Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996
PL 104-37 (H.R.1976), enacted 10/21/1995

PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 299 
Public Law 104-37 
104th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1996, and for other purposes. 
Oct. 21, 1995 
[H.R. 1976] 
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, 1996, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
Agriculture, 
Rural 
Development, 
Food and Drug 
Administration, 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1996. 
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, $10,227,000, of which $7,500,000 to remain available until 
expended, shall be available for InfoShare: 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 provided for, as determined by the Secretary. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including eco-
nomic analysis, risk assessment, cost benefit analysis, and the 
functions of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized 
by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and 
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of the sec-
tion 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, 
$3,948,000. 
109 STAT. 300 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
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 $25,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$11,846,000. 
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, $5,899,000. 
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, 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, $4,133,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall 
reinstate and market cross-servicing activities of the National 
Finance Center: Provided further. That none of the funds appro-
priated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used 
to obtain, modify, re-engineer, license, operate, implement, or 
expand commercial off-the-shelf financial management software sys-
tems or existing commercial off-the-shelf system financial manage-
ment contracts, beyond general ledger systems and accounting sup-
port software, at the National Finance Center until thirty legislative 
days after the Secretary of Agriculture submits to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations a complete and thorough 
cost-benefit analysis and a certification by the Secretary of Agri-
culture that this analysis provides a detailed and accurate cost-
benefit analysis comparison between obtaining or expanding 
commercial off-the-shelf software systems and conducting identical 
or comparable software systems acquisitions, re-engineering, or 
modifications in-house. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded 
in this Act, $596,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS 
(INCLUDING T R A N S F E R S OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of Greneral Services 
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs 
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 
$110,187,000, of which $20,216,000 shall be retained by the Depart-
ment for the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture 
buildings: Provided, That in the event an agency within the Depart-
ment should require modification of space needs, the Secretary 
'•vSxv^' 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 301 
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 percent of the funds made avail-
able for space rental and related costs to or from this account. 
In addition, for construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary 
to carry out the programs of the Department, where not otherwise 
provided, $25,587,000, to remain available until expended; making 
a total appropriation of $135,774,000. 
ADVISORY COMMITTEES ( U S D A ) 
For necessary expenses for activities of advisory committees 
of the Department of Agriculture which are included in this Act, 
$650,000: Provided, That no other funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment in this Act shall be available to the Department 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 for 
Hazardous Waste Management may be transferred to any agency 
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements pursuant 
to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Personnel, Operations, Information Resources Manage-
ment, Civil Rights Enforcement, Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization, Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Officer, Disas-
ter Management and Coordination, and Modernization of the 
Administrative Process, $27,986,000, to provide for necessary 
expenses for management support services to offices of the Depart-
ment and for general administration and disaster management 
of the Department, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 
supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary 
for the practical and efficient work of the Department, 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 appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropria-
tions in this Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of 
hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558. 
109 STAT. 302 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
RELATIONS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs 
funded in this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental 
affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $3,797,000: Pro-
vided, That no other funds appropriated to the Department in 
this Act shall be available to the Department for support of activities 
of congressional relations: Provided further, That not less than 
$2,355,000 shall be transferred to agencies funded in this Act to 
maintain personnel at the agency level. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the 
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the dissemina-
tion 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, $63,639,000, 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, 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: Pro-
vided, That funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector Greneral 
through forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice 
Assets Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury Forfeit-
ure Fund, as a participating agency, as an equitable share from 
the forfeiture of property in investigations in which the Office 
of Inspector General participates, or through the granting of a 
Petition for Remission or Mitigation, shall be deposited to the 
credit of this account for law enforcement activities authorized 
under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, to remain 
available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$27,860,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 303 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND 
ECONOMICS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, E^ducation and Economics to administer 
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic Research Serv-
ice, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricultural 
Research Service and the Cooperative State Research, Education, 
and Extension Service, $520,000. 
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, $53,131,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for emplo3mnent pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225). 
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, 
$81,107,000: 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. 
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 includ-
ing the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural 
information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, $710,000,000: 
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for tem-
porary 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 $115,000 shall be available for emplo3mrient under 5 U.S.C. 
3109: Provided further. That appropriations hereunder shall be 7USC2254. 
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 7USC2254. 
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings 
and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of con-
structing 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 percent of the current replacement value of the building or 
109 STAT. 304 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
Public lands. 
Louisiana. 
American Sugar 
Cane League 
Foundation. 
Public lands. 
California. 
Public lands. 
Texas. 
Texas A&M 
University. 
Public lands. 
Tennessee. 
University of 
Tennessee. 
$250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the Hmita-
tions on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to mod-
ernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Mary-
land: 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 at 
Beckley, West Virginia: 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 Under Secretary for 
Research, Education and Economics 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: 
Provided further. That all rights and title of the United States 
in the property known as USDA Houma Sugar Cane Research 
Laboratory, consisting of approximately 20 acres in the City of 
Houma and 150 acres of farmland in Chacahula, Louisiana, includ-
ing facilities and equipment, shall be conveyed to the American 
Sugar Cane League Foundation: Provided further. That all rights 
and title of the United States in the Agricultural Research Station 
at Brawley, California, consisting of 80 acres of land, including 
facilities and equipment, shall be conveyed to Imperial County, 
California: Provided further, That all rights and title of the United 
States in the Pecan Genetics and Improvement Research Labora-
tory, consisting of 84.2 acres of land, including facilities and equip-
ment, shall be conveyed to Texas A&M University: Provided further, 
That the property originally conveyed by the State of Tennessee 
to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Serv-
ice, in Lewisburg, Tennessee be conveyed to the University of Ten-
nessee. 
