[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4101 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 430

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4101

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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, 1999, and for other purposes.

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                             June 25, 1998

            Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
                                                       Calendar No. 430
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4101


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 1998

            Received; read twice and placed on the calendar

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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, 1999, 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 the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, 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, $2,941,000: 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: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104-127: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enforce section 
793(d) of Public Law 104-127.

                          Executive Operations

                            chief economist

    For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including 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 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, $5,973,000.

                       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, $12,204,000.

                 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, $6,120,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not 
to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,551,000.

                        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, $4,283,000: 
Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market cross-
servicing activities of the National Finance Center.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded in this 
Act, $636,000.

        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 under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the 
Department which are included in this Act, and for the operation, 
maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings, $132,184,000: 
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, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; making a total appropriation of $137,184,000.

                       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, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act, 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 Departmental Administration, $32,168,000, 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.

              Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

                     (including transfers of funds)

    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, $3,668,000: Provided, That no 
other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be 
available to the Department for support of activities of congressional 
relations: Provided further, That not less than $2,241,000 shall be 
transferred to agencies funded in this Act to maintain personnel at the 
agency level.

                        Office of Communications

    For necessary expenses to carry out 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, $8,138,000, 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

                     (including transfers of funds)

    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, $67,178,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and private 
persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, including 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: Provided, That 
funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector General through 
forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice Assets 
Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a 
participating agency, as an equitable share from the forfeiture of 
property in investigations in which the Office of the Inspector General 
participates, or through the granting of a Petition for Remission or 
Mitigation, shall be deposited to the credit of this account for law 
enforcement activities authorized under the Inspector General Act of 
1978, to remain available until expended.

                     Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$30,396,000.

  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, 
$560,000.

                       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, 
$67,282,000: 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, marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture, as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-
1627), the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-113), and 
other laws, $105,082,000, of which up to $23,141,000 shall be available 
until expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109.

                     Agricultural Research Service

    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, and for land exchanges 
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized 
by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 
ownership, $755,816,000: 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 appropriations 
hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center, including an easement to the University 
of Maryland to construct the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon 
completion shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement 
of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 
113a): Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, 
other political subdivision, organization, or individual for the 
purpose of establishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law. 
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products.
    In fiscal year 1999 the agency is authorized to charge fees, 
commensurate with the fair market value, for any permit, easement, 
lease, or other special use authorization for the occupancy or use of 
land and facilities (including land and facilities at the Beltsville 
Agricultural Research Center) issued by the agency as authorized by 
law, and such fees shall be credited to this account, and shall remain 
available until expended, for authorized purposes.

                        buildings and facilities

    For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as 
necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $61,380,000, 
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 $168,734,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch 
Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), $20,497,000 for grants for cooperative forestry 
research (16 U.S.C. 582a-a7), $27,735,000 for payments to the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
$49,273,000 for special grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 
450i(c)), $15,048,000 for special grants for agricultural research on 
improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $99,550,000 for competitive 
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $4,775,000 for the support of 
animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $700,000 for 
supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), 
$3,000,000 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 multicultural scholars program (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b), $3,000,000 for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving 
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $3,880,000 for aquaculture grants (7 
U.S.C. 3322), $8,000,000 for sustainable agriculture research and 
education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $9,200,000 for a program of capacity 
building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive 
funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), 
including Tuskegee University, to remain available until expended (7 
U.S.C. 2209b), $1,450,000 for payments to the 1994 Institutions 
pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382, $200,000 for 
teaching grants for public secondary education and 2-year postsecondary 
education (7 U.S.C. 3152(h)), to remain available until expended; and 
$10,733,000 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, $431,125,000.
    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 103-382 (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, 
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, 
$268,493,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions 
under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $2,000,000; payments 
for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $56,147,000; payments for a pesticides 
applicator training program under section 3(d) of the Act, $300,000; 
payments for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$10,783,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $3,000,000; payments for the pesticide impact assessment 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,214,000; payments to upgrade 
1890 land-grant college research, extension, and teaching facilities as 
authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95-113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), 
$8,549,000, to remain available until expended; payments for the rural 
development centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $908,000; payments 
for a groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$10,061,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $9,000,000; payments for a food safety program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $3,500,000; payments for carrying out the provisions 
of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978, $3,192,000; payments 
for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$1,672,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 
3(d) of the Act, $3,309,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 
the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 
321-326 and 328) and Tuskegee University, $25,090,000; and for Federal 
administration and coordination including administration of the Smith-
Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and 
section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and 
to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work of 
the Department and the several States and insular possessions, 
$7,571,000; in all, $416,789,000: Provided, That funds hereby 
appropriated pursuant to section 3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and 
section 506 of the Act of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any 
State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin 
Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa prior to 
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, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $642,000.

