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leadership for the extension work of the Department and
the several States and insular possessions, $8,390,000
$11,000,000.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Library, $17,682,000 $18,155,000: Provided, That this ap-
propriation 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 $35,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $900,000 shall be avail-
able pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the alteration and re-
pair of buildings and improvements: Provided further, That
$462,000 shall be available for a grant pursuant to section
1472 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3818), in addition
to other funds available in this appropriation for grants
under this section.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection
Services to administer programs under the laws enacted
by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal
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Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Cooperative Service,
Agricultural Marketing Service, and Packers and Stock-
yards Administration, $691,000 $682,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including
those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as
amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con-
trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;
to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi-
ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri-
culture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468;
7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and to protect the environment, as
authorized by law, $439,042,000 $443,653,000, of which
$91,460,000 shall be derived from user fees deposited in
the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account,
and of which $4,938,000 shall be available for the control
of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and
for control of pest animals and birds to the extent nec-
essary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That if the
demand for Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI)
user fee financed services is greater than expected and/
or other uncontrollable events occur, the Agency may ex-
ceed the AQI User Fee limitation by up to 10 per centum,
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provided such funds are available in the Agricultural
Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and with notifi-
cation to the Appropriations Committees: Provided further,
That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer
a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal
year that does not require minimum matching by the
States of at least 40 per centum: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for field 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: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft
and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall
be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addi-
tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the
agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec-
retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds
available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart-
ment such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available
only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication
of contagious or infectious disease or pests of animals,
poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with
the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section
102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and
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any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such
emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall
be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided fur-
ther, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pur-
suant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration
of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise
provided the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current
replacement value of the building: Provided further, That
none of these funds shall be used to pay the salary of any
Department veterinarian or Veterinary Medical Officer
who, when conducting inspections at horse shows, exhibi-
tions, sales, or auctions under the Horse Protection Act, as
amended (15 U.S.C. 1821–1831), relies solely on the use of
digital palpation as the only diagnostic test to determine
whether or not a horse is sore under such Act.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of
land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $10,145,000, to re-
main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry on services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and
the Poultry Products Inspection Act, as amended,
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$516,738,000, and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of
Public Law 102–237: Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available for field employment pursuant to section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)
for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but the cost of altering any one building during
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building.
FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the United States Grain Standards Act, as amended,
and the standardization activities related to grain under
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, in-
cluding field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$20,000 
for 
employment 
under 
U.S.C. 
3109,
$11,554,000 $11,509,000: Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)
for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve-
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ments, but the cost of altering any one building during
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building: Provided further,
That none of the funds provided by this Act hereafter, none
of the funds available to the Federal Grain Inspection Serv-
ice may be used to pay the salaries of any person or per-
sons who require, or who authorize payments from fee-
supported funds to any person or persons who require
nonexport, nonterminal interior elevators to maintain
records not involving official inspection or official weighing
in the United States under Public Law 94–582 other than
those necessary to fulfill the purposes of such Act.
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,784,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection
and Weighing Services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be
exceeded by up to 10 per centum with notification to the
Appropriations Committees.
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry out the Cooperative
Marketing Act of July 2, 1926 (7 U.S.C. 451–457), and
for activities relating to the marketing aspects of coopera-
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tives, including economic research and analysis and the ap-
plication of economic research findings, as authorized by
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–
1627), and for activities with institutions or organizations
throughout the world concerning the development and oper-
ation of agricultural cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291),
$5,708,000: 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 $15,000 shall be available for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry on services related
to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis-
tribution, transportation, agricultural cooperatives, and
regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for admin-
istration and coordination of payments to States; includ-
ing field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$90,000 
for 
employment 
under 
U.S.C. 
3109,
$61,614,000 $56,887,000; including $2,346,000 for the
Wholesale Market Development Program for the design
and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities
for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided,
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That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum
of the current replacement value of the building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $55,953,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may
exceed this limitation by up to 10 per centum with notifi-
cation to the Appropriations Committees.
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND
SUPPLY (SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and
Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $10,309,000
$10,670,000 for formulation and administration of Market-
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ing Agreements and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the
Agricultural Act of 1961.
In fiscal years 1994 and 1995, section 32 funds shall
be used to promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports to
the full extent authorized by section 1541 of Public Law
101–624 (7 U.S.C. 1464 note), and such funds shall be used
to facilitate additional sales of such oils in world markets.
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,735,000 $1,300,000.
PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for administration of the
Packers and Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, and
for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of
farm products, including field employment pursuant to
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,194,000 $12,052,000.
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FARM INCOME STABILIZATION
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND COMMODITY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Com-
modity Programs to administer the laws enacted by Con-
gress for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service, Office of International Cooperation and Develop-
ment, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commodity
Credit Corporation, $563,000 $556,000.
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION
SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricul-
tural Stabilization and Conservation Service, including ex-
penses to formulate and carry out programs authorized
by title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938,
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301–1393); the Agricultural Act
of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.); sections 7
to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and
Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g–
590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1004,
1006 to 1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1501 to 1504, 1506 to 1508, and
1510); the Water Bank Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.
