[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1976 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                     September 20 (legislative day, September 5), 1995.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
1976) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other 
purposes'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

(1)Page 2, line 14, strike out [$10,227,000] and insert: $12,801,000

(2)Page 2, line 14, strike out [$7,500,000] and insert: $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended,

(3)Page 3, line 6, strike out [$3,948,000] and insert: $3,814,000

(4)Page 4, line 1, strike out all after ``ter'' down to and including 
``house'' in line 17

(5)Page 5, line 8, after ``culture'' insert: under 40 U.S.C. 486

(6)Page 6, line 4, strike out [$800,000] and insert: $650,000

(7)Page 6, line 14, after ``9607(g),'' insert: and

(8)Page 7, line 24, strike out all after ``branch,'' over to and 
including ``relations'' in line 2 on page 8 and insert: $1,764,000

(9)Page 8, line 25, strike out [$95,000] and insert: $125,000

(10)Page 9, line 3, after ``97-98'' insert: : Provided, That funds 
transferred to the Office of the Inspector General through forfeiture 
proceedings or from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or 
the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a participating 
agency, as an equitable share from the forfeiture of property in 
investigations in which the Office of Inspector General participates, 
or through the granting of a Petition for Remission or Mitigation, 
shall be deposited to the credit of this account for law enforcement 
activities authorized under the Inspector General Act of 1978, as 
amended, to remain available until expended

(11)Page 9, line 20, strike out [$53,131,000] and insert: $53,526,000

(12)Page 10, line 23, strike out [$705,610,000] and insert: 
$707,000,000

(13)Page 12, line 15, after ``League'' insert: Foundation

(14)Page 13, line 18, after ``law'' insert: : Provided further, That of 
the funds made available under this heading for the National Center for 
Agricultural Utilization Research, not less than $1,000,000 shall be 
available for the Grain Marketing Research Laboratory in Manhattan, 
Kansas

(15)Page 13, line 24, strike out [$166,165,000] and insert: 
$171,304,000

(16)Page 14, line 1, strike out [$20,185,000] and insert: $20,809,000

(17)Page 14, line 2, strike out [$27,313,000] and insert: $28,157,000

(18)Page 14, line 4, strike out [$31,930,000] and insert: $42,670,000

(19)Page 14, line 6, strike out [$11,599,000] and insert: $9,769,000

(20)Page 14, line 7, strike out [$98,165,000] and insert: $99,582,000

(21)Page 14, line 9, strike out [$5,051,000] and insert: $5,551,000

(22)Page 14, line 10, strike out [195] and insert: 3195

(23)Page 14, line 10, strike out [$1,150,000] and insert: $500,000

(24)Page 14, line 11, after ``3319d);'' insert: $500,000 for grants for 
research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 
U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until expended;

(25)Page 14, line 20, strike out [$8,000,000] and insert: $8,112,000

(26)Page 14, line 21, after ``5811);'' insert: $9,207,000 for a program 
of capacity building grants to colleges eligible to receive funds under 
the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), including 
Tuskegee University, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b);

(27)Page 14, line 21, after ``5811);'' insert: $1,450,000 for payments 
to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 
103-382;

(28)Page 14, line 22, strike out [$6,289,000] and insert: $10,686,000

(29)Page 14, line 25, strike out [$389,172,000] and insert: 
$421,622,000

(30)Page 15, after line 8, insert:

                        buildings and facilities

    For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
and for grants to States and other eligible recipients for such 
purposes, as necessary to carry out the agricultural research, 
extension, and teaching programs of the Department of Agriculture, 
where not otherwise provided, $57,838,000, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

(31)Page 15, line 19, strike out [$264,405,000] and insert: 
$272,582,000

(32)Page 15, line 21, strike out [$59,588,000] and insert: $61,431,000

(33)Page 15, line 24, strike out [$2,898,000] and insert: $2,988,000

(34)Page 16, line 3, strike out [$7,664,000] and insert: $7,901,000

(35)Page 16, line 5, strike out [$921,000] and insert: $950,000

(36)Page 16, line 7, strike out [$10,897,000] and insert: $11,234,000

(37)Page 16, line 9, strike out [$1,184,000] and insert: $1,221,000

(38)Page 16, line 10, strike out [$9,700,000] and insert: $10,000,000

(39)Page 16, line 10, after ``$9,700,000;'' insert: payments for a 
Nutrition Education Initiative under 3(d) of the Act, $4,265,000;

