In the Senate of the United States,
July 20, 2000.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 4461) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.’’, do pass
with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
DIVISION A
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end-
ing September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $27,914,000, of which, $25,000,000,
to remain available until expended, shall be available only
for the development and implementation of a common com-
puting environment: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000
of this amount shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as de-
termined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the funds
made available for the development and implementation of
a common computing environment shall only be available
upon prior notice to the Committee on Appropriations of
both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act
may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel
of the Department of Agriculture to carry out section
793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104–127: Provided further,
That none of the funds made available by this Act may
be used to enforce section 793(d) of Public Law 104–127.
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EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, includ-
ing economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit anal-
ysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the World
Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and includ-
ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which
not to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $7,462,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $12,421,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, including employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,765,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec-
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ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,046,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,171,000: Provided, That the
Chief Financial Officer shall actively market cross-servicing
activities of the National Finance Center.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the
programs funded by this Act, $629,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL
PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator
of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under
40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the Depart-
ment which are included in this Act, and for the operation,
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maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture
buildings, $182,747,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That in the event an agency within the
Department should require modification of space needs, the
Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that agen-
cy’s appropriation made available by this Act to this ap-
propriation, or may transfer a share of this appropriation
to that agency’s appropriation, but such transfers shall not
exceed 5 percent of the funds made available for space rental
and related costs to or from this account.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
9601, et seq., and the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq., $15,700,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal
lands.
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Departmental Administration, $36,840,000, to
provide for necessary expenses for management support
services to offices of the Department and for general admin-
istration and disaster management of the Department, re-
pairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and
expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the
practical and efficient work of the Department, including
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which
not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reim-
bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by
5 U.S.C. 551–558.
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
(7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out
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the programs funded by this Act, including programs in-
volving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the ex-
ecutive branch, $3,568,000: Provided, That no other funds
appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be avail-
able to the Department for support of activities of congres-
sional relations: Provided further, That not less than
$2,202,000 shall be transferred to agencies funded by this
Act to maintain personnel at the agency level.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to
the coordination of programs involving public affairs, for
the dissemination of agricultural information, and the co-
ordination of information, work, and programs authorized
by Congress in the Department, $8,873,000, including em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used
for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, $66,867,000,
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including such sums as may be necessary for contracting
and other arrangements with public agencies and private
persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, including not to exceed $50,000 for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including not to exceed
$125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, in-
cluding the payment of informants, to be expended under
the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public
Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–98.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $31,080,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Eco-
nomic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statis-
tics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Co-
operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice, $556,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice in conducting economic research and analysis, as au-
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thorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $67,038,000: Provided,
That $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Food and Nutrition Service, Food
Program Administration’’ for studies and evaluations: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $500,000 of the amount
transferred under the preceding proviso shall be available
to conduct, not later than 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, a study, based on all available administra-
tive data and onsite inspections conducted by the Secretary
of Agriculture of local food stamp offices in each State, of
(1) any problems that households with eligible children have
experienced in obtaining food stamps, and (2) reasons for
the decline in participation in the food stamp program, and
to report the results of the study to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate: 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).
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statis-
tical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys,
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and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1621–1627, Public Law 105–113, and other laws,
$100,615,000, of which up to $15,000,000 shall be available
until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,
and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home econom-
ics or nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition,
preservation, and dissemination of agricultural informa-
tion; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange,
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for
land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the
grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value
of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,
$871,593,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to
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the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration,
and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise provided, the cost of constructing any one building
shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or green-
houses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except
for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost
not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building or
$375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not
apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements
at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including an
easement to the University of Maryland to construct the
Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion shall
be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided further,
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That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24,
1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or
operating any research facility or research project of the
Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to carry out research related to the production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to charge
fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for any per-
mit, easement, lease, or other special use authorization for
the occupancy or use of land and facilities (including land
and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center)
issued by the agency, as authorized by law, and such fees
shall be credited to this account, and shall remain available
until expended for authorized purposes.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural
research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where
not otherwise provided, $56,330,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
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ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service,
as authorized by law.
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND
EXTENSION SERVICE
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and
for other expenses, including $180,545,000 to carry into ef-
fect the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a–i);
$21,932,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research (16
U.S.C. 582a–a7); $30,676,000 for payments to the 1890
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7
U.S.C. 3222), of which $1,000,000 shall be made available
to West Virginia State College in Institute, West Virginia;
$64,157,000 for special grants for agricultural research (7
U.S.C. 450i(c)); $13,721,000 for special grants for agricul-
tural research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c));
$118,700,000 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C.
