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RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS
For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and
310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private
nonprofit organization, $47,500,000, of which $2,000,000
shall be to assist in developing cooperative efforts to pro-
vide information and technical assistance to under-rep-
resented groups in traditionally agricultural or other natu-
ral resource dependent communities for encouraging busi-
ness development; and of which $9,500,000 shall be avail-
able 
through 
July 
30, 
1995, 
for 
assistance 
to
empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au-
thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1993: Provided, That $500,000 shall be avail-
able for grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to pro-
vide technical assistance and training for rural commu-
nities needing improved passenger transportation systems
or facilities in order to promote economic development.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS
For grants for pollution abatement and control
projects authorized under section 310B(b) (7 U.S.C.
1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, $2,995,000: Provided, That such assistance shall in-
clude regional technical assistance for improvement of
solid waste management.
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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), $2,995,000, to remain available
until expended.
RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)), $1,500,000.
LOCAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND PLANNING GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(11)(A) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)), $2,500,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, in administering the
programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–2000), as amended; title
V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1471–1490o); the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust
Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 440–
444), for administering the loan program authorized by
title III–A of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
(Public Law 88–452 approved August 20, 1964), as
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amended; the Cooperative Marketing Act of July 2, 1926
(7 U.S.C. 451–457); and for activities relating to the mar-
keting aspects of cooperatives, including economic re-
search and analysis and the application of economic re-
search findings, as authorized by the Agricultural Market-
ing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627), and for activities
with institutions or organizations throughout the world
concerning the development and operation of agricultural
cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291), and such other programs
which the Farmers Home Administration has the respon-
sibility for administering, $700,585,000; of which
$37,811,000 is hereby appropriated, $374,255,000 shall
be derived by transfer from the Rural Housing Insurance
Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this
account, $229,735,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the Agriculture Credit Insurance Fund Program Account
in this Act and merged with this account, $57,294,000
shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Development
Insurance Fund Program Account in this Act and merged
with this account, $1,476,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the Rural Development Loan Fund Program Ac-
count in this Act and merged with this account, and
$14,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Self-Help
Housing Land Development Fund Program Account in
this Act and merged with this account: Provided, That not
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to exceed $515,000 of this appropriation may be used for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
not to exceed $4,159,000 of this appropriation shall be
available for contracting with the National Rural Water
Association or other equally qualified national organiza-
tion for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not
to exceed $2,000,000 shall be available through coopera-
tive agreements to assist in developing efforts to provide
information and technical assistance to traditionally
under-represented communities to encourage business
community development.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–
950(b)), as follows:
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural
electrification loans, $100,000,000; 5 percent rural tele-
phone loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural telephone
loans, $198,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans,
$575,250,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306
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of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7
U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, $19,120,000;
cost of municipal rate loans, $46,020,000; cost of money
rural telephone loans, $40,000; cost of loans guaranteed
pursuant to section 306, $450,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$29,982,000.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
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 amended, as may be
necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the
current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1995 and within
the resources and authority available, gross obligations for
the 
principal 
amount 
of 
direct 
loans 
shall 
be
$175,000,000.
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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 loans authorized by the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),
$2,728,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the loan programs, $8,794,000.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro-
grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law
101–624, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.
REA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect loans, as authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco-
nomic 
development 
and 
job 
creation 
projects,
$12,865,000.
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, $3,077,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the provi-
sions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), and to administer the loan and