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1301–1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of
1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 202(c) and 205 of title
II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of
1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c), 1595); sections
401, 402, and 404 to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 to 2205); the United States
Warehouse Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 241–273); title XII
of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C.
3811 et seq.); and laws pertaining to the Commodity Cred-
it Corporation, $732,467,000; of which $730,842,000 is
hereby appropriated, and $1,036,000 is transferred from
the Public Law 480 Program Account in this Act and
$589,000 is transferred from the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration Program Account in this Act: Provided, That
other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabiliza-
tion and Conservation Service for authorized activities
may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro-
vided further, That these funds shall be available for em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no part of
the funds made available under this Act shall be used (1)
to influence the vote in any referendum; (2) to influence
agricultural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C.
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1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of members
of county and community committees established pursuant
to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Al-
lotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any activities
other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated
program functions prescribed in administrative regula-
tions.
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary
in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for
the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided:
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES
For administrative and operating expenses, as au-
thorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 1516), $290,116,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $700 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i):
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Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may
be used to offer a Federal crop insurance policy in coun-
ties on crops where a loss ratio, that has already been
recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the premium rates
issued by the Corporation for the 1993 crop year, is in
excess of 1.10 more than 70 percent of the years that a
policy has been offered since 1980: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act may be used to pay operating
and administrative costs that exceed 31 per centum of pre-
mium to insurers of policies on which the Corporation pro-
vides reinsurance, except to reimburse said insurers for
excess loss adjustment expenses as provided for in the
Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued by the Corpora-
tion: Provided further, That the second proviso shall not
apply in any county affected if the Corporation has imple-
mented a nonstandard classification system in such county
for those individual farms that have experienced excessive
losses since 1980 under which the premium rates, notwith-
standing the provision of section 508(d) of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act, are increased over comparable rates
effective for the 1993 crop, or the insured yields are de-
creased from comparable yields for the 1993 crop, or a
combination of both, by an amount or amounts sufficient
to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will not exceed 1.1
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for the crop produced on such farms during the 1994 crop
year.
For administrative and operating expenses, as author-
ized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1516), $290,116,000: Provided, That not to exceed
$700 shall be available for official reception and representa-
tion expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i): Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act may be used
to offer a Federal crop insurance policy in counties on crops
where a loss ratio, that has already been recalculated pursu-
ant to law to reflect the premium rates issued by the Cor-
poration for the 1993 crop year, is in excess of 1.10 more
than 70 percent of the years that a policy has been offered
since 1980: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act may be used to pay operating and administrative costs
that exceed 31 per centum of premium to insurers of policies
on which the Corporation provides reinsurance, except to
reimburse said insurers for excess loss adjustment expenses
as provided for in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement is-
sued by the Corporation: Provided further, That the second
proviso shall not apply in any county affected if the Cor-
poration has implemented a nonstandard classification sys-
tem in such county for those individual farms that have
experienced excessive losses since 1980 under which the pre-
mium rates, notwithstanding the provision of section 508(d)
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of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, are increased over com-
parable rates effective for the 1993 crop, or the insured
yields are decreased from comparable yields for the 1993
crop, or a combination of both, by an amount or amounts
sufficient to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will not
exceed 1.1 for the crop produced on such farms during the
1994 crop year.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 508(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, $235,794,000,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); of
which $47,072,000 is to reimburse the Federal Crop In-
surance Corporation Fund for agents’ commissions and
loss adjustment obligations incurred during prior years,
but not previously reimbursed, as authorized by section
516(a) of the Act, as amended.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 1994, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net
realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed
(estimated to be $20,896,614,000 in the President’s fiscal
year 1994 Budget Request (H. Doc. 103–3)), but not to
exceed $18,000,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act
of August 17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a–11).
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OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For fiscal year 1994, the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion shall not expend more than $4,000,000 for expenses
to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
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: Provided, That ex-
penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only
and that other hazardous waste management costs shall
be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management
appropriation in this Act.
TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Envi-
ronment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service,
$578,000 $571,000.
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)
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including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of
soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to
exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration or im-
provement of permanent and temporary buildings; and op-
eration and maintenance of aircraft, $588,262,000
$593,835,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); of which not less than $5,820,000 is for snow sur-
vey and water forecasting and not less than $8,214,000
is for operation and establishment of the plant materials
centers: Provided, That except for $2,399,000 for im-
provements of the plant materials centers, the cost of any
permanent building purchased, erected, or as improved,
exclusive of the cost of constructing a water supply or san-
itary system and connecting the same to any such building
and with the exception of buildings acquired in conjunc-
tion with land being purchased for other purposes, shall
not exceed $10,000, except for one building to be con-
structed at a cost not to exceed $100,000 and eight build-
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ings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed
$50,000 per building and except that alterations or im-
provements to other existing permanent buildings costing
$5,000 or more may be made in any fiscal year in an
amount not to exceed $2,000 per building: Provided fur-
ther, That when buildings or other structures are erected
on non-Federal land that the right to use such land is
obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further,
That no part of this appropriation may be expended for
soil and water conservation operations under the Act of
April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) in demonstration
projects: Provided further, 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 $25,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at
per diem rates to perform the technical planning work
of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e–2).
RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS
For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves-
tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa-
terways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4,
1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $13,482,000:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for
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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 $60,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WATERSHED PLANNING
For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga-
tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro-
tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1001–1008), $9,721,000 $10,921,000: 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 $50,000
shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land,
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance
with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the
Department, $228,915,000 $258,615,000 to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which
$40,386,000 $41,186,000 shall be available for the water-
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sheds authorized under the Flood Control Act approved
June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as
amended and supplemented: Provided, That this appro-
priation 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 $22,881,000
$34,381,000 shall be available for emergency measures as
provided by sections 403–405 of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203–2205), and not to exceed
$200,000 shall be available for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That $4,000,000 in loans
may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under
the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers
Home Administration (7 U.S.C. 1931): Provided further,
That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is
available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as amended, in-
cluding cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act
to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit-
able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con-
struction.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out
projects for resource conservation and development and
for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section
32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant
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Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607),
the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C.
590a–f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food
Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $32,945,000
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That $600,000 in loans may be insured,
or made to be sold and insured, under the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Administra-
tion (7 U.S.C. 1931): Provided further, That this appro-
priation 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 $50,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program
of conservation in the Great Plains area, pursuant to sec-
tion 16(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allot-
ment Act, as added by the Act of August 7, 1956, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)), $25,658,000, to remain
available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)(7)).
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION
SERVICE
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro-
gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17
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of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap-
proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented
(16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and
sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and
Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504,
1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed
$15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in-
cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter-
national fairs within the United States, $194,650,000, to
remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for
agreements, excluding administration but including tech-
nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),
except that no participant in the Agricultural Conserva-
tion Program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, ex-
cept where the participants from two or more farms or
ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to
conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the com-
munity, or where a participant has a long-term agreement,
in which case the total payment shall not exceed the an-
nual payment limitation multiplied by the number of years
of the agreement: Provided, That no portion of the funds
for the current year’s program may be utilized to provide
financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands
now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20
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(XX) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States,
1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail-
able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or
any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing
services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro-
ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac-
tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic
Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec-
ommended by the county committees, approved by the
State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro-
vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance
will not be used for carrying out measures and practices
that are primarily production-oriented or that have little
or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allo-
cation for the current year’s program for any county may,
on the recommendation of such county committee and ap-
proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted
to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni-
cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural
Conservation Program in the participating counties, and
shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for
any purpose other than technical and other assistance in
such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of
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such county committee and approval of the State commit-
tee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available
to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for the
same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided
further, That for the current year’s program $2,500,000
shall be available for technical assistance in formulating
and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided
further, That no part of any funds available to the Depart-
ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency
constituting a part of such Department, shall be used in
the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel
expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent pernicious political
activities’’ approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who
has been found in accordance with the provisions of title
18 U.S.C. 1913 to have violated or attempted to violate
such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropria-
tions for the payment of personal services or other ex-
penses designed to influence in any manner a Member of
Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropria-
tion by Congress except upon request of any Member or
through the proper official channels: Provided further,
That not to exceed $15,000,000 $22,000,000 of the
amount appropriated shall be used for water quality pay-
ments and practices in the same manner as permitted
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under the program for water quality authorized in chapter
2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of
1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author-
ized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat-
ed expenses, $12,820,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized by that Act.
WATER BANK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provi-
sions of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311),
$18,620,000, to remain available until expended.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro-
gram authorized in sections 401, 402, and 404 of title IV
of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201–
2205), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended,
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2204.
COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary
cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section
202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con-
trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to
reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the
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supply and quality of water available for use in the United
States and the Republic of Mexico, $13,783,000, to re-
main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be
used for investigations and surveys, for technical assist-
ance in developing conservation practices and in the prepa-
ration of salinity control plans, for the establishment of
on-farm irrigation management systems, including related
lateral improvement measures, for making cost-share pay-
ments to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian
tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local govern-
mental and nongovernmental entities, and other land-
owners to aid them in carrying out approved conservation
practices as determined and recommended by the county
ASC committees, approved by the State ASC committees
and the Secretary, and for associated costs of program
planning, information and education, and program mon-
itoring and evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conserva-
tion Service shall provide technical assistance and the
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service shall
provide administrative services for the program, including
but not limited to, the negotiation and administration of
agreements and the disbursement of payments: Provided
further, That such program shall be coordinated with the
regular Agricultural Conservation Program and with re-
search programs of other agencies.
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CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation
reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain
available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit
Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the
establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap-
proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual
rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech-
nical assistance.
WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Re-
serve Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3837), $44,450,000 $22,250,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to
use the services, facilities, and authorities of the Commod-
ity Credit Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the
Wetlands Reserve Program.
