[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1906 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                        August 4, 1999.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
1906) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.'', do 
pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 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, $2,836,000: 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, energy and new uses, 
and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), 
and including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to 
exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,411,000.

                       national appeals division

    For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, including 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is 
for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,718,000.

                 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, $6,583,000.

                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.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not 
to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $5,283,000: 
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 by this 
Act, $613,000.

        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, $140,364,000: 
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 $145,364,000.

                       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, $34,738,000, 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 
by 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 by this Act to maintain personnel at the 
agency level.

                        Office of Communications

    For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the 
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the 
dissemination of agricultural information, and the coordination of 
information, work, and programs authorized by Congress in the 
Department, $8,138,000, 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, $65,128,000, 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 $125,000 for certain 
confidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, 
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to 
Public Law 95-452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97-98.

                     Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$30,094,000.

  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, 
$540,000.

                       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, 
$62,919,000: Provided, That $2,500,000 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``Food and Nutrition Service, Food 
Program Administration'' for studies and evaluations: Provided further, 
That not more than $500,000 of the amount transferred under the 
preceding proviso shall be available to conduct, not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, a study based on all 
available administrative data and onsite inspections conducted by the 
Secretary of Agriculture of local food stamp offices in each State, of 
(1) reasons for the decline in participation in the food stamp program, 
and (2) any problems that households with eligible children have 
experienced in obtaining food stamps, and to report the results of the 
study to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
and to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate: 
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): Provided further, That university 
research shall be reduced below the fiscal year 1999 level by 
$2,000,000.

                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, the Census of 
Agriculture Act of 1997, and other laws, $99,355,000, of which up to 
$16,490,000 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, and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                     Agricultural Research Service

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research Service 
to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to 
production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise 
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use including 
the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural 
information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 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, $809,499,000: 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 2000, 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, $53,000,000, 
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 $180,545,000 to carry into effect the provisions of the Hatch 
Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-i); $21,932,000 for grants for cooperative forestry 
research (16 U.S.C. 582a-a7); $30,676,000 for payments to the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 3222), of 
which $1,000,000 shall be made available to West Virginia State College 
in Institute, West Virginia, which for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter 
shall be designated as an eligible institution under section 1445 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222); $56,901,000 for special grants for 
agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); $13,721,000 for special 
grants for agricultural research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 
450i(c)); $114,125,000 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 
450i(b)); $5,109,000 for the support of animal health and disease 
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195); $550,000 for supplemental and alternative 
crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d); $650,000 for grants for research 
pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 
178) and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3318), to remain available until expended; $500,000 for the 1994 
research program (7 U.S.C. 301 note); $3,000,000 for higher education 
graduate fellowship 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); $2,850,000 for an 
education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3241); $500,000 for a secondary agriculture education program and two-
year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(h)); $4,000,000 for 
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); $8,000,000 for sustainable 
agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811); $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); $1,552,000 for payments to the 1994 
Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382; and 
$14,216,000 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, $473,377,000, of which not less than 
$250,000 shall be provided to carry out market analysis programs at the 
Livestock Marketing Information Center in Lakewood, Colorado.
    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, 
$276,548,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions 
under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,060,000; payments 
for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,695,000; 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 to upgrade research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 
1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as authorized 
by section 1447 of Public Law 95-113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $12,000,000, to 
remain available until expended; payments for the rural development 
centers under section 3(d) of the Act, $908,000; payments for youth-at-
risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,000,000; 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, $1,714,000; payments for sustainable agriculture 
programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $3,309,000; payments for rural 
health and safety education as authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 
101-624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 2662), $2,628,000; 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, $26,843,000, of which $1,000,000 shall be made available to 
West Virginia State College in Institute, West Virginia, which for 
fiscal year 2000 and thereafter shall be designated as an eligible 
institution under section 1444 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3221); 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, 
$10,940,000; in all, $422,620,000: 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.

                         integrated activities

    For the integrated research, education, and extension competitive 
grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
$35,541,000, as follows: payments for the water quality program, 
$13,000,000; payments for the food safety program, $15,000,000; 
payments for the national agriculture pesticide impact assessment 
program, $4,541,000; payments for the methyl bromide transition 
program, $3,000,000, as authorized under section 406 of the 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 
U.S.C. 7626).

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer programs 
under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, $618,000.

               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, $439,445,000, 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 of the amounts made available under this heading, not 
less than $24,970,000 shall be used for fruit fly exclusion and 
detection (including at least $6,000,000 for fruit fly exclusion and 
detection in the State of Florida): 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 may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 
for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease or 
pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 
with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section 102 of the Act of 
September 21, 1944, and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 
for such emergency purposes in the 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 2000, 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 
2000, $90,000,000 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 on services related to consumer 
protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transportation, 
and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for administration 
and coordination of payments to States, including field employment 
pursuant to 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, $51,229,000, 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 $12,443,000 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, $26,287,000: 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.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws enacted by the 
Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, $446,000.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and 
the Egg Products Inspection Act, $638,404,000, 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, $572,000.

                          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, 
$794,839,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the 
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made 
available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to 
and merged with this account: Provided further, That these funds shall 
be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$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. 2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained 
in this Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer 
whose milk was removed from commercial markets as a result of the 
farmer's 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, $559,422,000, of which $431,373,000 shall be for 
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $2,397,842,000, of which 
$1,697,842,000 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, $1,028,000; for 
emergency insured loans, $25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from 
natural disasters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans, $7,243,000, of which 
$2,416,000, shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, 
$70,860,000, of which $23,940,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans and $17,620,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian 
tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $21,000; 
and for emergency insured loans, $3,882,000 to meet the needs resulting 
from natural disasters.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $214,161,000, of which 
$209,861,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct loans and 
guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs with the prior 
approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                         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 2000, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse 
the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but 
not previously reimbursed, 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 2000, 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, $693,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of 
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and 
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural 
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; 
classification and mapping of soil; 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, 
$656,243,000, 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 $9,125,000 is for operation and establishment of the 
plant materials centers: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement 
of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except 
that the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and 
other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 
That when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal 
land, that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 
U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for technical assistance and related expenses to carry out 
programs authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River 
Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): 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), $10,368,000: 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, $99,443,000, 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: Provided further, That of the funds available for 
Emergency Watershed Protection activities, $5,000,000 shall be 
available for Mississippi and Wisconsin for financial and technical 
assistance for pilot rehabilitation projects of small, upstream dams 
built under the Watershed and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et 
seq., section 13 of the Act of December 22, 1994; Public Law 78-534; 58 
Stat. 905), and the pilot watershed program authorized under the 
heading ``FLOOD PREVENTION'' of the Department of Agriculture 
Appropriation Act, 1954 (Public Law 83-156; 67 Stat. 214).

                 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.

                      forestry incentives program

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

                               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, $588,000.

