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Ω63æPage 35, line 25, strike out all after ‘‘$28,987,000’’
over to and including ‘‘1997’’ in line 2 on page 36
Ω64æPage 37, line 18, strike out ø$73,190,000¿ and in-
sert: $136,435,000
Ω65æPage 37, line 20, after ‘‘program,’’ insert: rental as-
sistance associated with and direct loans for new construc-
tion of section 515 rental housing,
Ω66æPage 38, line 4, strike out all after ‘‘Secretary’’ down
to and including ‘‘1997’’ in line 7
Ω67æPage 39, line 3, strike out ø$53,889,000¿ and insert:
$66,354,000
Ω68æPage 39, line 11, strike out ø$18,400,000¿ and in-
sert: $17,270,000
Ω69æPage 39, line 18, strike out ø$40,000,000¿ and in-
sert: $37,544,000
Ω70æPage 40, line 19, strike out ø$6,000,000¿ and insert:
$10,000,000
Ω71æPage 41, line 1, strike out ø$51,400,000¿ and insert:
$53,750,000
Ω72æPage 41, line 17, after ‘‘development’’ insert: as pro-
vided under section 747(e) of Public Law 104–127
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Ω73æPage 41, line 17, after ‘‘development’’ insert: : Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $1,300,000 may be available through a cooperative
agreement for the appropriate technology transfer for rural
areas program: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, not less than $2,000,000 shall be available
for grants in accordance with section 310B(f) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1932(f))
Ω74æPage 44, line 22, strike out ø$7,500,000¿ and insert:
$10,000,000
Ω75æPage 45, line 8, strike out ø$496,868,000¿ and in-
sert: $656,742,000
Ω76æPage 46, line 2, strike out ø$5,000,000¿ and insert:
$5,400,000
Ω77æPage 46, line 10, after ‘‘1932)’’ insert: : Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex-
ceed $10,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal sys-
tems pursuant to section 757 of Public Law 104–127
Ω78æPage 46, line 10, after ‘‘1932)’’ insert: : Provided
further, That notwithstanding section 306(a)(7) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1926(a)(7)), the town of Berlin, New Hampshire, shall be
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eligible during fiscal year 1997 for a grant under the rural
utilities assistance program
Ω79æPage 47, line 2, strike out ø$454,000¿ and insert:
$554,000
Ω80æPage 47, line 9, strike out ø$8,652,597,000¿ and in-
sert: $8,654,797,000
Ω81æPage 47, line 10, strike out ø$3,218,844,000¿ and
insert: $3,221,044,000
Ω82æPage 47, line 13, strike out all after ‘‘612c)’’ down
to and including ‘‘evaluations’’ in line 15 and insert: : Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds made
available under this heading shall be used for studies and
evaluations
Ω83æPage 48, line 3, strike out all after ‘‘levels’’ down
to and including ‘‘Committees’’ in line 9 and insert: : Pro-
vided further, That once the amount for fiscal year 1996
carryover funds has been determined by the Secretary, any
funds in excess of $100,000,000 may be transferred by the
Secretary of Agriculture to any loan program of the Depart-
ment and/or to make available up to $10,000,000 for the
WIC farmers’ market nutrition program
Ω84æPage 48, line 18, after ‘‘1786)’’ insert: : Provided
further, That State agencies required to procure infant for-
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mula using a competitive bidding system may use funds
appropriated by this Act to purchase infant formula under
a cost containment contract entered into after September
30, 1996 only if the contract was awarded to the bidder
offering the lowest net price, as defined by section 17(b)(20)
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, unless the State agency
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the
weighted average retail price for different brands of infant
formula in the State does not vary by more than five per-
cent
Ω85æPage 48, line 21, strike out ø2011–2029¿ and insert:
2011 et seq.
Ω86æPage 48, line 21, strike out ø$27,615,029,000¿ and
insert: $28,521,029,000
Ω87æPage 48, line 24, strike out ø$100,000,000¿ and in-
sert: $1,000,000,000
Ω88æPage 49, line 2, strike out all after ‘‘operations’’
down to and including ‘‘evaluations’’ in line 4 and insert:
: Provided further, That not to exceed $6,000,000 of the
funds made available under this heading shall be used for
studies and evaluations
Ω89æPage 50, line 1, strike out all after ‘‘(note)),’’ down
to and including ‘‘2013(b)),’’ in line 2
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Ω90æPage 50, line 4, strike out ø$205,000,000¿ and in-
sert: $141,250,000
Ω91æPage 50, line 8, strike out ø$104,487,000¿ and in-
sert: $107,769,000
Ω92æPage 51, line 7, strike out ø$128,005,000¿ and in-
sert: $138,561,000
Ω93æPage 51, line 8, strike out ø$2,792,000¿ and insert:
$3,231,000
Ω94æPage 51, line 9, strike out ø$1,005,000¿ and insert:
$1,035,000
Ω95æPage 51, line 18, strike out all after ‘‘2392)’’ down
to and including ‘‘expenditure’’ in line 23
Ω96æPage 52, line 11, strike out ø$216,400,000¿ and in-
sert: $218,944,000
Ω97æPage 52, line 19, strike out ø$29,500,000¿ and in-
sert: $40,000,000
Ω98æPage 53, line 7, strike out ø$177,000,000¿ and in-
sert: $179,082,000
Ω99æPage 53, line 11, strike out ø$1,750,000¿ and insert:
$1,818,000
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Ω100æPage 53, line 17, strike out ø$3,381,000¿ and in-
sert: $3,820,000
Ω101æPage 53, line 21, strike out ø$2,792,000¿ and in-
sert: $3,231,000
Ω102æPage 55, line 7, after ‘‘9701’’ insert: : Provided fur-
ther, That a sufficient amount of these funds shall be used
to ensure compliance with the statutory deadlines set forth
in section 505(j)(4)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(j)(4)(A))
Ω103æPage 55, strike out lines 14 through 21
Ω104æPage 55, after line 21 insert:
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Ω105æPage 55, after line 21 insert:
SEC. 601. EFFECTIVE MEDICATION GUIDES.—
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the
Department of Health and Human Services shall re-
quest that national organizations representing health
care professionals, consumer organizations, voluntary
health agencies, the pharmaceutical industry, drug
wholesalers, patient drug information database com-
panies, and other relevant parties collaborate to de-
velop a long-range comprehensive action plan to
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achieve goals consistent with the goals of the proposed
rule of the Food and Drug Administration on ‘‘Pre-
scription Drug Product Labeling: Medication Guide
Requirements’’ (60 Fed. Reg. 44182; relating to the
provision of oral and written prescription informa-
tion to consumers).
