the applicant
is not more than 15.
‘‘(B) The applicant is capable of producing
net income or margins, after interest payments
on the loan applied for, of not less than 100 per-
cent (but not more than 500 percent) of the in-
terest requirements on all of the outstanding and
proposed loans of the applicant.
‘‘(C) The Administrator has approved,
under section 305(d)(3), a telecommunications
modernization plan for the State in which the
applicant is located, and, if the plan was devel-
oped by telephone borrowers under title III, the
applicant is a participant in the plan.’’;
(ii) in paragraph (8)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(8)’’;
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(II) by striking ‘‘if such prepay-
ment is not made later than September
30, 1988’’ and inserting ‘‘except for
any prepayment penalty provided for
in a loan agreement entered into before
the date of enactment of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993’’;
and
(III) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(B) If a borrower prepays part or all of a loan
made under this section, then, notwithstanding sec-
tion 407(b), the Governor of the telephone bank shall
use the full amount of the prepayment to repay obli-
gations of the telephone bank issued pursuant to sec-
tion 407(b) before October 1, 1991, to the extent any
such obligations are outstanding.’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following
new paragraphs:
‘‘(9) On request of any applicant for a loan
under this section during any fiscal year, the Gov-
ernor of the telephone bank shall—
‘‘(A) consider the application to be for a
loan under this section and a loan under section
305(d)(2); and
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‘‘(B) if the applicant is eligible for a loan,
make a loan to the applicant under this section
in an amount equal to the amount that bears the
same ratio to the total amount of loans for which
the applicant is eligible under this section and
under section 305(d)(2), as the amount made
available for loans under this section for the fis-
cal year bears to the total amount made avail-
able for loans under this section and under sec-
tion 305(d)(2) for the fiscal year.
‘‘(10) On request of any applicant who is eligible
for a loan under this section for which funds are not
available, the applicant shall be considered to have
applied for a loan under section 305(d)(2).’’.
(3) FUNDING.—Section 314 of such Act (7
U.S.C. 940d) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 314. LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF ADJUSTMENT PERCENTAGE.—As
used in this section, the term ‘adjustment percentage’
means, with respect to a fiscal year, the percentage (if any)
by which—
‘‘(1) the average of the Consumer Price Index (as
defined in section 1(f)(5) of the Internal Revenue
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Code of 1986) for the 1-year period ending on July
31 of the immediately preceding fiscal year; exceeds
‘‘(2) the average of the Consumer Price Index (as
so defined) for the 1-year period ending on July 31,
1993.
‘‘(b) FISCAL YEARS 1994 THROUGH 1998.—In the case
of each of fiscal years 1994 through 1998, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Administrator such sums as
may be necessary for the cost of loans in the following
amounts, for the following purposes:
‘‘(1) ELECTRIC
HARDSHIP
LOANS.—For loans
under section 305(c)(1)—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 1994, $125,000,000; and
‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 1995 through
1998, $125,000,000, increased by the adjustment
percentage for the fiscal year.
‘‘(2) ELECTRIC
MUNICIPAL
RATE
LOANS.—For
loans under section 305(c)(2)—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 1994, $600,000,000; and
‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 1995 through
1998, $600,000,000, increased by the adjustment
percentage for the fiscal year.
‘‘(3) TELEPHONE HARDSHIP LOANS.—For loans
under section 305(d)(1)—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 1994, $125,000,000; and
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‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 1995 through
1998, $125,000,000, increased by the adjustment
percentage for the fiscal year.
‘‘(4) TELEPHONE COST-OF-MONEY LOANS.—For
loans under section 305(d)(2)—
‘‘(A) for fiscal year 1994, $198,000,000; and
‘‘(B) for each of fiscal years 1995 through
1998, $198,000,000, increased by the adjustment
percentage for the fiscal year.
‘‘(c) FUNDING
LEVELS.—The Administrator shall
make insured loans under this title for the purposes, in the
amounts, and for the periods of time specified in subsection
(b), as provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
‘‘(d) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR INSURED LOANS.—
Amounts made available for loans under section 305 are
authorized to remain available until expended.’’.
