[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1976 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1976


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 24 (legislative day, July 10), 1995

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

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                                 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.
    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, 1996, and for other 
purposes, namely:
                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $10,227,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be available for 
InfoShare: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this amount, along 
with any unobligated balances of representation funds in the Foreign 
Agricultural Service shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by 
the Secretary.
                          Executive Operations

                            chief economist

    For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including economic 
analysis, risk assessment, cost benefit analysis, 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 the 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, $3,948,000.

                       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, $11,846,000.
                 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, $5,899,000.
                        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, $4,133,000: 
Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall reinstate and market 
cross-servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to obtain, modify, re-engineer, 
license, operate, implement, or expand commercial off-the-shelf 
financial management software systems or existing commercial off-the-
shelf system financial management contracts, beyond general ledger 
systems and accounting support software, at the National Finance Center 
until thirty legislative days after the Secretary of Agriculture 
submits to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a complete 
and thorough cost-benefit analysis and a certification by the Secretary 
of Agriculture that this analysis provides a detailed and accurate 
cost-benefit analysis comparison between obtaining or expanding 
commercial off-the-shelf software systems and conducting identical or 
comparable software systems acquisitions, re-engineering, or 
modifications in-house.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded in this 
Act, $596,000.
        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,  for programs and activities of the Department which 
are included in this Act, $110,187,000, of which $20,216,000 shall be 
retained by the Department for the operation, maintenance, and repair 
of Agriculture buildings: Provided, That in the event an agency within 
the Department should require modification of space needs, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency's 
appropriation made available by this Act to this appropriation, or may 
transfer a share of this appropriation to that agency's appropriation, 
but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds made 
available for space rental and related costs to or from this account. 
In addition, for construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary 
to carry out the programs of the Department, where not otherwise 
provided, $25,587,000, to remain available until expended; making a 
total appropriation of $135,774,000.
                       Advisory Committees (USDA)

    For necessary expenses for activities of advisory committees of the 
Department of Agriculture which are included in this Act, $800,000: 
Provided, That no other funds appropriated to the Department in this 
Act shall be available to the Department for support of activities of 
advisory committees.
                       Hazardous Waste Management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply 
with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 9607(g),  section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961, $15,700,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to 
the Department for Hazardous Waste 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 Personnel, Operations, Information Resources Management, Civil 
Rights Enforcement, Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 
Administrative Law Judges and Judicial Officer, Disaster Management and 
Coordination, and Modernization of the Administrative Process, 
$27,986,000, 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 Department, 
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.
     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded 
in this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and 
liaison within the executive branch, $3,797,000: Provided, That no 
other funds appropriated to the Department in this Act shall be 
available to the Department for support of activities of congressional 
relations.
                        Office of Communications

    For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the 
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the 
dissemination of agricultural information, and the coordination of 
information, work, and programs authorized by Congress in the 
Department, $8,198,000, 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 employment 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, as amended, $63,639,000, 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, as amended, including a sum not to exceed $50,000 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including a sum not to exceed 
$95,000 for certain confidential operational expenses including the 
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, 
$27,860,000.
  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 Agricultural Research Service and 
the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
$520,000.
                       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, 
$53,131,000: 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).

                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, and marketing surveys, as authorized by the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, $81,107,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                     Agricultural Research Service

                     (including transfers of funds)

    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 agricultural 
information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, $705,610,000: Provided, 
That appropriations hereunder shall be available for temporary 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall 
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
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 constructing any one building shall not 
exceed $250,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall each 
be limited to $1,000,000, and except for ten buildings to be 
constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $500,000 each, and the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building or 
$250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the limitations 
on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to modernization 
or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement 
of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 
113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 
to the purchase of land at Beckley, West Virginia: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $190,000 of this appropriation may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Research, Education and Economics for the scientific review of 
international issues involving agricultural chemicals and food 
additives: Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, 
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the 
purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law: 
Provided further, That all rights and title of the United States in the 
property known as USDA Houma Sugar Cane Research Laboratory, consisting 
of approximately 20 acres in the City of Houma and 150 acres of 
farmland in Chacahula, Louisiana, including facilities and equipment, 
shall be conveyed to the American Sugar Cane League: Provided further, 
That all rights and title of the United States in the Agricultural 
Research Station at Brawley, California, consisting of 80 acres of 
land, including facilities and equipment, shall be conveyed to Imperial 
County, California: Provided further, That all rights and title of the 
United States in the Pecan Genetics and Improvement Research 
Laboratory, consisting of 84.2 acres of land, including facilities and 
equipment, shall be conveyed to Texas A&M University: Provided further, 
That the property originally conveyed by the State of Tennessee to the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, in 
Lewisburg, Tennessee be conveyed to the University of Tennessee.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products.
                        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, $30,200,000, 
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 establishing any 
research facility of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law.
      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