(40)Page 16, line 12, strike out [$2,400,000] and insert: $2,475,000

(41)Page 16, line 14, strike out [$3,241,000] and insert: $3,341,000

(42)Page 16, line 15, strike out [$1,697,000] and insert: $1,750,000

(43)Page 16, line 17, after ``$3,463,000;'' 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), $2,750,000;

(44)Page 16, line 20, strike out [$24,708,000] and insert: $25,472,000

(45)Page 16, line 20, after ``$24,708,000;'' insert $2,550,000 for 
payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(b)(3) of 
Public Law 103-382;

(46)Page 16, line 24, strike out [301n] and insert: 301 note

(47)Page 17, line 2, strike out [$6,181,000] and insert: $10,998,000

(48)Page 17, line 2, strike out [$413,257,000] and insert: $439,681,000

(49)Page 18, line 4, strike out [$333,410,000] and insert: $329,125,000

(50)Page 20, line 6, after ``teration,'' insert: modernization,

(51)Page 20, line 8, strike out [$12,541,000] and insert: $4,973,000

(52)Page 20, line 19, strike out [$46,662,000] and insert: $46,517,000

(53)Page 22, line 11, strike out [1956] and insert: 1946

(54)Page 22, line 12, strike out [$1,000,000] and insert: $1,200,000

(55)Page 22, line 25, strike out [$23,058,000] and insert: $23,289,000

(56)Page 23, line 19, strike out [$450,000] and insert: $440,000

(57)Page 23, line 24, strike out [$540,365,000] and insert: 
$563,004,000

(58)Page 25, line 4, strike out all after ``programs'' down to and 
including ``1994'' in line 7 and insert: administered by the 
Consolidated Farm Service Agency

(59)Page 25, line 7, strike out [$788,388,000] and insert: $805,888,000

(60)Page 25, line 17, strike out [$500,000] and insert: $1,000,000

(61)Page 25, line 22, strike out [$2,000,000] and insert: $3,000,000

(62)Page 27, after line 2, insert:

              outreach for socially 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), 
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended.

(63)Page 27, line 10, strike out [$585,000,000] and insert: 
$610,000,000

(64)Page 27, line 11, strike out [$2,300,000,000] and insert: 
$2,450,000,000

(65)Page 27, line 18, strike out [$22,500,000] and insert: $21,696,000

(66)Page 27, line 22, strike out [$28,206,000] and insert: $34,053,000

(67)Page 27, line 23, strike out [$91,000,000] and insert: $111,505,000

(68)Page 28, line 4, strike out [$4,113,000] and insert: $3,966,000

(69)Page 28, line 7, strike out [$221,541,000] and insert: $227,258,000

(70)Page 28, line 9, strike out [$208,446,000] and insert: $214,163,000

(71)Page 30, strike out lines 7 through 11 and insert:
    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer the laws 
enacted by Congress for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
$677,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
administer laws enacted by Congress for the Forest Service: Provided 
further, That $350,000 shall be made available to the Secretary of 
Agriculture to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the Forest 
Service: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 245(c) of 
Public Law 103-354 (7 U.S.C. 6961(c)), the Secretary of Agriculture may 
not delegate any authority to administer laws enacted by Congress, or 
funds provided by this Act, for the Forest Service to the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment.