450i(b)); $5,109,000 for the support of animal health and
disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195); $750,000 for supple-
mental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C.
3319d); $650,000 for grants for research pursuant to the
Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178)
and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977
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(7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended;
$1,000,000 for the 1994 research program (7 U.S.C. 301
note), to remain available until expended; $3,000,000 for
higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher education
multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b);
$3,500,000 for an education grants program for Hispanic-
serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241); $3,000,000 for a pro-
gram of noncompetitive grants, to be awarded on an equal
basis, to Alaska Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-serv-
ing Institutions to carry out higher education programs (7
U.S.C. 3242); $1,000,000 for a secondary agriculture edu-
cation program and 2-year post-secondary education (7
U.S.C. 3152(h)); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants (7
U.S.C. 3322); $9,500,000 for sustainable agriculture re-
search and education (7 U.S.C. 5811); $9,500,000 for a pro-
gram of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to
colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August
30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee
University, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); $1,552,000 for payments to the 1994 Institutions
pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382; and
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$16,402,000 for necessary expenses of Research and Edu-
cation Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $494,044,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to carry out research related to the production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products: Pro-
vided, That this paragraph shall not apply to research on
the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of
tobacco.
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
For the Native American institutions endowment fund
authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note),
$7,100,000: Provided, That hereafter, any distribution of
the adjusted income from the Native American institutions
endowment fund is authorized to be used for facility renova-
tion, repair, construction, and maintenance, in addition to
other authorized purposes.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Mar-
ianas, and American Samoa: For payments for cooperative
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed
under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section
208(c) of Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’
compensation costs for extension agents and for costs of pen-
alty mail for cooperative extension agents and State exten-
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sion directors, $276,548,000; payments for extension work
at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7
U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,500,000; payments for the nutrition
and family education program for low-income areas under
section 3(d) of the Act, $58,695,000; payments for the pest
management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,783,000; payments for the farm safety program under
section 3(d) of the Act, $4,100,000; payments to upgrade
research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-
grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as authorized
by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b),
$12,400,000, to remain available until expended; payments
for the rural development centers under section 3(d) of the
Act, $908,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs under
section 3(d) of the Act, $9,000,000; payments for carrying
out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act
of 1978, $3,192,000; payments for Indian reservation
agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,500,000; payments
for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of
the Act, $4,000,000; payments for rural health and safety
education as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–
624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,628,000; payments for
cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the ben-
efits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328)
and Tuskegee University, $26,843,000, of which $1,000,000
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shall be made available to West Virginia State College in
Institute, West Virginia; and for the Oregon State Univer-
sity Agriculture Extension Service, $176,000 for the Food
Electronically and Effectively Distributed (FEED) website
demonstration project; and for Federal administration and
coordination including administration of the Smith-Lever
Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349),
and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C.
301 note), and to coordinate and provide program leader-
ship for the extension work of the Department and the sev-
eral States and insular possessions, $12,283,000; in all,
$427,380,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated
pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and
section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid
to any State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam,
or the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa prior to availability of an equal sum from
non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fis-
cal year.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
For the integrated research, education, and extension
competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis-
trative expenses, $43,365,000, as follows: payments for the
water quality program, $13,000,000; payments for the food
safety program, $15,000,000; payments for the national ag-
riculture pesticide impact assessment program, $4,541,000;
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payments for the Food Quality Protection Act risk mitiga-
tion program for major food crop systems, $5,824,000; pay-
ments for crops affected by the Food Quality Protection Act
implementation, $2,000,000; and payments for the methyl
bromide transition program, $3,000,000, as authorized
under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626).
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND
REGULATORY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con-
gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;
the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec-
tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $635,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including
those pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C.
