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ized by section 1017 of Public Law 102–237: Provided,
That this appropriation shall not be available for shell egg
surveillance under section 5(d) of the Egg Products In-
spection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for field employment
pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur-
ther, 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 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for
the Consolidated Farm Service Agency, Foreign Agricul-
tural Service, and the Commodity Credit Corporation,
$549,000.
CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs Ω58ædelegated to
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the Consolidated Farm Service Agency by the Secretary
under the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Depart-
ment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 adminis-
tered 
by 
the 
Consolidated 
Farm 
Service 
Agency,
Ω59æ$788,388,000 $805,888,000: Provided, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and au-
thorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to make program payments for all programs ad-
ministered by the Agency: Provided further, That other
funds made available to the Agency for authorized activi-
ties may be advanced to and merged with this account:
Provided further, That these funds 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 Ω60æ$500,000 $1,000,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–
5106), Ω61æ$2,000,000 $3,000,000.
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity
payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing
such milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have
been directed to remove their milk or dairy products from
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commercial markets because it contained residues of
chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal
Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk,
or cows producing such milk, at a fair market value to
any dairy farmer who is directed to remove his milk from
commercial markets because of (1) the presence of prod-
ucts of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination
is not due to the fault of the farmer, or (2) residues of
chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first
sentence of the Act of August 13, 1968, as amended (7
U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic substances were
not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations
or labeling instructions provided at the time of use and
the contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer,
$100,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained in this
Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any
farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets
as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures pre-
scribed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That
this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit
Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is au-
thorized to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities
of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of
making dairy indemnity disbursements.
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Ω62æOUTREACH 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), $2,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
Ω63æ$585,000,000 $610,000,000, of which $550,000,000
shall 
be 
for 
guaranteed 
loans; 
operating 
loans,
Ω64æ$2,300,000,000
$2,450,000,000, 
of 
which
$1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $200,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by
25 U.S.C. 488, $750,000; for emergency insured loans,
$100,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural
disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property,
Ω65æ$22,500,000 $21,696,000.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm
ownership loans, Ω66æ$28,206,000 $34,053,000, of which
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$20,019,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating
loans, 
Ω67æ$91,000,000
$111,505,000, 
of 
which
$18,360,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans
and $17,960,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans;
Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25
U.S.C. 488, $206,000; for emergency insured loans,
$32,080,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis-
asters; and for credit sales of acquired property,
Ω68æ$4,113,000 $3,966,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
Ω69æ$221,541,000 $227,258,000, which shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the following accounts in the
following amounts: Ω70æ$208,446,000 $214,163,000 to
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; $318,000 to ‘‘Rural Utilities
Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; and $171,000 to ‘‘Rural
Housing and Community Development Service, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
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Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary
in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for
the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, such sums as
may be necessary, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b).
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 1996, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net
realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed
(estimated to be $10,400,000,000 in the President’s fiscal
year 1996 Budget Request (H. Doc. 104–4)), but not to
exceed $10,400,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act
of August 17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a–11).
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For fiscal year 1996, the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses
to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
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to administer laws enacted by Congress, or funds provided
by this Act, for the Forest Service to the Under Secretary
for Natural Resources and Environment.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of
soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands,
water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials
program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-
ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft,
Ω72æ$629,986,000 $637,860,000, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than
$5,852,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting and
not less than $8,875,000 is for operation and establish-
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ment of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7
U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build-
ings and public improvements at plant materials centers,
except that the cost of alterations and improvements to
other buildings and other public improvements shall not
exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings
or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that
the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7
U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall be available for technical assistance and related ex-
penses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c)
of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control
Act of 1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided
further, That no part of this appropriation may be ex-
pended for soil and water conservation operations under
the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) in dem-
onstration projects: Provided further, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $25,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided fur-
ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily
employed at per diem rates to perform the technical plan-
ning work of the Service Ω73æ(16 U.S.C. 590e–2).
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Ω74æRIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga-
tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water-
ways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed Protec-
tion and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $8,369,000: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$60,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109.
Ω75æWATERSHED PLANNING
For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga-
tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro-
tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1001–1008), $5,630,000: Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available for employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land,
Ω76æand only high-priority projects authorized by the
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Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), in
accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Pre-
vention Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance
with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the
Department, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) Ω77æ(of which $15,000,000 shall
be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood
Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16
U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supplemented): Provided,
That this 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
$200,000 shall be available for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed
$1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out
the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Pub-
lic Law 93–205), as amended, including cooperative ef-
forts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered
or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be
necessary to expedite project construction.
Ω78æRESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out
projects for resource conservation and development and for
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sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e)
of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the pro-
visions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f),
and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981
(16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $27,000,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209): Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Ω79æFORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to
carry out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized
in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16
U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and related ex-
penses $6,325,000, to remain available until expended, as
authorized by that Act.