(72)Page 31, line 5, strike out [$629,986,000] and insert: 
$637,860,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b)

(73)Page 32, line 7, after ``ice'' insert: (16 U.S.C. 590e-2)

(74)Page 32, after line 7, insert:

                 river basin surveys and investigations

    For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and 
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, in accordance with 
section 6 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved 
August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1006-1009), $8,369,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to 
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $60,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

(75)Page 32, after line 7, insert:

                           watershed planning

    For necessary expenses for small watershed investigations and 
planning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1008), $5,630,000: 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 $50,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

(76)Page 32, strike out line 13, down to and including ``1006a),'' in 
line 14

(77)Page 32, line 21, after ``2209b) insert: (of which $15,000,000 
shall be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 
Control Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), as 
amended and supplemented)

(78)Page 33, after line 6, insert:

                 resource conservation and development

    For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for 
resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant 
to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones 
Farm Tenant Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 76 Stat. 607), and the 
provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and the 
provisions of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451-
3461), $27,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209): 
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.

(79)Page 33, after line 6, insert:

                      forestry incentives program

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out 
the program of forestry incentives, as authorized in the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical 
assistance and related expenses $6,325,000, to remain available until 
expended, as authorized by that Act.

(80)Page 33, after line 6, insert:

             colorado river basin salinity control program

    For necessary expenses for carrying out a voluntary cooperative 
salinity control program pursuant to section 202(c) of title II of the 
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 
1592(c)), to be used to reduce salinity in the Colorado River and to 
enhance the supply and quality of water available for use in the United 
States and the Republic of Mexico, $2,681,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), to be used for the establishment of 
on-farm irrigation management systems, including lateral improvement 
measures, for making cost-share payments to agricultural landowners and 
operators, Indian tribes, irrigation districts and associations, local 
governmental and nongovernmental entities, and other landowners to aid 
them in carrying out approved conservation practices as determined and 
recommended by the Secretary, and for associated costs of program 
planning, information and education, and program monitoring and 
evaluation.

(81)Page 33, strike out lines 7 through 18

(82)Page 33, strike out all after line 18 over to and including line 2 
on page 35

(83)Page 35, line 8, strike out [$210,000,000] and insert: $77,000,000

(84)Page 36, line 1, strike out [$75,000,000] and insert: $50,000,000

(85)Page 37, line 22, strike out [$11,000,000] and insert: $15,000,000

(86)Page 38, after line 25, insert:

                  rural community advancement program

    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees and grants, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1928, and 1932, and 86 Stat. 661-664, as 
amended; and 42 U.S.C. 1485 and 1490(a), $563,839,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be available for loans and grants for 
rural water and waste disposal and solid waste management grants, new 
construction of section 515 rental housing, direct loans and loan 
guarantees for community facilities, loan guarantees for business and 
industry assistance, and grants for rural business enterprise: 
Provided, That the costs of direct loans and loan guarantees, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $20,044,000 shall be for empowerment zones 
and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public Law 103-66: 
Provided further, That if such funds are not obligated for empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 1996, they shall remain 
available for other authorized purposes under this head: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$4,500,000 shall be available for contracting with the National Rural 
Water Association or an equally qualified national organization for a 
circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water 
systems: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 
to exceed $20,000,000 shall be available for water and waste disposal 
systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico border, 
including grants under section 306(c): Provided further, That loan 
guarantees for business and industry assistance funded under this 
heading shall be made available to tourist or other recreational 
businesses in rural communities.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out 
direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, $58,051,000, of which 
$57,614,000 shall be transferred to and merged with ``Rural Housing and 
Community Development Service, Salaries and Expenses''; ``Rural 
Utilities Service, Salaries and Expenses''; and ``Rural Business and 
Cooperative Development Service, Salaries and Expenses''.

(87)Page 39, line 9, strike out [$42,820,000] and insert: $50,346,000

(88)Page 39, line 20, strike out [$2,250,000,000] and insert: 
$2,700,000,000

(89)Page 39, line 25, strike out [$35,000,000] and insert: $42,484,000

(90)Page 39, line 26, strike out all after ``property'' over to and 
including ``areas'' in line 6 on page 40

(91)Page 40, line 10, strike out [$118,335,000] and insert: 
$212,790,000

(92)Page 40, line 13, strike out all after ``$82,035,000'' down to and 
including ``1996'' in line 14

(93)Page 40, line 15, strike out [$6,100,000] and insert: $7,405,000

(94)Page 40, strike out lines 16 through 23

(95)Page 41, line 1, strike out [$385,889,000] and insert: $389,818,000

(96)Page 41, line 1, strike out [$372,897,506] and insert: $376,860,000

(97)Page 41, line 11, strike out [$535,900,000] and insert: 
$540,900,000

(98)Page 42, strike out all after line 7, over to and including line 8 
on page 43

(99)Page 43, after line 24, insert:

              supervisory and technical assistance grants

    For grants pursuant to sections 509(f) and 525 of the Housing Act 
of 1949, $1,000,000.