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, 
$30,200,000, 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, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
SERVICE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, including $168,734,000 to carry into effect the provisions 
of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i); $20,497,000 for grants for 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 305 
cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a-582-a7); $27,735,000 
for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 
University (7 U.S.C. 3222); $49,846,000 for special grants for agri-
cultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $9,769,000 for special grants 
for agricultural research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); 
$96,735,000 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); 
$5,051,000 for the support of animal health and disease programs 
(7 U.S.C. 3195); $650,000 for supplemental and alternative crops 
and products (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 (7 U.S.C. 3331-3336); 
$3,500,000 for higher education graduate fellowships grants (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars 
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended 
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); 
$8,100,000 for sustainable agriculture research and education (7 
U.S.C. 5811); $9,200,000 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); $1,450,000 
for pajmtients to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) 
of Public Law 103-382; and $10,337,000 for necessary expenses 
of Research and Education Activities, of which not to exceed 
$100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, 
$421,929,000. 
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. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For establishment of a Native American institutions endowment 
fund, as authorized by Public Law 130-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
$4,600,000. 
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, $57,838,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b). 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa: For payments for cooperative extension 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-
99-194 0-95-ll:QL3Part 1 
109 STAT. 306 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
tive extension agents and State extension directors, $268,493,000; 
payments for the nutrition and family education program for low-
income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $60,510,000; payments 
for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$10,783,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $2,943,000; payments for the pesticide impact assess-
ment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,313,000; payments 
to upgrade 1890 land-grant college research, extension, and teaching 
facilities as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95-113, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,782,000, to remain available until 
expended; payments for the rural development centers under section 
3(d) of the Act, $936,000; payments for a groundwater quality 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $11,065,000; payments for 
the agricultural telecommunications program, as authorized by Pub-
lic Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,203,000; payments for youth-
at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,850,000- payments 
for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,438,000; 
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 
Resources Extension Act of 1978, $3,291,000; payments for Indian 
reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,724,000; pay-
ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $3,411,000; payments for rural health and safety education 
as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 
2661 note, 2662), $2,709,000; payments for coopemtive extension 
work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill 
Act (7 U.S.C. 321-326, 328) and Tuskegee University, $25,090,000; 
and for Federal administration and coordination including adminis-
tration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act of Septem-
ber 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. 301 note), and to coordinate 
and provide program leadership for the extension work of the 
Department and the several States and insular possessions, 
$12,209,000; in all, $427,750,000: 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. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer 
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing Serv-
ice, and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administra-
tion, $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-
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 307 
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, $331,667,000, of which $4,799,000 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 in fiscal year 1996, 
amounts in the agricultural quarantine inspection user fee account 
shall be available for authorized purposes without further appro-
priation: 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 percent: 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 emer- 21USC 129. 
gencies 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 diseases or pests of animals, 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 balances of funds trans-
ferred 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 otherwise provided the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building: 
Provided further. That of the funds provided, the Secretary of 
Agriculture may provide for the funding of all fees or charges 
under section 2509 of Public Law 101-624, codified at 21 U.S.C. 
136a(c), for any service related to the cost of providing import, 
entry, diagnostic and quarantine services in connection with the 
1996 Summer Olympic Games to be held in Atlanta, Georgia. 
In fiscal year 1996 the agency is authorized to collect fees 
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, 
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domes-
tic and international organizations, foreign governments, or individ-
uals, provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's 
liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assist-
ance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, and 
such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available 
until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such 
assistance, goods, or services. 
109 STAT. 308 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, 
repair, 
preventive 
maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, 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, 
$8,757,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses to carry on services related to consumer 
protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transportation, 
and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for administra-
tion and coordination of payments to States; including field employ-
ment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $90,000 for emplojonent under 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $46,517,000, including funds for the wholesale mar-
ket development program for the design and development of whole-
sale and farmer market facilities 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 build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
repl^ement 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 $58,461,000 (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 uncontrol-
lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up 
to 10 percent 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 $10,451,000 for formulation and administration of marketing 
agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the Agricultural Act 
of 1961. 
In fiscal year 1996, no more than $23,900,000 in section 32 
funds shall be used to promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports 
as 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. 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 309 
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)), $1,200,000. 
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United 
States Grain Standards Act, as amended, for the administration 
of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used 
to protect purchasers of farm products, 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 $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $23,058,000: 
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 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building. 
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 percent with notification 
to the Appropriations Committees. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws enacted by the 
Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, $440,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry on services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act, as amended, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 
as amended, $544,906,000, 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 not be available for 
shell egg surveillance under section 5(d) of the Egg Products Inspec-
tion Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided further. That this appropria-
tion 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 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
109 STAT. 310 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND FOREIGN 
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to administer 
the laws enacted by Congress for the Consolidated Farm Service 
Agency, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, $549,000. 
CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for carrjring out the administration 
and implementation of programs administered by the Consolidated 
Farm Service Agency, $795,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but 
not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make pro-
gram payments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro-
vided further, That other funds made available to the Agency 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 
$1,000,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $2,000,000. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments 
to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such milk and manufac-
turers of dairy products who have been directed to remove their 
milk or dairy products from commercial markets because it con-
tained residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by 
the Federal Government, and in making indemnity payments for 
milk, or cows producing such milk, at a fair market value to 
any dairy farmer who is directed to remove his milk from commer-
cial markets because of (1) the presence of products of nuclear 
radiation or fallout if such contamination is not due to the fault 
of the farmer, or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic substances 
not included under the first sentence of the Act of August 13, 
1968, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic sub-
stances were not used in a manner contrary to applicable regula-
tions or labeling instructions provided at the time of use and the 
contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer, $100,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, 
That none of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to 
make indemnity payments to any farmer whose milk was removed 
from commercial markets as a result of his willful failure to follow 
procedures prescribed by the Federal Government: Provided further. 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 311 
That this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit 
Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized 
to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation for the purpose of making dairy indemnity 
disbursements. 
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food, 
i^riculture. Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), 
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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, $610,000,000, of which $550,000,000 
shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,450,000,000, of 
which $1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans 
and $200,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian 
tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, 
$750,000; for emergency insured loans, $100,000,000 to meet the 
needs resulting from natural disasters. 
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, 
$34,053,000, of which $20,019,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; 
operating loans, $111,505,000, of which $18,360,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $17,960,000 shall be for sub-
sidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as 
authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $206,000; for emergency insured loans, 
$32,080,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural disasters. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $221,541,000, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the following accounts 
in the following amounts: $208,446,000 to "Salaries and Expenses"; 
$318,000 to "Rural Utilities Service, Salaries and Expenses"; and 
$171,000 to "Rural Housing and Community Development Service, 
Salaries and Expenses". 
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. 
109 STAT. 312 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act, as amended, such sums as may be necessary, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
For fiscal year 1996, such sums as may be necessary to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses 
sustained, but not previously 
reimbursed 
(estimated to be 
$10,400,000,000 in the President's fiscal year 1996 Budget Request 
(H. Doc. 104-4)), but not to exceed $10,400,000,000, 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 1996, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
not expend more than $5,000,000 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 UNDER SECRETARY FOR 
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer 
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, $677,000. 
NATURAL RESOURCES 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 
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, water, and interests 
therein for use in the plant materials program by donation. 
PUBLIC LAW i04r-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 313 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 
to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection 
or alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $629,986,000, to 
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not 
less than $5,852,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting 
and not less than $8,875,000 is for operation and establishment 
of the plant materials centers: Provided, That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction 
and improvement of buildings and public improvements at plant 
materials centers, except that the cost of alterations and improve-
ments to other buildings and other public improvements shall not 
exceed $250,000: 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 this appropriation shall be available for technical 
assistance and related expenses to carry out programs authorized 
by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity 
Control Act of 1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): 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 emplojmnient 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). 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
including but not limited to research, engineering operations, meth-
ods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of exist-
ing works and changes in use of land, in accordance with the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 
4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005, 1007-1009), the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and in 
accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities 
of the Department, $100,000,000, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which $15,000,000 shall be available 
for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act approved 
June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and 
supplemented): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 
for emplo3mient pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided further. That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation 
is available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), as amended, including cooperative 
efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered or threat-
ened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to 
expedite project construction. 
109 STAT. 314 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects 
for resource conservation and development and for sound land use 
pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the 
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010-
1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the provisions of the Act of April 27, 
1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and the provisions &
f the Agriculture 
and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $29,000,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209): Provided, That this appro-
priation 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. 
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry 
out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized in the Coopera-
tive Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including 
technical assistance and related expenses, $6,325,000, to remain 
available until expended, as authorized by that Act. 
COLORADO RIVER BASIN SALINITY CONTROL PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary cooperative 
salinity control program pursuant to section 202(c) of title II of 
the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, as amended (43 
U.S.C. 1592(c)), to be used to reduce salinity in the Colorado River 
and to enhance the supply and quality of water available for use 
in the United States and the Republic of Mexico, $2,681,000, to 
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be used for 
the establishment of on-farm irrigation management systems, 
including lateral improvement measures, for making cost-share pay-
ments to agricultural landowners and operators, Indian tribes, 
irrigation districts and associations, local governmental and non-
governmental entities, and other landowners to aid them in carrying 
out approved conservation practices as determined and rec-
ommended by the Secretary, and for associated costs of program 
planning, information and education, and program monitoring and 
evaluation. 
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and 
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small 
watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 
4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1009), $14,000,000: 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 $110,000 shall be available 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
PUBLIC LAW 104^37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 315 
WETU^DS RESERVE PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the wetlands reserve pro-
gram pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of title XII of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837), $77,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized 
to use the services, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the wetlands 
reserve program. 
CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program author-
ized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act approved February 29, 1936, as amend-
ed and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590g-590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 
590q), and sections 1001-1004, 1006-1008, and 1010 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1970, as added by the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501-1504, 1506-1508, and 1510), 
and including not to exceed $15,000 for the preparation and display 
of exhibits, including such displays at State, interstate, and inter-
national fairs within the United States, $75,000,000, to remain 
available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for agreements, excluding 
administration but including technical assistance and related 
expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o), except that no participant in the agricul-
tural conservation program shall receive more than $3,500 per 
year, except where the participants from two or more farms or 
ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve 
or improve the agricultural resources of the community, or where 
a participant has a long-term agreement, in which case the total 
payment shall not exceed the annual pajonent limitation multiplied 
by the number of years of the agreement: Provided, That no portion 
of the funds for the current year's program may be utilized to 
provide financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands 
now designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20 (XX) in 
United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Circular 
39, Wetlands of the United States, 1956: Provided further. That 
such amounts shall be available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, 
lime, trees, or any other conservation materials, or any soil-terrac-
ing services, and making grants thereof to agricultural producers 
to aid them in carrying out approved farming practices as author-
ized by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as 
amended, as determined and recommended by the county commit-
tees, approved by the State committees and the Secretary, under 
programs provided for herein: Provided further, That such assist-
ance will not be used for carrying out measures and practices 
that are primarily production-oriented or that have little or no 
conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Provided further. That 
not to exceed 5 percent of the allocation for the current year's 
program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county 
committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and 
allotted to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for services 
109 STAT. 316 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the agricultural 
conservation program in the participating counties, and shall not 
be utilized by the Natural Resources Conservation Service for any 
purpose other than technical and other assistance in such counties, 
and in addition, on the recommendation of such county committee 
and approval of the State committee, not to exceed 1 percent may 
be made available to any other Feaeral, State, or local public 
agency for the same purpose and under the same conditions: Pro-
vided further. That not to exceed $11,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated shall be used for water quality paymente and practices 
in the same manner as permitted under the program for water 
quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.). 
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation reserve 
program pursuant to the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831-3845), $1,781,785,000, to remain available until expended, 
to be used for Commodity Credit Corporation expenditures for cost-
share assistance for the establishment of conservation practices 
provided for in approved conservation reserve program contracts, 
for annual rental payments provided in such contracts, and for 
technical assistance. 
TITLE III 
RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL ECONOMIC AND 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Rural Economic and Community Development to 
administer programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for 
the Rural Housing and Community Development Service, Rural 
Business and Cooperative Development Service, and the Rural Utili-
ties Service of the Department of Agriculture, $568,000. 
RURAL HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing and Community 
Development Service, including administering the programs author-
ized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as 
amended, title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and 
cooperative agreements, $46,583,000: Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and not to exceed 
$500,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 317 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, as amended, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
insurance fund, as follows: $2,700,000,000 for loans to section 502 
borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which $1,700,000,000 
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for section 
504 housing repair loans; $15,000,000 for section 514 farm labor 
housing; $150,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $600,000 for 
site loans: Provided, That notwithstanding section 520 of the Hous-
ing Act of 1949, the Secretary of Agriculture may make loans 
under section 502 of such Act for properties in the Pine View 
West Subdivision, located in Gibsonville, North Carolina, in the 
same manner as provided under such section for properties in 
rural areas. 
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: section 502 loans, 
$148,723,000, of which $2,890,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $14,193,000; section 
514 farm labor housing, $8,629,000; section 515 rental housing, 
$82,035,000: Provided, That no funds for new construction may 
be available for fiscal year 1996 until the program is authorized. 
In addition, for the cost (as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans under a 
demonstration program of loan guarantees for multifamily rental 
housing in rural areas, $1,000,0(^, to be derived from the amount 
made available under this heading for the cost of low-income section 
515 loans and to become available for obligation only upon the 
enactment of authorizing legislation. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $385,889,000, of 
which $372,897,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for "Rural Housing and Community Development 
Service, Salaries and Expenses". 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements 
entered into in lieu of forgiveness or payments for eligible house-
holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act 
of 1949, as amended, $540,900,000; and in addition such sums 
as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, 
to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out 
the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: 
Provided, That of this amount not more than $5,900,000 shall 
be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households 
as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed 
$10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organizations or public 
agencies to cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred 
in purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: 
Provided further, That agreements entered ifito or renewed during 
fiscal year 1996 shall be funded for a five-year period, although 
109 STAT. 318 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
the life of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize 
amounts obligated. 
SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
section 523(b)(1)(B) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 
U.S.C. 1490c), $603,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, $31,000. 
COMMUNITY FACILITY LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, $34,880,000, and for the cost 
of guaranteed loans, $3,555,000, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928 
and 86 Stat. 661-664, as amended: 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 such sums shall remain available until expended 
for the disbursement of loans obligated in fiscal year 1996: Provided 
further. That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 
for the principal amount of direct loans not to exceed $200,000,000 
and total loan principal, any part of which is to be guaranteed, 
not to exceed $75,000,000: Provided further. That of the amounts 
available for the cost of direct loans not to exceed $1,208,000, 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount not to exceed 
$6,930,000, shall be available for empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities, as authorized by Public Law 103-66: Provided 
further, That if such funds are not obligated for empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 1996, they remain 
available for other authorized purposes under this head. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $8,836,000, of which $8,731,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
"Salaries and Expenses". 
VERY LOW-INCOME HOUSING REPAIR GRANTS 
For grants to the very low-income elderly for essential repairs 
to dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949, 
as amended, $24,900,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR 
For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for 
housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to section 516 of the 
Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1486), $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $12,650,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b). 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 319 
RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry 
Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-313), $2,000,000 to fund 
up to 50 percent of the cost of organizing, training, and equipping 
rural volunteer fire departments. 
COMPENSATION FOR CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS 
For compensation for construction defects as authorized by 
section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $495,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
RURAL HOUSING PRESERVATION GRANTS 
For grants for rural housing preservation as authorized by 
section 552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 
(Public Law 98-181), $11,000,000. 