Ω80æCOLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary
cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section
202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con-
trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to re-
duce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the sup-
ply and quality of water available for use in the United
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States and the Republic of Mexico, $2,681,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be used for
the establishment of on-farm irrigation management sys-
tems, including lateral improvement measures, for making
cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and opera-
tors, Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations,
local governmental and nongovernmental entities, and other
landowners to aid them in carrying out approved conserva-
tion practices as determined and recommended by the Sec-
retary, and for associated costs of program planning, infor-
mation and education, and program monitoring and eval-
uation.
Ω81æWATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING
For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves-
tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa-
terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan-
ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $14,000,000: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$110,000 shall be available for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109.
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conservation practices as determined and recommended by
the Secretary, and for associated costs of program plan-
ning, information and education, and program monitoring
and evaluation, $36,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209, 16 U.S.C. 590p(b)(7)): Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$50,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109.
WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the wetlands re-
serve program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3837), Ω83æ$210,000,000 $77,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is au-
thorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities of
the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of car-
rying out the wetlands reserve program.
CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro-
gram authorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17
of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act ap-
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proved February 29, 1936, as amended and supplemented
(16 U.S.C. 590g–590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and
sections 1001–1004, 1006–1008, and 1010 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and
Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504,
1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed
$15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in-
cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter-
national fairs within the United States, Ω84æ$75,000,000
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended (16 U.S.C.
590o), for agreements, excluding administration but in-
cluding technical assistance and related expenses (16
U.S.C. 590o), except that no participant in the agricul-
tural conservation program shall receive more than $3,500
per year, except where the participants from two or more
farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices de-
signed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources
of the community, or where a participant has a long-term
agreement, in which case the total payment shall not ex-
ceed the annual payment limitation multiplied by the num-
ber of years of the agreement: Provided, That no portion
of the funds for the current year’s program may be uti-
lized to provide financial or technical assistance for drain-
age on wetlands now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III)
through 20 (XX) in United States Department of the In-
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terior, Fish and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the
United States, 1956: Provided further, That such amounts
shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers,
lime, trees, or any other conservation materials, or any
soil-terracing services, and making grants thereof to agri-
cultural producers to aid them in carrying out approved
farming practices as authorized by the Soil Conservation
and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, as determined
and recommended by the county committees, approved by
the State committees and the Secretary, under programs
provided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance
will not be used for carrying out measures and practices
that are primarily production-oriented or that have little
or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 5 percent of the alloca-
tion for the current year’s program for any county may,
on the recommendation of such county committee and ap-
proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted
to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for services
of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agri-
cultural conservation program in the participating coun-
ties, and shall not be utilized by the Natural Resources
Conservation Service for any purpose other than technical
and other assistance in such counties, and in addition, on
the recommendation of such county committee and ap-
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proval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 percent may
be made available to any other Federal, State, or local
public agency for the same purpose and under the same
conditions: Provided 
further, 
That not to exceed
Ω85æ$11,000,000 $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated
shall be used for water quality payments and practices in
the same manner as permitted under the program for
water quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle D of title
XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16
U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation
reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,781,785,000, to remain
available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit
Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the
establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap-
proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual
rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech-
nical assistance.
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TITLE III
RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL
ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community
Development to administer programs under the laws en-
acted by the Congress for the Rural Housing and Commu-
nity Development Service, Rural Business and Cooperative
Development Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of
the Department of Agriculture, $568,000.
Ω86æRURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1928, and 1932,
and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended; and 42 U.S.C. 1485
and 1490(a), $563,839,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be available for loans and grants for rural water
and waste disposal and solid waste management grants,
new construction of section 515 rental housing, direct loans
and loan guarantees for community facilities, loan guaran-
tees for business and industry assistance, and grants for
rural business enterprise: Provided, That the costs of direct
loans and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
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sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $20,044,000 shall be for
empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as author-
ized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That if such
funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities by June 30, 1996, they shall remain
available for other authorized purposes under this head:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
not to exceed $4,500,000 shall be available for contracting
with the National Rural Water Association or an equally
qualified national organization for a circuit rider program
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not
to exceed $20,000,000 shall be available for water and waste
disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United
States/Mexico border, including grants under section
306(c): Provided further, That loan guarantees for business
and industry assistance funded under this heading shall be
made available to tourist or other recreational businesses
in rural communities.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants,
$58,051,000, of which $57,614,000 shall be transferred to
and merged with ‘‘Rural Housing and Community Devel-
opment Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; ‘‘Rural Utilities
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Service, Salaries and Expenses’’; and ‘‘Rural Business and
Cooperative Development Service, Salaries and Expenses’’.
RURAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing and
Community Development Service, including administering
the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act, as amended, title V of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, as amended, and cooperative agreements,
Ω87æ$42,820,000 $50,346,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the
second sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and
not to exceed $500,000 may be used for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, to be available from
funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as follows:
Ω88æ$2,250,000,000 $2,700,000,000 for loans to section
502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which
$1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans;
$15,000,000 for section 514 farm labor housing;
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$150,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $600,000
for site loans; and Ω89æ$35,000,000 $42,484,000 for cred-
it sales of acquired propertyΩ90æ:–Provided, That not-
withstanding section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949, the
Secretary of Agriculture may make loans under section
502 of such Act for properties in the Pine View West Sub-
division, located in Gibsonville, North Carolina, in the
same manner as provided under such section for prop-
erties in rural areas.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section
502 loans, Ω91æ$118,335,000 $212,790,000, of which
$2,890,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;
section 504 housing repair loans, $14,193,000; section
514 farm labor housing, $8,629,000; section 515 rental
housing, $82,035,000Ω92æ,–provided the program is au-
thorized for fiscal year 1996; and credit sales of acquired
property, Ω93æ$6,100,000 $7,405,000.
Ω94æIn addition, for the cost (as defined in section
502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaran-
teed loans under a demonstration program of loan guaran-
tees
for
multifamily
rental
housing
in
rural
areas,
$1,000,000, to be derived from the amount made available
under this heading for the cost of low-income section 515
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loans and to become available for obligation only upon the
enactment of authorizing legislation.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
Ω95æ$385,889,000
$389,818,000, 
of 
which
Ω96æ$372,897,506 $376,860,000 shall be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Housing
and Community Development Service, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’.
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)
or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay-
ments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
Ω97æ$535,900,000 $540,900,000; and in addition such
sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c)
of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year
1992 to carry out the rental assistance program under sec-
tion 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount
not more than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt for-
giveness or payments for eligible households as authorized
by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed
$10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organiza-
tions or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than
purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant
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to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That
agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year
1996 shall be funded for a five-year period, although the
life of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize
amounts obligated.
SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by section 523(b)(1)(B) of the Housing Act of 1949,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $603,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $31,000.
Ω98æCOMMUNITY FACILITY LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $34,880,000, and for the
cost of guaranteed loans, $3,555,000, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That
such sums shall remain available until expended for the
disbursement of loans obligated in fiscal year 1996: Pro-
vided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans
not to exceed $200,000,000 and total loan principal, any
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed
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$75,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts avail-
able for the cost of direct loans not to exceed $1,208,000,
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount not
to exceed $6,930,000, shall be available for empowerment
zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public
Law 103–66: Provided further, That if such funds are not
obligated for empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities by June 30, 1996, they remain available for other
authorized purposes under this head.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $8,836,000, of
which $8,731,000 shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.
VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS
For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen-
tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $24,900,000, to re-
main available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR
For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi-
zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to
section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42
U.S.C. 1486), $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1490c), $12,650,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b).
Ω99æSUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants pursuant to sections 509(f) and 525 of the
Housing Act of 1949, $1,000,000.
RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–313),
Ω100æ$1,000,000 $3,000,000 to fund up to 50 percent of
the cost of organizing, training, and equipping rural volun-
teer fire departments.
COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS
For compensation for construction defects as author-
ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as
amended, $495,000, to remain available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS
For grants for rural housing preservation as author-
ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re-
covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $11,000,000.
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RURAL BUSINESS AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Rural Business and
Cooperative Development Service, including administering
the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act, as amended; section 1323 of the
Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative Marketing Act
of 1926; for activities relating to the marketing aspects
of cooperatives, including economic research findings, as
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for
activities with institutions concerning the development and
operation of agricultural cooperatives; and cooperative
agreements; Ω101æ$9,520,000 $9,013,000: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pur-
suant to the second sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act
of 1944, and not exceed $250,000 may be used for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Ω102æRURAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,437,000, as au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661–664, as
amended: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
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of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That such sums shall remain available until expended
for the disbursement of loans obligated in fiscal year 1996:
Provided further, That these funds are available to sub-
sidize gross obligations for the principal amount of guar-
anteed loans of $500,000,000: Provided further, That of
the amounts available for the cost of guaranteed loans in-
cluding the cost of modifying loans, $148,000, to subsidize
gross obligations for the loan principal, any part of which
is guaranteed, not to exceed $10,842,000, shall be avail-
able for empowerment zones and enterprise communities,
as authorized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further,
That if such funds are not obligated for empowerment
zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 1996, they
remain available for other authorized activities under this
head.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $14,868,000, of
which $14,747,000 shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Ω103æFor the cost of direct loans as authorized by
the rural development loan fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)) for
empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au-
thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
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ation Act of 1993, $4,322,000, to subsidize gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans, $7,246,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $22,395,000, as authorized
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)):
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans of $37,544,000: Provided
further, That through June 30, 1996, of these amounts,
$6,484,000 shall be available for the cost of direct loans,
for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au-
thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1993, to subsidize gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans, $10,870,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan programs, $1,476,000, of which
$1,470,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act,
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for the purpose of promoting rural economic development
and job creation projects, $12,865,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,729,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, Ω104æ$584,000
$724,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’.
ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND
COMMERCIALIZATION REVOLVING FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990
(7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), Ω105æ$5,000,000 $10,000,000 is
appropriated to the alternative agricultural research and
commercialization revolving fund.
Ω106æRURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS
For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and
310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private
nonprofit organization, $45,000,000, of which $8,381,000
shall be available through June 30, 1996, for assistance
to empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au-
thorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1993, after which any funds not obligated
shall remain available for other authorized purposes under
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this head: Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for
grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to provide tech-
nical assistance and training for rural communities need-
ing improved passenger transportation systems or facili-
ties in order to promote economic development.
RURAL TECHNOLOGY AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7
U.S.C. 1932), Ω107æ$1,500,000 $3,000,000, of which
$1,300,000 may be available for the appropriate technology
transfer for rural areas program.
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural
electrification loans, $90,000,000; 5 percent rural tele-
phone loans, $70,000,000; cost of money rural telephone
loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans,
Ω108æ$500,000,000 $550,000,000; and loans made pursu-
ant to section 306 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7
U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, $35,126,000;
cost 
of 
municipal 
rate 
loans, 
Ω109æ$54,150,000
$59,565,000; cost of money rural telephone loans, $60,000;
cost of loans guaranteed pursuant to section 306,
$2,520,000: 
Provided, 
That 
notwithstanding
Ω110æsections 305(c)(2) and section 305(d)(2) of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates
may exceed 7 percent per year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
Ω111æ$29,982,000 $32,183,000, which shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Salaries
and Expenses’’.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the
current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1996 and within
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the resources and authority available, gross obligations for
the 
principal 
amount 
of 
direct 
loans 
shall 
be
$175,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),
Ω112æ$770,000 $5,023,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry 
out 
the 
loan 
programs, 
Ω113æ$3,541,000
$6,167,000.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK GRANTS
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro-
grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law
101–624, $7,500,000, to remain available until expended.
Ω114æRURAL DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCE
PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1928, and 1932,
$435,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be
available for loans and grants for rural water and waste
disposal and solid waste management grants: Provided,
That the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, includ-
ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
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Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available for contracting
with the National Rural Water Association or other equal-
ly qualified national organization for a circuit rider pro-
gram to provide technical assistance for rural water sys-
tems: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, not to exceed $18,700,000 shall be available for
water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias
along the United States/Mexico border, including grants
pursuant to section 306C: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $18,688,000 shall be for
empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as au-
thorized by Public Law 103–66: Provided further, That
if such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones
and enterprise communities by June 30, 1996, they shall
remain available for other authorized purposes under this
head.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants,
$12,740,000, of which $12,623,000 shall be transferred
and merged with ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service,
including administering the programs authorized by the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, and the
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Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as
amended, Ω115æ$19,211,000
$18,449,000, of which
$7,000 shall be available for financial credit reports: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available for em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944, and not to exceed $103,000 may
be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer
Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Food and Consumer Service, Ω116æ$440,000
$540,000.
FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751–1769b), and the appli-
cable provisions other than Ω117æsection 17 sections 17,
19, and 21 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1772–1785, 
and 
1789); 
Ω118æ$7,952,424,000
$7,952,610,000, to remain available through September 30,
1997, of which Ω119æ$2,354,566,000 $2,354,752,000 is
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hereby appropriated and $5,597,858,000 shall be derived
by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the
Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That
up to $3,964,000 shall be available for independent ver-
ification of school food service claimsΩ120æ:–Provided fur-
ther, That $1,900,000 shall be available to provide finan-
cial and other assistance to operate the Food Service Man-
agement Institute.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds
other than provided in this Act may be available for nutri-
tion education and training and the Food Service Manage-
ment Institute.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$3,729,807,000, to remain available through September
30, 1997: Provided, That for fiscal year 1996,
$20,000,000 that would otherwise be available to States
for nutrition services and administration shall be made
available for food benefits: Provided further, That
$4,000,000 from unobligated balances for supervisory and
technical assistance grants may be transferred to and
merged with this account: Provided further, That up to
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$6,750,000 may be used to carry out the farmers’ market
nutrition program from any funds not needed to maintain
current caseload levels: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative
expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an an-
nounced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space
used to carry out the programΩ121æ: Provided further,
That on or after July 1, 1996, any funds recovered from
the previous fiscal year in excess of $100,000,000 may be
transferred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Rural
Community Advancement Program and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Ω122æProvided further, That none of
the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the pur-
chase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost
containment and competitive bidding requirements speci-
fied in section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1786) (as in effect on September 13, 1995).
