Union Calendar No. 85
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2493
[Report No. 103–153]
A BILL
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1994, and for other pur-
poses.
JUNE 23, 1993
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
IB
Union Calendar No. 85
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2493
[Report No. 103–153]
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 23, 1993
Mr. DURBIN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
HR 2493 RH
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1994, and for other purposes,
namely:
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 $50,000 for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $2,320,000: Provided, That not to
exceed $8,000 of this amount shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may transfer salaries and ex-
penses funds in this Act sufficient to finance a total of
not to exceed 35 staff years between agencies of the De-
partment of Agriculture to meet workload requirements.
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture, including not to exceed $25,000
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $553,000: Provided,
That not to exceed $3,000 of this amount shall be avail-
able for official reception and representation expenses, not
otherwise provided for, as determined by the Deputy
Secretary.
HR 2493 RH
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and
Program Analysis, including employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,954,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs
funded in this Act, $808,000.
RENTAL PAYMENTS (USDA)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of
the Department of Agriculture which are included in this
Act, $135,503,000, of which $30,804,000 shall be re-
tained by the Department of Agriculture for the operation,
maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings and for
non-recurring repairs as determined by the Department
of Agriculture, and an additional $19,700,000 shall be re-
tained by the Department of Agriculture for renovation
and repair of facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Re-
search Center: Provided, That in the event an agency with-
in the Department of Agriculture should require modifica-
tion of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may
HR 2493 RH
ment for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant to
the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Personnel, Finance and Management, Oper-
ations, Information Resources Management, Advocacy and
Enterprise, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Offi-
cer, and Emergency Programs, $26,301,000, for Depart-
mental Administration to provide for necessary expenses
for management support services to offices of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture and for general administration and
emergency preparedness of the Department of Agri-
culture, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous
supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and nec-
essary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, including employment pursuant to
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000
is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable ap-
propriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the
holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
HR 2493 RH
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro-
grams funded in this Act, $1,333,000.
OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,
and for the dissemination of agricultural information and
the coordination of information, work and programs au-
thorized by Congress in the Department, $8,629,000, in-
cluding employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed
$2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bulletins: Provided,
That none of the funds in this Act may be used to produce
part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary (known as
the Yearbook of Agriculture).
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
For necessary expenses for programs involving inter-
governmental affairs and liaison within the executive
branch, $478,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second
HR 2493 RH
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
amended, $65,932,000, including such sums as may be
necessary for contracting and other arrangements with
public agencies and private persons pursuant to section
6(a)(8) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended,
and including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum not to
exceed $95,000 for certain confidential operational ex-
penses including the payment of informants, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the Inspector General pur-
suant 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, $26,149,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Economics to carry out the programs funded
in this Act, $589,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
Service in conducting economic research and service relat-
ing to agricultural production, marketing, and distribu-
tion, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of
HR 2493 RH
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, including eco-
nomics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, in-
come and population, and demand for farm products, use
of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns
in farming, and farm finance; research relating to the eco-
nomic and marketing aspects of farmer cooperatives; and
for analysis of supply and demand for farm products in
foreign countries and their effect on prospects for United
States exports, progress in economic development and its
relation to sales of farm products, assembly and analysis
of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of inter-
national financial and monetary programs and policies as
they affect the competitive position of United States farm
products, $57,702,000; of which $500,000 shall be avail-
able for investigation, determination, and finding as to the
effect upon the production of food and upon the agricul-
tural economy of any proposed action affecting such sub-
ject matter pending before the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency for presentation, in the pub-
lic interest, before said Administrator, other agencies or
before the courts: Provided, That this appropriation shall
be available to continue to gather statistics and conduct
a special study on the price spread between the farmer
and the consumer: Provided further, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the sec-
HR 2493 RH
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225): Provided further, That this appropriation
shall be available for analysis of statistics and related facts
on foreign production and full and complete information
on methods used by other countries to move farm com-
modities in world trade on a competitive basis.
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, sta-
tistical coordination and improvements, and marketing
surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act
of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws,
$82,069,000: 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 $40,000 shall be available for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD
For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural
Outlook Board to coordinate and review all commodity
and aggregate agricultural and food data used to develop
outlook and situation material within the Department of
Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing
Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $2,582,000: Provided, That
HR 2493 RH
this appropriation shall be available for employment pur-
suant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE
AND EDUCATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education to ad-
minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Agricul-
tural Research Service, Cooperative State Research Serv-
ice, Extension Service, and National Agricultural Library,
$569,000.
ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND
COMMERCIALIZATION
For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990
(7 U.S.C. 5901–5908), $7,250,000 is appropriated to the
Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization
Revolving Fund.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
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 eco-
nomics or nutrition and consumer use, and for acquisition
HR 2493 RH
of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal
cost not to exceed $100, $688,805,000: Provided, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for temporary
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and
not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder can be used to provide financial assistance
to the organizers of national and international con-
ferences, if such conferences are in support of agency pro-
grams: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of
aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replace-
ment only: Provided further, That appropriations here-
under shall be available to conduct marketing research:
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but
unless otherwise provided the cost of constructing any one
building shall not exceed $250,000, except for headhouses
or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,000,000,
and except for ten buildings to be constructed or improved
at a cost not to exceed $500,000 each, and the cost of
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not
exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value
HR 2493 RH
from any State, other political subdivision, organization,
or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating
any research facility or research project of the Agricul-
tural Research Service, as authorized by law.
Special fund: To provide for additional labor,
subprofessional, and junior scientific help to be employed
under contracts and cooperative agreements to strengthen
the work at Federal research installations in the field,
$2,500,000.
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, $29,387,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That
facilities to house bonsai collections at the National Arbo-
retum may be constructed with funds accepted under the
provisions of Public Law 94–129 (20 U.S.C. 195) and the
limitation on construction contained in the Act of August
24, 1912 (40 U.S.C. 68) shall not apply to the construc-
tion of such facilities: Provided further, That funds may
be received from any State, other political subdivision, or-
ganization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
HR 2493 RH
any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service,
as authorized by law.
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and
for other expenses, including $171,304,000 to carry into
effect the provisions of the Hatch Act approved March 2,
1887, as amended, including administration by the United
States Department of Agriculture, penalty mail costs of
agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the
Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under sec-
tion 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C.
301n.); $18,809,000 for grants for cooperative forestry re-
search under the Act approved October 10, 1962 (16
U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as amended, including administra-
tive expenses, and payments under section 1361(c) of the
Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $28,157,000 for
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including
Tuskegee University, for research under section 1445 of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222), as amend-
ed, including administration by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890
land-grant 
colleges, 
including 
Tuskegee 
University;
$50,070,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural re-
HR 2493 RH
search under the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7
U.S.C. 450i); $114,000,000 for competitive research
grants under section 2(b) of the Act of August 4, 1965,
as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), including administrative
expenses; $5,551,000 for the support of animal health and
disease programs authorized by section 1433 of Public
Law 
95–113, 
including 
administrative 
expenses;
$2,168,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and
products as authorized by the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3319d); $400,000 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, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain avail-
able until expended; $475,000 for rangeland research
grants as authorized by subtitle M of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977, as amended; $3,500,000 for higher education grad-
uate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)),
including administrative expenses; $1,500,000 for higher
education challenge grants under section 1417(b)(1) of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C.
HR 2493 RH
3152(b)(1)), 
including 
administrative 
expenses;
$1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholar pro-
gram under section 1417(b)(5) of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), including ad-
ministrative expenses; $4,000,000 for grants as author-
ized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 and
other Acts; $6,825,000 for sustainable agriculture re-
search and education, as authorized by section 1621 of
Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), including adminis-
trative expenses; and $20,827,000 for necessary expenses
of Cooperative State Research Service activities, including
coordination and program leadership for higher education
work of the Department, administration of payments to
State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which
$10,550,000 shall be for a program of capacity building
grants to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act
of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), includ-
ing Tuskegee University, of which not to exceed $100,000
shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all,
$428,586 ,000.
HR 2493 RH
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities and for grants to States and other eligi-
ble recipients for such purposes, as necessary to carry out
the agricultural research, extension, and teaching pro-
grams of the Department of Agriculture, where not other-
wise provided, $37,750,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
EXTENSION SERVICE
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern
Marianas, and American Samoa: For payments for coop-
erative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever
Act, as amended, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and
3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law
93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs
for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coop-
erative extension agents and State extension directors,
$274,582,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d)
of the Act, $64,961,000; payments for the pest manage-
ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,459,000;
payments for the farm safety and rural health programs
under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,698,000; payments for
HR 2493 RH
the pesticide impact assessment program under section
3(d) of the Act, $3,363,000; payments to upgrade 1890
land-grant college research and extension facilities as au-
thorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113, as
amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,901,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; payments for the rural development
centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $938,000; payments
for a groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of
the Act, $11,234,000; payments for the Agricultural Tele-
communications Program, as authorized by Public Law
101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,206,000; payments for
youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,000,000; payments for a food safety program under
section 3(d) of the Act, $1,975,000; payments for carrying
out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension
Act of 1978, $3,341,000; payments for Indian reservation
agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,750,000; pay-
ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section
3(d) of the Act, $2,963,000; and payments for extension
work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second
Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326, 328) and Tuskegee Uni-
versity, $25,414,000; in all, $420,785,000: 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, as amended, shall not be paid to any State, the
HR 2493 RH
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-Fed-
eral sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.