(100)Page 44, line 4, strike out [$1,000,000] and insert: $3,000,000

(101)Page 45, line 2, strike out [$9,520,000] and insert: $9,013,000

(102)Page 45, strike out all after line 6, over to and including line 7 
on page 46

(103)Page 46, strike out lines 9 through 14 and insert:
    For the cost of direct loans, $22,395,000, as authorized by the 
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)): Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 
for the principal amount of direct loans of $37,544,000: Provided 
further, That through June 30, 1996, of these amounts, $6,484,000 shall 
be available for the cost of direct loans, for empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to subsidize gross obligations for 
the principal amount of direct loans, $10,870,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan programs, $1,476,000, of which $1,470,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and 
Expenses''.

(104)Page 47, line 2, strike out [$584,000] and insert: $724,000

(105)Page 47, line 9, strike out [$5,000,000] and insert: $10,000,000

(106)Page 47, strike out lines 12 through 26

(107)Page 48, line 5, strike out [$1,500,000] and insert: $3,000,000, 
of which $1,300,000 may be available for the appropriate technology 
transfer for rural areas program

(108)Page 48, line 16, strike out [$500,000,000] and insert: 
$550,000,000

(109)Page 48, line 24, strike out [$54,150,000] and insert: $59,565,000

(110)Page 49, line 1, strike out [sections 305(c)(2) and] and insert: 
section

(111)Page 49, line 6, strike out [$29,982,000] and insert: $32,183,000

(112)Page 49, line 24, strike out [$770,000] and insert: $5,023,000

(113)Page 49, line 26, strike out [$3,541,000] and insert: $6,167,000

(114)Page 50, strike out all after line 4, over to and including line 
11 on page 51

(115)Page 51, line 17, strike out [$19,211,000] and insert: $18,449,000

(116)Page 52, line 8, strike out [$440,000] and insert: $540,000

(117)Page 52, line 14, strike out [section 17] and insert: sections 17, 
19, and 21

(118)Page 52, line 16, strike out [$7,952,424,000] and insert: 
$7,952,610,000

(119)Page 52, line 17, strike out [$2,354,566,000] and insert: 
$2,354,752,000

(120)Page 52, line 22, strike out all after ``claims'' over to and 
including ``Institute'' in line 2 on page 53

(121)Page 53, line 23, after ``program'' insert: : Provided further, 
That on or after July 1, 1996, any funds recovered from the previous 
fiscal year in excess of $100,000,000 may be transferred by the 
Secretary of Agriculture to the Rural Community Advancement Program and 
shall remain available until expended

(122)Page 53, line 23, after ``program'' insert: : Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the 
purchase of infant formula except in accordance with the cost 
containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 
17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) (as in effect on 
September 13, 1995)

(123)Page 53, after line 23, insert:

                  commodity supplemental food program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity supplemental food 
program as authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), including not less than 
$8,000,000 for the projects in Detroit, New Orleans, and Des Moines, 
$86,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 1997: Provided, 
That none of these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the program: Provided 
further, That twenty percent of any Commodity Supplemental Food Program 
funds carried over from fiscal year 1995 shall be available for 
administrative costs of the program.

(124)Page 53, line 26, strike out [$27,097,828,000] and insert: 
$28,097,828,000

(125)Page 54, line 3, after ``Act'' insert: : Provided further, That 
$1,000,000,000 of the foregoing amount shall be placed in reserve for 
use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 
carry out program operations

(126)Page 54, strike out lines 11 through 24

(127)Page 55, line 7, strike out [$215,000,000] and insert: 
$217,250,000

(128)Page 55, line 8, after ``1997'' 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, 1996

(129)Page 55, after line 8 insert:
    For necessary expenses to carry out section 110 of the Hunger 
Prevention Act of 1988, $40,000,000.

