[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2493 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2493

_______________________________________________________________________

                               AMENDMENTS
                  In the Senate of the United States,

                              July 27 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
2493) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other 
purposes'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

 (1)Page 2, line 7, strike out [$2,320,000] and insert: $2,295,000

 (2)Page 2, line 18, strike out [$553,000] and insert: $546,000

 (3)Page 3, line 3, strike out [$5,954,000] and insert: $5,781,000

 (4)Page 3, line 8, strike out [$808,000] and insert: $798,000

 (5)Page 5, line 6, strike out [$26,301,000] and insert: $25,960,000

 (6)Page 5, line 25, strike out [$1,333,000] and insert: $1,317,000

 (7)Page 6, line 6, strike out [$8,629,000] and insert: $8,510,000

 (8)Page 6, line 12, strike out [none of the funds in this Act] and 
insert: hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture

 (9)Page 6, line 18, strike out [$478,000] and insert: $472,000

 (10)Page 6, line 24, strike out [$65,932,000] and insert: $64,872,000

 (11)Page 7, line 11, strike out [$26,149,000] and insert: $25,835,000

 (12)Page 7, line 15, strike out [$589,000] and insert: $582,000

 (13)Page 8, line 9, strike out [$57,702,000] and insert: $51,219,000

 (14)Page 9, line 10, strike out [$82,069,000] and insert: $81,458,000

 (15)Page 9, line 21, strike out [$2,582,000] and insert: $2,550,000

 (16)Page 10, line 8, strike out [$569,000] and insert: $562,000

 (17)Page 10, line 13, strike out [$7,250,000] and insert: $12,000,000

 (18)Page 10, line 24, strike out [$688,805,000] and insert: 
$680,165,000

 (19)Page 11, lines 4 and 5, strike out [appropriations hereunder] and 
insert: hereafter, appropriations available to the Department of 
Agriculture

 (20)Page 13, line 13, strike out [$29,387,000] and insert: $32,788,000

 (21)Page 13, line 14, after ``That'' insert: hereafter,

 (22)Page 14, line 11, strike out [$18,809,000] and insert: $22,809,000

 (23)Page 14, line 23, strike out [$50,070,000] and insert: $72,917,000

 (24)Page 14, line 25, strike out [$114,000,000] and insert: 
$102,500,000

 (25)Page 15, line 6, strike out [$2,168,000] and insert: $650,000

 (26)Page 15, line 9, strike out [$400,000] and insert: $600,000

 (27)Page 16, line 7, strike out [$6,825,000] and insert: $8,000,000

 (28)Page 16, line 10, strike out [$20,827,000] and insert: $20,689,000

 (29)Page 16, line 22, strike out [$428,586,000] and insert: 
$443,652,000

 (30)Page 17, line 4, strike out [$37,750,000] and insert: $56,874,000

 (31)Page 17, line 16, strike out [$274,582,000] and insert: 
$270,593,000

 (32)Page 17, line 18, strike out [$64,961,000] and insert: $61,431,000

 (33)Page 17, line 21, strike out [$2,698,000] and insert: $2,988,000

 (34)Page 18, line 3, strike out [$938,000] and insert: $950,000

 (35)Page 18, line 7, strike out [$1,206,000] and insert: $1,221,000

 (36)Page 18, line 9, after ``$10,000,000;'' insert: payments for a 
Nutrition Education Initiative under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$5,000,000;

 (37)Page 18, line 13, after ``$1,750,000;'' insert: payments to 
establish and operate centers of rural technology development as 
authorized by section 2347 of Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 1932), 
$2,000,000;

 (38)Page 18, line 15, after ``$2,963,000;'' insert: payments for rural 
health and safety education as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 
101-624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,000,000;

 (39)Page 18, line 18, strike out [$25,414,000] and insert: $25,472,000

 (40)Page 18, line 18, strike out [$420,785,000] and insert: 
$422,641,000

 (41)Page 19, line 7, strike out [$8,390,000] and insert: $11,187,000

 (42)Page 19, line 10, strike out [$17,682,000] and insert: $18,155,000

 (43)Page 19, line 17, after ``improvements'' insert: : Provided 
further, That $462,000 shall be available for a grant pursuant to 
section 1472 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3818), in addition to other funds 
available in this appropriation for grants under this section