(b) GOALS.—Goals consistent with the proposed
rule described in subsection (a) are the distribution of
useful written information to 75 percent of individ-
uals receiving new precriptions by the year 2000 and
to 95 percent by the year 2006.
(c) PLAN.—The plan described in subsection (a)
shall—
(1) identify the plan goals;
(2) assess the effectiveness of the current pri-
vate-sector approaches used to provide oral and
written prescription information to consumers;
(3) develop guidelines for providing effective
oral and written prescription information con-
sistent with the findings of any such assessment;
(4) contain elements necessary to ensure the
transmittal of useful information to the consum-
ing public, including being scientifically accu-
rate, non-promotional in tone and content, suffi-
ciently specific and comprehensive as to ade-
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quately inform consumers about the use of the
product, and in an understandable, legible for-
mat that is readily comprehensible and not con-
fusing to consumers expected to use the product.
(5) develop a mechanism to assess periodi-
cally the quality of the oral and written pre-
scription information and the frequency with
which the information is provided to consumers;
and
(6) provide for compliance with relevant
State board regulations.
(d) LIMITATION
ON
THE
AUTHORITY
OF
THE
SECRETARY.—The Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services shall have no authority
to implement the proposed rule described in sub-
section (a), or to develop any similar regulation, pol-
icy statement, or other guideline specifying a uniform
content or format for written information voluntarily
provided to consumers about prescription drugs if, (1)
not later than 120 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the national organizations described in
subsection (a) develop and submit to the Secretary for
Health and Human Services a comprehensive, long-
range action plan (as described in subsection (a))
which shall be acceptable to the Secretary of Health
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and Human Services; (2) the aforementioned plan is
submitted to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services for review and acceptance: Provided, That
the Secretary shall give due consideration to the sub-
mitted plan and that any such acceptance shall not
be arbitrarily withheld; and (3) the implementation
of (a) a plan accepted by the Secretary commences
within 30 days of the Secretary’s acceptance of such
plan, or (b) the plan submitted to the Secretary com-
mences within 60 days of the submission of such plan
if the Secretary fails to take any action on the plan
within 30 days of the submission of the plan. The
Secretary shall accept, reject or suggest modifications
to the plan submitted within 30 days of its submis-
sion. The Secretary may confer with and assist pri-
vate parties in the development of the plan described
in subsections (a) and (b).
(e) SECRETARY REVIEW.—Not later than Janu-
ary 1, 2001, the Secretary of the Department of
Health and Human Services shall review the status
of private-sector initiatives designed to achieve the
goals of the plan described in subsection (a), and if
such goals are not achieved, the limitation in sub-
section (d) shall not apply, and the Secretary shall
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seek public comment on other initiatives that may be
carried out to meet such goals.
Ω106æPage 55, line 22, before ‘‘Section’’ insert: SEC. 602.
Ω107æPage 55, line 24, strike out ø2002¿ and insert:
1998
Ω108æPage 55, after line 24 insert:
SEC. 603. AMENDMENTS
TO
THE FEDERAL FOOD,
DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT.—
(a) IMPORTS FOR EXPORT.—Section 801(d)(3) of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘accessory of a device which
is ready’’ and inserting ‘‘accessory of a device, or
other article of device requiring further process-
ing, which is ready’’;
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘is in-
tended to be’’ and inserting ‘‘is intended to be
further processed by the initial owner or con-
signee, or’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by striking ‘‘part,’’ and inserting
‘‘part, article,’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘incorporated’’ and in-
serting ‘‘incorporated or further processed’’.
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(b) LABELING
OF
EXPORTED
DRUGS.—Section
801(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘If a
drug’’ and inserting ‘‘If a drug (other than insu-
lin, an antibiotic drug, an animal drug, or a
drug exported under section 802)’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end
the following new sentence: ‘‘A drug exported
under section 802 is exempt from this section.’’.
(c) EXPORT
OF
CERTAIN
UNAPPROVED
DRUGS
AND DEVICES.—Section 802(f)(5) of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by striking ‘‘if
the drug or device is not labeled’’ and inserting ‘‘if
the labeling of the drug or device is not’’.
Ω109æPage 55, after line 24 insert:
SEC. 604. Not later than 180 days after enactment of
this Act, the Administrator of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, in consultation with the States and other appro-
priate Federal agencies shall report to the Chairman and
Ranking Member of the Committee on Appropriations of
the House and Senate on the feasibility of applying DNA
testing or other testing procedures to determine the adulter-
ation, blending, mixing or substitution of crab meat other
than Callinectes Sapidus offered for sale in the United
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States. The Administrator also shall report on the feasibil-
ity of developing a database of imported crab meat ship-
ments from port of entry to final wholesaler to be made
available to State agencies to aid enforcement and public
health protection.
