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‘‘(a) QUARANTINE AND INSPECTION FEES.—
‘‘(1) FEES AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture may prescribe and collect fees sufficient—
‘‘(A) to cover the cost of providing agricul-
tural quarantine and inspection services in con-
nection with the arrival at a port in the customs
territory 
of 
the 
United 
States, 
or 
the
preclearance or preinspection at a site outside
the customs territory of the United States, of an
international passenger, commercial vessel, com-
mercial aircraft, commercial truck, or railroad
car;
‘‘(B) to cover the cost of administering this
subsection; and
‘‘(C) through fiscal year 2002, to maintain
a reasonable balance in the Agricultural Quar-
antine Inspection User Fee Account established
under paragraph (5).
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—In setting the fees under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the
amount of the fees are commensurate with the costs of
agricultural quarantine and inspection services with
respect to the class of persons or entities paying the
fees. The costs of the services with respect to pas-
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sengers as a class includes the costs of related inspec-
tions of the aircraft or other vehicle.
‘‘(3) STATUS OF FEES.—Fees collected under this
subsection by any person on behalf of the Secretary
are held in trust for the United States and shall be
remitted to the Secretary in such manner and at such
times as the Secretary may prescribe.
‘‘(4) LATE PAYMENT PENALTIES.—If a person
subject to a fee under this subsection fails to pay the
fee when due, the Secretary shall assess a late pay-
ment penalty, and the overdue fees shall accrue inter-
est, as required by section 3717 of title 31, United
States Code.
‘‘(5) AGRICULTURAL
QUARANTINE
INSPECTION
USER FEE ACCOUNT.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished in the Treasury of the United States a no-
year fund, to be known as the ‘Agricultural
Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account’, which
shall contain all of the fees collected under this
subsection and late payment penalties and inter-
est charges collected under paragraph (4)
through fiscal year 2002.
‘‘(B) USE OF ACCOUNT.—For each of the
fiscal years 1996 through 2002, funds in the Ag-
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ricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Ac-
count shall be available, in such amounts as are
provided in advance in appropriations Acts, to
cover the costs associated with the provision of
agricultural quarantine and inspection services
and the administration of this subsection.
Amounts made available under this subpara-
graph shall be available until expended.
‘‘(C) 
EXCESS
FEES.—Fees 
and 
other
amounts collected under this subsection in any of
the fiscal years 1996 through 2002 in excess of
$100,000,000 shall be available for the purposes
specified in subparagraph (B) until expended,
without further appropriation.
‘‘(6) USE OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED AFTER FIS-
CAL YEAR 2002.—After September 30, 2002, the unob-
ligated balance in the Agricultural Quarantine In-
spection User Fee Account and fees and other
amounts collected under this subsection shall be cred-
ited to the Department of Agriculture accounts that
incur the costs associated with the provision of agri-
cultural quarantine and inspection services and the
administration of this subsection. The fees and other
amounts shall remain available to the Secretary until
expended without fiscal year limitation.
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‘‘(7) STAFF
YEARS.—The number of full-time
equivalent positions in the Department of Agriculture
attributable to the provision of agricultural quar-
antine and inspection services and the administration
of this subsection shall not be counted toward the lim-
itation on the total number of full-time equivalent po-
sitions in all agencies specified in section 5(b) of the
Federal Workforce Restructuring Act of 1994 (Public
Law 103–226; 5 U.S.C. 3101 note) or other limita-
tion on the total number of full-time equivalent posi-
tions.’’.
SEC. 503. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION INTEREST
RATE.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
monthly Commodity Credit Corporation interest rate appli-
cable to loans provided for agricultural commodities by the
Corporation shall be 100 basis points greater than the rate
determined under the applicable interest rate formula in
effect on October 1, 1995.
SEC. 504. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF RISK MANAGE-
MENT.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after
section 226 (7 U.S.C. 6932) the following new section:
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‘‘SEC. 226A. OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Subject to subsection (e), the
Secretary shall establish and maintain in the Department
an independent Office of Risk Management.
‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGE-
MENT.—The Office of Risk Management shall have jurisdic-
tion over the following functions:
‘‘(1) Supervision of the Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation.
‘‘(2) Administration and oversight of all aspects,
including delivery through local offices of the Depart-
ment, of all programs authorized under the Federal
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
‘‘(3) Any pilot or other programs involving reve-
nue insurance, risk management savings accounts, or
the use of the futures market to manage risk and sup-
port farm income that may be established under the
Federal Crop Insurance Act or other law.
‘‘(4) Such other functions as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate.
‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATOR.—
‘‘(1) The Office of Risk Management shall be
headed by an Administrator who shall be appointed
by the Secretary.
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‘‘(2) The Administrator of the Office of Risk
Management shall also serve as Manager of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Corporation.
‘‘(d) RESOURCES.—
‘‘(1) FUNCTIONAL COORDINATION.—Certain func-
tions of the Office of Risk Management, such as
human resources, public affairs, and legislative af-
fairs, may be provided by a consolidation of such
functions under the Under Secretary of Agriculture
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
‘‘(2) MINIMUM
PROVISIONS.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (1) or any other provision of law or order
of the Secretary, the Secretary shall provide the Office
of Risk Management with human and capital re-
sources sufficient for the Office to carry out its func-
tions in a timely and efficient manner.’’.
(b) FISCAL YEAR 1996 FUNDING.—Not less than
$88,500,000 of the appropriation provided for the salaries
and expenses of the Consolidated Farm Services Agency in
the Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1996 shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the
Office of Risk Management established under subsection (a).