(4) MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 2 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 902) is
amended—
(i) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Ad-
ministrator’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘telephone service in
rural areas, as hereinafter provided;’’ and
inserting ‘‘electric and telephone service in
rural areas, as provided in this Act, and for
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the purpose of assisting electric borrowers to
implement demand side management and
energy conservation programs;’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(b) Not later than January 1, 1994, the Adminis-
trator shall issue interim regulations to implement the au-
thority contained in subsection (a) to make loans for the
purpose of assisting electric borrowers to implement de-
mand side management and energy conservation programs.
If the regulations are not issued by January 1, 1994, the
Administrator shall consider any demand side management
program that is approved by a State agency to be eligible
for the loans.’’.
(B) Section 4 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 904) is
amended by inserting after ‘‘central station serv-
ice’’ the following: ‘‘and for the furnishing and
improving of electric service to persons in rural
areas, including by assisting electric borrowers
to implement demand side management and en-
ergy conservation programs’’.
(C) Section 13 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 913)
is amended—
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(i) by inserting ‘‘, except as provided
in section 203(b),’’ before ‘‘shall be deemed
to mean any area’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘city, village, or bor-
ough having a population in excess of fif-
teen hundred inhabitants’’ and inserting
‘‘urban area, as defined by the Bureau of
the Census’’.
(D) Section 203(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
924(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘one thousand
five hundred’’ and inserting ‘‘5,000’’.
(E) Section 305 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 935)
(as amended by subsection (a)(1)) is further
amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘SEC. 305. INSURED
LOANS; INTEREST RATES
AND LENDING
LEVELS.—(a) The’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘SEC. 305. INSURED LOANS; INTEREST RATES AND LEND-
ING LEVELS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The’’; and
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(b)
Loans’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(b) 
INSURED
LOANS.—Loans’’.
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(F) Section 307 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 937)
is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘The Administrator may not re-
quest any applicant for an electric loan under
this Act to apply for and accept a loan in an
amount exceeding 30 percent of the credit needs
of the applicant.’’.
(G) Section 406 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 946)
is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(i) The Governor of the telephone bank may invest
in obligations of the United States the amounts in the ac-
count in the Treasury of the United States numbered
12X8139 (known as the ‘RTB Equity Fund’).’’.
(H) Section 18 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 918)
is amended—
(i) by inserting ‘‘(a) NO CONSIDER-
ATION OF BORROWER’S LEVEL OF GENERAL
FUNDS.—’’ before ‘‘The Administrator’’;
and
(ii) by adding at the end the following
new subsections:
‘‘(b) NO LOAN ORIGINATION FEES.—The Adminis-
trator and the Governor of the telephone bank may not
charge any fee or charge not expressly provided in this Act
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in connection with any loan made or guaranteed under this
Act.
‘‘(c) CONSULTANTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate timely action
on applications by borrowers for financial assistance
under this Act and for approvals required of the agen-
cy pursuant to the terms of outstanding loan or secu-
rity instruments or otherwise, the Administrator may
use consultants funded by the borrower, paid for out
of the general funds of the borrower, for financial,
legal, engineering, and other technical advice and
services in connection with the review of the applica-
tion by the Rural Electrification Administration.
‘‘(2) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—The Adminis-
trator shall establish procedures for the selection and
the provision of technical services by consultants to
ensure that the consultants have no financial or other
potential conflicts of interest in the outcome of the ap-
plication of the borrower.
‘‘(3) PAYMENT
OF
COSTS.—The Administrator
may not, without the consent of the borrower, require,
as a condition of processing an application for ap-
proval, that the borrower agree to pay the costs, fees,
and expenses of consultants hired to provide technical
or advisory services to the Administrator.
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‘‘(4) CONTRACTS, GRANTS, AND AGREEMENTS.—
The Administrator may enter into such contracts,
grants, or cooperative agreements as are necessary to
carry out this section without regard to any require-
ment for competition, section 3709 of the Revised
Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) and section 3324 of title 31,
United States Code.
‘‘(5) USE
OF
CONSULTANTS.—Nothing in this
subsection shall limit the authority of the Adminis-
trator to retain the services of consultants from funds
made available to the Administrator or otherwise.’’.