 (44)Page 20, line 1, after ``Service,'' insert: Agricultural 
Cooperative Service,

 (45)Page 20, line 2, strike out [$691,000] and insert: $682,000

 (46)Page 20, line 14, strike out [$439,042,000] and insert: 
$443,653,000

 (47)Page 22, line 2, after ``amounts'' insert: : Provided further, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 
U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and 
improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any 
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per centum of 
the current replacement value of the building

 (48)Page 22, line 2, after ``amounts'' insert: : Provided further, 
That none of these funds shall be used to pay the salary of any 
Department veterinarian or Veterinary Medical Officer who, when 
conducting inspections at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, or auctions 
under the Horse Protection Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 1821-1831), 
relies solely on the use of digital palpation as the only diagnostic 
test to determine whether or not a horse is sore under such Act

 (49)Page 23, line 10, strike out [$11,554,000] and insert: $11,509,000

 (50)Page 23, lines 15 and 16, strike out [none of the funds provided 
by this Act] and insert: hereafter, none of the funds available to the 
Federal Grain Inspection Service

 (51)Page 24, after line 10 insert:

                    Agricultural Cooperative Service

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Cooperative Marketing Act 
of July 2, 1926 (7 U.S.C. 451-457), and for activities relating to the 
marketing aspects of cooperatives, including economic research and 
analysis and the application of economic research findings, as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-
1627), and for activities with institutions or organizations throughout 
the world concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
cooperatives (7 U.S.C. 3291), $5,708,000: 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 $15,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109.

 (52)Page 24, line 21, strike out [$61,614,000] and insert: $56,887,000

 (53)Page 25, line 23, strike out [$10,309,000] and insert: $10,670,000

 (54)Page 26, after line 2, insert:
    In fiscal years 1994 and 1995, section 32 funds shall be used to 
promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports to the full extent 
authorized by section 1541 of Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 1464 note), 
and such funds shall be used to facilitate additional sales of such 
oils in world markets.

 (55)Page 26, line 8, strike out [$1,735,000] and insert: $1,300,000

 (56)Page 26, line 16, strike out [$12,194,000] and insert: $12,052,000

 (57)Page 26, line 24, after ``Service,'' insert: Office of 
International Cooperation and Development,

 (58)Page 26, line 25, strike out [$563,000] and insert: $556,000

 (59)Page 29, strike out all after line 10 over to and including line 
16 on page 30, and insert:
    For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1516), $290,116,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall be available for official 
reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
1506(i): Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act may be 
used to offer a Federal crop insurance policy in counties on crops 
where a loss ratio, that has already been recalculated pursuant to law 
to reflect the premium rates issued by the Corporation for the 1993 
crop year, is in excess of 1.10 more than 70 percent of the years that 
a policy has been offered since 1980: Provided further, That none of 
the funds in this Act may be used to pay operating and administrative 
costs that exceed 31 per centum of premium to insurers of policies on 
which the Corporation provides reinsurance, except to reimburse said 
insurers for excess loss adjustment expenses as provided for in the 
Standard Reinsurance Agreement issued by the Corporation: Provided 
further, That the second proviso shall not apply in any county affected 
if the Corporation has implemented a nonstandard classification system 
in such county for those individual farms that have experienced 
excessive losses since 1980 under which the premium rates, 
notwithstanding the provision of section 508(d) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act, are increased over comparable rates effective for the 
1993 crop, or the insured yields are decreased from comparable yields 
for the 1993 crop, or a combination of both, by an amount or amounts 
sufficient to ensure that an estimated loss ratio will not exceed 1.1 
for the crop produced on such farms during the 1994 crop year.