Federal administration and coordination: For admin-
istration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act
of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341–349), as amended,
and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7
U.S.C. 301n.), and to coordinate and provide program
leadership for the extension work of the Department and
the several States and insular possessions, $8,390,000.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Library, $17,682,000: 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 $35,000 shall be available
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further,
That not to exceed $900,000 shall be available pursuant
to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the alteration and repair of buildings
and improvements.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
MARKETING AND INSPECTION SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection
HR 2493 RH
Services to administer programs under the laws enacted
by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Federal
Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing Service,
and Packers and Stockyards Administration, $691,000.
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, as
amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–c), necessary to prevent, con-
trol, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases;
to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activi-
ties; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri-
culture 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, $439,042,000, of which $91,460,000
shall be derived from user fees deposited in the Agricul-
tural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account, and of
which $4,938,000 shall be available for the control of out-
breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for
control of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary
to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That if the de-
mand for Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) user
fee financed services is greater than expected and/or other
HR 2493 RH
uncontrollable events occur, the Agency may exceed the
AQI User Fee limitation by up to 10 per centum, provided
such funds are available in the Agricultural Quarantine
Inspection User Fee Account, and with notification to the
Appropriations Committees: Provided further, That no
funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel-
losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that
does not require minimum matching by the States of at
least 40 per centum: Provided further, That this appro-
priation 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 pur-
chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for re-
placement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in
emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricul-
tural production industry of this country, the Secretary
may transfer from other appropriations or funds available
to the agencies or corporations of the Department such
sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in
such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con-
tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry,
or plants, and for expenses in accordance with the Act
HR 2493 RH
of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section 102 of
the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and any un-
expended balances of funds transferred for such emer-
gency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall be
merged with such transferred amounts.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of
land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $10,145,000, to re-
main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry on services author-
ized 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 cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory 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 appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250)
for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but the cost of altering any one building during
HR 2493 RH
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the cur-
rent 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, in-
cluding 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 
U.S.C. 
3109,
$11,554,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
ation 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: Provided further, That none of the
funds provided by this Act may be used to pay the salaries
of any person or persons who require, or who authorize
payments from fee-supported funds to any person or per-
sons who require nonexport, nonterminal interior elevators
to maintain records not involving official inspection or offi-
cial weighing in the United States under Public Law 94–
582 other than those necessary to fulfill the purposes of
such Act.
HR 2493 RH
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,784,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for Inspection
and Weighing Services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or
other uncontrollable factors occur, 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 dis-
tribution, transportation, agricultural cooperatives, and
regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for admin-
istration and coordination of payments to States; includ-
ing 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 
U.S.C. 
3109,
$61,614,000; including $2,346,000 for the Wholesale
Market Development Program for the design and develop-
ment of wholesale and farmer market facilities for the
major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7
U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings
HR 2493 RH
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
ing 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 $55,953,000 (from fees collected) shall
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may
exceed this limitation by up to 10 per centum with notifi-
cation 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 Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for com-
modity 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 Agree-
ments and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
HR 2493 RH
Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, 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
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,735,000.
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 employment 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, $12,194,000.
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 Com-
modity Programs to administer the laws enacted by Con-
gress for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commodity
Credit Corporation, $563,000.
HR 2493 RH
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION
SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricul-
tural Stabilization and Conservation Service, including ex-
penses 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 Assistance 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 Cred-
it Corporation, $732,467,000; of which $730,842,000 is
HR 2493 RH
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 Cor-
poration Program Account in this Act: Provided, That
other funds made available to the Agricultural Stabiliza-
tion and Conservation Service for authorized activities
may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro-
vided further, That these funds shall be available for em-
ployment 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 part of
the funds made available under this Act shall be used (1)
to influence the vote in any referendum; (2) to influence
agricultural 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 Conservation and Domestic Al-
lotment Act, as amended, for engaging in any activities
other than advisory and supervisory duties and delegated
program functions prescribed in administrative regula-
tions.