                  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, 1926d, and 1932, except for 
sections 381E-H, 381N, and 381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), $718,006,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $23,150,000 shall be for rural community 
programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
$630,257,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs described in 
section 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which 
$64,599,000 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 the rural business and cooperative 
development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available 
for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide technical 
assistance for rural transportation in order to promote economic 
development: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for 
rural utilities programs, not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water 
and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United 
States/Mexico borders, including grants pursuant to section 306C of 
such Act; not to exceed $12,000,000 shall be for water and waste 
disposal systems to benefit Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes, including grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act: Provided 
further, That the Federally Recognized Native American Tribe is not 
eligible for any other rural utilities programs set aside under the 
Rural Community Advancement Program; not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be 
for water and waste disposal systems for rural and native villages in 
Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act; not to exceed $16,500,000 
shall be for technical assistance grants for rural waste systems 
pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed 
$7,300,000 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 
amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be available to the 
Grassroots project: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, not to exceed $45,245,000 shall be available through June 
30, 2000, for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as 
authorized by Public Law 103-66, of which $2,106,000 shall be for rural 
community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of 
which $34,704,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs described 
in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act; of which $8,435,000 shall be for the 
rural business and cooperative development programs described in 
section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That any obligated 
and unobligated balances available from prior years for the ``Rural 
Utilities Assistance Program'' account, shall be transferred to and 
merged with this account.

                         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, 
to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as 
follows: $4,300,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as 
determined by the Secretary, of which $3,200,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $32,396,000 for section 504 housing 
repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 
housing loans; $25,001,000 for section 514 farm labor housing; 
$114,321,000 for section 515 rental housing; $5,152,000 for section 524 
site loans; $12,824,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which 
up to $2,150,000 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, $113,350,000, of which 
$19,520,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 
housing repair loans, $9,900,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
guaranteed loans, $480,000; section 514 farm labor housing, 
$11,308,000; section 515 rental housing, $45,363,000; section 524 site 
loans, $4,000; credit sales of acquired property, $1,499,000, of which 
up to $850,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and section 523 
self-help housing land development loans, $281,000: Provided, That of 
the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $11,180,000 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, 
2000, they shall remain available for other authorized purposes under 
this head.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $360,785,000, 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, 
$640,000,000; 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 2000 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): Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $1,000,000 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, 2000, they shall remain available for other 
authorized purposes under this head.

                    rural housing assistance grants

    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, 2000, they shall remain available for other authorized 
purposes under this head.

                         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, $60,978,000: 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, $16,615,000, 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 $38,256,000: Provided 
further, That through June 30, 2000, of the total amount appropriated, 
$3,216,000 shall be available for the cost of direct loans for 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public 
Law 103-66, to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of 
direct loans, $7,246,000: Provided further, That if such funds are not 
obligated for empowerment zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 
2000, they shall remain available for other authorized purposes under 
this head: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this paragraph shall be available unless the Department of Agriculture 
proposes a revised regulation to allow lenders to be charged a fee of 
up to 3 percent on guaranteed business and industry loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $3,337,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Salaries and 
Expenses''.

            rural economic development loans program account

                    (including rescission of funds)

    For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under 
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of 
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, 
$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, 
$3,453,000.
    Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments in fiscal year 2000, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, $3,453,000 shall not be obligated and 
$3,453,000 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), $5,500,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be available for 
cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for 
rural areas program: Provided, That at least twenty-five percent of the 
total amount appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or 
associations of cooperatives that assist small, minority producers.

                         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.

  Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation 
                             Revolving Fund

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative Agricultural 
Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901-5908), 
$3,500,000 is appropriated to the Alternative Agricultural Research and 
Commercialization Corporation Revolving Fund.

                        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, $1,483,000; cost 
of municipal rate loans, $10,826,000; cost of money rural 
telecommunications loans, $2,370,000: 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. During fiscal year 2000 and within the 
resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans shall be $157,509,000.
    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), 
$2,961,000.
    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., $13,200,000, 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

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to administer the 
laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition Service, 
$554,000.

                       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; 
$9,560,028,000, to remain available through September 30, 2001, of 
which $4,624,829,000 is hereby appropriated and $4,935,199,000 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, except as specifically 
provided under this heading, none of the funds made available under 
this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this heading, up to 
$13,000,000 shall be for school breakfast pilot projects, including the 
evaluation required under section 18(e) of the National School Lunch 
Act: Provided further, That up to $4,363,000 shall be available for 
independent verification of school food service claims: Provided 
further, That none of the funds under this heading shall be available 
unless the value of bonus commodities provided under section 32 of the 
Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 774, chapter 641; 7 U.S.C. 612c), and 
section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431) is included 
in meeting the minimum commodity assistance requirement of section 6(g) 
of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(g)).

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

    For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $4,038,107,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2001: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: 
Provided further, That of the total amount available, the Secretary 
shall obligate $10,000,000 for the farmers' market nutrition program 
within 45 days of the enactment of this Act, and an additional 
$5,000,000 for the farmers' market nutrition program from any funds not 
needed to maintain current caseload levels: Provided further, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative 
expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy of 
prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the program: 
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 none of the funds provided shall be available for 
activities that are not fully reimbursed by other federal government 
departments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966.

                           food stamp program

    For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C. 
2011 et seq.), $21,563,744,000, 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 none of the 
funds made available under this head shall be used for studies and 
evaluations: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be 
expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 
registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law: 
Provided further, That funds made available for Employment and Training 
under this head shall remain available until expended, as authorized by 
section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act.

                      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); the Emergency Food 
Assistance Act of 1983, $131,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2001: 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 necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special assistance for the nuclear 
affected islands as authorized by section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of 
Free Association Act of 1985, as amended; and section 311 of the Older 
Americans Act of 1965, $141,081,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2001.

                      food program administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food programs 
funded under this Act, $111,561,000, 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 not less than $3,000,000 shall 
be available to improve integrity in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition 
programs: 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 $128,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
1766), $136,203,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of 
funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions 
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production 
assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs 
of the United States Agency for International Development: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, up to $2,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended solely for the purpose of offsetting 
fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject to 
documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products, or alcoholic 
beverages, including wine.

               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, 1701-1704, 1721-1726a, 1727-1727e, 1731-1736g-3, 
and 1737), as follows: (1) $142,840,000 for Public Law 480 title I 
credit, including Food for Progress programs; (2) $16,249,000 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; and (3) $787,000,000 is hereby appropriated 
for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad 
pursuant to title II 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, $117,786,000.
    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, of which $1,035,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service and General Sales 
Manager'' and $815,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

       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 $3,231,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign 
Agricultural Service and General Sales Manager'' and $589,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service 
Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 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; 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; $1,180,972,000, of which not to 
exceed $145,434,000 in fees pursuant to section 736 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act may be credited to this appropriation and 
remain available until expended: Provided, That fees derived from 
applications received during fiscal year 2000 shall be subject to the 
fiscal year 2000 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: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated: (1) $264,845,000 shall be for the Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $309,026,000 shall be for the Center for 
Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $11,542,000 shall be 
available for grants and contracts awarded under section 5 of the 
Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $132,092,000 shall be for the 
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $48,221,000 shall 
be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $154,271,000 shall 
be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which 
$1,000,000 shall be for premarket review, enforcement and oversight 
activities related to users and manufacturers of all reprocessed 
medical devices as authorized by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act (21 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), and of which no less than $55,500,000 and 
522 full-time equivalent positions shall be for premarket application 
review activities to meet statutory review times; (6) $34,436,000 shall 
be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $34,000,000 
shall be for the Office of Tobacco; (8) $25,855,000 shall be for Rent 
and Related activities, other than the amounts paid to the General 
Services Administration; (9) $100,180,000 shall be for payments to the 
General Services Administration for rent and related costs; and (10) 
$78,046,000 shall be for other activities, including the Office of the 
Commissioner; the Office of Policy; the Office of the Senior Associate 
Commissioner; the Office of International and Constituent Relations; 
the Office of Policy, Legislation, and Planning; and central services 
for these offices: Provided further, That funds may be transferred from 
one specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 
Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    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, 
$8,350,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