 (60)Page 32, line 8, strike out [$578,000] and insert: $571,000

 (61)Page 32, line 24, strike out [$588,262,000] and insert: 
$593,835,000

 (62)Page 34, line 22, strike out [$9,721,000] and insert: $10,921,000

 (63)Page 35, line 11, strike out [$228,915,000] and insert: 
$258,615,000

 (64)Page 35, line 12, strike out [$40,386,000] and insert: $41,186,000

 (65)Page 35, line 19, strike out [$22,881,000] and insert: $34,381,000

 (66)Page 36, line 17, strike out [$32,945,000] and insert: $35,000,000

 (67)Page 40, line 10, strike out [$15,000,000] and insert: $22,000,000

 (68)Page 40, strike out lines 23 to 26

 (69)Page 41, strike out lines 1 to 6

 (70)Page 43, line 2, strike out [$44,450,000] and insert: $70,000,000

 (71)Page 43, line 17, strike out [$583,000] and insert: $576,000

 (72)Page 43, lines 19 and 20, strike out [except Sec. 722,]

 (73)Page 44, line 12, strike out [$573,900,000] and insert: 
$540,107,000

 (74)Page 44, line 13, strike out [$166,863,000] and insert: 
$150,000,000

 (75)Page 44, line 20, strike out [$366,360,000] and insert: 
$366,435,000

 (76)Page 44, line 21, strike out [$12,225,000] and insert: $12,300,000

 (77)Page 44, line 24, strike out [$311,972,000] and insert: 
$309,967,000

 (78)Page 44, line 25, strike out [$25,397,000] and insert: $22,830,000

 (79)Page 45, line 10, strike out [$417,523,000] and insert: 
$475,865,000

 (80)Page 45, line 15, strike out [$5,840,000] and insert: $11,210,000

 (81)Page 45, line 21, strike out all after ``Act'' over to and 
including ``agreements'' in line 3 on page 46

 (82)Page 47, line 3, strike out [$634,624,000] and insert: 
$678,543,000

 (83)Page 47, line 4, strike out [$2,750,000,000] and insert: 
$4,046,252,000

 (84)Page 47, line 5, strike out [$1,800,000,000] and insert: 
$3,000,000,000

 (85)Page 47, line 7, strike out [$4,909,000] and insert: $4,312,000

 (86)Page 47, line 8, strike out [$2,012,000] and insert: $1,415,000

 (87)Page 47, line 10, strike out [$1,163,000] and insert: $1,000,000

 (88)Page 47, line 13, strike out [$147,566,000] and insert: 
$100,000,000

 (89)Page 47, line 17, strike out [$34,080,000] and insert: $41,507,000

 (90)Page 47, line 18, strike out [$119,985,000] and insert: 
$129,818,000

 (91)Page 47, line 19, strike out [$9,360,000] and insert: $15,747,000

 (92)Page 47, line 20, strike out [$29,425,000] and insert: $29,445,000

 (93)Page 47, line 21, strike out [$506,000] and insert: $494,000

 (94)Page 47, line 22, strike out [$43,000] and insert: $31,000

 (95)Page 47, line 24, strike out [$229,000] and insert: $197,000

 (96)Page 48, line 2, strike out [$22,405,000] and insert: $15,400,000

 (97)Page 48, line 12, strike out [$835,000,000] and insert: 
$903,886,000

 (98)Page 48, line 13, strike out [$35,000,000] and insert: $35,500,000

 (99)Page 48, line 14, strike out [$325,000,000] and insert: 
$275,000,000

 (100)Page 48, line 16, strike out [$298,762,000] and insert: 
$200,000,000

 (101)Page 48, line 22, strike out [$111,040,000] and insert: 
$120,532,000

 (102)Page 48, line 23, strike out [$24,125,000] and insert: 
$19,320,000

 (103)Page 48, line 25, strike out [$2,778,000] and insert: $1,860,000

 (104)Page 49, line 5, strike out [$56,000,000] and insert: $84,000,000

 (105)Page 49, line 12, strike out [$100,000,000] and insert: 
$150,000,000

 (106)Page 49, after line 14 insert:

    agricultural resource conservation demonstration program account

    For loan guarantees authorized under sections 1465-1469 of Public 
Law 101-624, for the Agricultural Resource Conservation Demonstration 
Program, $6,799,000 to any State defined as eligible under section 
1465(c)(3)(A) of that Act. For the cost, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,599,000.