                   research and education activities

    For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative 
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, 
including $166,165,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch 
Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-361i); $20,185,000 for grants for cooperative 
forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a-582-a7); $27,313,000 for payments to 
the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 
3222); $31,930,000 for special grants for agricultural research (7 
U.S.C. 450i(c)); $11,599,000 for special grants for agricultural 
research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $98,165,000 for 
competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); $5,051,000 for the 
support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 195); 
$1,150,000 for supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 
U.S.C. 3319d); $475,000 for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3331-
3336); $3,500,000 for higher education graduate fellowships grants (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars 
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended (7 
U.S.C. 2209b); $4,000,000 for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); 
$8,000,000 for sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 
5811); and $6,289,000 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; in all, $389,172,000.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products.
              native american institutions endowment fund

    For establishment of a Native American institutions endowment fund, 
as authorized by Public Law 130-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note.), $4,600,000.
                          extension activities

    Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa: 
For payments for cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, 
as amended, 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 cooperative extension agents and State extension 
directors, $264,405,000; payments for the nutrition and family 
education program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$59,588,000; payments for the pest management program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $10,947,000; payments for the farm safety program 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,898,000; payments for the pesticide 
impact assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,363,000; 
payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college research, extension, and 
teaching facilities as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95-113, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $7,664,000, to remain available until 
expended; payments for the rural development centers under section 3(d) 
of the Act, $921,000; payments for a groundwater quality program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $10,897,000; payments for the agricultural 
telecommunications program, as authorized by Public Law 101-624 (7 
U.S.C. 5926), $1,184,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $9,700,000; payments for a food safety program 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $2,400,000; payments for carrying out 
the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978, 
$3,241,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) 
of the Act, $1,697,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,463,000; payments for cooperative 
extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the second 
Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321-326, 328) and Tuskegee University, 
$24,708,000; and for Federal administration and coordination including 
administration of the Smith-Lever Act, as amended, and the Act of 
September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), as amended, and section 1361(c) 
of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301n), and to coordinate and 
provide program leadership for the extension work of the Department and 
the several States and insular possessions, $6,181,000; in all, 
$413,257,000: 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, as amended, 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 availability of an equal 
sum from non-Federal sources for expenditure during the current fiscal 
year.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer programs 
under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $605,000.
               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those pursuant 
to the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), 
necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal 
diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory 
activities; to discharge the authorities of the Secretary of 
Agriculture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7 U.S.C. 
426-426b); and to protect the environment, as authorized by law, 
$333,410,000, of which $4,799,000 shall be available for the control of 
outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control 
of pest animals and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency 
conditions: Provided, That in fiscal year 1996, amounts in the 
agricultural quarantine inspection user fee account shall be available 
for authorized purposes without further appropriation: Provided 
further, That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a 
brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does 
not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 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 further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance 
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 
be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 
emergencies 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 he may deem necessary, to be available only 
in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or 
infectious diseases or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for 
expenses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, as amended, 
and section 102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, as amended, and any 
unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in 
the next preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That 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 percent of the current replacement value of the building.
    In fiscal year 1996 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 entity's 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.
                        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, $12,541,000, to 
remain available until expended.
                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

    For necessary expenses to carry on services related to consumer 
protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transportation, 
and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for administration 
and coordination of payments to States; including field employment 
pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $90,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$46,662,000, 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 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 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 $58,461,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided, 
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events 
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with 
notification to the Appropriations Committees.
    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c) shall be used only for commodity program expenses as 
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for: 
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
this Act; and (3) not more than $10,451,000 for formulation and 
administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended, and the 
Agricultural Act of 1961.
    In fiscal year 1996, no more than $23,900,000 in section 32 funds 
shall be used to promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports as 
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.