114b–c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests
and plant and animal diseases; to carry out inspection,
quarantine, and regulatory activities; to discharge the au-
thorities of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of
March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7 U.S.C. 426–426b); and
to protect the environment, as authorized by law,
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$458,149,000, of which $4,105,000 shall be available for the
control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal dis-
eases and for control of pest animals and birds to the extent
necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That no
funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis
eradication program for the current fiscal year that does
not require minimum matching by the States of at least
40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall
be available for field employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be available for the operation
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to ex-
ceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Pro-
vided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which
threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus-
try of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or cor-
porations of the Department such sums as may be deemed
necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses
in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, and sec-
tion 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unex-
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pended balances of funds transferred for such emergency
purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with
such transferred amounts: Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and
improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of al-
tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not ex-
ceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the
building: Provided further, That not less than $1,000,000
of the funds available under this heading made available
for wildlife services methods development, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall conduct pilot projects in no less than four
States representative of wildlife predation of livestock in
connection with farming operations for direct assistance in
the application of non-lethal predation control methods:
Provided further, That the General Accounting Office shall
report to the Committee on Appropriations by November
30, 2001, on the Department’s compliance with this provi-
sion and on the effectiveness of the non-lethal measures.
In fiscal year 2001, the agency is authorized to collect
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance,
goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign
governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are
structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is
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reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall
be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.
Of the total amount available under this heading in
fiscal year 2001, $87,000,000 shall be derived from user fees
deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User
Fee Account.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $9,870,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry on services related to
consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu-
tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author-
ized by law, and for administration and coordination of
payments to States, including field employment pursuant
to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $90,000 for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $64,696,000, including
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funds for the wholesale market development program for the
design and development of wholesale and farmer market fa-
cilities for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per-
cent of the current replacement value of the building: Pro-
vided further, That $639,000 may be transferred to the Ex-
penses and Refunds, Inspection and Grading of Farm Prod-
ucts fund account for the cost of the National Organic Pro-
duction Program and that such funds shall remain avail-
able until expended.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $60,730,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/
or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND
SUPPLY (SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife
Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in
this Act; and (3) not more than $13,438,000 for formulation
and administration of marketing agreements and orders
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,200,000.
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the United States Grain Standards Act, for the administra-
tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce-
dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the
standardization activities related to grain under the Agri-
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cultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field 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
$25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $27,269,000:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu-
ant 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.
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE
EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,557,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities
require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committee on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws en-
acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection
Service, $460,000.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products
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Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act,
$678,011,000, of which no less than $578,544,000 shall be
available for Federal food inspection; and in addition,
$1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees col-
lected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized
by section 1017 of Public Law 102–237: Provided, That this
appropriation shall not be available for shell egg surveil-
lance under section 5(d) of the Egg Products Inspection Act
(21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided further, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for field employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent 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 Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the
Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the
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Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration, $589,000.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs administered by
the Farm Service Agency, $828,385,000: Provided, That the
Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and
authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make program payments for all programs
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other
funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities
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 Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$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 (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), $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
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milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have been
directed to remove their milk or dairy products from com-
mercial 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 pro-
ducing such milk, at a fair market value to any dairy farm-
er who is directed to remove his milk from commercial mar-
kets because of: (1) the presence of products of nuclear radi-
ation or fallout if such contamination is not due to the fault
of the farmer; or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic sub-
stances not included under the first sentence of the Act of
August 13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic
substances were not used in a manner contrary to applica-
ble regulations or labeling instructions provided at the time
of use and the contamination is not due to the fault of the
farmer, $450,000, 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 mar-
kets as a result of the farmer’s willful failure to follow proce-
dures prescribed by the Federal Government: Provided fur-
ther, That this amount shall be transferred to the Com-
modity Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and
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authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the
purpose of making dairy indemnity disbursements.
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,
$559,373,000, of which $431,373,000 shall be for guaranteed
loans; 
operating 
loans, 
$2,397,842,000, 
of 
which
$1,697,842,000 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, $1,028,000; for emergency insured loans,
$25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural disas-
ters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as au-
thorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.
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 owner-
ship loans, $15,986,000, of which $2,200,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $84,680,000, of which
$23,260,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and
$16,320,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; In-
dian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25
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U.S.C. 488, $166,000; and for emergency insured loans,
$6,133,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural disas-
ters.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$269,454,000, of which $265,315,000 shall be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and
operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans-
ferred among these programs with the prior approval of the
Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
For administrative and operating expenses, as author-
ized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $65,597,000: Provided, That
not to exceed $700 shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1506(i).
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation
or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts
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and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act, 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 2001, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net re-
alized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pur-
suant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C.
713a–11).
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For fiscal year 2001, the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site inves-
tigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and mainte-
nance expenses to comply with the requirement of section
107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961.