 (107)Page 49, line 18, strike out [$2,963,000] and insert: $4,000,000

 (108)Page 49, line 22, strike out [$450,000,000] and insert: 
$535,571,000

 (109)Page 49, line 24, strike out [$25,000,000] and insert: 
$25,700,000

 (110)Page 50, line 1, after ``306C'' insert: : Provided further, That 
of this amount, up to $15,000,000 shall be available for project grants 
to remedy the dire sanitation conditions in rural Alaska villages in 
which the median household income does not exceed 110 percent of the 
statewide non-metropolitan household income and that notwithstanding 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, Public Law 87-128, 
such grants shall be for 50 percent of the development cost of the 
project upon a state or local contribution of 50 percent of the 
development cost of the project

 (111)Page 50, line 2, strike out [$25,000,000] and insert: $25,700,000 
and the foregoing $15,000,000

 (112)Page 51, line 19, strike out [$35,000,000] and insert: 
$50,000,000

 (113)Page 54, line 3, strike out [$4,368,000] and insert: $4,500,000

 (114)Page 54, line 18, strike out [$125,000,000] and insert: 
$75,000,000

 (115)Page 55, line 1, strike out [$36,265,000] and insert: $30,043,000

 (116)Page 55, line 4, strike out [$11,184,000] and insert: $3,090,000

 (117)Page 55, line 24, strike out [$40,000] and insert: $3,118,000

 (118)Page 56, line 7, after ``pended'' insert: : Provided, That none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for 
the programs authorized by chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XXIII of 
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
950aaa et seq.) may be used by the Administrator of the Rural 
Electrification Administration to carry out the programs unless, prior 
to allocating funds to carry out the programs, the Administrator 
consults with the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Office of Rural 
Health Policy, concerning the review of applications to participate in 
the programs and the administration of the programs

 (119)Page 56, line 16, strike out [$3,381,000] and insert: $3,423,000

 (120)Page 57, line 23, after ``Service'' insert: and the Human 
Nutrition Information Service

 (121)Page 57, line 23, strike out [$554,000] and insert: $547,000

 (122)Page 58, line 12, after ``That'' insert: hereafter,

 (123)Page 58, line 21, after ''That'' insert: hereafter,

 (124)Page 59, line 8, after ``That'' insert: hereafter,

 (125)Page 59, lines 13 and 14, strike out [appropriated under this 
Act.] and insert: available to the Department of Agriculture; in 
addition,

 (126)Page 59, lines 14 and 15, strike out [appropriated under this 
Act] and insert: available to the Department of Agriculture

 (127)Page 59, line 18, strike out [month. Exceptions] and insert: 
month; and in addition, exceptions

 (128)Page 59, line 23, strike out [$1,706,000] and insert: $2,000,000

 (129)Page 60, line 5, strike out [1995. Only] and insert: 1995: 
Provided, That hereafter, only

 (130)Page 60, line 9, strike out [appropriated under this Act.] and 
insert: available to the Department of Agriculture; in addition,

 (131)Page 60, line 10, strike out [appropriated under this Act] and 
insert: available to the Department of Agriculture

 (132)Page 60, line 13, strike out [month. Exceptions] and insert: 
month; and in addition, exceptions

 (133)Page 60, line 21, strike out [$3,210,000,000] and insert: 
$3,213,500,000

 (134)Page 60, line 22, strike out [$4,000,000] and insert: $8,000,000

 (135)Page 60, line 24, strike out [none of the funds in this Act] and 
insert: hereafter, none of the funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture

 (136)Page 61, line 2, after ``program'' insert: : Provided further, 
That until revised allocation regulations have been issued, the 
Secretary may waive regulations governing allocations as necessary to 
ensure funds are received by States most in need

 (137)Page 61, line 2, after ``program'' insert: : Provided further, 
That hereafter, rebate funds received by States as part of a cost 
containment initiative for WIC are exempt from the interest provisions 
of the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, Public Law 101-453

 (138)Page 62, line 18, after ``1995'' insert: : Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for meals provided pursuant 
to the Older Americans Act of 1965, a maximum rate of reimbursement to 
States will be established by the Secretary, subject to reduction if 
obligations would exceed the amount of available funds, with any 
unobligated funds to remain available only for obligation in the fiscal 
year beginning October 1, 1994

 (139)Page 62, line 23, strike out [$40,000,000] and insert: 
$42,500,000

 (140)Page 63, line 3, strike out [$80,000,000] and insert: 
$107,500,000

 (141)Page 63, after line 15, insert:

                  Human Nutrition Information Service

    For necessary expenses to enable the Human Nutrition Information 
Service to perform applied research and demonstrations relating to 
human nutrition and consumer use and economics of food utilization, and 
nutrition monitoring, $10,864,000: Provided, That funds made available 
by Public Law 102-341 under this head shall remain available for 
obligation from October 1, 1993, through September 30, 1994, only for 
the purpose of expenses necessary to conduct the Continuing Survey of 
Food Intakes by Individuals: 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).

 (142)Page 64, line 3, strike out [$117,812,000] and insert: 
$110,284,000

 (143)Page 64, line 8, strike out all after ``basis'' over to and 
including ``2392)'' in line 2 on page 65

 (144)Page 66, line 11, strike out [$450,446,000] and insert: 
$490,184,000

 (145)Page 66, line 13, strike out [$45,927,000] and insert: 
$50,261,000

 (146)Page 67, line 9, strike out [$346,889,000] and insert: 
$377,490,000

 (147)Page 68, after line 26, insert:

          Office of International Cooperation and Development

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of International Cooperation 
and Development to coordinate, plan, and direct activities involving 
international development, technical assistance and training, and 
international scientific and technical cooperation in the Department of 
Agriculture, including those authorized by the Food and Agriculture Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3291), $7,697,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$3,000 of this amount shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1766: Provided 
further, That in addition, funds available to the Department of 
Agriculture shall be available to assist an international organization 
in meeting the costs, including salaries, fringe benefits and other 
associated costs, related to the employment by the organization of 
Federal personnel that may transfer to the organization under the 
provisions of 5 U.S.C. 3581-3584, or of other well-qualified United 
States citizens, for the performance of activities that contribute to 
increased understanding of international agricultural issues, with 
transfer of funds for this purpose from one appropriation to another or 
to a single account authorized, such funds remaining available until 
expended: Provided further, That the Office may utilize 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 of the International Development Cooperation 
Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).

 (148)Page 70, line 1, strike out all after ``$25,000;'' down to and 
including ``9701'' in line 9

 (149)Page 70, line 9, strike out all after ``9701'' down to and 
including ''Tea'' in line 11

 (150)Page 70, line 11, after ''Tea'' insert: $638,339,000; and in 
addition, $175,000,000 to be credited to this appropriation, from fees 
established and collected to cover the costs of regulation of products 
under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration, to remain 
available until expended

 (151)Page 70, after line 11, insert:
    In addition, not to exceed $54,000,000 in fees pursuant to section 
736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to this 
appropriation and remain available until expended in accordance with 
section 736(g) of such Act: Provided, That this amount may be adjusted 
pursuant to section 736(c) of that Act: Provided further, That fees 
derived from applications received during fiscal year 1994 shall be 
credited to the appropriation current in the year in which the fees are 
collected and subject to the fiscal year 1994 limitation.

 (152)Page 73, line 12, strike out [No part of the funds contained in 
this Act] and insert: Hereafter, none of the funds available to the 
Department of Agriculture

 (153)Page 77, line 10, strike out [None of the funds provided in this 
Act] and insert: Hereafter, none of the funds available to the 
Department of Agriculture

 (154)Page 78, line 25, after ``count;'' insert: Rural Development Loan 
Fund Program Account;

 (155)Page 79, line 3, after ``Account'' insert: : Provided, That 
hereafter, such appropriations are authorized to remain available until 
expended

 (156)Page 79, after line 6, insert:
    Sec. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to operate a regional office of the 
Rural Development Administration after April 1, 1994.