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of
HR 2493 RH
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary
in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for
the current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided:
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES
For administrative and operating expenses, as au-
thorized by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 1516), $290,116,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $700 shall be available for official reception and rep-
resentation 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 coun-
ties on crops where a loss ratio, that has already been
recalculated pursuant to law to reflect the premium rates
issued by the Corporation for the 1993 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 administrative costs that exceed 31 per centum of pre-
mium to insurers of policies on which the Corporation pro-
HR 2493 RH
vides reinsurance, except to reimburse said insurers for
excess loss adjustment expenses as provided for in the
Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued by the Corpora-
tion.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND
For payments as authorized by section 508(b) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended, $235,794,000,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); of
which $47,072,000 is to reimburse the Federal Crop In-
surance Corporation Fund for agents’ commissions and
loss adjustment obligations incurred during prior years,
but not previously reimbursed, as authorized by section
516(a) of the Act, as amended.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 1994, such sums as may be necessary
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net
realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed
(estimated to be $20,896,614,000 in the President’s fiscal
year 1994 Budget Request (H. Doc. 103–3)), but not to
exceed $18,000,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act
of August 17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a–11).
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
MANAGEMENT
For fiscal year 1994, the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion shall not expend more than $4,000,000 for expenses
HR 2493 RH
to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That ex-
penses shall be for operations and maintenance costs only
and that other hazardous waste management costs shall
be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management
appropriation in this Act.
TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Natural Resources and Envi-
ronment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Forest Service and the Soil Conservation Service,
$578,000.
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f)
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary
HR 2493 RH
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of
soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands by
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to
exceed $100; purchase and erection or alteration or im-
provement of permanent and temporary buildings; and op-
eration and maintenance of aircraft, $588,262,000, to re-
main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); of which
not less than $5,820,000 is for snow survey and water
forecasting and not less than $8,214,000 is for operation
and establishment of the plant materials centers: Provided,
That except for $2,399,000 for improvements of the plant
materials centers, the cost of any permanent building pur-
chased, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of
constructing a water supply or sanitary system and con-
necting the same to any such building and with the excep-
tion of buildings acquired in conjunction with land being
purchased for other purposes, shall not exceed $10,000,
except for one building to be constructed at a cost not
to exceed $100,000 and eight buildings to be constructed
or improved at a cost not to exceed $50,000 per building
and except that alterations or improvements to other exist-
ing permanent buildings costing $5,000 or more may be
made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $2,000
HR 2493 RH
per building: 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 no part of this appropria-
tion may be expended for soil and water conservation oper-
ations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–
590f) in demonstration projects: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for employment pur-
suant 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 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 to perform
the technical planning work of the Service (16 U.S.C.
590e–2).
RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS
For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves-
tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa-
terways, in accordance with section 6 of the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4,
1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006–1009), $13,482,000:
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 $60,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
HR 2493 RH
WATERSHED PLANNING
For necessary expenses for small watershed investiga-
tions and planning, in accordance with the Watershed Pro-
tection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1001–1008), $9,721,000: 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 $50,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation,
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land,
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1001–1005, 1007–1009), the provisions of the Act
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), and in accordance
with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the
Department, $228,915,000 to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which $40,386,000 shall be
available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood
Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16
U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supplemented: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
HR 2493 RH
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$22,881,000 shall be available for emergency measures as
provided by sections 403–405 of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203–2205), and not to exceed
$200,000 shall be available for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That $4,000,000 in loans
may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under
the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers
Home Administration (7 U.S.C. 1931): Provided further,
That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is
available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), as amended, in-
cluding cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act
to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suit-
able habitats as may be necessary to expedite project con-
struction.
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, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607),
the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C.
