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or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domes-
tic and international organizations, foreign governments, or individ-
uals, provided that such fees are structured such that any entity’s
liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assist-
ance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, and
such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available
until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance,
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a,
$6,973,000, to remain available until expended.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry on services authorized by the
Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and the Poultry Products
Inspection Act, as amended, $516,738,000, and in addition,
$1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees collected
for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section
1017 of Public Law 102–237: Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available for field employment pursuant to section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109:
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 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 centum of the current
replacement value of the building.
FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United
States Grain Standards Act, as amended, and the standardization
activities related to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946, as amended, including field employment pursuant to section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to
exceed $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,325,000:
Provided, 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 centum of the current
replacement value of the building.
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,784,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for Inspection and Weighing
Services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur,
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this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 per centum with
notification to the Appropriations Committees.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry on services related to consumer
protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transportation,
agricultural cooperatives, and regulatory programs, as authorized
by law, and for administration and coordination of payments to
States; including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of
the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $90,000
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $56,591,000; including funds
for the Wholesale Market Development Program for the design
and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for the
major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not
exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the
building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities,
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $57,054,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses:
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-
lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by
up to 10 per centum with notification to the Appropriations
Committees.
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY
(SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for commodity program
expenses as authorized therein, and other related operating
expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce
as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956;
(2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not more
than $10,309,000 for formulation and administration of Marketing
Agreements and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the Agricultural Act
of 1961.
In fiscal year 1996, section 32 funds shall be used to promote
sunflower and cottonseed oil exports to the full extent authorized
by section 1541 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 1464 note), and
such funds shall be used to facilitate additional sales of such oils
in world markets.
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-
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ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,200,000.
PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses for administration of the Packers and
Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, and for certifying procedures
used to protect purchasers of farm products, including field employ-
ment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109, $11,989,000.
FARM INCOME STABILIZATION
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
AND COMMODITY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs to
administer the laws enacted by Congress for the Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation Service, Foreign Agricultural Service,
and the Commodity Credit Corporation, $549,000.
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation Service, including expenses to formulate
and carry out programs authorized by title III of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301–1393); the
Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.);
sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation
and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590g–590o,
590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1004, 1006 to 1008,
and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1501 to 1504, 1506 to 1508, and 1510); the Water Bank Act, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assist-
ance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 202(c) and 205 of
title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974,
as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c), 1595); sections 401, 402, and 404
to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201
to 2205); the United States Warehouse Act, as amended (7 U.S.C.
241–273); title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.); and laws pertaining to the Commodity
Credit Corporation, $717,958,000; of which $716,333,000 is hereby
appropriated, and $1,036,000 is transferred from the Public Law
480 Program Account in this Act and $589,000 is transferred from
the Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account in this Act:
Provided, That other funds made available to the Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation Service 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 Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $100,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no
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part of the funds made available under this Act shall be used:
(1) to influence the vote in any referendum; (2) to influence agricul-
tural legislation, except as permitted in 18 U.S.C. 1913; or (3)
for salaries or other expenses of members of county and community
committees established pursuant to section 8(b) of the Soil Con-
servation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, for engaging
in any activities other than advisory and supervisory duties and
delegated 
program 
functions 
prescribed 
in 
administrative
regulations.
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized
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 and commitments without regard
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary
in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the current
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter
provided.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES
For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by
the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1516),
$68,884,000: Provided, That until October 1, 1995, the Secretary
of Agriculture may collect and use such sums as may be necessary
for the delivery of catastrophic risk protection under subsections
(b) and (c) of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as
that Act would be amended by section 6(a)(3) of H.R. 4217 as
passed by the House on August 5, 1994, if such provision or similar
provision is enacted into law: Provided further, That in addition
to amounts otherwise appropriated in this Act, there are hereby
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of the crop insurance fund established under section 516
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as that Act would be amended
by sections 8 (b) and (c) of H.R. 4217, if such provision or similar
provision is enacted into law: Provided further, That not to exceed
$700 shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i): Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act may be used to offer a Federal
crop insurance policy in counties on crops where a loss ratio, that
has already been recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the pre-
mium rates issued by the Corporation for the 1994 crop year,
is in excess of 1.10 more than 70 percent of the years that a
policy has been offered since 1980: Provided further, That none
of the funds in this Act may be used to pay operating and adminis-
trative costs that exceed 31 per centum of premium to insurers
of policies on which the Corporation provides reinsurance, except
to reimburse said insurers for excess loss adjustment expenses
as provided for in the Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued
by the Corporation: Provided further, That the fourth proviso shall
not apply in any county affected if the Corporation has implemented
a nonstandard classification system in such county for those individ-
ual farms that have experienced excessive losses since 1980 under
which the premium rates, notwithstanding the provision of section