H. R. 2493
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1994, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other pur-
poses, 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 Agri-
culture, and not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $2,308,000: Provided, That not to exceed $8,000 of this
amount shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That the Secretary may transfer salaries
and expenses funds in this Act sufficient to finance a total of
not to exceed 35 staff years between agencies of the Department
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, $550,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000
of this amount shall be available for official reception and represen-
tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the
Deputy Secretary.
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, $5,881,000.
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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,
$803,000.
RENTAL PAYMENTS (USDA)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant 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 retained by the Department of Agri-
culture 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 retained by the Department of Agriculture for renovation and
repair of facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center:
Provided, That in the event an agency within the Department
of Agriculture should require modification of space needs, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency’s appro-
priation made available by this Act to this appropriation, or may
transfer a share of this appropriation to that agency’s appropriation,
but such transfers shall not exceed 5 per centum of the funds
made available for space rental and related costs to or from this
account.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)
For necessary expenses for activities of advisory committees
of the Department of Agriculture which are included in this Act,
$940,000: Provided, That no other funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to the Department
of Agriculture for support of activities of advisory committees.
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to
comply with the requirement of section 107g of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607g, and section 6001 of the Resource Con-
servation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961,
$15,802,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department of
Agriculture for hazardous waste management may be transferred
to any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all require-
ments pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal
lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Personnel, Finance and Management, Operations, Informa-
tion Resources Management, Advocacy and Enterprise, Administra-
tive Law Judges and Judicial Officer, and Emergency Programs,
$26,301,000, for Departmental Administration to provide for nec-
essary expenses for management support services to offices of the
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Department of Agriculture and for general administration and emer-
gency preparedness of the Department of Agriculture, repairs and
alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not
otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient
work of the Department 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 appropria-
tion shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this
Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as
required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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 programs funded in
this Act, $1,325,000.
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 authorized by Congress in the
Department, $8,570,000, 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 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 hereafter, none
of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture 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 intergovern-
mental affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $475,000.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the second 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, $65,530,000, 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 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109;
and including a sum not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential
operational expenses including 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,
$25,992,000.
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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,
$586,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in
conducting economic research and service relating to agricultural
production, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other
laws, including economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm
prices, income and population, and demand for farm products, use
of resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns in farm-
ing, and farm finance; research relating to the economic and market-
ing 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 devel-
opment and its relation to sales of farm products, assembly and
analysis of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of international
financial and monetary programs and policies as they affect the
competitive position of United States farm products, $55,219,000;
of which $500,000 shall be available for investigation, determina-
tion, and finding as to the effect upon the production of food and
upon the agricultural economy of any proposed action affecting
such subject matter pending before the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency for presentation, in the public
interest, before said Administrator, other agencies or before the
courts: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available to con-
tinue to gather statistics and conduct a special study on the price
spread between the farmer and the consumer: 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): 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 commodities 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, includ-
ing crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and
improvements, and marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws,
$81,764,000: 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), $2,566,000: Provided, That
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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).
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Science and Education to administer the laws
enacted by the Congress for the Agricultural Research Service,
Cooperative State Research Service, Extension Service, and
National Agricultural Library, $566,000.