Ω110æPage 57, line 14, strike out ø$55,101,000¿ and in-
sert: $56,601,000
Ω111æPage 57, strike out all after line 21 over to and
including line 3 on page 58
Ω112æPage 59, line 17, strike out all after ‘‘Service;’’
down to and including ‘‘project;’’ in line 19
Ω113æPage 64, line 18, after ‘‘statute’’ insert: : Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in this
Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury or to the Fed-
eral Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the Rural
Telephone Bank telephone liquidating account which is in
excess of current requirements and such balance shall re-
ceive interest as set forth for financial accounts in section
505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990
Ω114æPage 65, strike out lines 6 through 9 and insert:
SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act, or made available through the
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commodity Credit Corporation, shall be used to enroll in
excess of 130,000 acres in the fiscal year 1997 wetlands re-
serve program, as authorized by section 3837 of title 16,
United States Code: Provided, That additional acreage may
be enrolled in the program to the extent that non-Federal
funds available to the Secretary are used to fully com-
pensate for the cost of additional enrollments: Provided fur-
ther, That the condition on enrollments provided in section
1237(b)(2)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(2)(B)) shall be deemed met upon the
enrollment of 43,333 acres through the use of temporary
easements: Provided further That the Secretary shall not en-
roll acres in the wetlands reserve program through the use
of new permanent easements in fiscal year 1998 until the
Secretary has enrolled at least 31,667 acres in the program
through the use of temporary easements.
Ω115æPage 65, line 15, after ‘‘makings’’ insert: and pan-
els used to evaluate competitively awarded grants
Ω116æPage 65, strike out all after line 21 over to and
including line 2 on page 66
Ω117æPage 66, strike out lines 3 through 7
Ω118æPage 66, strike out lines 8 through 12
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Ω119æPage 66, strike out all after line 21 over to and
including ‘‘disaster’’ in line 2 on page 67 and insert: used
for an agricultural or related activity, including conserving
use, as determined by the Secretary
Ω120æPage 67, strike out lines 7 through 14
Ω121æPage 67, strike out all after line 18 over to and
including line 19 on page 68
Ω122æPage 68, line 20, strike out øFunds¿ and insert:
Hereafter, funds
Ω123æPage 69, strike out all after line 2 over to and in-
cluding line 2 on page 70
Ω124æPage 70, after line 2 insert:
SEC. 734. Not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act for the
Rural Housing Assistance Program, the Rural Business-Co-
operative Assistance Program, and the Rural Utilities As-
sistance Program may be transferred between these pro-
grams for authorized purposes.
Ω125æPage 70, after line 2 insert:
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture by this
Act may be used to detail or assign an individual from
an agency or office funded in this Act to any other agency
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or office for more than 60 days, unless the Secretary pro-
vides notification to the House and Senate Committees on
Appropriations that an employee detail or assignment in
excess of 60 days is required.
Ω126æPage 70, after line 2 insert:
SEC. 736. Section 747(e) of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 is amended by insert-
ing, ‘‘effective October 1, 1996’’ following ‘‘The Secretary
shall make grants’’ in Section 747(e)(2).
Ω127æPage 70, after line 2 insert:
SEC. 737. LABELING OF RAW POULTRY PRODUCTS.—
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to
implement or enforce the final rule related to the la-
beling of raw poultry products promulgated by the
Food Safety and Inspection Service on August 25,
1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 44395), and the final rule shall
not be effective during fiscal year 1997.
(b) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Ag-
riculture shall issue a revised final rule related to the
labeling of raw poultry products that—
(1) maintains the standard that the term
‘‘fresh’’ may be used only for raw poultry prod-
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ucts the internal core temperature of which has
not fallen below 26° Fahrenheit;
(2) deletes the requirement that poultry
products the internal core temperature of which
has ever been less than 26° Fahrenheit, but more
than 0° Fahrenheit, be labeled as ‘‘hard chilled’’
or ‘‘previously hard chilled’’, except that—
(A) the products shall be prohibited
under the rule from being labeled as ‘‘fresh’’
but shall not be required to bear any spe-
cific alternative labeling; and
(B) nothing in this section shall be in-
terpreted as modifying the requirements for
labeling of all poultry products the internal
core temperature of which has ever fallen to
0° Fahrenheit as ‘‘frozen’’;
(3) provides for a tolerance from the 26°
Fahrenheit standard established by the rule of—
(A) 1° Fahrenheit for poultry products
within an official processing establishment;
(B) 2° Fahrenheit for poultry products
in commerce;
(4) exempts from temperature testing wings,
tenders, hearts, livers, gizzards, necks, and prod-
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ucts that undergo special processing, such as
sliced poultry products; and
(5) in all other terms and conditions (in-
cluding the period of time permitted for imple-
mentation) is substantively identical to the rule
referred to in subsection (a).
(c) REVISED LABELING STANDARDS.—Not later
than 60 days after the issuance of a revised final rule
under subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture,
acting through the Administrator of the Food Safety
and Inspection Service, shall issue a compliance di-
rective for the enforcement of the revised labeling
standards established by the rule, including standards
for—
(1) temperature testing that are based on
measurements at the center of the deepest muscle;
and
(2) sampling methods that ensure that the
average of individual temperatures within poul-
try product lots of each specific product type
(such as whole birds, whole muscle leg products,
and whole muscle breast products) meet the
standards.
(d) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this sec-
tion or the application thereof to any person or cir-
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cumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remain-
der of this section and of the application of the provi-
sion to any other persons or circumstances shall not
be affected.
Ω128æPage 70, after line 2 insert:
SEC. 738. Section 7 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2016) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(j) ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFERS.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITION
OF
ELECTRONIC
BENEFIT
TRANSFER
SYSTEM.—In this subsection, the term
‘electronic benefit transfer system’ means a system
under which a governmental entity distributes bene-
fits pursuant to this Act by establishing an account
that may be accessed electronically by a recipient of
the benefits or payments.