                           INDEPENDENT AGENCY

                  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, $61,000,000, including not 
to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided, That the Commission is authorized to charge reasonable fees 
to attendees of Commission sponsored educational events and symposia to 
cover the Commission's costs of providing those events and symposia, 
and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited to this 
account, to be available without further appropriation.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
Agriculture for the fiscal year 2000 under this Act shall be available 
for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of 
not to exceed 365 passenger motor vehicles, of which 361 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, 
integrated systems acquisition project, and up to $2,000,000 for costs 
associated with collocating regional offices; 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. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to 
restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to lease 
space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of other agencies of 
the Department of Agriculture when such space will be jointly occupied.
    Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 
indirect costs charged against competitive agricultural research, 
education, or extension grant awards issued by the Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of 
total Federal funds provided under each award: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds 
provided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service shall be 
available to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded 
under the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, Public Law 
97-219 (15 U.S.C. 638).
    Sec. 711. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, all 
loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not 
limitations.
    Sec. 712. Appropriations for the Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
Program Account for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 shall 
remain available until expended to cover obligations made in each of 
those fiscal years respectively, in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 1557.
    Sec. 713. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the 
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal year 2000 
shall remain available until expended to cover obligations made in 
fiscal year 2000 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; the 
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account; and the rural economic 
development loans program account.
    Sec. 714. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2000 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated by this Act.
    Sec. 715. 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. 716. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Cooperative 
Agreement Act, the Natural Resources Conservation Service may enter 
into contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements with a State agency 
or subdivision, or a public or private organization, for the 
acquisition of goods or services, including personal services, to carry 
out natural resources conservation activities: Provided, That Commodity 
Credit Corporation funds obligated for such purposes shall not exceed 
the level obligated by the Commodity Credit Corporation for such 
purposes in fiscal year 1998.
    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. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than 
$1,800,000 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: Provided, That interagency funding is 
authorized to carry out the purposes of the National Drought Policy 
Commission.
    Sec. 719. 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. 720. 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. 721. 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. 722. None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief 
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information 
Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer without the prior approval of the Committee 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    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 2000, 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 Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
notified fifteen 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 2000, 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 Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
notified fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to carry out the transfer or obligation of 
fiscal year 2000 funds under the provisions of section 793 of Public 
Law 104-127.
    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 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. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise available to 
the Department of Agriculture in fiscal year 2000 or thereafter may be 
used to administer the provision of contract payments to a producer 
under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) 
for contract acreage on which wild rice is planted unless the contract 
payment is reduced by an acre for each contract acre planted to wild 
rice.
    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 to enroll in excess of 180,000 acres in the fiscal year 2000 
wetlands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
    Sec. 728. 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 emergency food assistance program authorized 
by section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act if such program exceeds 
$97,000,000.
    Sec. 729. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to carry out the transfer or obligation of 
fiscal year 2000 funds under the provisions of section 401 of Public 
Law 105-185 in excess of $50,000,000.
    Sec. 730. Notwithstanding section 381A of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009), in fiscal year 2000 and 
thereafter, 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. 731. 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. 732. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out a conservation farm option program, as 
authorized by section 335 of Public Law 104-127.
    Sec. 733. None of the funds made available to the Food and Drug 
Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, or to 
plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration Division of 
Drug Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, or the Food and Drug 
Administration Detroit, Michigan, District Office Laboratory; or to 
reduce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District 
Office below the operating and full-time equivalent staffing level of 
July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit District Office to a station, 
residence post or similarly modified office; or to reassign residence 
posts assigned to the Detroit District Office.
    Sec. 734. None of the funds made available by this Act or any other 
Act for any fiscal year may be used to carry out section 302(h) of the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(h)) unless the 
Secretary of Agriculture inspects and certifies agricultural processing 
equipment, and imposes a fee for the inspection and certification, in a 
manner that is similar to the inspection and certification of 
agricultural products under that section, as determined by the 
Secretary: Provided, That this provision shall not affect the authority 
of the Secretary to carry out the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 
et seq.), or the Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.).
    Sec. 735. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who 
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's 
Budget submission to the Congress of the United States for programs 
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies that assumes 
revenues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user 
fees proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identifies which 
additional spending reductions should occur in the event the users fees 
proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a 
committee of conference for the fiscal year 2001 appropriations Act.
    Sec. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to establish an Office of Community 
Food Security or any similar office within the United States Department 
of Agriculture without the prior approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 737. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to carry out provision 
of section 612 of Public Law 105-185.
    Sec. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal 
year 2000 and thereafter, permanent employees of county committees 
employed on or after October 1, 1998, pursuant to 8(b) of the Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be 
considered as having Federal Civil Service status only for the purpose 
of applying for the United States Department of Agriculture Civil 
Service vacancies.
    Sec. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act may be used to declare excess or surplus all or 
part of the lands and facilities owned by the Federal Government and 
administered by the Secretary of Agriculture at Fort Reno, Oklahoma, or 
to transfer or convey such lands or facilities, without the specific 
authorization of Congress.
    Sec. 740. The Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service 
shall redistribute funds to apply toward a Public Law 566 watershed 
project closeout using A-102 authority for settlement costs of this 
project in Mississippi.
    Sec. 741. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall offer to enter into an 
agreement with the Governor of the State of Hawaii to conduct a pilot 
program to inspect mail entering the State of Hawaii for any plant, 
plant product, plant pest, or other organism that is subject to Federal 
quarantine laws.
    (b) The agreement described in subsection (a) shall contain the 
same terms and conditions as are contained in the memorandum of 
understanding entered into between the Secretary and the State of 
California, dated February 1, 1999, unless the Secretary and the 
Governor agree to different terms or conditions.
    (c) Unless the Secretary and the Governor agree otherwise, the 
agreement described in subsection (b) shall terminate on the later of--
            (A) the date that is 1 year after the date the agreement 
        becomes effective; or
            (B) the date that the February 1, 1999 memorandum of 
        understanding terminates.
    Sec. 742. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
is authorized under Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1926), to provide guaranteed 
lines of credit, including working capital loans, for health care 
facilities, to address Year 2000 computer conversion issues.
    Sec. 743. After taking any action involving the seizure, 
