A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes.
PL 97-103 (H.R.4119), enacted 12/23/1981

PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
95 STAT. 1467 
Public Law 97-103 
97th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1982, and for other purposes; namely: 
TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, including not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $4,715,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reim-
bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses 
incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558: 
Provided further. That not to exceed $8,000 of this amount shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses, not 
otherwise provided for, as determined by the Secretary. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For Budget and Program Analysis, and Public Participation, 
$3,825,000; for Operations and Finance, Personnel, Equal Opportu-
nity, Safety and Health Management, and Small and Disadvantaged 
Business UtiUzation, $10,643,000; making a total of $14,468,000 for 
Departmental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for 
management support services to offices of the Department of Agricul-
ture and for general administration of the Department of Agricul-
ture, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and 
expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 
and efficient work of the Department of Agriculture, of which not to 
exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the coordi-
nation of programs involving governmental and public affairs and 
emergency preparedness; acting as liaison within the executive 
branch and with the Congress on legislative matters; and for the 
dissemination of agricultural information and the coordination of 
information work and programs authorized by Congress in the 
Department, $8,987,000; of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be 
available for emplojrment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and, not to exceed 
Dec. 23, 1981 
[H.R. 4119] 
Agriculture, 
rural 
development and 
related agencies 
appropriations, 
fiscal year 1982. 
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$2,748,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins and not less than two 
hundred thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty copies for the use 
of the Senate and House of Representatives of part 2 of the annual 
report of the Secretary (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) as 
authorized by 44 U.S.C. 1301: Provided, That in the preparation of 
motion pictures or exhibits by the Department, 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). 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
Funds, transfer. 
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), $27,562,000 including 
such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 
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6(a)(8) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452), and 
including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and in addition, $13,266,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
the appropriation, "Food Stamp Program" and merged with this 
appropriation. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
Funds, transfer. 
For necessary expenses, including payment of fees or dues for the 
use of law libraries by attorneys in the field service, $12,822,000; and 
in addition, $508,000 shall be derived by transfer from the appropri-
ation, "Food Stamp Program" and merged with this appropriation. 
FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United 
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States Grain Standards Act, as amended, and the standardization 
activities related to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
7 use 1621 note. 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 
$50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,600,000: 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, unless otherwise provided, the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current 
replacement value of the building: Provided further. That none of the 
funds provided by this Act may be used to pay the salaries of any 
person or persons who require non-export, non-terminal interior 
elevators to maintain records not involving official inspection or 
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official weighing in the United States under Public Law 94-582 other 
than those necessary to fulfill the purposes of such Act. 
INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $60,260,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for Inspection and Weighing Services. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research Serv-
ice to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to 
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95 STAT. 1469 
production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise 
provided for), home economics or nutrition and consumer use, and for 
acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
cost not to exceed $100, $442,410,000: Provided, That appropriations 
hereunder 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 $115,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
herein can be used to provide financial assistance to the organizers of 
international conferences, if such conferences are in support of 
agency programs: Provided further. That appropriations hereunder 'J use 2254. 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and 
the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided 
further. That of the appropriations hereunder not less than 
$10,526,600 shall be available to conduct marketing research: Pro-
vided further. That appropriations hereunder shall be available Construction 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 7°usc 2254 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 
cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed $100,000, 
except for headhouses connecting greenhouses which shall each be 
limited to $500,000, and except for ten buildings to be constructed or 
improved at a cost not to exceed $185,000 each, and the cost of 
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
per centum of the current replacement value of the building or 
$100,000 whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations 
on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to a total of 
$100,000 for facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: 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 
purchase from Colorado State University Research Foundation of 
approximately 160 acres within the boundaries of the Central Plains 
Experimental Range, Nunn, Colorado, for not to exceed $115,000. 
Special fund: To provide for additional labor, subprofessional, and Special fund, 
junior scientific help to be employed under contracts and cooperative 
agreements to strengthen the work at Federal research installations 
in the 
field, 
$2,000,000. 
BUILDINGS AND FACIUTIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or 
used by the Agricultural Research Service, where not otherwise 
provided, $8,596,000. 
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For payments in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United 
States for market development research authorized by section 
104(b)(1) and for agricultural and forestry research and other func-
tions related thereto authorized by section 104(b)(3) of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 1704(b)(1), (3)), $5,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be available, in addition to other appropriations for these 
purposes, for payments in the foregoing currencies: Provided further. 
That funds appropriated herein shall be used for payments in such 
foreign currencies as the Department determines are needed, and can 
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be used most effectively to carry out the purposes of this paragraph: 
Provided further. That not to exceed $25,000 of this appropriation 
shall be available for payments in foreign currencies for expenses of 
emplo5mient pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), as amended by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative 
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, 
including $143,609,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch 
Act, approved March 2,1887, as amended by the Act approved August 
11, 1955 (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i), and further amended by Public Law 
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92-318 approved June 23, 1972, and further amended by Public Law 
'^°*®- 
93-471 approved October 26, 1974, including administration by the 
Fi-i'^T^^ t 
United States Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of 
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agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the Hatch Act of 
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1887, as amended, and payments under section 1361(c) of the Act of 
7 use 301 note. October 3,1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $12,031,000 for grants for cooperative 
forestry research under the Act approved October 10,1962 (16 U.S.C. 
