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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
of this appropriation may be used for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed
Ω113æ$4,368,000 $4,500,000 of this appropriation shall be
available for contracting with the National Rural Water
Association or other equally qualified national organiza-
tion for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance 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, Ω114æ$125,000,000 $75,000,000; cost of
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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 re-
main available until expended.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7
U.S.C. 
935), 
as 
follows: 
cost 
of 
direct 
loans,
Ω115æ$36,265,000 $30,043,000; cost of municipal rate
loans, $46,020,000; cost of money rural telephone loans,
$40,000; cost of loans guaranteed pursuant to section
306, Ω116æ$11,184,000 $3,090,000.
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
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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),
Ω117æ$40,000 $3,118,000.
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
expendedΩ118æ: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act for the pro-
grams authorized by chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XXIII
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.) may be used by the Adminis-
trator of the Rural Electrification Administration to carry
out the programs unless, prior to allocating funds to carry
out the programs, the Administrator consults with the Sec-
retary of Education and the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office
of Rural Health Policy, concerning the review of applica-
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tions to participate in the programs and the administration
of the programs.
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,
Ω119æ$3,381,000 $3,423,000.
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
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
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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 Ω120æand the Human Nutri-
tion Information Service, Ω121æ$554,000 $547,000.
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. 1751–1769b), 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–
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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
Ω122æhereafter, funds appropriated for the purpose of sec-
tion 7 of the Child Nutrition 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 agree-
ment 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 sur-
veys have been directed by the Congress and requested
by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That
Ω123æhereafter, if the Secretary of Agriculture 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 within a specified pe-
riod of time, the Secretary may withhold from the State
some or all of the funds allocated to the State under sec-
tion 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and under sec-
tion 13(k)(1) of the National School Lunch Act; upon a
subsequent determination by the Secretary that the pro-