quarantine, treatment, destruction, or disposal of wheat infested with 
karnal bunt, the Secretary of Agriculture shall compensate the 
producers for economic losses incurred as the result of the action not 
later than 45 days after receipt of a claim that includes all 
appropriate paperwork.
    Sec. 744. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $3,000,000 is 
appropriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey 
Leland Hunger Fellowships through the Congressional Hunger Center, 
which is an organization described in subsection (c)(3) of section 501 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under 
subsection (a) of such section.
    Sec. 745. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there are 
hereby appropriated $250,000 for the program authorized under Section 
388 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, 
solely for use in the State of New Hampshire.
    Sec. 746. The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188 et 
seq.) is amended: (a) in Section 218(c)(1) by striking ``60 days'' and 
inserting ``45 days'', and (b) in Section 218(c)(3)(A) by striking ``20 
days'' and inserting ``30 days''.
    Sec. 747. Successorship Provisions Relating to Bargaining Units and 
Exclusive Representatives. (a) Voluntary Agreement.--
            (1) In general.--If the exercise of the Secretary of 
        Agriculture's authority under this Act results in changes to an 
        existing bargaining unit that has been certified under chapter 
        71 of title 5, United States Code, the affected parties shall 
        attempt to reach a voluntary agreement on a new bargaining unit 
        and an exclusive representative for such unit.
            (2) Criteria.--In carrying out the requirements of this 
        subsection, the affected parties shall use criteria set forth 
        in--
                    (A) sections 7103(a)(4), 7111(e), 7111(f)(1), and 
                7120 of title 5, United States Code, relating to 
                determining an exclusive representative; and
                    (B) section 7112 of title 5, United States Code 
                (disregarding subsections (b)(5) and (d) thereof), 
                relating to determining appropriate units.
    (b) Effect of an Agreement.--
            (1) In general.--If the affected parties reach agreement on 
        the appropriate unit and the exclusive representative for such 
        unit under subsection (a), the Federal Labor Relations 
        Authority shall certify the terms of such agreement, subject to 
        paragraph (2)(A). Nothing in this subsection shall be 
        considered to require the holding of any hearing or election as 
        a condition for certification.
            (2) Restrictions.--
                    (A) Conditions requiring noncertification.--The 
                Federal Labor Relations Authority may not certify the 
                terms of an agreement under paragraph (1) if--
                            (i) it determines that any of the criteria 
                        referred to in subsection (a)(2) (disregarding 
                        section 7112(a) of title 5, United States Code) 
                        have not been met; or
                            (ii) after the Secretary's exercise of 
                        authority and before certification under this 
                        section, a valid election under section 7111(b) 
                        of title 5, United States Code, is held 
                        covering any employees who would be included in 
                        the unit proposed for certification.
                    (B) Temporary waiver of provision that would bar an 
                election after a collective bargaining agreement is 
                reached.--Nothing in section 7111(f)(3) of title 5, 
                United States Code, shall prevent the holding of an 
                election under section 7111(b) of such title that 
                covers employees within a unit certified under 
                paragraph (1), or giving effect to the results of such 
                an election (including a decision not to be represented 
                by any labor organization), if the election is held 
                before the end of the 12-month period beginning on the 
                date such unit is so certified.
                    (C) Clarification.--The certification of a unit 
                under paragraph (1) shall not, for purposes of the last 
                sentence of section 7111(b) of title 5, United States 
                Code, or section 7111(f)(4) of such title, be treated 
                as if it had occurred pursuant to an election.
            (3) Delegation.--
                    (A) In general.--The Federal Labor Relations 
                Authority may delegate to any regional director (as 
                referred to in section 7105(e) of title 5, United 
                States Code) its authority under the preceding 
                provisions of this subsection.
                    (B) Review.--Any action taken by a regional 
                director under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to 
                review under the provisions of section 7105(f) of title 
                5, United States Code, in the same manner as if such 
                action had been taken under section 7105(e) of such 
                title, except that in the case of a decision not to 
                certify, such review shall be required if application 
                therefore is filed by an affected party within the time 
                specified in such provisions.
    (c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term ``affected 
party'' means--
            (1) with respect to an exercise of authority by the 
        Secretary of Agriculture under this Act, any labor organization 
        affected thereby; and
            (2) the Department of Agriculture.
    Sec. 748. Emergency and Market Loss Assistance. (a) Market Loss 
Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
        in this section as the ``Secretary'') shall use not more than 
        $5,544,453,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
        provide assistance to owners and producers on a farm that are 
        eligible for payments for fiscal year 1999 under a production 
        flexibility contract for the farm under the Agricultural Market 
        Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
            (2) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to 
        owners and producers on a farm under this subsection shall be 
        proportionate to the amount of the contract payment received by 
        the owners and producers for fiscal year 1999 under a 
        production flexibility contract for the farm under the 
        Agricultural Market Transition Act.
            (3) Time for payment.--The assistance made available under 
        this subsection for an eligible owner or producer shall be 
        provided not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act.
    (b) Specialty Crops.--
            (1) Assistance to certain producers.--The Secretary shall 
        use not more than $50,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
        Corporation to provide assistance to producers of fruits and 
        vegetables in a manner determined by the Secretary.
            (2) Payments to certain producers.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall use such 
                amounts as are necessary to provide payments to 
                producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts to 
                partially compensate the producers for continuing low 
                commodity prices, and increasing costs of production, 
                for the 1999 crop year.
                    (B) Amount.--The amount of a payment made to 
                producers on a farm of quota peanuts or additional 
                peanuts under subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the 
                product obtained by multiplying--
                            (i) the quantity of quota peanuts or 
                        additional peanuts produced or considered 
                        produced by the producers under section 155 of 
                        the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
                        U.S.C. 7271); by
                            (ii) an amount equal to 5 percent of the 
                        loan rate established for quota peanuts or 
                        additional peanuts, respectively, under section 
                        155 of that Act.
            (3) Condition on payment of salaries and expenses.--None of 
        the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
        or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
        of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to carry out or 
        enforce section 156(f) of the Agricultural Market Transition 
        Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) through fiscal year 2001, if the Federal 
        budget is determined by the Office of Management and Budget to 
        be in surplus for fiscal year 2000.
    (c) Limitation on Marketing Loan Gains and Loan Deficiency 
Payments.--Notwithstanding section 1001(2) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(1)), the total amount of the payments specified in 
section 1001(3) of that Act that a person shall be entitled to receive 
under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) 
for 1 or more contract commodities and oilseeds during the 1999 crop 
year may not exceed $150,000.
    (d) Upland Cotton Price Competitiveness.--
            (1) In general.--Section 136(a) of the Agricultural Market 
        Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or cash 
                payments'' and inserting ``or cash payments, at the 
                option of the recipient,'';
                    (B) by striking ``3 cents per pound'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``1.25 cents per pound'';
                    (C) in the first sentence of paragraph (3)(A), by 
                striking ``owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation in 
                such manner, and at such price levels, as the Secretary 
                determines will best effectuate the purposes of cotton 
                user marketing certificates'' and inserting ``owned by 
                the Commodity Credit Corporation or pledged to the 
                Commodity Credit Corporation as collateral for a loan 
                in such manner, and at such price levels, as the 
                Secretary determines will best effectuate the purposes 
                of cotton user marketing certificates, including 
                enhancing the competitiveness and marketability of 
                United States cotton''; and
                    (D) by striking paragraph (4).
            (2) Ensuring the availability of upland cotton.--Section 
        136(b) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 