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE LAW.—Disclosures, protections,
responsibilities, and remedies established by the Fed-
eral Reserve Board under section 904 of the Elec-
tronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1692b) shall not
apply to benefits under this Act delivered through any
electronic benefit transfer system.
‘‘(3) REPLACEMENT OF BENEFITS.—Regulations
issued by the Secretary regarding the replacement of
benefits and liability for replacement of benefits under
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an electronic benefit transfer system shall be similar
to the regulations in effect for a paper-based food
stamp issuance system.’’.
Ω129æPage 70, after line 2 insert:
SEC. 739. (a) ELECTRONIC WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS.—
Section 17(c) of the United States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C.
259(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘cotton’’
and inserting ‘‘any agricultural product’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘the cotton’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘the agricultural product’’; and
(3) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘in
cotton’’ and inserting ‘‘in the agricultural prod-
uct’’; and
(B) in the last sentence of subparagraph
(B)—
(i) by striking ‘‘electronic cotton’’ and
inserting ‘‘electronic’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘cotton stored in a cot-
ton warehouse’’ and inserting ‘‘any agricul-
tural product stored in a warehouse’’.
(b) WRITTEN RECEIPTS.—Section 18(c) of the United
States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. 260(c)) is amended by
striking ‘‘consecutive’’.
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Ω130æPage 70, after line 2 insert:
SEC. 740. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, any domestic fish or fish product produced in
compliance with food safety standards or procedures accept-
ed by the Food and Drug Administration as satisfying the
requirements of the ‘‘Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary
Processing and Importing of Fish and Fish Products’’ (pub-
lished by the Food and Drug Administration as a final reg-
ulation in the Federal Register of December 18, 1995), shall
be deemed to have met any inspection requirements of the
Department of Agriculture or other Federal agency for any
Federal commodity purchase program, including the pro-
gram authorized under section 32 of the Act of August 24,
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) except that the Department of Agri-
culture or other Federal agency may utilize lot inspection
to establish a reasonable degree of certainty that fish or fish
products purchased under a Federal commodity purchase
program, including the program authorized under section
32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), meet Fed-
eral product specifications.
Ω131æPage 70, after line 2 insert:
SEC. 741. (a) EXTENSION OF MULTIFAMILY RURAL
HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM.—
(1) AUTHORITY
TO
MAKE
LOANS.—Section
515(b)(4) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
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1485(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30,
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 1997’’.
(2) SET-ASIDE FOR NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—The
first sentence of section 515(w)(1) of the Housing Act
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(w)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year
1997’’.
(b) EXTENSION OF HOUSING IN UNDERSERVED AREAS
PROGRAM.—The first sentence of section 509(f)(4)(A) of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1479(f)(4)(A)) is amended
by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year
1997’’.
(c) REFORMS
FOR MULTIFAMILY RURAL HOUSING
LOAN PROGRAM.—
(1) LIMITATION ON PROJECT TRANSFERS.—Sec-
tion 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485)
is amended by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(h) PROJECT TRANSFERS.—After the date of the en-
actment of the Act entitled ‘An Act making appropriations
for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes’,
the ownership or control of a project for which a loan is
made or insured under this section may be transferred only
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if the Secretary determines that such transfer would further
the provision of housing and related facilities for low-in-
come families or persons and would be in the best interests
of residents and the Federal Government.’’.
(2) EQUITY LOANS.—Section 515(t) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(t)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(6)
through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (6), re-
spectively.
(3) EQUITY TAKEOUT LOANS TO EXTEND LOW-IN-
COME USE.—
(A) AUTHORITY AND LIMITATION.—Section
502(c)(4)(B)(iv) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1472(c)(4)(B)(iv)) is amended by insert-
ing before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 514(j),
except that an equity loan referred to in this
clause may not be made available after the date
of the enactment of the Act entitled ‘An Act mak-
ing appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Devel-
opment, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur-
poses’, unless the Secretary determines that the
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other incentives available under this subpara-
graph are not adequate to provide a fair return
on the investment of the borrower, to prevent
prepayment of the loan insured under section
514 or 515, or to prevent the displacement of
tenants of the housing for which the loan was
made’’.
(B) APPROVAL
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Section
502(c)(4)(C) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1472(c)(4)(C)) is amended by striking
‘‘(C)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘provided—
’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(C) APPROVAL OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may
approve assistance under subparagraph (B) for assisted
housing only if the restrictive period has expired for any
loan for the housing made or insured under section 514 or
515 pursuant to a contract entered into after December 21,
1979, but before the date of the enactment of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989,
and the Secretary determines that the combination of assist-
ance provided—’’.
(C) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Section
515(c)(1) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1485(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘December
21, 1979’’ and inserting ‘‘December 15, 1989’’.
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(d) EQUITY SKIMMING PENALTIES.—
(1) INSURANCE OF LOANS FOR THE PROVISION OF
HOUSING AND RELATED FACILITIES FOR DOMESTIC FARM
LABOR.—Section 514 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1484) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(j) EQUITY SKIMMING PENALTY.—Whoever, as an
owner, agent, or manager, or who is otherwise in custody,
control, or possession of property that is security for a loan
made or insured under this section willfully uses, or author-
izes the use, of any part of the rents, assets, proceeds, in-
come, or other funds derived from such property, for any
purpose other than to meet actual or necessary expenses of
the property, or for any other purpose not authorized by
this title or the regulations adopted pursuant to this title,
shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not
more than 5 years, or both.’’.