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TITLE II
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For-
est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service,
$711,000.
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions
of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of
measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga-
tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil
and water management as may be necessary to prevent
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant
materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
semination 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 alteration or improvement
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of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and
maintenance of aircraft, $714,116,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than
$5,990,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting and
not less than $9,975,000 is for operation and establishment
of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for construction and improvement of buildings 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 tech-
nical assistance and related expenses to carry out programs
authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River
Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)):
Provided 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), and
not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local
engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates
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to perform the technical planning work of the Service (16
U.S.C. 590e–2).
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga-
tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water-
ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning,
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001–
1009), $10,705,000: 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 em-
ployment 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,
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001–
1005 and 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 Depart-
ment, $99,443,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000 may be available
for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act
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approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C.
1006a)): Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for employment pursuant to the second sentence of sec-
tion 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),
and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employ-
ment 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 (Public Law 93–205), including cooperative efforts as
contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered or threat-
ened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary
to expedite project construction: Provided further, That of
the funds available for Emergency Watershed Protection ac-
tivities, $4,000,000 shall be available for Mississippi and
Wisconsin for financial and technical assistance for pilot
rehabilitation projects of small, upstream dams built under
the Watershed and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001
et seq., section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1994; Public
Law 78–534; 58 Stat. 905), and the pilot watershed pro-
gram authorized under the heading ‘‘FLOOD PREVEN-
TION’’ of the Department of Agriculture Appropriation
Act, 1954 (Public Law 83–156; 67 Stat. 214): Provided fur-
ther, That of the funds made available for watershed and
flood prevention activities, $500,000 shall be available for
a study to be conducted by the Natural Resources Conserva-
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tion Service in cooperation with the town of Johnston,
Rhode Island, on floodplain management for the Pocasset
River, Rhode Island.
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out
projects for resource conservation and development and for
sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e)
of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7
U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935
(16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and the Agriculture and Food Act of
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $36,265,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): 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.
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to
carry out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized
by 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.
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TITLE III
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL
DEVELOPMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro-
grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural
Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agri-
culture, $605,000.
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c,
1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H, 381N, and
381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C. 2009f), $759,284,000, to remain available until
expended, of which $53,225,000 shall be for rural commu-
nity programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act;
of which $644,360,000 shall be for the rural utilities pro-
grams described in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and
306D of such Act; and of which $61,699,000 shall be for
the rural business and cooperative development programs
described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided, That
of the total amount appropriated in this account,
$24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Feder-
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ally Recognized Native American Tribes, of which (1)
$1,000,000 shall be available for rural business opportunity
grants under section 306(a)(11) of that Act (7 U.S.C.
1926(a)(11)), (2) $5,000,000 shall be available for commu-
nity facilities grants for tribal college improvements under
section 306(a)(19) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)), (3)
$15,000,000 shall be available for grants for drinking water
and waste disposal systems under section 306C of that Act
(7 U.S.C. 1926c) to Federally Recognized Native American
Tribes that are not eligible to receive funds under any other
rural utilities program set-aside under the rural commu-
nity advancement program, and (4) $3,000,000 shall be
available for rural business enterprise grants under section
310B(c) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)): Provided further,
That of the amount appropriated for rural community pro-
grams, $6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Commu-
nity Development Initiative: Provided further, That such
funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability
of private, nonprofit community-based housing and com-
munity development organizations, and low-income rural
communities to undertake projects to improve housing, com-
munity facilities, community and economic development
projects in rural areas: Provided further, That such funds
shall be made available to qualified private and public (in-
cluding tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to
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carry out a program of technical assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide
matching funds from other sources in an amount not less
than funds provided: Provided further, That of the amount
appropriated for the rural business and cooperative develop-
ment programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made avail-
able for a grant to a qualified national organization to pro-
vide technical assistance for rural transportation in order
to promote economic development; and $2,000,000 shall be
for grants to Mississippi Delta Region counties: Provided
further, That of the amount appropriated for rural utilities
programs, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and
waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the
United States/Mexico borders, including grants pursuant to
section 306C of such Act; not to exceed $20,000,000 shall
be for water and waste disposal systems for rural and na-
tive villages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such
Act, with up to one percent available to administer the pro-
gram and up to one percent available to improve inter-
agency coordination; not to exceed $16,215,000 shall be for
technical assistance grants for rural waste systems pursu-
ant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed
$9,500,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide tech-
nical assistance for rural water systems: Provided further,
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That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$42,574,650 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which
$34,704,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act; and of which
$8,435,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of
such Act.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of administering Rural Devel-
opment programs as authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936; the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act; title V of the Housing Act of 1949; section 1323
of the Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative Marketing
Act of 1926 for activities related to marketing aspects of
cooperatives, including economic research findings, author-
ized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for activi-
ties with institutions concerning the development and oper-
ation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative
agreements: $130,371,000: Provided, 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 $1,000,000 may be used
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for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,
That not more than $10,000 may be expended to provide
modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: Pro-
vided further, That any balances available from prior years
for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and
the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and ex-
penses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this
account.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
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, to be available from funds in the rural
housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,300,000,000 for loans
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary,
of which $3,200,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans; $32,396,000 for section 504 housing repair
loans; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-fam-
ily housing loans; $114,321,000 for section 515 rental hous-
ing; $5,152,000 for section 524 site loans; $7,503,000 for
credit sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,250,000
may be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,000,000 for
section 523 self-help housing land development loans.
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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, $215,060,000, of which $38,400,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair
loans, $11,481,000; section 538 multi-family housing guar-
anteed loans, $1,520,000; section 515 rental housing,
$56,326,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired property,
$613,000; and section 523 self-help housing land develop-
ment loans, $279,000: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated in this paragraph, $13,832,000 shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic
Area Partnership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$409,233,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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 debt forgiveness or
payments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $680,000,000;
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and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance
program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That
of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available
for debt forgiveness 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 organi-
zations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than
purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant
to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That
agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2001
shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life of any
such agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts
obligated.
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),
$34,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b): Provided, That of the total amount appropriated,
$1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
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RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $44,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, $5,000,000 shall be for a housing
demonstration program for agriculture, aquaculture, and
seafood processor workers: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones
and enterprise communities and communities designated by
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
nership Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $28,750,000, to
remain available until expended for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts.
RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost of direct loans, $19,476,000, as authorized
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
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of which $2,036,000 shall be for Federally Recognized Na-
tive American Tribes; and of which $4,072,000 shall be for
the Mississippi Delta Region Counties (as defined by Public
Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the cost
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further,
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations
for the principal amount of direct loans of $38,256,000:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$3,216,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for
the cost of direct loans for authorized empowerment zones
and enterprise communities and communities designated by
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
nership Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $3,640,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job
creation projects, $15,000,000.
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For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, $3,911,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
credit payments in fiscal year 2001, as authorized by sec-
tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,
$3,911,000 shall not be obligated and $3,911,000 are re-
scinded.
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For rural cooperative development grants authorized
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $6,000,000, of which
$1,500,000 shall be available for cooperative agreements for
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the total
amount appropriated shall be made available to coopera-
tives or associations of cooperatives whose primary focus
is to provide assistance to small, minority producers.
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall
be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,
$121,500,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans,
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$75,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans,
$300,000,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans,
$295,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of
that Act, rural electric, $1,700,000,000 and rural tele-
communications, $120,000,000; and $500,000,000 for
Treasury rate direct electric loans.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936),
as follows: cost of direct loans, $19,871,000; and cost of mu-
nicipal rate loans, $20,503,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing 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,
$34,716,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available
to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
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limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2001 and
within the resources and authority available, gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$175,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,590,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the loan programs, $3,000,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $27,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be available for loans and grants
for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas, of which not more than $3,000,000 may be used to
make grants to rural entities to promote employment of
rural residents through teleworking, including to provide
employment-related services, such as outreach to employers,
training, and job placement, and to pay expenses relating
to providing high-speed communications services, and of
which $2,000,000 may be available for a pilot program to
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finance broadband transmission and local dial-up Internet
service in areas that meet the definition of ‘‘rural area’’
contained in section 203(b) of the Rural Electrification Act
(7 U.S.C. 924(b)): Provided, That the cost of direct loans
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budg-
et Act of 1974.