        7236(b)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(1) Establishment.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The President shall carry out an 
                import quota program during the period ending July 31, 
                2003, as provided in this subsection.
                    ``(B) Program requirements.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), whenever the Secretary determines and 
                announces that for any consecutive 4-week period, the 
                Friday through Thursday average price quotation for the 
                lowest-priced United States growth, as quoted for 
                Middling (M) 1\3/32\-inch cotton, delivered C.I.F. 
                Northern Europe, adjusted for the value of any 
                certificate issued under subsection (a), exceeds the 
                Northern Europe price by more than 1.25 cents per 
                pound, there shall immediately be in effect a special 
                import quota.
                    ``(C) Tight domestic supply.--During any month for 
                which the Secretary estimates the season-ending United 
                States upland cotton stocks-to-use ratio, as determined 
                under subparagraph (D), to be below 16 percent, the 
                Secretary, in making the determination under 
                subparagraph (B), shall not adjust the Friday through 
                Thursday average price quotation for the lowest-priced 
                United States growth, as quoted for Middling (M) 1\3/
                32\-inch cotton, delivered C.I.F. Northern Europe, for 
                the value of any certificates issued under subsection 
                (a).
                    ``(D) Season-ending united states stocks-to-use 
                ratio.--For the purposes of making estimates under 
                subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall, on a monthly 
                basis, estimate and report the season-ending United 
                States upland cotton stocks-to-use ratio, excluding 
                projected raw cotton imports but including the quantity 
                of raw cotton that has been imported into the United 
                States during the marketing year.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Limitation.--The quantity of cotton entered into the 
        United States during any marketing year under the special 
        import quota established under this subsection may not exceed 
        the equivalent of 5 week's consumption of upland cotton by 
        domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the 3 
        months immediately preceding the first special import quota 
        established in any marketing year.''.
    (e) Oilseed Payments.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Secretary shall use not less than $475,000,000 of 
        funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to 
        producers of the 1999 crop of oilseeds that are eligible to 
        obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 131 of the 
        Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231).
            (2) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under 
        this subsection shall be computed by multiplying--
                    (A) a payment rate determined by the Secretary; by
                    (B) the quantity of oilseeds that the producers on 
                the farm are eligible to place under loan under section 
                131 of that Act.
            (3) Limitation.--Payments made under this subsection shall 
        be considered to be contract payments for the purposes of 
        section 1001(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
        1308(1)).
    (f) Assistance to Livestock and Dairy Producers.--The Secretary 
shall use $325,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
provide assistance to livestock and dairy producers in a manner 
determined by the Secretary.
    (g) Tobacco.--The Secretary shall use $328,000,000 of funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make distributions to tobacco growers 
in accordance with the formulas established under the National Tobacco 
Grower Settlement Trust.
    (h) Sense of Congress Regarding Fast-Track Authority and Future 
World Trade Organization Negotiations.--It is the sense of Congress 
that--
            (1) the President should make a formal request for 
        appropriate fast-track authority for future United States trade 
        negotiations;
            (2) regarding future World Trade Organization 
        negotiations--
                    (A) rules for trade in agricultural commodities 
                should be strengthened and trade-distorting import and 
                export practices should be eliminated or substantially 
                reduced;
                    (B) the rules of the World Trade Organization 
                should be strengthened regarding the practices or 
                policies of a foreign government that unreasonably--
                            (i) restrict market access for products of 
                        new technologies, including products of 
                        biotechnology; or
                            (ii) delay or preclude implementation of a 
                        report of a dispute panel of the World Trade 
                        Organization; and
                    (C) negotiations within the World Trade 
                Organization should be structured so as to provide the 
                maximum leverage possible to ensure the successful 
                conclusion of negotiations on agricultural products;
            (3) the President should--
                    (A) conduct a comprehensive evaluation of all 
                existing export and food aid programs, including--
                            (i) the export credit guarantee program 
                        established under section 202 of the 
                        Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5622);
                            (ii) the market access program established 
                        under section 203 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5623);
                            (iii) the export enhancement program 
                        established under section 301 of that Act (7 
                        U.S.C. 5651);
                            (iv) the foreign market development 
                        cooperator program established under section 
                        702 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5722); and
                            (v) programs established under the 
                        Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
                        Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.); and
                    (B) transmit to Congress--
                            (i) the results of the evaluation under 
                        subparagraph (A); and
                            (ii) recommendations on maximizing the 
                        effectiveness of the programs described in 
                        subparagraph (A); and
            (4) the Secretary should carry out a purchase and donation 
        or concessional sales initiative in each of fiscal years 1999 
        and 2000 to promote the export of additional quantities of 
        soybeans, beef, pork, poultry, and products of such commodities 
        (including soybean meal, soybean oil, textured vegetable 
        protein, and soy protein concentrates and isolates) using 
        programs established under--
                    (A) the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 
                (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.);
                    (B) section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
                U.S.C. 1431);
                    (C) titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade 
                Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1701 
                et seq.); and
                    (D) the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
                1736o).
    (i) Crop Insurance.--The Secretary shall use $400,000,000 of funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist agricultural producers in 
purchasing additional coverage for the 2000 crop year under the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
    (j) Emergency Requirement.--The entire amount necessary to carry 
out this section and the amendments made by this section shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request for the 
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
    (k) Requirement of Congressional Approval of Any Unilateral 
Agricultural or Medical Sanction.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    (A) Agricultural commodity.--The term 
                ``agricultural commodity'' has the meaning given the 
                term in section 402 of the Agricultural Trade 
                Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1732).
                    (B) Agricultural program.--The term ``agricultural 
                program'' means--
                            (i) any program administered under the 
                        Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
                        Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et. seq.);
                            (ii) any program administered under section 
                        416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
                        1431);
                            (iii) any commercial sale of agricultural 
                        commodities, including a commercial sale of an 
                        agricultural commodity that is prohibited under 
                        a unilateral agricultural sanction that is in 
                        effect on the date of enactment of this Act; or
                            (iv) any export financing (including 
                        credits or credit guarantees) for agricultural 
                        commodities.
                    (C) Joint resolution.--The term ``joint 
                resolution'' means--
                            (i) in the case of paragraph (2)(A)(ii), 
                        only a joint resolution introduced within 10 
                        session days of Congress after the date on 
                        which the report of the President under 
                        paragraph (2)(A)(i) is received by Congress, 
                        the matter after the resolving clause of which 
                        is as follows: ``That Congress approves the 
                        report of the President pursuant to section 
                        ____(____)(2)(A)(i) of the __________ Act ____, 
                        transmitted on ______________.'', with the 
                        blank completed with the appropriate date; and
                            (ii) in the case of paragraph (5)(B), only 