RURAL BUSINESS AND COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Rural Business and Cooperative 
Development Service, including administering the programs author-
ized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as 
amended; section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985; the 
Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926; for activities relating to the 
marketing aspects of cooperatives, including economic research find-
ings, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; 
for activities with institutions concerning the development and oper-
ation of agricultural cooperatives; and cooperative agreements; 
$9,013,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944, and not to exceed $250,000 may be used 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
RURAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,437,000, as authorized 
by 7 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661-664, as amended: 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 such sums shall remain available 
until expended for the disbursement of loans obligated in fiscal 
year 1996: Provided further. That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of guaranteed 
loans of $500,000,000: Provided further, That of the amounts avail-
able for the cost of guaranteed loans including the cost of modifying 
loans, $148,000, to subsidize gross obligations for the loan principal, 
any part of which is guaranteed, not to exceed $10,842,000, shall 
be available for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, 
as authorized by Public Law 103-66: Provided further. That if 
such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities by June 30, 1996, they remain available for other 
authorized activities under this head. 
109 STAT. 320 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $14,868,000, of which $14,747,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
"Salaries and Expenses". 
RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
LOAN 
FUND 
PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $22,395,000, 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 obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of 
$37,544,000: Provided further. That through June 30, 1996, of these 
amounts, $4,322,000 shall be available for the cost of direct loans, 
for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as authorized 
by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconcilation Act of 1993, 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans, $7,246,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan programs, $1,476,000, of which $1,470,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for "Salaries 
and Expenses". 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$12,865,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, $3,729,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $654,000, which shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for "Salaries and Expenses". 
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. 
RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS 
For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and 310B(j) (7 
U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act to any qualified public or private nonprofit organization, 
$45,000,000, of which $8,381,000 shall be available through June 
30, 1996, for assistance to empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993, after which any funds not obligated 
shall remain available for other authorized purposes under this 
head: Provided, That $500,000 shall be available for grants to 
qualified nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 321 
and training for rural communities needing improved passenger 
transportation systems or facilities in order to promote economic 
development. 
RURAL 
TECHNOLOGY 
AND 
COOPERATIVE 
DEVELOPMENT 
GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1932), 
$2,300,000, of which up to $1,300,000 may be available for the 
appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION iVND TELEPHONE LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935), shall 
be made 
as follows: 
5 percent 
rural 
electrification 
loans, 
$90,000,000; 5 percent rural telephone loans, $70,000,000; cost of 
money rural telephone loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural 
electric loans, $525,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 
306 of that Act, $420,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct 
and guaranteed loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, 
$35,126,000; cost of municipal rate loans, $56,858,000; cost of money 
rural telephone loans, $60,000; cost of loans guaranteed pursuant 
to section 306, $2,520,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest 
rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $29,982,000, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
"Salaries and Expenses". 
RURAL 
TELEPHONE 
BANK 
PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such corpora-
tion in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
section 104 of the Grovemment Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, as may be necessary in carr3dng out its authorized pro-
grams for the current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1996 and 
within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for 
the principal amount of direct loans shall be $175,000,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct 
loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 935), $5,023,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the loan programs, $3,541,000. 
109 STAT. 322 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the programs author-
ized in sections 2331-2335 of PubHc Law 101-624, $7,500,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
RURAL UTILITIES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1928, and 1932, $487,868,000, to 
remain available until expended, to be available for loans and 
grants for rural water and waste disposal and solid waste manage-
ment grants: Provided, That the costs of direct loans and loan 
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to 
exceed $4,500,000 shall be available for contracting with the 
National Rural Water Association or equally qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems: Provided further. That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $18,700,000 shall be available 
for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along 
the United States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to sec-
tion 306C: Provided further. That of the total amount appropriated, 
$18,688,000 shall be for empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities, as authorized by Public Law 103-66: Provided further. That 
if such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities by June 30, 1996, they shall remain available 
for other authorized purposes under this head. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, $12,740,000, of which 
$12,623,000 shall be transferred to and merged with "Rural Utilities 
Service, Salaries and Expenses". 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service, including 
administering the programs authorized by the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936, as amended, and the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, as amended, $18,449,000, of which $7,000 shall 
be available for financial credit reports: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for emplo3mrient pursuant to the second 
sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944, and not to exceed 
$103,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION AND 
CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to administer 
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Consumer 
Service, $440,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 104^37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 323 
FOOD AND CONSUMER SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751-1769b), and the applicable provisions other 
than section 21 of the National School Lunch Act and sections 
17 and 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772-
1785, and 1789); $7,946,024,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 1997, of which $2,348,166,000 is hereby appropriated 
and $5,597,858,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): 
Provided, That up to $3,964,000 shall be available for independent 
verification of school food service claims. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, 
AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $3,729,807,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 1997: Provided, That for fiscal year 1996, 
$20,000,000 that would otherwise be available to States for nutrition 
services and administration shall be made available for food bene-
fits: Provided further, That $4,000,000 from unobligated balances 
for supervisory and technical assistance grants may be transferred 
to and merged with this account: Provided further. That up to 
$6,750,000 may be used to carry out the farmers' market nutrition 
program from any funds not needed to maintain current caseload 
levels: Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act shall 
be available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics except 
those that have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within 
the space used to carry out the program: Provided further. That 
once the amount for fiscal year 1995 carryover funds has been 
determined by the Secretary, any funds in excess of $100,000,000 
may be transferred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Rural 
Utilities Assistance Program and shall remain available until 
expended: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive 
bidding requirements specified in section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786). 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 
U.S.C. 2011-2029), $27,597,828,000: Provided, That funds provided 
herein shall remain available through September 30, 1996, in 
accordance with section 18(a) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided 
further. That $500,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be placed 
in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as 
may become necessary to carry out program operations: Provided 
further, That fiinds provided herein shall be expended in accordance 
with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further. That 
this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 
109 STAT. 324 
PUBLIC LAW 104^37—OCT. 21, 1995 
workfare requirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 
That $1,143,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be available 
for nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
2028. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity supple-
mental food program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c(note)), the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, and section 
110 of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $166,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 1997: Provided, That none of these 
funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided further. 