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582a—582a-7), as amended by Public Law 92-318 approved June 23, 
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1972, including administrative expenses, and payments under section 
7 use 301 note. 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $21,492,000 for 
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Insti-
tute, for research under section 1445 of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (Public Law 
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95-113), as amended, including administration by the United States 
Department of Agriculture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890 land-
grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute; $22,811,000 for contracts 
and grants for agricultural research under the Act of August 4,1965, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 450i); $17,000,000 for competitive research 
grants, including administrative expenses; $6,000,000 for the support 
of animal health and disease programs authorized by section 1433 of 
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Public Law 95-113, including administrative expenses; $540,000 for 
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grants in accordance with section 1419 of Public Law 95-113, as 
amended; $702,000 for research authorized by the Native Latex 
7 use 178 note. Commercialization and Economic Development Act of 1978; and 
$1,363,000 for necessary expenses of Cooperative State Research 
Service activities, including administration of payments to State 
agricultural experiment stations, funds 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 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109; in all, $225,548,000. 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
Payments to States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Ameri-
can Samoa, and Micronesia: For payments for cooperative agricul-
tural extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the 
Act of June 26,1953, the Act of August 11,1955, the Act of October 5, 
86 Stat. 350. 
1962 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, and 
the Act of September 29,1977 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and section 1361(c) of 
7 use 301 note, the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.), to be distributed under 
7 use 343. 
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of the Act, for retirement and employees' 
compensation costs for extension agents, and for costs of penalty mail 
for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, 
$223,376,000; payments for the nutrition and family education pro-
gram for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $60,354,000; 
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95 STAT. 1471 
payments for the urban gardening programs under section 3(d) of the 
Act, $3,000,000; payments for the pest management program under '^ USC 343. 
section 3(d) of the Act, $7,531,000; payments for the farm safety 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,020,000; payments for the 
pesticide impact assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$1,850,000; payments for the energy demonstration program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $324,000; payments for the nonpoint source 
pollution program under section 3(d) of the Act, $702,000; payments 
for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension 
Act of 1978, $3,000,000; payments for extension work under section 16 USC 1600 
209(c) of Public Law 93-471, $983,000; payments for extension work ¥>^-
by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 ?I_I7IQ 
U.S.C. 321-326, 328) and Tuskegee Institute under section 1444 of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching Policy Act 
of 1977 (Public Law 95-113), $12,241,000; in all, $314,381,000, of which 7 USC 3221. 
not less than $79,400,000 is for Home Economics: 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 J USC 343, 86 
not be paid to any State, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, °^^^- ^^^• 
American Samoa, and Micronesia prior to availability of an equal 
sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current 
fiscal year. 
Federal administration and coordination: For Administration of 
the Smith-Lever Act, as amended by the Act of June 26,1953, the Act 
of August 11,1955, the Act of October 5,1962, section 506 of the Act of 7 USC 341-349. 
June 23, 1972, section 209(d) of Public Law 93-471, and the Act of 86 Stat. 350, D.c. 
September 29,1977 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and section 1361(c) of the Act of ^ode 31-1719. 
October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.), and to coordinate and provide V USC 301 note. 
program leadership for the extension and higher education work of 
the Department and the several States and insular possessions, 
$6,321,000, of which not less than $2,300,000 is for Home Economics. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library, 
$8,750,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $35,000 shall be 
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further. That 
not to exceed $375,000 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursuant 
to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114b-c) 
necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and 
animal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory 
activities; and to protect the environment, as authorized by law, 
$281,382,000 of which not to exceed $8,983,000 shall be available for 
the Mediterranean fruit fly program and $1,000,000 shall be available 
for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases and animal 
diseases to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: 
Provided, That $1,000,000 of the funds for control of the fire ant shall 
be placed in reserve for matching purposes with States which may 
come into the program: Provided further. That no funds shall be used 
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Aircraft. 
Funds, transfer. 
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to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the 
current fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the 
States of at least 40 per centum: Provided further. That this appropri-
ation 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 two, of which one shall be for replacement 
only: Provided further. That, in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten the food resources of the 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, including not less than $6,000,000 
for the eradication of infestations of the Mediterranean fruit fly in 
the continental United States, and any unexpended balances of funds 
transferred for such emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal 
year shall be merged with such transferred amounts. 
eonstruction 
costs. 
BUILDINGS AND FACIUTIES 
For plans, construction, repair, extension, alterations, purchase 
and improvement of fixed equipment or facilities, $3,000,000 of which 
$1,565,000 shall remain avaUable until expended: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the 
construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements: 
Provided further. That unless otherwise provided, the cost of con-
structing any one building (except headhouses connecting green-
houses) shall not exceed $100,000, except for three buildings to be 
constructed at a total cost of $1,265,000; four buildings to be con-
structed or improved at a cost not to exceed $200,000 each; and 
$300,000 for planning a plant quarantine facility: Provided further. 