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TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL
COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural De-
velopment to administer programs under the laws enacted
by the Congress for the Farmers Home Administration,
Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insur-
ance Corporation, and rural development activities of the
Department of Agriculture, $583,000 $576,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, ex-
cept Sec. 722, the Secretary may transfer funds from the
Farmers Home Administration in this Act to fund the
Rural Development Administration, as authorized by law.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND FARMERS
HOME ADMINISTRATION
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, to be available from
funds in the Rural Housing Insurance Fund, as follows:
$2,550,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as de-
termined by the Secretary, of which $750,000,000 shall
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be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for
section 504 housing repair loans; $16,300,000 for section
514 farm labor housing; $573,900,000 $540,107,000 for
section 515 rental housing; $600,000 for site loans; and
$166,863,000 $150,000,000 for credit sales of acquired
property: Provided, That up to $50,664,000 of these funds
shall be made available for section 502(g), Deferral Mort-
gage Demonstration.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: low-
income 
housing 
section 
502 
loans, 
$366,360,000
$366,435,000, of which $12,225,000 $12,300,000 shall be
for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing re-
pair loans, $13,671,000; section 514 farm labor housing,
$8,394,000; section 515 rental housing, $311,972,000
$309,967,000; and credit sales of acquired property,
$25,397,000 $22,830,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$396,161,000.
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)
or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay-
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ments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
$417,523,000 $475,865,000; and in addition such sums as
may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the
Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992
to carry out the Rental Assistance Program under section
521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount not
more than $5,840,000 $11,210,000 shall be available for
debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as au-
thorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to
exceed $10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit orga-
nizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other
than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pur-
suant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided fur-
ther,–That of this amount not less than $109,258,000 is
available for newly constructed units financed by section
515 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and not
more than $5,214,000 is for newly constructed units fi-
nanced under sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act
of 1949:–Provided further, That $297,211,000 is available
for expiring agreements and for servicing of existing units
without agreements: Provided further, That agreements
entered into or renewed during fiscal year 1994 shall be
funded for a five-year period, although the life of any such
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agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts obli-
gated.
RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to operate a rural housing
voucher program as authorized by section 542 of title V
of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $25,000,000,
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For direct loans pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(B) of
the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c),
$622,000.
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, $23,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $14,000.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$634,624,000 $678,543,000, of which $556,543,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,750,000,000
$4,046,252,000, of which $1,800,000,000 $3,000,000,000
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$275,392,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928
and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended, to be available from
funds in the Rural Development Insurance Fund, as fol-
lows: water and sewer facility loans, $835,000,000
$903,886,000, of which $35,000,000 $35,500,000 shall be
for 
guaranteed 
loans; 
community 
facility 
loans,
$325,000,000 $275,000,000, of which $75,000,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans; and guaranteed industrial devel-
opment loans, $298,762,000 $200,000,000: Provided, That
none of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to make transfers between the above limitations.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: direct
water 
and 
sewer 
facility 
loans, 
$111,040,000
$120,532,000; 
direct 
community 
facility 
loans,
$24,125,000 $19,320,000; guaranteed community facility
loans, $3,803,000; and guaranteed industrial development
loans, $2,778,000 $1,860,000.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$58,194,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans $56,000,000 $84,000,000,
as authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42
U.S.C. 9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the
cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 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 direct loans of not
to exceed $100,000,000 $150,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan programs, $1,481,000.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–
5106), $2,963,000 $4,000,000.
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 1926), $450,000,000 $535,571,000, to remain
available until expended, pursuant to section 306(d) of the
above Act: Provided, That of this amount, $25,000,000
$25,700,000 shall be available for water and waste disposal
systems to benefit the Colonias along the U.S./Mexico bor-
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der, including grants pursuant to section 306C: Provided
further, That of this amount, up to $15,000,000 shall be
available for project grants to remedy the dire sanitation
conditions in rural Alaska villages in which the median
household income does not exceed 110 percent of the state-
wide non-metropolitan household income and that notwith-
standing the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, Public Law 87–128, such grants shall be for 50 percent
of the development cost of the project upon a state or local
contribution of 50 percent of the development cost of the
project: Provided further, That, with the exception of the
foregoing $25,000,000 $25,700,000 and the foregoing
$15,000,000, these funds shall not be used for any purpose
not specified in section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act.
VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS
For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen-
tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $25,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR
For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi-
zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to
section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42
U.S.C. 1486), $11,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
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MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING
For grants and contracts pursuant to section
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1490c), $12,750,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b).
SUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants pursuant to sections 509(g)(6) and 525
of the Housing Act of 1949, $2,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–313),
$3,500,000 to fund up to 50 per centum of the cost of
organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire
departments.
COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS
For compensation for construction defects as author-
ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as
amended, $500,000, to remain available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS
For grants for rural housing preservation as author-
ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re-
covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $23,000,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and
310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and
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Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private
nonprofit organization, $35,000,000 $50,000,000: Pro-
vided, That $500,000 shall be available for grants to quali-
fied nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance
and training for rural communities needing improved pas-
senger transportation systems or facilities in order to pro-
mote 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, $3,000,000: Provided, That such assistance shall in-
clude regional technical assistance for improvement of
solid waste management.