(I) Title III of such Act is amended by in-
serting after section 306B (7 U.S.C. 936b) the
following new sections:
‘‘SEC. 306C. ELIGIBILITY OF DISTRIBUTION BORROWERS
FOR LOANS, LOAN GUARANTEES, AND LIEN
ACCOMMODATIONS.
‘‘For the purpose of determining the eligibility of a dis-
tribution borrower not in default on the repayment of a
loan made or guaranteed under this Act for a loan, loan
guarantee, or lien accommodation under this title, a default
by a borrower from which the distribution borrower pur-
chases wholesale power shall not—
‘‘(1) be considered a default by the distribution
borrower;
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‘‘(2) reduce the eligibility of the distribution bor-
rower for assistance under this Act; or
‘‘(3) be the cause, directly or indirectly, of im-
posing any requirement or restriction on the borrower
as a condition of the assistance, except such require-
ments or restrictions as are necessary to implement a
debt restructuring agreed on by the power supply bor-
rower and the Government.
‘‘SEC. 306D. ADMINISTRATIVE PROHIBITIONS APPLICABLE
TO ELECTRIC BORROWERS.
‘‘The Administrator may not require prior approval
of, impose any requirement, restriction, or prohibition with
respect to the operations of, or deny or delay the granting
of a lien accommodation to, any electric borrower under
this Act whose net worth exceeds 110 percent of the out-
standing principal balance on all loans made or guaranteed
to the borrower by the Administrator.’’.
(b) EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR LOANS FOR WATER
AND WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES.—Section 306(a)(1) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1926(a)(1)) is amended by inserting after the first
sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘The Secretary may
also make loans to any borrower to whom a loan has been
made under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
901 et seq.), for the conservation, development, use, and con-
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trol of water, and the installation of drainage or waste dis-
posal facilities, primarily serving farmers, ranchers, farm
tenants, farm laborers, rural businesses, and other rural
residents.’’.
(c) RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.—Section 364 of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 2006f) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(g) RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A borrower of a loan or loan
guarantee under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
(7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) shall be eligible for assistance
under all programs administered by the Rural Devel-
opment Administration.
‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION.—The Administrator of the
Rural Development Administration shall encourage
and facilitate the full participation of borrowers re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) in programs administered
by the Rural Development Administration.’’.
(d) REGULATIONS.—Not later than October 1, 1993,
interim final rules shall be issued by—
(1) the Administrator of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Administration in the case of amendments made
by this section to programs administered by the
Administrator; and
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(2) the Administrator of the Rural Development
Administration in the case of amendments made by
this section to programs administered by the Admin-
istrator.
Subtitle C—Food Stamp Program
SEC. 1301. UNIFORM REIMBURSEMENT RATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 16 of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and (5)’’ and inserting
‘‘(5)’’;
(B) by inserting before ‘‘: Provided,’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, (6) automated data processing and in-
formation retrieval systems subject to the condi-
tions set forth in subsection (g), (7) food stamp
program investigations and prosecutions, and
(8) implementing and operating the immigra-
tion status verification system established under
section 1137(d) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320b–7(d))’’; and
(C) in the proviso, by striking ‘‘authorized
to pay each State agency an amount not less
than 75 per centum of the costs of State food
stamp program investigations and prosecutions,
and is further’’;
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(2) in subsection (g)—
(A) by striking ‘‘an amount equal to 63
percent effective on October 1, 1991, of’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the amount authorized under subsection
(a)(6) for’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘automatic’’ and inserting
‘‘automated’’;
(3) by striking subsection (j); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection
(j).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this section shall
be effective with respect to calendar quarters begin-
ning on or after April 1, 1994.
(2) BIENNIAL LEGISLATURES.—In the case of a
State whose legislature meets biennially, and does not
have a regular session scheduled in calendar year
1994, and that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the
Secretary of Agriculture that there is no mechanism,
under the constitution and laws of the State, for ap-
propriating the additional funds required by the
amendments made by this section before the next such
regular legislative session, the Secretary may delay
the effective date of all or part of the amendments
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made by subsection (a) until the beginning date of a
calendar quarter that is not later than the first cal-
endar quarter beginning after the close of the first
regular session of the State legislature after the date
of enactment of this Act.