That the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall 
not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement value of the 
building: Provided further. That this appropriation shall be available 
for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a 
nominal cost not to exceed $100. 
Construction 
costs. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry on services related to consumer 
protection and agricultural marketing and distribution, $328,250,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field employ-
ment 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 construction, 
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but, unless 
otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building shall 
not exceed $90,000, except for two buildings to be constructed or 
improved at a cost not to exceed $150,000, and the cost of altering any 
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of 
the current replacement value of the building: Provided further. That 
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95 STAT. 1473 
this appropriation shall be available for acquisition of lands bv 
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and service relating to agricultural 
production, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), and other laws, 
including economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, 
income and population, and demand for farm products, use of 
resources in agriculture, acljustments, cost and returns in farming, 
and farm finance; research relating to the economic and marketing 
aspects of farmers cooperatives; and for analyses of supply and 
demand for farm products in foreign countries and their effect on 
prospects for United States exports, progress in economic develop-
ment and its relation to sales of 
farm products, assembly and analysis 
of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of international financial 
and monetary progeama and policies as they affect the competitive 
position of 
United States farmjproducts; $41,000,000, of 
which not less 
thsm $200,000 shall be available for investigation, determination and 
finding as to the effect upon the production of food and upon the 
agricultural economy of any proposed action affecting such subject 
matter pending before the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency for presentation, in the public interest, before said 
administrator, other agencies or before the courts: Provided, That not 
less than $350,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation shall 
be available to continue to gather statistics and conduct a special 
study on the price spread between the farmer and consumer: Pro-
vided further. That this appropriation shall be available for employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of 
the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shSl be 
available for emplo3mient under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further. That 
not less than $145,000 of the funds contained in this appropriation 
shall be available for analysis of 
statistics and related facts on foreign 
production and full and complete information on methods used by 
other countries to move farm commodities in world trade on a 
competitive basis. 
STATISTICAL REPORTINO SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Statistical Re^rting Service in 
conducting statistical reporting and service work, inclumng crop and 
livestock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements, and 
marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act 
of 1946 (f U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $53,787,000: Provided, 
That no part of the funds herein appropriated shall be av£dlable for 
any expense incident to publishing estimates of apple production for 
other than the commercial crop: Provided 
further, That this appropri-
ation 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 COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to cany out the Cooperative Marketing Act 
of July 2,1926 (7 U.S.C. 451-457), and for activities relating to the 
marketiiig aspects of cooperatives, including economic research and 
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analjrsis and the application of 
economic research findings, as author-
ized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), 
and for activities with institutions or organizations throughout the 
world concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291), $4,639,000: 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 $15,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD 
For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural Outlook Board to 
coordinate and review all commodity and aggregate agricultural and 
food data used to develop outlook and situation material within the 
Department of Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural Mar-
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keting Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $1,422,000: 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 $75,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses to carry on services related to agricultural 
marketing and distribution and regulatory programs as authorized 
by law, and for administration and coordination of payment to States; 
including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $23,211,000; of which not less than $1,463,000 
shall be available for the Wholesale Market Development Program 
and not less than $250,000 shall be available only for the Bl5rtheville, 
Arkansas, Cotton Marketing Office: Provided, That this appropri-
ation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but, unless 
otherwise provided, the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
UMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $23,000,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY 
(SECTION 32) 
Funds, transfer. 
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 
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Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise 
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provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $5,670,000 for formulation 
and administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to 
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95 STAT. 1475 
the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and '^ USC 601 note. 
the Agricultural Act of 1961. 
7 USC 1911 note. 
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE 
For necessary expenses to carry on services related to agricultural 
transportation programs as authorized by law; including field 
employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $20,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $2,400,000: 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, unless otherwise provided, the cost 
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 
per centum of the current replacement value of the building. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and depart-
ments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities 
under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,000,000. 
PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for administration of the Packers and 
Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, including field employment 
pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $5,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$8,806,000. 
FARM INCOME STABILIZATION 
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricultural Stabili-
zation and Conservation Service, including expenses to formulate and 
carry out programs authorized by title III of the Agricultural Adjust-
ment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301-1393); the Agricultural 
Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.); sections 7 to 15,16(a), 
16(d), 16(e), 16(f), 16(i), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act, as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590g, 590o, 
590p(a), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1008 and 1010 of the Agricultural 
Act of 1970 as added by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act 
of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1501 to 1508 and 1510); the Water Bank Act (16 
U.S.C. 1301-1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2101); sections 401, 402, and 404 to 406 of the Agricultural 
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 to 2205); and laws pertaining to the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, $62,000,000: Provided, That, in addi- Funds, transfer, 
tion, not to exceed $314,000,000 may be transferred to and merged 
with this appropriation from the Commodity Credit Corporation fund 
for a total of $376,000,000: Provided further, That other funds made 
available to the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service 
for authorized activities may be advanced to and merged with this 
appropriation: 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 
$100,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
95 STAT. 1476 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
Provided further. That no part of the funds appropriated or made 
available under this Act shall be used (1) to influence the vote in any 
referendum; (2) to influence agricultural legislation, except as per-
mitted in 18 U.S.C. 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of 
members of county and community committees established pursuant 
1
6 use 590h. 
to section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, 
as amended, for engaging in any activities other than advisory and 
supervisory duties and delegated program functions prescribed in 
administrative regulations. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to 
dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such milk and manufactur-
ers of dairy products who have been directed to remove their milk or 
dairy products from commercial markets because it contained resi-
dues 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 commercial 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 substances were not used in a manner contrary to 
applicable regulations or labeling instructions provided at the time of 
use and the contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer, 
$176,000: 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. 
CORPORATIONS 
Contracte. 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
15 use 7i3a-io. jjj^ke such expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations £is provided by section 104 of the 
31 use 849. 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces-
sary in carrying out the programs set forth in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as herein-
after provided: 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES 
For administrative and operating expenses, $120,000,000. 
SUBSCRIPTION TO CAPITAL STOCK 
To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to subscribe and pay for 
capital stock of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, as provided 
in section 504(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1504), 
$250,000,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
95 STAT. 1477 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 508(b) of the Federal Crop ^ use 1508. 
Insurance Act of 1980, $57,456,000. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
To reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained in prior years, but not previously reimbursed, pursu-
ant to the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-ll, 713a-12), 
$2,043,229,000. 
UMITATION ON DIRECT LOANS 
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used to carry 15 U
S
C 7l3a-l0. 
out an Export Credit Sales direct loan program in excess of 
$2,200,000,000 in fiscal year 1982: Provided further, That none of the 
funds in this Act may be used to carry out a program of loan 
guarantees by the Corporation for the production and marketing of 
industrial hydrocarbons and alcohols from agricultural commodities 
and forest products. 
TITLE II—RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND 
For direct loans and related advances pursuant to section 517(m) of 
the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $24,000,000 shall be available 42 use 1487. 
from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, and for insured loans 
as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 42 use 1471. 
$3,700,600,000, of which not less than $3,265,600,000 shall be avail-
able for subsidized interest loans to low-income borrowers as deter-
mined by the Secretary; and not to exceed $5,000,000 for advances as 
authorized by section 501(e) of such Act and not to exceed $2,000,000 42 use 1471. 
for compensation of construction defects as authorized by section 
509(c) of such Act. 
42 use 1479. 
During fiscal year 1982, no more than 14,280 units may be assisted 
under rental assistance agreements entered into during the year 
pursuant to authority under section 521(aX2) of the Housing Act of 
1949, as amended, and the total obligation incurred over the life of 42 use l490a. 
these agreements shall not exceed $398,000,000 to be added to and 
merged with the authority provided for this purpose in prior fiscal 
years. 
For an additional amount to reimburse the rural housing insur-
ance fund for interest subsidies and losses sustained in prior years, 
but not previously reimbursed, in carrying out the provisions of title 
V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1483,1487e, and 42 use 1487. 
1490a(c)), including $6,995,000, as authorized by section 521(c) of the 
Act, $653,967,000, and for an additional amount as authorized by 
section 521(c) of the Act as may be necessary to reimburse the fund to 
carry out a rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the 
Housing Act of 1949, as amended. 
95 STAT. 1478 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
Loans. 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND 
For an additional amount to reimburse the agricultural credit 
insurance fund for interest subsidies and losses sustained in prior 
years, but not previously reimbursed, in carrying out the provisions 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 1988(a)), $464,083,000. 
Loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under this 
fund in accordance with and subject to the provisions of 7 U.S.C. 
1928-1929, or guaranteed, as follows: real estate loans, $904,600,000, 
including not less than $825,000,000 for farm ownership loans of 
which $125,000,000 shall be guaranteed loans; and not less than 
$60,500,000 for water development, use, and conservation loans of 
which $6,000,000 shall be guaranteed loans; operating loans, 
$1,375,000,000 of which $50,000,000 shall be guaranteed loans; and 
emergency insured and guaranteed loans in amounts necessary to 
meet the needs resulting from natural disasters. 
Loans. 
7 u s e 1929a, 
1931-1933. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND 
For an additional amount to reimburse the rural development 
insurance fund for interest subsidies and losses sustained in prior 
years, but not previously reimbursed, in carrying out the provisions 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 1988(a)), $204,040,000. 
For loans to be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under this 
fund in accordance with and subject to the provisions of 7 U.S.C. 1928 
and 86 Stat. 661-664, as follows: insured water and sewer facility 
loans, $375,000,000; guaranteed industrial development loans, 
$300,000,000; and insured community facility loans, $130,000,000. 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to sections 306(aX2) and 306(aX6) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
1926), $125,000,000, to remain available until expended, pursuant to 
section 306(d) of 
the above Act. 
42 u s e 1474. 
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, $15,000,000. 
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), $13,750,000. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(bKlXA) of the 
42 use 1490c. 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1940(c)), $3,950,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
95 STAT. 1479 
SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND 
During 1982, and within the resources and authority available, 
f
ross obligations for the amount of direct loans shall not exceed 
2,000,000. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry 
Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-313), $3,250,000 to fund up to 1
6 use 2106. 