                   payments to states and possessions

    For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments 
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,000,000.
        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United 
States Grain Standards Act, as amended, for the administration of the 
Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used to protect 
purchasers of farm products, and the standardization activities related 
to grain under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended, 
including field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $23,058,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 
and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any 
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building.
                    inspection and weighing services

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

    Not to exceed $42,784,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services: 
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this 
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Appropriations Committees.
             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, $450,000.
                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses to carry on services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, as amended, the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act, as amended, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, as 
amended, $540,365,000, 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 not be available for shell egg 
surveillance under section 5(d) of the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for field employment pursuant to section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be 
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 
for the 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.
    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 Consolidated Farm Service Agency, 
Foreign Agricultural Service, and the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
$549,000.
                    Consolidated Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of programs delegated to the Consolidated Farm Service 
Agency by the Secretary under the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and 
Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, $788,388,000: 
Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the services, 
facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to make program payments 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: Provided further, That these funds shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $500,000 shall 
be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
                         state mediation grants

    For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $2,000,000.
                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to 
dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such milk and manufacturers of 
dairy products who have been directed to remove their milk or dairy 
products from commercial markets because it contained residues of 
chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal Government, 
and in making indemnity payments for milk, or cows producing such milk, 
at a fair market value to any dairy farmer who is directed to remove 
his milk from commercial markets because of (1) the presence of 
products of nuclear radiation or fallout if such contamination is not 
due to the fault of the farmer, or (2) residues of chemicals or toxic 
substances not included under the first sentence of the Act of August 
13, 1968, as amended (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic 
substances were not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations 
or labeling instructions provided at the time of use and the 
contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer, $100,000, to 
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That none 
of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to make indemnity 
payments to any farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets 
as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures prescribed by 
the Federal Government: Provided further, That this amount shall be 
transferred to the Commodity Credit Corporation: Provided further, That 
the Secretary is authorized to utilize the services, facilities, and 
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of 
making dairy indemnity disbursements.
           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 available 
from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 
ownership loans, $585,000,000, of which $550,000,000 shall be for 
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,300,000,000, of which 
$1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
$200,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $750,000; for 
emergency insured loans, $100,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from 
natural disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property, 
$22,500,000.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans, $28,206,000, of which 
$20,019,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, 
$91,000,000, of which $18,360,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans and $17,960,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian 
tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $206,000; 
for emergency insured loans, $32,080,000 to meet the needs resulting 
from natural disasters; and for credit sales of acquired property, 
$4,113,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $221,541,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the following accounts in the following 
amounts: $208,446,000 to ``Salaries and Expenses''; $318,000 to ``Rural 
Utilities Service, Salaries and Expenses''; and $171,000 to ``Rural 
Housing and Community Development Service, Salaries and Expenses''.
                              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 Government Corporation 
Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
programs set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.
                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act, as amended, 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 1996, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse 
the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but 
not previously reimbursed (estimated to be $10,400,000,000 in the 
President's fiscal year 1996 Budget Request (H. Doc. 104-4)), but not 
to exceed $10,400,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 
17, 1961, as amended (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).

       operations and maintenance for hazardous waste management

    For fiscal year 1996, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not 
expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses to comply with the requirement 
of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and 
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 
42 U.S.C. 6961: Provided, That expenses shall be for operations and 
maintenance costs only and that other hazardous waste management costs 
shall be paid for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management appropriation 
in this Act.
                                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, $677,000.
                 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-590f) including preparation of 
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and 
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures for soil and water management as may be 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; dissemination 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, 
$629,986,000, of which not less than $5,852,000 is for snow survey and 
water forecasting and not less than $8,875,000 is for operation and 
establishment of the plant materials centers: Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 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 provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That 
this appropriation 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, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further, That no part of this 
appropriation may be expended for soil and water conservation 
operations under the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-590f) in 
demonstration projects: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed 
$25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided 
further, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at 
per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the Service.
               watershed and flood prevention operations

    For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including 
but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of 
cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing 
works and changes in use of land, and only high-priority projects 
authorized by the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a), 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 
approved August 4, 1954, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005, 1007-1009), 
the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and in 
accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the activities of 
the Department, $100,000,000, 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 $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), as amended, including cooperative efforts as contemplated by that 
Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to other suitable 
habitats as may be necessary to expedite project construction.