                        a joint resolution introduced within 10 session 
                        days of Congress after the date on which the 
                        report of the President under paragraph (5)(A) 
                        is received by Congress, the matter after the 
                        resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That 
                        Congress approves the report of the President 
                        pursuant to section ____(____)(5)(A) of the 
                        __________ Act ____, transmitted on 
                        ______________.'', with the blank completed 
                        with the appropriate date.
                    (D) Unilateral agricultural sanction.--The term 
                ``unilateral agricultural sanction'' means any 
                prohibition, restriction, or condition on carrying out 
                an agricultural program with respect to a foreign 
                country or foreign entity that is imposed by the United 
                States for reasons of foreign policy or national 
                security, except in a case in which the United States 
                imposes the measure pursuant to a multilateral regime 
                and the other member countries of that regime have 
                agreed to impose substantially equivalent measures.
                    (E) Unilateral medical sanction.--The term 
                ``unilateral medical sanction'' means any prohibition, 
                restriction, or condition on exports of, or the 
                provision of assistance consisting of, medicine or a 
                medical device with respect to a foreign country or 
                foreign entity that is imposed by the United States for 
                reasons of foreign policy or national security, except 
                in a case in which the United States imposes the 
                measure pursuant to a multilateral regime and the other 
                member countries of that regime have agreed to impose 
                substantially equivalent measures.
            (2) Restriction.--
                    (A) New sanctions.--Except as provided in 
                paragraphs (3) and (4) and notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the President may not impose a 
                unilateral agricultural sanction or unilateral medical 
                sanction against a foreign country or foreign entity 
                for any fiscal year, unless--
                            (i) not later than 60 days before the 
                        sanction is proposed to be imposed, the 
                        President submits a report to Congress that--
                                    (I) describes the activity proposed 
                                to be prohibited, restricted, or 
                                conditioned; and
                                    (II) describes the actions by the 
                                foreign country or foreign entity that 
                                justify the sanction; and
                            (ii) Congress enacts a joint resolution 
                        stating the approval of Congress for the report 
                        submitted under clause (i).
                    (B) Existing sanctions.--
                            (i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (ii), with respect to any unilateral 
                        agricultural sanction or unilateral medical 
                        sanction that is in effect as of the date of 
                        enactment of this Act for any fiscal year, the 
                        President shall immediately cease to implement 
                        such sanction.
                            (ii) Exemptions.--Clause (i) shall not 
                        apply to a unilateral agricultural sanction or 
                        unilateral medical sanction imposed with 
                        respect to an agricultural program or activity 
                        described in clause (ii) or (iv) of paragraph 
                        (1)(B).
            (3) Exceptions.--The President may impose (or continue to 
        impose) a sanction described in paragraph (2) without regard to 
        the procedures required by that paragraph--
                    (A) against a foreign country or foreign entity 
                with respect to which Congress has enacted a 
                declaration of war that is in effect on or after the 
                date of enactment of this Act; or
                    (B) to the extent that the sanction would prohibit, 
                restrict, or condition the provision or use of any 
                agricultural commodity, medicine, or medical device 
                that is--
                            (i) controlled on the United States 
                        Munitions List;
                            (ii) an item for which export controls are 
                        administered by the Department of Commerce for 
                        foreign policy or national security reasons; or
                            (iii) used to facilitate the development or 
                        production of a chemical or biological weapon.
            (4) Countries supporting international terrorism.--This 
        subsection shall not affect the current prohibitions on 
        providing, to the government of any country supporting 
        international terrorism, United States government assistance, 
        including United States foreign assistance, United States 
        export assistance, or any United States credits or credit 
        guarantees.
            (5) Termination of sanctions.--Any unilateral agricultural 
        sanction or unilateral medical sanction that is imposed 
        pursuant to the procedures described in paragraph (2)(A) shall 
        terminate not later than 2 years after the date on which the 
        sanction became effective unless--
                    (A) not later than 60 days before the date of 
                termination of the sanction, the President submits to 
                Congress a report containing the recommendation of the 
                President for the continuation of the sanction for an 
                additional period of not to exceed 2 years and the 
                request of the President for approval by Congress of 
                the recommendation; and
                    (B) Congress enacts a joint resolution stating the 
                approval of Congress for the report submitted under 
                subparagraph (A).
            (6) Congressional priority procedures.--
                    (A) Referral of report.--A report described in 
                paragraph (2)(A)(i) or (5)(A) shall be referred to the 
                appropriate committee or committees of the House of 
                Representatives and to the appropriate committee or 
                committees of the Senate.
                    (B) Referral of joint resolution.--
                            (i) In general.--A joint resolution shall 
                        be referred to the committees in each House of 
                        Congress with jurisdiction.
                            (ii) Reporting date.--A joint resolution 
                        referred to in clause (i) may not be reported 
                        before the eighth session day of Congress after 
                        the introduction of the joint resolution.
                    (C) Discharge of committee.--If the committee to 
                which is referred a joint resolution has not reported 
                the joint resolution (or an identical joint resolution) 
                at the end of 30 session days of Congress after the 
                date of introduction of the joint resolution--
                            (i) the committee shall be discharged from 
                        further consideration of the joint resolution; 
                        and
                            (ii) the joint resolution shall be placed 
                        on the appropriate calendar of the House 
                        concerned.
                    (D) Floor consideration.--
                            (i) Motion to proceed.--
                                    (I) In general.--When the committee 
                                to which a joint resolution is referred 
                                has reported, or when a committee is 
                                discharged under subparagraph (C) from 
                                further consideration of, a joint 
                                resolution--
                                            (aa) it shall be at any 
                                        time thereafter in order (even 
                                        though a previous motion to the 
                                        same effect has been disagreed 
                                        to) for any member of the House 
                                        concerned to move to proceed to 
                                        the consideration of the joint 
                                        resolution; and
                                            (bb) all points of order 
                                        against the joint resolution 
                                        (and against consideration of 
                                        the joint resolution) are 
                                        waived.
                                    (II) Privilege.--The motion to 
                                proceed to the consideration of the 
                                joint resolution--
                                            (aa) shall be highly 
                                        privileged in the House of 
                                        Representatives and privileged 
                                        in the Senate; and
                                            (bb) not debatable.
                                    (III) Amendments and motions not in 
                                order.--The motion to proceed to the 
                                consideration of the joint resolution 
                                shall not be subject to--
                                            (aa) amendment;
                                            (bb) a motion to postpone; 
                                        or
                                            (cc) a motion to proceed to 
                                        the consideration of other 
                                        business.
                                    (IV) Motion to reconsider not in 
                                order.--A motion to reconsider the vote 
                                by which the motion is agreed to or 
                                disagreed to shall not be in order.
                                    (V) Business until disposition.--If 
                                a motion to proceed to the 