(2) DIRECT AND INSURED LOANS TO PROVIDE
HOUSING
AND
RELATED
FACILITIES
FOR
ELDERLY
PERSONS AND FAMILIES IN RURAL AREAS.—Section
515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(aa) EQUITY SKIMMING PENALTY.—Whoever, as an
owner, agent, or manager, or who is otherwise in custody,
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control, or possession of property that is security for a loan
made or insured under this section willfully uses, or author-
izes the use, of any part of the rents, assets, proceeds, in-
come, or other funds derived from such property, for any
purpose other than to meet actual or necessary expenses of
the property, or for any other purpose not authorized by
this title or the regulations adopted pursuant to this title,
shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not
more than 5 years, or both.’’.
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SEC. 742. REAUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL AQUA-
CULTURE ACT OF 1980.—Section 10 of the National Aqua-
culture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 2809) is amended by striking
‘‘1991, 1992, and 1993’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘1991 through 1997’’.
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SEC. 743. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE VOLUNTARY
SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means the Depart-
ment of Agriculture;
(2) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee
(as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United
States Code) who is employed by the agency (or
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an individual employed by a county committee
established under section 8(b)(5) of the Soil Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C.
590h(b)(5))), is serving under an appointment
without time limitation, and has been currently
employed for a continuous period of at least 3
years, but does not include—
(A) a reemployed annuitant under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of
title 5, United States Code, or another re-
tirement system for employees of the agency;
(B) an employee having a disability on
the basis of which such employee is or
would be eligible for disability retirement
under the applicable retirement system re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A);
(C) an employee who is in receipt of a
specific notice of involuntary separation for
misconduct or unacceptable performance;
(D) an employee who, upon completing
an additional period of service as referred
to in section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Federal
Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (5
U.S.C. 5597 note), would qualify for a vol-
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untary separation incentive payment under
section 3 of such Act;
(E) an employee who has previously
received any voluntary separation incentive
payment by the Federal Government under
this section or any other authority and has
not repaid such payment;
(F) an employee covered by statutory
reemployment rights who is on transfer to
another organization; or
(G) any employee who, during the
twenty four month period preceding the
date of separation, has received a recruit-
ment or relocation bonus under section 5753
of title 5, United States Code, or who, with-
in the twelve month period preceding the
date of separation, received a retention al-
lowance under section 5754 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(b) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of the agency,
prior to obligating any resources for voluntary
separation incentive payments, shall submit to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions and the Committee on Governmental Af-
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fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform and Oversight of the House of
Representatives a strategic plan outlining the in-
tended use of such incentive payments and a
proposed organizational chart for the agency
once such incentive payments have been com-
pleted.
(2) CONTENTS.—The agency’s plan shall in-
clude—
(A) the positions and functions to be
reduced or eliminated, identified by organi-
zational unit, geographic location, occupa-
tional category and grade level;
(B) the number and amounts of vol-
untary separation incentive payments to be
offered; and
(C) a description of how the agency
will operate without the eliminated posi-
tions and functions.
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A voluntary separation
incentive payment under this section may be
paid by an agency to any employee only to the
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extent necessary to eliminate the positions and
functions identified by the strategic plan.
(2) AMOUNT
AND
TREATMENT
OF
PAY-
MENTS.—A voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment—
(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after
the employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations
or funds available for the payment of the
basic pay of the employees;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the
amount the employee would be entitled
to receive under section 5595(c) of title
5, United States Code; or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head not to exceed $25,000 in
fiscal year 1997, $20,000 in fiscal year
1998, $15,000 in fiscal year 1999, or
$10,000 in fiscal year 2000;
(D) shall not be a basis for payment,
and shall not be included in the computa-
tion, of any other type of Government bene-
fit; and
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(E) shall not be taken into account in
determining the amount of any severance
pay to which the employee may be entitled
under section 5595 of title 5, United States
Code, based on any other separation.
(3) LIMITATION.—No amount shall be pay-
able under this section based on any separation
occurring before the date of the enactment of this
Act, or after September 30, 2000.
(d) ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments which it is required to make under
subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United
States Code, the agency shall remit to the Office
of Personnel Management for deposit in the
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
an amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic
pay of each employee of the agency who is cov-
ered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chap-
ter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom a
voluntary separation incentive has been paid
under this section.
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(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of para-
graph (1), the term ‘‘final basic pay’’, with re-
spect to an employee, means the total amount of
basic pay which would be payable for a year of
service by such employee, computed using the
employee’s final rate of basic pay, and, if last
serving on other than a full-time basis, with ap-
propriate adjustment therefor.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received
a voluntary separation incentive payment under this
section and accepts any employment for compensation
with the Government of the United States, or who
works for any agency of the United States Govern-
ment through a personal services contract, within 5
years after the date of the separation on which the
payment is based shall be required to pay, prior to
the individual’s first day of employment, the entire
amount of the incentive payment to the agency that
paid the incentive payment.
(f) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The total number of
funded employee positions in the agency shall be
reduced by one position for each vacancy created
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by the separation of any employee who has re-
ceived, or is due to receive, a voluntary separa-
tion incentive payment under this section. For
the purposes of this subsection, positions shall be
counted on a full-time-equivalent basis.
(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The President, through
the Office of Management and Budget, shall
monitor the agency and take any action nec-
essary to ensure that the requirements of this
subsection are met.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef-
fect October 1, 1996.
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SEC. 744. Section 101(b) of the Agriculture and Food
Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98; 7 U.S.C. 608c note) is
amended by striking ‘‘1996’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.
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SEC. 745. REVIEW
AND REPORT
ON H–2A NON-
IMMIGRANT WORKERS PROGRAM.—
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense
of the Congress that the enactment of this Act may
impact the future availability of an adequate work
force for the producers of our Nation’s labor intensive
agricultural commodities and livestock.