Subtitle D—Agricultural Trade
SEC. 1401. MARKET PROMOTION PROGRAM.
(a) REDUCTION OF FUNDING LEVEL.—Section 211(c)
of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641(c))
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting
‘‘1993’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(2) in addition to any funds that may be spe-
cifically appropriated to implement a market develop-
ment program, for each of fiscal years 1994 and 1995,
of the funds of, or an equal value of commodities
owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation—
‘‘(A) not less than $33,000,000 for—
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‘‘(i) branded promotion activities in-
volving small-sized commercial entities and
medium-sized commercial entities that are
beginning exporters; and
‘‘(ii) activities other than branded pro-
motion activities that only benefit small-
sized commercial entities and medium-sized
commercial entities, or (as determined by
the Secretary) small-sized agricultural pro-
ducers and medium-sized agricultural pro-
ducers; and
‘‘(B) in addition to funding specified in
subparagraph (A), not less than $77,000,000 for
program activities by any eligible trade organi-
zation, including organizations specified under
subparagraph (A); and’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 of such Act (7 U.S.C.
5602) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(9) COMMERCIAL ENTITY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘commercial
entity’ means a cooperative or private organiza-
tion that exports or promotes an agricultural
commodity, including an entity that controls, is
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controlled by, or is under common control with
such a cooperative or private organization.
‘‘(B) 
MEDIUM-SIZED
COMMERCIAL
EN-
TITY.—The term ‘medium-sized commercial en-
tity’ means a commercial entity that employs
not less than 51, nor more than 500, individuals.
‘‘(C) SMALL-SIZED COMMERCIAL ENTITY.—
The term ‘small-sized commercial entity’ means
a commercial entity that employs not more than
50 individuals.’’.
SEC. 1402. ACREAGE REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1104 of the Omnibus Budg-
et Reconciliation Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1445b–3a note) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (2)
and inserting the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) corn under which the acreage planted to
corn for harvest on a farm would be limited to the
corn crop acreage base for the farm for the crop re-
duced by not less than 71⁄2 percent.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘grain sor-
ghum, and barley,’’.
(b) READJUSTMENT OF SUPPORT LEVELS.—Section
1302 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1421 note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
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(A) by striking paragraph (1); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and
(3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘and other pro-
grams’’; and
(3) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking subparagraph (A); and
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs
(B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B),
respectively;
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(A), (B),
and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) and (B)’’; and
(C) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘measures specified in
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) and’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘(B) or (C)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(A) or (B)’’.
SEC. 1403. END-USE CERTIFICATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title IV of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5661 et seq.) is amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating section 404 (7 U.S.C. 5664)
as section 405; and
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(2) by inserting after section 403 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 404. END-USE CERTIFICATES.
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) COVERED FOREIGN COMMODITY.—The term
‘covered foreign commodity’ means any wheat or bar-
ley produced in a foreign country that is imported
into the United States, including any imported com-
modity that will be subsequently commingled with a
like commodity produced in the United States.
‘‘(2) END-USE CERTIFICATE.—The term ‘end-use
certificate’ means a certification that describes—
‘‘(A) the class, quantity, and country of ori-
gin of the covered foreign commodity;
‘‘(B) the importer and consignee of the cov-
ered foreign commodity;
‘‘(C) the end use for which the consignee
will use the covered foreign commodity; and
‘‘(D) at the option of the Secretary, the sales
price and quality of the covered foreign commod-
ity.
‘‘(b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—The Secretary shall
improve monitoring of the end use of covered foreign com-
modities, as provided in this section, in order to ensure that
exports of agricultural commodities under the programs au-
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thorized by this Act and other agricultural trade programs
are entirely produced in the United States.
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENT ON COVERED FOREIGN COMMOD-
ITIES.—The Commissioner of Customs shall not permit the
entry into, or the withdrawal from a warehouse for use in,
the United States of a covered foreign commodity, unless
the importer of record presents an end-use certificate for
the covered foreign commodity that complies with this sec-
tion at the time of entry or withdrawal, as appropriate.
