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1490c), $33,925,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June
30, 2002, for authorized empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones.
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $38,914,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2002, for authorized empowerment
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic
Area Partnership Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts,
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $31,431,000,
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and
contracts.
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RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.
9812(a)), $38,171,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $16,494,000, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.
9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be for federally Rec-
ognized Native American Tribes and of which $3,449,000
shall be for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as defined
by Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, in-
cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans of $38,171,000: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $2,730,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2002, for the cost of direct loans for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $3,761,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,
for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects, $14,966,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,616,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
credit payments in fiscal year 2002, as authorized by sec-
tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,
$3,616,000 shall not be obligated and $3,616,000 are re-
scinded.
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For rural cooperative development grants authorized
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $7,500,000, of
which $2,500,000 shall be available for cooperative agree-
ments for the appropriate technology transfer for rural
areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,497,000
of the total amount appropriated shall be made available
to cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri-
mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro-
ducers.
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RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE
COMMUNITY GRANTS
For grants in connection with a second round of em-
powerment 
zones 
and 
enterprise 
communities
$14,967,000, to remain available until expended, for des-
ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise
communities as authorized in the Taxpayer Relief Act of
1997.
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica-
tion loans $121,107,000; municipal rate rural electric
loans, $794,358,000; loans made pursuant to section 306
of that Act, rural electric, $2,600,000,000; Treasury rate
direct electric loans, $500,000,000; and guaranteed elec-
tric loans, $100,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $74,827,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $300,000,000; and rural tele-
communications loans, $120,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by
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the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and
936), as follows: cost of rural electric loans, $3,689,000,
and the cost of telecommunication loans, $2,036,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates
may exceed 7 percent per year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$36,322,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car-
rying out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2002
and within the resources and authority available, gross ob-
ligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$174,615,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
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fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,584,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses, including
audits, necessary to carry out the loan programs,
$3,107,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM
For the principle amount of direct distance learning
and telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the prin-
ciple amount of broadband telecommunication loans, con-
tingent upon the enactment of authorizing legislation,
$100,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $26,941,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be available for loans and grants
for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas: Provided, That, contingent upon the enactment of
authorizing legislation, $1,996,000 may be available for
a loan and grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission and local dial-up Internet service in areas that
meet the definition of ‘‘rural area’’ used for the Distance
Learning and Telemedicine Program authorized by 7
U.S.C. 950aaa: Provided further, That the cost of direct
loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974.
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TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer
Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Food and Nutrition Service, $592,000.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $10,088,746,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2003, of which
$4,748,038,000 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
and
$5,340,708,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935
(7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That except as specifically pro-
vided under this heading, none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua-
tions: Provided further, That up to $4,507,000 shall be
available for independent verification of school food service
claims: Provided further, That of the funds provided under
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this heading, $2,000,000 shall be available for new activi-
ties to enhance integrity in the National School Lunch
Program.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$4,137,086,000, to remain available through September
30, 2003: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua-
tions: Provided further, That of the total amount available,
the Secretary may obligate up to $25,000,000 for the
farmers’ market nutrition program and up to $15,000,000
for senior farmers’ market activities from any funds not
needed to maintain current caseload levels: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such
Act, up to $10,000,000 shall be available for the purposes
specified in section 17(h)(10)(B), no less than $6,000,000
of which shall be used for the development of electronic
benefit transfer systems: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be available to pay administra-
tive expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an an-
nounced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space
used to carry out the program: Provided further, That
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none of the funds provided in this account shall be avail-
able for the purchase of infant formula except in accord-
ance with the cost containment and competitive bidding
requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided shall be available
for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Fed-
eral Government departments or agencies unless author-
ized by section 17 of such Act.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $21,991,986,000, of which
$1,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary
to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of
the funds made available under this heading shall be used
for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with sec-
tion 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration
or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available for Employment
and Training under this heading shall remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the
Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That funds provided
under this heading may be used to procure food coupons
necessary for program operations in this or subsequent fis-
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cal years until electronic benefit transfer implementation
is complete.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity
supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a)
of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973
(7 U.S.C. 612c note) and the Emergency Food Assistance
Act of 1983, $152,813,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2003: Provided, That none of these funds
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount available, the Sec-
retary may obligate up to $15,000,000 for senior farmers’
market activities from any funds not needed to maintain
current caseload levels: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 5(a)(2) of the Agriculture and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–86; 7 U.S.C. 612c
note), $21,820,000 of this amount shall be available for
administrative expenses of the commodity supplemental
food program.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973;
special assistance for the nuclear affected islands as au-
thorized by section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free As-
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sociation Act of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the
Older Americans Act of 1965, $150,749,000, to remain
available through September 30, 2003.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic food programs funded under this Act, $126,656,000,
of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula-
tions, improving food stamp benefit delivery, and assisting
in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud
and other violations of law and of which not less than
$4,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the
Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$150,000 shall be available for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109.
TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
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Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development
activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi-
nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec-
tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $122,631,000: Provided, That the Serv-
ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro-
priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen-
cies, public and private organizations and institutions
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural
food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and
the foreign assistance programs of the United States
Agency for International Development: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated in this account may
be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to
disburse funds to any rice trade association under the
market access program or the foreign market development
program at any time when the applicable international ac-
tivity agreement for such program is not in effect.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or
tobacco products.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including
the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts,
$122,600,000, to remain available until expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $2,013,000,
of which $1,033,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service,
Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $980,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL
GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, $20,277,000, to
remain available until expended, for ocean freight differen-
tial costs for the shipment of agricultural commodities
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under title I of said Act: Provided, That funds made avail-
able for the cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean
freight differential may be used interchangeably between
the two accounts with prior notice to the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
PUBLIC LAW 480 GRANTS—TITLES II AND III
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, $835,159,000, to
remain available until expended, for commodities supplied
in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of
said Act.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,021,000, to cover common
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which
$3,224,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries
and Expenses’’, and of which $797,000 may be trans-
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ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscella-
neous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,
authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be ac-
counted for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to ex-
ceed $25,000; $1,342,339,000, of which not to exceed
$161,716,000 to be derived from prescription drug user
fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379(h), including any such
fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited
during the current year, in accordance with 21 U.S.C.
379h(g)(4), and shall be credited to this appropriation and
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remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
total amount appropriated $6,000,000 for costs related to
occupancy of new facilities at White Oak, Maryland, shall
remain available until September 30, 2003: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,500,000
is available for the purpose of carrying out the responsibil-
ities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect
to abbreviated applications for the approval of new drugs
under section 505(j) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act, and $250,000 is available under section
903(d)(2)(D) of such Act for the purpose of carrying out
public information programs regarding drugs with ap-
proved such applications, in addition to other allocations
for such purposes made from such total amount: Provided
further, 
That 
of 
the 
total 
amount 
appropriated,
$5,000,000 is available for the purpose of carrying out the
responsibilities of the Food and Drug Administration with
respect to antibiotic drugs, in addition to other allocations
for such purpose made from such total amount: Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $250,000
is available for the purpose of carrying out the responsibil-
ities of the Food and Drug Administration with respect
to food labeling within the meaning of section 403 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in addition to
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other allocations for such purpose made from such total
amount.
In addition, $2,950,000, solely for carrying out sec-
tion 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,
to be available only after the requirements of section
804(l) have been satisfied.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by
42 U.S.C. 263(b) may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,
where not otherwise provided, $34,281,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles;
the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed
$25,000 
for 
employment 
under 
U.S.C. 
3109,
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$70,700,000, including not to exceed $2,000 for official
reception and representation expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $36,700,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships.
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for fiscal year 2002 under this Act
shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 379 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 378 shall be for replacement only,
and for the hire of such vehicles.
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902).
SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria-
tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re-
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search and service work authorized by sections 1 and 10
of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; com-
monly known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of
title II and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United
States Code, shall be available for contracting in accord-
ance with such Acts and chapter.
SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
unobligated balances of funds appropriated by this Act or
other available unobligated balances of the Department of
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi-
tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv-
ery of financial, administrative, and information tech-
nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the
Department of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the
funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall
be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the
prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working
Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available
for obligation without the prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
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tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con-
ditions, fruit fly program, integrated systems acquisition
project, boll weevil program, up to 25 percent of the
screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs asso-
ciated with colocating regional offices; Food Safety and
Inspection Service, field automation and information man-
agement project; Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, funds for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Edu-
cation and Economics Information System (REEIS), and
funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment
Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds
made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural
Service, middle-income country training program and up
to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appro-
priation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations
in international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria-
tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this
Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation
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and language training pursuant to section 606C of the Act
of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b).
SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative
agreements or similar arrangements between the United
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act.
SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture when such space will be jointly occupied.
