Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002
PL 107-76 (H.R.2330), enacted 11/28/2001

115 STAT. 704 
PUBLIC LAW 107-76—NOV. 28, 2001 
Nov. 28, 2001 
[H.R. 2330] 
Agriculture, 
Rural 
Development, 
Food and Drug 
Administration, 
and Related 
Agencies 
Appropriations 
Act, 2002. 
Public Law 107-76 
107th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2002, 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, 2002, and for other pur-
poses, 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 $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $2,992,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this 
amount shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further. That none of the fiinds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture 
to carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of PubUc Law 104-127: Provided 
further. That none of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to enforce section 793(d) of Public Law 104-127. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including eco-
nomic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, energy and 
new uses, and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook 
Board, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1622g), and including employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for emplo3anent under 
5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,704,000. 
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115 STAT. 705 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not 
to exceed $25,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$12,869,000. 
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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, $7,041,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, including emplojnnent pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of 
which not to exceed $10,000 is for emplo3nnent under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $10,029,000. 
COMMON COMPUTING E N V I R O N M E N T 
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing 
Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the 
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service and Rural Development 
mission areas for information technology, systems, and services, 
$59,369,000, to remain available until expended, for the capital 
asset 
acquisition 
of shared 
information 
technology 
systems, 
including services as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915-16 and 40 U.S.C. 
1421-28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be consistent 
with the Department of Agriculture Service Center Modernization 
Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be with the concurrence 
of the Department's Chief Information Officer. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of 
which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $5,384,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall 
actively market and expand cross-servicing activities of the National 
Finance Center. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded 
by this Act, $647,000. 
115 STAT. 706 
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AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs 
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings, $187,647,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share 
of that agency's appropriation made available by this Act to this 
appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropriation to 
that agency's appropriation to cover the costs of new or replacement 
space for such agency, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent 
of the funds made available for space rental and related costs 
to or from this account. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., £ind the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq., 
$15,665,000, to remain available imtil expended: Provided, That 
appropriations and fiinds available herein to the Department for 
Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $37,079,000, to provide for 
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of 
the Department and for general administration and disaster 
management of the Department, repairs and alterations, and other 
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for 
and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Depart-
ment, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which 
not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be reimbursed 
from 
applicable appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident 
to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558. 
OUTREACH FOR SOCLVLLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), 
$3,243,000, to remain available until expended. 
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115 STAT. 707 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs 
funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental 
affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $3,718,000: Pro-
vided, That these funds may be transferred to agencies of the 
Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel 
at the agency level: Provided further. That no other funds appro-
priated to the Department by this Act shall be available to the 
Department for support of activities of congressional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating to the 
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the dissemina-
tion of agricultural information, and the coordination of information, 
work, and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, 
$8,894,000, including employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of 
which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for emplo5mient 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used 
for farmers' bulletins. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $70,839,000, including such sums as may 
be necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public 
agencies and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, including not to exceed $50,000 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including not to exceed 
$125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, including 
the payment of informants, to be expended under the direction 
of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-452 and section 
1337 of Public Law 97-98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$32,627,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND 
ECONOMICS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to administer 
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic Research 
Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricul-
tural Research Service, and the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, $573,000. 
115 STAT. 708 
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other 
laws, $67,200,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225). 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, 
including crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and 
improvements, marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture, 
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627, Public Law 105-113, and 
other laws, $113,786,000, of which up to $25,350,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for the Census of Agriculture: 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 
emplojnnent under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research 
Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating 
to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise 
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use 
including the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agri-
cultural information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 
value or shall be equalized by a pa3mient of money to the grantor 
which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land 
or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $979,464,000: 
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for tem-
porary emplo3anent 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. 
7 use 2254. 
3109: Provided further. That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the 
purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further. 
That 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 con-
structing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for 
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to 
$1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or 
improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost 
of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the building or 
$375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further. That the limita-
tions on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to mod-
ernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Mary-
land: Provided further. That appropriations hereunder shall be 
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115 STAT. 709 
available for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural 
Research Center, including an easement to the University of Mary-
land to construct the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon 
completion shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: 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 funds may be received 
from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or indi-
vidual for the purpose of establishing or operating any research 
facility or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, 
as authorized by law. 
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available 
to carry out research related to the production, processing or mar-
keting of tobacco or tobacco products. 
In fiscal year 2002, the agency is authorized to charge fees, 
commensurate with the fair market value, for any permit, easement, 
lease, or other special use authorization for the occupancy or use 
of land and facilities (including land and facilities at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center) issued by the agency, as authorized 
by law, and such fees shall be credited to this account, and shall 
remain available until expended for authorized purposes. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of 
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, 
$118,987,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): 
Provided, That funds may be received from any State, other political 
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service, 
as authorized by law. 
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COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
SERVICE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, $542,062,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of 
the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), $180,148,000; for grants for 
cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a-a7), $21,884,000; for 
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 
University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $34,604,000, of which $1,507,496 shall 
be made available only for the purpose of ensuring that each institu-
tion shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for 
agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $97,008,000; for special 
grants for agricultural research on improved pest control (7 tJ.S.C. 
450i(c)), $15,206,000; for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 
450i(b)), $120,452,000; for the support of animal health and disease 
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,098,000; for supplemental and alter-
native crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $924,000; for grants 
for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act 
of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), $720,000, to remain available until 
expended; for the 1994 research program (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
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$998,000, to remain available until expended; for higher education 
graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,993,000, to 
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher edu-
cation challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,340,000; for a 
higher 
education 
multicultural 
scholars 
program 
(7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving 
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $3,492,000; for noncompetitive grants 
for the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 
(section 759 of Public Law 106-78) to individual eligible institutions 
or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with 
funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, 
$2,997,000; for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-
year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(h)), $1,000,000; for 
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,996,000; for sustainable 
agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,500,000; 
for a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) 
to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 
1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), including Tuskegee University, 
$9,479,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); 
for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) 
of Public Law 103-382, $1,549,000; and for necessary expenses 
of Research and Education Activities, of which not to exceed 
$100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $21,676,000. 
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available 
to carry out research related to the production, processing or mar-
keting of tobacco or tobacco products: Provided, Thai this paragraph 
shall not apply to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, 
and industrial uses of tobacco. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-
ized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $7,100,000. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $439,473,000, as follows: payments for cooperative 
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under 
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of 
Public Law 93-471, for retirement and employees' compensation 
costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for coopera-
tive extension agents and State extension directors, $275,940,000, 
of which $3,600,000 may be used to carry out Public Law 107-
19; pajonents for extension work at the 1994 Institutions under 
the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments 
for the nutrition and family education program for low-income 
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,566,000; payments for 
the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$10,759,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $5,250,000; payments to upgrade research, exten-
sion, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, 
including Tuskegee University, as authorized by section 1447 of 
Public Law 95-113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $13,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; payments for the rural development centers 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $953,000; payments for youth-at-
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115 STAT. 711 
risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,481,000; for youth 
farm safety education and certification extension grants, to be 
awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $499,000; 
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 
Resources Extension Act of 1978, $4,093,000; payments for Indian 
reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,996,000; pay-
ments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $4,750,000; payments for rural health and safety education 
as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 
2661 note, 2662), $2,622,000; payments for cooperative extension 
work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill 
Act (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328) and Tuskegee University, 
$31,181,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available only for 
the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less 
than $1,000,000; and for Federal administration and coordination 
including administration of the Smith-Lever Act, and the Act of 
September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and section 1361(c) of 
the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate 
and provide program leadership for the extension work of the 
Department and the several States and insular possessions, 
$17,610,000: Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant 
to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and section 506 of 
the Act of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any State, the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, 
Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa prior to avail-
ability of an equal sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure 
during the cxirrent fiscal year. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension competi-
tive grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
as authorized luider section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), 
$42,853,000, as follows: payments for the water quaUty program, 
$12,971,000; payments for the food safety program, $14,967,000; 
payments for the national agriculture pesticide impact assessment 
program, $4,531,000; pa5rments for the Food Quality Protection 
Act risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, $4,889,000; 
pa5rments for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act 
implementation, $1,497,000; pajnnents for the methyl bromide 
transition program, $2,498,000; and pajnnents for the organic 
transition program, $1,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer 
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service; the Agricultural Marketing 
Service; and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Adminis-
tration; $654,000. 