Ω123æCOMMODITY 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,
$86,000,000 to remain available through September 30,
1997: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available
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to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for com-
modities donated to the program: Provided further, That
twenty percent of any Commodity Supplemental Food Pro-
gram funds carried over from fiscal year 1995 shall be
available for administrative costs of the program.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011–2029), Ω124æ$27,097,828,000
$28,097,828,000: Provided, That funds provided herein
shall remain available through September 30, 1996, in ac-
cordance with section 18(a) of the Food Stamp ActΩ125æ:
Provided further, That $1,000,000,000 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 expended in accordance
with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be subject to any work reg-
istration or workfare requirements as may be required by
law: Provided further, That $1,143,000,000 of the fore-
going amount shall be available for nutrition assistance
for Puerto Rico as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028.
Ω126æCOMMODITY ASSISTANCE 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
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(7 U.S.C. 612c(note)), section 204(a) of the Emergency
Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, and section
110 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $168,000,000,
to remain available through September 30, 1997: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-
burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities
donated to the program: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act or any other Act may be used for
demonstration projects in the emergency food assistance
program.
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),
Ω127æ$215,000,000 $217,250,000, to remain available
through September 30, 1997Ω128æ: Provided, That not-
withstanding any other provision of law, for meals provided
pursuant to the Older Americans Act of 1965, a maximum
rate of reimbursement to States will be established by the
Secretary, subject to reduction if obligations would exceed
the amount of available funds, with any unobligated funds
to remain available only for obligation in the fiscal year
beginning October 1, 1996.
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Ω129æFor necessary expenses to carry out section 110
of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $40,000,000.
Ω130æTHE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For making payments to States to carry out the Emer-
gency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended,
$40,000,000: Provided, That, in accordance with section
202 of Public Law 98–92, these funds shall be available only
if the Secretary determines the existence of excess commod-
ities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act
or any other Act may be used for emergency food assistance
program demonstration projects.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic 
food 
programs 
funded 
under 
this 
Act,
Ω131æ$108,323,000 $107,215,000, of which $5,000,000
shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing
overhead costs, tightening regulations, improving food
stamp coupon handling, and assistance in the prevention,
identification, and prosecution of fraud and other viola-
tions of lawΩ132æ; and $750,000 shall be available for in-
vesting in an automated data processing infrastructure for
the Food and Consumer Service: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market
development activities abroad, and for enabling the Sec-
retary to coordinate and integrate activities of the Depart-
ment in connection with foreign agricultural work, includ-
ing not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), Ω133æ$123,520,000
$124,775,000, of which $5,176,000 may be transferred
from Commodity Credit Corporation funds, $2,792,000
may be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion program account in this Act, and $1,005,000 may
be transferred from the Public Law 480 program account
in this Act: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad-
vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex-
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-
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ance programs of the International Development Coopera-
tion Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392)Ω134æ: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this Act to carry
out non-generic activities of the market promotion program
established under section 203(e)(4) of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) may be used to provide
cost-share assistance only to organizations that are non-for-
eign entities recognized as small business concerns under
section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a))
or to associations described in the first section of the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize association of producers of
agricultural products’’, approved February 22, 1922 (7
U.S.C. 291): Provided further, That none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available under this Act may
be used to pay the salaries of personnel who carry out the
market promotion program established under section 203
of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) if
the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities under
the program exceeds $70,000,000.
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 AND GRANT ACCOUNTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
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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) $291,342,000 for Public
Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress pro-
grams; (2) $25,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean
freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural
commodities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food
for Progress Act of 1985, as amended; (3) $821,100,000
is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connec-
tion with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said
Act; and (4) $50,000,000 is hereby appropriated for com-
modities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad
pursuant to title III of said Act Ω135æand shall be fi-
nanced from funds credited to the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration pursuant to section 426 of Public Law 103–465:
Provided, That not to exceed 15 percent 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
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Progress Act of 1985, as amended, including the cost of
modifying 
credit 
agreements 
under 
said 
Act,
$236,162,000.
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, $1,750,000.
SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail-
able not less than $5,200,000,000 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 202(a) of the Agricultural Trade
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
INTERMEDIATE-TERM EXPORT CREDIT
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make avail-
able not less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees
under its export credit guarantee program for intermedi-
ate-term credit extended to finance the export sales of
United States agricultural commodities and the products
thereof, as authorized by section 202(b) of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,
GSM–102 and GSM–103, $3,381,000; to cover common
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which not
to exceed $2,792,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the
Foreign Agricultural Service, and of which not to exceed
$589,000 may be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriation for the salaries and expenses of the Consoli-
dated Farm Service Agency.
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
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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; 
$904,694,000, 
of 
which 
not 
to 
exceed
$84,723,000 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 1996 shall be subject to the fiscal year
1996 limitation: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any
program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701.
In addition, fees pursuant to section 354 of the Pub-
lic Health Service Act may be credited to this account,
to remain available until expended.