590a–f), and the provisions of the Agriculture and Food
Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $32,945,000, to re-
main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided,
HR 2493 RH
Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501–1504,
1506–1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed
$15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, in-
cluding such displays at State, interstate, and inter-
national fairs within the United States, $194,650,000, to
remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for
agreements, excluding administration but including tech-
nical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o),
except that no participant in the Agricultural Conserva-
tion Program shall receive more than $3,500 per year, ex-
cept where the participants from two or more farms or
ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to
conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the com-
munity, or where a participant has a long-term agreement,
in which case the total payment shall not exceed the an-
nual payment limitation multiplied by the number of years
of the agreement: Provided, That no portion of the funds
for the current year’s program may be utilized to provide
financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands
now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20
(XX) in United States Department of the Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of the United States,
1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be avail-
able for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or
any other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing
HR 2493 RH
services, and making grants thereof to agricultural pro-
ducers to aid them in carrying out approved farming prac-
tices as authorized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic
Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and rec-
ommended by the county committees, approved by the
State committees and the Secretary, under programs pro-
vided for herein: Provided further, That such assistance
will not be used for carrying out measures and practices
that are primarily production-oriented or that have little
or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allo-
cation for the current year’s program for any county may,
on the recommendation of such county committee and ap-
proval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted
to the Soil Conservation Service for services of its techni-
cians in formulating and carrying out the Agricultural
Conservation Program in the participating counties, and
shall not be utilized by the Soil Conservation Service for
any purpose other than technical and other assistance in
such counties, and in addition, on the recommendation of
such county committee and approval of the State commit-
tee, not to exceed 1 per centum may be made available
to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for the
same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided
further, That for the current year’s program $2,500,000
HR 2493 RH
shall be available for technical assistance in formulating
and carrying out rural environmental practices: Provided
further, That no part of any funds available to the Depart-
ment, or any bureau, office, corporation, or other agency
constituting a part of such Department, shall be used in
the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel
expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to prevent pernicious political
activities’’ approved August 2, 1939, as amended, or who
has been found in accordance with the provisions of title
18 U.S.C. 1913 to have violated or attempted to violate
such section which prohibits the use of Federal appropria-
tions for the payment of personal services or other ex-
penses designed to influence in any manner a Member of
Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or appropria-
tion by Congress except upon request of any Member or
through the proper official channels: Provided further,
That not to exceed $15,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated shall be used for water quality payments and prac-
tices in the same manner as permitted under the program
for water quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle D of
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.).
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for,
to carry out the program of forestry incentives, as author-
HR 2493 RH
ized in the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical assistance and relat-
ed expenses, $12,820,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, as authorized by that Act.
WATER BANK PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provi-
sions of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311),
$18,620,000, to remain available until expended.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro-
gram authorized in sections 401, 402, and 404 of title IV
of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201–
2205), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended,
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2204.
COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM
For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary
cooperative salinity control program pursuant to section
202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Con-
trol Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to
reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to enhance the
supply and quality of water available for use in the United
States and the Republic of Mexico, $13,783,000, to re-
main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be
used for investigations and surveys, for technical assist-
ance in developing conservation practices and in the prepa-
ration of salinity control plans, for the establishment of
HR 2493 RH
on-farm irrigation management systems, including related
lateral improvement measures, for making cost-share pay-
ments to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian
tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local govern-
mental and nongovernmental entities, and other land-
owners to aid them in carrying out approved conservation
practices as determined and recommended by the county
ASC committees, approved by the State ASC committees
and the Secretary, and for associated costs of program
planning, information and education, and program mon-
itoring and evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conserva-
tion Service shall provide technical assistance and the Ag-
ricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service shall pro-
vide administrative services for the program, including but
not limited to, the negotiation and administration of
agreements and the disbursement of payments: Provided
further, That such program shall be coordinated with the
regular Agricultural Conservation Program and with re-
search programs of other agencies.
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation
reserve program pursuant to the Food Security Act of
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831–3845), $1,743,274,000, to remain
available until expended, to be used for Commodity Credit
HR 2493 RH
Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance for the
establishment of conservation practices provided for in ap-
proved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual
rental payments provided in such contracts, and for tech-
nical assistance.
WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM
INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the Wetlands Re-
serve Program pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3837), $44,450,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the serv-
ices, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit
Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the Wetlands
Reserve Program.
TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL
COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural De-
velopment to administer programs under the laws enacted
by the Congress for the Farmers Home Administration,
Rural Electrification Administration, Federal Crop Insur-
ance Corporation, and rural development activities of the
Department of Agriculture, $583,000.
HR 2493 RH
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, to be available from
funds in the Rural Housing Insurance Fund, as follows:
$2,550,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as de-
termined by the Secretary, of which $750,000,000 shall
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for
section 504 housing repair loans; $16,300,000 for section
514 farm labor housing; $573,900,000 for section 515
rental housing; $600,000 for site loans; and $166,863,000
for credit sales of acquired property: Provided, That up
to $50,664,000 of these funds shall be made available for
section 502(g), Deferral Mortgage Demonstration.