That none of the funds in this Act or any other Act may be 
used for demonstration projects in the emergency food assistance 
program. 
FOOD 
DONATIONS 
PROGRAMS 
FOR 
SELECTED 
GROUPS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agri-
culture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), 
section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 
311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
3030a), $215,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
42 use 3030a 
1997: Provided, That hereafter notwithstanding any other provision 
'lote. 
of law, for meals provided pursuant to the Older Americans Act 
of 1965, a maximum rate of reimbursement to States will be estab-
lished by the Secretary, subject to reduction if obligations would 
exceed the amount of available funds, with any unobligated funds 
to remain available only for obligation in the fiscal year beginning 
October 1, 1996. 
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food 
programs funded under this Act, $107,769,000, of which $5,000,000 
shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead 
costs, tightening regulations, improving food stamp coupon han-
dling, and assistance in the prevention, identification, and prosecu-
tion of fraud and other violations of law: Provided, That this appro-
priation 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 $150,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities 
abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 325 
activities of the Depaptment in connection with foreign agricultural 
work, including not to exceed $128,000 for representation allow-
ances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1706), $124,775,000, of which $5,176,000 
may be transferred from Commodity Credit Corporation funds, 
$2,792,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion program account in this Act, and $1,005,000 may be transferred 
from the Public Law 480 program account in this Act: Provided, 
That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this 
appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, 
public and private organizations and institutions under agreements 
executed pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance 
programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) £md the foreign assistance programs of 
the International Development Cooperation Administration (22 
U.S.C. 2392): Provided further. That none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act may be used to carry out activities of the market 
promotion program (7 U.S.C. 5623) which provides direct grants 
to any for-profit corporation that is not recognized as a small 
business concern under section 3(a) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 632(a)), excluding cooperatives and associations as 
described in 7 U.S.C. 291 and non-profit trade associations: Provided 
further. That funds available to trade associations, cooperatives, 
and small businesses may be used for individual branded pro-
motions; with the beneficiaries having matched the cost of such 
promotions. 
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available 
to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701-1715, 1721-1726, 
1727-1727f, 1731-1736g), as follows: (1) $291,342,000 for Public 
Law 480 title I credit, including Food for Progress programs; (2) 
$25,000,000 is hereby appropriated for ocean freight differential 
costs for the shipment of agricultural commodities pursuant to 
title I of said Act and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as 
amended; (3) $821,100,000 is hereby appropriated for commodities 
supi^ied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title 
II of said Act, of which $60,000,000 shall be financed from funds 
credited to the Commodity Credit Corporation pursuant to sectiwi 
426 of Public Law 103-465; and (4) $50,000,000 is hereby appro-
priated for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 
abroad pursuant to title III of said Act: Provided, That not to 
exceed 15 percent of the funds made available to carry out any 
title of said Act may be used to carry out any other title of said 
Act: Provided further. That such sums shall remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b). 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements as authorized by 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
as amended, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amended, 
including the cost of modifjdng credit agreements under said Act, 
$236,162,000. 
109 STAT. 326 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Public 
Law 480 title I credit program, and the Food for Progress Act 
of 1985, as amended, to the extent fands appropriated for Public 
Law 480 are utilized, $1,750,000. 
SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT 
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not 
less than $5,200,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export credit 
guarantee program for short-term credit extended to finance the 
export sales of United States agricultural commodities and the 
products thereof, as authorized by section 202(a) of the Agricultural 
Trade Act of 1978 (7 US.C. 5641). 
INTERMEDIATE-TERM EXPORT CREDIT 
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not 
less than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export credit 
guarantee program for intermediate-term credit extended to finance 
the export sales of United States agricultural commodities and 
the products thereof, as authorized by section 202(b) of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM-102 and GSM-103, 
$3,381,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by 
section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and 
in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
not to exceed $2,792,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, and of which not to exceed $589,000 may 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the salaries 
and expenses of the Consolidated Farm Service Agency. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for rental 
of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; 
and for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement 
activities, authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed 
$25,000; $904,694,000, of which not to exceed $84,723,000 in fees 
pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act may be credited to this appropriation and remain available 
until expended: Provided, 
That fees derived from applications 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 327 
received during fiscal year 1996 shall be subject to the fiscal year 
1996 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. 
In addition, fees pursuant to section 354 of the Public Health 
Service Act may be credited to this account, to remain available 
until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used 
by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise pro-
vided, $12,150,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b). 