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, 
Ω136æ$15,350,000
$8,350,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b).
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
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the Food and Drug Administration which are included in
this Act, $46,294,000: Provided, That in the event the
Food and Drug Administration should require modifica-
tion of space needs, a share of the salaries and expenses
appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation, or
a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the
salaries and expenses appropriation, but such transfers
shall not exceed 5 percent 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-
terest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Cor-
poration on obligations issued through 1994, as author-
ized, $15,453,000.
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
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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; Ω137æ$49,144,000 $54,058,000, including not to ex-
ceed $1,000 for official reception and representation ex-
penses: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to
charge reasonable fees to attendees of Commission spon-
sored educational events and symposia to cover the Com-
mission’s costs of providing those events and symposia,
and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be
credited to this account, to be available without further
appropriation.
Ω138æFARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 601. (a) For purposes of the administration of
chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, any period of en-
rollment under a health benefits plan administered by the
Farm Credit Administration prior to the effective date of
this Act shall be deemed to be a period of enrollment in
a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of such title.
(b)(1) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is
covered by a health benefits plan administered by the Farm
Credit Administration may enroll in an approved health
benefits plan described under section 8903 or 8903a of title
5, United States Code—
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(A) either as an individual or for self and fam-
ily, if such individual is an employee, annuitant, or
former spouse as defined under section 8901 of such
title; and
(B) for coverage effective on and after September
30, 1995.
(2) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is enti-
tled to continued coverage under a health benefits plan ad-
ministered by the Farm Credit Administration—
(A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued
coverage under section 8905a of title 5, United States
Code, for the same period that would have been per-
mitted under the plan administered by the Farm
Credit Administration; and
(B) may enroll in an approved health benefits
plan described under sections 8903 or 8903a of such
title in accordance with section 8905A of such title for
coverage effective on and after September 30, 1995.
(3) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is cov-
ered as an unmarried dependent child under a health bene-
fits plan administered by the Farm Credit Administration
and who is not a member of family as defined under section
8901(5) of title 5, United States Code—
(A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued
coverage under section 8905a of such title as though
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the individual had, on September 30, 1995, ceased to
meet the requirements for being considered an unmar-
ried dependent child under chapter 89 of such title;
and
(B) may enroll in an approved health benefits
plan described under section 8903 or 8903a of such
title in accordance with section 8905a for continued
coverage on and after September 30, 1995.
(c) The Farm Credit Administration shall transfer to
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Fund established
under section 8909 of title 5, United States Code, amounts
determined by the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement, after consultation with the Farm Credit Adminis-
tration, to be necessary to reimburse the Fund for the cost
of providing benefits under this section not otherwise paid
for by the individual’s covered by this section. The amount
so transferred shall be held in the Fund and used by the
Office in addition to the amounts available under section
8906(g)(1) of such title.
(d) The Office of Personnel Management—
(1) shall administer the provisions of this section
to provide for—
(A) a period of notice and open enrollment
for individuals affected by this section; and
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(B) no lapse of health coverage for individ-
uals who enroll in a health benefits plan under
chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, in ac-
cordance with this section; and
(2) may prescribe regulations to implement this
section.
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 1996 under this
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 665 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 642 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, Ω139æand (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.
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SEC. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the
Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating
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. 705. 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 acqui-
sition project; Ω140æConsolidated Farm Service Agency,
salaries and expenses funds made available to county com-
mittees; and Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income
country training program.
New obligational authority for the boll weevil pro-
gram; up to 10 percent of the screwworm program of the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; Food Safety
and Inspection Service, field automation and information
management project; funds appropriated for rental pay-
ments; funds for the Native American institutions endow-
ment fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service, and funds for the competitive re-
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search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) shall remain available
until expended.
SEC. 706. 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. 707. 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. 708. 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 percent of the total direct cost of
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements 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. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, commodities acquired by the Department in con-
nection with Commodity Credit Corporation and section
32 price support operations may be used, as authorized
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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. 710. 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 Ω141æ1994 1995
or prohibit an expansion of rental space or services with
the use of funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Fur-
ther, no agency of the Department of Agriculture, from
funds otherwise available, shall reimburse the General
Services Administration 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 ap-
propriated in this Act.
SEC. 711. 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. 712. Ω142æNone With the exception of grants
awarded under the Small Business Innovation Development
Act of 1982, Public Law 97–219, as amended (15 U.S.C.
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638), none of the funds in this Act shall be available to
pay indirect costs on research grants awarded competi-
tively by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service that exceed 14 percent of total Federal
funds provided under each award.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
available in fiscal year 1996 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 1996 for
the following accounts: the rural development loan fund
program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac-
count; the rural electrification and telecommunications
loans program account; and the rural economic develop-
ment loans program account.
SEC. 715. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
year 1996 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall
be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act.
