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FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and
special assistance for the nuclear affected islands as au-
thorized by section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free As-
sociation Act of 1985, $1,081,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2004.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic food programs funded under this Act, $134,397,000,
of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying
procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regula-
tions, improving food stamp benefit delivery, and assisting
in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud
and other violations of law and of which not less than
$8,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the
Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs.
TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED
PROGRAMS
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development
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activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary of Agri-
culture to coordinate and integrate activities of the De-
partment in connection with foreign agricultural work, in-
cluding not to exceed $158,000 for representation allow-
ances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act
approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $129,964,000:
Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds,
or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on
behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza-
tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu-
ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro-
grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro-
grams of the United States Agency for International De-
velopment.
In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, none of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be available to pro-
mote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including
the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts,
$127,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $2,059,000,
of which $1,033,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service,
Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $1,026,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL
GRANTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment
of agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and
under the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $28,000,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds
made available for the cost of agreements under title I
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act
of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be
used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both
Houses of Congress.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
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cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, $1,200,000,000,
to remain available until expended, for commodities sup-
plied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II
of said Act: Provided, That $350,000,000 of the total
amount shall not become available until the Secretary of
Agriculture submits to the Committees on Appropriations
a plan for the use of such funds.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS
PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program,
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,058,000; to cover common
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which
$3,224,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries
and Expenses’’, and of which $834,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscella-
neous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities,
authorized and approved by the Secretary of Health and
Human Services and to be accounted for solely on the Sec-
retary’s 
certificate, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$25,000;
$1,599,602,000, of which not to exceed $222,900,000 to
be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by
21 U.S.C. 379(h), including any such fees assessed prior
to the current fiscal year but credited during the current
year, in accordance with section 736(g)(4), shall be cred-
ited to this appropriation and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That fees derived from applications re-
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ceived during fiscal year 2003 shall be subject to the fiscal
year 2003 limitation: Provided further, That none of these
funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any
program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1)
$148,112,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and
Applied Nutrition; (2) $330,766,000 shall be for the Cen-
ter for Drug Evaluation and Research; (3) $163,663,000
shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Re-
search; (4) $57,875,000 shall be for the Center for Veteri-
nary Medicine; (5) $137,420,000 shall be for the Center
for Devices and Radiological Health; (6) $473,346,000
shall be for the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (7)
$40,688,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (8) $36,498,000 shall be for Rent and
Related activities, other than the amounts paid to the
General Services Administration; (9) $106,678,000 shall
be for payments to the General Services Administration
for rent and related costs; and (10) $104,556,000 shall
be for other activities, including the Office of the Commis-
sioner; the Office of Management and Systems; the Office
of the Senior Associate Commissioner; the Office of Inter-
national and Constituent Relations; the Office of Policy,
Legislation, and Planning; the Office of Chief Counsel;
and central services for these offices: Provided further,
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That funds may be transferred from one specified activity
to another with the prior approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by
42 U.S.C. 263(b) may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration,
where not otherwise provided, $8,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles,
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases)
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $79,884,000,
including not to exceed $2,000 for official reception and
representation expenses.
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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $38,400,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships.
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for fiscal year 2003 under this Act
shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 374 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 372 shall be for replacement only,
and for the hire of such vehicles.
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902).
SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropria-
tions of the Department of Agriculture in this Act for re-
search and service work authorized by sections 1 and 10
of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; com-
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monly known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of
title II and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946
(7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United
States Code, shall be available for contracting in accord-
ance with such Acts and chapter.
SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated
by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary
balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working
Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services of primary
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture,
to remain available until November 8, 2003: Provided,
That none of the funds made available by this Act or any
other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital
Fund without the prior approval of the agency adminis-
trator: Provided further, That none of the funds trans-
ferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this sec-
tion shall be available for obligation without prior notifica-
tion of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress.
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
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tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con-
ditions, information technology infrastructure, boll weevil
program, up to 25 percent of the screwworm program, and
up to $2,000,000 for costs associated with collocating re-
gional offices; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, packer concentration study; Food Safety
and Inspection Service, field automation and information
management project; Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, funds for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research,
Education and Economics Information System (REEIS),
and funds for the Native American Institutions Endow-
ment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses
funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, middle-income country training program
and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service
appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctua-
tions in international currency exchange rates, subject to
documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria-
tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this
Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation
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and language training pursuant to section 606C of the Act
of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b).
SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative
agreements or similar arrangements between the United
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act.
SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture when such space will be jointly occupied.
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
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standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants
awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay
full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under
section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
available in fiscal year 2003 shall remain available until
expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2003 for
the following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund
program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program ac-
count; the Rural Electrification and Telecommunications
Loans program account; the Rural Housing Insurance
Fund program account; and the Rural Economic Develop-
ment Loans program account.
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31,
United States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural
Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; and the food safety activities of the