 (157)Page 79, strike out lines 7 to 10

 (158)Page 79, line 17, strike out [$127,734,000] and insert: 
$75,000,000

 (159)Page 79, line 20, strike out [50,000] and insert: 100,000

 (160)Page 79, line 21, after ``3837'' insert: : Provided, That average 
per acre costs shall not exceed $700

 (161)Page 80, strike out all after line 3 over to and including line 
12 on page 81

 (162)Page 81, after line 12, insert:
    Sec. 728. Notwithstanding the provisions of the constitution of any 
State or the laws of any State limiting the rate or amount of interest 
which may be charged, taken, received, or reserved, the rates of 
interest on loans guaranteed by the Farmers Home Administration and the 
Rural Development Administration shall be the rates established 
pursuant to the applicable Federal statutes.

 (163)Page 81, after line 12, insert:
    Sec. 729. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to operate the Board of Tea Experts 
established under section 2 of the Act entitled ``An Act to prevent the 
importation of impure and unwholesome tea'', approved March 2, 1897 (21 
U.S.C. 42) (commonly known as the ``Tea Importation Act''). Except as 
specifically provided in the preceding sentence, the authority of the 
Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall not be affected by this section.

 (164)Page 81, after line 12, insert:
    Sec. 730. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
provide a total amount of payments to a person to support the price of 
honey under section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess of 
$50,000 in the 1994 crop year.

 (165)Page 81, after line 12, insert:

SEC. 731. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING JAPANESE TRADE BARRIERS TO 
              UNITED STATES GROWN APPLES.

    (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
            (1) The United States apple industry has worked for 22 
        years to export apples to Japan, answering every technical 
        question, and fulfilling every test and trapping program 
        required by the Japanese Government.
            (2) During negotiations with United States growers, the 
        Japanese Government has repeatedly added new technical 
        requirements or delayed discussions to resolve technical 
        disputes.
            (3) United States apple growers currently export to 24 
        countries, none of which have phytosanitary standards as 
        stringent as Japan's standards.
            (4) The administration has provided exemplary support on 
        this issue, expressing its dissatisfaction with the Japanese 
        phytosanitary requirements at every possible occasion.
    (b) Policy.--It is the policy of the United States Senate that the 
current Japanese phytosanitary requirements on United States apples 
constitute an unnecessary trade barrier and the United States Senate 
urges the administration to continue to work toward removing the 
barrier, including initiation of an investigation under section 301 of 
the Trade Act of 1974.

 (166)Page 81, after line 12, insert:
    Sec. 732. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to support the price of wool or 
mohair by means of loans, purchases, payments, or other operations.

