H. R. 2330
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2002, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $2,992,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this
amount shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture
to carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104–127: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to enforce section 793(d) of Public Law 104–127.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including eco-
nomic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, energy and
new uses, and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook
Board, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1622g), and including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,704,000.
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NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
to exceed $25,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109,
$12,869,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $7,041,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $10,029,000.
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing
Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service and Rural Development
mission areas for information technology, systems, and services,
$59,369,000, to remain available until expended, for the capital
asset acquisition of shared information technology systems,
including services as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C.
1421–28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be consistent
with the Department of Agriculture Service Center Modernization
Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be with the concurrence
of the Department’s Chief Information Officer.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $5,384,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall
actively market and expand cross-servicing activities of the National
Finance Center.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded
by this Act, $647,000.
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AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act,
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings, $187,647,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share
of that agency’s appropriation made available by this Act to this
appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropriation to
that agency’s appropriation to cover the costs of new or replacement
space for such agency, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent
of the funds made available for space rental and related costs
to or from this account.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.,
$15,665,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for
Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Departmental Administration, $37,079,000, to provide for
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of
the Department and for general administration and disaster
management of the Department, repairs and alterations, and other
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for
and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-
ment, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which
not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from
applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident
to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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),
$3,243,000, to remain available until expended.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL
RELATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs
funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental
affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $3,718,000: Pro-
vided, That these funds may be transferred to agencies of the
Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel
at the agency level: Provided further, That no other funds appro-
priated to the Department by this Act shall be available to the
Department for support of activities of congressional relations.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating to the
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the dissemina-
tion of agricultural information, and the coordination of information,
work, and programs authorized by Congress in the Department,
$8,894,000, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used
for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector
General Act of 1978, $70,839,000, including such sums as may
be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public
agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the
Inspector General Act of 1978, including not to exceed $50,000
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including not to exceed
$125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, including
the payment of informants, to be expended under the direction
of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section
1337 of Public Law 97–98.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
$32,627,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to administer
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic Research
Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricul-
tural Research Service, and the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, $573,000.
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in
conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other
laws, $67,200,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work,
including crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and
improvements, marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture,
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627, Public Law 105–113, and
other laws, $113,786,000, of which up to $25,350,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research
Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating
to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use
including the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agri-
cultural information; and for acquisition of lands by donation,
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor
which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land
or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $979,464,000:
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for tem-
porary employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to
exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the
purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further,
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings
and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of con-
structing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to
$1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or
improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed
10 percent of the current replacement value of the building or
$375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limita-
tions on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to mod-
ernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Mary-
land: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
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available for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural
Research Center, including an easement to the University of Mary-
land to construct the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon
completion shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948
(21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds may be received
from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or indi-
vidual for the purpose of establishing or operating any research
facility or research project of the Agricultural Research Service,
as authorized by law.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available
to carry out research related to the production, processing or mar-
keting of tobacco or tobacco products.
In fiscal year 2002, the agency is authorized to charge fees,
commensurate with the fair market value, for any permit, easement,
lease, or other special use authorization for the occupancy or use
of land and facilities (including land and facilities at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center) issued by the agency, as authorized
by law, and such fees shall be credited to this account, and shall
remain available until expended for authorized purposes.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided,
$118,987,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b):
Provided, That funds may be received from any State, other political
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service,
as authorized by law.
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION
SERVICE
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other
expenses, $542,062,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of
the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $180,148,000; for grants for
cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a–a7), $21,884,000; for
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee
University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $34,604,000, of which $1,507,496 shall
be made available only for the purpose of ensuring that each institu-
tion shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for
agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $97,008,000; for special
grants for agricultural research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C.
450i(c)), $15,206,000; for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C.
450i(b)), $120,452,000; for the support of animal health and disease
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,098,000; for supplemental and alter-
native crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $924,000; for grants
for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act
of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), $720,000, to remain available until
expended; for the 1994 research program (7 U.S.C. 301 note),
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$998,000, to remain available until expended; for higher education
graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,993,000, to
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher edu-
cation challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,340,000; for a
higher education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $3,492,000; for noncompetitive grants
for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242
(section 759 of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible institutions
or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with
funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii,
$2,997,000; for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-
year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(h)), $1,000,000; for
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,996,000; for sustainable
agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,500,000;
for a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4))
to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30,
1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee University,
$9,479,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b);
for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1)
of Public Law 103–382, $1,549,000; and for necessary expenses
of Research and Education Activities, of which not to exceed
$100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $21,676,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available
to carry out research related to the production, processing or mar-
keting of tobacco or tobacco products: Provided, That this paragraph
shall not apply to research on the medical, biotechnological, food,
and industrial uses of tobacco.