(130)Page 55, after line 8 insert:

                 the emergency food assistance program

    For making payments to States to carry out the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, $40,000,000: Provided, That, in 
accordance with section 202 of Public Law 98-92, these funds shall be 
available only if the Secretary determines the existence of excess 
commodities: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act or 
any other Act may be used for emergency food assistance program 
demonstration projects.

(131)Page 55, line 11, strike out [$108,323,000] and insert: 
$107,215,000

(132)Page 55, line 16, after ``law'' insert: ; and $750,000 shall be 
available for investing in an automated data processing infrastructure 
for the Food and Consumer Service

(133)Page 56, line 14, strike out [$123,520,000] and insert: 
$124,775,000

(134)Page 57, line 2, after ``2392)'' insert: : Provided further, That 
funds made available under this Act to carry out non-generic activities 
of the market promotion program established under section 203(e)(4) of 
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) may be used to 
provide cost-share assistance only to organizations that are non-
foreign entities recognized as small business concerns under section 
3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)) or to associations 
described in the first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
authorize association of producers of agricultural products'', approved 
February 22, 1922 (7 U.S.C. 291): Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be 
used to pay the salaries of personnel who carry out the market 
promotion program established under section 203 of the Agricultural 
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) if the aggregate amount of funds and/
or commodities under the program exceeds $70,000,000

(135)Page 57, line 23, after ``Act'' insert: and shall be financed from 
funds credited to the Commodity Credit Corporation pursuant to section 
426 of Public Law 103-465

(136)Page 61, line 8, strike out [$15,350,000] and insert: $8,350,000

(137)Page 62, line 20, strike out [$49,144,000] and insert: $54,058,000

(138)Page 63, after line 2 insert:

                       Farm Credit Administration

                        administrative provision

    Sec. 601. (a) For purposes of the administration of chapter 89 of 
title 5, United States Code, any period of enrollment under a health 
benefits plan administered by the Farm Credit Administration prior to 
the effective date of this Act shall be deemed to be a period of 
enrollment in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of such title.
    (b)(1) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is covered by a 
health benefits plan administered by the Farm Credit Administration may 
enroll in an approved health benefits plan described under section 8903 
or 8903a of title 5, United States Code--
            (A) either as an individual or for self and family, if such 
        individual is an employee, annuitant, or former spouse as 
        defined under section 8901 of such title; and
            (B) for coverage effective on and after September 30, 1995.
    (2) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is entitled to 
continued coverage under a health benefits plan administered by the 
Farm Credit Administration--
            (A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued coverage 
        under section 8905a of title 5, United States Code, for the 
        same period that would have been permitted under the plan 
        administered by the Farm Credit Administration; and
            (B) may enroll in an approved health benefits plan 
        described under sections 8903 or 8903a of such title in 
        accordance with section 8905A of such title for coverage 
        effective on and after September 30, 1995.
    (3) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is covered as an 
unmarried dependent child under a health benefits plan administered by 
the Farm Credit Administration and who is not a member of family as 
defined under section 8901(5) of title 5, United States Code--
            (A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued coverage 
        under section 8905a of such title as though the individual had, 
        on September 30, 1995, ceased to meet the requirements for 
        being considered an unmarried dependent child under chapter 89 
        of such title; and
            (B) may enroll in an approved health benefits plan 
        described under section 8903 or 8903a of such title in 
        accordance with section 8905a for continued coverage on and 
        after September 30, 1995.
    (c) The Farm Credit Administration shall transfer to the Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Fund established under section 8909 of title 
5, United States Code, amounts determined by the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management, after consultation with the Farm Credit 
Administration, to be necessary to reimburse the Fund for the cost of 
providing benefits under this section not otherwise paid for by the 
individual's covered by this section. The amount so transferred shall 
be held in the Fund and used by the Office in addition to the amounts 
available under section 8906(g)(1) of such title.
    (d) The Office of Personnel Management--
            (1) shall administer the provisions of this section to 
        provide for--
                    (A) a period of notice and open enrollment for 
                individuals affected by this section; and
                    (B) no lapse of health coverage for individuals who 
                enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of 
                title 5, United States Code, in accordance with this 
                section; and
            (2) may prescribe regulations to implement this section.

