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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 
where not otherwise provided, $87,300,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for
other
expenses,
$661,691,000
(increased
by 
$855,000), as follows: to carry out the provisions of the 
Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $178,807,000; for 
grants for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a 
through a–7), $22,255,000; for payments to the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 
West
Virginia
State
University
(7
U.S.C.
3222), 
$37,704,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 
only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for ag-
ricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $92,064,000; for 
special grants for agricultural research on improved pest 
control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,038,000; for competitive
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research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $214,634,000; for the 
support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 
3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 
and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $1,187,000; for grants 
for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Mate-
rials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,102,000, to remain 
available until expended; for the 1994 research grants pro-
gram for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of 
Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,000,000, to 
remain available until expended; for rangeland research 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $1,000,000; for higher education 
graduate
fellowship
grants
(7
U.S.C.
3152(b)(6)), 
$4,500,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)), $5,500,000; for a higher education multicul-
tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for 
an education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institu-
tions
(7
U.S.C.
3241),
$5,645,000
(increased
by 
$855,000); for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of 
carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 
of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible institutions 
or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Ha-
waii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of 
Alaska and Hawaii, $2,997,000; for a secondary agri-
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culture education program and 2-year post-secondary edu-
cation (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,968,000; for sustainable agri-
culture
research
and
education
(7
U.S.C.
5811), 
$12,400,000; for a program of capacity building grants 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 
under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 
328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
State University, $12,312,000, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 In-
stitutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 
103–382, $2,250,000; for resident instruction grants for 
insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $500,000; and for necessary ex-
penses
of
Research
and
Education
Activities, 
$39,773,000, of which $2,750,000 for the Research, Edu-
cation,
and
Economics
Information
System
and 
$2,173,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, 
are to remain available until expended. 
None of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available to carry out research related to the pro-
duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 
products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply
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to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in-
dustrial uses of tobacco. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $12,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $444,871,000, 
as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 
the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 
and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public 
Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $275,940,000; payments for 
extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith- 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income 
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,409,000; pay-
ments for the pest management program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for the farm safe-
ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; 
payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $1,000,000; payments to upgrade 
research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890
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land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 
West Virginia State University, as authorized by section 
1447
of
Public
Law
95–113
(7
U.S.C.
3222b), 
$16,777,000, to remain available until expended; pay-
ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $7,978,000; for youth farm safety edu-
cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $444,000; 
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 
Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 
seq.), $4,060,000; payments for Indian reservation agents 
under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,996,000; 
payments for sustainable agriculture programs under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for rural 
health and safety education as authorized by section 
502(i)
of
Public
Law
92–419
(7
U.S.C.
2662(i)), 
$1,965,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 
the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill 
Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University 
and West Virginia State University, $33,868,000, of 
which $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the pur-
pose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less 
than $1,000,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension 
Activities, $16,531,000.
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INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $15,513,000, as follows: for a competitive inter-
national science and education grants program authorized 
under section 1459A of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C.
3292b),
to
remain
available
until
expended, 
$1,000,000; for grants programs authorized under section 
2(c)(1)(B)
of
Public
Law
89–106,
as
amended, 
$1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007 
for the critical issues program, and $1,513,000 for the re-
gional
rural
development
centers
program;
and 
$12,000,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initia-
tive authorized under section 1484 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, 
to remain available until September 30, 2007. 
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990
(7
U.S.C.
2279),
$5,935,000
(increased
by 
$1,875,000), to remain available until expended.