50 per centum of the cost of organizing, training, and equipping rural 
volunteer fire departments. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Farmers Home Administration, not 
otherwise provided for, in administering the programs authorized by 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1921-1995), as amended; title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1471-1490h); the Rural Rehabilitation Corpora-
tion Trust Liquidation Act, approved May 3,1950 (40 U.S.C. 440-444), 
for administering the loan program authorized by title IIIA of the 
Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452, approved 
August 20, 1964), as amended, and such other programs for which 42 use 2841. 
Farmers Home Administration has the responsibility for administer-
ing, $282,418,000, including $1,916,000 for the coordination of rural 
development activities as authorized by section 603 of the Rural 
Development Act of 1972, together with not more than $3,000,000 of 7 use 2201, 
the charges collected in connection with the insurance of loans as ^^^^' 2204a. 
authorized by section 309(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, as amended, and section 517(i) of the Housing Act '
^ use 1929. 
of 1949, as amended, or in connection with charges made on borrow- 42 U
S
C 1487. 
ers under section 502(a) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended: 42 use 1472. 
Provided, That, in addition, not to exceed $500,000 of the funds 
available for the various programs administered by this agency may 
be transferred to this appropriation for temporary field employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), to meet unusual or heavy workload increases: 
Provided further. That not to exceed $500,000 of this appropriation 
may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION 
To carry into effect the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901-950(b)), as follows: 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELEPHONE REVOLVING FUND LOAN 
AUTHORIZATIONS 
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: rural electrification loans, not less than $850,000,000, nor 
more than $1,100,000,000, and rural telephone loans, not less than 
$250,000,000 nor more than $325,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act are in addition to these amounts but during 1982, total commit- 7 use 936. 
ments to guarantee loans pursuant to section 306, shall not be less 
than $5,145,000,000, nor more than $6,400,000,000 of contingent 
liability for loan principal. 
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95:QL3 
95 STAT. 1480 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK 
For the purchase of Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 901-950(b)): 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available only upon 
enactment into law of authorizing legislation. 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
avedlable to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
31 use 849. 
Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized 
programs for the current fiscal year. During 1982, and within the 
resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans shall be not less than $160,000,000 nor more 
than $220,000,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For administrative expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901-950(b)), 
including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and credit reports, funds 
for emplojrment 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 for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $29,673,000. 
CONSERVATION 
SOIL 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 conser-
vation 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 agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant material 
centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of informa-
tion; purchase and erection or alteration of permanent buildings; and 
operation and maintenance of aircraft, $314,809,000, of which not less 
than $3,443,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting and not less 
than $3,388,000 is for operation of the plant materials centers: 
16 use 590e-l. 
Provided, That the cost of any permanent building purchased, 
erected, or as improved, exclusive of the cost of constructing a water 
supply or sanitary system and connecting the same to any such 
building and with the exception of buildings acquired in conjunction 
with land being purchased for other purposes, shall not exceed $7,500, 
except for one building to be constructed at a cost not to exceed 
$75,000 and eight buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost 
not to exceed $45,000 per building and except that alterations or 
improvements to other existing permanent buildings costing $5,000 
or more may be made in any fiscal year in an amount not to exceed 
$1,500 per building: Provided further. That no part of this appropri-
ation shall be available for the construction of any such building on 
land not owned by the Government: 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 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
95 STAT. 1481 
demonstration projects: 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 $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be 1
6 use 590e-2. 
temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical 
planning work of the Service. 
RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigations, and 
surveys of the watersheds of rivers and other waterways, in accord-
£mce with section 6 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
tion Act, approved August 4,1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006-1009), 
$15,500,000: Provided, 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 $60,000 
shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
WATERSHED PLANNING 
For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and 
planning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), $8,690,000: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available for field employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for emplo3rment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, includ-
ing but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of 
cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 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 provisions of the Act of AprU 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
590a-f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
activities of the Department, $192,045,000 (of which $23,434,000 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 33USC70ia. 
amended and supplemented): Provided, That this appropriation shall 
be available for field emplojnnent pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to 
exceed $10,000,000 shall be available for emergency measures as 
provided by sections 403-405 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2203-2205) and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further. That $26,000,000 
in loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under the 
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Adminis-
tration (86 Stat. 663): Provided further. That not to exceed $1,000,000 7 U
S
C 1931, 
of this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes of the ^^^^• 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), as amended, 1
6 U
S
C 1531 
including cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate ^°^-
endangered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be 
necessary to expedite project construction. 