                     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, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1001-1009), $14,000,000: 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 $110,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                         conservation programs

    For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 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. 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), 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, and 
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, to be used for the establishment of on-farm 
irrigation management systems, including related 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, $36,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209, 16 U.S.C. 590p(b)(7)): 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.

                        wetlands reserve program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the wetlands reserve program 
pursuant to subchapter C of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837), $210,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to 
use the services, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation for the purpose of carrying out the wetlands reserve 
program.

                    Consolidated Farm Service Agency

                   agricultural conservation program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized 
in sections 7 to 15, 16(a), 16(f), and 17 of the Soil Conservation and 
Domestic Allotment Act approved February 29, 1936, as amended and 
supplemented (16 U.S.C. 590g-590o, 590p(a), 590p(f), and 590q), and 
sections 1001-1004, 1006-1008, and 1010 of the Agricultural Act of 
1970, as added by the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1501-1504, 1506-1508, and 1510), and including not to exceed 
$15,000 for the preparation and display of exhibits, including such 
displays at State, interstate, and international fairs within the 
United States, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended (16 
U.S.C. 590o), for agreements, excluding administration but including 
technical assistance and related expenses (16 U.S.C. 590o), except that 
no participant in the agricultural conservation program shall receive 
more than $3,500 per year, except where the participants from two or 
more farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to 
conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the community, or 
where a participant has a long-term agreement, in which case the total 
payment shall not exceed the annual payment limitation multiplied by 
the number of years of the agreement: Provided, That no portion of the 
funds for the current year's program may be utilized to provide 
financial or technical assistance for drainage on wetlands now 
designated as Wetlands Types 3 (III) through 20 (XX) in United States 
Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Circular 39, Wetlands of 
the United States, 1956: Provided further, That such amounts shall be 
available for the purchase of seeds, fertilizers, lime, trees, or any 
other conservation materials, or any soil-terracing services, and 
making grants thereof to agricultural producers to aid them in carrying 
out approved farming practices as authorized by the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act, as amended, as determined and recommended 
by the county committees, approved by the State committees and the 
Secretary, under programs provided for herein: Provided further, That 
such assistance will not be used for carrying out measures and 
practices that are primarily production-oriented or that have little or 
no conservation or pollution abatement benefits: Provided further, That 
not to exceed 5 percent of the allocation for the current year's 
program for any county may, on the recommendation of such county 
committee and approval of the State committee, be withheld and allotted 
to the Natural Resources Conservation Service for services of its 
technicians in formulating and carrying out the agricultural 
conservation program in the participating counties, and shall not be 
utilized by the Natural Resources Conservation Service for any purpose 
other than technical and other assistance in such counties, and in 
addition, on the recommendation of such county committee and approval 
of the State committee, not to exceed 1 percent may be made available 
to any other Federal, State, or local public agency for the same 
purpose and under the same conditions: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $11,000,000 of the amount appropriated shall be used for water 
quality payments and practices in the same manner as permitted under 
the program for water quality authorized in chapter 2 of subtitle D of 
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3838 
et seq.).

                      conservation reserve program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the conservation reserve 
program pursuant to the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831-
3845), $1,781,785,000, to remain available until expended, to be used 
for Commodity Credit Corporation expenditures for cost-share assistance 
for the establishment of conservation practices provided for in 
approved conservation reserve program contracts, for annual rental 
payments provided in such contracts, and for technical assistance.
                               TITLE III

           RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

    Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Economic and Community 
                              Development

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Rural Economic and Community Development to administer 
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing 
and Community Development Service, Rural Business and Cooperative 
Development Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department 
of Agriculture, $568,000.

            Rural Housing and Community Development Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing and Community 
Development Service, including administering the programs authorized by 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended, title V of 
the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and cooperative agreements, 
$42,820,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of 706(a) of the Organic Act 
of 1944, and not to exceed $500,000 may be used for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109.
              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers 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, 
as amended, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance 
fund, as follows: $2,250,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as 
determined by the Secretary, of which $1,700,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing 
repair loans; $15,000,000 for section 514 farm labor housing; 
$150,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $600,000 for site loans; 
and $35,000,000 for credit sales of acquired property: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949, the Secretary 
of Agriculture may make loans under section 502 of such Act for 
properties in the Pine View West Subdivision, located in Gibsonville, 
North Carolina, in the same manner as provided under such section for 
properties in rural areas.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $118,335,000, of which 
$2,890,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 
housing repair loans, $14,193,000; section 514 farm labor housing, 
$8,629,000; section 515 rental housing, $82,035,000, provided the 
program is authorized for fiscal year 1996; and credit sales of 
acquired property, $6,100,000.
    In addition, for the cost (as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of guaranteed loans under a 
demonstration program of loan guarantees for multifamily rental housing 
in rural areas, $1,000,000, to be derived from the amount made 
available under this heading for the cost of low-income section 515 
loans and to become available for obligation only upon the enactment of 
authorizing legislation.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $385,889,000, of which 
$372,897,506 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``Rural Housing and Community Development Service, Salaries and 
Expenses''.

                       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 forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized 
by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, 
$535,900,000; and in addition such sums as may be necessary, as 
authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount not 
more than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) 
of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for advances to 
nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other 
than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to 
section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agreements 
entered into or renewed during fiscal year 1996 shall be funded for a 
five-year period, although the life of any such agreement may be 
extended to fully utilize amounts obligated.

                self-help housing land development fund

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by section 
523(b)(1)(B) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 
$603,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying 
loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974, $31,000.

                community facility loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $34,880,000, and for the cost of 
guaranteed loans, $3,555,000, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928 and 86 
Stat. 661-664, as amended: 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 such sums 
shall remain available until expended for the disbursement of loans 
obligated in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans not to exceed $200,000,000 and total loan principal, any 
part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $75,000,000: Provided 
further, That of the amounts available for the cost of direct loans not 
to exceed $1,208,000, to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount not to exceed $6,930,000, shall be available 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 remain 
available for other authorized purposes under this head.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $8,836,000, of which $8,731,000 shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and 
Expenses''.
                 very low-income housing repair grants

    For grants to the very low-income elderly for essential repairs to 
dwellings pursuant to section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949, as 
amended, $24,900,000, to remain available until expended.
                 rural housing for domestic farm labor

    For financial assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for 
housing for domestic farm labor, pursuant to section 516 of the Housing 
Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1486), $10,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.
                  mutual and self-help housing grants

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $12,650,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

                 rural community fire protection grants

    For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry 
Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-313), $1,000,000 to fund up to 50 
percent of the cost of organizing, training, and equipping rural 
volunteer fire departments.
                 compensation for construction defects

    For compensation for construction defects as authorized by section 
509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, $495,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                   rural housing preservation grants

    For grants for rural housing preservation as authorized by section 
552 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 (Public Law 98-
181), $11,000,000.
           Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Rural Business and Cooperative 
Development Service, including administering the programs authorized by 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended; section 
1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative Marketing Act of 
1926; for activities relating to the marketing aspects of cooperatives, 
including economic research findings, as authorized by the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946; for activities with institutions concerning the 
development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and cooperative 
agreements; $9,520,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of 706(a) of 
the Organic Act of 1944, and not exceed $250,000 may be used for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
           rural business and industry loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of guaranteed loans, $6,437,000, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 1928 and 86 Stat. 661-664, as amended: 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 such sums shall remain available until expended for the 
disbursement of loans obligated in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, 
That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the 
principal amount of guaranteed loans of $500,000,000: Provided further, 
That of the amounts available for the cost of guaranteed loans 
including the cost of modifying loans, $148,000, to subsidize gross 
obligations for the loan principal, any part of which is guaranteed, 
not to exceed $10,842,000, shall be available 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 remain available for 
other authorized activities under this head.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $14,868,000, of which $14,747,000 shall 
be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and 
Expenses''.
              rural development loan fund program account