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),
$9,000,000 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 Research
Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating
to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise
provided for), home economics or nutrition and consumer use, and
for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a
nominal cost not to exceed $100, $692,469,000: Provided, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for temporary employ-
ment 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 hereafter, appropriations available to the Department
of Agriculture can be used to provide financial assistance to the
organizers of national and international conferences, if such con-
ferences are in support of agency programs: Provided further, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation and
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one
for replacement 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 of the building
or $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limita-
tions on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to mod-
ernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville,
Maryland: Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall
not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the
Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That
the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase of land
or the construction of facilities as may be necessary for the reloca-
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tion of the United States Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory
at Fresno to Parlier, California, and the relocation of the labora-
tories at Behoust, France and Rome, Italy to Montpelier, France,
including the sale or exchange at fair market value of existing
land and facilities at Fresno, California and Behoust, France; and
the Agricultural Research Service may lease such existing land
and facilities from the purchasers until completion of the replace-
ment facilities and the foregoing limitations shall not apply to
the purchase of land at Weslaco, Texas: Provided further, That
not to exceed $190,000 of this appropriation may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Science and Education for the scientific review of
international issues involving agricultural chemicals and food addi-
tives: Provided further, That funds may be received from any State,
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the pur-
pose of establishing or operating any research facility or research
project of the Agricultural 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, improvement,
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided,
$32,743,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b):
Provided, That hereafter, facilities to house bonsai collections at
the National Arboretum 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 construction of such
facilities: Provided further, That funds may be received from any
State, other political subdivision, organization, or individual for
the purpose of establishing any research facility of the Agricultural
Research Service, as authorized by law.
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive 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
section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.);
$20,809,000 for grants for cooperative forestry research under the
Act approved October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a–582–a7), as
amended, including administrative 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 amended, including administration
by the United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail
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costs of the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;
$72,917,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural research under
the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i); $112,150,000
for competitive research grants under section 2(b) of the Act of
August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), including adminis-
trative 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; $1,818,000 for supplemental
and alternative crops and products as authorized by the National
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 3319d); $500,000 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 available until expended; $475,000 for
rangeland research grants as authorized by subtitle M of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977, as amended; $3,500,000 for higher education graduate
fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the National Agricul-
tural 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. 3152(b)(1)),
including administrative expenses; $1,000,000 for a higher edu-
cation minority scholar program under section 1417(b)(5) of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), including administra-
tive expenses; $4,000,000 for grants as authorized by section 1475
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977 and other Acts; $7,400,000 for sustainable agri-
culture research and education, as authorized by section 1621 of
Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), including administrative
expenses; and $22,655,000 for necessary expenses of Cooperative
State Research Service activities, including coordination and pro-
gram leadership for higher education work of the Department,
administration of payments to State agricultural experiment sta-
tions, funds for employment 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), including Tuskegee University,
of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $453,736,000: Provided, That none of the
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall
be used to support the price of wool or mohair by means of loans,
purchases, payments, or other operations, except for marketing
year 1993.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities
and for grants to States and other eligible recipients for such
purposes, as necessary to carry out the agricultural research, exten-
sion, and teaching programs of the Department of Agriculture,
where not otherwise provided, $56,874,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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EXTENSION SERVICE
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa: For payments for cooperative agricultural exten-
sion 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 coopera-
tive extension agents and State extension directors, $272,582,000;
payments for the nutrition and family education program for low-
income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $61,431,000; payments
for the pest management 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, $2,988,000; payments for 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 authorized by section 1447 of Public
Law 95–113, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,901,000, to remain
available until expended; payments for the rural development cen-
ters under section 3(d) of the Act, $950,000; payments for a ground-
water quality program under section 3(d) of the Act, $11,234,000;
payments for the Agricultural Telecommunications Program, as
authorized by Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,221,000;
payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
$10,000,000; payments for a Nutrition Education Initiative under
section 3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000; 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; payments to establish
and operate centers of rural technology development as authorized
by section 2347 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C. 1932), $1,500,000;
payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d)
of the Act, $2,963,000; payments for rural health and safety edu-
cation as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7
U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,000,000; 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 University, $25,472,000;
in all, $423,395,000: 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 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 fiscal year.
Federal administration and coordination: For administration
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,
$11,187,000.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library,
$18,155,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available
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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: Provided further, That $462,000 shall be avail-
able for a grant pursuant to section 1472 of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3818), in addition to other funds available in this appropria-
tion for grants under this section.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND
INSPECTION SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services to administer
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, Food Safety and Inspection
Service, Federal Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing
Service, and Packers and Stockyards Administration, $687,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursu-
ant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114b–
c), necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant
and animal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu-
latory activities; to discharge the authorities 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, $439,564,000, of which $91,460,000 shall be derived from
user fees deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User
Fee Account, and of which $4,938,000 shall be available for the
control of outbreaks 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 demand for
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) user fee financed services
is greater than expected and/or other 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 brucellosis 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 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 exceed four,
of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That,
in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the
agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary may
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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 contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani-
mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance with the
Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, and section 102 of the
Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and any unexpended bal-
ances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the
next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise provided the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replace-
ment value of the building.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, 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, $10,145,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b).