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 Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Food and Nutrition Service, $570,000.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $9,541,539,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2002, of which
$4,413,960,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,127,579,000
shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro-
vided, That, except as specifically provided under this head-
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ing, none of the funds made available under this heading
shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further,
That of the funds made available under this heading, up
to $6,000,000 shall be for school breakfast pilot projects, in-
cluding the evaluation required under section 18(e) of the
National School Lunch Act: Provided further, That of the
funds made available under this heading, $500,000 shall
be for a School Breakfast Program startup grant pilot pro-
gram for the State of Wisconsin: Provided further, That up
to $4,511,000 shall be available for independent verification
of school food service claims.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$4,052,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
2002: Provided, That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations:
Provided further, That of the total amount available, the
Secretary shall obligate $15,000,000 for the farmers’ market
nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment of this
Act, and an additional $5,000,000 for the farmers’ market
nutrition program from any funds not needed to maintain
current caseload levels: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, up to
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$14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes specified in
section 17(h)(10)(B), no less than $6,000,000 of which shall
be used for the development of electronic benefit transfer sys-
tems: 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 announced policy of pro-
hibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the pro-
gram: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant
formula except in accordance with the cost containment and
competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of
such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided
shall be available for activities that are not fully reimbursed
by other Federal Government departments or agencies un-
less authorized by section 17 of such Act: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading shall be
made available for sites participating in the special supple-
mental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
to determine whether a child eligible to participate in the
program has received a blood lead screening test, using a
test that is appropriate for age and risk factors, upon the
enrollment of the child in the program.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $21,221,293,000, of which
$100,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in such
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amounts and at such times as may become necessary to
carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the
funds made available under this heading shall be used for
studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section
16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this ap-
propriation shall be subject to any work registration or
workfare requirements as may be required by law: Provided
further, That funds made available for Employment and
Training under this heading shall remain available until
expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food
Stamp Act: Provided further, That, of funds made available
under this heading and not already appropriated to the
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
(FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the Food Stamp
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), an additional amount not
to exceed $7,300,000 shall be used to purchase bison for the
FDPIR and to provide a mechanism for the purchases from
Native American producers and cooperative organizations.
COMMODITY 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 (7
U.S.C. 612c note); and the Emergency Food Assistance Act
of 1983, $140,300,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2002: Provided, That none of these funds shall
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be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for commodities donated to the program.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special
assistance for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by
section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act
of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965, $141,081,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2002.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic
food programs funded under this Act, $116,807,000, of
which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations,
improving food stamp benefit delivery, and assisting in the
prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud and
other violations of law and of which not less than
$4,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the
Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pursu-
ant 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
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development ac-
tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate
and integrate activities of the Department in connection
with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $113,424,000: Provided, That the Service
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies,
public and private organizations and institutions under
agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro-
duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for-
eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for
International Development.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco
products.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and
the Food For Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of
modifying 
credit 
arrangements 
under 
said 
Acts,
$114,186,000, to remain available until expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $1,850,000, of
which $1,035,000 may be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, and of which $815,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL
GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, $20,322,000, to remain
available until expended, for ocean freight differential costs
for the shipment of agricultural commodities under title I
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of said Act: Provided, That funds made available for the
cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean freight dif-
ferential may be used interchangeably between the two ac-
counts with prior notice to the Committee on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLES II AND III GRANTS
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, $837,000,000, to remain
available until expended, for commodities supplied in con-
nection with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act.
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, $3,820,000; to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,231,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’,
and of which $589,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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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 Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; 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; for rental of special purpose space in the District
of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on
the 
Secretary’s 
certificate, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$25,000;
$1,210,796,000, of which not to exceed $149,273,000 in pre-
scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379(h)
may be credited to this appropriation and remain available
until expended: Provided, That fees derived from applica-
tions received during fiscal year 2001 shall be subject to
the fiscal year 2001 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:
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Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated:
(1) $292,934,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $315,143,000 shall be for
the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which
no less than $12,534,000 shall be available for grants and
contracts awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act
(21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $141,368,000 shall be for the Center
for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4)
$59,349,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine
and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (5) $164,762,000 shall be for the Center for Devices
and Radiological Health and for related field activities in
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $35,842,000 shall be
for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7)
$25,855,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other
than the amounts paid to the General Services Administra-
tion; (8) $104,954,000 shall be for payments to the General
Services Administration for rent and related costs; and (9)
$70,589,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office
of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and Sys-
tems; the Office of the Senior Associate Commissioner; the
Office of International and Constituent Relations; the Office
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of Policy, Legislation, and Planning; and central services
for these offices: Provided further, That funds may be trans-
ferred from one specified activity to another with the prior
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress: Provided further, That in addition to
amounts otherwise appropriated under this heading to the
Food and Drug Administration, an additional $6,000,000
shall be made available of which $5,000,000 shall be made
available for the Centers for Food Safety and Applied Nu-
trition and related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs, and $1,000,000 shall be made available to
the National Center for Toxicological Research.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42
U.S.C. 263(b) may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 381 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, $31,350,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Commodity Exchange Act (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, $67,100,000, including
not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $36,800,000 (from assessments collected
from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul-
tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the
current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author-
ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships.