                                consideration of the joint resolution 
                                is agreed to, the joint resolution 
                                shall remain the unfinished business of 
                                the House concerned until disposed of.
                            (ii) Limitations on debate.--
                                    (I) In general.--Debate on the 
                                joint resolution, and on all debatable 
                                motions and appeals in connection with 
                                the joint resolution, shall be limited 
                                to not more than 10 hours, which shall 
                                be divided equally between those 
                                favoring and those opposing the joint 
                                resolution.
                                    (II) Further debate limitations.--A 
                                motion to limit debate shall be in 
                                order and shall not be debatable.
                                    (III) Amendments and motions not in 
                                order.--An amendment to, a motion to 
                                postpone, a motion to proceed to the 
                                consideration of other business, a 
                                motion to recommit the joint 
                                resolution, or a motion to reconsider 
                                the vote by which the joint resolution 
                                is agreed to or disagreed to shall not 
                                be in order.
                            (iii) Vote on final passage.--Immediately 
                        following the conclusion of the debate on a 
                        joint resolution, and a single quorum call at 
                        the conclusion of the debate if requested in 
                        accordance with the rules of the House 
                        concerned, the vote on final passage of the 
                        joint resolution shall occur.
                            (iv) Rulings of the chair on procedure.--An 
                        appeal from a decision of the Chair relating to 
                        the application of the rules of the Senate or 
                        House of Representatives, as the case may be, 
                        to the procedure relating to a joint resolution 
                        shall be decided without debate.
                    (E) Coordination with action by other house.--If, 
                before the passage by 1 House of a joint resolution of 
                that House, that House receives from the other House a 
                joint resolution, the following procedures shall apply:
                            (i) No committee referral.--The joint 
                        resolution of the other House shall not be 
                        referred to a committee.
                            (ii) Floor procedure.--With respect to a 
                        joint resolution of the House receiving the 
                        joint resolution--
                                    (I) the procedure in that House 
                                shall be the same as if no joint 
                                resolution had been received from the 
                                other House; but
                                    (II) the vote on final passage 
                                shall be on the joint resolution of the 
                                other House.
                            (iii) Disposition of joint resolutions of 
                        receiving house.--On disposition of the joint 
                        resolution received from the other House, it 
                        shall no longer be in order to consider the 
                        joint resolution originated in the receiving 
                        House.
                    (F) Procedures after action by both the house and 
                senate.--If a House receives a joint resolution from 
                the other House after the receiving House has disposed 
                of a joint resolution originated in that House, the 
                action of the receiving House with regard to the 
                disposition of the joint resolution originated in that 
                House shall be deemed to be the action of the receiving 
                House with regard to the joint resolution originated in 
                the other House.
                    (G) Rulemaking power.--This paragraph is enacted by 
                Congress--
                            (i) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
                        of the Senate and House of Representatives, 
                        respectively, and as such this paragraph--
                                    (I) is deemed to be a part of the 
                                rules of each House, respectively, but 
                                applicable only with respect to the 
                                procedure to be followed in that House 
                                in the case of a joint resolution; and
                                    (II) supersedes other rules only to 
                                the extent that this paragraph is 
                                inconsistent with those rules; and
                            (ii) with full recognition of the 
                        constitutional right of either House to change 
                        the rules (so far as the rules relate to the 
                        procedure of that House) at any time, in the 
                        same manner and to the same extent as in the 
                        case of any other rule of that House.
            (7) Guidelines with respect to state sponsors of 
        international terrorism.--(A) Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of the Act, the export of agricultural commodities or 
        medicine or medical devices to the government of a country that 
        has been determined by the Secretary of State to have 
        repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism 
        under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
        U.S.C. 2371) shall only be made--
                    (i) pursuant to one year licenses issued by the 
                United States Government for contracts entered into 
                during that one year period and completed within a 
                twelve month period after the signing of the contract; 
                and
                    (ii) without benefit of Federal financing, direct 
                export subsidies, Federal credit guarantees or other 
                Federal promotion assistance programs.
            (B) Quarterly reports to the appropriate congressional 
        committees shall be submitted by the applicable agency charged 
        with issuing licenses in subparagraph (A)(i).
            (8) Effective date.--This subsection takes effect 180 days 
        after the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 749. (a) Findings.--Congress finds that:
            (1) The Clean Air Act requires that Federal reformulated 
        gasoline contain oxygen as a means of achieving air quality 
        benefits.
            (2) While both renewable ethanol and methyl tertiary butyl 
        ether (MTBE) may be used to meet this Clean Air Act 
        requirement, MTBE is in substantially greater use than ethanol.
            (3) MTBE is classified as a possible human carcinogen, and 
        when leaked into water causes water to take on the taste and 
        smell of turpentine, rendering it undrinkable.
            (4) MTBE leaking from underground fuel storage tanks, 
        recreational watercraft and abandoned automobiles has led to 
        growing detections of MTBE in drinking water, and has 
        contaminated groundwater and drinking water throughout the 
        United States.
            (5) Approximately 5 to 10 percent of drinking water 
        supplies in areas using reformulated gasoline now show 
        detectable levels of MTBE.
            (6) MTBE poses a more pervasive threat to drinking water 
        than the other harmful constituents of gasoline because MTBE is 
        more soluble, more mobile and slower to degrade than those 
        other constituents.
            (7) Renewable ethanol provides air quality and energy 
        security benefits without raising drinking water concerns.
            (8) A substantial increase in renewable ethanol production 
        would enhance the energy security of the United States by 
        reducing dependence upon foreign oil.
            (9) A substantial increase in renewable ethanol production 
        would help alleviate the financial crisis facing farmers.
    (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the 
United States should--
            (1) phase out MTBE in order to address the threats MTBE 
        poses to public health and the environment;
            (2) promote renewable ethanol to replace MTBE as a means of 
        enhancing energy security and supporting the farm economy;
            (3) provide assistance to State and local governments to 
        treat drinking water supplies contaminated with MTBE;
            (4) provide assistance to State and local governments to 
        protect lakes and reservoirs from MTBE contamination.
    Sec. 750. Contracts for Procurement of Food for Peace Commodities. 
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) HUBZone sole source contract.--The term ``HUBZone sole 
        source contract'' means a sole source contract authorized by 
        section 31 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a).
            (2) HUBZone price evaluation preference.--The term 
        ``HUBZone price evaluation preference'' means a price 
        evaluation preference authorized by section 31 of the Small 
        Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a).
            (3) Qualified HUBZone small business concern.--The term 
        ``qualified HUBZone small business concern'' has the meaning 
        given the term in section 3(p) of the Small Business Act (15 
        U.S.C. 632(p)).
            (4) Covered procurement.--The term ``covered procurement'' 
        means a contract for the procurement or processing of a 
        commodity furnished under title II or III of the Agricultural 
        Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1721 et 
        seq.), section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
        1431(b)), the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o), 
        or any other commodity procurement or acquisition by the 
        Commodity Credit Corporation under any other law.
    (b) Prohibition of Use of Funds.--None of the funds made available 
by this Act may be used to award a HUBZone sole source contract or a 
contract awarded through full and open competition in combination with 
