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(2) EQUITY LOANS.—Section 515(t) of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(t)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(6)
through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (6), re-
spectively.
(3) EQUITY TAKEOUT LOANS TO EXTEND LOW-IN-
COME USE.—
(A) AUTHORITY AND LIMITATION.—Section
502(c)(4)(B)(iv) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1472(c)(4)(B)(iv)) is amended by insert-
ing before the period at the end the following: ‘‘or
under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 514(j),
except that an equity loan referred to in this
clause may not be made available after the date
of the enactment of the Act entitled ‘An Act mak-
ing appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Devel-
opment, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997, and for other pur-
poses’, unless the Secretary determines that the
other incentives available under this subpara-
graph are not adequate to provide a fair return
on the investment of the borrower, to prevent
prepayment of the loan insured under section
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514 or 515, or to prevent the displacement of
tenants of the housing for which the loan was
made’’.
(B) APPROVAL
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Section
502(c)(4)(C) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1472(c)(4)(C)) is amended by striking
‘‘(C)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘pro
vided—’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘(C) APPROVAL OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may
approve assistance under subparagraph (B) for assisted
housing only if the restrictive period has expired for any
loan for the housing made or insured under section 514 or
515 pursuant to a contract entered into after December 21,
1979, but before the date of the enactment of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989,
and the Secretary determines that the combination of assist-
ance provided—’’.
(C) 
TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Section
515(c)(1) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1485(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘December
21, 1979’’ and inserting ‘‘December 15, 1989’’.
(d) EQUITY SKIMMING PENALTIES.—
(1) INSURANCE OF LOANS FOR THE PROVISION OF
HOUSING AND RELATED FACILITIES FOR DOMESTIC FARM
LABOR.—Section 514 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
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1484) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(j) EQUITY SKIMMING PENALTY.—Whoever, as an
owner, agent, or manager, or who is otherwise in custody,
control, or possession of property that is security for a loan
made or insured under this section willfully uses, or author-
izes the use, of any part of the rents, assets, proceeds, in-
come, or other funds derived from such property, for any
purpose other than to meet actual or necessary expenses of
the property, or for any other purpose not authorized by
this title or the regulations adopted pursuant to this title,
shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not
more than 5 years, or both.’’.
(2) DIRECT AND INSURED LOANS TO PROVIDE
HOUSING
AND
RELATED
FACILITIES
FOR
ELDERLY
PERSONS AND FAMILIES IN RURAL AREAS.—Section
515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(aa) EQUITY SKIMMING PENALTY.—Whoever, as an
owner, agent, or manager, or who is otherwise in custody,
control, or possession of property that is security for a loan
made or insured under this section willfully uses, or author-
izes the use, of any part of the rents, assets, proceeds, in-
come, or other funds derived from such property, for any
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purpose other than to meet actual or necessary expenses of
the property, or for any other purpose not authorized by
this title or the regulations adopted pursuant to this title,
shall be fined not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not
more than 5 years, or both.’’.
Ω132æSEC. 742. REAUTHORIZATION
OF NATIONAL
AQUACULTURE ACT OF 1980.—Section 10 of the National
Aquaculture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 2809) is amended by
striking ‘‘1991, 1992, and 1993’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘1991 through 1997’’.
Ω133æSEC. 743. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE VOL-
UNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this sec-
tion—
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means the Depart-
ment of Agriculture;
(2) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an employee
(as defined by section 2105 of title 5, United
States Code) who is employed by the agency (or
an individual employed by a county committee
established under section 8(b)(5) of the Soil Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C.
