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grams are operated in an acceptable manner some or all
of the funds withheld may be allocated: Provided further,
That Ω124æhereafter, only final reimbursement claims for
service of meals, supplements, and milk submitted to State
agencies by eligible schools, summer camps, institutions,
and service institutions within sixty days following the
month for which the reimbursement is claimed shall be
eligible for reimbursement from funds Ω125æappropriated
under this Act. available to the Department of Agriculture;
in 
addition, 
States 
may 
receive 
program 
funds
Ω126æappropriated under this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for meals, supplements, and milk
served during any month only if the final program oper-
ations report for such month is submitted to the Depart-
ment within ninety days following that Ω127æmonth. Ex-
ceptions month; and in addition, exceptions to these claims
or reports submission 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
Ω128æ$1,706,000 $2,000,000 shall be available to provide
financial and other assistance to operate the Food Service
Management Institute.
SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk
program, as authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition
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Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772), $20,277,000, to remain
available through September 30, Ω129æ1995. Only 1995:
Provided, That hereafter, only final reimbursement claims
for milk submitted to State agencies within sixty days fol-
lowing the month for which the reimbursement is claimed
shall 
be 
eligible 
for 
reimbursement 
from 
funds
Ω130æappropriated under this Act. available to the De-
partment of Agriculture; in addition, States may receive
program funds Ω131æappropriated under this Act avail-
able to the Department of Agriculture only if the final pro-
gram operations report for such month is submitted to the
Department 
within 
ninety 
days 
following 
that
Ω132æmonth. Exceptions month; and in addition, excep-
tions to these claims or reports submission 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),
Ω133æ$3,210,000,000 $3,213,500,000, to remain available
through 
September 
30, 
1995, 
of 
which 
up 
to
Ω134æ$4,000,000 $8,000,000 may be used to carry out the
farmer’s market coupon program: Provided, 
That
Ω135ænone of the funds in this Act hereafter, none of the
funds available to the Department of Agriculture shall be
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available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics ex-
cept those that have an announced policy of prohibiting
smoking within the space used to carry out the
programΩ136æ: Provided further, That until revised alloca-
tion regulations have been issued, the Secretary may waive
regulations governing allocations as necessary to ensure
funds are received by States most in needΩ137æ: 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.
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
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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-
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,
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1995Ω138æ: 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 re-
duction 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.
THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency
Food 
Assistance 
Act 
of 
1983, 
as 
amended,
Ω139æ$40,000,000 $42,500,000: Provided, That, in ac-
cordance 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,
Ω140æ$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
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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.
Ω141æHUMAN NUTRITION INFORMATION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to enable the Human Nutrition
Information Service to perform applied research and dem-
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
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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), Ω142æ$117,812,000
$110,284,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available to obtain statistics and related facts on foreign
production and full and complete information on methods
used by other countries to move farm commodities in
world trade on a competitive basisΩ143æ:–Provided fur-
ther, That in addition, funds available to the Department
of Agriculture shall be available 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 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 con-
tribute to increased understanding of international agri-
cultural issues, with transfer of funds for this purpose
from one appropriation to another or to a single account
authorized, such funds remaining available until ex-
pended:–Provided further, That the Office may utilize ad-
vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex-
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penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and
private organizations and institutions under agreements
executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as-
sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assist-
ance programs of the International Development Coopera-
tion Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).
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
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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.
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) 
Ω144æ$450,446,000
$490,184,000 for Public Law 480 title I credit, including
Food 
for 
Progress 
credit; 
(2) 
Ω145æ$45,927,000
$50,261,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight dif-
ferential costs for the shipment of agricultural commod-
ities 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 connec-
tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said
Act; and (4) $280,083,000 is hereby appropriated for
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions
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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 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,
Ω146æ$346,889,000 $377,490,000.
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).
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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
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
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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.
Ω147æOFFICE 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
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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 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; Ω148æ$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
U.S.C.
9701Ω149æ:–Provided further, That none of the funds in
this Act may be used to pay for expenses of the Board
of Experts on Tea Ω150æ$638,339,000; and in addition,
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$175,000,000 to be credited to this appropriation, from fees
established and collected to cover the costs of regulation of
products under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, to remain available until expended.
