H. R. 4554
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four
An Act
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, 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, 1995, 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 $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $2,801,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this
amount, along with any unobligated balances of representation
funds in the Foreign Agricultural Service shall be available for
official reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided for, as determined by the Secretary: 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 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, $5,795,000.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Chief Financial Officer to carry
out the mandates of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990,
$580,000.
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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,
$596,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS
(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, $106,571,000, of
which $18,614,000 shall be retained by the Department of Agri-
culture for the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture
buildings: Provided, That in the event an agency within the Depart-
ment of Agriculture should require modification of space needs,
the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency’s
appropriation 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. In addition, for construction, repair,
improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the programs of the
Department, where not otherwise provided, $28,622,000, to remain
available until expended; making a total appropriation of
$135,193,000.
ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA)
For necessary expenses for activities of advisory committees
of the Department of Agriculture which are included in this Act,
$928,000: 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 107(g) of the Comprehensive
Environmental 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,
$15,700,000, 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 Finance and Management, $4,477,000, for Personnel, Oper-
ations, Information Resources Management, Civil Rights En-
forcement, 
Small 
and 
Disadvantaged 
Business 
Utilization,
Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Officer, and Emergency
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Programs, $21,710,000; making a total of $26,187,000 for Depart-
mental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for
management support services to offices of the Department of Agri-
culture and for general administration and emergency 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 sen-
tence 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 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.
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, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs
and liaison within the executive branch, $1,764,000.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
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, $8,198,000, 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.
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, $63,418,000, including such sums
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with
public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9)
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,
$540,000.
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, $53,936,000;
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 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 informa-
tion 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,
$81,424,000: 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. 1622(g)), $2,498,000: 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).
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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, $520,000.
ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION
REVOLVING FUND
For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative Agricultural
Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901–5908),
$6,500,000 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, $696,382,000: 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 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 appro-
priations hereunder 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, alter-
ation, and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise 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 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall
not apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That the foregoing limita-
tions 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 at Parlier, California, Beckley, West Virginia and Grand
Forks, North Dakota: 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 additives: Provided fur-
ther, That funds may be received from any State, other political
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establish-
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ing or operating any research facility or research project of the
Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available
to carry out research related to the production, processing or
marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
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,
$43,718,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b):
Provided, That funds may be received from any State, other political
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of establish-
ing 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
costs of the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University;
$52,295,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural research under
the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(c));
$103,123,000 for competitive research grants under section 2(b)
of the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), includ-
ing administrative 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; $1,318,000 for
supplemental and alternative crops and products as authorized
by the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977, as amended (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; $8,990,000
for contracts and grants for agricultural research under the Act
of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $3,500,000 for
higher education graduate fellowships grants under section
1417(b)(6) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
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Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)),
including administrative expenses, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education chal-
lenge 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 education minority scholars 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 administrative expenses, to remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants as
authorized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322), and
other Acts; $8,112,000 for sustainable agriculture research and
education, as authorized by section 1621 of Public Law 101–624
(7 U.S.C. 5811), including administrative expenses; and $19,954,000
for necessary expenses of Cooperative State Research Service activi-
ties, including coordination and program leadership for higher edu-
cation work of the Department, administration of payments to
State agricultural experiment stations, funds for employment pursu-
ant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act
of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which $9,917,000 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, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $433,438,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available
to carry out research related to the production, processing or
marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
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, $62,744,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
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,
$10,947,000, of which up to $125,000 may be transferred to the
Cooperative State Research Service; 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 sec-
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tion 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 centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $950,000;
payments for a groundwater quality program under section 3(d)
of the Act, $11,234,000; payments for the Agricultural Telecommuni-
cations Program, as authorized by Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C.
5926), $1,221,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for a Nutrition Edu-
cation Initiative under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000; payments
for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,475,000;
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; pay-
ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of
the Act, $3,463,000; payments for rural health and safety education
as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101–624 (7 U.S.C.
2661 note, 2662), $2,750,000; 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; and for Fed-
eral administration and coordination including 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 Depart-
ment and the several States and insular possessions, $12,611,000;
in all, $438,744,000: 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.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library,
$18,307,000: 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
$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
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Service, Federal Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing
Service, and Packers and Stockyards Administration, $605,000.
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, $443,651,000, of which $96,660,000 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
20 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
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.
In fiscal year 1995 the agency is authorized to collect fees
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods,