Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992
PL 102-142 (H.R.2698), enacted 10/28/1991

105 STAT. 878 
PUBLIC LAW 102-142—OCT. 28, 1991 
Public Law 102-142 
102d Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 28, 1991 
[H.R. 2698] 
Agriculture, 
Rural 
Development, 
Food and Drug 
Administration, 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 1992. 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1992, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1992, 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 Agri-
culture, and not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $2,282,000: Provided, 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: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary may transfer salaries and expenses funds 
sufficient to finance a total of not to exceed 50 staff years between 
agencies of the Department of Agriculture to meet workload 
requirements. 
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Deputy Secretary of 
Agriculture, including not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $543,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000 of this 
amount shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Deputy 
Secretary. 
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, $6,149,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Administration to carry out the programs funded in this Act, 
$596,000. 
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RENTAL PAYMENTS (USDA) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For pa3nnent of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Department of Agri-
culture which are included in this Act, $51,203,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be retained by the Department of Agriculture for 
non-recurring repairs as determined by the Department of Agri-
culture: Provided, That in the event an agency within the Depart-
ment of Agriculture should require modification of space needs, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency's 
appropriation made available by this Act to this appropriation, or 
may transfer a share of this appropriation to that agency's appro-
priation, but such transfers shall not exceed 10 per centum of the 
funds made available for space rental and related costs to or from 
this account. 
BUILDING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For the operation, maintenance, and repair of Agriculture build-
ings pursuant to the delegation of authority from the Administrator 
of General Services authorized by 40 U.S.C. 486, $25,700,000. 
ADVISORY COMMITTEES (USDA) 
For necessary expenses for activities of advisory committees of the 
Department of Agriculture which are included in this Act, 
$2,038,000: Provided, That no other funds appropriated to the 
Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to the 
Department of Agriculture for support of activities of advisory 
committees. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the requirement of section 107g of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607g, and section 6001 of the Resource Con-
servation 
and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961, 
$26,350,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department of 
Agriculture for hazardous waste management may be transferred to 
any agency of the Department for its use in meeting all require-
ments pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Personnel, Finance and Management, Operations, Informa-
tion Resources Management, Advocacy and Enterprise, 
and 
Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Officer, $25,014,000; and in 
addition, for payment of the USDA share of the National Commu-
nications System, $50,000; making a total of $25,064,000 for Depart-
mental Administration to provide for necessary expenses for 
management support services to offices of the Department of Agri-
culture and for general administration and emergency preparedness 
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of the Department of Agriculture, repairs and alterations, and other 
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and 
necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department of 
Agriculture, including employment pursuemt 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 ap-
plicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to 
the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded in this 
Act, $1,307,000. 
OFFICE OF PUBUC AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the co-
ordination of programs involving public affairs, and for the dissemi-
nation of agricultural information and the coordination of informa-
tion, work and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, 
$8,925,000, including emplo3nnent 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 emplojnnent under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers' 
bulletins and not fewer 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 exhib-
its 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). 
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS 
For necessary expenses for programs involving intergovernmental 
affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $468,000. 
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, $62,786,000, including such sums 
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with 
public agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(8) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended, and including a sum not 
to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including 
a sum not to exceed $95,000 for certain confidential operational 
expenses including the pajonent of informants, to be expended 
under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 
95-452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97-98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$24,554,000. 
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105 STAT. 881 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ECONOMICS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Economics to carry out the programs funded in this Act, $580,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and service relating to agricultural 
production, marketing, and distribution, as authorized by the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, 
including economics of marketing; analyses relating to farm prices, 
income and population, and demand for farm products, use of 
resources in agriculture, adjustments, costs and returns in farming, 
and farm finance; research relating to the economic and marketing 
aspects of farmer cooperatives; and for analysis of supply and 
demand for farm products in foreign countries and their effect on 
prospects for United States exports, progress in economic develop-
ment and its relation to sales of farm products, assembly and 
analysis of agricultural trade statistics and analysis of international 
financial and monetary programs and policies as they affect the 
competitive position of United States farm products, $58,720,000; of 
which $500,000 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 this appropriation shall be available to continue to gather 
statistics and conduct a special study on the price spread between 
the farmer and the consumer: Provided further. That this appropria-
tion shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225): 
Provided further. That this appropriation shall be available for 
analysis of statistics and related facts on foreign production and full 
and complete information on methods used by other countries to 
move farm commodities in world trade on a competitive basis. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, includ-
ing crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and 
improvements, and marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, 
$82,601,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall 
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
WORLD AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK BOARD 
For necessary expenses of the World Agricultural Outlook Board 
to coordinate and review all commodity and aggregate agricultural 
and food data used to develop outlook and situation material within 
the Department of Agriculture, as authorized by the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $2,367,000: Provided, That 
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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 ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION 
For necessgiry salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Science and Education to administer the laws enacted 
by the Congress for the Agricultural Research Service, Cooperative 
State Research Service, Extension Service, and National Agricul-
tural Library, $560,000. 
ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative Agricultural 
Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901-5908), 
$4,500,000. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research Serv-
ice to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to 
production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise 
provided for), home economics or nutrition and consumer use, and 
for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or purchase at a 
nominal cost not to exceed $100, $658,379,000: Provided, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available for temporary 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 national and international conferences, if such 
conferences are in support of agency programs: Provided 
further, 
7 use 2254. 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one 
for replacement only: Provided further. That appropriations here-
under shall be available to conduct marketing research: Provided 
7 use 2254. 
further. That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 
to 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 $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 im-
proved at a cost not to exceed $500,000 each, and the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per 
centum of the current replacement value of the building or $250,000, 
whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations on 
alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization or 
replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided 
further. That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replace-
ment 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 or the construction of facilities as 
may be necessary for the relocation of the United States Horti-
cultural Crops Research Laboratory at Fresno to Parlier, California, 
and the relocation of the laboratories at Behoust, France and Rome, 
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105 STAT. 883 
Italy to Montpelier, France, including the sale or exchange at fair 
market value of existing land and facilities at Fresno, California and 
Behoust, France; and the use of proceeds from the sale, which shall 
be deposited in a trust fund in the United States Treasury and 
which shall remain available until expended, for acquisition of real 
property and equipment, for construction of replacement facilities, 
and for relocation costs; and the Agricultural Research Service may 
lease such existing land and facilities from the purchasers until 
completion of the replacement facilities; and the foregoing limita-
tions shall not apply to the purchase of land at Weslaco, Texas: 
Provided further. That not to exceed $190,000 of this appropriation 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education for the 
scientific review of international issues involving agricultural 
chemicals and food additives: Provided further, That funds may be 
received from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or 
individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any research 
facility or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, as 
authorized by law. 
Special fund: To provide for additional labor, subprofessional, and 
junior scientific help to be employed under contracts and coopera-
tive agreements to strengthen the work at Federal research installa-
tions in the field, $2,500,000. 
BUILDINGS AND FACIUTIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, 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, 
$50,564,000: Provided, That facilities to house Bonsai collections at 22 USC191 note, 
the National Arboretum may be constructed with funds accepted 
under the provisions of Public Law 94-129 (20 U.S.C. 195) and the 
limitation on construction contained in the Act of August 24, 1912 
(40 U.S.C. 68) shall not apply to the construction of such facilities. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative 
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, 
including $168,785,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the 
Hatch Act approved March 2, 1887, as amended, including adminis-
tration by the United States Department of Agriculture, penalty 
mail costs of agricultural experiment stations under section 6 of the 
Hatch Act of 1887, as amended, and payments under section 1361(c) 
of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $18,533,000 for grants 
for cooperative forestry research under the Act approved October 
10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a-582-a7), as amended, including administra-
tive expenses, and payments under section 1361(c) of the Act of 
October 3,1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.); $27,400,000 for payments to the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, for research 
under section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222), as amended, 
including administration by the United States Department of Agri-
culture, and penalty mail costs of the 1890 land-grant colleges, 
including Tuskegee University; $73,979,000 for contracts and grants 
for agricultural research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as 
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amended (7 U.S.C. 450i); $97,500,000, of which $25,000,000 shall not 
be available for obligation until September 20, 1992, for competitive 
research grants, including administrative expenses; $5,551,000 for 
the support of animal health and disesise programs authorized by 
section 1433 of Public Law 95-113, including administrative ex-
penses; $1,168,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and prod-
ucts as authorized by the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $400,000 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 Agri-
culture Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available 
until expended; $475,000 for rangeland research grants as au-
thorized by subtitle M of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended; $3,500,000 for 
higher education 
graduate 
fellowships 
grants under 
section 
1417(b)(6) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), includ-
ing administrative expenses; $1,500,000 for higher education chal-
lenge grants under section 1417(b)(1) of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), including administrative expenses; $4,000,000 
for grants as authorized by section 1475 of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 and other 
Acts; $6,725,000 for sustainable agriculture research and education, 
as authorized by section 1621 of Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 5811), 
including administrative expenses; $400,000 for State agricultural 
weather information systems pursuant to section 1640 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5854), 
and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3318); and $20,795,000 for necessary expenses of Cooperative State 
Research Service activities, including coordination and program 
leadership for higher education work of the Department, adminis-
tration 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), of which $8,580,000 shall be 
for a program of capacity building grants to colleges eligible to 
receive funds under the Act of August 30,1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 
328), including Tuskegee University, of which not to exceed $100,000 
shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, $430,711,000. 
BUILDINGS AND FACIUTIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, 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, extension and 
teaching programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not 
otherwise provided, $75,270,000. 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
Payments to States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Mi-
cronesia, Northern Marianas and American Samoa: For payments 
for cooperative agricultural extension work under the Smith-Lever 
Act, as amended, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said 
Act, for retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension 
agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents 
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105 STAT. 885 
and State extension directors, $262,712,000; payments for the nutri-
tion and family education program for low-income areas under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $60,525,000; payments for the urban garden-
ing program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,557,000; pajonents for 
the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$8,200,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) 
of the Act, $2,470,000; payments for the pesticide impact assessment 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,405,000; grants to upgrade 
1890 land-grant college extension facilities as authorized by section 
1416 of Public Law 99-198, $9,508,000, to remain available until 
expended; payments for the rural development centers under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $950,000; payments for extension work under 
section 209(c) of Public Law 93-471, $1,010,000; payments for a 
groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$11,375,000; for special grants for financially stressed farmers and 
dislocated farmers as authorized by Public Law 100-219, $2,550,000; 
payments for the Agricultural Telecommunications Program, as 
authorized by Public Law 100-624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $1,221,000; pay-
ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$10,000,000; payments for a food safety program under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $1,500,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 
Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 under section 3(d) of the 
Act, $2,765,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $1,500,000; and payments for extension work by 
the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 
321-326, 328) and Tuskegee University, $24,730,000; in all, 
$407,978,000, of which not less than $79,400,000 is for Home Eco-
nomics: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to sec-
tion 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, 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. 
Federal administration and coordination: For administration of 
the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act of September 29,1977 
(7 U.S.C. 341-349), as amended, and section 1361(c) of the Act of 
October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n.), and to coordinate and provide 
program leadership for the extension work of the Department and 
the several States and insular possessions, $11,347,000, of which not 
less than $2,300,000 is for Home Economics. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Library, 
$17,715,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $35,000 shall 
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $900,000 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 
2250 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements: 
Provided further. That $462,000 shall be available for a grant pursu-
ant to section 1472 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3818), in addition to 
other funds available in this appropriation for grants under this 
section. 
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
INSPECTION SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services to administer pro-
grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service, Food Safety and Inspection Serv-
ice, Federal Grain Inspection Service, Agricultural Cooperative 
Service, Agricultural Marketing Service and Packers and Stock-
yards Administration, $550,000. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursu-
ant to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), 
necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and 
animal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory 
activities; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agri-
culture 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, 
$430,939,000, of which $85,922,000 shall be derived from user fees 
deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Ac-
count, and of which $5,000,000 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 $500,000 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 to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 
program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
matching by the States of at least 40 per centum: Provided further. 
That this appropriation shall be available for field 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 $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 
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be for replacement only: Provided further. That, in addition, in 
emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural produc-
tion 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 avail-
able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of 
contagious or infectious disease 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 transferred for 
such emergency purposes in the next preceding fiscal year shall be 
merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further. That none 
of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any user 
fee program for agricultural quarantine and inspection to prevent 
the movement of exotic pests and diseases from Hawaii and Puerto 
Rico as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701. 
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105 STAT. 887 
BUILDINGS AND FACIUTIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, 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, 
$21,396,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry on services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, and the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act, as amended, $473,512,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for field employment pursuant to section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and no{ to exceed 
$75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available pursu-
ant 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 per centum of the current 
replacement value of the building. 
FEDERAL GRAIN INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United 
States Grain Standards Act, as amended, and the standardization 
activities related to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946, £is amended, 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, $11,397,000: 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, or who authorize payments from 
fee-supported funds to any person or persons who require nonexpert, 
nonterminal interior elevators to maintain records not involving 
official inspection or 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 INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $40,176,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for Inspection and Weighing Services: 
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional super-
vision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this 
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 per centum with notification 
to the Appropriations Committees. 
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Cooperative Marketing 
Act of July 2, 1926 (7 U.S.C. 451-457), and for activities relating to 
the marketing aspects of cooperatives, including economic research 
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and analysis and the application of economic research findings, as 
authorized 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), $5,640,000: Provided, That 
this appropriation shall be available for emplo3rment 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 employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That $99,000 of these 
funds shall be available for a field office in Hawaii. 
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 emplo3nnent under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $56,636,000; of which not less than $2,313,000 shall be available 
for the Wholesale Market Development Program for the design and 
development of wholesale 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, 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 $50,735,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided, 
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events 
occur, the Agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 per centum 
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 $10,360,000 for formula-
tion 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 years 1992 and 1993, section 32 funds shall be used to 
promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports to the full extent 
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. 
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105 STAT. 889 
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)), $1,250,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS TRUST FUNDS 
For expenses necessary to recapitalize Dairy Graders, $1,250,000, 
and to capitalize the Laboratory Accreditation Program, $600,000, 
making a total of $1,850,000, under the Agricultured Marketing Act 
ofl946(7U.S.C.1623). 
PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for administration of the Packers and 
Stockyards Act, as authorized by law, and for certifjdng procedures 
used to protect purchasers of farm products, including field employ-
ment 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, 
$12,009,000. 
FARM INCOME STABIUZATION 
OFFICE OP THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND 
COMMODITY PROGRAMS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs to 
administer the laws enacted by Congress for the Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation Service, Office of International Coopera-
tion and Development, Foreign Agricultural Service, and the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, $551,000. 
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation Service, including expenses to formulate 
and carry out programs authorized by title III of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1301-1393); the 
AgriculturEil Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.); sections 
7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
Allotment Act, as amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590g-590o, 
590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q); sections 1001 to 1004, 1006 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 1504, 1506 to 
1508, and 1510); the Water Bank Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
1301-1311); the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2101); sections 202(c) and 205 of title II of the Colorado River 
Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c), 
1595); sections 401, 402, and 404 to 406 of the Agricultural Credit Act 
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 to 2205); the United States Warehouse Act, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 241-273); and laws pertaining to the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, $720,451,000; of which $719,289,000 is hereby 
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appropriated, and $573,000 is transferred from the Public Law 480 
Program Account in this Act and $589,000 is transferred from the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account in this Act: Pro-
vided, That other funds made available to the Agricultural Sta-
bilization and Conservation Service 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 $100,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That no part of the funds 
made available under this Act shall be used (1) to influence the vote 
in any referendum; (2) to influence agricultural legislation, except 
as permitted in 18 U.S.C. 1913; or (3) for salaries or other expenses of 
members of county and community committees established pursu-
ant 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: Provided further. That funds con-
tained herein shall be available for establishing and maintaining a 
National Appeals Division provided for under section 426 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949. 
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 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, $5,000: Provided, That none of the funds con-
tained 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, That this amount shall be 
transferred to the (Commodity Credit (Dorporation: Provided further. 
That the Secretary is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, 
and authorities of the Commodity Credit (Dorporation for the pur-
pose of making dairy indemnity disbursements. 
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 
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105 STAT. 891 
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: 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES 
For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by the 
Federal 
Crop Insurance Act, as amended 
(7 U.S.C. 1516), 
$322,870,000: Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 1506(i). 
FEDERAL 
CROP 
INSURANCE 
CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 50803) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act, as amended, $260,500,000. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
^ 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REAUZED LOSSES 
For fiscal year 1992, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse 
the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, 
but not previously reimbursed (estimated to be $9,000,000,000 in the 
President's fiscal year 1992 Budget Request (H. Doc. 102-3)), but not 
to exceed $8,450,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 
17,1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a-ll). 
Such funds are appropriated to reimburse the Corporation to 
restore losses incurred during prior fiscal years. Such losses for 
fiscal years 1990 and 1991 include $900,000,000 in connection with 
carrying out the Export Enhancement Program (EEP), $200,000,000 
in connection with carrying out the Market Promotion Program 
(MPP), formerly the Targeted Export Assistance Program (TEA), 
$300,000,000 in connection with carrying out the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Program, $445,773,000 in connection with domestic donations, 
$281,605,000 in connection with export donations, and $6,322,622,000 
in connection with carrying out the commodity programs. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Act, the re-
imbursement to the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, in fiscal year 1992 
shall not exceed $7,250,000,000. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
For fiscal year 1992, CCC shall not expend more than $3,000,000 
for expenses to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabil-
ity 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 mainte-
nance costs only and that other hazardous waste management costs 
shall be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management 
appropriation. 
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GENERAL SALES MANAGER 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Sales Man-
ager, $9,071,000, of which $5,098,000 may be transferred from 
Commodity Credit Corporation funds, $2,731,000 may be transferred 
from the Commodity Credit Corporation Program Account in this 
Act and $1,242,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480 
Program Account in this Act. Of these funds, up to $4,000,000 shall 
be available only for the purpose of selling surplus agricultural 
commodities from Commodity Credit Corporation inventory in world 
trade at competitive prices for the purpose of regaining and retain-
Reports. 
ing our normal share of world markets. The General Sales Manager 
shall report directly to the Secretary of Agriculture. The General 
Sales Manager shall obtain, assimilate, and analyze all available 
information 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 guaran-
tees as contrasted to direct loans for financing commercial export 
sales of agricultural commodities out of private stocks on credit 
terms, as provided in titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade Act of 
1978, Public Law 95-501, and shall submit quarterly reports to the 
appropriate committees of Congress concerning such developments. 
TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OP THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND 
ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer the 
laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the Soil 
Conservation Service, $563,000. 
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 
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 nec-
essary 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; dissemination 
of information; acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or pur-
cheise at a nominal cost not to exceed $100; purchase and erection or 
alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary buildings; 
and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $564,129,000, of which 
not less than $5,713,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting 
and not less than $8,064,000 is for operation and establishment of 
the plant materials centers: Provided, 
That of the foregoing 
amounts not less than $400,000,000 is for personnel compensation 
16USC590e-l. 
and benefits: Provided further, 
That except for $2,399,000 for 
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105 STAT. 893 
improvements of the plant materials centers, the cost of any perma-
nent building purchgised, erected, or as improved, exclusive of the 
cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and connect-
ing the same to any such building and with the exception of 
buildings acquired in conjunction with land being purcheised for 
other purposes, shall not exceed $10,000, except for one building to 
be constructed at a cost not to exceed $100,000 and eight buildings to 
be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $50,000 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 $2,000 per building: 
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 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 emplojonent 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 emplo5anent 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers 16 USC 590e-2. 
may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the 
technical planning work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e-2). 
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to construct buildings 
and related facilities on federally owned land in Skagit County, 
Washington, for plant materials purposes: Provided, That the total 
amount of expenditures for the buildings and facilities on the site 
shall be derived from, and shall not exceed, the amount of money 
received from the exchange of lands in Skagit County, and Bel-
lingham, Washington. 
RIVER BASIN SURVEYS AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and 
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, in accordance 
with section 6 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006-1009), 
$13,251,000: 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 $60,000 shall 
be available for emplo)niient 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), $9,545,000: Pro-
vided, 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 $50,000 shall be available 
for employment 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, rehabilitation of existing 
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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 provisions 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, 
$205,266,000 (of which $36,091,000 shall be available for the water-
sheds authorized under the Flood Control Act approved June 22. 
1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as amended and supple-
mented): 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 $20,028,000 
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 $4,000,000 in loans may be 
insured, or made to be sold and insured, under the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Administration (7 
U.S.C. 1931): Provided further. That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this 
appropriation is available to carry out the purposes of the Endan-
gered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), as amended, includ-
ing 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. 
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 of the Agriculture and Food Act of 
1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $32,516,000: Provided, That $600,000 in 
loans may be insured, or made to be sold and insured, under the 
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund of the Farmers Home Adminis-
tration (7 U.S.C. 1931): 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 $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)), $25,271,000, to 
remain available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590p(b)(7)). 
AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION SERVICE 
AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program au-
thorized in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conserva-
tion and Domestic Allotment Act approved February 29, 1936, as 
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105 STAT. 895 
amended and supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590g-590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), 
and 590q), and sections 1001-1004, 1006-1008, and 1010 of the Agri-
cultural 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, $194,435,000, to remain 
available until expended (16 U.S.C. 590o), for agreements, excluding 
administration but including technical assistance and related ex-
penses (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 gigreement, in which case the total 
payment shall not exceed the annual payment 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 authorized 
by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, 
as determined and recommended by the county committees, ap-
proved by the State committees and the Secretary, under programs 
provided for herein: Provided further. That such assistance will not 
be used for carrying out measures and practices that are primarily 
production-oriented or that have little or no conservation or pollu-
tion abatement benefits: Provided further, That not to exceed 5 per 
centum 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 Soil 
Conservation Service for services of its technicians in formulating 
and carrjdng out the Agricultural Conservation Program in the 
participating counties, and shall not be utilized by the Soil Con-
servation 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 pro-
gram $2,500,000 shall be available for technical assistance in formu-
lating 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, 1939, as amended, or who 
has been found in accordance 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 payment of 
personal services or other expenses designed to influence in any 
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manner a Member of Congress to favor or oppose any legislation or 
appropriation by Congress except upon request of any Member or 
through the proper official channels: Provided further. That not to 
exceed $6,750,000 of the amount appropriated shall be used for 
water quality payments and practices in the same manner as per-
mitted under the program for water quality authorized in chapter 2 
of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3838 et seq.). 
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, $12,446,000, 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), $18,620,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program au-
thorized in sections 401, 402, and 404 of title IV of the Agricultural 
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201-2205), $6,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2204. 
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, $14,783,000, to be used for 
investigations and surveys, for technical assistance in developing 
conservation practices and in the preparation of salinity control 
plans, for the establishment of on-farm irrigation management 
systems, including related lateral improvement measures, for 
making cost-share pa3anents to agricultural landowners and opera-
tors, Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local govern-
mental and nongovernmental entities, and other landowners to aid 
them in carrying out approved conservation practices as determined 
and recommended by the county ASC committees, approved by the 
State ASC committees and the Secretary, and for associated costs of 
program planning, information and education, and program mon-
itoring and evaluation: Provided, That the Soil Conservation Service 
shall provide technical assistance and the Agricultural Stabilization 
and Conservation Service shall provide administrative services for 
the program, including but not limited to, the negotiation and 
administration of agreements and the disbursement of payments: 
Provided further. That such program shall be coordinated with the 
regular Agricultural Conservation Program and with research pro-
grams of other agencies. 
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105 STAT. 897 
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), $1,611,277,000, 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 pa5rments provided in such contracts, and for technical assist-
ance: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used to 
enter into new contracts that are in excess of the prevailing local 
rental rates for an acre of comparable land. 
WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM 
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), $46,357,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able by this Act shall be used to enter in excess of 50,000 acres in 
fiscal year 1992 into the Wetltuids Reserve Program provided for 
herein: Provided further. That the Secretary is authorized to use the 
services, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for the purpose of carrying out the Wetlands Reserve Program. 
TITLE III—FARMERS HOME AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR SMALL COMMUNITY AND 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development to admin-
ister programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 
Farmers Home Administration, Rural Electrification Administra-
tion, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, and rural development 
activities of the Department of Agriculture, $572,000. 
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
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: $1,624,500,000 for loans to section 502 
borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which $329,500,000 
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $11,330,000 for section 
504 housing repair loans; $16,300,000 for section 514 farm labor 
housing; $573,900,000 for section 515 rental housing; $600,000 for 
site loans; and $250,000,000 for credit sales of acquired property: 
Provided, That up to $35,000,000 of these funds shall be made 
available for section 502(g), Deferral Mortgage Demonstration. 
For an amount, for the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the 
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of modif3dng 
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans, as follows: low-income housing 
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section 502 loans, $287,591,000, of which $3,723,000 shall be for 
guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $4,999,000; sec-
tion 514 farm labor housing, $9,002,000; section 515 rental housing, 
$248,499,000; credit sales of acquired property, $36,725,000; and site 
loans, $9,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $427,111,000. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursu-
ant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) of the Housing Act of 
1949, as amended, $319,900,000; 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 $11,800,000 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)(5XC) of the Act: Provided further, 
That of this amount not less than $128,158,000 is available for newly 
constructed units financed by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, 
as amended, and not more than $5,214,000 is for newly constructed 
units financed under sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 
1949: Provided further. That $174,728,000 is available for expiring 
agreements and for servicing of existing units without agreements: 
Provided further. That agreements entered into or renewed during 
fiscal year 1992 shall be funded for a five-year period, although the 
life of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts 
obligated: Provided further. That agreements entered into or re-
newed during fiscal years 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991 may also be 
extended beyond five years to fully utilize amounts obligated. 
SELF-HELP HOUSING LAND DEVELOPMENT FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For direct loans pursuant to section 523(b)(lXB) of the Housing 
Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $500,000. 
For an amount, for the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the 
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, of direct loans, $43,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $21,000. 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
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, $555,500,000, of which $488,750,000 
shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,832,140,000, of 
which $1,800,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
$182,140,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; $7,000,000 for 
water development, use, and conservation loans, of which $1,500,000 
shall be for guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as 
authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $1,000,000; for emergency insured and 
guaranteed loans, $600,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from 
natural disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property, 
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105 STAT. 899 
$200,000,000: Provided, That loan funds made available herein shall 
be completely allocated to the States and made available for obliga-
tion in the first two quarters of fiscal year 1992. 
For an amount, for the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the 
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying 
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans, as follows: Farm ownership 
loans, $39,786,000, of which $24,545,000 shall be for guaranteed 
loans; operating loans, $168,277,000, of which $22,455,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $15,350,000 shall be for sub-
sidized guaranteed loans; $499,000 for water development, use, and 
conservation loans, of which $43,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; 
Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, 
$253,000; for emergency insured and guaranteed loans, $55,000,000 
to meet the needs resulting from natural disasters; for watershed, 
flood and resource conservation loans, $2,000; and for credit sales of 
acquired property, $59,880,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $230,179,000. 
Hereafter, no funds in this Act or any other Act shall be available 7 USC 1929-1. 
to carry out loan programs under the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Fund at levels other than those provided for in advance in appro-
priations Acts. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 50203) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $3,750,000. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661-
664, as amended, to be available from funds in the Rural Develop-
ment Insurance Fund, as follows: water and sewer facility loans, 
$635,000,000, of which $35,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; 
community facility loans, $125,000,000, of which $25,000,000 shall be 
for guaranteed loans; and guaranteed industrial development loans, 
$100,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to make transfers between the above limita-
tions. 
For an amount, for the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the 
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying 
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans, as follows: water and sewer 
facility loans, $90,510,000, of which $630,000 shall be for guaranteed 
loans; community facility loans, $12,519,000, of which $508,000 shall 
be for guaranteed loans; and guaranteed industrial development 
loans, $5,870,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $52,286,000. 
RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
LOANS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct 
loans authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), $16,260,000: Provided, That these funds are available to 
subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of 
not to exceed $32,500,000. 
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan programs, $689,000. 
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), $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
pursuant to section 306(d) of the above Act: Provided, That these 
funds shall not be used for any purpose not specified in section 
306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. 
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, $12,500,000, 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), $11,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(bXlXA) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $8,750,000. 
SUPERVISORY AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
' 
For grants pursuant to sections 509(gX6) and 525 of the Housing 
Act of 1949, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry 
Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-313), $3,500,000 to fund up to 
50 per centum 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, $500,000, 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), $23,000,000. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For grants authorized under section 310B(c) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to any qualified 
public or private nonprofit organization, $20,750,000: Provided, That 
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105 STAT. 901 
$500,000 shall be available for grants to qualified nonprofit organiza-
tions to provide technical assistance and training for rural commu-
nities needing improved passenger transportation systems or facili-
ties in order to promote economic development: Provided 
further, 
That $2,000,000 shall be available for grants to statewide private, 
nonprofit public television systems in predominantly rural States to 
provide information and services on rural economics and agri-
culture: Provided further. That, effective for fiscal year 1991 and 
thereafter, grants made pursuant to this appropriation shall not be 
subject to any dollar limitation unless such limitation is set forth in 
law. 
SOUD WASTE MANAGEMENT GRANTS 
For grants for pollution abatement and control projects au-
thorized under section SIOBO)) (7 U.S.C. 1932) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $3,000,000: Provided, That such 
assistance shall include regional technical assistance for improve-
ment of solid waste management, 
EMERGENCY COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For emergency community water assistance grants as authorized 
under section 306B (7 U.S.C. 1926b) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, $10,000,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Adminis-
trator of the Farmers Home Administration, $600,000: Provided, 
That no other funds in this Act shall be available for this Office. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
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. 
1921-2000), as amended; title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 1471-1490o); 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 III-A of 
the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452 approved 
August 20, 1964), as amended, and such other progrsims which the 
Farmers Home Administration has the responsibility for admin-
istering, $748,584,000; of which $38,298,000 is hereby appropriated, 
$427,lll,()00 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Housing 
Insurance Fund Program Account and merged with this account, 
$230,179,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund Program Account and merged with this 
account, $52,286,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural 
Development Insurance Fund Program Account and merged with 
this account, $21,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Self-Help 
Housing Land Development Fund Program Account in this Act and 
merged with this account, and $689,000 shall be derived by transfer 
from the Rural Development Loans Program Account and merged 
with this account: Provided, That not to exceed $500,000 of this 
appropriation may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
note. 
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Provided further, That not to exceed $3,985,000 of this appropriation 
shall be available for contracting with the National Rural Water 
Association or other equally qualified national organization for a 
circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water 
7 use 1981a 
systems: Provided further, That, in addition to any other authority 
that the Secretary may have to defer principal and interest and 
forego foreclosure, the Secretary may permit, at the request of the 
borrowers, the deferral of principal £ind interest on any outstanding 
loan made, insured, or held by the Secretary under this title, or 
under the provisions of any other law administered by the Farmers 
Home Administration, and may forego foreclosure of any such loan, 
for such period as the Secretary deems necessary upon a showing by 
the borrower that due to circumstances beyond the borrower's 
control, the borrower is temporarily unable to continue making 
payments of such principal and interest when due without unduly 
impairing the standard of living of the borrower. The Secretary may 
permit interest that accrues during the deferral period on any loan 
deferred under this section to bear no interest during or after such 
period: Provided, That, if the security instrument securing such loan 
is foreclosed, such interest as is included in the purchase price at 
such foreclosure shall become part of the principal and draw in-
terest from the date of foreclosure at the rate prescribed by law. 
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 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
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 $622,050,000 nor 
more than $933,075,000; and rural telephone loans, not less than 
$239,250,000 nor more than $311,025,000; to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act are in addition to these amounts but during fiscal year 1992 
total commitments to guarantee loans pursuant to section 306 shall 
be not less than $933,075,000 nor more than $2,100,615,000 of contin-
gent liability for total loan principal: Provided further. That loans 
may be modified in an amount not to exceed $493,700,000: Provided 
further. That as a condition of approval of insured electric loans 
during fiscal 1992, borrowers shall obtain concurrent supplemental 
financing in accordance with the applicable criteria and ratios in 
effect £is of July 15, 1982: Provided further. That no funds appro-
priated in this Act may be used to deny or reduce loans or loan 
advances based upon a borrower's level of general funds: Provided 
further. That no funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
implement any other criteria, ratio, or test to deny or reduce loans 
or loan advances. 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifjdng 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, 
$157,609,000, and cost of loans guaranteed pursuant to section 306, 
$14,152,000. 
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105 STAT. 903 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $29,163,000. 
Hereafter, no funds in this Act or any other Act shall be available 7 USC 931a. 
to carry out loan programs under the Rural Electrification and 
Telephone Revolving Fund at levels other than those provided for in 
advance in appropriations Acts. 
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 Government Corporation Control Act, as 
amended, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized pro-
grams for the current fiscal year. During fiscal year 1992 and within 
the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the 
principal amount of direct loans shall be not less than $177,045,000 
nor more than $210,540,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct 
loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 935), $3,629,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
loan programs, $8,632,000. 
DISTANCE LEARNING AND MEDICAL LINK PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry into effect the programs au-
thorized in sections 2331-2335 of Public Law 101-624, $5,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
RURAL 
ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
SUBACCOUNT 
For loans authorized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification 
Act, for the purpose of promoting rural economic development and 
job creation projects, $8,406,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, of direct loans, $2,546,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Adminis-
trator of the Rural Electrification Administration, $243,000: Pro-
vided, That no other funds in this Act shall be available for this 
Office. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 901-95003)), 
and to administer the loan and loan guarantee programs for 
Community Antenna Television facilities as authorized by the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921-1995), 
and for which commitments were made prior to fiscal year 1992, 
including not to exceed $7,000 for financial and credit reports, funds 
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of 
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the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $103,000 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,795,000; of which 
$29,163,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telephone Loans Program Account and $8,632,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the Rural Telephone Bank Program Ac-
count: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act may be used to 
authorize the transfer of additional funds to this account from the 
Rural Telephone Bank: Provided further. 
That not less than 
$500,000 nor more than $1,000,000 of this appropriation shall be 
expended to provide community and economic development tech-
nical assistance and programs to rural electric and telephone sys-
tems by Rural Electrification Administration employees who are 
located within REA and whose full-time responsibilities are to 
administer such community and economic development programs: 
Provided further. That none of the salaries and expenses provided to 
the Rural Electrification Administration, and none of the respon-
sibilities assigned by law to the Administrator of the Rural Elec-
trification Administration may be reassigned or transferred to any 
other agency or office. 
TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FOOD AND CONSUMER 
SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Food and Consumer Services to administer the laws 
enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition Service and the 
Human Nutrition Information Service, $542,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION 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 
sections 3 and 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1773-1785, and 1788-1789), $6,068,315,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 1993, of which $1,393,223,000 is hereby 
appropriated and $4,675,092,000 shall be derived by transfer from 
funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24. 1935 (7 
42 use 1776a. 
U.S.C. 612c): Provided, 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 participate in studies and 
surveys of programs 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 
42 use 1776b. 
Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further. That if the Secretary of 
Agriculture determines that a State's administration of any pro-
gram under the National School Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (other than section 17), or the regulations issued pursu-
ant 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 the State some or all of the funds allocated to the 
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105 STAT. 905 
State under section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 and under 
section 13(k)(l) 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: Provided further. That only final reimbursement claims Claims. 
for service of meals, supplements, and milk submitted to State 
agencies by eligible schools, summer camps, institutions, and service 
institutions within sixty days following the month for which the 
reimbursement is claimed shall be eligible for reimbursement from 
funds appropriated under this Act. States may receive program 
funds appropriated under this Act for meals, supplements, and milk 
served during any month only if the final program operations report 
for such month is submitted to the Department within ninety days 
following that month. Exceptions to these claims or reports submis-
sion requirements may be made at the discretion of the Secretary: 
Provided further, That up to $4,083,000 shall be available for 
independent verification of school food service claims: Provided 
further. That $1,322,000 shall be available to operate the Food 
Service Management Institute. 
SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM 
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), $23,011,000, to remain available through September 30, 1993. 
Only final reimbursement claims for milk submitted to State agen- Claims, 
cies within sixty days following the month for which the reimburse-
ment is claimed shall be eligible for reimbursement from funds 
appropriated under this Act, States may receive program funds 
appropriated under this Act only if the final program operations 
report for such month is submitted to the Department within ninety 
days following that month. Exceptions to these claims or reports 
submission requirements may be made at the discretion of the 
Secretary. 
j 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS AND 
CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental food 
program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $2,600,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 1993, of which up to $3,000,000 may be used to carry 
out the farmer's market coupon demonstration project. 
COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity supplemental 
food program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and 
Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including not 
less than $8,000,000 for the projects in Detroit, New Orleans, and 
Des Moines, $90,000,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall 
remain available through September 30, 1993: Provided 
further. 
That none of these funds shall be available to reimburse the 
Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the pro-
gram. 
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FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 
2011-2029), $23,362,975,000; of which $1,500,000,000 shall be avail-
able only to the extent an official budget request, for a specific 
dollar amount, is transmitted to the Congress: Provided, That funds 
provided herein shall remain available through September 30, 1992, 
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 pursuant 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 out program oper-
ations: Provided further. That funds provided herein shall be ex-
pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: 
Provided further. That this appropriation shall be subject to any 
work registration or work fare requirements as may be required by 
law: Provided further. That $345,000,000 of the funds provided 
herein shall be available only to the extent 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 further. That $1,013,000,000 of the foregoing 
amount shall be available for Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico 
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028; of which $10,825,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for the 
Cattle Tick Eradication Project. 
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture 
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), and section 311 of the 
Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a), 
$233,437,000. 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of the Hunger 
Prevention Act of 1988, $32,000,000. 
THE EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Emergency Food Assist-
ance Act of 1983, as amended, $45,000,000: Provided, That, in accord-
ance with section 202 of Public Law 98-92, these funds shall be 
available only if the Secretary determines the existence of excess 
commodities. 
For purchases of commodities to carry out the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $120,000,000. 
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food pro-
grams funded under this Act, $103,535,000; 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 pro-
secution 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. 
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105 STAT. 907 
2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for emplojrment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
HUMAN NUTRITION INFORMATION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to enable the Human Nutrition Informa-
tion Service to perform applied research and demonstrations relat-
ing to human nutrition and consumer use and economics of food 
utilization, and nutrition monitoring, $10,788,000: Provided, That 
this appropriation shall be available for emplojnnent pursuant to 
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
U.S.C. 2225). 
TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
J 
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 
activities of the Department in connection with foreign agricultural 
work, including not to exceed $125,000 for representation allowances 
£ind for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 
1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $110,023,000: Provided, That 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. 
AMERI FLORA '92 EXPOSITION 
To enable the Secretary to meet any extra expenses of participat-
ing in the planning, organizing and carrying out of the Ameri Flora 
'92 Exposition, the first internationsd horticulture and environment 
exposition to be held in the United States, $500,000 as authorized by 
section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(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) $511,619,000 for Public Law 480 
title I credit, including Food for Progress credit; (2) $52,185,000 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) $710,087,000 
is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in connection with 
dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said Act; and (4) 
$333,594,000 is hereby appropriated for commodities supplied in 
connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title III of said Act: 
Provided, That not to exceed 10 per centum of the funds made 
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available to carry out any title of said Act may be used to carry out 
any other title of said Act. 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, 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 modifying credit agreements under said Act, 
$388,319,000. 
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 funds appropriated for Public Law 
480 are utilized, $1,815,000. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
* 
SHORT-TERM EXPORT CREDIT 
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less 
than $5,000,000,000 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 21103X1) of the Agricul-
tural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641). 
INTERMEDIATE EXPORT CREDIT 
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less 
than $500,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export 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 21105)(2) of the Agricultural Trade 
Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641). 
EMERGING DEMOCRACIES EXPORT CREDIT 
The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less 
than $200,000,000 in credit guarantees under its Export Guarantee 
Program for credit expend^ to finance the export sales of United 
States agricultural commodities and the products thereof to emerg-
ing democracies, as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101-
624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 note). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost, as defined in section 13201 of the Budget Enforce-
ment Act of 1990, including the cost of modifying loans, of guaran-
teed loans authorized by the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as 
amended, such sums as necessary. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out CCC's Export 
Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, $3,320,000. 
OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of International Cooperation 
and Development to coordinate, plan, and direct activities involving 
international development, technical assistance and training, and 
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105 STAT. 909 
international scientific and technical cooperation in the Department 
of Agriculture, including those authorized by the Food and Agri-
culture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291), $7,247,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $3,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1766: Pro-
vided further. That in addition, funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture shall be available to assist an international organization 
in meeting the costs, including salaries, fringe benefits and other 
associated costs, related to the emplo3rment by the organization of 
Federal personnel that may transfer to the organization under the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581-3584, or of other well-qualified United 
States citizens, for the performance of activities that contribute to 
increased understanding of international agricultural issues, with 
transfer of funds for this purpose from one appropriation to another 
or to a single account authorized, such funds remaining available 
until expended: Provided further. That the Office may utilize ad-
vances 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 Co-
operation Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392). 
SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES OVERSEAS 
(FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For pa5rments in foreign currencies owed to or owned by the 
United States for research activities authorized by section 104(cX7) 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704(c)(7)), not to exceed $1,062,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $25,000 of these funds shall be available for 
payments in foreign currencies for expenses of emplojmient pursu-
ant 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. 
TITLE VI—RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire 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; 
$725,962,000, of which $188,858,000 shall be available only to the 
extent an official budget request, for a specific dollar amount, is 
transmitted to the Congress: Provided, 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: Provided further. That of the sums 
provided herein, not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available 
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until expended, and shall become available only to the extent 
necessary to meet unanticipated costs of emergency activities not 
provided for in budget estimates and after meiximum absorption of 
such costs within the remainder of the account has been achieved. 
21 use 348 note. 
Section 3 of the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act (21 U.S.C. 348 
nt.) is amended by striking out "May 1, 1992" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "May 1,1997". 
BUILDINGS AND FACIUTIES 
.-
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 provided, 
$8,350,000: Provided, That the Food and Drug Administration may 
accept donated land in Montgomery and/or Prince George's Coun-
ties, Maryland. 
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, $25,612,000: Pro-
vided, 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 appropriation, or 
a share of this appropriation may be transferred to the salaries and 
expenses appropriation, but such transfers shall not exceed 10 per 
centum of the funds made available for rental pajonents (FDA) to or 
from this account. 
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DEPARTMENT 
OF 
THE 
TREASURY 
PAYMENTS TO THE FARM CREDIT SYSTEM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
CORPORATION 
For necessary pajnments to the Farm Credit System Financial 
Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the Treasury, as au-
thorized 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 
1992, as authorized, $112,606,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed 
$2,175,000 of the assistance fund shall be available for administra-
tive expenses of the Farm Credit System Assistance Board: Provided 
12 u s e 2278a-3 
further. 
That officers and employees of the Farm Credit System 
not®- 
Assistance Board shall be hired, promoted, compensated, and dis-
charged in accordance with title 5, United States Code. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY 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 
elsewhere; and not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
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105 STAT. 911 
3109; $47,300,000, including not to exceed $700 for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
UMITATION ON REVOLVING FUND FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $40,290,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation) shall be available for administrative expenses as au-
thorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249, of which not to exceed $1,500 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. Hereafter, the expenditure of any appropriation for the 
Department of Agriculture for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to 
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 702. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations 
and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for the 
fiscal year 1992 under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in 
addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 442 
passenger motor vehicles, of which 439 shall be for replacement 
only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 703. Funds in this Act available to the Department of Agri-
culture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefore £is 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
SEC. 704. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the 
Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service work 
authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946 and July 28, 1954, and (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. 705. No part of the funds contained in this Act may be used to 
make production or other payments to a person, persons, or corpora-
tions upon a final finding by court of competent jurisdiction that 
such party is guilty of growing, cultivating, harvesting, processing or 
storing marijuana, or other such prohibited drug-producing plants 
on any part of lands owned or controlled by such persons or corpora-
tions. 
SEC. 706. Hereafter, advances of money to chiefs of field parties 
from any appropriation for the Department of Agriculture may be 
made by authority of the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 707. 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. 708. New obligational authority provided for the following 
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until ex-
pended: Public Law 480; Mutual and Self-Help Housing; Watershed 
and Flood Prevention Operations; Resource Conservation and Devel-
Contracts. 
Public 
information. 
7 u s e 2225a. 
7 u s e 1623a. 
Drugs and drug 
abuse. 
7 u s e 2209a. 
7 u s e 2209b. 
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opment; Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program; Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to meet 
emergency conditions. Integrated Systems Acquisition Project, the 
reserve fund for the Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Control 
Programs, and buildings and facilities; Agricultural Stabilization 
and Conservation Service, salaries and expenses funds made avail-
able to county committees; the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
Fund; Agricultural Research Service, buildings and facilities; Co-
operative State Research Service, buildings and facilities; Office of 
International Cooperation and Development, Middle-Income Coun-
try Training Program; Dairy Indemnity Program; higher education 
graduate fellowships grants under section 1417(b)(6) of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)); capacity building grants to colleges 
eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including 
Tuskegee University; and buildings and facilities, Food and Drug 
Administration: Provided, That, hereafter, such appropriations are 
authorized to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 709. 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. 710. 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. 
Disaster 
SEC. 711. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
assistance. 
employees of the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, includ-
7USC2224a. 
^^& employees of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation 
county committees, may be utilized to provide part-time and inter-
mittent 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 staff years expended as a result of carrying out programs 
associated with natural disasters, such as forest fires, droughts, 
floods, and other acts of God. 
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SEC. 712. Funds provided by this Act for personnel compensation 
and benefits shall be available for obligation for that purpose only. 
SEC. 713. 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 as provided by law. 
SEC. 714. 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 ap-
plicable law of the United States. 
SEC. 715. 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 Agri-
culture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 per centum of the 
total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of such coopera-
tive arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions 
PUBLIC LAW 102-142—OCT. 28, 1991 
105 STAT. 913 
when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all 
Eigencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to carry out 
any activity related to phasing out the Resource Conservation and 
Development Program. 
SEC. 717. 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. 
SEC. 718. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 7 use 6l2c note, 
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 hard-
ship as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 719. 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 1991 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 Administration for 
payment of space rental and related costs provided to such agency at 
a percentage rate which is greater than is available in the case of 
funds appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 720. In fiscal year 1992, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
initiate construction on not less than twenty new projects under the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Public Law 566) 
and not less than five new projects under the Flood Control Act 
(Public Law 534). 
SEC. 721. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the Department of 7USC2242b. 
Agriculture by this Act may be used for translation of publications 
of the Department of Agriculture into foreign languages when 
determined by the Secretary to be in the public interest. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to relocate the Hawaii State Office of the Farmers Home Adminis-
tration from Hilo, Hawaii, to Honolulu, Hawaii. 
SEC. 723. Hereafter, provisions of law prohibiting or restricting 7 USC 2225b. 
personal services contracts shall not apply to veterinarians em-
ployed by the Department to take animal blood samples, test and 
vaccinate animals, and perform branding and tagging activities on a 
fee-for-service basis. 
SEC. 724. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used to 
reduce programs by establishing an end-of-year employment ceiling 
on full-time equivalent staff years below the level set herein for the 
following agencies: Food and Drug Administration, 8,259; Farmers 
Home Administration, 12,675; Agricultural Stabilization and Con-
servation Service, 2,550; Rural Electrification Administration, 550; 
and Soil Conservation Service, 14,177. 
SEC. 725. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the Department of 7 USC 2209c. 
Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration may be used for 
one-year contracts which are to be performed in two fiscal years so 
long as the total amount for such contracts is obligated in the year 
for which the funds are appropriated. 
105 STAT. 914 
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SEC. 726. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be applied only to 
the objects for which appropriations were made except as otherwise 
provided by law, as required by 31 U.S.C. 1301. 
SEC. 727. 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. 728. None of the funds provided in this Act may be expended 
to release information acquired from any handler under the Agricul-
tural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended: Provided, That 
this provision shall not prohibit the release of information to other 
Federal agencies for enforcement purposes: Provided further. That 
this provision shall not prohibit the release of aggregate statistical 
data used in formulating regulations pursuant to the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended: Provided 
further. 
That this provision shall not prohibit the release of information 
submitted by milk handlers. 
SEC. 729, Unless otherwise provided in this Act, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used 
by the Farmers Home Administration to employ or otherwise con-
tract with private debt collection agencies to collect delinquent 
payments from Farmers Home Administration borrowers. 
SEC. 730. None of the funds in this Act, or otherwise made 
available by this Act, shall be used to sell loans made by the 
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund. Further, Rural Development 
Insurance Fund loans offered for sale in fiscal year 1992 shall be 
first offered to the borrowers for prepajmient. 
SEC. 731. None of the funds in this Act, or otherwise made 
available by this Act, shall be used to regulate the order or sequence 
of advances of funds to a borrower under any combination of 
approved telephone loans from the Rural Electrification Adminis-
tration, the Rural Telephone Bank or the Federal Financing Bank, 
SEC. 732. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1992 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act. 
7 use 2209d. 
SEC. 733. Hereafter, the Department of Agriculture, when issuing 
statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations, 
and other documents describing projects or programs funded in 
whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 
funds, including but not limited to State and local governments, 
shall clearly state (1) the percentage of the total cost of the program 
or project which will be financed with Federal money, and (2) the 
dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 
indirect costs on research grants awarded competitively by the 
Cooperative State Research Service that exceed 14 per centum of 
total direct costs under each award. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds in this Act may be used to establish 
any new office, organization or center for which funds have not been 
provided in advance in Appropriations Acts, except the Department 
may carry out planning activities. 
SEC. 736. Of the $200,000,000 made available for the Market 
Promotion Program pursuant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the 
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, $70,000,000 shall not become avail-
able for obligation until September 30,1992. 
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105 STAT. 915 
SEC. 737. Funds available to the Animal and Plant Health Inspec- 7 use 2277. 
tion Service (APHIS) under this and subsequent appropriations 
shall be avEiilable for contracting with individuals for services to be 
performed outside of the United States, as determined by APHIS to 
be necessary or appropriate for carrjdng out programs and activities 
abroad. Such individuals shall not be regarded as officers or employ-
ees of the United States under any law administered by the Office of 
Personnel Management. 
SEC. 738. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 7 USC 2231a. 
any appropriations or funds available to the agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may be used to reimburse employees for the 
cost of State licenses and certification fees pursuant to their Depart-
ment of Agriculture position and that are necessary to comply with 
State laws, regulations, and requirements. 
SEC. 739. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the Department of 7 USC 2272a. 
Agriculture may be used for incidental expenses such as transpor-
tation, uniforms, lodging, and subsistence for volunteers serving 
under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2272, when such volunteers are 
engaged in the work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and for 
promotional items of nominal value relating to the U.S. Department 
of Agriculture Volunteer Programs. 
SEC. 740. Hereafter, the Secretary shall complete the sales of 7 USC 1985 note. 
Farmers Home Administration inventory farms, in accordance with 
the law and regulations in effect before November 28, 1990, in 
situations in which a County Committee, acting pursuemt to section 
335 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, had 
made its initial selection of a buyer before November 28, 1990. Such 
sales shall be completed as soon £is the selection decision is adminis-
tratively final and all terms and conditions have been agreed to. In 
carrying out SEiles of inventory property, priority shall be given to 
the former owner and members of the immediate family. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to exclude from coverage under 
section 2244 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990 (Public Law 101-624) any crop of Valencia oranges that, 
regardless of harvest year, was destroyed or damaged by freeze or 
related condition in 1990 and is otherwise covered by that section. 
SEC. 742. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, loan subsidy Loans, 
rates used in carrying out loan programs provided for in this Act 
shall not exceed those estimated by the Office of Management and 
Budget and published in the Budget of the United States Govern-
ment for fiscal year 1992. 
EXTENSIONS OF PROVISIONS OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1949 
SEC. 743. (a) RENTAL HOUSING LOAN AUTHORITY.—Section 515(bX4) 
of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 14850t)X4)) is amended by 
striking "September 30, 1991" and inserting "September 30, 1992'\ 
(b) MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANT AND LOAN AUTHOR-
ITY.—Section 523(f) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c(f)) is 
amended by striking "September 30, 1991" and inserting "Septem-
ber 30 1992" 
Section 502(h)(3XC) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472 42 USC 1472. 
note) is amended by striking all that follows "rural area" and by 
inserting a "." "after rural area". 
SEC. 744. The Secretary shall ensure that no funds made available 
to carry out section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 
105 STAT. 916 
PUBLIC LAW 102-142—OCT. 28, 1991 
shall be used in a manner that differs from the Department's 
policies or practices in effect on July 1,1991. 
This Act may be cited as the "Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 1992". 
Approved October 28, 1991. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2698: 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 102-119 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 102-239 (Ctomm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 102-116 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 137 (1991): 
June 26, considered and passed House. 
July 29, 30, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 8, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendments. 
Oct. 16, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in House amendments.