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 fiscal year 2001 under this Act shall
be available for the purchase, in addition to those specifi-
cally provided for, of not to exceed 389 passenger motor ve-
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hicles, of which 385 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 allow-
ances 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 sections 1 and 10
of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; commonly
known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of title II
and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C.
1621 et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available for contracting in accordance with such
Acts and chapter.
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 Cen-
ter operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: Provided, That
no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the De-
partment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund
without the approval of the agency administrator.
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi-
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tions, fruit fly program, boll weevil program, up to 10 per-
cent of the screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for
costs associated with colocating regional offices; Food Safety
and Inspection Service, field automation and information
management project; Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, funds for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) and funds for the Native
American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service
Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to
county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-
income country training program, and up to $2,000,000
of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for
the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international cur-
rency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the For-
eign Agricultural Service.
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 appropriations
available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall
be available to provide appropriate orientation and lan-
guage training pursuant to section 606C of the Act of Au-
gust 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b; commonly known as the Ag-
ricultural Act of 1954).
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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 arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to lease space for its own use or to lease space
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agriculture
when such space will be jointly occupied.
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
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U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award-
ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered
estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
available in fiscal year 2001 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2001 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; the Rural Housing Insurance Fund
Program Account; and the rural economic development
loans program account.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,
United States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural
Marketing Service; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stock-
yards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health In-
spection Service; and the food safety activities of the Food
Safety and Inspection Service may use cooperative agree-
ments to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural
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Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
ice and a State or Cooperator to carry out agricultural
marketing programs, to carry out programs to protect the
Nation’s animal and plant resources, or to carry out edu-
cational programs or special studies to improve the safety
of the Nation’s food supply.
SEC. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Agriculture may enter into cooperative
agreements (which may provide for the acquisition of goods
or services, including personal services) with a State, polit-
ical subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or private agen-
cy, organization, or any other person, if the Secretary deter-
mines that the objectives of the agreement will (1) serve a
mutual interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying
out the programs administered by the Natural Resources
Conservation Service; and (2) all parties will contribute re-
sources to the accomplishment of these objectives.
SEC. 715. 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 or to maintain any account or sub-
account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any
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other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone
liquidating account which is in excess of current require-
ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth
for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990.
SEC. 716. Of the funds made available by this Act, not
more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively
awarded grants: Provided, That interagency funding is au-
thorized to carry out the purposes of the National Drought
Policy Commission.
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
SEC. 718. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office
funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De-
partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
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ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving
agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee
for the period of assignment.
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be
used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non-
Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses
to questions that are a result of information requested for
the appropriations hearing process.
SEC. 720. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer
without the prior approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 721. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act,
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or
expenditure in fiscal year 2001, or provided from any ac-
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counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through
a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs;
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases
funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity
for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates
an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or
activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; un-
less the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
in fiscal year 2001, or provided from any accounts in the
Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of
fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be
available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
grams, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in
excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1)
augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) re-
duces by 10 percent funding for any existing program,
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
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as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result
in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as
approved by Congress; unless the Committee on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in
advance of such reprogramming of funds.
SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
the transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2001 funds under
section 793 of Public Law 104–127 (7 U.S.C. 2204f).
SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel who carry out an environmental
quality incentives program authorized by chapter 4 of sub-
title D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of $174,000,000.
SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the
transfer or obligation of fiscal year 2001 funds under the
provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105–185, the Initia-
tive for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C.
7621).
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SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to carry out any
commodity purchase program that would prohibit eligi-
bility or participation by farmer-owned cooperatives.
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel to carry out a conservation farm
option program, as authorized by section 1240M of the Food
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb).
SEC. 727. None of the funds made available to the Food
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close
or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and
Drug Administration Division of Drug Analysis in St.