EMERGENCY COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For emergency community water assistance grants as
authorized under section 306B (7 U.S.C. 1926b) of the
Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act,
$10,000,000.
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), $3,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration,
$600,000: Provided, That no other funds in this Act shall
be available for this Office.
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
amended, and such other programs which the Farmers
Home Administration has the responsibility for admin-
istering, $729,749,000; of which $35,552,000 is hereby
appropriated, $374,255,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Ac-
count in this Act and merged with this account,
$261,158,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Agri-
cultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account in this
Act and merged with this account, $57,294,000 shall be
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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 Account in this
Act and merged with this account, and $14,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the Self-Help Housing Land De-
velopment Fund Program Account in this Act and merged
with this account: Provided, That not to exceed $500,000
of this appropriation may be used for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed
$4,368,000 $4,500,000 of this appropriation shall be avail-
able for contracting with the National Rural Water Asso-
ciation or other equally qualified national organization for
a circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for
rural water systems.
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, $125,000,000; 5 percent rural tele-
phone loans, $125,000,000 $75,000,000; cost of money
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rural telephone loans, $198,000,000; municipal rate rural
electric loans, $600,000,000; and loans made pursuant to
section 306 of that Act, $933,000,000; to remain available
until expended.
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, $36,265,000
$30,043,000; cost of municipal rate loans, $46,020,000;
cost of money rural telephone loans, $40,000; cost of loans
guaranteed pursuant to section 306, $11,184,000
$3,090,000.
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 1994 and within
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the resources and authority available, gross obligations for
the 
principal 
amount 
of 
direct 
loans 
shall 
be
$199,847,000.
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 loans authorized by the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),
$40,000 $3,118,000.
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, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For loans authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco-
nomic 
development 
and 
job 
creation 
projects,
$13,025,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans, $3,381,000
$3,423,000.
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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
loan guarantee programs for Community Antenna Tele-
vision facilities as authorized by the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–1995), and
for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year
1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and
credit reports, funds for employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $103,000 for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000; of which
$29,982,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural
Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in
this Act and $8,794,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account in this Act:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used
to authorize the transfer of additional funds to this ac-
count from the Rural Telephone Bank: Provided further,
That none of the salaries and expenses provided to the
Rural Electrification Administration, and none of the re-
sponsibilities assigned by law to the Administrator of the
Rural Electrification Administration may be reassigned or
transferred to any other agency or office.
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TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND
CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Food and Nutrition Service and the Human Nutrition In-
formation Service, $554,000 $547,000.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli-
cable provisions other than sections 3 and 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773–1785, and 1788–
1789); $7,497,131,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1995, of which $2,727,022,000 is hereby ap-
propriated and $4,770,109,000 shall be derived by trans-
fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of
August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That here-
after, funds appropriated for the purpose of section 7 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall be allocated among
the States but the distribution of such funds to an individ-
ual State is contingent upon that State’s agreement to
participate in studies and surveys of programs authorized
under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutri-
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tion Act of 1966, when such studies and surveys have been
directed by the Congress and requested by the Secretary
of Agriculture: Provided further, That hereafter, if the Sec-
retary of Agriculture determines that a State’s adminis-
tration of any program under the National School Lunch
Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (other than section
17), or the regulations issued pursuant to these Acts, is
seriously deficient, and the State fails to correct the defi-
ciency within a specified period of time, the Secretary may
withhold from the State some or all of the funds allocated
to the State under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 and under section 13(k)(1) of the National School
Lunch Act; upon a subsequent determination by the Sec-
retary that the programs are operated in an acceptable
manner some or all of the funds withheld may be allocated:
Provided further, That hereafter, only final reimbursement
claims for service of meals, supplements, and milk submit-
ted to State agencies by eligible schools, summer camps,
institutions, and service institutions within sixty days fol-
lowing the month for which the reimbursement is claimed
shall be eligible for reimbursement from funds appro-
priated under this Act. available to the Department of Ag-
riculture; in addition, States may receive program funds
appropriated under this Act available to the Department
of Agriculture for meals, supplements, and milk served
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during any month only if the final program operations re-
port for such month is submitted to the Department with-
in ninety days following that month. Exceptions month;
and in addition, exceptions to these claims or reports sub-
mission requirements may be made at the discretion of
the Secretary: Provided further, That up to $3,849,000
shall be available for independent verification of school
food service claims: Provided further, That $1,706,000
$2,000,000 shall be available to provide financial and other
assistance to operate the Food Service Management Insti-
tute.
SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk
program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772), $20,277,000, to remain
available through September 30, 1995. Only 1995: Pro-
vided, That hereafter, only final reimbursement claims for
milk submitted to State agencies within sixty days follow-
ing the month for which the reimbursement is claimed
shall be eligible for reimbursement from funds appro-
priated under this Act. available to the Department of Ag-
riculture; in addition, States may receive program funds
appropriated under this Act available to the Department
of Agriculture only if the final program operations report
for such month is submitted to the Department within
ninety days following that month. Exceptions month; and
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in addition, exceptions to these claims or reports submis-
sion requirements may be made at the discretion of the
Secretary.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,
INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental food program as authorized by section 17 of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$3,210,000,000
$3,213,500,000, to remain available
through September 30, 1995, of which up to $4,000,000
$8,000,000 may be used to carry out the farmer’s market
coupon program: Provided, That none of the funds in this
Act hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department
of Agriculture shall be available to pay administrative ex-
penses of WIC clinics except those that have an announced
policy of prohibiting smoking within the space used to
carry out the program: Provided further, That until revised
allocation regulations have been issued, the Secretary may
waive regulations governing allocations as necessary to en-
sure funds are received by States most in need: Provided
further, That hereafter, rebate funds received by States as
part of a cost containment initiative for WIC are exempt
from the interest provisions of the Cash Management Im-
provement Act of 1990, Public Law 101–453.
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COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM
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)), including not less than $8,000,000
for the projects in Detroit, New Orleans, and Des Moines,
$104,500,000 to remain available through September 30,
1995: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail-
able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for
commodities donated to the program.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011–2029), $28,136,655,000: Provided,
That funds provided herein shall remain available through
September 30, 1994, in accordance with section 18(a) of
the 
Food 
Stamp 
Act: 
Provided 
further, 
That
$2,500,000,000 of the foregoing amount 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 further, That funds provided herein shall be ex-
pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp
Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
subject to any work registration or work fare requirements
as may be required by law: Provided further, That
$345,000,000 of the funds provided herein shall be avail-
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able after the Secretary has employed the regulatory and
administrative methods available to him under the law to
curtail fraud, waste, and abuse in the program: Provided
further, That $1,091,000,000 of the foregoing amount
shall be available for Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028, of which $12,472,000
shall be transferred to the Animal and Plant Health In-
spection Service for the Cattle Tick Eradication Project.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7
U.S.C. 612c (note)), section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act
(7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a),
$218,641,000, to remain available through September 30,
1995: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for meals provided pursuant to the Older Americans
Act of 1965, a maximum rate of reimbursement to States
will be established by the Secretary, subject to reduction if
obligations would exceed the amount of available funds,
with any unobligated funds to remain available only for
obligation in the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1994.
For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of
the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $40,000,000.
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THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency
Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000
$42,500,000: Provided, That, in accordance with section
202 of Public Law 98–92, these funds shall be available
only if the Secretary determines the existence of excess
commodities.
For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emer-
gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,
$80,000,000 $107,500,000.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic food programs funded under this Act, $107,767,000;
of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula-
tions, improving food stamp coupon handling, and assist-
ance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of
fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this ap-
propriation 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.
HUMAN NUTRITION INFORMATION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to enable the Human Nutrition
Information Service to perform applied research and dem-
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onstrations relating to human nutrition and consumer use
and economics of food utilization, and nutrition monitor-
ing, $10,864,000: Provided, That funds made available by
Public Law 102–341 under this head shall remain available
for obligation from October 1, 1993, through September 30,
1994, only for the purpose of expenses necessary to conduct
the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals: Pro-
vided further, 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).
TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND
RELATED PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market
development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec-
retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart-
ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ-
ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $117,812,000
$110,284,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available to obtain statistics and related facts on foreign
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production and full and complete information on methods
used by other countries to move farm commodities in
world trade on a competitive basis:–Provided further, That
in addition, funds available to the Department of Agri-
culture shall be available to assist an international organi-
zation in meeting the costs, including salaries, fringe bene-
fits and other associated costs, related to the employment
by the organization of Federal personnel that may transfer
to the organization under the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581–
3584, or of other well-qualified United States citizens, for
the performance of activities that contribute to increased
understanding of international agricultural issues, with
transfer of funds for this purpose from one appropriation
to another or to a single account authorized, such funds
remaining
available
until
expended:–Provided
further,
That the Office may utilize advances of funds, or reim-
burse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and
institutions under agreements executed pursuant to the
agricultural
food
production
assistance
programs
(7
U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance programs of the
International Development Cooperation Administration
(22 U.S.C. 2392).
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None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or
tobacco products.
GENERAL SALES MANAGER
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Sales Manager, $9,158,000, of which $4,866,000 may be
transferred from Commodity Credit Corporation funds,
$2,792,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Cred-
it Corporation Program Account in this Act, and
$1,500,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480
Program Account in this Act. The General Sales Manager
shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available informa-
tion on developments related to private sales, as well as
those funded by the Corporation, including grade and
quality as sold and as delivered, including information re-
lating to the effectiveness of greater reliance by the Gen-
eral Sales Manager upon loan guarantees as contrasted
to direct loans for financing commercial export sales of
agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit
terms, as provided in titles I and II of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978, Public Law 95–501, and shall submit
quarterly reports to the appropriate committees of Con-
gress concerning such developments.
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None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall
be available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or
tobacco products.
PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(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, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1691, 1701–1715, 1721–1726, 1727–1727f,
1731–1736g), as follows: (1) $450,446,000 $503,635,000
for Public Law 480 title I credit, including Food for
Progress credit; (2) $45,927,000 $51,641,000 is hereby ap-
propriated for ocean freight differential costs for the ship-
ment of agricultural commodities pursuant to title I of
said Act and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as
amended; (3) $821,570,000 is hereby appropriated for
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
abroad pursuant to title II of said Act; and (4)
$280,083,000 is hereby appropriated for commodities sup-
plied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to
title III of said Act: Provided, That not to exceed 10 per
centum of the funds made available to carry out any title
of said Act may be used to carry out any other title of
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said Act: Provided further, That such sums shall remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements
as authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and the Food for
Progress Act of 1985, as amended, including the cost of
modifying 
credit 
agreements 
under 
said 
Act,
$346,889,000 $387,849,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the Public Law 480 title I credit program, and the Food
for Progress Act of 1985, as amended, to the extent funds
appropriated for Public Law 480 are utilized, $2,536,000.
SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail-
able not less than $5,000,000,000 in credit guarantees
under its export credit guarantee program for short-term
credit extended to finance the export sales of United
States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,
as authorized by section 211(b)(1) of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail-
able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees
under its export guarantee program for intermediate-term
credit extended to finance the export sales of United
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States agricultural commodities and the products thereof,
as authorized by section 211(b)(2) of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail-
able not less than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees
under its Export Guarantee Program for credit expended
to finance the export sales of United States agricultural
commodities and the products thereof to emerging democ-
racies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101–
624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note).
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out CCC’s Ex-
port Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,
$3,381,000; to cover common overhead expenses as per-
mitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation
Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Re-
form Act of 1990, of which not to exceed $2,792,000 may
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
the salaries and expenses of the General Sales Manager,
and of which not to exceed $589,000 may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for the salaries and
expenses of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva-
tion Service.
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OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND
DEVELOPMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of International
Cooperation and Development to coordinate, plan, and di-
rect activities involving international development, tech-
nical assistance and training, and international scientific
and technical cooperation in the Department of Agriculture,
including those authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291), $7,697,000: Provided, That not
to exceed $3,000 of this amount shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1766: Provided further, That in addition, funds
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be avail-
able to assist an international organization in meeting the
costs, including salaries, fringe benefits and other associated
costs, related to the employment by the organization of Fed-
eral personnel that may transfer to the organization under
the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581–3584, or of other well-quali-
fied United States citizens, for the performance of activities
that contribute to increased understanding of international
agricultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose
from one appropriation to another or to a single account
authorized, such funds remaining available until expended:
Provided further, That the Office may utilize advances of
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funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures
made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private or-
ganizations and institutions under agreements executed
pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-
grams of the International Development Cooperation Ad-
ministration (22 U.S.C. 2392).
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS (FOREIGN CURRENCY
PROGRAM)
LIMITATION ON EXPENSES
For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned
by the United States for research activities authorized by
section 104(c)(7) of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C.
1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, That not
to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available for pay-
ments in foreign currencies for expenses of employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5
U.S.C. 3109.
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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 rental of special purpose space in the
District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted
for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed
$25,000; 
$867,339,000,
of
which
not
to
exceed
$54,000,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to
this appropriation and remain available until expended:
Provided, That fees derived from applications received
during fiscal year 1994 shall be subject to the fiscal year
1994 limitation: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any
program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be
used to pay for expenses of the Board of Experts on Tea
$638,339,000; and in addition, $175,000,000 to be credited
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to this appropriation, from fees established and collected to
cover the costs of regulation of products under the jurisdic-
tion of the Food and Drug Administration, to remain avail-
able until expended.
In addition, not to exceed $54,000,000 in fees pursuant
to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
may be credited to this appropriation and remain available
until expended in accordance with section 736(g) of such
Act: Provided, That this amount may be adjusted pursuant
to section 736(c) of that Act: Provided further, That fees
derived from applications received during fiscal year 1994
shall be credited to the appropriation current in the year
in which the fees are collected and subject to the fiscal year
1994 limitation.
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, $8,350,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That
the Food and Drug Administration may accept donated
land in Montgomery and/or Prince George’s Counties,
Maryland.
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RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA)
(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 Food and Drug Administration which are included in
this Act, $48,575,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be re-
tained by the Food and Drug Administration for repairs,
improvements, and non-recurring repairs as determined by
the Food and Drug Administration: Provided, That in the
event the Food and Drug Administration should require
modification of space needs, a share of the salaries and
expenses appropriation may be transferred to this appro-
priation, or a share of this appropriation may be trans-
ferred to the salaries and expenses appropriation, but such
transfers shall not exceed 5 per centum of the funds made
available for rental payments (FDA) to or from this
account.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE
PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE CORPORATION
For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System
Financial Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the
Treasury, as authorized by section 6.28(c) of the Farm
Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for reimbursement of in-
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terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor-
poration on obligations issued through 1993, as author-
ized, $62,696,000.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.
1 et seq.), including 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 5 U.S.C.
3109; $47,485,000, including not to exceed $700 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $40,426,000 (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.
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 the fiscal year 1994 under this
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those
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specifically provided for, of not to exceed 657 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 653 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-
search and service work authorized by the Acts of August
14, 1946, and July 28, 1954, and (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621–
1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available for contracting in accordance with said
Acts and chapter.