115 STAT. 712 
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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 (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), necessary 
to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal dis-
eases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; 
to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of Agriculture under 
the Acts of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468) and December 22, 1987 
(101 Stat. 1329-1331) (7 U.S.C. 426-426c); and to protect the 
environment, as authorized by law, $620,490,000, of which 
$4,096,000 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; 
of which $77,355,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication 
program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active 
eradication zones: Provided, That no funds shall be used to formu-
late or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the current 
fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by the States 
of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided farther, That this appropriation 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 
and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be 
21 use 129. 
for replacement only: Provided further. That, in addition, in emer-
gencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations 
of the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to 
be available 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, and section 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and 
any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency 
purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 
transferred amounts: Provided further. That appropriations here-
under shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
repair and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2002, the agency is authorized to collect fees 
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, 
or services requested by States, other political subdivisions, 
domestic and international organizations, foreign governments, or 
individuals, provided that such fees are structured such that any 
entitys liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the agency, 
and such fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available 
until expended, without further appropriation, for providing such 
assistance, goods, or services. 
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115 STAT. 713 
Of the total amount available under this heading in fiscal 
year 2002, $84,813,000 shall be derived fi-om user fees deposited 
in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, 
repair, 
preventive 
maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and 
purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, 
$7,189,000, to remain available until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses to carry out services related to con-
sumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transpor-
tation, and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for 
administration and coordination of payments to States, including 
field emplojntnent pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed 
$90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $71,430,000, including 
funds 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 appro-
priation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $60,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: 
Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrol-
lable events occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up 
to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
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 $13,995,000 for formulation and administration of marketing 
agreements and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 
A^eement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 
115 STAT. 714 
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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activi-
ties under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,347,000. 
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United 
States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of the Packers 
and Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used to protect pur-
chasers of farm products, and the standardization activities related 
to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including 
field employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,117,000: Pro-
vided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during 
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be obli-
gated during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing 
services: Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other imcontroUable factors occur, 
this limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws enacted by the 
Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, $476,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed 
$50,000 for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant 
to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$715,642,000, of which no less than $608,730,000 shall be available 
for Federal food inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be 
credited to this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory 
accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of Public Law 102-
237: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for field 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of 
the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 
shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 
further. That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to 
law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during 
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115 STAT. 715 
the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND FOREIGN 
AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to administer 
the laws enacted by Congress for the Farm Service Agency, the 
Foreign Agricultural Service, the Risk Management Agency, and 
the Commodity Credit Corporation, $606,000. 
: 
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, 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
- 
- 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of programs administered by the Farm Service 
Agency, $939,030,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized 
to use the services, facilities, Eind authorities (but not the funds) 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pa3anents 
for all programs administered by the Agency: Provided 
further. 
That other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 
activities may be advanced to and merged with this account: Pro-
vided further. That these funds shall be available for emplo)mient 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall 
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
STATE M E D I A T I O N GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $3,493,000. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
( I N C L U D I N G TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
; 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity pajnnents 
to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a 
dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That such program is carried out by the Sec-
retary in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program 
described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
(Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, to be avail-
able from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as 
follows: 
farm 
ownership 
loans, 
$1,146,996,000, 
of 
which 
$1,000,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans and $146,996,000 shall 
be for direct loans; operating loans, $2,616,729,000, of which 
$1,500,000,000 
shall be for 
unsubsidized 
guaranteed 
loans. 
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$505,531,000 shall be for subsidized guarsmteed loans 
and 
$611,198,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 
loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $2,000,000; for emergency 
insured loans, $25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural 
disasters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as author-
ized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans, 
$8,366,000, of which $4,500,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; oper-
ating loans, $175,780,000, of which $52,650,000 shall be for unsub-
sidized guaranteed loans and $68,550,000 shall be for subsidized 
guarsmteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized 
by 25 U.S.C. 488, $118,400; and for emergency insured loans, 
$3,362,500 to meet the needs resulting from natural disasters. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $280,595,000, of 
which $272,595,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for "Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses". 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insur-
ance Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct 
loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these pro-
grams: Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in advance of 
any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by 
the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
U.S.C. 6933), $74,752,000: Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall 
be available for official reception and representation expenses, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized 
to make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to each such corporation or agency and in accord 
with law, and to make contracts and commitments without regard 
to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act as 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 FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b). 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
For fiscal year 2002, such sums as may be necessary to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses 
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115 STAT. 717 
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 
of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-ll). 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE 
MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For fiscal year 2002, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup 
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with 
the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environ-
mental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961. 
TITLE II 
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND 
ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer 
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, $730,000. 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation 
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve 
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and 
such special measures for soil and water management as may 
be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and 
to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation of information; acquisition of lands, water, and interests 
therein for use in the plant materials program by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100 pursuant 
to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection 
or alteration 
or improvement of permanent 
and 
temporary 
buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $779,000,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which 
not less than $8,515,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, 
and not less than $9,849,000 is for operation and establishment 
of the plant materials centers, and of which not less than 
$21,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: 
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursu-
ant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of buildings 
and public improvements at plant materials centers, except that 
the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and 
other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided 
further, That when buildings or other structures are erected on 
non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is obtained as 
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provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further. That this appropria-
tion shall be available for technical assistance and related expenses 
to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c) of title II of 
the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 
1592(c)): 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 employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
Provided further. That qualified local engineers may be temporarily 
employed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning 
work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e-2). 
WATERSHED 
SURVEYS 
AND 
PLANNING 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and 
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small 
watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 
4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001-1009), $10,960,000: Provided, 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 $110,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
including but not limited to research, engineering operations, meth-
ods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of exist-
ing works and changes in use of land, in accordance with the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 
4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 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 Depart-
ment, $106,590,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000 may be available for the water-
sheds authorized under the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 
1936 (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Provided, That not 
to exceed $45,514,000 of this appropriation shall be available for 
technical assistance: 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 $200,000 shall be available for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further. That not to exceed $1,000,000 
of this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), including 
cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endan-
gered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be 
necessary to expedite project construction. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of structural 
measures, in accordance with section 14 of the Watershed Protection 
and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), as amended by section 313 of Public Law 106-
472, November 9, 2000 (16 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with 
PUBLIC LAW 107-76—NOV. 28, 2001 
115 STAT. 719 
the provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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 (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 76 Stat. 
607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f); and the Agri-
culture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $48,048,000, 
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): 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 $50,000 shall be available 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
FORESTRY INCENTIVES PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry 
out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized by the 
Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), 
including technical assistance and related expenses, $6,811,000, 
to remain available until expended, as authorized by that Act. 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs under 
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing Service, 
the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural Utilities 
Service of the Department of Agriculture, $623,000. 
RURAL C O M M U N I T Y ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM 
( I N C L U D I N G TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 1932, except 
for sections 381E-H, 38 IN, and 3810 of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, $806,557,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which $83,545,000 shall be for rural community pro-
grams described in section 381E(d)(l) of such Act; of which 
$646,512,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs described 
in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of 
which $76,500,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs described in sections 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) 
of such Act: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated in 
this account, $24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including grants for 
drinking water and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 
306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 shall be available for commu-
nity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 
306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
and of which $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified 
115 STAT. 720 
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national organization to provide technical assistance for rural 
transportation in order to promote economic development: Provided 
further. That of the amount appropriated for rural community pro-
grams, $6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Community 
Development Initiative: Provided further, That such funds shall 
be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, non-
profit community-based housing and community 
development 
organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 
housing, community facilities, community and economic develop-
ment projects in rural areas: Provided further. That such funds 
shall be made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program of 
financial and technical assistance: Provided further. That such inter-
mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further. That of the amount 
appropriated for the rural business and cooperative development 
programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for a 
grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical assist-
ance for rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment; and $2,000,000 shall be for grants to Mississippi Delta Region 
counties: Provided further. That of the amount appropriated for 
rural utilities programs, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for 
water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along 
the United States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to sec-
tion 306C of such Act; not to exceed $24,000,000 shall be for 
water and waste disposal systems for rural and native villages 
in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with up to 1 
percent available to administer the program and up to 1 percent 
available to improve interagency coordination may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for "Rural Development, 
Salaries and Expenses"; not to exceed $17,465,000, shall be for 
technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems 
pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,250,000 
shall be for Rural Community Assistaince Programs; and not to 
exceed $11,000,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems: Provided further. That of the total 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $37,624,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2002, for authorized empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; 
of which $1,163,000 shall be for the rural community programs 
described in section 381E(d)(l) of such Act, of which $27,431,000 
shall be for the rural utilities programs described in section 
381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which $9,030,000 shall be for the 
rural business and cooperative development programs described 
in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided further. That of the 
amount appropriated for rural community programs, not to exceed 
$25,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural commu-
nities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression 
(Public Law 106-387), with 5 percent for administration and 
capacity building in the State rural development offices: Provided 
further. That of the amount appropriated $30,000,000 shall be to 
provide grants in rural communities with extremely high energy 
costs: Provided further. That any prior year balances for high cost 
PUBLIC LAW 107-76—NOV. 28, 2001 
115 STAT. 721 
energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and merged 
with the "Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants" 
account: Provided further. That of the funds appropriated by this 
Act to the Rural Community Advancement Program for guaranteed 
business and industry loans, funds may be transferred to direct 
business and industry loans as deemed necessary by the Secretary 
and with prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission 
area, including activities with institutions concerning the develop-
ment and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative 
agreements; $133,722,000: 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 $1,000,000 may be used for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further. That not more than $10,000 may 
be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA 
employees: Provided further, That any balances available from prior 
years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and 
the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and expenses 
accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this appropriation. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
• 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance 
fund, as follows: $4,217,816,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, 
as determined by the Secretary, of which $1,079,848,000 shall be 
for direct loans, and of which $3,137,968,000 shall be for unsub-
sidized guaranteed loans; $32,324,000 for section 504 housing repair 
loans; $114,068,000 for section 515 rental housing; $99,770,000 
for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,090,000 
for section 524 site loans: $11,778,000 for credit sales of acquired 
property, of which up to $1,778,000 may be for multi-family credit 
sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop-
ment loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, 
$182,274,000 of which $142,108,000 shall be for direct loans, and 
of which $40,166,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
section 504 housing repair loans, $10,386,000; section 515 rental 
housing, $48,274,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed 
loans, $3,921,000; section 524 site loans, $28,000; multi-family 
credit sales of acquired property, $750,000; and section 523 self-
help housing land development loans, $254,000: Provided, That 
of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $11,656,000 
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shall be available through June 30, 2002, for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $422,241,000, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
"Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses". 
Of the amounts made available under this heading in chapter 
1 of title II of Public Law 106-246 (114 Stat. 540) for gross obliga-
tions for principal amount of direct loans authorized by title V 
of the Housing Act of 1949 for section 515 rental housing, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may use up to $5,986,197 for rental assist-
ance agreements described in the item relating to "Rental Assist-
ance Program" in such chapter: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Con-
trol Act of 1985, as amended. 
In making available for occupancy dwelling units in housing 
that is provided with funds made available under the heading 
referred to in the preceding paragraph, the Secretary of Agriculture 
may give preference to prospective tenants who are residing in 
temporary housing provided by the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency as a result of an emergency. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements 
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or pajonents for eligible 
households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing 
Act of 1949, $701,004,000; and, in addition, such sums as may 
be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate 
debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, 
That of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available 
for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as author-
ized 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 pur-
chasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided 
further. That agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal 
year 2002 shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life 
of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts 
obligated. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(lXA) of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $35,000,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2002, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
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115 STAT. 723 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing repair, 
supervisory and technical assistance, compensation for construction 
defects, and rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 
Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 
1490m, $38,914,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2002, for authorized empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
FARM 
LABOR 
PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $31,431,000, to remain available 
until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic 
farm labor housing grants and contracts. 
• 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $38,171,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $16,494,000, as authorized by 
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which 
$1,724,000 shall be for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be for Mississippi Delta Region 
counties (as defined by Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further. That of the total amount appropriated, $2,730,000 shall 
be available through June 30, 2002, for the cost of direct loans 
for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities smd 
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural 
Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $3,733,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for "Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses". 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$14,966,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, $3,616,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
pajnnents in fiscal year 2002, as authorized by section 313 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $3,616,000 shall not be obli-
gated and $3,616,000 are rescinded. 
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RURAL 
COOPERATIVE 
DEVELOPMENT 
GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $7,750,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be avail-
able for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology 
transfer for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,497,000 of the total amount appropriated shall be made available 
to cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary focus 
is to provide assistsmce to small, minority producers and whose 
governing board and/or membership is comprised of at least 75 
percent minority. 
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES GRANTS 
For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities, $14,967,000, to remain available 
until expended, for designated rural empowerment zones and rural 
enterprise communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act 
of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277). 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL E L E C T R I F I C A T I O N AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made 
as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, $121,107,000; munic-
ipal rate rural electric loans, $500,000,000; loans made pursuant 
to section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000; Treasury 
rate direct electric loans, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural tele-
communications loans, $74,827,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $300,000,000; and loans made pursuant to 
section 
306 
of 
that 
Act, 
rural 
telecommunications 
loans, 
$120,000,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct 
and guaranteed loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural electric 
loans, $3,689,000, and the cost of telecommunication loans, 
$2,036,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 
7 percent per year. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $36,000,000, which 
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
"Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses". 
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115 STAT. 725 
RURAL " ELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 may 
be necessary in carrying out its authorized programs. During fiscal 
year 2002 and within the resources and authority available, gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be 
$174,615,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct 
loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935), $3,737,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses, including audits, nec-
essary to carry out the loan programs, $3,082,000, which shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for "Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses". 
DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of direct distance learning and tele-
medicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the principal amount of 
broadband telecommunication loans, $80,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $49,441,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be available for loans and grants for telemedicine 
and distance learning services in rural areas: Provided, 
That 
$22,500,000 may be available for the continuation of a pilot project 
for a loan and grant program to finance broadband transmission 
and local dial-up Internet service in areas that meet the definition 
of "rural area" used for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine 
Program authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa: Provided further. That 
the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
LOCAL TELEVISION LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of guaranteed 
loans, as authorized by title X of Public Law 106-553 for the 
purpose of facilitating access to signals of local television stations 
for households located in nonserved areas and underserved areas, 
$258,065,000. 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974, $20,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the guaranteed loan program, $2,000,000, which shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for "Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses". 
115 STAT. 726 
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TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION AND 
CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to administer 
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition 
Service, $587,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 
17 and 21; $10,087,246,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2003, of which $4,914,788,000 is hereby appropriated and 
$5,172,458,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): 
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $500,000 shall 
be for a School Breakfast Program startup grant pilot program 
for the State of Wisconsin: Provided farther. That up to $4,507,000 
shall be available for independent verification of school food service 
claims. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, 
AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $4,348,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2003: Provided, That none of the funds 
made available under this heading shall be used for studies and 
evaluations: Provided further, That of the total amount available, 
the Secretary shall obligate $10,000,000 for the farmers' market 
nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment of this Act, 
and up to an additional $15,000,000 for the farmers' market nutri-
tion program upon a determination by the Secretary that funds 
are available to meet caseload requirements: Provided further. That 
notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, $10,000,000 shall 
be available for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B), and 
up to an additional $4,000,000 shall be available for the purposes 
specified in section 17(h)(10)(B) upon a determination by the Sec-
retary that funds are available to meet caseload requirements: 
Provided further. That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics except 
those that have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within 
the space used to carry out the program: Provided further. That 
none of the funds provided in this account shall be available for 
the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost 
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115 STAT. 727 
containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in sec-
tion 17 of such Act: Provided further. That none of the funds 
provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 
reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or agencies 
unless authorized by section 17 of such Act. 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $22,991,986,000, of which $2,000,000,000 shall 
be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such 
times as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 
Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading 
and not already appropriated to the Food Distribution Program 
on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of 
the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed 
$3,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the FDPIR 
from producer-owned cooperative organizations: Provided 
further. 
That none of the funds made available under this heading shall 
be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further. That funds 
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 
of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further. That this appropriation 
shall be subject to any work registration or workfare requirements 
as may be required by law: Provided further. That of funds that 
may be reserved by the Secretary for allocation to State agencies 
under section 16(h)(1) of such Act to carry out Employment and 
Training programs, not more than $145,000,000 made available 
in previous years may be obligated in fiscal year 2002: Provided 
further. That funds made available for Employment and Training 
under this heading shall remain available until expended, as 
authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided 
further. That funds provided under this heading may be used to 
procure food coupons necessary for program operations in this or 
subsequent fiscal years until electronic benefit transfer implementa-
tion is complete. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity supple-
mental food program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) and 
the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, $152,813,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2003: Provided, That none of these 
funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided further. 
That of the total amount available, the Secretary shall provide 
$10,000,000 for senior farmers' market activities: Provided further. 
That notwithstanding section 5(a)(2) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-86; 7 U.S.C. 612c 
note), $20,820,000 of this amount shall be available for administra-
tive expenses of the commodity supplemental food program: Pro-
vided further. That $3,300,000 of unobligated balances available 
at the beginning of fiscal year 2002 are hereby rescinded. 
115 STAT. 728 
PUBLIC LAW 107-76—NOV. 28, 2001 
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agri-
culture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special assistance 
for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by section 103(h)(2) 
of the Compacts of Free Association Act of 1985; and section 311 
of the Older Americans Act of 1965, $150,749,000, to remain avail-
able through September 30, 2003. 
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food 
programs funded under this Act, $127,546,000, of which $5,000,000 
shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead 
costs, tightening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 
and assisting in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of 
fraud and other violations of law and of which not less than 
$6,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the Food 
Stamp and Child Nutrition programs: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursu£int to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 
(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 $158,000 for representation allowances and 
for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $121,813,000: Provided, That the Service 
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation 
for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 
private organizations and institutions under agreements executed 
pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance programs 
(7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs of the United 
States Agency for International Development: Provided 
further. 
That none of the funds appropriated in this account may be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to disburse funds 
to any rice trade association under the market access program 
or the foreign market development program at any time when 
the applicable international activity agreement for such program 
is not in effect. 
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available 
to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products. 
PUBLIC LAW 107-76—NOV. 28, 2001 
115 STAT. 729 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and the Food for Progress 
Act of 1985, including the cost of modifying credit arrangements 
under said Acts, $126,409,000, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Public Law 83-480, and the Food for Progress 
Act of 1985, to the extent funds appropriated for Public Law 83-
480 are utihzed, $2,005,000, of which $1,033,000 may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for "Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Salaries and Expenses", and of which $972,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for "Farm Service 
Agency, Salaries and Expenses". 
PUBLIC LAW 4 8 0 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of agricul-
tural commodities under title I of the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954 and under the Food for Progress 
Act of 1985, $20,277,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That funds made available for the cost of agreements under 
title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter-
changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS 
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, $850,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad 
under title II of said Act. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 
$4,014,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted by 
section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and 
in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$3,224,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for "Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses", and of 
which $790,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for "Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses". 
115 STAT. 730 
PUBLIC LAW 107-76—NOV. 28, 2001 
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 and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for pay-
ment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 
92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration which are included in this Act; for rental of special purpose 
space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscella-
neous 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; $1,345,386,000, 
of which not to exceed $161,716,000 to be derived from prescription 
drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379(h), including any such 
fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited during 
the current year, in accordance with section 736(g)(4), shall be 
credited to this appropriation and remain available until expended: 
Provided, That fees derived from applications received during fiscal 
year 2002 shall be subject to the fiscal year 2002 limitation: Pro-
vided further, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, 
establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 
U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated: (1) $312,049,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety 
and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $352,647,000 shall be for the Center 
for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $13,207,000 
shall be available for grants and contracts awarded under section 
5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $155,875,000 
shall be for the Center for Biologies Evaluation and Research and 
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
$82,967,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and 
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
$179,521,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (6) $37,082,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (7) $29,798,000 shall be for Rent and Related 
activities, other than the amounts paid to the General Services 
Administration, of which $4,000,000 for costs related to occupancy 
of new facilities at White Oak. Maryland, shall remain available 
until September 30, 2003; (8) $105,116,000 shall be for payments 
to the General Services Administration for rent and related costs; 
and (9) $90,331,000 shall be for other activities, including the 
Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and Systems; 
the Office of the Senior Associate Commissioner; the Office of Inter-
national and Constituent Relations; the Office of Policy, Legislation, 
and Planning; and central services for these offices: Provided fur-
ther. That funds may be transferred from one specified activity 
to another with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress. 
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115 STAT. 731 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
263(b) may be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended. 
In addition, export certification user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain available 
until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alter-
ation, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used 
by the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise pro-
vided, $34,281,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b). 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include 
multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; 
and not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$70,700,000, including not to exceed $2,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $36,700,000 (from assessments collected from 
farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Pro-
vided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated 
with receiverships. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropria-
tions and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture 
for fiscal year 2002 under this Act shall be available for the pur-
chase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed 
379 passenger motor vehicles, of which 378 shall be for replacement 
only, and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of 
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902). 
SEC. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of 7USCi623a. 
the Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service 
work authorized by sections 1 and 10 of the Act of June 29, 1935 
(7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; commonly known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), 
subtitle A of title II and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for contracting in accordance with 
such Acts and chapter. 
115 STAT. 732 
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SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
balances of funds appropriated by this Act or other available unobli-
gated balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 
Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equipment 
necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, and injfbrma-
tion technology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 
Department of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to 
the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency 
administrator: Provided further. That none of the funds transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be 
available for obligation without the prior approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
7 use 2209b. 
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following 
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until 
expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contin-
gency fund to meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, 
emerging plant pests, integrated systems acquisition project, boll 
weevil program, up to 25 percent of the screwworm program, and 
up to $2,000,000 for costs associated with collocating regional offices; 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, field automation and informa-
tion management project; Cooperative State Research, Education, 
and Extension Service, funds for competitive research grants (7 
U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Education and Economics 
Information System (REEIS), and funds for the Native American 
Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and 
expenses funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, middle-income country training program and up 
to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation 
solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international 
currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign 
Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available 
to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available 
to provide appropriate orientation and language training pursuant 
to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b). 
SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used 
to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent 
of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of 
such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual 
interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 
payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institu-
tions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 
for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 709. 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. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agricultural 
research, education, or extension grant awards issued by the 
PUBLIC LAW 107-76—NOV. 28, 2001 
115 STAT. 733 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service that 
exceed 19 percent of total Federal funds provided under each award: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants awarded 
competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service shall be available to pay full allowable indirect 
costs for each grant awarded under section 9 of the Small Business 
Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, 
not limitations. 
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for 
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal 
year 2002 shall remain available until expended to cover obligations 
made in fiscal year 2002 for the following accounts: the Rural 
Development Loan Fund program account; the Rural Telephone 
Bank program account; the Rural Electrification and Telecommuni-
cations Loans program account; the Local Television Loan Guar-
antee program; the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program 
account; and the Rural Economic Development Loans program 
account. 
SEC. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States 
Code, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing Service; 
the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; and the food safety 
activities of the Food Safety and Inspection Service may use 
cooperative agreements to reflect a relationship between the Agri-
cultural Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Service and a state 
or cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing programs, to 
carry out programs to protect the nation's animal and plant 
resources, or to carry out educational programs or special studies 
to improve the safety of the nation's food supply. 
SEC. 714. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire 
more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone 
Bank or to maintain any account or subaccount within the 
accounting records of the Rural Telephone Bank the creation of 
which has not specifically been authorized by statute: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used 
to transfer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank 
any unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone 
liquidating account which is in excess of current requirements and 
such balance shall receive interest as set forth for financial accounts 
in section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. 
SEC. 715. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more 
than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activi-
ties related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and 
task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels 
used to comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used 
to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
115 STAT. 734 
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Notification. 
SEC. 717. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this 
Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more 
than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or office 
is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 
and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to transmit 
or otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture 
employee questions or responses to questions that are a result 
of information requested for the appropriations hearing process. 
SEC. 719. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the 
Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of 
the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive 
Information Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be trans-
ferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without the 
prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress. 
SEC. 720. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal 
year 2002, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to the 
agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or 
expenditure through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates 
new programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) 
increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or 
activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates 
an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activi-
ties; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities 
presently performed by Federal employees; unless the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days 
in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 
that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 
2002, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United 
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: 
(1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces 
by 10 percent funding for any existing program, project, or activity, 
or numbers of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; 
or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel 
which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, 
or projects as approved by Congress; unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days 
in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall notify the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 
a program or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 
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year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act or specifi-
cally fiinded by any other Act. 
SEC. 721. With the exception of funds needed to administer 
and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations incurred 
prior to enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 793 of Public Law 104-127, the Fund for Rural America 
(7 U.S.C. 2204f). 
SEC. 722. With the exception of funds needed to administer 
and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations incurred 
prior to enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105-185, the Initiative 
for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel to carry out a conservation farm option program, 
as authorized by section 1240M of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3839bb). 
SEC. 724. None of the funds made available to the Food and Michigan. 
Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to reduce the Detroit, 
Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District Office below the 
operating and full-time equivalent staffing level of July 31, 1999; 
or to change the Detroit District Office to a station, residence 
post or similarly modified office; or to reassign residence posts 
assigned to the Detroit District Office: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory 
facilities or operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except 
that field laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations in 
the general vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to cooperative 
agreements between the Food and Drug Administration and other 
laboratory facilities associated with the State of Michigan. 
SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any 
other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 
who prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the 
President's Budget submission to the Congress of the United States 
for programs under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Sub-
committees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or 
reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees proposals 
that have not been enacted into law prior to the submission of 
the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which addi-
tional spending reductions should occur in the event the user fees 
proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of 
a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2003 appropriations 
Act. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act may be used to close or relocate a state Rural 
Development office unless or until cost effiectiveness and enhance-
ment of program delivery have been determined. 
SEC. 727. Of any shipments of commodities made pursuant 
to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent practicable, direct 
that tonnage equal in value to not more than $25,000,000 shall 
be made available to foreign countries to assist in mitigating the 
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7 u s e 2235a. 
Grants. 
Loans. 
State listing. 
Arizona. 
effects of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired 
Immune Deficiency Syndrome on communities, including the provi-
sion of— 
(1) agricultural commodities to— 
(A) individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus 
or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the commu-
nities; and 
(B) households 
in 
the 
communities, 
particularly 
individuals caring for orphaned children; and 
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to provide other 
assistance (including assistance under microcredit and micro-
enterprise programs) to create or restore sustainable livelihoods 
among individuals in the communities, particularly individuals 
caring for orphaned children. 
SEC. 728. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or 
made available by this Act, $2,496,000 is appropriated for the 
purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger 
Fellowships through the Congressional Hunger Center. 
SEC. 729. Hereafter, refunds or rebates received on an on-
going basis from a credit card services provider under the Depart-
ment of Agriculture's charge card programs may be deposited to 
and retained without fiscal year limitation in the Department's 
Working Capital Fund established under 7 U.S.C. 2235 and used 
to fund management initiatives of general benefit to the Department 
of Agriculture bureaus and offices as determined by the Secretary 
of Agriculture or the Secretary's designee. 
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736f) any bal-
ances available to carry out title III of such Act as of the date 
of enactment of this Act, and any recoveries and reimbursements 
that become available to carry out title III of such Act, may be 
used to carry out title II of such Act. 
SEC. 731. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by 
striking "$25,000,000" and inserting "$26,000,000". 
SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act shall be used to issue a proposed rule for which the 
comment period would close prior to September 30, 2002, final, 
or interim final rule pursuant to notice and comment rulemaking 
in relation to any change or modification of the definition of "animal" 
in existing regulations pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act. 
SEC. 733. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
City of Cabot, Arkansas, the City of Berlin, New Hampshire, and 
the City of Coachella, California, shall be eligible for loans and 
grants provided through the Rural Community Advancement Pro-
gram. 
SEC. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary shall consider the City of Casa Grande, Arizona, as 
meeting the requirements of a rural area in section 520 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490). 
SEC. 735. Of the funds made available under section 27(a) 
of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the Secretary 
may use up to $5,000,000 for administrative costs associated with 
the distribution of commodities. 
SEC. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may transfer up to $13,000,000 in funds provided for 
the Environmental Quality Incentives Program authorized by 
Missouri. 
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chapter 4, subtitle D, title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, 
for technical assistance to implement the Conservation Reserve 
Program authorized by subchapter B, chapter 1, title XII of the 
Food Security Act of 1985, with funds to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 737. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Grants. 
City of St. Joseph, Missouri, shall be eligible for grants and logins If^^;^ 
administered by the rural development mission area of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture relating to an application submitted to the 
Department by a farmer-owned cooperative, a majority of whose 
members reside in a rural area, as determined by the Secretary, 
and for the purchase and operation of a facility beneficial to the 
purpose of the cooperative. 
SEC. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City of HoUister, Cali-
fornia, as meeting the requirements of a rural area for the purposes 
of housing programs in the rural development mission areas of 
the Department of Agriculture. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to maintain, modify, or implement 
any assessment against agricultural producers as part of a com-
modity promotion, research, and consumer information order, 
known as a check-off program, that has not been approved by 
the affected producers in accordance with the statutory require-
ments applicable to the order. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, 
or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration 
Division of Drug Analysis (recently renamed the Division of 
Pharmaceutical Analysis) in St. Louis, Missouri, except that funds 
could be used to plan a possible relocation of this Division within 
the city limits of St. Louis, Missouri. 
SEC. 741. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE FOR APPLE PRODUCERS 
(a) ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE.—^The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 
$75,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 
payments as soon as possible after the date of the enactment 
of this Act to apple producers to provide relief for the loss of 
markets for their 2000 crop. 
(b) PAYMENT BASIS.—^The amount of the payment to a producer 
under subsection (a) shall be made on a per pound basis equal 
to each qualifying producer's 2000 production of apples, except 
that the Secretary shall not make pa3anents for that amount of 
a particular farm's apple production that is in excess of 20,000,000 
pounds. 
(c) DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.—^A producer shall be ineligible for 
payments under this section with respect to a market loss for 
apples to the extent of that amount that the producer received 
as compensation or assistance for the same loss under any other 
Federal program, other than under the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). 
(d) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—^The Secretary shall not 
establish any terms or conditions for producer eligibility, such as 
limits based upon gross income, other than those specified in this 
section. 
(e) APPLICABILITY.—^This section applies only with respect to 
the 2000 crop of apples and producers of that crop. 
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SEC. 742. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity 
that has been convicted of violating the Act of March 3, 1933 
(41 U.S.C. lOa-lOc; popularly known as the "Buy American Act"). 
SEC. 743. Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking 
"2001" and inserting "2002". 
SEC. 744. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and 
technical assistance in the amount of $150,000 to the Mallard 
Pointe project in Madison County, Mississippi. 
SEC. 745. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall, in cooperation with the State of 
Illinois, develop and implement a pilot project utilizing conservation 
programs of the Department of Agriculture for soil, water, wetlands, 
and wildlife habitat enhancement in the Illinois River Basin: Pro-
vided, That no funds shall be made available to carry out this 
section unless they are expressly provided for a program in this 
Act or any other Act for obligation in fiscal year 2002: Provided 
further, That any conservation reserve program enrollments made 
pursuant to this section shall be subject to section 734 of this 
Act. 
SEC. 746. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide $250,000 for 
a wetlands restoration and water conservation project in the vicinity 
of Jamestown, Rhode Island. 
SEC. 
747. Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, 
$3,000,000 shall be made available from funds under the rural 
business and cooperative development programs of the Rural 
Community Advancement Program for a grant for an integrated 
ethanol plant, feedlot, and animal waste digestion unit, to the 
extent matching funds from the Department of Energy are provided 
if a commitment for such matching funds is made prior to July 
1, 2002: Provided, That such funds shall be released to the project 
after the farmer-owned cooperative equity is in place, and a formally 
executed commitment from a qualified lender based upon receipt 
of necessary permits, contract, and other appropriate documentation 
has been secured by the project. 
7 use 918b. 
SEC. 748. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service shall use 
the authorities provided in the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
to finance the acquisition of existing generation, transmission and 
distribution systems and facilities serving high cost, predominantly 
rural areas by entities capable of and dedicated to providing or 
improving service in such areas in an efficient and cost effective 
manner. 
SEC. 749. Notwithstanding subsection (f) of section 156 of the 
Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)), any assess-
ment imposed under that subsection for marketings of raw Ccine 
sugar or beet sugar for the 2002 fiscal year shall not be required 
to be remitted to the Commodity Credit Corporation before Sep-
tember 2, 2002. 
SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, shall provide financial assistance from avail-
able funds from the Emergency Watershed Protection Program 
in Arkansas, in an amount not to exceed $400,000 for completion 
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of the current construction phase of the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) 
Project. 
SEC. 751. (a) TEMPORARY USE OF EXISTING PAYMENTS TO STATES 
16 use 500 note. 
TABLE.—Notwithstanding section 101(a)(1) of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106-393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note), for the purpose of making 
the fiscal year 2001 payments under section 102 of such Act to 
eligible States and eligible counties, the full payment amount for 
each eligible State and eligible county shall be deemed to be equal 
to the full payment amount calculated for that eligible State or 
eligible county in the Forest Service document entitled "P.L. 106-
393, Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act" 
and dated July 31, 2001, subject to the adjustment required by 
section 101(b) of such Act. 
(b) REVISION OF TABLE.—For the purpose of making payments 
under section 102 of such Act to eligible States and eligible counties 
for fiscal years 2002 through 2006, as required by section 101(a)(1) 
of such Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise the table 
referred to in subsection (a) to accurately reflect, to the maximum 
extent practicable, each eligible State's and eligible county's historic 
share of the 25-percent payments and safety net payments made 
for the fiscal years of the eligibility period. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than March 1, 2002, Deadline, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report containing 
the revisions made to the table referred to in subsection (a), as 
required by subsection (b). 
(d) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBLE COUNTY ELECTION.—Notwithstanding 
section 102(b)(2) of such Act, if the revision pursuant to subsection 
(b) of the table referred to in subsection (a) results in a reduced 
full payment amount for an eligible county that elected under 
section 102(b) of such Act to receive the full payment amount, 
the eligible county shall have a 90-day period, beginning on the 
date the revised table is first available to the public, during which 
to reconsider and change its election. The eligible county shall 
notify the Secretary of Agriculture of any change in its election 
before the end of such period. If an eligible county elects under 
this subsection to receive the 25-percent payment in place of the 
full payment amount, the election shall be effective for 1 year. 
(e) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MINERAL LEASING RECEIPTS.—(1) 
An eligible county that elects under section 102(b) of such Act 
to receive its share of an eligible State's full payment amount 
shall continue to receive its share of any payments made to that 
State from a lease for mineral resources issued by the Secretary 
of the Interior under the last paragraph under the heading "FOREST 
SERVICE." in the Act of March 4, 1917 (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 
520). 
(2) Section 6(b) of the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands 
(30 U.S.C. 355(b)) is amended by inserting after the first sentence 
the following new sentence: "The preceding sentence shall also 
apply to any payment to a State derived from a lease for mineral 
resources issued by the Secretary of the Interior under the last 
paragraph under the heading 'FOREST SERVICE.' in the Act of March 
4, 1917 (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 520).". 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms "eligible State", 
"eligible county", "eligibility period", "full payment amount", "25-
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percent payment", and "safety net payments" have the meanings 
given such terms in section 3 of such Act, and the term "such 
Act" means the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Deter-
mination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note). 
SEC. 752. ALASKA PERMANENT FUND. Section 501(b) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471) is amended in paragraph 
(5)— 
(1) by striking "(5)" and inserting "(5)(A)"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"(B) For purposes of this title, for fiscal years 2002 and 
2003, the term 'income' does not include dividends received 
from the Alaska Permanent Fund by a person who was under 
the age of 18 years when that person qualified for the divi-
dend.". 
7 use 321 note. 
SEC. 753. Hereafter, any provision of any Act of Congress 
relating to colleges and universities eligible to receive funds under 
the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee University, shall 
apply to West Virginia State College at Institute, West Virginia: 
Provided, 
That the Secretary may waive the matching funds' 
requirement under section 1449 of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3222d) for fiscal year 2002 for West Virginia State College if the 
Secretary determines the State of West Virginia will be unlikely 
to satisfy the matching requirement. 
SEC. 754. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service, shall provide financial and technical assistance relating 
to the Tanana River bordering the Big Delta State Historical Park. 
SEC. 755. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act to the Food and Drug Administration shall 
be used to allow admission of fish or fish products labeled wholly 
or in part as "catfish" unless the products are taxonomically from 
the family Ictaluridae. 
SEC. 756. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to accept 
any unused funds transferred to the Alaska Railroad Corporation 
for avalanche control and retransfer up to $499,000 of such funds 
as a direct lump sum payment to the City of Valdez to construct 
an avalanche control wall to protect a public school. 
SEC. 757. The Secretary of Agriculture may use not more than 
$5,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to pay 
claims of crop damage, upon consultation with the Secretary of 
the Interior, that resulted from the Bureau of Land Management's 
use of herbicides during the 2001 calendar year in the State of 
Idaho: Provided, That if the amount provided in this section is 
not sufficient to pay all approved claims the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall reduce all approved claims on a pro rata basis related to 
the degree of loss in production: Provided further. That nothing 
in this section shall be construed to constitute an admission of 
liability by the United States arising from the use by the Bureau 
of Land Management of the herbicide Oust: Provided further, That 
the issuance of regulations promulgated pursuant to this section 
shall be made without regard to: (1) the notice and comment provi-
sions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code; (2) the Statement 
of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 
(36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking 
and public participation in rulemaking; and (3) chapter 35 of title 
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44, United States Code (commonly known as the "Paperwork Reduc-
tion Act"): Provided further, That in carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall use the authority provided under section 808 of 
title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 758. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ENROLLMENT OF WETLAND AND 
BUFFER ACREAGE IN CONSERVATION RESERVE, (a) IN GENERAL.— 
Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831(h)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting "(which may include 
emerging vegetation in water)" after "vegetative cover". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1232(a)(4) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is amended by inserting 
"(which may include emerging vegetation in water)" after "vegeta-
tive cover". 
SEC. 759. SPECIALITY CROPS, (a) GRADING OF TOBACCO.— 
7 use 5iis. 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 31, 2002, the Sec- Deadline, 
retary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the "Sec-
retary") shall conduct referenda among producers of each kind 
of tobacco that is eligible for price support under the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) to determine whether 
such producers favor the mandatory grading of that kind of 
tobacco by the Secretary. 
(2) MANDATORY GRADING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary determines that 
mandatory grading is favored by a majority of the producers 
of a kind of tobacco voting in the referendum, the Secretary 
is authorized and directed to ensure that the kind of tobacco 
is graded at the time of sale effective for the 2002 and 
subsequent marketing years. 
(B) FEES.—^To the maximum extent practicable, the 
Secretary shall establish, collect, and use fees for the 
grading of tobacco required under this subsection in the 
same manner as user fees for the grading of tobacco sold 
at auction authorized under the Tobacco Inspection Act 
(7 U.S.C. 511 et seq.). 
(3) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—^A determination by the Secretary 
under this subsection shall not be subject to judicial review. 
(b) QUOTA REDUCTION FOR CONSERVATION RESERVE ACREAGE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1236 of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3836) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (a); 
(B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as 
subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively; 
(C) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), by striking 
"subsection (b)" and inserting "subsection (a)"; and 
(D) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking 
"subsection (c)" and inserting "subsection (b)". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1232(a)(5) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(5)) is amended 
by striking "section 1236(d)" and inserting "section 1236(c)". 
(3) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this sub- 16 use 3832 
section shall apply beginning with the 2002 crop. 
J^ote. 
(c) HORSE BREEDER LOANS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF HORSE BREEDER.—In this subsection, 
the term "horse breeder" means a person that, as of the date 
of enactment of this Act, derives more than 70 percent of 
the income of the person from the business of breeding. 
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boarding, raising, training, or selling horses, during the shorter 
of— 
(A) the 5-year period ending on January 1, 2001; or 
(B) the period the person has been engaged in such 
business. 
(2) LOAN AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary shall make loans 
to eligible horse breeders to assist the horse breeders for losses 
suffered as a result of mare reproductive loss syndrome. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY.—^A horse breeder shall be eligible for a 
loan under this subsection if the Secretary determines that, 
as a result of mare reproductive loss s3Tidrome— 
(A) during the period beginning January 1 and ending 
October 1 of any of calendar years 2000, 2001, or 2002— 
(i) 30 percent or more of the mares owned by 
the horse breeder failed to conceive, miscarried, 
aborted, or otherwise failed to produce a live healthy 
foal; or 
(ii) 30 percent or more of the mares boarded on 
a farm owned, operated, or leased by the horse breeder 
failed to conceive, miscarried, aborted, or otherwise 
failed to produce a live healthy foal; 
(B) the horse breeder is unable to meet the financial 
obligations, or pay the ordinary and necessary expenses, 
of the horse breeder incurred in connection with breeding, 
boarding, raising, training, or selling horses; and 
(C) the horse breeder is not able to obtain sufficient 
credit elsewhere, in accordance with subtitle C of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1961 et seq.). 
(4) AMOUNT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
amount of a loan made to a horse breeder under this 
subsection shall be determined by the Secretary on the 
basis of the amount of losses suffered by the horse breeder, 
and the financial needs of the horse breeder, as a result 
of mare reproductive loss syndrome. 
(B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The amount of a loan made 
to a horse breeder under this subsection shall not exceed 
the maximum amount of an emergency loan under section 
324(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1964(a)). 
(5) TERM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
term for repayment of a loan made to a horse breeder 
under this subsection shall be determined by the Secretary 
based on the ability of the horse breeder to repay the 
loan. 
(B) MAXIMUM TERM.—The term of a loan made to a 
horse breeder under this subsection shall not exceed 20 
years. 
(6) INTEREST RATE.—The interest rate for a loan made 
to a horse breeder under this subsection shall be the interest 
rate for emergency loans prescribed under section 324(b)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1964(b)(1)). 
(7) SECURITY.—^A loan to a horse breeder under this sub-
section shall be made on the security required for emergency 
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loans under section 324(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1964(d)). 
(8) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to obtain a loan under Deadline, 
this subsection, a horse breeder shall submit an application 
for the loan to the Secretary not later than September 30, 
2002. 
(9) FUNDING,—The Secretary shall carry out this subsection 
using funds made available to make emergency loans under 
subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.). 
(10) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by this sub-
section to make a loan terminates effective September 30, 2003. 
SEC. 760. During fiscal year 2002, subsection (a)(2) of section 
508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) shall be 
applied as though the term "and potatoes" read as follows: ", pota-
toes, and sweet potatoes". 
SEC. 
761. 
CITRUS CANKER ERADICATION, (a) IN GENERAL.— 
Section 810 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 
Stat. 1549A-52) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking "The" and inserting "Subject 
to subsection (e), the"; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking "2001" and inserting 
"2002". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments in subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2001. 
SEC. 762. Section 306(a)(20) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(20)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subparagraph: 
"(E) 
RURAL BROADBAND.—Notwithstanding subpara-
graph (C), the Secretary may make grants to state agencies 
for use by regulatory commissions in states with rural 
communities without local dial-up Internet access or 
broadband service to establish a competitively, techno-
logically neutral grant program to telecommunications car-
riers or cable operators that establish common carrier facili-
ties and services which, in the commission's determination, 
will result in the long-term availability to such communities 
of affordable broadband services which are used for the 
provision of high speed Internet access.". 
SEC. 763. In accordance with the Farmland Protection Program, 
a total of $720,000 shall be made available to purchase conservation 
easements or other interests in land, not to exceed 235 acres, 
in Adair, Green, and Taylor Counties, Kentucky: Provided, That 
$490,000 of this amount shall be from funds made available to 
the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program for the State of 
Kentucky. 
SEC. 764. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
City of Caldwell, Idaho, shall be eligible for grants and loans 
administered by the Rural Housing Service of the United States 
Department of Agriculture for a period not to exceed 1 year from 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 765. Section 8c(l) of the Agricultural Marketing Agree-
ment Act of 1937 is amended by adding the following provision 
7 USC 608c. 
at the end of the penultimate sentence: 
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"The Secretary is authorized to implement a producer allotment 
program and a handler withholding program under the cran-
berry marketing order in the same crop year through informal 
rulemaking based on a recommendation and supporting eco-
nomic analysis submitted by the Cranberry Marketing Com-
mittee. Such recommendation and analysis shall be submitted 
by the Committee no later than March 1 of each year.". 