     For the cost of direct loans as authorized by the rural 
development loan fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)) for empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, $4,322,000, to subsidize gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, $7,246,000.
            rural economic development loans program account

                     (including transfers 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, 
$12,865,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
$3,729,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct loan program, $584,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``Salaries and Expenses''.
 alternative agricultural research and commercialization revolving fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative Agricultural 
Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901-5908), 
$5,000,000 is appropriated to the alternative agricultural research and 
commercialization revolving fund.
                    rural business enterprise grants

    For grants authorized under section 310B(c) and 310B(j) (7 U.S.C. 
1932) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to any 
qualified public or private nonprofit organization, $45,000,000, of 
which $8,381,000 shall be available through June 30, 1996, for 
assistance to empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as 
authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1993, after which any funds not obligated shall remain available for 
other authorized purposes under this head: Provided, That $500,000 
shall be available for grants to qualified nonprofit organizations to 
provide technical assistance and training for rural communities needing 
improved passenger transportation systems or facilities in order to 
promote economic development.
          rural technology and cooperative development grants

    For grants pursuant to section 310(f) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1932), $1,500,000.
                        Rural Utilities Service

       rural electrification and telephone loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made 
as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, $90,000,000; 5 
percent rural telephone loans, $70,000,000; cost of money rural 
telephone loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 
$500,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
$420,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    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, 
as amended (7 U.S.C. 935), as follows: cost of direct loans, 
$35,126,000; cost of municipal rate loans, $54,150,000; cost of money 
rural telephone loans, $60,000; cost of loans guaranteed pursuant to 
section 306, $2,520,000: Provided, That notwithstanding sections 
305(c)(2) and 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, $29,982,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Salaries and 
Expenses''.
                  rural telephone bank program account

    The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such corporation 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in 
carrying out its authorized programs for the current fiscal year. 
During fiscal year 1996 and within the resources and authority 
available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans 
shall be $175,000,000.
    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct loans 
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 935), $770,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
loan programs, $3,541,000.
               distance learning and medical link grants

    For necessary expenses to carry into effect the programs authorized 
in sections 2331-2335 of Public Law 101-624, $7,500,000, to remain 
available until expended.
           rural development performance partnerships program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1928, and 1932, $435,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, to be available for loans and grants for 
rural water and waste disposal and solid waste management grants: 
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, not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be available 
for contracting with the National Rural Water Association or other 
equally qualified national organization for a circuit rider program to 
provide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $18,700,000 shall 
be available for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the 
Colonias along the United States/Mexico border, including grants 
pursuant to section 306C: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $18,688,000 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.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out 
direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, $12,740,000, of which 
$12,623,000 shall be transferred and merged with ``Rural Utilities 
Service, Salaries and Expenses''.
                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service, including 
administering the programs authorized by the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, as amended, and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, as amended, $19,211,000, of which $7,000 shall be available for 
financial credit reports: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of 706(a) of 
the Organic Act of 1944, and not to exceed $103,000 may be used for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
                                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 Consumer Service, 
$440,000.
                       Food and Consumer Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751-1769b), and the applicable provisions other than 
section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772-1785, and 
1789); $7,952,424,000, to remain available through September 30, 1997, 
of which $2,354,566,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,597,858,000 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 up to $3,964,000 
shall be available for independent verification of school food service 
claims: Provided further, That $1,900,000 shall be available to provide 
financial and other assistance to operate the Food Service Management 
Institute.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds other than 
provided in this Act may be available for nutrition education and 
training and the Food Service Management Institute.
special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

                     (including transfers of funds)

    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), $3,729,807,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 1997: Provided, That for fiscal year 1996, 
$20,000,000 that would otherwise be available to States for nutrition 
services and administration shall be made available for food benefits: 
Provided further, That $4,000,000 from unobligated balances for 
supervisory and technical assistance grants may be transferred to and 
merged with this account: Provided further, That up to $6,750,000 may 
be used to carry out the farmers' market nutrition program from any 
funds not needed to maintain current caseload levels: 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.
                           food stamp program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 
2011-2029), $27,097,828,000: Provided, That funds provided herein shall 
remain available through September 30, 1996, in accordance with section 
18(a) of the Food Stamp Act: 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 $1,143,000,000 of the foregoing amount 
shall be available for nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2028.