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(b) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General shall re-
view the effectiveness of the H–2A nonimmigrant
worker program to ensure that the program provides
a workable safety valve in the event of future short-
ages of domestic workers after the enactment of this
Act. Among other things, the Comptroller General
shall review the program to determine—
(1) that the program ensures that an ade-
quate supply of qualified United States workers
is available at the time and place needed for em-
ployers seeking such workers after the date of en-
actment of this Act;
(2) that the program ensures that there is
timely approval of applications for temporary
foreign workers under the H–2A nonimmigrant
worker program in the event of shortages of
United States workers after the date of enact-
ment of this Act;
(3) that the program ensures that imple-
mentation of the H–2A nonimmigrant worker
program is not displacing United States agricul-
tural workers or diminishing the terms and con-
ditions of employment of United States agricul-
tural workers; and
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(4) if and to what extent the H–2A non-
immigrant worker program is contributing to
the problem of illegal immigration.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1996,
or three months after the date of enactment of this
Act, whichever is sooner, the Comptroller General
shall submit a report to Congress setting forth the
findings of the review conducted under subsection (b).
(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Comptroller General’’ means
the Comptroller General of the United States;
and
(2) the term ‘‘H–2A nonimmigrant worker
program’’ means the program for the admission
of nonimmigrant aliens described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(A) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act.
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SEC. 746. NORTHERN FOREST STEWARDSHIP.—
(a) FINDINGS.—With respect to the Northern
Forest in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, New
York, and Vermont, Congress finds that—
(1) the current land ownership and man-
agement patterns have served the people and for-
ests of the region well; public policies relating to
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the Northern Forest should seek to reinforce rath-
er than replace the patterns of ownership and
use that have characterized lands in the Northern
Forest for decades;
(2) people have a right to participate in de-
cisions that affect them;
(3) the rights of private property owners
must be respected;
(4) natural systems must be sustained over
the long term, including air, soil, water, and the
diversity of plant and animal species;
(5) the history and culture of the Northern
Forest and the connections between people and
the land must be respected;
(6) States should work in partnership with
local governments and the Federal Government;
(7) differences among the 4 Northern Forest
States must be recognized;
(8) people must appreciate that the North-
ern Forest has values that are important beyond
the boundaries of the Northern Forest;
(9) because public funds are scarce, the
greatest public benefit must be secured for any
additional investment;
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(10) proposals must be judged by their long-
term benefits, looking at least 50 years into the
future;
(11) programs and regulations in existence
on the date of enactment of this Act should be
continually evaluated, built upon, and improved
before new ones are created;
(12) the actions described in this section are
most appropriately directed by the States, with
assistance from the Federal Government, as re-
quested by the States;
(13) certain Federal tax policies work
against the long-term ownership, management,
and conservation of forest land in the Northern
Forest region, and Congress and the President
should enact additional legislation to address
those tax policies as soon as possible; and
(14) this section effectuates certain rec-
ommendations of the Northern Forest Lands
Council that were developed with broad public
input and the involvement of Federal, State, and
local governments.
(b) PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Chief of the Forest
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Service, is authorized, at the request of the State
of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, or Ver-
mont, to provide technical assistance for a State-
based initiative directed by the State, to define
the appropriate benchmarks of sustainable forest
management that address the principles of sus-
tainability, as recommended by the Northern
Forest Lands Council.
(2) PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY.—It is
the sense of Congress that for the purposes of
paragraph (1), principles of sustainability
should include—
(A) maintenance of soil productivity;
(B) conservation of water quality, wet-
lands, and riparian zones;
(C) maintenance or creation of a
healthy balance of forest age classes;
(D) continuous flow of timber, pulp-
wood, and other forest products;
(E) improvement of the overall quality
of the timber resource as a foundation for
more value-added opportunities;
(F) addressing scenic quality by limit-
ing adverse aesthetic impacts of forest har-
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vesting, particularly in high-elevation areas
and vistas;
(G) conservation and enhancement of
habitats that support a full range of native
flora and fauna;
(H) protection of unique or fragile nat-
ural areas; and
(I) continuation of opportunities for
traditional recreation.
(c) NORTHERN FOREST RESEARCH COOPERA-
TIVE.—The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through
the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station and the
Chief of the Forest Service, is authorized, at the re-
quest of the State of Maine, New Hampshire, New
York, or Vermont, to cooperate with the State, the
land grant universities of the State, natural resource
and forestry schools, other Federal agencies, and other
interested parties in coordinating ecological and eco-
nomic research, including—
(1) research at those universities on eco-
system health, forest management, product devel-
opment, economics, and related fields;
(2) development of specific forest manage-
ment guidelines to achieve principles of sustain-
ability described in subsection (b) as rec-
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ommended by the Northern Forest Lands Coun-
cil;
(3) technology transfer to the wood products
industry on efficient processing, pollution pre-
vention, and energy conservation;
(4) dissemination of existing and new infor-
mation to landowners, public and private re-
source managers, State forest citizen advisory
committees, and the general public through pro-
fessional associations, publications, and other in-
formation clearinghouse activities; and
(5) analysis of strategies for the protection
of areas of outstanding ecological significance,
high biodiversity, and the provision of important
recreational opportunities, including strategies
for areas identified through State land acquisi-
tion planning processes.
(d) INTERSTATE COORDINATION STRATEGY.—At
the request of the States of Maine, New Hampshire,
New York, and Vermont, the Chief of the Forest Serv-
ice is authorized to make a representative of the State
and Private Forest Program available to meet with
representatives of the States to coordinate the imple-
mentation of Federal and State policy recommenda-
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tions issued by the Northern Forest Lands Council
and other policies agreed to by the States.
(e) LAND CONSERVATION.—.