               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 (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, $424,500,000, of which $4,105,000 
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 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 disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for 
expenses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section 
102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unexpended balances of 
funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 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 1999 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.
     Of the total amount available under this heading in fiscal year 
1999, $88,000,000 shall be derived from user fees deposited in the 
Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase 
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and 
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $5,200,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

    For necessary expenses to carry out 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 the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $90,000 for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, $46,567,000, 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 $60,730,000 (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 $10,998,000 for formulation and 
administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, and the Agricultural Act 
of 1961.

                   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 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,200,000.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United 
States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of the Packers and 
Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of 
farm products, and the standardization activities related to grain 
under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $27,542,000: 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.

         limitation on inspection and weighing service expenses

    Not to exceed $42,557,000 (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.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for 
Food Safety and to carry out services authorized by the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and the Egg 
Products Inspection Act, $609,250,000, 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 the 
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 
2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
building during 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 Farm Service Agency, the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, $597,000.

                          FARM SERVICE AGENCY

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of programs administered by the Farm Service Agency, 
$724,499,000, of which not less than $10,000,000 is for purchases of 
equipment or studies related to the Service Center Initiative Common 
Computing Environment: 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 $1,000,000 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 (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 (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, $450,000, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 220(b): 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, $500,031,000 of which $425,031,000 shall be for 
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $1,976,000,000 of which 
$1,276,000,000 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, $1,000,000; for 
emergency insured loans, $25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from 
natural disasters; for boll weevil eradication program loans as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000; and for credit sales of 
acquired property, $25,000,000.
    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, $17,986,000 of which 
$6,758,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $62,630,000 
of which $11,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
$17,480,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land 
acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $153,000; for 
emergency insured loans, $5,900,000 to meet the needs resulting from 
natural disasters; for boll weevil eradication program loans as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $1,440,000; and for credit sales of 
acquired property, $3,260,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $219,861,000 of which $209,861,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the ``Farm Service Agency--
Salaries and Expenses'' account.

                         RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

    For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933), 
$64,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall be available for 
official reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 1506(i).

                              Corporations

    The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, 
and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or 
agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

    For fiscal year 1999, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse 
the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but 
not previously reimbursed (estimated to be $8,439,000,000 in the 
President's fiscal year 1999 Budget Request (H. Doc. 105-177)), but not 
to exceed $8,439,000,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 
17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).

       operations and maintenance for hazardous waste management

    For fiscal year 1999, 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, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001 of 
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 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, $719,000.

                 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

                        Conservation Operations

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the programs administered 
by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, including the provisions 
of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f) including preparation 
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil 
and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural 
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; 
classification and mapping of soil; 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, 
$641,243,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of 
which not less than $5,990,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting 
and not less than $7,825,000 is for operation and establishment of the 
plant materials centers: Provided further, 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 (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-f) 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 (16 U.S.C. 590e-2).

                     Watershed Surveys and Planning

    For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and 
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small 
watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 
1001-1009), $9,545,000: 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.

               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, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 
1001-1005 and 1007-1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 
(16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws 
relating to the activities of the Department, $97,850,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000 
may be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control 
Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): 
Provided, That not to exceed $47,000,000 of this appropriation shall be 
available for technical assistance: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this 
appropriation is available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), including cooperative efforts 
as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened 
species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite 
project construction.

                 Resource Conservation and Development

    For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for 
resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant 
to the provisions of section 32(e) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones 
Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 76 Stat. 607), the Act of April 
27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $35,000,000, 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 $50,000 shall be 
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                               TITLE III

           RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs under the laws 
enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing Service, the Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the 
Department of Agriculture, $611,000.

                           Rural Development

                  rural community advancement program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, and 1932, except for 
sections 381E-H, 381N, and 381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), $745,172,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $35,717,000 shall be for rural community 
programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act; of which $658,955,000 shall be for the rural 
utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act; and of 
which $50,500,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, 
not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems 
to benefit the colonias along the United States/Mexico border, 
including grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to exceed 
$15,000,000 shall be for technical assistance grants for rural waste 
systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed 
$5,400,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical 
assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That of the total 
amounts appropriated, not to exceed $20,048,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 1999, for empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities, as authorized by Public Law 103-66, of which $1,200,000 
shall be for rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of such Act; of which $18,700,000 shall be for the rural utilities 
programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act; of which $148,000 
shall be for the rural business and cooperative development programs 
described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act.

                         Rural Housing Service

              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: $3,930,600,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as 
determined by the Secretary, of which $3,000,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $25,001,000 for section 504 housing 
repair loans, $125,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 
housing loans, $20,000,000 for section 514 farm labor housing, 
$100,000,000 for section 515 rental housing, $5,000,000 for section 524 
site loans, $25,000,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which 
up to $5,001,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,000,000 
for section 523 self-help housing land development loans.
    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, $112,700,000, of which 
$2,700,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 
housing repair loans, $8,808,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
guaranteed loans, $2,900,000; section 514 farm labor housing, 
$10,406,000; section 515 rental housing, $48,250,000; section 524 site 
loans, $17,000; credit sales of acquired property, $3,492,000, of which 
up to $2,416,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and section 523 
self-help housing land development loans, $282,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $354,785,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Housing 
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 debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as 
amended, $583,397,000; 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 1999 shall be funded for a 
five-year period, although the life of any such agreement may be 
extended to fully utilize amounts obligated.

                  Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $26,000,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

                    Rural Housing Assistance Grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For grants and contracts for housing for domestic farm labor, very 
low-income housing repair, supervisory and technical assistance, 
compensation for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 
made by the Rural Housing Service as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, 
1479(c), 1486, 1490e, and 1490m, $41,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 
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, 1999, they shall remain available for other authorized 
purposes under this heading.

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing Service, including 
administering the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, title V of the Housing Act of 1949, and 
cooperative agreements, $57,958,000: 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 $520,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

              rural development loan fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $17,622,000, as authorized by the 
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)): Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That these funds are available to subsidize gross obligations 
for the principal amount of direct loans of $35,000,000: Provided 
further, That through June 30, 1999, of the total amount appropriated, 
$3,345,000 shall be available for the cost of direct loans for 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by title 
XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to subsidize 
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans, $7,246,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $3,499,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Rural Business--Cooperative Service--Salaries and 
Expenses''.

            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, 
$15,000,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
$3,783,000.
    Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments in fiscal year 1999, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, $3,783,000 shall not be obligated and 
$3,783,000 are rescinded.

                  Rural Cooperative Development Grants

    For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section 
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932), $3,300,000, of which up to $1,300,000 may be available for 
cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for 
rural areas program.

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 
including administering the programs authorized by the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act; 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 for cooperative agreements, 
$25,680,000: 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 $260,000 may be 
used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                        Rural Utilities Service

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), shall be made as follows: 5 
percent rural electrification loans, $71,500,000; 5 percent rural 
telecommunications loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural 
telecommunications loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 
loans, $295,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural electric, $700,000,000 and rural telecommunications, 
$120,000,000, 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 (7 
U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of direct loans, $16,667,000; 
cost of municipal rate loans, $25,842,000; cost of money rural 
telecommunications loans, $810,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower 
interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $29,982,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Utilities 
Service--Salaries and Expenses''.

                  rural telephone bank program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    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 may be necessary in carrying out 
its authorized programs for the current fiscal year. During fiscal year 
1999 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 (7 U.S.C. 935), 
$4,638,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
loan programs, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``Rural Utilities Service--Salaries and 
Expenses''.

               Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program

    For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950aaa et seq., $10,180,000, to remain available until expended, to be 
available for loans and grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas: Provided, That the costs of direct loans shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service, including 
administering the programs authorized by the Rural Electrification Act 
of 1936, and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and for 
cooperative agreements, $33,000,000: 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 $105,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

                       Food and Nutrition Service

                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21, 
$9,218,647,000, to remain available through September 30, 2000, of 
which $4,170,497,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,048,150,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 
August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: 
Provided further, That up to $4,300,000 shall be available for 
independent verification of school food service claims.

special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (wic)

    For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $3,924,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: 
Provided further, That up to $12,000,000 may be used to carry out the 
farmers' market nutrition program from any funds not needed to maintain 
current caseload levels: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
sections 17(g), (h), and (i) of such Act, the Secretary shall adjust 
fiscal year 1999 State allocations to reflect food funds available to 
the State from fiscal year 1998 under sections 17(i)(3)(A)(ii) and 
17(i)(3)(D): Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate funds 
recovered from fiscal year 1998 first to States to maintain stability 
funding levels, as defined by regulations promulgated under section 
17(g), and then to give first priority for the allocation of any 
remaining funds to States whose funding is less than their fair share 
of funds, as defined by regulations promulgated under section 17(g) 
unless the Secretary has published a revised funding formula regulation 
prior to the allocation of fiscal year 1999 funds: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 
administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an 
announced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry 
out the program: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
this account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
except in accordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 
requirements specified in section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966: Provided further, That State agencies required to procure infant 
formula using a competitive bidding system may use funds appropriated 
by this Act to purchase infant formula under a cost containment 
contract entered into after September 30, 1996, only if the contract 
was awarded to the bidder offering the lowest net price, as defined by 
section 17(b)(20) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, unless the State 
agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the 
weighted average retail price for different brands of infant formula in 
the State does not vary by more than 5 percent.

                           food stamp program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 
2011 et seq.), $22,591,806,000, of which $100,000,000 shall be placed 
in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become 
necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That 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 none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: 
Provided further, That funds made available for Employment and Training 
under this heading shall remain available until expended, as authorized 
by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act, as amended.

                      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) and, the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983, $131,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be 
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the 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), and section 
311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030a), $141,081,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2000.

                      food program administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services and of the domestic 
food programs funded under this Act, $108,311,000, 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 and of which $2,000,000 shall be 
available for obligation only after promulgation of a final rule to 
curb vendor related fraud: 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 and General Sales Manager

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7 
U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for 
enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the 
Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not 
to exceed $140,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
1766), $135,561,000, of which $3,231,000 may be transferred from the 
Export Loan Program account in this Act, and $1,035,000 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 (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701-1715, 1721-1726, 1727-1727f, and 1731-1736g), 
as follows: (1) $182,624,000 for Public Law 480 title I credit, 
including Food for Progress programs; (2) $14,890,000 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; (3) $837,000,000 is hereby appropriated for 
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to 
title II of said Act; and (4) $25,000,000 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, and the Food 
for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of modifying credit 
agreements under said Act, $158,499,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Public 
Law 480 title I credit program, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, 
to the extent funds appropriated for Public Law 480 are utilized, 
$1,850,000.

       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, 
$3,820,000; 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 
$3,231,000 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 Farm Service Agency.

                             export credit

    The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less than 
$5,500,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export credit guarantee 
program extended to finance the export sales of United States 
agricultural commodities and the products thereof, as authorized by 
section 202(a) and (b) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 
5641).

                     emerging markets export credit

    The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less than 
$200,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export guarantee program 
for credit expended to finance the export sales of United States 
agricultural commodities and the products thereof to emerging markets, 
as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 5622 
note).

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                      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, $1,003,772,000, 
of which not to exceed $132,273,000 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; and of which 
$500,000 shall be available for development of the systems and 
regulations necessary to implement the program under section 409(h) of 
such Act: Provided, That fees derived from applications received during 
fiscal year 1999 shall be subject to the fiscal year 1999 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.
    In addition, fees pursuant to section 801 of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic 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, 
$11,350,000, 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, $88,294,000, including 
not to exceed $5,428,000 to be transferred to this appropriation from 
fees collected pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act and credited to the Food and Drug Administration salaries 
and expenses appropriation: 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, for reimbursement of 
interest expenses incurred by the Financial Assistance Corporation on 
obligations issued through 1994, as authorized, $2,565,000.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple year 
leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed 
$25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $62,140,000, 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.