590h(b)(5))), is serving under an appointment
without time limitation, and has been currently
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employed for a continuous period of at least 3
years, but does not include—
(A) a reemployed annuitant under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of
title 5, United States Code, or another re-
tirement system for employees of the agency;
(B) an employee having a disability on
the basis of which such employee is or
would be eligible for disability retirement
under the applicable retirement system re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A);
(C) an employee who is in receipt of a
specific notice of involuntary separation for
misconduct or unacceptable performance;
(D) an employee who, upon completing
an additional period of service as referred
to in section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Federal
Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (5
U.S.C. 5597 note), would qualify for a vol-
untary separation incentive payment under
section 3 of such Act;
(E) an employee who has previously
received any voluntary separation incentive
payment by the Federal Government under
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this section or any other authority and has
not repaid such payment;
(F) an employee covered by statutory
reemployment rights who is on transfer to
another organization; or
(G) any employee who, during the
twenty four month period preceding the
date of separation, has received a recruit-
ment or relocation bonus under section 5753
of title 5, United States Code, or who, with-
in the twelve month period preceding the
date of separation, received a retention al-
lowance under section 5754 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(b) AGENCY STRATEGIC PLAN.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of the agency,
prior to obligating any resources for voluntary
separation incentive payments, shall submit to
the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions and the Committee on Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Gov-
ernment Reform and Oversight of the House of
Representatives a strategic plan outlining the in-
tended use of such incentive payments and a
proposed organizational chart for the agency
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once such incentive payments have been com-
pleted.
(2) CONTENTS.—The agency’s plan shall in-
clude—
(A) the positions and functions to be
reduced or eliminated, identified by organi-
zational unit, geographic location, occupa-
tional category and grade level;
(B) the number and amounts of vol-
untary separation incentive payments to be
offered; and
(C) a description of how the agency
will operate without the eliminated posi-
tions and functions.
(c) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE VOLUNTARY SEPARA-
TION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A voluntary separation
incentive payment under this section may be
paid by an agency to any employee only to the
extent necessary to eliminate the positions and
functions identified by the strategic plan.
(2) AMOUNT
AND
TREATMENT
OF
PAY-
MENTS.—A voluntary separation incentive pay-
ment—
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(A) shall be paid in a lump sum after
the employee’s separation;
(B) shall be paid from appropriations
or funds available for the payment of the
basic pay of the employees;
(C) shall be equal to the lesser of—
(i) an amount equal to the
amount the employee would be entitled
to receive under section 5595(c) of title
5, United States Code; or
(ii) an amount determined by the
agency head not to exceed $25,000 in
fiscal year 1997, $20,000 in fiscal year
1998, $15,000 in fiscal year 1999, or
$10,000 in fiscal year 2000;
(D) shall not be a basis for payment,
and shall not be included in the computa-
tion, of any other type of Government bene-
fit; and
(E) shall not be taken into account in
determining the amount of any severance
pay to which the employee may be entitled
under section 5595 of title 5, United States
Code, based on any other separation.
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(3) LIMITATION.—No amount shall be pay-
able under this section based on any separation
occurring before the date of the enactment of this
Act, or after September 30, 2000.
(d) ADDITIONAL AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
RETIREMENT FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any other
payments which it is required to make under
subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United
States Code, the agency shall remit to the Office
of Personnel Management for deposit in the
Treasury of the United States to the credit of the
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
an amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic
pay of each employee of the agency who is cov-
ered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chap-
ter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom a
voluntary separation incentive has been paid
under this section.
(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of para-
graph (1), the term ‘‘final basic pay’’, with re-
spect to an employee, means the total amount of
basic pay which would be payable for a year of
service by such employee, computed using the
employee’s final rate of basic pay, and, if last
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serving on other than a full-time basis, with ap-
propriate adjustment therefor.
(e) EFFECT OF SUBSEQUENT EMPLOYMENT WITH
THE GOVERNMENT.—An individual who has received
a voluntary separation incentive payment under this
section and accepts any employment for compensation
with the Government of the United States, or who
works for any agency of the United States Govern-
ment through a personal services contract, within 5
years after the date of the separation on which the
payment is based shall be required to pay, prior to
the individual’s first day of employment, the entire
amount of the incentive payment to the agency that
paid the incentive payment.
(f) REDUCTION OF AGENCY EMPLOYMENT LEV-
ELS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The total number of
funded employee positions in the agency shall be
reduced by one position for each vacancy created
by the separation of any employee who has re-
ceived, or is due to receive, a voluntary separa-
tion incentive payment under this section. For
the purposes of this subsection, positions shall be
counted on a full-time-equivalent basis.
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(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The President, through
the Office of Management and Budget, shall
monitor the agency and take any action nec-
essary to ensure that the requirements of this
subsection are met.
(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take ef-
fect October 1, 1996.
Ω134æSEC. 744. Section 101(b) of the Agriculture and
Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98; 7 U.S.C. 608c note)
is amended by striking ‘‘1996’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.