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: low-
income housing section 502 loans, $366,360,000, of which
$12,225,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;
section 504 housing repair loans, $13,671,000; section
514 farm labor housing, $8,394,000; section 515 rental
housing, $311,972,000; and credit sales of acquired prop-
erty, $25,397,000.
HR 2493 RH
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$396,161,000.
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2)
or agreements entered into in lieu of forgiveness or pay-
ments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
$417,523,000; and in addition such sums as may be nec-
essary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liq-
uidate 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
$5,840,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or pay-
ments 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 organizations 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 of this
amount not less than $109,258,000 is available for newly
constructed units financed by section 515 of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended, and not more than $5,214,000
is for newly constructed units financed under sections 514
HR 2493 RH
and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further,
That $297,211,000 is available for expiring agreements
and for servicing of existing units without agreements:
Provided further, That agreements entered into or renewed
during fiscal year 1994 shall be funded for a five-year pe-
riod, although the life of any such agreement may be ex-
tended to fully utilize amounts obligated.
RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to operate a rural housing
voucher program as authorized by section 542 of title V
of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $25,000,000,
to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For direct loans pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(B) of
the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c),
$622,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $23,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan program, $14,000.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
HR 2493 RH
1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans,
$634,624,000, of which $556,543,000 shall be for guaran-
teed loans; operating loans, $2,750,000,000, of which
$1,800,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $250,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans; $4,909,000 for water development, use, and con-
servation loans, of which $2,012,000 shall be for guaran-
teed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as author-
ized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,163,000; for emergency insured
loans, $100,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from nat-
ural disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property,
$147,566,000.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm
ownership loans, $34,080,000, of which $20,870,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $119,985,000,
of which $9,360,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $29,425,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans; $506,000 for water development, use, and conserva-
tion loans, of which $43,000 shall be for guaranteed loans;
Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25
U.S.C. 488, $229,000; for emergency insured loans,
$26,060,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural dis-
HR 2493 RH
asters; and for credit sales of acquired property,
$22,405,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$275,392,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928
and 86 Stat. 661–664, as amended, to be available from
funds in the Rural Development Insurance Fund, as fol-
lows: water and sewer facility loans, $835,000,000, of
which $35,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; commu-
nity facility loans, $325,000,000, of which $75,000,000
shall be for guaranteed loans; and guaranteed industrial
development loans, $298,762,000: Provided, That none of
the funds made available in this Act may be used to make
transfers between the above limitations.
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: direct
water and sewer facility loans, $111,040,000; direct com-
munity facility loans, $24,125,000; guaranteed community
facility loans, $3,803,000; and guaranteed industrial de-
velopment loans, $2,778,000.
HR 2493 RH
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$58,194,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans $56,000,000, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C.
9812(a)): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided fur-
ther, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obli-
gations for the principal amount of direct loans of not to
exceed $100,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct loan programs, $1,481,000.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–
5106), $2,963,000.
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 306(a)(2) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 1926), $450,000,000, to remain available until
expended, pursuant to section 306(d) of the above Act:
Provided, That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be avail-
able for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the
Colonias along the U.S./Mexico border, including grants
HR 2493 RH
pursuant to section 306C: Provided further, That, with the
exception of the foregoing $25,000,000, these funds shall
not be used for any purpose not specified in section 306(a)
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS
For grants to the very low-income elderly for essen-
tial repairs to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the
Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $25,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR
For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organi-
zations for housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to
section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42
U.S.C. 1486), $11,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING
For grants and contracts pursuant to section
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1490c), $12,750,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b).
SUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants pursuant to sections 509(g)(6) and 525
of the Housing Act of 1949, $2,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
HR 2493 RH
RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–313),
$3,500,000 to fund up to 50 per centum of the cost of
organizing, training, and equipping rural volunteer fire
departments.
COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS
For compensation for construction defects as author-
ized by section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as
amended, $500,000, to remain available until expended.
RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS
For grants for rural housing preservation as author-
ized by section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Re-
covery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98–181), $23,000,000.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and
310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act to any qualified public or private
nonprofit organization, $35,000,000: Provided, That
$500,000 shall be available for grants to qualified non-
profit organizations to provide technical assistance and
training for rural communities needing improved pas-
senger transportation systems or facilities in order to pro-
mote economic development.