Ω151æIn addition, not to exceed $54,000,000 in fees
pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act may be credited to this appropriation and re-
main available until expended in accordance with section
736(g) of such Act: Provided, That this amount may be ad-
justed pursuant to section 736(c) of that Act: Provided fur-
ther, That fees derived from applications received during
fiscal year 1994 shall be credited to the appropriation cur-
rent 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. Ω152æNo part of the funds contained in
this Act Hereafter, none of the funds available to the De-
partment 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, harvest-
ing, processing or storing marijuana, or other such prohib-
ited 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. Ω153æNone of the funds provided in this
Act Hereafter, none of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may be expended to release informa-
tion acquired from any handler under the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended: Provided,
That this provision shall not prohibit the release of infor-
mation to other Federal agencies for enforcement pur-
poses: Provided further, That this provision shall not pro-
hibit the release of aggregate statistical data used in for-
mulating regulations pursuant to the Agricultural Market-
ing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended: Provided further,
That this provision shall not prohibit the release of infor-
mation submitted 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; Ω154æRural Development Loan Fund Program Ac-
count; the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account; the
Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Ac-
count; and the Rural Economic Development Loans Pro-
gram AccountΩ155æ: Provided, That hereafter, such appro-
priations are authorized to remain available until ex-
pended.
SEC. 721. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations.
Ω156æSEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to operate
a regional office of the Rural Development Administration
after April 1, 1994.
Ω157æSEC. 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
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Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco
or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities
under 
such 
program 
exceeds 
Ω158æ$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
in excess of Ω159æ50,000 100,000 acres in the fiscal year
1994 Wetlands Reserve Program, as authorized by 16
U.S.C. 3837Ω160æ: Provided, That average per acre costs
shall not exceed $700.
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.
Ω161æSEC. 727. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMER-
ICAN 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.—
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(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-
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-
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gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Ω162æSEC. 728. Notwithstanding the provisions of the
constitution 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
Development Administration shall be the rates established
pursuant to the applicable Federal statutes.
Ω163æSEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to operate
the Board of Tea Experts established under section 2 of the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent the importation of impure
and unwholesome tea’’, approved March 2, 1897 (21 U.S.C.
42) (commonly known as the ‘‘Tea Importation Act’’). Ex-
cept as specifically provided in the preceding sentence, the
authority of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall not
be affected by this section.
Ω164æSEC. 730. (a) None of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used by
the Secretary of Agriculture to provide a total amount of
payments to a person to support the price of honey under
section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h)
and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess
of $50,000 in the 1994 crop year.
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Ω165æSEC. 731. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING
JAPANESE
TRADE
BARRIERS
TO
UNITED
STATES
GROWN APPLES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate makes the following find-
ings:
(1) The United States apple industry has worked
for 22 years to export apples to Japan, answering
every technical question, and fulfilling every test and
trapping program required by the Japanese Govern-
ment.
(2) During negotiations with United States
growers, the Japanese Government has repeatedly
added new technical requirements or delayed discus-
sions to resolve technical disputes.
(3) United States apple growers currently export
to 24 countries, none of which have phytosanitary
standards as stringent as Japan’s standards.
(4) The administration has provided exemplary
support on this issue, expressing its dissatisfaction
with the Japanese phytosanitary requirements at
every possible occasion.
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States Sen-
ate that the current Japanese phytosanitary requirements
on United States apples constitute an unnecessary trade
barrier and the United States Senate urges the administra-
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tion to continue to work toward removing the barrier, in-
cluding initiation of an investigation under section 301 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Ω166æSEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to sup-
port the price of wool or mohair by means of loans, pur-
chases, payments, or other operations.
Ω167æSEC. 733. The Rural Electrification Act is
amended by adding the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 306C. REFINANCING OF LOANS.—
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A borrower of a loan made
by the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed
under section 306 of this Act may, at the option of
the borrower, refinance such loan, loan advance, or
any portion thereof.
‘‘(b) PENALTY.—
‘‘(1) DETERMINATION OF PENALTY.—A Pen-
alty shall be assessed against a borrower that re-
finances a loan, loan advance or any portion
thereof under this section. Such penalty shall, ex-
cept as provided by paragraph (2), be equal to
the lesser of—
‘‘(A) the difference between the out-
standing principal balance of the loan being
refinanced and the present value of such
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 29, 1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate July 27 (legislative day, June
30), 1993.
Attest:
WALTER J. STEWART,
Secretary.
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