• 
RENTAL PAYMENTS (FDA) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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, $46,294,000: 
Provided, That in the event the Food and Drug Administration 
should require modification of space needs, a share of the salaries 
and expenses appropriation may be transferred to this appropria-
tion, or a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the 
salaries and expenses appropriation, but such transfers shall not 
exceed 5 percent of the funds made available for rental payments 
(FDA) to or from this account. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE 
PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
CORPORATION 
For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System Financial 
Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the Treasury, as author-
ized by section 6.28(c) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended, 
for reimbursement of interest expenses incurred by the Financial 
Assistance Corporation on obligations issued through 1994, as 
authorized, $15,453,000. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental of 
space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia 
and elsewhere; and not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109; $53,601,000, including not to exceed $1,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses: Provided, That the 
Commission is authorized to charge reasonable fees to attendees 
of Commission sponsored educational events and S3nTiposia to cover 
the Commission's costs of providing those events and symposia. 
109 STAT. 328 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited 
to this account, to be available without further appropriation. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
5 u s e 8901 note. 
Health and 
SEC. 601. (a) For purposes of the administration of chapter 
c^T^o^ ^'^^v - ^ 
89 of title 5, United States Code, any period of enrollment under 
a health benefits plan administered by the Farm Credit Administra-
tion prior to the effective date of this Act shall be deemed to 
be a period of enrollment in a health benefits plan under chapter 
89 of such title. 
(b)(1) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is covered 
by a health benefits plan administered by the Farm Credit Adminis-
tration may enroll in an approved health benefits plan described 
under section 8903 or 8903a of title 5, United States Code— 
(A) either as an individual or for self and family, if such 
individual is an employee, annuitant, or former spouse as 
defined under section 8901 of such title; and 
(B) for coverage effective on and after September 30, 1995. 
(2) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is entitled to 
continued coverage under a health benefits plan administered by 
the Farm Credit Administration— 
(A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued coverage 
under section 8905a of title 5, United States Code, for the 
same period that would have been permitted under the plan 
administered by the Farm Credit Administration; and 
(B) may enroll in an approved health benefits plan 
described under sections 8903 or 8903a of such title in accord-
ance with section 8905A of such title for coverage effective 
on and after September 30, 1995. 
(3) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is covered as 
an unmarried dependent child under a health benefits plan adminis-
tered by the Farm Credit Administration and who is not a member 
of family as defined under section 8901(5) of title 5, United States 
Code— 
(A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued coverage 
under section 8905a of such title as though the individual 
had, on September 30, 1995, ceased to meet the requirements 
for being considered an unmarried dependent child under chap-
ter 89 of such title; and 
(B) may enroll in an approved health benefits plan 
described under section 8903 or 8903a of such title in accord-
ance with section 8905a for continued coverage on and after 
September 30, 1995. 
(c) The Farm Credit Administration shall transfer to the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Fund established under section 
8909 of title 5, United States Code, amounts determined by the 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, after consultation 
with the Farm Credit Administration, to be necessary to reimburse 
the Fund for the cost of providing benefits under this section not 
otherwise paid for by the individuals covered by this section. The 
amount so transferred shall be held in the Fund and used by 
the Office in addition to the amounts available under section 
8906(g)(1) of such title. 
(d) The Office of Personnel Management— 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 329 
(1) shall administer the provisions of this section to provide 
for— 
(A) a period of notice and open enrollment for individ-
uals affected by this section; and 
(B) no lapse of health coverage for individuals who 
enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 
5, United States Code, in accordance with this section; 
and 
(2) may prescribe regulations to implement this section. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropria-
tions and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture 
for the fiscal year 1996 under this Act shall be available for the 
purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to 
exceed 665 passenger motor vehicles, of which 642 shall be for 
replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of 
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of 7USCl623a. 
the Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service 
work authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, and July 28, 
1954 (7 U.S.C. 427, 1621-1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available for contracting in accordance 
with said Acts and chapter. 
SEC. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the Working 
Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for 
data services and National Finance Center operations shall not 
exceed $2,000,000: Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated 
to an agency of the Department shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the approval of the agency administrator. 
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following 7 USC 2209b. 
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, and 
integrated systems acquisition project; Consolidated Farm Service 
Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to county 
committees; and Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income coun-
try training program. 
New obligational authority for the boll weevil program; up 
to 10 percent of the screwworm program of the Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field 
automation and information management project; funds appro-
priated for rental payments; funds for the Native American institu-
tions endowment fund in the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, and funds for the competitive 
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) shall remain available until 
expended. 
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 appropriations available 
to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available 
to provide appropriate orientation and language training pursuant 
to Public Law 94-449. 
109 STAT. 330 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
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 institutions in excess of 10 percent 
of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 
such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 
interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 
payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu-
tions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 
for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 
7 use 612c note. 
SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
commodities acquired by the Department in connection with 
Commodity Credit Corporation and section 32 price support oper-
ations may be used, as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 
7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide commodities to individuals in cases of 
hardship as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of 
space rental and related costs in excess of the amounts specified 
in this Act; nor shall this or any other provision of law require 
a reduction in the level of rental space or services below that 
of fiscal year 1995 or prohibit an expansion of rental space or 
services with the use of funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. 
Further, no agency of the Department of Agriculture, from funds 
otherwise available, shall reimburse the General Services Adminis-
tration for payment of space rental and related costs provided 
to such agency at a percentage rate which is greater than is avail-
able in the case of funds appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 711. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
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 Agriculture when such space will 
be jointly occupied. 
SEC. 712. With the exception of grants awarded under the 
Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, Public Law 
97-219, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available to pay indirect costs on research grants 
awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service that exceed 14 percent of total Federal 
funds provided under each award. 
