priations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–78; 113 Stat. 1175),
or under the heading ‘‘Crop loss assistance’’ under ‘‘Com-
modity Credit Corporation Fund’’ of H.R. 3425 of the
106th Congress (as contained in appendix E of Public
Law 106–113 (113 Stat. 1501A–289)), to compensate
nursery stock producers for nursery stock losses caused
by Hurricane Irene on October 16 and 17, 1999, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall treat the losses as losses to the
1999 nursery stock crop.
SEC. 747. Any regulation issued pursuant to any plan
to eliminate Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses due to eggs
(including the Action Plan to Eliminate Salmonella
Enteritidis Illnesses Due to Eggs, published on December
10, 1999) which establishes requirements for producers or
packers of shell eggs to conduct tests for Salmonella
Enteritidis shall contain provisions to defray or reimburse
the costs of such tests to producers or packers. Any re-
quirements pursuant to any such plan to divert eggs into
pasteurization shall be imposed only as a consequence of
positive test results from end product testing. The number
of environmental tests required pursuant to any such plan
shall, to the extent practicable, not exceed the number of
such tests required pursuant to existing national quality
assurance programs for shell eggs.
SEC. 748. Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(b)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) LOANS TO POULTRY FARMERS.—
‘‘(A) INABILITY TO OBTAIN INSURANCE.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subtitle, the
Secretary may make a loan to a poultry
farmer under this subtitle to cover the loss
of a chicken house for which the farmer
did not have hazard insurance at the time
of the loss, if the farmer—
‘‘(I) applied for, but was unable,
to obtain hazard insurance for the
chicken house;
‘‘(II) uses the loan to rebuild the
chicken house in accordance with in-
dustry standards in effect on the date
the farmer submits an application for
the loan (referred to in this paragraph
as ‘current industry standards’);
‘‘(III) obtains, for the term of
the loan, hazard insurance for the full
market value of the chicken house;
and
‘‘(IV) meets the other require-
ments for the loan under this subtitle,
other than (if the Secretary finds that
the applicant’s farming operations
have been substantially affected by a
major disaster or emergency des-
ignated by the President under the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)) the requirement
that an applicant not be able to obtain
sufficient credit elsewhere.
‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—The amount of a loan
made to a poultry farmer under clause (i)
shall be an amount that will allow the
farmer to rebuild the chicken house in ac-
cordance with current industry standards.
‘‘(B) LOANS TO COMPLY WITH CURRENT
INDUSTRY STANDARDS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of this subtitle, the
Secretary may make a loan to a poultry
farmer under this subtitle to cover the loss
of a chicken house for which the farmer
had hazard insurance at the time of the
loss, if—
‘‘(I) the amount of the hazard in-
surance is less than the cost of re-
building the chicken house in accord-
ance with current industry standards;
‘‘(II) the farmer uses the loan to
rebuild the chicken house in accord-
ance with current industry standards;
‘‘(III) the farmer obtains, for the
term of the loan, hazard insurance for
the full market value of the chicken
house; and
‘‘(IV) the farmer meets the other
requirements for the loan under this
subtitle, other than (if the Secretary
finds that the applicant’s farming op-
erations have been substantially af-
fected by a major disaster or emer-
gency designated by the President
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)) the require-
ment that an applicant not be able to
obtain sufficient credit elsewhere.
‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—The amount of a loan
made to a poultry farmer under clause (i)
shall be the difference between—
‘‘(I) the amount of the hazard in-
surance obtained by the farmer; and
‘‘(II) the cost of rebuilding the
chicken house in accordance with cur-
rent industry standards.’’.
SEC. 749. Public Law 105–277, division A, title XI,
section 1121 (112 Stat. 2681–44, 2681–45) is amended
by—
(1) striking ‘‘not later than January 1, 2000’’
and inserting ‘‘not later than January 1, 2001’’; and
(2) adding the following new subsection at the
end thereof—
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL DISBURSEMENT.—
‘‘(1) COTTON STORED IN GEORGIA.—The State
of Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indem-
nity fund established in accordance with this section
to compensate cotton producers in other States who
stored cotton in the State of Georgia and incurred
losses in 1998 or 1999 as the result of the events
described in subsection (a).
‘‘(2) GINNERS
AND
OTHERS.—The State of
Georgia may also use funds remaining in the indem-
nity fund established in accordance with this section
to compensate cotton ginners and others in the busi-
ness of producing, ginning, warehousing, buying, or
selling cotton for losses they incurred in 1998 or
1999 as the result of the events described in sub-
section (a), if—
‘‘(A) as of March 1, 2000, the indemnity
fund has not been exhausted;
‘‘(B) the State of Georgia provides cotton
producers (including cotton producers described
in paragraph (1)) an additional time period
prior to May 1, 2000, in which to establish eli-
gibility for compensation under this section;
‘‘(C) the State of Georgia determines dur-
ing calendar year 2000 that all cotton pro-
ducers in that State and cotton producers in
other States as described in paragraph (1) have
been appropriately compensated for losses in-
curred in 1998 or 1999 as described in sub-
section (a); and
‘‘(D) such additional compensation is not
made available until May 1, 2000.’’.
APPLE MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE AND QUALITY LOSS
PAYMENTS FOR APPLES AND POTATOES
SEC. 750. (a) APPLE MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.—
In order to provide relief for loss of markets for apples,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall use $100,000,000 to
make payments to apple producers. Payments shall be
made on a per pound basis on each qualifying producer’s
1999 production of apples, subject to such terms and con-
ditions on such payments as may be established by the
Secretary. Payments under this subsection, however, shall
not be made with respect to that part of a farm’s 1999
apple production that is in excess of 1.6 million pounds.
(b) QUALITY LOSS PAYMENTS FOR APPLES AND PO-
TATOES.—In 
addition, 
the 
Secretary 
shall 
use
$15,000,000 to provide compensation to producers of po-
tatoes and to producers of apples who suffered quality
losses to their 1999 production of those crops due to, or
related to, a 1999 hurricane.
(c) NON-DUPLICATION
OF
PAYMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this section, the payments
made under this section shall be designed to avoid, taken
into account other Federal compensation programs as may
apply, a duplication of payments for the same loss. Pay-
ments made under Federal crop insurance programs shall
not, however, be considered to be duplicate payments.
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall
use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to carry out this section.
(e) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The entire amount
necessary to carry out this section shall be available only
to the extent that an official budget request for the entire
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to
the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
SEC. 751. None of the funds made available in this
Act or in any other Act may be used to recover part or
all of any payment erroneously made to any oyster fisher-
man in the State of Connecticut for oyster losses under
the program established under section 1102(b) of the Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as
contained in section 101(a) of division A of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Approprations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)), and the regulations
issued pursuant to such section 1102(b).
SEC. 752. Within available funds, the Secretary of
Agriculture is urged to use ethanol, biodiesel, and other
alternative fuels to the maximum extent practicable in
meeting the fuel needs of the Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 753. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the Food and Drug Administration may be ex-
pended to enforce or otherwise carry out section 801(d)(1)
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
SEC. 754. None of the funds made available in this
Act for the Food and Drug Administration may be ex-
pended to take any action (administrative or otherwise)
to interfere with the importation into the United States
of drugs that have been approved for use within the
United States and were manufactured in an FDA-ap-
proved facility in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2000.
Attest:
Clerk.