SEC. 766. Section 11(f) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(f)) is amended by— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking "2001" and inserting 
"2003"; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
following: 
Reports. 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit to the 
Deadlines. 
Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate— 
"(i) not later than January 1, 2003, an interim 
report on the activities of the State agencies receiving 
grants under this subsection; and 
"(ii) not later than January 1, 2004, a final report 
on the activities of the State agencies receiving grants 
under this subsection."; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking "report" and 
inserting "reports". 
SEC. 767. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
City of Mt. Vernon, Washington, shall be eligible for grants and 
loans administered by the Rural Housing Service of the United 
States Department of Agriculture for a period not to exceed 1 
year from the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 768. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and 
technical assistance to DuPage County, Illinois, from funds avail-
able for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program, 
r t ''^ exceed $1,400,000. 
.isc. 789. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from 
funds previously appropriated for Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations of the Natural Resource and Conservation Service, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall provide technical and financial assist-
ance, but not to exceed $1,000,000, in connection with a lake level 
stabilization project carried out as part of local efforts to restore 
and repair watersheds damaged by the 2001 tornado and storms 
in Burnett and Washburn Counties, Wisconsin: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall waive the cost share requirement of the local spon-
sors of such efforts in Burnett and Washburn Counties, Wisconsin. 
SEC. 770. Nowithstanding any other provision of law, from 
the funds appropriated to the Rural Utilities Service by this Act, 
any current Rural Utilities Service borrower within 100 miles of 
New York City shall be eligible for additional financing, refinancing, 
collateral flexibility, and deferrals on an expedited basis without 
regard to population limitations for any financially feasible tele-
communications, energy or water project that assists endeavors 
related to the rehabilitation, prevention, relocation, site preparation, 
or relief efforts resulting from the terrorist events of September 
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SEC. 771. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(rX5)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "six" and inserting "seven"; 
(2) by striking "four" and inserting "five"; and 
(3) by inserting "Illinois," after the first instance of "States 
shall be". 
SEC. 
772. (a) EXTENSION.—Section 141 of the Agricultural 
Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
"(5) During the period beginning on January 1, 2002, and 
ending on May 31, 2002, $9.90."; and 
(2) in subsection (h), by striking "December 31, 2001" both 
places it appears and inserting "May 31, 2002". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 142 of the Agricultural 
Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7252) is repealed. 
SEC. 773. The Secretary shall transfer to the Southern Min-
nesota Beet Sugar Co-op, refined sugar, acquired by the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, in the amount of 10,000 tons to compensate 
sugar producers in Minnesota for losses incurred beyond those 
that may be compensated under existing programs administered 
by the Secretary: Provided, That this amount of sugar shall be 
provided in installments starting on the day that is 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act and on the first day of each 
of the following 7 months after that day. 
SEC. 774. (a) DEFINITIONS.—^In this section: 
(1) The term "eligible person" means a person that— 
(A) owns a farm for which, irrespective of temporary 
transfers or undermarketings, a basic quota or allotment 
for eligible tobacco is established for the 2001 crop year 
under p.^r^ I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.); 
(Bj controls the farm from which, under the quota 
or allotment for the relevant period, eligible tobacco is 
marketed, could have been marketed, or can be marketed, 
taking into account temporary transfers; or 
(C) grows, could have grown, or can grow eligible 
tobacco that is marketed, could have been marketed, or 
can be marketed under the quota or allotment for the 
2001 crop year, taking into account temporary transfers. 
(2) The term "eligible tobacco" means each of the following 
kinds of tobacco: 
(A) Fire-cured tobacco, comprising types 22 and 23. 
(B) Dark air-cured tobacco, comprising types 35 and 
36. 
(C) Virginia sun-cured tobacco, comprising type 37. 
(b) PAYMENTS.—Not later than March 31, 2002, the Secretary Deadline, 
of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the "Secretary") shall 
use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments 
under this section. 
(c) POUNDAGE PAYMENT QUANTITIES.—^For the purposes of this 
section, in the case of each kind of eligible tobacco, individual 
tobacco quotas and allotments shall be converted to poundage pay-
ment quantities by multiplying— 
(1) the number of acres that may, irrespective of temporary 
transfers or undermarketings, be devoted, without penalty, to 
the production of the kind of tobacco under the allotment under 
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part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) for the 2001 crop year; 
by 
(2)(A) in the case of fire-cured tobacco (types 22 and 23), 
2,601 pounds per acre; 
(B) in the case of dark air-cured tobacco (types 35 and 
36), 2,337 pounds per acre; and 
(C) in the case of Virginia sun-cured tobacco (t)rpe 37), 
1,512 pounds per acre. 
(d) AVAILABLE PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—In the case of each kind 
of eligible tobacco, the available payment amount for pounds of 
a payment quantity under subsection (c) shall be equal to 10 cents 
per pound. 
(e) DIVISION OF PAYMENTS AMONG ELIGIBLE PERSONS.—^Pay-
ments available with respect to a pound of pajonent quantity, 
as determined under subsection (d), shall be made available to 
eligible persons in accordance with this subsection. In the case 
of pa3anents made available in a State under this section for each 
kind of eligible tobacco, the Secretary shall distribute (as deter-
mined by the Secretary)— 
(1) 33 Vs percent of the payments to eligible persons that 
are owners described in subsection (a)(1)(A); 
(2) 33 Va percent of the payments to eligible persons that 
are controllers described in subsection (a)(1)(B); and 
(3) 33Va percent of the payments to eligible persons that 
are growers described in subsection (a)(1)(C). 
(f) STANDARDS.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall use, to the maximum extent practicable, the same standards 
for payments that were used for making payments under section 
204(b) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 
1421 note; Public Law 106-224). 
(g) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—^A determination by the Secretary under 
this section shall not be subject to judicial review. 
(h) REGULATIONS.—^As soon as practicable after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as 
are necessary to implement this section. The promulgation of the 
regulations and administration of this section shall be made without 
regard to— 
(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
title 5, United States Code; 
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices 
of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; 
and 
(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
known as the "Paperwork Reduction Act"). 
(i) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULEMAKING.—In car-
rying out subsection (h), the Secretary shall use the authority 
provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 775. The Competitive, Special, £ind Facilities Research 
Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i) is amended: 
(1) in subsection (b)(3) by adding at the end the following: 
"(G) Grants may be awarded to improve research 
capabilities in States (as defined in the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, 
as amended) in which institutions have been less successful 
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115 STAT. 747 
in receiving funding under this subsection, based on a 
three-year rolling average of funding levels."; and 
(2) in subsections (b)(10)(C) by striking "and (F) of para-
graph (3) for awarding grants in" and inserting ", (F), and 
(G) of paragraph (3) for". 
SEC. 776. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries of personnel of the Department of 
Agriculture who carry out the programs authorized by section 524(a) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) in excess of 
a total of $4,000,000 for all such programs for fiscal year 2002. 
SEC. 777. Section 501 of the Agricultural Trade Development 
and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1737) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting "JOHN OGONOWSKi" 
before "FARMER-TO-FARMER PROGRAM"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(d) DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM.—The program of farmer-to-
farmer assistance authorized by this section shall be known and 
designated as the 'John Ogonowski Farmer-to-Farmer Program'.". 
This Act may be cited as the "Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2002". 
Approved November 28, 2001. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2330 (S. 1191): 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 107-116 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 107-275 
(Comm. of Conference). 
S E N A T E REPORTS: No. 107-41 accompanying S. 1191 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001): 
June 28, July 11, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 25, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 30, Senate agreed to another amendment. 
Nov. 13, House agreed to conference report. 
Nov. 15, Senate agreed to conference report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 37 (2001): 
Nov. 28, Presidential statement. 
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