95 STAT. 1482 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103-DEC. 23, 1981 
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), 
$26,000,000: Provided, That $4,000,000 in loans may be insured, or 
made to be sold and insured, under the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
7 use 1931, 
Fund of the Farmers Home Administration (86 Stat. 663): Provided 
^^^2- 
further. That this appropriation shall be available for field employ-
ment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be 
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
GREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect a program of conserva-
tion in the Great Plains area, pursuant to section 16(b) of the Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as added by the Act of 
August 7,1956, as amended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)), $21,500,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL STABIUZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized 
in sections 7 to 15,16(a), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act, approved February 29, 1936, as amended and supple-
mented (16 U.S.C. 590g-590o, 590p(a), and 590q), and sections 
1001-1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, as added by the 
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1501-1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed $15,000 for the 
preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at State, 
interstate, and international fairs within the United States, 
$190,000,000, to remain available until expended for agreements, 
excluding administration but including technical assistance and 
related expenses, except that no participant in the Agricultural 
Conservation Program shall receive more than $3,500, 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: 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 
Wetland Types 3 (IID 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-terracing services, and making 
grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying out 
approved farming practices as authorized by the Soil Conservation 
16 use 590q. 
and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and recom-
mended by the county committees, approved by the State committees 
and the Secretary, under programs provided for herein: Provided 
further. That such assistance will not be used for carrying out 
mesisures and practices that are primarily production-oriented or 
that have little or no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103— )EC. 23, 1981 
95 STAT. 1483 
Provided further. That not to exceed 5 per centum of the allocation 
for the current year's program for any county may, on the recommen-
dation of such county committee and approval of the State commit-
tee, be withheld and allotted to the Soil Conservation Service for 
services of its technicians in formulating and carrying out the 
Agricultural Conservation Program in the participating counties, 
and shall not be utilized by the Soil 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 per centum may 
be made available to any other Federal, State, or local public agency 
for the same purpose and under the same conditions: Provided 
further. That for the current year's program $2,500,000 shall be 
available for technical assistance in formulating and carrying out 
rural environmental practices: Provided further. That no part of any 
funds available to the Department, or any bureau, office, corporation, 
or other agency constituting a part of such Department, shall be used 
in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses 
of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled 
"An Act to prevent pernicious political activities", approved 
August 2, 1989, as amended, or who has been found in accordance 53 Stat. 1147. 
with the provisions of title 18 U.S.C. 1913, to have violated or 
attempted to violate such section which prohibits the use of Federal 
appropriations for the pajrment of personal services or other expenses 
designed to influence in any manner a Member of Congress to favor 
or oppose any legislation or appropriation by Congress except upon 
request of £uiy Member or through the proper official channels. 
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out the 
program of forestry incentives, as authorized in the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical 
assistance and related expenses, $12,500,000, to remain available 
until expended, as authorized by that Act. 
WATER BANK PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301-1311), $8,800,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized 
in sections 401,402, and 404 of title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act 
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201-2205), $8,800,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2204. 
TITLE III—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch Act Funds, transfer. 
(42 U.S.C. 1751-1761, and 1766), and the applicable provisions other 
than section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773-1785, 
95 STAT. 1484 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
42 use 1772. 
42 use 1755. 
42 use 1776a. 
42 use 1776. 
42 use 1751 
note, 1771 note. 
42 use 1776b. 
42 use 1776. 
42 use 1761. 
and 1788); $2,846,838,000, of which $1,082,890,000 is hereby appropri-
ated, and $1,763,948,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,1935 (7 U.S.C.612c), 
including $80,000,000 for purchase and distribution of agricultural 
commodities and other foods pursuant to section 6 of the National 
School Lunch Act: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain 
available until September 30, 1983: Provided further, That only 
claims for reimbursement for meals served after September 1,1981, 
submitted to State agencies prior to January 1983, shall be eligible for 
reimbursement: Provided further, That funds appropriated for the 
purpose of section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall be 
allocated among the States but the distribution of such funds to an 
individual State is contingent upon that State's agreement to partici-
pate in studies and surveys of prc^ams authorized under the 
National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 when 
such studies and surveys have been directed by the Congress and 
requested by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further. That if 
the Secretaiy of Agriculture determines that a State's administration 
of any program under the National School Lunch Act or the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (other than section 17), or the regulations issued 
pursuant to these Acts, is seriously deficient, and the State fails to 
correct the deficiency within a specified period of time, the Secretary 
may withhold from tiie State some or all of the funds allocated to the 
State under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and under 
section 13(kXl) of the National School Lunch Act; upon a subsequent 
determination by the Secretary that the programs are operated in 
an acceptable manner some or all of the funds withheld may be 
allocated. 
SPECIAL MILK PKOGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special milk program, as 
authorized by section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1772), $28,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 1983: 
Provided, That only claims for reimbursement for milk served during 
fiscal year 1982 submitted to State agencies prior to January 1,1983, 
shall be eligible for reimbursement. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAMS (WIQ 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental food 
program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1 9 ^ (42 U.S.C 1786), and the commodity supplemental food program 
as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and (Donsumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), $973,000,000, of which 
not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for the pilot supplemental 
food program when authorized by law: Provided, That funds provided 
herein shall remain available imtil September 30,1983. 
7 use 2027. 
31 use 665. 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 
2011-2028), $10,001,384,000 for the period October 1, 1981, through 
August 15, 1982: Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain 
available until September 30,1982, in accordance with section 18(a) of 
the Food Stamp Act: Provided further. That up to 5 per centum of the 
foregoing amount may be placed in reserve to be apportioned pursu-
ant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, for use only 
in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
95 STAT. 1485 
out program operations: Provided further. That funds provided 
herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food 
Stamp Act: Provided further. That this appropriation shall be subject '^ USC 2025. 
to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 
required by law: Provided further. That not less than $65,000,000 of 
the amount provided herein shall be used for work registration and 
job search activities. 
