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and Expenses, Congressionally-designated Projects’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the mat-
ter preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Pro-
vided, 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 oth-
erwise 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 ex-
cept 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 build-
ing 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 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 
easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: 
Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not 
apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the 
Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, 
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That funds may be received from any State, other political 
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of 
establishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law. 
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, $46,752,000, of which 
$46,752,000 shall be for the purposes, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘Agricultural Re-
search Service, Buildings and Facilities Congressionally- 
designated Projects’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act), to remain available until ex-
pended. 
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, $691,043,000, of which $113,275,000 
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified 
in the table titled ‘‘Cooperative State Research, Edu-
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cation, and Extension Service, Research and Education 
Activities, Congressionally-designated Projects’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), as follows: 
to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 
U.S.C. 361a–i), $207,106,000; for grants for cooperative 
forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), 
$27,535,000; for payments to eligible institutions (7 
U.S.C. 3222), $45,504,000, provided that each institution 
receives no less than $1,000,000; for special grants (7 
U.S.C. 450i(c)), $84,499,000; for competitive grants on 
improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,945,000; for 
competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 450(i)(b)), $201,504,000, to 
remain available until expended; for the support of animal 
health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $2,950,000; 
for supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 
U.S.C. 3319d), $819,000; for grants for research pursu-
ant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 
178 et seq.), $1,083,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994 
institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103– 
382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,610,000, to remain available 
until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 
3333), $983,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,859,000, to remain 
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available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a program 
pursuant to section 1415A of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3151a), $2,950,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)), $5,654,000; for a higher education multicul-
tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $981,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for 
an education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institu-
tions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $6,237,000; for competitive grants 
for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 
3156 to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi-
ble institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds 
awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha-
waii, $3,196,000; for a secondary agriculture education 
program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 
3152(j)), $983,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 
3322), $3,928,000; for sustainable agriculture research 
and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $14,399,000; for a pro-
gram of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) 
to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 
3221 and 3222, $15,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Insti-
tutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103– 
382, $3,342,000; for resident instruction grants for insu-
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