(1) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary
of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the
Forest Service) and the Secretary of the Interior
(acting through the Director of the National
Park Service and Director of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service) at the request of the
State of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, or
New York, is authorized to provide technical and
financial assistance for a State-managed public
land acquisition planning process and land ac-
quisition initiatives directed by the State.
(2) PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.—A goal-ori-
ented planning process for a State described in
paragraph (1) to establish a land conservation
program shall include—
(A) identification of, and setting of
priorities for the acquisition of, fee or less-
than-fee interests in exceptional and impor-
tant lands, in accordance with criteria that
include—
(i) places offering outstanding rec-
reational opportunities, including loca-
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tions for hunting, fishing, trapping,
hiking, camping, and other forms of
back-country recreation;
(ii) recreational access to river
and lake shorelines;
(iii) land supporting vital ecologi-
cal functions and values;
(iv) habitats for rare, threatened,
or endangered natural communities,
plants, and wildlife;
(v) areas of outstanding scenic
value and significant geological fea-
tures; and
(vi) working private forest lands
that are of such significance or so
threatened by conversion that conserva-
tion easements should be purchased;
(B) acquisition of land and interests
in land only from willing sellers;
(C) involvement of local governments
and landowners in the planning process in
a meaningful way that acknowledges their
concerns about public land acquisition;
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(D) recognition that zoning, while an
important land use mechanism, is not an
appropriate substitution for acquisition;
(E) assurances that unilateral eminent
domain will only be used with the consent
of the landowner to clear title and establish
purchase prices;
(F) efficient use of public funds by
purchasing only the rights necessary to best
identify and protect exceptional values;
(G) consideration of the potential im-
pacts and benefits of land and easement ac-
quisition on local and regional economies;
(H) consideration of the necessity of
including costs of future public land man-
agement in the assessment of overall costs of
acquisition;
(I) minimization of adverse tax con-
sequences to municipalities by making
funds available to continue to pay property
taxes based at least on current use valu-
ation of parcels acquired, payments in lieu
of taxes, user fee revenues, or other benefits,
where appropriate;
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(J) identification of the potential for
exchanging public land for privately held
land of greater public value; and
(K) assurances that any land or inter-
ests inland that are acquired are used and
managed for their intended purposes.
(3) WILLING
SELLER.—No Federal funds
made available to carry out this section may be
expended for acquisition of private or public
property unless the owner of the property will-
ingly offers the property for sale.
(4) LAND ACQUISITION.—
(A) FUNDING.—After completion of the
planning process under paragraph (2), a
Federal and State cooperative land acquisi-
tion project under this section may be car-
ried out with funding provided exclusively
by the Federal Government or with funding
provided by both the Federal Government
and a State government.
(B) OBJECTIVES.—A cooperative land
acquisition project funded under this section
shall promote State land conservation objec-
tives that correspond with Federal goals
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and the recommendations of the Northern
Forest Lands Council.
(5) COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall conduct activities
under this subsection—
(A) as a complement to the State Com-
prehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan for
each Northern Forest State in existence on
the date of enactment of this section; and
(B) with a landscape perspective.
(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated, out of any funds
made available for State purposes under
section 6 of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–8),
such sums as are necessary to carry out this
subsection.
(B) EFFECT ON APPORTIONMENT.—Ap-
portionment among the States under section
6(b) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–8(b)) shall
be from funds not appropriated under sub-
paragraph (A).
(f) LANDOWNER LIABILITY EXEMPTION.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
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(A) many landowners keep their land
open and available for responsible recre-
ation; and
(B) private lands help provide impor-
tant forest-based recreation opportunities
for the public in the Northern Forest region.
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
Congress that States and other interested persons
should pursue initiatives that—
(A) strengthen relief-from-liability laws
to protect landowners that allow responsible
public recreational use of their lands;
(B) update relief-from-liability laws to
establish 
hold-harmless 
mechanisms 
for
landowners that open their land to public
use, including provision for payment by the
State of the costs of a landowner’s defense
against personal injury suits and of the
costs of repairing property damage and re-
moving litter;
(C) private additional reductions in
property taxes for landowners that allow re-
sponsible public recreational use of their
lands;
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(D) provide for purchases by the State
of land in fee and of temporary and perma-
nent recreation easements and leases, in-
cluding rights of access;
(E) foster State and private coopera-
tive recreation agreements;
(F) create recreation coordinator and
landowner liaison and remote ranger posi-
tions in State government to assist in the
management of public use of private lands
and provide recreation opportunities and
other similar services;
(G) strengthen enforcement of trespass,
antilittering, and antidumping laws;
(H) improve recreation user education
programs; and
(I) improve capacity in State park
and recreation agencies to measure rec-
reational use (including types, amounts, lo-
cations, and concentrations of use) and
identify and address trends in use before the
trends create problems.
(g) NONGAME CONSERVATION.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
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(A) private landowners often manage
their lands in ways that produce a variety
of public benefits, including wildlife habitat;
and
(B) there should be more incentives for
private landowners to exceed current forest
management standards and responsibilities
under Federal laws.
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
Congress that Congress should make it a priority
to consider legislation that creates a funding
mechanism to support the conservation of
nongame fish and wildlife and associated recre-
ation activities on public and private lands and
does not replace, substitute, or duplicate existing
laws that support game fish and wildlife.
(h) WATER QUALITY.—The Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, in cooperation
with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
of the Interior, is authorized, at the request of the
State of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, or Ver-
mont, to provide technical and financial assistance to
assess water quality trends within the Northern For-
est region.
(i) RURAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture is authorized, at the request of the State
of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, or Ver-
mont, to provide technical and financial assist-
ance to the State, working in partnership with
the forest products industry, local communities,
and other interests to develop technical and mar-
keting capacity within rural communities for re-
alizing value-added opportunities in the forest
products sector.