For an additional amount to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 
2011-2028), $292,000,000, for the period October 1, 1981, through 
August 15, 1982, should it become necessary after the Secretary has 
employed the regulatory and administrative methods available to 
him under the law to curtail fraud, waste and abuse in the program: 
Provided, That funds provided herein shall remain available until 
September 30, 1982: Provided further. That this appropriation shall 
be subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as may 
be required by law. 
FOOD 
DONATIONS 
PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), 
$48,220,000. 
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Domestic Food Pro-
grams funded under this Act, $86,461,000; of which $5,000,000 shall be 
available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, 
tightening regulations, improving food stamp coupon handling, and 
assistance in the prevention, identification and prosecution of fraud 
and other violations of law: 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 
$150,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
TITLE IV—INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, includ-
ing 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 activities of the 
Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including 
not to exceed $100,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
1766), $67,694,000: Provided, That not less than $255,000 of the funds 
contained in this appropriation shall be available to obtain statistics 
and related facts on foreign production and full and complete 
information on methods used by other countries to move farm 
commodities in world trade on a competitive basis. 
G E N E R A L SALES MANAGER 
(ALLOTMENT FROM COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION) 
Not to exceed $5,436,000 may be transferred from the Commodity Funds, transfer. 
Credit Corporation funds to support the General Sales Manager who 15 use 7i3a-io. 
shall work to expand and strengthen sales of U.S. commodities 
(including those of the Corporation) in world markets pursuant to 
95 STAT. 1486 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
existing authority (including that contained in the Corporation's 
charter), and that such funds shall be used by the General Sales 
Manager to carry out the above activities. The General Sales Man-
ager shall report directly to the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
of which the Secretary of Agriculture is a member. The General Sales 
Manager shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available informa-
tion on developments related to private sales, as well as those funded 
by the Corporation, including grade and quality as sold and as 
delivered, including information relating to the effectiveness of 
greater reliance by the General Sales Manager upon loan guarantees 
as contrasted to direct loans for financing commercial export sales of 
agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit terms, as 
provided in title I and II of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, Public 
Report to 
Law 95-501, and shall submit quarterly reports to the appropriate 
congressional 
committees of Congress concerning such developments. 
committees. 
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1686. 
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of International Cooperation 
and Development to coordinate, plan and direct activities involving 
international development, technical assistance and training, inter-
national scientific and technical cooperation in the Department of 
Agriculture, $3,627,000, including those authorized by the Food and 
Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291), and the Office 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 agricul-
tural food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the 
foreign assistance programs of the International Development Coop-
eration Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392). 
PUBLIC LAW 480 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise recover-
able, 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) financing the sale of agricultural commod-
ities for convertible foreign currencies and for dollars on credit terms 
![ use 1701, 
pursuant to titles I and III of said Act, not more than $858,932,000, of 
which $381,032,000 is hereby appropriated and the balance derived 
from proceeds from sales of foreign currencies and dollar loan 
repayments, repayments on long-term credit sales and carryover 
balances; and (2) commodities supplied in connection with disposi-
7 use 1721. 
tions abroad, pursuant to title II of said Act, not more than 
$722,496,000, of which $722,496,000 is hereby appropriated and the 
balance to be derived from (Commodity Credit Corporation funds and 
from carryover balances: Provided, That not to exceed 10 percent of 
the funds made available to carry out any title of this paragraph may 
be used to carry out any other title of this paragraph. 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
95 STAT. 1487 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, of 
the Food and 
Drug Administration; for pajrment of salaries and expenses for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for GS-18; for 
rental of special purpose space in the District of Columbia or 
elsewhere; $332,032,000. 
CoBdMODiry FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commod-
ity 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 else-
where; and not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$19,924,000 to be available as authorized by law: Provided, That not to 
exceed $700 shall be available for official reception and representa-
tion expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $16,113,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit agencies) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses including the hire of one passenger motor 
vehicle. 
TITLE VI-GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Consulting 
contracts. 
Passenger motor 
vehicles. 
SEC. 601. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 602. Within the imit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations 
and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for the 
fiscal year 1982 under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in 
addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed seven 
hundred forty (740) passenger motor vehicles of which six hundred 
and eighty-five (685) shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of 
such vehicles. 
SEC. 603. Funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture shall be Uniforms. 
available for uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
SEC. 604. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the 7 use I623a. 
Department of Agriculture for research and service work authorized 
by the Acts of 
August 14,1946, July 28,1954, and September 6,1958 (7 
U.S.C. 427, 1621-1629; 42 U.S.C. 1891-1893), shaU be available for 
contracting in accordance with said Acts. 
SEC. 605. No part of the funds contained in this Act may be used to Marihuana. 
make production or other payments to a person, persons, or corpora-
tions who harvest or knowingly permit to be harvested for illegal use. 
95 STAT. 1488 
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Working capital 
fund. 
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note. 
7 use 1762. 