Louis, Missouri.
SEC. 728. None of the funds made available to the Food
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to re-
duce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration
District Office below the operating and full-time equivalent
staffing level of July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit Dis-
trict Office to a station, residence post or similarly modified
office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to the Detroit
District Office: Provided, That this section shall not apply
to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory facilities
or operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except
that field laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations
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in the general vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to
cooperative agreements between the Food and Drug Admin-
istration and other laboratory facilities associated with the
State of Michigan.
SEC. 729. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated
by this Act or any other Act may be used to:
(1) carry out the proviso under 7 U.S.C. 1622(f);
or
(2) carry out 7 U.S.C. 1622(h) unless the Sec-
retary of Agriculture inspects and certifies agricul-
tural processing equipment, and imposes a fee for the
inspection and certification, in a manner that is
similar to the inspection and certification of agricul-
tural products under that section, as determined by
the Secretary: Provided, That this provision shall not
affect the authority of the Secretary to carry out the
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.),
the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451
et seq.), or the Egg Products Inspection Act (21
U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).
SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated by this Act
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to
the Congress of the United States for programs under the
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jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that as-
sumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous
year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted
into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such
Budget submission identifies which additional spending re-
ductions should occur in the event the users fees proposals
are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a com-
mittee of conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations
Act.
SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act shall be used to establish an Of-
fice of Community Food Security or any similar office
within the United States Department of Agriculture with-
out the prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress.
SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act may be used to
carry out provision of section 612 of Public Law 105–185.
SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be used to declare excess
or surplus all or part of the lands and facilities owned by
the Federal Government and administered by the Secretary
of Agriculture at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, or to transfer or
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convey such lands or facilities prior to July 1, 2001, with-
out the specific authorization of Congress.
SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used
for the implementation of a Support Services Bureau or
similar organization.
SEC. 735. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for any fiscal year, in the case of a high cost, isolated rural
area of the State of Alaska that is not connected to a road
system—
(1) in the case of assistance provided by the
Rural Housing Service for single family housing
under title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1471 et seq.), the maximum income level for the as-
sistance shall be 150 percent of the average income
level in metropolitan areas of the State;
(2) in the case of community facility loans and
grants provided under paragraphs (1) and (19), re-
spectively, of section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) and
assistance provided under programs carried out by
the Rural Utilities Service, the maximum income
level for the loans, grants, and assistance shall be 150
percent of the average income level in nonmetropoli-
tan areas of the State;
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(3) in the case of a business and industry guar-
anteed loan made under section 310B(a)(1) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 1932(a)(1)), to the extent permitted under that
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall—
(A) guarantee the repayment of 90 percent
of the principal and interest due on the loan;
and
(B) charge a loan origination and servicing
fee in an amount not to exceed 1 percent of the
amount of the loan; and
(4) in the case of assistance provided under the
Rural Community Development Initiative for fiscal
year 2000 carried out under the rural community ad-
vancement program established under subtitle E of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C. 2009 et seq.), the median household income
level, and the not employed rate, with respect to ap-
plicants for assistance under the Initiative shall be
scored on a community-by-community basis.
SEC. 736. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no housing or residence in a foreign country
purchased by an agent or instrumentality of the United
States, for the purpose of housing the agricultural attache´,
shall be sold or disposed of without the approval of the For-
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eign Agricultural Service of the United States Department
of Agriculture, including property purchased using foreign
currencies generated under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480) and
used or occupied by agricultural attache´s of the Foreign Ag-
ricultural Service: Provided, That the Department of State/
Office of Foreign Buildings may sell such properties with
the concurrence of the Foreign Agricultural Service if the
proceeds are used to acquire suitable properties of appro-
priate size for Foreign Agricultural Service agricultural
attache´s: Provided further, That the Foreign Agricultural
Service shall have the right to occupy such residences in
perpetuity with costs limited to appropriate maintenance
expenses.
SEC. 737. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may be used to employ individuals to
perform services outside the United States as determined
by the agencies to be necessary or appropriate for carrying
out programs and activities abroad; and such employment
actions, hereafter referred to as Personal Service Agreements
(PSA), are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the PSA
to be prescribed and work to be performed, where necessary,
without regard to such statutory provisions as related to
the negotiation, making and performance of contracts and
performance of work in the United States: Provided, That