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Union Calendar No. 374
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5263
[Report No. 107–623]
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2002
Mr. BONILLA, 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, 2003,
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-
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tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of Agriculture, $31,629,000, of which $28,250,000, to re-
main available until expended, is for building security and
other terrorism prevention costs: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Secretary.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in-
cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit
analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the
World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g),
$8,566,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $13,759,000.
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OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and
Program Analysis, $7,358,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $15,251,000.
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com-
puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service
and Rural Development mission areas for information
technology, systems, and services, $133,155,000, to re-
main available until expended, for the capital asset acqui-
sition of shared information technology systems, including
services as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C.
1421–28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall
be consistent with the Department of Agriculture Service
Center Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies,
and shall be with the concurrence of the Department’s
Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That these
funds shall be available for obligation only upon the ap-
pointment of the Chief Information Officer for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $5,572,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi-
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nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross-
servicing activities of the National Finance Center.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For the acquisition of plant and capital equipment
necessary for financial, administrative, and information
technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of
the Department of Agriculture, $41,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out
the programs funded by this Act, $664,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL
PAYMENTS
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for
alterations and other actions needed for the Department
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of
General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
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ties, and for related costs, as follows: for payments to the
General Services Administration, $130,266,000; for build-
ings operations and maintenance, $31,657,000; and for
repairs, renovations, and construction, $33,977,000: Pro-
vided, That these funds shall remain available until ex-
pended.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,685,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations
and funds available herein to the Department for Haz-
ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re-
quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and
non-Federal lands.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Departmental Administration, $38,095,000, to
provide for necessary expenses for management support
services to offices of the Department and for general ad-
ministration and disaster management of the Department,
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repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies
and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for
the practical and efficient work of the Department: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation 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.
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), $8,243,000, to remain available
until expended.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to
carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro-
grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison
within the executive branch, $3,821,000: Provided, That
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per-
sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no other
funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall
be available to the Department for support of activities
of congressional relations.
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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,
for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the
coordination of information, work, and programs author-
ized by Congress in the Department, $9,140,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for
farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector
General Act of 1978, $74,097,000, including such sums
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant
to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978,
and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden-
tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
ants, 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, $34,446,000.
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco-
nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-
tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service,
and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension Service, $588,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research
Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $73,329,000.
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, marketing sur-
veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 1621–1627, Public Law 105–113, and other laws,
$137,858,000, of which up to $41,274,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for the Census of Agriculture.
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AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,
and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco-
nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui-
sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in-
formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex-
change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100,
and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall
be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out
of Federal ownership, $1,002,193,000: Provided, That ap-
propriations 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 hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not
exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses
which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for
10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not