(139)Page 63, line 18, after ``1954'' insert: , and

(140)Page 64, line 10, after ``project;'' insert: Consolidated Farm 
Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to county 
committees;

(141)Page 66, line 4, strike out [1994] and insert: 1995

(142)Page 66, line 18, strike out [None] and insert: With the exception 
of grants awarded under the Small Business Innovation Development Act 
of 1982, Public Law 97-219, as amended (15 U.S.C. 638), none

(143)Page 69, line 10, strike out [Agriculture] and insert: 
Agricultural

(144)Page 70, strike out lines 4 through 15

(145)Page 70, strike out lines 16 through 22

(146)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to enroll in excess of 100,000 
acres in the fiscal year 1996 wetlands reserve program, as authorized 
by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

(147)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel 
who carry out an export enhancement program (estimated to be 
$1,000,000,000 in the President's fiscal year 1996 Budget (H. Doc. 104-
4)) if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities under such 
program exceeds $795,556,000.

(148)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 726. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used to pay the salaries of personnel to provide assistance to 
livestock producers under provisions of title VI of the Agricultural 
Act of 1949 if crop insurance protection or noninsured crop disaster 
assistance for the loss of feed produced on the farm is available to 
the producer under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as amended.

(149)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 727. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to enroll additional acres in the 
Conservation Reserve Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831-3845: 
Provided, That 1,579,000 new acres shall be enrolled in the program in 
the year beginning January 1, 1997.

(150)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to develop compliance guidelines, 
implement or enforce a regulation promulgated by the Food Safety and 
Inspection Service on August 25, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 44396): Provided, 
That this regulation shall take effect only if legislation is enacted 
into law which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate such 
regulation, or the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry receive and approve a 
proposed revised regulation submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture.

(151)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 729. Board of Tea Experts.--None of the funds appropriated 
under this Act may be used for the salaries or expenses of 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).

(152)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 730. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made available to 
the Federal Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to operate 
the Board of Tea Experts and related activities.
    (b) The Tea Importation Act (21 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is repealed.

(153)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 731. It is the sense of the Senate that the current statute 
establishing the Tobacco Marketing Assessment, which raises revenues 
used solely for deficit reduction purposes and not in any manner to 
offset the costs of the tobacco program, should be amended to require 
that the current assessment be set at a level sufficient to cover the 
administrative costs of the tobacco program.

(154)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 732. None of the funds available in this Act shall be used for 
any action, including the development or assertion of any position or 
recommendation by or on behalf of the Forest Service, that directly or 
indirectly results in the loss of or restriction on the diversion and 
use of water from existing water supply facilities located on National 
Forest lands by the owners of such facilities, or result in a material 
increase in the cost of such yield to the owners of the water supply: 
Provided, That nothing in this section shall preclude a mutual 
agreement between any agency of the Department of Agriculture and a 
State or local governmental entity or private entity or individual.

(155)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 733. Energy Savings at Federal Facilities.
    (a) Reduction in Facilities Energy Costs.--The head of each agency 
for which funds are made available under this Act shall take all 
actions necessary to achieve during fiscal year 1996 a 5 percent 
reduction, from the average previous three fiscal year levels, in the 
energy costs of the facilities used by the agency.
    (b) Use of Cost Savings.--An amount equal to the amount of cost 
savings realized by an agency under subsection (a) shall remain 
available for obligation through the end of fiscal year 1997, without 
further authorization or appropriation, as follows:
            (1) Conservation measures.--Fifty percent of the amount 
        shall remain available for the implementation of additional 
        energy conservation measures and for water conservation 
        measures at such facilities used by the agency as are 
        designated by the head of the agency.
            (2) Other purposes.--Fifty percent of the amount shall 
        remain available for use by the agency for such purposes as are 
        designated by the head of the agency, consistent with 
        applicable law.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than December 31, 1996, the 
        Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to Congress 
        specifying the results of the actions taken under subsection 
        (a) and providing any recommendations concerning how to further 
        reduce energy costs and energy consumption in the future.
            (2) Contents.--Each report shall--
                    (A) specify the total energy costs of the 
                facilities used by the agency;
                    (B) identify the reductions achieved; and
                    (C) specify the actions that resulted in the 
                reductions.