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
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standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants
awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay
full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under
section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
available in fiscal year 2002 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2002 for
the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund
program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac-
count; the Rural Electrification and Telecommunications
Loans program account; the Rural Housing Insurance
Fund program account; and the Rural Economic Develop-
ment Loans program account.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,
United States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural
Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; and the food safety activities of the
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Food Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative
agreements to reflect a relationship between the Agricul-
tural Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers
and Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service and a state or cooperator to carry out agricul-
tural marketing programs, to carry out programs to pro-
tect the nation’s animal and plant resources, or to carry
out educational programs or special studies to improve the
safety of the nation’s food supply.
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including provisions of law requiring competition), the
Secretary of Agriculture may hereafter enter into coopera-
tive agreements (which may provide for the acquisition of
goods or services, including personal services) with a
State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or
private agency, organization, or any other person, if the
Secretary determines that the objectives of the agreement
will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agree-
ment in carrying out the programs administered by the
Natural Resources Conservation Service; and (2) all par-
ties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of
these objectives: Provided, That Commodity Credit Cor-
poration funds obligated for such purposes shall not ex-
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ceed the level obligated by the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for such purposes in fiscal year 1998.
SEC. 715. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the
Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub-
account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele-
phone liquidating account which is in excess of current
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set
forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed-
eral Credit Reform Act of 1990.
SEC. 716. Of the funds made available by this Act,
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees,
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants.
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat
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Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
SEC. 718. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or
office funded by this Act to any other agency or office
of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi-
vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by
the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses
of the employee for the period of assignment.
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to
any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or
responses to questions that are a result of information re-
quested for the appropriations hearing process.
SEC. 720. None of the funds made available to the
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
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tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 721. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation
or expenditure in fiscal year 2002, or provided from any
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or
restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out
or privatizes any functions or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2002, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by
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this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be-
fore implementing a program or activity not carried out
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac-
tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any
other Act.
SEC. 722. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob-
ligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex-
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penses of personnel to carry out section 793 of Public Law
104–127, the Fund for Rural America (7 U.S.C. 2204f).
SEC. 723. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob-
ligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel to carry out the provisions of section
401 of Public Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Ag-
riculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a conserva-
tion farm option program, as authorized by section 1240M
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb).
SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria-
tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis-
sion to the Congress of the United States for programs
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit-
tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes reve-
nues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due
to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law
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prior to the submission of the Budget unless such Budget
submission identifies which additional spending reductions
should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not
enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee
of conference for the fiscal year 2003 appropriations Act.
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this
Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a
state Rural Development office unless or until cost effec-
tiveness and enhancement of program delivery have been
determined.
SEC. 727. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $4,000,000 is ap-
propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center.
SEC. 728. Hereafter, refunds or rebates received on
an on-going basis from a credit card services provider
under the Department of Agriculture’s charge card pro-
grams may be deposited to and retained without fiscal
year limitation in the Departmental Working Capital
Fund established under 7 U.S.C. 2235 and used to fund
management initiatives of general benefit to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture bureaus and offices as determined by
the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary’s designee.
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SEC. 729. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri-
cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
(7 U.S.C. 1736f) any balances available to carry out title
III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act,
and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail-
able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to
carry out title II of such Act.
SEC. 730. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C.
2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$26,000,000’’.
SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to issue a
notice of proposed rulemaking, to promulgate a proposed
rule, or to otherwise change or modify the definition of
‘‘animal’’ in existing regulations pursuant to the Animal
Welfare Act.
SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the City of Cabot, Arkansas, and the City of
Coachella, California, shall be eligible for loans and grants
provided through the Rural Community Advancement
Program.
SEC. 733. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary shall consider the City of Casa Grande,
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Arizona, as meeting the requirements of a rural area in
section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490).
SEC. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the City of Saint Joseph, Missouri, shall be eligible
for grants and loans administered by the rural develop-
ment mission areas of the Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 735. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City
of Hollister, California, as meeting the requirements of a
rural area for the purposes of housing programs in the
rural development mission areas of the Department of Ag-
riculture.
SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to maintain,
modify, or implement any assessment against agricultural
producers as part of a commodity promotion, research,
and consumer information order, known as a check-off
program, that has not been approved by the affected pro-
ducers in accordance with the statutory requirements ap-
plicable to the order.