                      commodity assistance 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)), section 204(a) of the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, and section 110 of 
the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, $168,000,000, 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 none of the funds in 
this Act or any other Act may be used for demonstration projects in the 
emergency food assistance program.
              food donations programs for selected groups

    For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c (note)), section 
4(b) of the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), and section 311 of the 
Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3030a), 
$215,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 1997.

                      food program administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food programs 
funded under this Act, $108,323,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be 
available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, 
tightening regulations, improving food stamp coupon handling, and 
assistance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud 
and other violations of law: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$150,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954, as 
amended (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and 
for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of 
the Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including 
not to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
1766), $123,520,000, of which $5,176,000 may be transferred from 
Commodity Credit Corporation funds, $2,792,000 may be transferred from 
the Commodity Credit Corporation program account in this Act, and 
$1,005,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480 program account 
in this Act: 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. 1736) and the foreign assistance programs 
of the International Development Cooperation Administration (22 U.S.C. 
2392).
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.
               public law 480 program and grant accounts

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701-1715, 1721-1726, 1727-1727f, 
1731-1736g), as follows: (1) $291,342,000 for Public Law 480 title I 
credit, including Food for Progress programs; (2) $25,000,000 is hereby 
appropriated for ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 
agricultural commodities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food 
for Progress Act of 1985, as amended; (3) $821,100,000 is hereby 
appropriated for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 
abroad pursuant to title II of said Act; and (4) $50,000,000 is hereby 
appropriated for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 
abroad pursuant to title III of said Act: Provided, That not to exceed 
15 percent of the funds made available to carry out any title of said 
Act may be used to carry out any other title of said Act: Provided 
further, That such sums shall remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b).
    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements as authorized by the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, 
and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as amended, including the cost 
of modifying credit agreements under said Act, $236,162,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Public 
Law 480 title I credit program, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, 
as amended, to the extent funds appropriated for Public Law 480 are 
utilized, $1,750,000.
                        short-term export credit

    The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less than 
$5,200,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export credit guarantee 
program for short-term credit extended to finance the export sales of 
United States agricultural commodities and the products thereof, as 
authorized by section 202(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 
U.S.C. 5641).
                    intermediate-term export credit

    The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less than 
$500,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export credit guarantee 
program for intermediate-term credit extended to finance the export 
sales of United States agricultural commodities and the products 
thereof, as authorized by section 202(b) of the Agricultural Trade Act 
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641).
       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, 
$3,381,000; 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 not to exceed 
$2,792,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
the salaries and expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, and of 
which not to exceed $589,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the Consolidated Farm 
Service Agency.

                                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 rental of 
special purpose space in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; and for 
miscellaneous and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, 
authorized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely 
on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $25,000; $904,694,000, of 
which not to exceed $84,723,000 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: Provided, That fees 
derived from applications received during fiscal year 1996 shall be 
subject to the fiscal year 1996 limitation: Provided 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.
    In addition, fees pursuant to section 354 of the Public Health 
Service Act may be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended.
                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by 
the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, 
$15,350,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
                         rental payments (fda)

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
Administration which are included in this Act, $46,294,000: Provided, 
That in the event the Food and Drug Administration should require 
modification of space needs, a share of the salaries and expenses 
appropriation may be transferred to this appropriation, or a share of 
this appropriation may be transferred to the salaries and expenses 
appropriation, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the 
funds made available for rental payments (FDA) to or from this account.
                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                      Financial Management Service