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, 
all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, 
not limitations. 
SEC. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for 
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal 
year 1996 shall remain available until expended to cover obligations 
made in fiscal year 1996 for the following accounts: the rural 
development loan fund program account; the Rural Telephone Bank 
program account; the rural electrification and telecommunications 
loans program account; and the rural economic development loans 
program account. 
SEC. 715. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1996 
pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within 
the levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 716. 
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT.—^None 
of the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an 
entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 331 
entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 
3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-lOc; popularly known as the "Buy American 
Act"). 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARDING NOTICE.— 
(1) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PROD-
UCTS.—In the case of any equipment or product that may 
be authorized to be purchased with financial assistance pro-
vided using funds made available in this Act, it is the sense 
of the Congress that entities receiving the assistance should, 
in expending the assistance, purchase only American-made 
equipment and products. 
(2) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In providing 
financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient 
of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
paragraph (1) by the Congress. 
(c) PROHIBITION OF CONTRACTS WITH PERSONS FALSELY LABEL-
ING PRODUCTS AS MADE IN AMERICA.—If it has been finally deter-
mined by a court or Federal agency that any person intentionally 
affixed a label bearing a "Made in America" inscription, or any 
inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped 
to the United States that is not made in the United States, the 
person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract 
made with funds made available in this Act, pursuant to the debar-
ment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in sections 
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 717. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Cooperative 
Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service may use cooperative agreements to reflect a relationship 
between Agricultural Marketing Service and a State or Cooperator 
to carry out agricultural marketing programs. 
SEC. 718. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR HONEY PAYMENTS 7 use i446h 
OR LOAN FORFEITURES.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of »«<«. 
this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
for a total amount of pajonents and/or total amount of loan forfeit-
ures to a person to support the price of honey under section 207 
of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A 
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of zero dollars in the 1994, 
1995, and 1996 crop years. 
SEC. 719. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire 
more than 5% of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank. 
SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to provide benefits to households 
whose benefits are calculated using a standard deduction greater 
than the standard deduction in effect for fiscal year 1995. 
SEC. 721. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for any program, project, or activity when it is made 
known to the Federal entity or official to which the funds are 
made available that the program, project, or activity is not in 
compliance with any applicable Federal law relating to risk assess-
ment, the protection of private property rights, or unfunded man-
dates. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds made available in this Act shall 
be used to increase, from the fiscal year 1995 level, the level 
of Full Time Equivalency Positions (whether through new hires 
or by transferring full time equivalents from other offices) in any 
109 STAT. 332 
PUBLIC LAW 104-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
Effective date. 
of the following Food and Drug Administration offices: Office of 
the Commissioner, Office of Policy, Office of External Affairs (Imme-
diate Office, as well as Office of Health Affairs, Office of Legislative 
Affairs, Office of Consumer Affairs, and Office of Public Affairs), 
and the Office of Management and Systems (Immediate Office, 
as well as Office of Planning and Evaluation and Office of Manage-
ment). 
SEC. 723. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to provide assistance to, or to pay the salaries of personnel 
who carry out a market promotion program pursuant to section 
203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that 
provides assistance to, the U.S. Mink Export Development Council 
or any mink industry trade association. 
SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to enroll in excess of 100,000 
acres in the fiscal year 1996 wetlands reserve program, as author-
ized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 
SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to enroll additional acres in 
the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831-
3845: Provided, That 1,579,000 new acres shall be enrolled in 
the program in the year beginning January 1, 1997. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to develop compliance guidelines, 
implement or enforce a regulation promulgated by the Food Safety 
and Inspection Service on August 25, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 44396): 
Provided, That this regulation shall take effect only if legislation 
is enacted into law which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to 
promulgate such regulation, or the House Committee on Agriculture 
and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry 
receive and approve a proposed revised regulation submitted by 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
to the Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used 
to operate the Board of Tea Experts^ 
SEC. 728. None of the funds available in this Act shall be 
used for any action, including the development or assertion of 
any position or recommendation by or on behalf of the Forest 
Service, that directly or indirectly results in the loss of or restriction 
on the diversion and use of water from existing water supply 
facilities located on National Forest lands by the owners of such 
facilities, or result in a material increase in the cost of such yield 
to the owners of the water supply: Provided, That nothing in this 
section shall preclude a mutual agreement between any agency 
of the Department of Agriculture and a State or local governmental 
entity or private entity or individual. 
SEC. 729. Upon the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall not enforce Federal regulation 36 CFR Part 
223 promulgated on September 8, 1995, for a period of no less 
than 120 days: Provided, That during such time the Secretary 
shall take notice and public comment on the regulations and make 
the necessary revisions to reflect public comment. Any fines 
assessed pursuant to 36 CFR Part 223, from the effective date 
of said regulation to the date of enactment of this Act, shall be 
null and void. During the 120 day period, the interim regulatory 
guidelines published pursuant to 55 CFR 48572 and 56 CFR 65834 
shall remain in effect. 
PUBLIC LAW 104r-37—OCT. 21, 1995 
109 STAT. 333 
This Act may be cited as the "Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1996". 
Approved October 21, 1995. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1976: 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 104-172 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 104-268 (Comm. 
of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 104-142 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 141 (1995): 
July 19-21, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 18-20, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 12, House and Senate agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 31 (1995): 
Oct. 27, Presidential statement.