‘‘(d) MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATE WITH COVERED
FOREIGN COMMODITY.—The end-use certificate shall be
maintained with the covered foreign commodity until the
commodity reaches the end use of the commodity within the
United States. The end use of a covered foreign commodity
includes feeding to livestock, first stage processing for
human consumption, exporting from the United States, or
(as determined by the Secretary) other end uses.
‘‘(e) CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall require any
importer or consignee of a covered foreign commodity to
certify, on a quarterly basis, the end use or transfer, during
the period the commodity is a covered foreign commodity,
by the importer or consignee, along with any additional
information the Secretary determines to be appropriate.
‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE.—Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of sec-
tion 402 shall apply to an importer or consignee of a cov-
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ered foreign commodity subject to the terms and conditions
specified in this section.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall become effective on the date that is 120
days after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 1404. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE EXPORT
OF VEGETABLE OIL.
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agri-
culture should continue aggressively to promote the export
of vegetable oil through all available authorities, including
but not limited to the export enhancement program estab-
lished under section 301 of the Agricultural Trade Act of
1978 (7 U.S.C. 5651).
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous
SEC. 1501. FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE.
(a) ACTUARIAL SOUNDNESS.—Section 506 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1506) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(n) ACTUARIAL SOUNDNESS.—The Corporation shall
take such actions as are necessary to improve the actuarial
soundness of Federal multiperil crop insurance coverage
made available under this title to achieve, on and after Oc-
tober 1, 1995, an overall projected loss ratio of not greater
than 1.1, including—
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‘‘(1) instituting appropriate requirements for
documentation of the actual production history of in-
sured producers to establish recorded or appraised
yields for Federal crop insurance coverage that more
accurately reflect the associated actuarial risk, except
that the Corporation may not carry out this para-
graph in a manner that would prevent beginning
farmers from obtaining adequate Federal crop insur-
ance, as determined by the Corporation;
‘‘(2) establishing in counties, to the extent prac-
ticable, a crop insurance option based on area yields
in a manner that allows an insured producer to qual-
ify for an indemnity if a loss has occurred in a speci-
fied area in which the farm of the insured producer
is located;
‘‘(3) establishing a database that contains the so-
cial security account and employee identification
numbers of participating producers and using the
numbers to identify insured producers who are high
risk for actuarial purposes and insured producers
who have not documented at least 4 years of produc-
tion history, to assess the performance of insurance
providers, and for other purposes permitted by law;
and
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‘‘(4) taking any other measures authorized by
law to improve the actuarial soundness of the Federal
crop insurance program while maintaining fairness
and effective coverage for agricultural producers.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) REINSURANCE.—Section 508(h) of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 1508(h)) is amended by striking the fifth
sentence and inserting the following new sentence:
‘‘The Corporation shall also pay operating and ad-
ministrative costs to insurers of policies on which the
Corporation provides reinsurance in an amount de-
termined by the Corporation.’’.
(2) AREA YIELD PLAN.—Section 508 of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 1508) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(n) AREA YIELD PLAN.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this title, the Corporation may offer, only
as an option to individual crop insurance coverage
available under this Act, a crop insurance plan based
on an area yield that allows an insured producer to
qualify for an indemnity if a loss has occurred in an
area, as specified by the Corporation, in which the
farm of the producer is located.
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‘‘(2) LEVEL OF COVERAGE.—Under a plan of-
fered under paragraph (1), an insured producer shall
be allowed to select the level of production at which
an indemnity will be paid consistent with terms and
conditions established by the Corporation.’’.