SEC. 737. None of the funds made available to the
Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used
to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the
Food and Drug Administration Division of Drug Analysis
(recently renamed the Division of Pharmaceutical Anal-
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ysis) in St. Louis, Missouri, except that funds could be
used to plan a possible relocation of this Division within
the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri.
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available to the
Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used
to reduce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration District Office below the operating and full-time
equivalent staffing level of July 31, 2000; or to change
the Detroit District Office to a station, residence post or
similarly modified office; or to reassign residence posts as-
signed to the Detroit Office: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to Food and Drug Administration field lab-
oratory facilities or operations currently located in Detroit,
Michigan, except that field laboratory personnel shall be
assigned to locations in the general vicinity of Detroit,
Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements between the
Food and Drug Administration and other laboratory facili-
ties associated with the State of Michigan.
MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE FOR APPLE PRODUCERS
SEC. 739. (a) ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall use $150,000,000 of funds of
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments as
soon as possible after the date of the enactment of this
Act to apple producers to provide relief for the loss of mar-
kets for their 2000 crop.
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(b) PAYMENT BASIS.—The amount of the payment
to a producer under subsection (a) shall be made on a
per pound basis equal to each qualifying producer’s 2000
production of apples, except that the Secretary shall not
make payments for that amount of a particular farm’s
apple production that is in excess of 20,000,000 pounds.
(c) DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.—A producer shall be
ineligible for payments under this section with respect to
a market loss for apples to the extent of that amount that
the producer received as compensation or assistance for
the same loss under any other Federal program, other
than under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.).
(d) OTHER TERMS
AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall not establish any terms or conditions for pro-
ducer eligibility, such as limits based upon gross income,
other than those specified in this section.
(e) APPLICABILITY.—This section applies only with
respect to the 2000 crop of apples and producers of that
crop.
SEC. 740. Of any shipments of commodities made
pursuant to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949
(7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to
the extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value
to not more than $25,000,000 shall be made available to
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foreign countries to assist in mitigating the effects of the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome on communities, including the provi-
sion of—
(1) agricultural commodities to—
(A) individuals with Human Immuno-
deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Defi-
ciency Syndrome in the communities; and
(B) households in the communities, par-
ticularly individuals caring for orphaned chil-
dren; and
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro-
vide other assistance (including assistance under
microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create
or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals
in the communities, particularly individuals caring
for orphaned children.
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to eliminate
the two river navigator positions, including the contract
position, for the Hudson River and Upper Susquehanna/
Lackawanna Rivers or to alter the tasks assigned to the
persons filling such positions.
SEC. 742. The amounts otherwise provided by this
Act are revised by increasing the total amount provided
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in title II under the heading ‘‘WATERSHED AND FLOOD
PREVENTION OPERATIONS’’ (to be used to carry out sec-
tion 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), as added by section 313 of Public
Law 106–472 (114 Stat. 2077)), and none of the funds
made available in this Act may be used to pay the salaries
of personnel of the Department of Agriculture who carry
out the programs authorized by section 524(a) of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) in excess of a
total of $3,600,000 for all such programs for fiscal year
2002, by $5,400,000.
SEC. 743. None of the amounts made available in this
Act for the Food and Drug Administration may be used
under section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act to prevent an individual who is not in the busi-
ness of importing prescription drugs within the meaning
of section 801(g) of such Act from importing a prescrip-
tion drug that: (1) appears to be FDA-approved; (2) does
not appear to be a narcotic drug; and (3) appears to be
manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, or
processed in an establishment registered pursuant to sec-
tion 510 of such Act.
SEC. 744. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act shall be made available to any
person or entity that has been convicted of violating the
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Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c; popularly know
as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
SEC. 745. For an additional amount for the Secretary
of Agriculture to carry out section 311 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965, and the amount otherwise provided by
this Act for ‘‘Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and
Rental Payments’’ is hereby reduced by, $10,000,000.
SEC. 746. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
in the item relating to ‘‘DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINIS-
TRATION—SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, the amount appro-
priated in the second undesignated paragraph of such item
(relating to section 804 of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act) is transferred and made available as an ad-
ditional appropriation under the first undesignated para-
graph of such item.
SEC. 747. Of the amounts appropriated in this Act
for carrying out the responsibilities of the Food and Drug
Administration with respect to abbreviated applications
for the approval of new drugs under section 505(j) of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, $1,000,000 is
available for the purpose of carrying out section 314.53(b)
of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, in addition to
any other allocation for carrying out such section
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314.53(b) made from amounts appropriated in this Act
for the Food and Drug Administration.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.