 (167)Page 81, after line 12, insert:
    Sec. 733. The Rural Electrification Act is amended by adding the 
following new section:
    ``Sec. 306C. Refinancing of Loans.--
            ``(a) In general.--A borrower of a loan made by the Federal 
        Financing Bank and guaranteed under section 306 of this Act 
        may, at the option of the borrower, refinance such loan, loan 
        advance, or any portion thereof.
            ``(b) Penalty.--
                    ``(1) Determination of penalty.--A Penalty shall be 
                assessed against a borrower that refinances a loan, 
                loan advance or any portion thereof under this section. 
                Such penalty shall, except as provided by paragraph 
                (2), be equal to the lesser of--
                            ``(A) the difference between the 
                        outstanding principal balance of the loan being 
                        refinanced and the present value of such loan 
                        discounted at a rate equal to the current cost 
                        of funds to the Department of the Treasury for 
                        obligations of comparable maturity to the loan 
                        being refinanced;
                            ``(B) one hundred percent of the amount of 
                        interest for one year on the outstanding 
                        principal balance of such loan, loan advance, 
                        or any portion thereof being refinanced, 
                        multiplied by the ratio which--
                                    ``(i) the number of quarterly 
                                payment dates between the refinancing 
                                date and the maturity date of the loan 
                                advance,
                        bears to--
                                    ``(ii) the number of quarterly 
                                payment dates between the first 
                                quarterly payment date that occurs 12 
                                years after the end of the year in 
                                which the amount being refinanced was 
                                advanced and the maturity date of such 
                                loan advance;
                            ``(C) one hundred percent of the amount of 
                        interest for one year on the outstanding 
                        principal balance of such loan, loan advance, 
                        or any portion thereof being refinanced, plus, 
                        for the interval between the date of the 
                        refinancing and the first quarterly payment 
                        date that occurs 12 years after the end of the 
                        year in which the amount being refinanced was 
                        advanced, the present value of the difference 
                        between each payment scheduled for such 
                        interval on such loan amount being refinanced 
                        and the payment amounts that would be required 
                        during such interval on the amount being 
                        refinanced if the interest rate on the loan 
                        were equal to the current cost of funds to the 
                        Department of the Treasury for obligations of 
                        comparable maturity to the loan being 
                        refinanced.
                    ``(2) Limitation.--The penalty provided by 
                subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be required for a 
                refinancing under this section, except that in the case 
                of a loan advanced under an agreement executed before 
                1984 which permits the prepayment or refinancing of 
                such loan advance based on the payment of one year of 
                interest on the outstanding principal balance of such 
                loan advance, a borrower may, in lieu of the penalty 
                required by subsection (b)(1)(A), pay a penalty as 
                provided by--
                            ``(A) subsection (b)(1)(B) if such loan 
                        advance has reached the twelve year maturity 
                        required under such loan agreement for such 
                        prepayment or refinancing;
                            ``(B) subsection (b)(1)(C) if such loan 
                        advance has not reached the twelve year 
                        maturity required under such loan agreement for 
                        such prepayment or refinancing.
                    ``(3) Financing of penalty.--A borrower may at its 
                option meet the penalty requirements of paragraph (1) 
                by either making a payment in the amount of such 
                required penalty at the time of such refinancing or by 
                increasing the outstanding principal balance of the 
                loan advance that is being refinanced under this 
                section by the amount of such penalty. If a borrower 
                meets the penalty requirements of paragraph (1) by 
                increasing the outstanding principal balance of the 
                loan advance that is being refinanced, the borrower 
                shall make a payment at the time of such refinancing 
                equal to 2.5 percent of the amount of such penalty that 
                is added to the outstanding principal balance of such 
                loan.
            ``(c) Loan Terms and Conditions After Refinancing.--
                    ``(1) In general.--Upon the payment of a penalty as 
                provided by subsection (b), the loan, loan advance, or 
                any portion thereof shall be refinanced at the interest 
                rate described in paragraph (2) for the term or terms 
                selected by the borrower pursuant to paragraph (3).
                    ``(2) Interest rate.--The interest rate on a loan 
                refinanced under this section shall be determined to be 
                equal to the current cost of funds to the Department of 
                the Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity to 
                the term selected by the borrower pursuant to paragraph 
                (3), but the interest rate on such a refinanced loan 
                shall not exceed 7 percent.
                    ``(3) Loan term.--Subject to paragraph (4), the 
                borrower of a loan that is refinanced under this 
                section shall select the term for which an interest 
                rate shall be determined pursuant to paragraph (2), and 
                at the end of the term (and any succeeding term 
                selected by the borrower under this paragraph), may 
                renew the loan for another term selected by the 
                borrower.
                    ``(4) Maximum term.--The borrower may not select a 
                term pursuant to paragraph (3) that ends after the 
                maturity date set for such loan before its refinancing 
                under this section.
                    ``(5) Existing loan.--The refinancing of a loan 
                pursuant to this section and the inclusion of a penalty 
                in the outstanding principal balance of such refinanced 
                loan, pursuant to paragraph (3), shall not, 
                notwithstanding any other provision of law, be 
                considered the making of a new loan, new loan guarantee 
                or other new credit activity, nor shall such 
                refinancing be subject to appropriations or limited by 
                the amount provided during a fiscal year for new loans, 
                loan guarantees or other credit activity, nor may the 
                request of a borrower for such refinancing under this 
                section be denied.''.

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