                       FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

                 Limitation of Administrative Expenses

    Not to exceed $35,800,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, 
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with 
receiverships.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
Agriculture for the fiscal year 1999 under this Act shall be available 
for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of 
not to exceed 440 passenger motor vehicles, of which 437 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 and 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, fruit fly program, and 
integrated systems acquisition project; Farm Service Agency, salaries 
and expenses funds made available to county committees; 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 1998 
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. With the exception of grants awarded under the Small 
Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, Public Law 97-219 (15 
U.S.C. 638), 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 1999 
shall remain available until expended to cover obligations made in 
fiscal year 1999 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 1999 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act.
    Sec. 716. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Cooperative 
Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; and 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may use cooperative 
agreements to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration or 
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and a State or 
Cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing programs or to carry out 
programs to protect the Nation's animal and plant resources.
    Sec. 717. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire more 
than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank or to 
maintain any account or subaccount within the accounting records of the 
Rural Telephone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury or to the 
Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone 
Bank telephone liquidating account which is in excess of current 
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set forth for 
financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act 
of 1990.
    Sec. 718. 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/market access program pursuant to section 203 of 
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides 
assistance to the United States Mink Export Development Council or any 
mink industry trade association.
    Sec. 719. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than 
$1,400,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities 
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task 
forces of the Department of Agriculture except for panels used to 
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate 
competitively awarded grants.
    Sec. 720. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to 
carry out the provisions of section 918 of Public Law 104-127, the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act.
    Sec. 721. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any 
other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless 
the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the 
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the period of assignment.
    Sec. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to transmit or 
otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture employee 
questions or responses to questions that are a result of information 
requested for the appropriations hearing process.
    Sec. 723. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 1999, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates 
a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by 
any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied 
or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes 
offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes 
any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
     (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 1999, or 
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing 
programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel 
by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in 
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are 
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 724. Funds made available to the Farm Service Agency, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Rural Development 
agencies may be used to support a staff office established to provide 
common support services, including the common computer system for use 
by such agencies.
    Sec. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out the provisions of section 793 of Public Law 104-
127, the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, as 
amended.
    Sec. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel who carry out a wildlife habitat incentives program 
authorized by section 387 of Public Law 104-127.
    Sec. 727. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel who carry out an environmental quality incentives program 
authorized by sections 334-341 of Public Law 104-127 in excess of 
$174,000,000.
    Sec. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to enroll in excess of 130,000 
acres in the fiscal year 1999 wetlands reserve program as authorized by 
16 U.S.C. 3837.
    Sec. 729. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel who carry out the emergency food assistance program 
authorized by section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act if such program 
exceeds $90,000,000.
    Sec. 730. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of the 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998.
    Sec. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of 
Big Spring, Texas shall be eligible to participate in rural housing 
programs administered by the Rural Housing Service.
    Sec. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico shall be eligible for grants and 
loans administered by the Rural Utilities Service.
    Sec. 733. Notwithstanding section 381A of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009), the definitions of rural areas 
for certain business programs administered by the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service and the community facilities programs administered 
by the Rural Housing Service shall be those provided for in statute and 
