IIA
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1976
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 24 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
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, 1996, and for other purposes,
namely:
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, $10,227,000, of which $7,500,000
shall be available for InfoShare: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $11,000 of this amount, along with any unobligated
balances of representation funds in the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as de-
termined by the Secretary.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in-
cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost benefit
analysis, and the functions of the World Agricultural Out-
look Board, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and including employment
pursuant to the second sentence of the 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,
$3,948,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, including employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,846,000.
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, $5,899,000.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec-
ond 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, $4,133,000: Provided,
That the Chief Financial Officer shall reinstate and mar-
ket cross-servicing activities of the National Finance Cen-
ter: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to
obtain, modify, re-engineer, license, operate, implement, or
expand commercial off-the-shelf financial management
software systems or existing commercial off-the-shelf sys-
tem financial management contracts, beyond general ledg-
er systems and accounting support software, at the Na-
tional Finance Center until thirty legislative days after the
Secretary of Agriculture submits to the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations a complete and thorough
cost-benefit analysis and a certification by the Secretary
of Agriculture that this analysis provides a detailed and
accurate cost-benefit analysis comparison between obtain-
ing or expanding commercial off-the-shelf software sys-
tems and conducting identical or comparable software sys-
tems acquisitions, re-engineering, or modifications in-
house.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and 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, including authorities pursuant
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
culture, for programs and activities of the Department
which are included in this Act, $110,187,000, of which
$20,216,000 shall be retained by the Department for the
operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture build-
ings: Provided, That in the event an agency within the
Department 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 percent of the funds made available for
space rental and related costs to or from this account. In
addition, for construction, repair, improvement, extension,
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities
as necessary to carry out the programs of the Department,
where not otherwise provided, $25,587,000, to remain
available until expended; making a total appropriation of
$135,774,000.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)
For necessary expenses for activities of advisory com-
mittees of the Department of Agriculture which are in-
cluded in this Act, $800,000: Provided, That no other
funds appropriated to the Department in this Act shall
be available to the Department 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), section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961, $15,700,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That appro-
priations and funds available herein to the Department for
Hazardous Waste Management may be transferred to any
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re-
quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and
non-Federal lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Personnel, Operations, Information Resources
Management, Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Dis-
advantaged Business Utilization, Administrative Law
Judges and Judicial Officer, Disaster Management and
Coordination, and Modernization of the Administrative
Process, $27,986,000, to provide for necessary expenses
for management support services to offices of the Depart-
ment and for general administration and disaster manage-
ment of the Department, repairs and alterations, and
other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise
provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient
work of the Department, 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: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from
applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses
incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C.
551–558.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to
carry out the programs funded in this Act, including pro-
grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison
within the executive branch, $3,797,000: Provided, That
no other funds appropriated to the Department in this Act
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,
$81,107,000: 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.
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 including the acqui-
sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in-
formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex-
change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,
$705,610,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for temporary 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 $115,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft
and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement
only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the con-
struction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of construct-
ing 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 percent of the current replacement
value of the building or $250,000, whichever is greater:
Provided further, That the limitations on alterations con-
tained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or re-
placement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland:
Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not
apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the
Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further,
That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the pur-
chase of land at Beckley, West Virginia: 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 Under Secretary for Research, Education
and Economics for the scientific review of international
issues involving agricultural chemicals and food additives:
Provided further, That funds may be received from any
State, other political subdivision, organization, or individ-
ual for the purpose of establishing or operating any re-
search facility or research project of the Agricultural Re-
search Service, as authorized by law: Provided further,
That all rights and title of the United States in the prop-
erty known as USDA Houma Sugar Cane Research Lab-
oratory, consisting of approximately 20 acres in the City
of Houma and 150 acres of farmland in Chacahula, Lou-
isiana, including facilities and equipment, shall be con-
veyed to the American Sugar Cane League: Provided fur-
ther, That all rights and title of the United States in the
Agricultural Research Station at Brawley, California, con-
sisting of 80 acres of land, including facilities and equip-
ment, shall be conveyed to Imperial County, California:
Provided further, That all rights and title of the United
States in the Pecan Genetics and Improvement Research
Laboratory, consisting of 84.2 acres of land, including fa-
cilities and equipment, shall be conveyed to Texas A&M
University: Provided further, That the property originally
conveyed by the State of Tennessee to the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, in
Lewisburg, Tennessee be conveyed to the University of
Tennessee.
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, $30,200,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That
funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing any research facility of the Agricultural Re-
search Service, as authorized by law.
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, including $166,165,000 to carry into
effect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–
361i); $20,185,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re-
search (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7); $27,313,000 for pay-
ments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee
University (7 U.S.C. 3222); $31,930,000 for special
grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c));
$11,599,000 for special grants for agricultural research
on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $98,165,000
for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b));
$5,051,000 for the support of animal health and disease
programs (7 U.S.C. 195); $1,150,000 for supplemental
and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d);
$475,000 for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3331–
3336); $3,500,000 for higher education graduate fellow-
ships grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher
education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1));
$1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars pro-
gram (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture
grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); $8,000,000 for sustainable agri-
culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811); and
$6,289,000 for necessary expenses of Research and Edu-
cation Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall
be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all,
$389,172,000.
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.
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
For establishment of a Native American institutions
endowment fund, as authorized by Public Law 130–382
(7 U.S.C. 301 note.), $4,600,000.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop-
erative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as
amended, 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 and for costs of penalty mail for coopera-
tive extension agents and State extension directors,
$264,405,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)
of the Act, $59,588,000; payments for the pest manage-
ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,947,000;
payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d)
of the Act, $2,898,000; payments for the pesticide impact
assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college