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-
ized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $7,100,000.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa, $439,473,000, as follows: payments for cooperative
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of
Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation
costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coopera-
tive extension agents and State extension directors, $275,940,000,
of which $3,600,000 may be used to carry out Public Law 107–
19; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions under
the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments
for the nutrition and family education program for low-income
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,566,000; payments for
the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,759,000; payments for the farm safety program under section
3(d) of the Act, $5,250,000; payments to upgrade research, exten-
sion, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges,
including Tuskegee University, as authorized by section 1447 of
Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $13,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; payments for the rural development centers
under section 3(d) of the Act, $953,000; payments for youth-at-
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risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,481,000; for youth
farm safety education and certification extension grants, to be
awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $499,000;
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable
Resources Extension Act of 1978, $4,093,000; payments for Indian
reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,996,000; pay-
ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of
the Act, $4,750,000; payments for rural health and safety education
as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C.
2661 note, 2662), $2,622,000; payments for cooperative extension
work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill
Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University,
$31,181,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available only for
the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less
than $1,000,000; and for Federal administration and coordination
including administration of the Smith-Lever Act, and the Act of
September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), and section 1361(c) of
the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate
and provide program leadership for the extension work of the
Department and the several States and insular possessions,
$17,610,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant
to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and section 506 of
the Act of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any State, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands,
Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa prior to avail-
ability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure
during the current fiscal year.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
For the integrated research, education, and extension competi-
tive grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses,
as authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626),
$42,853,000, as follows: payments for the water quality program,
$12,971,000; payments for the food safety program, $14,967,000;
payments for the national agriculture pesticide impact assessment
program, $4,531,000; payments for the Food Quality Protection
Act risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, $4,889,000;
payments for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act
implementation, $1,497,000; payments for the methyl bromide
transition program, $2,498,000; and payments for the organic
transition program, $1,500,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND
REGULATORY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service; the Agricultural Marketing
Service; and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Adminis-
tration; $654,000.
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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursu-
ant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary
to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal dis-
eases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities;
to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture under
the Acts of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468) and December 22, 1987
(101 Stat. 1329–1331) (7 U.S.C. 426–426c); and to protect the
environment, as authorized by law, $620,490,000, of which
$4,096,000 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 necessary to meet emergency conditions;
of which $77,355,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication
program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active
eradication zones: Provided, That no funds shall be used to formu-
late or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current
fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the States
of at least 40 percent: 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 addition, in emer-
gencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations
of the Department such sums as may be deemed 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, and section 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and
any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency
purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such
transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant 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 percent of the current
replacement value of the building.
In fiscal year 2002, the agency is authorized to collect fees
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods,
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions,
domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any
entity’s liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical
assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency,
and such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available
until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.
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Of the total amount available under this heading in fiscal
year 2002, $84,813,000 shall be derived from user fees deposited
in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance,
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a,
$7,189,000, to remain available until expended.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry out services related to con-
sumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transpor-
tation, and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for
administration and coordination of payments to States, including
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
$90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $71,430,000, including
funds 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, That this appro-
priation 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 building during the fiscal year shall not
exceed 10 percent 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 $60,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-
lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up
to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress.
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY
(SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 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 $13,995,000 for formulation and administration of marketing
agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-
ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,347,000.
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United
States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of the Packers
and Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used to protect pur-
chasers of farm products, and the standardization activities related
to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including
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
$25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,117,000: Pro-
vided, 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 building during
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building.
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing
services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur,
this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws enacted by the
Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, $476,000.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection
Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed
$50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766),
$715,642,000, of which no less than $608,730,000 shall be available
for Federal food inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be
credited to this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory
accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of Public Law 102–
237: Provided, 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 $75,000
shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided
further, 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 building during