Ω135æSEC. 745. REVIEW AND REPORT ON H–2A NON-
IMMIGRANT WORKERS PROGRAM.—
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense
of the Congress that the enactment of this Act may
impact the future availability of an adequate work
force for the producers of our Nation’s labor intensive
agricultural commodities and livestock.
(b) REVIEW.—The Comptroller General shall re-
view the effectiveness of the H–2A nonimmigrant
worker program to ensure that the program provides
a workable safety valve in the event of future short-
ages of domestic workers after the enactment of this
Act. Among other things, the Comptroller General
shall review the program to determine—
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(1) that the program ensures that an ade-
quate supply of qualified United States workers
is available at the time and place needed for em-
ployers seeking such workers after the date of en-
actment of this Act;
(2) that the program ensures that there is
timely approval of applications for temporary
foreign workers under the H–2A nonimmigrant
worker program in the event of shortages of
United States workers after the date of enact-
ment of this Act;
(3) that the program ensures that imple-
mentation of the H–2A nonimmigrant worker
program is not displacing United States agricul-
tural workers or diminishing the terms and con-
ditions of employment of United States agricul-
tural workers; and
(4) if and to what extent the H–2A non-
immigrant worker program is contributing to
the problem of illegal immigration.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 1996,
or three months after the date of enactment of this
Act, whichever is sooner, the Comptroller General
shall submit a report to Congress setting forth the
findings of the review conducted under subsection (b).
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Comptroller General’’ means
the Comptroller General of the United States;
and
(2) the term ‘‘H–2A nonimmigrant worker
program’’ means the program for the admission
of nonimmigrant aliens described in section
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(A) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act.
Ω136æSEC. 746. NORTHERN
FOREST
STEWARD-
SHIP.—
(a) FINDINGS.—With respect to the Northern
Forest in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, New
York, and Vermont, Congress finds that—
(1) the current land ownership and man-
agement patterns have served the people and for-
ests of the region well; public policies relating to
the Northern Forest should seek to reinforce rath-
er than replace the patterns of ownership and
use that have characterized lands in the Northern
Forest for decades;
(2) people have a right to participate in de-
cisions that affect them;
(3) the rights of private property owners
must be respected;
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(4) natural systems must be sustained over
the long term, including air, soil, water, and the
diversity of plant and animal species;
(5) the history and culture of the Northern
Forest and the connections between people and
the land must be respected;
(6) States should work in partnership with
local governments and the Federal Government;
(7) differences among the 4 Northern Forest
States must be recognized;
(8) people must appreciate that the North-
ern Forest has values that are important beyond
the boundaries of the Northern Forest;
(9) because public funds are scarce, the
greatest public benefit must be secured for any
additional investment;
(10) proposals must be judged by their long-
term benefits, looking at least 50 years into the
future;
(11) programs and regulations in existence
on the date of enactment of this Act should be
continually evaluated, built upon, and improved
before new ones are created;
(12) the actions described in this section are
most appropriately directed by the States, with
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assistance from the Federal Government, as re-
quested by the States;
(13) certain Federal tax policies work
against the long-term ownership, management,
and conservation of forest land in the Northern
Forest region, and Congress and the President
should enact additional legislation to address
those tax policies as soon as possible; and
(14) this section effectuates certain rec-
ommendations of the Northern Forest Lands
Council that were developed with broad public
input and the involvement of Federal, State, and
local governments.
(b) PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture, acting through the Chief of the Forest
Service, is authorized, at the request of the State
of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, or Ver-
mont, to provide technical assistance for a State-
based initiative directed by the State, to define
the appropriate benchmarks of sustainable forest
management that address the principles of sus-
tainability, as recommended by the Northern
Forest Lands Council.
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(2) PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY.—It is
the sense of Congress that for the purposes of
paragraph (1), principles of sustainability
should include—
(A) maintenance of soil productivity;
(B) conservation of water quality, wet-
lands, and riparian zones;
(C) maintenance or creation of a
healthy balance of forest age classes;
(D) continuous flow of timber, pulp-
wood, and other forest products;
(E) improvement of the overall quality
of the timber resource as a foundation for
more value-added opportunities;
(F) addressing scenic quality by limit-
ing adverse aesthetic impacts of forest har-
vesting, particularly in high-elevation areas
and vistas;
(G) conservation and enhancement of
habitats that support a full range of native
flora and fauna;
(H) protection of unique or fragile nat-
ural areas; and
(I) continuation of opportunities for
traditional recreation.