HR 2493 RH
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS
For grants for pollution abatement and control
projects authorized under section 310B(b) (7 U.S.C.
1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, $3,000,000: Provided, That such assistance shall in-
clude regional technical assistance for improvement of
solid waste management.
EMERGENCY COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For emergency community water assistance grants as
authorized under section 306B (7 U.S.C. 1926b) of the
Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act,
$10,000,000.
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 expended.
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Administrator of the Farmers Home Administration,
$600,000: Provided, That no other funds in this Act shall
be available for this Office.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Admin-
istration, not otherwise provided for, in administering the
HR 2493 RH
programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–2000), as amended; title
V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C.
1471–1490o); the Rural Rehabilitation Corporation Trust
Liquidation Act, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C. 440–
444), for administering the loan program authorized by
title III–A of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964
(Public Law 88–452 approved August 20, 1964), as
amended, and such other programs which the Farmers
Home Administration has the responsibility for admin-
istering, $729,749,000; of which $35,552,000 is hereby
appropriated, $374,255,000 shall be derived by transfer
from the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Ac-
count in this Act and merged with this account,
$261,158,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Agri-
cultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account in this
Act and merged with this account, $57,294,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the Rural Development Insurance
Fund Program Account in this Act and merged with this
account, $1,476,000 shall be derived by transfer from the
Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account in this
Act and merged with this account, and $14,000 shall be
derived by transfer from the Self-Help Housing Land De-
velopment Fund Program Account in this Act and merged
with this account: Provided, That not to exceed $500,000
HR 2493 RH
of this appropriation may be used for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed
$4,368,000 of this appropriation shall be available for con-
tracting with the National Rural Water Association or
other equally qualified national organization for a circuit
rider program to provide technical assistance for rural
water systems.
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901–
950(b)), as follows:
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural
electrification loans, $125,000,000; 5 percent rural tele-
phone loans, $125,000,000; cost of money rural telephone
loans, $198,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans,
$600,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306
of that Act, $933,000,000; to remain available until ex-
pended.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7
HR 2493 RH
U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, $36,265,000;
cost of municipal rate loans, $46,020,000; cost of money
rural telephone loans, $40,000; cost of loans guaranteed
pursuant to section 306, $11,184,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$29,982,000.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be
necessary in carrying out its authorized programs for the
current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1994 and within
the resources and authority available, gross obligations for
the 
principal 
amount 
of 
direct 
loans 
shall 
be
$199,847,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935),
$40,000.
HR 2493 RH
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the loan programs, $8,794,000.
DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the pro-
grams authorized in sections 2331–2335 of Public Law
101–624, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
For loans authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, for the purpose of promoting rural eco-
nomic 
development 
and 
job 
creation 
projects,
$13,025,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans,
$3,381,000.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the provi-
sions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 901–950(b)), and to administer the loan and
loan guarantee programs for Community Antenna Tele-
vision facilities as authorized by the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921–1995), and
for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year
1994, including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and
HR 2493 RH
credit reports, funds 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 $103,000 for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $38,776,000; of which
$29,982,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural
Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account in
this Act and $8,794,000 shall be derived by transfer from
the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account in this Act:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used
to authorize the transfer of additional funds to this ac-
count from the Rural Telephone Bank: Provided further,
That none of the salaries and expenses provided to the
Rural Electrification Administration, and none of the re-
sponsibilities assigned by law to the Administrator of the
Rural Electrification Administration may be reassigned or
transferred to any other agency or office.
TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND
CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Food and Nutrition Service, $554,000.
HR 2493 RH
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. 1751–1769b), and the appli-
cable provisions other than sections 3 and 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773–1785, and 1788–
1789); $7,497,131,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 1995, of which $2,727,022,000 is hereby ap-
propriated and $4,770,109,000 shall be derived by trans-
fer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of
August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That funds
appropriated for the purpose of section 7 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 shall be allocated among the States
but the distribution of such funds to an individual State
is contingent upon that State’s agreement to participate
in studies and surveys of programs authorized under the
National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966, when such studies and surveys have been directed
by the Congress and requested by the Secretary of Agri-
culture: Provided further, That if the Secretary of Agri-
culture determines that a State’s administration of any
program under the National School Lunch Act or the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (other than section 17), or
the regulations issued pursuant to these Acts, is seriously
deficient, and the State fails to correct the deficiency with-