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, $11,532,000:
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: Provided further, That hereafter,
none of the funds available to the Federal Grain Inspection Service
may be used to pay the salaries of any person or persons who
require, or who authorize payments from fee-supported funds to
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any person or persons who require nonexport, nonterminal interior
elevators to maintain records not involving official inspection or
official weighing in the United States under Public Law 94–582
other than those necessary to fulfill the purposes of such Act.
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 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,
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, $61,614,000; including
$2,346,000 for the Wholesale Market Development Program for
the design and development of wholesale and farmer market facili-
ties 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 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 $55,953,000 (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 uncon-
trollable 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
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Agreements and Orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing
Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the Agricultural Act
of 1961.
In fiscal years 1994 and 1995, 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-
ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 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 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, $12,123,000.
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, $560,000.
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
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(16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.); and laws pertaining to the Commodity
Credit Corporation, $732,467,000; of which $730,842,000 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
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 
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prescribed 
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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),
$290,116,000: Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall be available
for official reception and representation expenses, as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i): 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 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 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 second proviso shall not apply in any county affected
if the Corporation has implemented a nonstandard classification
system in such county for those individual farms that have experi-
enced excessive losses since 1980 under which the premium rates,
notwithstanding the provision of section 508(d) of the Federal Crop
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Insurance Act, are increased over comparable rates effective for
the 1993 crop, or the insured yields are decreased from comparable
yields for the 1993 crop, or a combination of both, by an amount
or amounts sufficient to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will
not exceed 1.1 for the crop produced on such farms during the
1994 crop year.
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 Insurance 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 Corporation shall
not expend more than $4,000,000 for expenses to comply with
the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental 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
expenses 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 Assist-
ant Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the
Soil Conservation Service, $575,000.
SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–590f) including preparation
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve
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soil and water (including farm irrigation 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 agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation of information; acquisition of lands by donation, exchange,
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100; purchase and
erection or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary
buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $591,049,000,
to remain 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 purchased, erected, or as improved, exclusive
of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and
connecting the same to any such building and with the exception
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 build-
ings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $50,000
per building and except that alterations or improvements to other
existing permanent buildings costing $5,000 or more may be made
in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed $2,000 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 appropriation may be expended for soil and water
conservation operations 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 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
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, investigation, and
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, 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.
WATERSHED PLANNING
For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and
planning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001–1008), $10,921,000:
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928–1929, to be avail-
able from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as
follows: farm ownership loans, $634,624,000, of which $556,543,000
shall be for guaranteed 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;
$4,312,000 for water development, use, and conservation loans,
of which $1,415,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; Indian tribe
land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,000,000;
for emergency insured loans, $100,000,000 to meet the needs result-
ing from natural disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property,
$123,783,000.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the
cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional 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 sub-
sidized guaranteed loans; $494,000 for water development, use,
and conservation loans, of which $31,000 shall be for guaranteed
loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C.
488, $197,000; for emergency insured loans, $26,060,000 to meet
the needs resulting from natural disasters; and for credit sales
of acquired property, $18,903,000.
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 direct 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 follows: water and sewer facility
loans, $869,443,000, of which $35,250,000 shall be for guaranteed
loans; community facility loans, $300,000,000, of which $75,000,000
shall be for guaranteed loans; and guaranteed industrial develop-
ment loans, $249,381,000: 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 Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: direct water and sewer
facility loans, $115,786,000; direct community facility loans,
$21,723,000; guaranteed community facility loans, $3,803,000; and
guaranteed industrial development loans, $2,319,000.
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 authorized by the
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)): Provided, That
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1994’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.