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(c) NORTHERN FOREST RESEARCH COOPERA-
TIVE.—The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through
the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station and the
Chief of the Forest Service, is authorized, at the re-
quest of the State of Maine, New Hampshire, New
York, or Vermont, to cooperate with the State, the
land grant universities of the State, natural resource
and forestry schools, other Federal agencies, and other
interested parties in coordinating ecological and eco-
nomic research, including—
(1) research at those universities on eco-
system health, forest management, product devel-
opment, economics, and related fields;
(2) development of specific forest manage-
ment guidelines to achieve principles of sustain-
ability described in subsection (b) as rec-
ommended by the Northern Forest Lands Coun-
cil;
(3) technology transfer to the wood products
industry on efficient processing, pollution pre-
vention, and energy conservation;
(4) dissemination of existing and new infor-
mation to landowners, public and private re-
source managers, State forest citizen advisory
committees, and the general public through pro-
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fessional associations, publications, and other in-
formation clearinghouse activities; and
(5) analysis of strategies for the protection
of areas of outstanding ecological significance,
high biodiversity, and the provision of important
recreational opportunities, including strategies
for areas identified through State land acquisi-
tion planning processes.
(d) INTERSTATE COORDINATION STRATEGY.—At
the request of the States of Maine, New Hampshire,
New York, and Vermont, the Chief of the Forest Serv-
ice is authorized to make a representative of the State
and Private Forest Program available to meet with
representatives of the States to coordinate the imple-
mentation of Federal and State policy recommenda-
tions issued by the Northern Forest Lands Council
and other policies agreed to by the States.
(e) LAND CONSERVATION.—.
(1) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary
of Agriculture (acting through the Chief of the
Forest Service) and the Secretary of the Interior
(acting through the Director of the National
Park Service and Director of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service) at the request of the
State of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, or
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New York, is authorized to provide technical and
financial assistance for a State-managed public
land acquisition planning process and land ac-
quisition initiatives directed by the State.
(2) PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.—A goal-ori-
ented planning process for a State described in
paragraph (1) to establish a land conservation
program shall include—
(A) identification of, and setting of
priorities for the acquisition of, fee or less-
than-fee interests in exceptional and impor-
tant lands, in accordance with criteria that
include—
(i) places offering outstanding rec-
reational opportunities, including loca-
tions for hunting, fishing, trapping,
hiking, camping, and other forms of
back-country recreation;
(ii) recreational access to river
and lake shorelines;
(iii) land supporting vital ecologi-
cal functions and values;
(iv) habitats for rare, threatened,
or endangered natural communities,
plants, and wildlife;
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(v) areas of outstanding scenic
value and significant geological fea-
tures; and
(vi) working private forest lands
that are of such significance or so
threatened by conversion that conserva-
tion easements should be purchased;
(B) acquisition of land and interests
in land only from willing sellers;
(C) involvement of local governments
and landowners in the planning process in
a meaningful way that acknowledges their
concerns about public land acquisition;
(D) recognition that zoning, while an
important land use mechanism, is not an
appropriate substitution for acquisition;
(E) assurances that unilateral eminent
domain will only be used with the consent
of the landowner to clear title and establish
purchase prices;
(F) efficient use of public funds by
purchasing only the rights necessary to best
identify and protect exceptional values;
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(G) consideration of the potential im-
pacts and benefits of land and easement ac-
quisition on local and regional economies;
(H) consideration of the necessity of
including costs of future public land man-
agement in the assessment of overall costs of
acquisition;
(I) minimization of adverse tax con-
sequences to municipalities by making
funds available to continue to pay property
taxes based at least on current use valu-
ation of parcels acquired, payments in lieu
of taxes, user fee revenues, or other benefits,
where appropriate;
(J) identification of the potential for
exchanging public land for privately held
land of greater public value; and
(K) assurances that any land or inter-
ests inland that are acquired are used and
managed for their intended purposes.