(3) YIELD COVERAGE.—Section 508A of such Act
(7 U.S.C. 1508a) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘may’’
and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) in paragraph (1)(A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘A crop insurance
contract’’ and all that follows through
‘‘producer—’’ and inserting ‘‘Under
regulations issued by the Corporation,
a crop insurance contract offered under
this title to an eligible insured pro-
ducer of a commodity with respect to
which the Corporation provides crop
insurance coverage shall make avail-
able to the producer either—’’;
(II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of
clause (i);
(III) in clause (ii)—
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(aa) by striking ‘‘5’’ and in-
serting ‘‘4 building to 10’’; and
(bb) by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(IV) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause:
‘‘(iii) yield coverage based on—
‘‘(I) not less than 65 percent of
the transitional yield of the producer
(adjusted to reflect actual experience),
as specified in regulations issued by
the Corporation based on production
history requirements; or
‘‘(II) the area yield under section
508(n) for the crop established under
the program for the commodity in-
volved.’’;
(ii) in paragraph (1)(B)—
(I) by striking ‘‘two’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘3’’; and
(II) by inserting after ‘‘subpara-
graph (A)’’ the following: ‘‘, where
available (as determined by the Cor-
poration),’’;
(iii) in paragraph (2)—
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(I) by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting
‘‘4 building to 10’’; and
(II) by inserting after ‘‘previous
crops,’’ the following: ‘‘not less than 65
percent of the transitional yield of the
producer (adjusted to reflect actual ex-
perience), or the area yield,’’; and
(iv) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by insert-
ing after ‘‘farm program yield’’ the follow-
ing: ‘‘, not less than 65 percent of the tran-
sitional yield of the producer (adjusted to
reflect actual experience), as specified in
regulations issued by the Corporation based
on production history requirements, or the
area yield under section 508(n), whichever
is applicable,’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), this section and the amendments made by
this section shall become effective on October 1, 1993.
(2) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall publish, for public comment, proposed
regulations to implement the amendments made by
this section.
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SEC. 1502. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ACREAGE RE-
SERVE PROGRAM AMENDMENTS.
Subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985
(16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 1230(b) (16 U.S.C. 3830(b)), by
striking ‘‘to place in’’ and all that follows through
‘‘acres’’;
(2) in section 1231(d) (16 U.S.C. 3831(d))—
(A) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting
‘‘shall’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘the amount of acres speci-
fied in section 1230(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘a total of
38,000,000 acres during the 1986 through 1995
calendar years’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘each of calendar years
1994 and 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘the 1995 cal-
endar year’’;
(3) in section 1237 (16 U.S.C. 3837)—
(A) by striking subsection (b) and inserting
the following new subsection:
‘‘(b) MINIMUM ENROLLMENT.—The Secretary shall en-
roll into the wetlands reserve program—
‘‘(1) a total of not less than 330,000 acres by the
end of the 1995 calendar year; and
‘‘(2) a total of not less than 975,000 acres during
the 1991 through 2000 calendar years.’’; and
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the purposes of this subtitle, the Commission
shall seek to ensure that revenues received pursu-
ant to the competitive bidding process are re-
ceived before the end of fiscal year 1998.
(B) EXPIRATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—The
requirements of subparagraph (A) shall expire
either—
(i) upon a determination by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury that competitive bid-
ding has resulted in or is reasonably ex-
pected 
to 
result 
in 
the 
receipt 
of
$7,200,000,000 by the end of fiscal year
1998, or
(ii) at the end of fiscal year 1998,
whichever is earlier.
(C) REPORT
TO
PRESIDENT
AND
CON-
GRESS.—The Commission shall prepare, in con-
sultation with the Assistant Secretary of Com-
merce for Communications and Information,
and submit to the President and the Congress,
not later than March 31, 1997, and March 31,
1999, reports on the use of competitive bidding
under subparagraph (A). Such reports shall ex-
amine, in addition to any other matters deemed
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‘‘(I) either provides telephone exchange serv-
ice by wire in a rural area, provides telephone
exchange service by wire to less than 10,000 sub-
scribers, or is a telephone utility whose income
accrues to a State or political subdivision there-
of; and
‘‘(II) submits an application for a rural
program license that meets the standards estab-
lished by the Commission to determine ability to
provide the service covered by the license.
‘‘(F) The provisions of subparagraph (A)(ii) do not
limit the Commission’s discretion to determine, for licenses
issued other than under this paragraph, the size of any
market area or the number of licensees for any service.
‘‘(4) The competitive bidding authority provided to the
Commission in paragraph (1) shall not—
‘‘(A) because of the need to avoid excessive service
disruption, extend to license renewals and modifica-
tions;
‘‘(B) because of the essential services they pro-
vide, extend to licenses reserved for the United States
Government and State or local government entities;
‘‘(C) because of their public service obligations,
extend to licenses to provide amateur operator serv-
ices, over-the-air terrestrial radio and television