SEC. 716. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN
ACT.—None of the funds made available in this Act may
be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the funds the entity will comply with sections
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2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a–
10c; popularly known as the ‘‘Buy American Act’’).
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD-
ING NOTICE.—
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT
AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or
product that may be authorized to be purchased
with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress
that entities receiving the assistance should, in ex-
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
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States, the person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineli-
gibility procedures described in sections 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 717. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and
Cooperative Agreement Act, marketing services of the Ag-
ricultural Marketing Service may use cooperative agree-
ments to reflect a relationship between Agricultural Mar-
keting Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out agri-
cultural marketing programs.
SEC. 718. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR
HONEY PAYMENTS OR LOAN FORFEITURES.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this Act, none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall
be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for a
total amount of payments and/or total amount of loan for-
feitures to a person to support the price of honey under
section 207 of the Ω143æAgriculture Agricultural Act of
1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7
U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of zero dollars in the 1994, 1995,
and 1996 crop years.
SEC. 719. None of the funds in this Act may be used
to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the
Rural Telephone Bank.
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SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to provide
benefits to households whose benefits are calculated using
a standard deduction greater than the standard deduction
in effect for fiscal year 1995.
SEC. 721. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for any program, project, or activity
when it is made known to the Federal entity or official
to which the funds are made available that the program,
project, or activity is not in compliance with any applicable
Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of
private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
Ω144æSEC. 722. None of the funds made available
in this Act shall be used to increase, from the fiscal year
1995 level, the level of Full Time Equivalency Positions
(whether through new hires or by transferring full time
eqivalents from other offices) in any of the following Food
and Drug Administration offices: Office of the Commis-
sioner, Office of Policy, Office of External Affairs (Imme-
diate Office, as well as Office of Health Affairs, Office
of Legislative Affairs, Office of Consumer Affairs, and Of-
fice of Public Affairs), and the Office of Management and
Systems (Immediate Office, as well as Office of Planning
and Evaluation and Office of Management).
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Ω145æSEC. 723. None of the funds made available
in this Act may be used to provide assistance to, or to
pay the salaries of personnel who carry out a market pro-
motion program pursuant to section 203 of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides
assistance to, the U.S. Mink Export Development Council
or any mink industry trade association.
Ω146æSEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll
in excess of 100,000 acres in the fiscal year 1996 wetlands
reserve program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
Ω147æSEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay
the salaries of personnel who carry out an export enhance-
ment program (estimated to be $1,000,000,000 in the Presi-
dent’s fiscal year 1996 Budget (H. Doc. 104–4)) if the ag-
gregate amount of funds and/or commodities under such
program exceeds $795,556,000.
Ω148æSEC. 726. None of the funds made available in
this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel to
provide assistance to livestock producers under provisions
of title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1949 if crop insurance
protection or noninsured crop disaster assistance for the loss
of feed produced on the farm is available to the producer
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended.
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Ω149æSEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise 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: Provided, That 1,579,000
new acres shall be enrolled in the program in the year be-
ginning January 1, 1997.
Ω150æSEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to develop
compliance guidelines, implement or enforce a regulation
promulgated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service on
August 25, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 44396): Provided, That this
regulation shall take effect only if legislation is enacted
into law which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to pro-
mulgate such regulation, or the House Committee on Agri-
culture and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion and Forestry receive and approve a proposed revised
regulation submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Ω151æSEC. 729. BOARD OF TEA EXPERTS.—None of
the funds appropriated under this Act may be used for the
salaries or expenses of 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).
Ω152æSEC. 730. (a) None of the funds appropriated
or made available to the Federal Drug Administration by
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this Act shall be used to operate the Board of Tea Experts
and related activities.
(b) The Tea Importation Act (21 U.S.C. 41 et seq.)
is repealed.
Ω153æSEC. 731. It is the sense of the Senate that the
current statute establishing the Tobacco Marketing Assess-
ment, which raises revenues used solely for deficit reduction
purposes and not in any manner to offset the costs of the
tobacco program, should be amended to require that the cur-
rent assessment be set at a level sufficient to cover the ad-
ministrative costs of the tobacco program.
Ω154æSEC. 732. None of the funds available in this
Act shall be used for any action, including the development
or assertion of any position or recommendation by or on
behalf of the Forest Service, that directly or indirectly re-
sults in the loss of or restriction on the diversion and use
of water from existing water supply facilities located on Na-
tional Forest lands by the owners of such facilities, or result
in a material increase in the cost of such yield to the owners
of the water supply: Provided, That nothing in this section
shall preclude a mutual agreement between any agency of
the Department of Agriculture and a State or local gov-
ernmental entity or private entity or individual.
Ω155æSEC. 733. ENERGY SAVINGS AT FEDERAL FA-
CILITIES.