(3) WILLING
SELLER.—No Federal funds
made available to carry out this section may be
expended for acquisition of private or public
property unless the owner of the property will-
ingly offers the property for sale.
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(4) LAND ACQUISITION.—
(A) FUNDING.—After completion of the
planning process under paragraph (2), a
Federal and State cooperative land acquisi-
tion project under this section may be car-
ried out with funding provided exclusively
by the Federal Government or with funding
provided by both the Federal Government
and a State government.
(B) OBJECTIVES.—A cooperative land
acquisition project funded under this section
shall promote State land conservation objec-
tives that correspond with Federal goals
and the recommendations of the Northern
Forest Lands Council.
(5) COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAM.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall conduct activities
under this subsection—
(A) as a complement to the State Com-
prehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan for
each Northern Forest State in existence on
the date of enactment of this section; and
(B) with a landscape perspective.
(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—There are author-
ized to be appropriated, out of any funds
made available for State purposes under
section 6 of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–8),
such sums as are necessary to carry out this
subsection.
(B) EFFECT ON APPORTIONMENT.—Ap-
portionment among the States under section
6(b) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l–8(b)) shall
be from funds not appropriated under sub-
paragraph (A).
(f) LANDOWNER LIABILITY EXEMPTION.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) many landowners keep their land
open and available for responsible recre-
ation; and
(B) private lands help provide impor-
tant forest-based recreation opportunities
for the public in the Northern Forest region.
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
Congress that States and other interested persons
should pursue initiatives that—
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(A) strengthen relief-from-liability laws
to protect landowners that allow responsible
public recreational use of their lands;
(B) update relief-from-liability laws to
establish 
hold-harmless 
mechanisms 
for
landowners that open their land to public
use, including provision for payment by the
State of the costs of a landowner’s defense
against personal injury suits and of the
costs of repairing property damage and re-
moving litter;
(C) private additional reductions in
property taxes for landowners that allow re-
sponsible public recreational use of their
lands;
(D) provide for purchases by the State
of land in fee and of temporary and perma-
nent recreation easements and leases, in-
cluding rights of access;
(E) foster State and private coopera-
tive recreation agreements;
(F) create recreation coordinator and
landowner liaison and remote ranger posi-
tions in State government to assist in the
management of public use of private lands
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and provide recreation opportunities and
other similar services;
(G) strengthen enforcement of trespass,
antilittering, and antidumping laws;
(H) improve recreation user education
programs; and
(I) improve capacity in State park
and recreation agencies to measure rec-
reational use (including types, amounts, lo-
cations, and concentrations of use) and
identify and address trends in use before the
trends create problems.
(g) NONGAME CONSERVATION.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(A) private landowners often manage
their lands in ways that produce a variety
of public benefits, including wildlife habitat;
and
(B) there should be more incentives for
private landowners to exceed current forest
management standards and responsibilities
under Federal laws.
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of
Congress that Congress should make it a priority
to consider legislation that creates a funding
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mechanism to support the conservation of
nongame fish and wildlife and associated recre-
ation activities on public and private lands and
does not replace, substitute, or duplicate existing
laws that support game fish and wildlife.
(h) WATER QUALITY.—The Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency, in cooperation
with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
of the Interior, is authorized, at the request of the
State of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, or Ver-
mont, to provide technical and financial assistance to
assess water quality trends within the Northern For-
est region.
(i) RURAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture is authorized, at the request of the State
of Maine, New Hampshire, New York, or Ver-
mont, to provide technical and financial assist-
ance to the State, working in partnership with
the forest products industry, local communities,
and other interests to develop technical and mar-
keting capacity within rural communities for re-
alizing value-added opportunities in the forest
products sector.
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(2) RURAL
COMMUNITY
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—Sufficient funds from the rural commu-
nity assistance program under paragraph (1)
shall be directed to support State-based public
and private initiatives to—
(A) strengthen partnerships between
the public and private sectors and enhance
the viability of rural communities;
(B) develop technical capacity in the
utilization and marketing of value-added
forest products; and
(C) develop extension capacity in de-
livering utilization and marketing informa-
tion to forest-based businesses.
(j) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as
are necessary to carry out subsections (b), (c), (d), (e),
(h), and (i) of this section and section 2371 of the
Rural Economic Development Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
6601) in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, New
York, and Vermont.