regulations prior to the enactment of Public Law 104-127.
    Sec. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to carry out any commodity purchase 
program that would prohibit eligibility or participation by farmer-
owned cooperatives.
    Sec. 735. Meaning of ``Antibacterial''. Section 512(d)(4)(D)(iii) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
360b(d)(4)(D)(iii)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the 
following: ``, except that for purposes of this clause, antibacterial 
ingredient or animal drug does not include the ionophore or arsenical 
classes of animal drugs''.
    Sec. 736. In issuing the final rule to implement the amendments to 
Federal milk marketing orders required by subsection (a) of section 143 
of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7253), none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Secretary by this 
Act, any other Act, or any other source may be used to issue the rule 
other than during the period of February 1, 1999, through April 4, 
1999, and only if the actual implementation of the amendments as part 
of Federal milk marketing orders takes effect on October 1, 1999, 
notwithstanding the penalties that would otherwise be imposed under 
subsection (c) of such section.
    Sec. 737. Section 102(b)(2)(D) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2799aa-1(b)(2)(D)) is amended--
    (1) in clause (i) by striking ``or'' at the end;
    (2) in clause (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
``, or''; and
    (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                            ``(iii) to any credit, credit guarantee, or 
                        other financial assistance provided by the 
                        Department of Agriculture for the purchase or 
                        other provision of food or other agricultural 
                        commodities.''.
    (4) The amendments made by this section shall apply to any credit, 
credit guarantee, or other financial assistance provided by the 
Department of Agriculture before, on, or after the date of enactment of 
this Act through September 30, 1999.
    Sec. 738. Whenever the Secretary of Agriculture announces the basic 
formula price for milk for purposes of Federal milk marketing orders 
issued under section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 
608c), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937, the Secretary shall include in the announcement 
an estimate, stated on a per hundredweight basis, of the costs incurred 
by milk producers, including transportation and marketing costs, to 
produce milk in the different regions of the United States.
    Sec. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel who carry out a conservation farm option program authorized 
by section 335 of Public Law 104-127.
    Sec. 740. Waiver of Statute of Limitations. (a) In General.--If an 
eligible complaint was filed with the Department of Agriculture before 
July 1, 1997, any civil action to obtain relief under the Equal Credit 
Opportunity Act with respect to the discrimination alleged in that 
complaint, if commenced not later than 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, shall not be barred by any provision of that Act 
providing a statute of limitations.
    (b) Administrative Proceedings.--The complainant may, in lieu of 
filing a civil action, seek a determination on the merits of the 
complaint by the Department of Agriculture. The Department of 
Agriculture shall--
            (1) provide the complainant an opportunity for a hearing on 
        the record before making that determination; and
            (2) award the complainant such relief as would be afforded 
        under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act with respect to the 
        complaint.
    (c) Limitation on Settlement.--A proposed administrative award or 
settlement, exceeding $25,000 (other than debt relief), of an eligible 
complaint--
            (1) shall not take effect until 90 days after notice of 
        that award or settlement is given to the Attorney General (or 
        the Attorney General's designee); and
            (2) shall not take effect in any event if, during that 90-
        day period, the Attorney General (or the Attorney General's 
        designee) objects to the award or settlement.
    (d) Jurisdiction.--The United States Court of Federal Claims and 
the United States District Court shall have exclusive original 
jurisdiction over--
            (1) any cause of action arising out of a complaint with 
        respect to which this section waives the statute of 
        limitations; and
            (2) over any civil action for judicial review of a 
        determination in an administrative proceeding in the Department 
        of Agriculture under this section.
    (e) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``eligible 
complaint'' means a non-employment-related complaint, made under the 
Equal Credit Opportunity Act during the period beginning on January 1, 
1983 and ending December 31, 1996, of discrimination in the 
administration of any of the following programs of the Department of 
Agriculture:
            (1) The commodity programs.
            (2) The following programs funded from the Agricultural 
        Credit Insurance Program Account: farm ownership loans, farm 
        operating loans, emergency loans.
            (3) Disaster assistance programs.
    (f) Application of Section.--This section shall apply in fiscal 
year 1999 and thereafter.
    Sec. 741. Section 538(f) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490p-2(f)) is amended by adding after paragraph (5) the following new 
flush sentence:
``The Secretary may not deny a guarantee under this section on the 
basis that the interest on the loan, or on an obligation supporting the 
loan, for which the guarantee is sought is exempt from inclusion in 
gross income for purposes of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986.''.
    Sec. 742. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Food and Drug Administration for the testing, development, or 
approval (including approval of production, manufacturing, or 
distribution) of and drug for the chemical inducement of abortion.
    Sec. 743. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are revised by 
adding an amount for programs included in section 402 of Public Law 
104-127, $10,000,000.
     This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 24, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.