SEC. 704. No part of the funds contained in this Act
Hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department
of Agriculture may be used to make production or other
payments to a person, persons, or corporations upon a
final finding by court of competent jurisdiction that such
party is guilty of growing, cultivating, harvesting, process-
ing or storing marijuana, or other such prohibited drug-
producing plants on any part of lands owned or controlled
by such persons or corporations.
SEC. 705. The cumulative total of transfers to the
Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating
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growth capital for data services and National Finance
Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided,
That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of
the Department shall be transferred to the Working Cap-
ital Fund without the approval of the agency adminis-
trator.
SEC. 706. New obligational authority provided for the
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to
meet emergency conditions, and Integrated Systems Ac-
quisition Project; Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva-
tion Service, salaries and expenses funds made available
to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, Mid-
dle-Income Country Training Program; higher education
graduate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(6)); and capacity building grants to colleges eligi-
ble to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890,
including Tuskegee University.
New obligational authority for the Boll Weevil Pro-
gram; up to 10 per centum of the Screwworm Program
of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; funds
appropriated for Rental Payments; and higher education
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minority scholars programs under section 1417(b)(5) of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)) shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 707. 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. 708. 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
and language training pursuant to Public Law 94–449.
SEC. 709. 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 per centum of the total direct cost
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative
arrangements 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. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con-
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nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section
32 price support operations may be used, as authorized
by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide
commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Agriculture.
SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to reimburse the General Services Administration for
payment of space rental and related costs in excess of the
amounts specified in this Act; nor shall this or any other
provision of law require a reduction in the level of rental
space or services below that of fiscal year 1993 or prohibit
an expansion of rental space or services with the use of
funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no
agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds oth-
erwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Ad-
ministration for payment of space rental and related costs
provided to such agency at a percentage rate which is
greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated
in this Act.
SEC. 712. None of the funds provided in this Act may
be used to reduce programs by establishing an end-of-year
employment ceiling on full-time equivalent staff years
below the level set herein for the following agencies: Food
and Drug Administration, 9,824; Farmers Home Adminis-
tration, 12,225; Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva-
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tion Service, 2,550; Rural Electrification Administration,
550; and Soil Conservation Service, 14,177.
SEC. 713. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be
applied only to the objects for which appropriations were
made except as otherwise provided by law, as required by
31 U.S.C. 1301.
SEC. 714. 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. 715. None of the funds provided in this Act
Hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department
of Agriculture may be expended to release information ac-
quired from any handler under the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937, as amended: Provided, That this
provision shall not prohibit the release of information to
other Federal agencies for enforcement purposes: Provided
further, That this provision shall not prohibit the release
of aggregate statistical data used in formulating regula-
tions pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement
Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further, That this pro-
vision shall not prohibit the release of information submit-
ted by milk handlers.
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SEC. 716. Unless otherwise provided in this Act, none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available in
this Act may be used by the Farmers Home Administra-
tion to employ or otherwise contract with private debt col-
lection agencies to collect delinquent payments from
Farmers Home Administration borrowers.
SEC. 717. None of the funds in this Act, or otherwise
made available by this Act, shall be used to sell loans made
by the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund. Further,
Rural Development Insurance Fund loans offered for sale
in fiscal year 1994 shall be first offered to the borrowers
for prepayment.
SEC. 718. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to establish any new office, organization, or center for
which funds have not been provided in advance in Appro-
priations Acts, except the Department may carry out plan-
ning activities.
SEC. 719. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded com-
petitively by the Cooperative State Research Service that
exceed 14 per centum of total Federal funds provided
under each award.
SEC. 720. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
available in fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994 shall re-
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main available until expended to cover obligations made
in fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994 for the following ac-
counts: Rural Development Insurance Fund Program Ac-
count; Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account;
the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account; the Rural
Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account;
and the Rural Economic Development Loans Program Ac-
count: Provided, That hereafter, such appropriations are
authorized to remain available until expended.
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, none of the funds in this Act may be used to
operate the seven regional offices of the Rural Develop-
ment Administration after April 1, 1994.
SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the
salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion
Program pursuant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco
or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities
under such program exceeds $127,734,000 $75,000,000.
SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll
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in excess of 50,000 25,000 acres in the fiscal year 1994
Wetlands Reserve Program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
3837.
SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll
additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program au-
thorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831–3845.
SEC. 726. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1994 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 727. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
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pending the assistance, purchase only American-
made equipment and products.
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—
In providing financial assistance using funds made
available in this Act, the head of each Federal agen-
cy shall provide to each recipient of the assistance
a notice describing the statement made in paragraph
(1) by the Congress.
(c) PROHIBITION
OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS
FALSELY LABELING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—
If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bear-
ing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped
to the United States that is not made in the United
States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding the provisions of the con-
stitution of any State or the laws of any State limiting
the rate or amount of interest which may be charged, taken,
received, or reserved, the rates of interest on loans guaran-
teed by the Farmers Home Administration and the Rural