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(a) REDUCTION IN FACILITIES ENERGY COSTS.—The
head of each agency for which funds are made available
under this Act shall take all actions necessary to achieve
during fiscal year 1996 a 5 percent reduction, from the av-
erage previous three fiscal year levels, in the energy costs
of the facilities used by the agency.
(b) USE OF COST SAVINGS.—An amount equal to the
amount of cost savings realized by an agency under sub-
section (a) shall remain available for obligation through the
end of fiscal year 1997, without further authorization or
appropriation, as follows:
(1) CONSERVATION MEASURES.—Fifty percent of
the amount shall remain available for the implemen-
tation of additional energy conservation measures
and for water conservation measures at such facilities
used by the agency as are designated by the head of
the agency.
(2) OTHER
PURPOSES.—Fifty percent of the
amount shall remain available for use by the agency
for such purposes as are designated by the head of the
agency, consistent with applicable law.
(c) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than December 31,
1996, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a re-
port to Congress specifying the results of the actions
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taken under subsection (a) and providing any rec-
ommendations concerning how to further reduce en-
ergy costs and energy consumption in the future.
(2) CONTENTS.—Each report shall—
(A) specify the total energy costs of the fa-
cilities used by the agency;
(B) identify the reductions achieved; and
(C) specify the actions that resulted in the
reductions.
Ω156æSEC. 734. It is the sense of the Senate that the
current nonrefundable marketing assessment for the peanut
program should be amended to direct that the current as-
sessment is utilized in a manner to help defray the cost
of the peanut program, particularly to cover all adminis-
trative costs of the peanut program, including the salaries
and expenses of Department of Agriculture employees who
carry out the price support or production adjustment pro-
gram for peanuts.
Ω157æSEC. 735. MINK INDUSTRY.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—
(1) since 1989, the Federal government, through
the Department of Agriculture Market Promotion
Program, has provided more than $13,000,000 to the
Mink Export Development Council for the overseas
promotion of mink coats and products; and
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(2) the Department of Commerce has estimated
that since 1989 the value of United States exports of
mink products has declined by more than 33 percent
and total United States mink production has been
halved.
(b) FUNDING.—None of the funds made available in
this Act may be used to carry out, or to pay the salaries
of personnel who carry out, the market promotion program
established under section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623), in a manner that provides assist-
ance to the United States Mink Export Development Coun-
cil or any mink industry trade association.
Ω158æSEC. 728. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON UNITED
STATES-CANADIAN COOPERATION CONCERNING AN OUTLET
TO RELIEVE FLOODING AT DEVILS LAKE IN NORTH DA-
KOTA.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
(1) flooding in Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota,
has resulted in water levels in the lake reaching their
highest point in 120 years;
(2)(A) 667,000 trees are inundated and dying;
(B) 2500 homeowners in the county are pumping
water from basements;
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(C) the town of Devils Lake is threatened with
lake water nearing the limits of the protective dikes
of the lake;
(D) 17,400 acres of land have been inundated;
(E) roads are under water;
(F) other roads are closed and will be aban-
doned;
(G) homes and businesses have been diked, aban-
doned, or closed; and
(H) if the lake rises another 2 to 3 feet, damages
of approximately $74,000,000 will occur;
(3) the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau
of Reclamation are now studying the feasibility of
constructing an outlet from Devils Lake Basin;
(4) an outlet from Devils Lake Basin will allow
the transfer of water from Devils Lake Basin to the
Red River of the North watershed that the United
States shares with Canada; and
(5) the Treaty Relating to the Boundary Waters
and Questions Arising Along the Boundary Between
the United States and Canada, signed at Washington
on January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448; TS 548) (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Boundary Waters Treaty of
1909’’), provides that ‘‘. . . waters flowing across the
boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the
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injury of health or property on the other.’’ (36 Stat.
2450).
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen-
ate that the United States Government should seek to estab-
lish a joint United States-Canadian technical committee to
review the Devils Lake Basin emergency outlet project to
consider options for an outlet that would meet Canadian
concerns in regard to the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.
Ω159æSEC. 737. ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY AD-
VISORY COMMITTEES.
(a) SWINE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—Section
11 of the Swine Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 3810) is
repealed.
(b) GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNICAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.—Section 2404 of the Food, Agriculture, Con-
servation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6703) is re-
pealed.
Ω160æSEC. 738. Upon the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall immediately with-
draw Federal regulation 36 CFR Part 223 promulgated on
September 8, 1995, for a period of no less than 120 days:
Provided, That during such time the Secretary shall take
notice and public comment on the regulations and make
the necessary revisions to reflect public comment. Any fines
assessed pursuant to 36 CFR Part 223, from the effective
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date of said regulation to the date of enactment of this Act,
shall be null and void. During the 120 day period, the in-
terim regulatory guidelines published pursuant to 55 CFR
48572 and 56 CFR 65834 shall remain in effect.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 1995.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate September 20 (legislative day,
September 5), 1995.
Attest:
KELLY D. JOHNSTON,
Secretary.
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