(k) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall be in ef-
fect during fiscal year 1997 and each fiscal year
thereafter.
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‘‘(1) for every day of delay in implementing
or establishing the Water Rights Task Force
caused by a failure to nominate Task Force
members by the Administration or by the Con-
gress; or
‘‘(2) for every day of delay caused by a fail-
ure by the Secretary of Agriculture to identify
adequate resources as determined by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture to carry out the purposes
of the task force.’’.
Ω139æSEC. 749. EASEMENTS ON INVENTORIED PROP-
ERTY.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Agri-
culture to establish a wetland conservation easement under
section 335(g) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1985(g)) on an inventoried property
that was used for farming (including haying and grazing)
at any time during the period beginning on the date 5 years
before the property entered the inventory of the Secretary
and ending on the date the property entered the inventory
of the Secretary, to the extent that land would otherwise
be eligible for an easement haying and grazing must be
done, according to a plan approved by the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service.
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Ω140æSEC. 750. GRANTS FOR PRECISION AGRICUL-
TURAL TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 793(c)(2)(A) of the Fed-
eral Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7
U.S.C. 2204f(c)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(2) in clause (viii), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(ix) develop and apply precision agri-
cultural technologies.’’.
Ω141æSEC. 751. SENSE OF SENATE ON CANADIAN
WHEAT AND BARLEY EXPORTS.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that—
(1) the United States Trade Representative
should continue to carefully monitor the export of
wheat and barley from western Canada to the United
States;
(2) the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding
with Canada clearly states that the United States—
(A) will not accept market disruptions from
imports of Canadian grains; and
(B) will use its trade laws if it appears
likely that market disruptions will occur;
(3) the United States Trade Representative
should monitor any policy changes by the Canadian
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Government, acting through the Canadian Wheat
Board, that have the potential for increasing the ex-
ports of Canadian grains to the United States;
(4) family farmers of the United States should
not be subjected to increases in the 1-way channel of
Canadian grain exports to the United States that un-
fairly disrupt the grain transportation systems and
depress the prices received by farmers; and
(5) the United States Trade Representative
should be prepared to support the use of antidumping
laws, countervailing duty laws, section 301 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411), and other Unit-
ed States laws consistent with the international obli-
gations of the United States, if—
(A) the Canadian Government implements
the changes described in paragraph (3) without
a resolution of the underlying cross-border grain
trading issues between the United States and
Canada; and
(B) the changes lead to unfair and injuri-
ous exports of Canadian grain to the United
States.
Ω142æSEC. 752. No funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Secretary of Agriculture may be used
to administer section 118(b)(2)(A) of the Agricultural Mar-
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keting Transition Act unless the planting of a fruit or vege-
table on contract acreage, if planted subsequent to the fail-
ure of a contract commodity on the same acreage within
the same crop year is permitted on contract acreage: Pro-
vided, That this provision shall take effect upon the date
of enactment of this Act into law.
Ω143æSEC. 753. PLANTING OF WILD RICE ON CON-
TRACT ACREAGE.—None of the funds appropriated in this
Act may be used to administer the provision of contract
payments to a producer under the Agricultural Market
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for contract acreage
on which wild rice is planted unless the contract payment
is reduced by an acre for each contract acre planted to wild
rice.
Ω144æTITLE VIII—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS AND RESCISSION FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996
Ω145æDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for the Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund Program Account for the additional cost
of emergency insured loans authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–
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1929, including the cost of modifying such loans as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, re-
sulting from droughts in the Western United States, Hurri-
cane Bertha, and other natural disasters, to remain avail-
able until expended, $25,000,000: Provided, That these
funds are available to subsidize additional gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct loans of $85,208,000:
Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,
That the amount shall be available to the extent that the
President notifies Congress of his designation of any or all
of these amounts as an emergency requirement under sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
Ω146æDEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND FIREARMS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, to be used in connection with investigations of
arson 
or 
violence 
against 
religious 
institutions,
$12,011,000, to remain available until expended.
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INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under this heading in
Public Law 104–52, $16,500,000 are rescinded.
Ω147æThis Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 12, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate July 24, 1996.
Attest:
KELLY D. JOHNSTON,
Secretary.