  payments to the farm credit system financial assistance corporation

    For necessary payments to the Farm Credit System Financial 
Assistance Corporation by the Secretary of the Treasury, as authorized 
by section 6.28(c) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended, for 
reimbursement of interest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance 
Corporation on obligations issued through 1994, as authorized, 
$15,453,000.
                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity 
Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase 
and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include 
multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and 
not to exceed $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; $49,144,000, 
including not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses: Provided, That the Commission is authorized to 
charge reasonable fees to attendees of Commission sponsored educational 
events and symposia to cover the Commission's costs of providing those 
events and symposia, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees 
shall be credited to this account, to be available without further 
appropriation.
                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
Agriculture for the fiscal year 1996 under this Act shall be available 
for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of 
not to exceed 665 passenger motor vehicles, of which 642 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 the 
Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service work 
authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
427, 1621-1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, 
shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts and 
chapter.
    Sec. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the Working Capital 
Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for data services 
and National Finance Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000: 
Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the 
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 
approval of the agency administrator.
    Sec. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following 
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended 
(7 U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the 
contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, and integrated systems 
acquisition project; and Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income 
country training program.
    New obligational authority for the boll weevil program; up to 10 
percent of the screwworm program of the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field 
automation and information management project; funds appropriated for 
rental payments; funds for the Native American institutions endowment 
fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
Service, and funds for the competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 
450i(b)) shall remain available until expended.
    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 Public Law 
94-449.
    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 institutions when such indirect costs are computed 
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act.
    Sec. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
commodities acquired by the Department in connection with Commodity 
Credit Corporation and section 32 price support operations may be used, 
as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide 
commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as determined by the 
Secretary of Agriculture.
    Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to 
reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of space 
rental and related costs in excess of the amounts specified in this 
Act; nor shall this or any other provision of law require a reduction 
in the level of rental space or services below that of fiscal year 1994 
or prohibit an expansion of rental space or services with the use of 
funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no agency of the 
Department of Agriculture, from funds otherwise available, shall 
reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of space 
rental and related costs provided to such agency at a percentage rate 
which is greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated in 
this Act.
    Sec. 711. 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. 712. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 
indirect costs on research grants awarded competitively by the 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service that 
exceed 14 percent of total Federal funds provided under each award.
    Sec. 713. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, all 
loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not 
limitations.
    Sec. 714. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the 
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal year 1996 
shall remain available until expended to cover obligations made in 
fiscal year 1996 for the following accounts: the rural development loan 
fund program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program account; the 
rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account; and 
the rural economic development loans program account.
    Sec. 715. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1996 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 716. (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of the funds 
made available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the 
entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with 
sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c; 
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
    (b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
            (1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In 
        the case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to 
        be purchased with financial assistance provided using funds 
        made available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress 
        that entities receiving the assistance should, in expending the 
        assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products.
            (2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing 
        financial assistance using funds made available in this Act, 
        the head of each Federal agency shall provide to each recipient 
        of the assistance a notice describing the statement made in 
        paragraph (1) by the Congress.
    (c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products 
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in 
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 717. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Cooperative 
Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing Service 
may use cooperative agreements to reflect a relationship between 
Agricultural Marketing Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out 
agricultural marketing programs.
    Sec. 718. Prohibition on Use of Funds for Honey Payments or Loan 
Forfeitures.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of 
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be 
used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for a total amount of 
payments and/or total amount of loan forfeitures to a person to support 
the price of honey under section 207 of the Agriculture Act of 1949 (7 
U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess 
of zero dollars in the 1994, 1995, and 1996 crop years.
    Sec. 719. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire more 
than 5% of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank.
    Sec. 720. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to provide benefits to households 
whose benefits are calculated using a standard deduction greater than 
the standard deduction in effect for fiscal year 1995.
    Sec. 721. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for any program, project, or activity when it is made known to the 
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that 
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any 
applicable Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of 
private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
    Sec. 722. None of the funds made available in this Act shall be 
used to increase, from the fiscal year 1995 level, the level of Full 
Time Equivalency Positions (whether through new hires or by 
transferring full time eqivalents from other offices) in any of the 
following Food and Drug Administration offices: Office of the 
Commissioner, Office of Policy, Office of External Affairs (Immediate 
Office, as well as Office of Health Affairs, Office of Legislative 
Affairs, Office of Consumer Affairs, and Office of Public Affairs), and 
the Office of Management and Systems (Immediate Office, as well as 
Office of Planning and Evaluation and Office of Management).
    Sec. 723. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to provide assistance to, or to pay the salaries of personnel who carry 
out a market promotion program pursuant to section 203 of the 
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides assistance 
to, the U.S. Mink Export Development Council or any mink industry trade 
association.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1996''.
            Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.
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