Part-time and 
intermittent 
assistance. 
marihuana, or other such prohibited drug-producing plants on any 
part of lands owned or controlled by such persons or corporations. 
SEC. 606. Advances of money from any appropriation for the 
Department of Agriculture may be made by authority of the Secre-
tary of 
Agriculture to chiefs of 
field 
parties. 
SEC. 607. 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 $1,500,000: 
Provided, That no funds appropriated to an agency of the Depart-
ment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 
approval of 
the agency administrator. 
SEC. 608. New obligational authority provided for the following 
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until 
expended: Scientific Activities Overseas (Special Foreign Currency 
Program); Public Law 480; Mutual and Self-Help Housing; Rural 
Housing for Domestic Farm Labor; Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations; Resource Conservation and Development; and Agricul-
tural Stabilization and Conservation Service Salaries and Expenses 
funds made available to county committees. 
SEC. 609. 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. 610. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to 
the Department of Agriculture shall be available to provide appropri-
ate orientation and language training pursuant to Public Law 94-449. 
SEC. 611. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees of 
the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, including employees 
of the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation County Commit-
tees, may be utilized to provide part-time and intermittent assistance 
to other agencies of the Department, without reimbursement, during 
periods when they are not otherwise fully utilized, and ceilings on 
full-time equivalent staff years established for or by the Department 
of Agriculture shall exclude overtime as well as st£uf years expended 
as a result of carr5ring out programs associated with natural disas-
ters, such as forest fires, drought, floods, and other acts of God: 
Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
appropriations under this Act for the following agencies or activities 
shall not exceed: 
Governmental and Public Affairs 
$8,628,000 
Agricultural Research Service: 
Salaries and Expenses 
432,410,000 
Scientific Activities Overseas (Special Foreign eurrency Pro-
gram) 
eooperative State Research Service: 
Hatch Act payments 
141,109,000 
Animal Health and Disease programs 
5,760,000 
Special grants 
21,899,000 
Competitive grants 
16,320,000 
Extension Service: 
Smith-Lever payments 
219,376,000 
Renewable Resources 
2,000,000 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: 
Salaries and Expenses 
277,382,000 
Food Safety and Inspection Service 
323,250,000 
Ekionomic Research Service 
39,360,000 
Statistical Reporting Service 
51,636,000 
Agricultural Stabilization and eonservation Service: 
Salaries and Expenses (Transfer from Commodity Credit 
Corporation) 
(309,000,000) 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation: 
Administrative and Operating Expenses 
117,600,000 
PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
95 STAT. 1489 
Farmers Home Administration: 
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Reimbursement 
$707,967,000 
Rural Development Insurance Fund Reimbursement 
180,040,000 
Salaries and Expenses 
276,418,000 
Soil Conservation Service: 
Conservation Operations 
310,809,000 
Special Supplemental Food Programs (WIC) 
934,080,000 
Public Law 480 
1,000,000,000 
Titles I and III 
(325,127,000) 
Title II 
(674,873,000) 
Food and Drug Administration: 
Salaries and Expenses 
328,032,000 
Provided further. That, where applicable, the reductions made by this 
provision shall be applied proportionally to each appropriation ac-
count and activity, unless justified in writing and concurred in by the 
House and Senate Appropriations Committees. 
SEC. 612. Funds provided by this Act for personnel compensation 
and benefits shall be available for obligation for that purpose only. 
SEC. 613. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office of 
Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), pursuant to 
any obligation for services by contract, unless such executive agency 
has awarded and entered into such contract EIS provided by law. 
SEC. 614. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be available to implement, administer, or 
enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to a 
resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with the appli-
cable law of the United States. 
SEC. 615. Certificates of beneficial ownership sold by the Farmers 
Home Administration in connection with the Agricultural Credit 
Insurance Fund, Rural Housing Insurance Fund, and the Rural 
Development Insurance Fund shall be not less than 75 per centum of 
the value of the loans closed during the fiscal vear. 
SEC. 616. 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 per centum 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 
Disapproved 
regulations. 
Beneficial 
ownership 
certificates. 
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PUBLIC LAW 97-103—DEC. 23, 1981 
indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when 
such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all agencies for 
which appropriations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 617. None of 
the funds in this Act shall be used to carry out any 
activity related to phasing out the Resource Conservation and Devel-
opment Program. 
SEC. 618. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to prevent or 
interfere with the right and obligation of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to sell surplus agricultural commodities in world trade 
at competitive prices as authorized by law. 
Waterahed 
SEC. 619. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, watershed 
?ft°T^rfiAni 
projects under Public Law 83-566 are hereby exempted from the 
note 
requirements of 
Executive Orders 12113 and 12141. 
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oEC. 620. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, commod-
note. 
ities acquired by the Department in connection with Commodity 
7 use 612c note. Credit Corporation and section 32 price support operations 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 deter-
mined by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
Approved December 23, 1981. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4119: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 97-172 (Oomm. on Appropriations) and No. 97-313 (eomm. of 
SENATE REPORT No. 97-248 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 127 (1981): 
July 27, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 29, 30, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Dec. 15, House and Senate agreed to conference report.