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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4554
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 20, 1994
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes,
namely:
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TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,801,000: Provided, That not to
exceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobli-
gated balances of representation funds in the Foreign Ag-
ricultural Service shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for,
as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the
Secretary may transfer salaries and expenses funds in this
Act sufficient to finance a total of not to exceed 35 staff
years between agencies of the Department of Agriculture
to meet workload requirements.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and
Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,795,000.
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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Chief Financial Officer
to carry out the mandates of the Chief Financial Officers
Act of 1990, $580,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs
funded in this Act, $596,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL
PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of
the Department of Agriculture which are included in this
Act, $106,571,000, of which $18,614,000 shall be re-
tained by the Department of Agriculture for the operation,
maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings: Pro-
vided, That in the event an agency within the Department
of Agriculture should require modification of space needs,
the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that
agency’s appropriation made available by this Act to this
appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropria-
tion to that agency’s appropriation, but such transfers
shall not exceed 5 per centum of the funds made available
for space rental and related costs to or from this account.
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In addition, for construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties as necessary to carry out the programs of the Depart-
ment, where not otherwise provided, $28,622,000, to re-
main available until expended; making a total appropria-
tion of $135,193,000.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)
For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com-
mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in-
cluded in this Act, $928,000: Provided, That no other
funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture in
this Act shall be available to the Department of Agri-
culture for support of activities of advisory committees.
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the requirement of section 107(g)
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961,
$15,700,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That appropriations and funds available herein to
the Department of Agriculture for hazardous waste man-
agement may be transferred to any agency of the Depart-
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ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to
the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Finance and Management, $4,477,000, for Per-
sonnel, Operations, Information Resources Management,
Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Disadvantaged Busi-
ness Utilization, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial
Officer, and Emergency Programs, $21,710,000; making
a total of $26,187,000 for Departmental Administration
to provide for necessary expenses for management support
services to offices of the Department of Agriculture and
for general administration and emergency preparedness of
the Department of Agriculture, repairs and alterations,
and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not other-
wise provided for and necessary for the practical and effi-
cient work of the Department of Agriculture, including
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re-
quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro-
grams funded in this Act, including programs involving
intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive
branch, $1,764,000.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,
and for the dissemination of agricultural information and
the coordination of information, work and programs au-
thorized by Congress in the Department, $8,198,000, in-
cluding employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed
$2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, Ω1æ$63,918,000 $62,918,000, including such
sums as may be necessary for contracting and other ar-
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rangements with public agencies and private persons pur-
suant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, and including a sum not to exceed
$50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and includ-
ing a sum not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential
operational expenses including the payment of informants,
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector Gen-
eral pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of
Public Law 97–98.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $25,992,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded
in this Act, $540,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
Service in conducting economic research and service relat-
ing to agricultural production, marketing, and distribu-
tion, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including eco-
nomics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, in-
come and population, and demand for farm products, use
of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns
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in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the eco-
nomic and marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives; and
for analysis of supply and demand for farm products in
foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United
States exports, progress in economic development and its
relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis
of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of inter-
national financial and monetary programs and policies as
they affect the competitive position of United States farm
products, 
Ω2æ$54,306,000
$53,565,000; 
of 
which
$500,000 shall be available for investigation, determina-
tion, and finding as to the effect upon the production of
food and upon the agricultural economy of any proposed
action affecting such subject matter pending before the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for
presentation, in the public interest, before said Adminis-
trator, other agencies or before the courts: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225): Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for analysis of statis-
tics and related facts on foreign production and full and
complete information on methods used by other countries
to move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive
basis.
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta-
tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing
surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws,
$81,424,000: 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 $40,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD
For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural
Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity
and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop
outlook and situation material within the Department of
Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(g)), $2,498,000: 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).
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE
AND EDUCATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to ad-
minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Agricul-
tural Research Service, Cooperative State Research Serv-
ice, Extension Service, and National Agricultural Library,
$520,000.
ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND
COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990
(7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), Ω3æ$4,000,000 $9,000,000 is ap-
propriated to the Alternative Agricultural Research and
Commercialization Revolving Fund.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,
and distribution (not otherwise provided for), home eco-
nomics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition
of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
cost not to exceed $100, Ω4æ$693,977,000 $698,787,000:
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
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for temporary employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for
the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
to conduct marketing research: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided the cost of constructing any one building shall not
exceed $250,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses
which shall each be limited to $1,000,000, and except for
ten buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not
to exceed $500,000 each, and the cost of altering any one
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per cen-
tum of the current replacement value of the building or
$250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not
apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the fore-
going limitations shall not apply to replacement of build-
ings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21
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U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limita-
tions shall not apply to the purchase of land at Parlier,
CaliforniaΩ5æ, Beckley, West Virginia and Grand Forks,
North Dakota: Provided further, That not to exceed
$190,000 of this appropriation may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Science and Education for the scientific
review of international issues involving agricultural chemi-
cals and food additives: Provided further, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
or operating any research facility or research project of
the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to carry out research related to the produc-
tion, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts.
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, 
Ω6æ$23,400,000
$43,718,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That funds may be received from any
State, other political subdivision, organization, or individ-