(156)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 734. It is the sense of the Senate that the current 
nonrefundable marketing assessment for the peanut program should be 
amended to direct that the current assessment is utilized in a manner 
to help defray the cost of the peanut program, particularly to cover 
all administrative costs of the peanut program, including the salaries 
and expenses of Department of Agriculture employees who carry out the 
price support or production adjustment program for peanuts.

(157)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 735. Mink Industry.
    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
            (1) since 1989, the Federal government, through the 
        Department of Agriculture Market Promotion Program, has 
        provided more than $13,000,000 to the Mink Export Development 
        Council for the overseas promotion of mink coats and products; 
        and
            (2) the Department of Commerce has estimated that since 
        1989 the value of United States exports of mink products has 
        declined by more than 33 percent and total United States mink 
        production has been halved.
    (b) Funding.--None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to carry out, or to pay the salaries of personnel who carry out, 
the market promotion program established under section 203 of the 
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623), in a manner that 
provides assistance to the United States Mink Export Development 
Council or any mink industry trade association.

(158)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 736. Sense of the Senate on United States-Canadian Cooperation 
Concerning an Outlet to Relieve Flooding at Devils Lake in North 
Dakota.
    (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
            (1) flooding in Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota, has 
        resulted in water levels in the lake reaching their highest 
        point in 120 years;
            (2)(A) 667,000 trees are inundated and dying;
            (B) 2500 homeowners in the county are pumping water from 
        basements;
            (C) the town of Devils Lake is threatened with lake water 
        nearing the limits of the protective dikes of the lake;
            (D) 17,400 acres of land have been inundated;
            (E) roads are under water;
            (F) other roads are closed and will be abandoned;
            (G) homes and businesses have been diked, abandoned, or 
        closed; and
            (H) if the lake rises another 2 to 3 feet, damages of 
        approximately $74,000,000 will occur;
            (3) the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of 
        Reclamation are now studying the feasibility of constructing an 
        outlet from Devils Lake Basin;
            (4) an outlet from Devils Lake Basin will allow the 
        transfer of water from Devils Lake Basin to the Red River of 
        the North watershed that the United States shares with Canada; 
        and
            (5) the Treaty Relating to the Boundary Waters and 
        Questions Arising Along the Boundary Between the United States 
        and Canada, signed at Washington on January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 
        2448; TS 548) (commonly known as the ``Boundary Waters Treaty 
        of 1909''), provides that ``. . . waters flowing across the 
        boundary shall not be polluted on either side to the injury of 
        health or property on the other.'' (36 Stat. 2450).
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the 
United States Government should seek to establish a joint United 
States-Canadian technical committee to review the Devils Lake Basin 
emergency outlet project to consider options for an outlet that would 
meet Canadian concerns in regard to the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.

(159)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 737. Elimination of Unnecessary Advisory Committees.
    (a) Swine Health Advisory Committee.--Section 11 of the Swine 
Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 3810) is repealed.
    (b) Global Climate Change Technical Advisory Committee.--Section 
2404 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 6703) is repealed.

(160)Page 70, after line 22 insert:
    Sec. 738. Upon the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall immediately withdraw Federal regulation 36 CFR Part 
223 promulgated on September 8, 1995, for a period of no less than 120 
days: Provided, That during such time the Secretary shall take notice 
and public comment on the regulations and make the necessary revisions 
to reflect public comment. Any fines assessed pursuant to 36 CFR Part 
223, from the effective date of said regulation to the date of 
enactment of this Act, shall be null and void. During the 120 day 
period, the interim regulatory guidelines published pursuant to 55 CFR 
48572 and 56 CFR 65834 shall remain in effect.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1976

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