(2) RURAL
COMMUNITY
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—Sufficient funds from the rural commu-
nity assistance program under paragraph (1)
shall be directed to support State-based public
and private initiatives to—
(A) strengthen partnerships between
the public and private sectors and enhance
the viability of rural communities;
(B) develop technical capacity in the
utilization and marketing of value-added
forest products; and
(C) develop extension capacity in de-
livering utilization and marketing informa-
tion to forest-based businesses.
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(j) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
are necessary to carry out subsections (b), (c), (d), (e),
(h), and (i) of this section and section 2371 of the
Rural Economic Development Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
6601) in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, New
York, and Vermont.
(k) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall be in ef-
fect during fiscal year 1997 and each fiscal year
thereafter.
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SEC. 747. BARLEY PAYMENTS.—Section 113 of Public
Law 104–127 is amended by inserting a new subsection (g)
that reads:
‘‘(g) ADJUSTMENT IN BARLEY ALLOCATION.—In addi-
tion to the adjustments required under subsection (c), the
amount allocated under subsection (b) for barley contract
payments shall be increased by $20,000,000 in fiscal year
1998, and shall be reduced by $5,000,000 in each of fiscal
years 1999–2002.’’.
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SEC. 
748. 
INTERIM
MORATORIUM
ON
BYPASS
FLOWS.—
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(a) MORATORIUM.—Section 389(a) of Public
Law 104–127 is amended by striking ‘‘an 18-month’’
after the word ‘‘be’’ and inserting ‘‘a 20-month’’.
(b) REPORT.—Section 389(d)(4) of Public Law
104–127 is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ after the
word ‘‘than’’ and inserting ‘‘14 months’’.
(c) EXTENSION
FOR DELAY.—Section 389 of
public law 104–127 is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection—
‘‘(e) EXTENSION FOR DELAY.—There shall be a
day-for-day extension to the 20-month moratorium re-
quired by subsection (a) and a day-for-day extension
to the report required by subsection (d)(4)—
‘‘(1) for every day of delay in implementing
or establishing the Water Rights Task Force
caused by a failure to nominate Task Force
members by the Administration or by the Con-
gress; or
‘‘(2) for every day of delay caused by a fail-
ure by the Secretary of Agriculture to identify
adequate resources as determined by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes
of the task force.’’.
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SEC. 749. EASEMENTS ON INVENTORIED PROPERTY.—
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture
to establish a wetland conservation easement under section
335(g) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act (7 U.S.C. 1985(g)) on an inventoried property that was
used for farming (including haying and grazing) at any
time during the period beginning on the date 5 years before
the property entered the inventory of the Secretary and end-
ing on the date the property entered the inventory of the
Secretary, to the extent that land would otherwise be eligible
for an easement haying and grazing must be done, accord-
ing to a plan approved by the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service.
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SEC. 750. GRANTS FOR PRECISION AGRICULTURAL
TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 793(c)(2)(A) of the Federal Agri-
culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C.
2204f(c)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(2) in clause (viii), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(ix) develop and apply precision agri-
cultural technologies.’’.
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SEC. 751. SENSE OF SENATE ON CANADIAN WHEAT
AND BARLEY EXPORTS.—IT IS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE
THAT—
(1) the United States Trade Representative
should continue to carefully monitor the export of
wheat and barley from western Canada to the United
States;
(2) the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding
with Canada clearly states that the United States—
(A) will not accept market disruptions from
imports of Canadian grains; and
(B) will use its trade laws if it appears
likely that market disruptions will occur;
(3) the United States Trade Representative
should monitor any policy changes by the Canadian
Government, acting through the Canadian Wheat
Board, that have the potential for increasing the ex-
ports of Canadian grains to the United States;
(4) family farmers of the United States should
not be subjected to increases in the 1-way channel of
Canadian grain exports to the United States that un-
fairly disrupt the grain transportation systems and
depress the prices received by farmers; and
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(5) the United States Trade Representative
should be prepared to support the use of antidumping
laws, countervailing duty laws, section 301 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411), and other Unit-
ed States laws consistent with the international obli-
gations of the United States, if—
(A) the Canadian Government implements
the changes described in paragraph (3) without
a resolution of the underlying cross-border grain
trading issues between the United States and
Canada; and
(B) the changes lead to unfair and injuri-
ous exports of Canadian grain to the United
States.
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SEC. 752. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Secretary of Agriculture may be used to
administer section 118(b)(2)(A) of the Agricultural Market-
ing Transition Act unless the planting of a fruit or vegeta-
ble on contract acreage, if planted subsequent to the failure
of a contract commodity on the same acreage within the
same crop year is permitted on contract acreage: Provided,
That this provision shall take effect upon the date of enact-
ment of this Act into law.
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SEC. 753. PLANTING OF WILD RICE ON CONTRACT
ACREAGE.—None of the funds appropriated in this Act may
be used to administer the provision of contract payments
to a producer under the Agricultural Market Transition Act
(7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for contract acreage on which wild
rice is planted unless the contract payment is reduced by
an acre for each contract acre planted to wild rice.
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TITLE VIII—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
AND RESCISSION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for the Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund Program Account for the additional cost
of emergency insured loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–
1929, including the cost of modifying such loans as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, re-
sulting from droughts in the Western United States, Hurri-
cane Bertha, and other natural disasters, to remain avail-
able until expended, $25,000,000: Provided, That these
funds are available to subsidize additional gross obligations
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for the principal amount of direct loans of $85,208,000:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the amount shall be available to the extent that the
President notifies Congress of his designation of any or all
of these amounts as an emergency requirement under sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, to be used in connection with investigations of
arson 
or 
violence 
against 
religious 
institutions,
$12,011,000, to remain available until expended.
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 104–52, $16,500,000 are rescinded.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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