a HUBZone price evaluation preference to any qualified HUBZone small 
business concern in any covered procurement if performance of the 
contract by the business concern would exceed the production capacity 
of the business concern or would require the business concern to 
subcontract to any other company or enterprise for the purchase of the 
commodity being procured through the covered procurement.
    Sec. 751. It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall exercise reasonable treatment of producers in order 
to avoid harmful consequences regarding the inadvertent planting of dry 
beans on contract acres, up to and including the 1999 crop year.
    Sec. 752. Redesignation of National School Lunch Act as Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act. (a) In General.--The first section 
of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 note) is amended by 
striking ``National School Lunch Act'' and inserting ``Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The following provisions of law are 
amended by striking ``National School Lunch Act'' each place it appears 
and inserting ``Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act'':
            (1) Sections 3 and 13(3)(A) of the Commodity Distribution 
        Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c note; 
        Public Law 100-237).
            (2) Section 404 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
        1424).
            (3) Section 201(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to extend 
        the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
        and for other purposes'', approved September 21, 1959 (7 U.S.C. 
        1431c(a); 73 Stat. 610).
            (4) Section 211(a) of the Agricultural Trade Suspension 
        Adjustment Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C. 4004(a)).
            (5) Section 245A(h)(4)(A) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(A)).
            (6) Sections 403(c)(2)(C), 422(b)(3), 423(d)(3), 741(a)(1), 
        and 742 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(c)(2)(C), 1632(b)(3), 
        1183a note, 42 U.S.C. 1751 note, 8 U.S.C. 1615; Public Law 104-
        193).
            (7) Section 2243(b) of title 10, United States Code.
            (8) Sections 404B(g)(1)(A), 404D(c)(2), and 404F(a)(2) of 
        the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a-22(g)(1)(A), 
        1070a-24(c)(2), 1070a-26(a)(2); Public Law 105-244).
            (9) Section 231(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Carl D. Perkins 
        Vocational Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2341(d)(3)(A)(i)).
            (10) Section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)).
            (11) Section 1397E(d)(4)(A)(iv)(II) of the Internal Revenue 
        Code of 1986.
            (12) Sections 254(b)(2)(B) and 263(a)(2)(C) of the Job 
        Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1633(b)(2)(B), 
        1643(a)(2)(C)).
            (13) Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(xiii) of title 31, United States 
        Code.
            (14) Section 602(d)(9)(A) of the Federal Property and 
        Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474(d)(9)(A)).
            (15) Sections 2(4), 3(1), and 301 of the Healthy Meals for 
        Healthy Americans Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 1751 note; Public Law 
        103-448).
            (16) Sections 3, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16(b), 17, and 19(d) of the 
        Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772, 1773, 1776, 1779, 
        1782, 1785(b), 1786, 1788(d)).
            (17) Section 658O(b)(3) of the Child Care and Development 
        Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m(b)(3)).
            (18) Subsection (b) of the first section of Public Law 87-
        688 (48 U.S.C. 1666(b)).
            (19) Section 10405(a)(2)(H) of the Omnibus Budget 
        Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-239; 103 Stat. 
        2489).
    Sec. 753. Public Law 105-199 (112 Stat. 641) is amended in section 
3(b)(1)(G) by striking ``persons'', and inserting in lieu thereof 
``governors, who may be represented on the Commission by their 
respective designees,''.
    Sec. 754. Sense of the Senate Concerning Action Plan on Food 
Security. It is the sense of the Senate that the President should 
include in the fiscal year 2001 budget request funding to implement the 
United States Action Plan on Food Security.
    Sec. 755. Financial Hardships Facing Apple Farmers. The Farm 
Service Agency--
    (1) in view of the financial hardship facing United States apple 
farmers as a result of a loss of markets and excessive imports of apple 
juice concentrate, shall review all programs that assist apple growers 
in time of need;
            (2) in view of the increased operating costs associated 
        with tree fruit production, shall review the limits currently 
        set on operating loan programs used by apple growers to 
        determine whether the current limits are insufficient to cover 
        those costs; and
            (3) shall report to Congress its findings not later than 
        January 1, 2000.
    Sec. 756. Section 889 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``HARRY K. DUPREE'' before 
        ``STUTTGART'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in the heading, by inserting ``HARRY K. 
                DUPREE'' before ``STUTTGART''; and
                    (B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by inserting 
                ``Harry K. Dupree'' before ``Stuttgart National 
                Aquaculture Research Center'' each place it appears.
    Sec. 757. Tobacco Leasing and Information. (a) Cross-County 
Leasing.--Section 319(l) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
U.S.C. 1314e(l)) is amended in the second sentence by inserting ``, 
Kentucky,'' after ``Tennessee''.
    (b) Tobacco Production and Marketing Information.--Part I of 
subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 320D. TOBACCO PRODUCTION AND MARKETING INFORMATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary may, subject to subsection (b), release marketing information 
submitted by persons relating to the production and marketing of 
tobacco to State trusts or similar organizations engaged in the 
distribution of national trust funds to tobacco producers and other 
persons with interests associated with the production of tobacco, as 
determined by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Limitations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Information may be released under 
        subsection (a) only to the extent that--
                    ``(A) the release is in the interest of tobacco 
                producers, as determined by the Secretary; and
                    ``(B) the information is released to a State trust 
                or other organization that is created to, or charged 
                with, distributing funds to tobacco producers or other 
                parties with an interest in tobacco production or 
                tobacco farms under a national or State trust or 
                settlement.
            ``(2) Exemption from release.--The Secretary shall, to the 
        maximum extent practicable, in advance of making a release of 
        information under subsection (a), allow, by announcement, a 
        period of at least 15 days for persons whose consent would 
        otherwise be required by law to effectuate the release, to 
        elect to be exempt from the release.
    ``(c) Assistance.--
            ``(1) In general.--In making a release under subsection 
        (a), the Secretary may provide such other assistance with 
        respect to information released under subsection (a) as will 
        facilitate the interest of producers in receiving the funds 
        that are the subject of a trust described in subsection (a).
            ``(2) Funds.--The Secretary shall use amounts made 
        available for salaries and expenses of the Department to carry 
        out paragraph (1).
    ``(d) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--A person that obtains information 
        described in subsection (a) shall maintain records that are 
        consistent with the purposes of the release and shall not use 
        the records for any purpose not authorized under this section.
            ``(2) Penalty.--A person that knowingly violates this 
        subsection shall be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned not 
        more than 1 year, or both.
    ``(e) Application.--This section shall not apply to--
            ``(1) records submitted by cigarette manufacturers with 
        respect to the production of cigarettes;
            ``(2) records that were submitted as expected purchase 
        intentions in connection with the establishment of national 
        tobacco quotas; or
            ``(3) records that aggregate the purchases of particular 
        buyers.''.
    Sec. 758. That notwithstanding section 306(a)(7) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(7)), the 
city of Berlin, New Hampshire, shall be eligible during fiscal year 
2000 for a rural utilities grant or loan under the Rural Community 
Advancement Program.
    Sec. 759. Cranberry Marketing Orders. (a) Paid Advertising for 
Cranberries and Cranberry Products.--Section 8c(6)(I) of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(6)(I)), reenacted with 
amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is 
amended in the first proviso--
            (1) by striking ``or Florida grown strawberries'' and 
        inserting ``, Florida grown strawberries, or cranberries''; and
            (2) by striking ``and Florida Indian River grapefruit'' and 
        inserting ``Florida Indian River grapefruit, and cranberries''.
    (b) Collection of Cranberry Inventory Data.--Section 8d of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608d), reenacted with amendments 
by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) Collection of cranberry inventory data.--
            ``(A) In general.--If an order is in effect with respect to 
        cranberries, the Secretary of Agriculture may require persons 
        engaged in the handling or importation of cranberries or 
        cranberry products (including producer-handlers, second 
        handlers, processors, brokers, and importers) to provide such 
        information as the Secretary considers necessary to effectuate 
        the declared policy of this title, including information on 
        acquisitions, inventories, and dispositions of cranberries and 
        cranberry products.
            ``(B) Delegation to committee.--The Secretary may delegate 
        the authority to carry out subparagraph (A) to any committee 
        that is responsible for administering an order covering 
        cranberries.
            ``(C) Confidentiality.--Paragraph (2) shall apply to 
        information provided under this paragraph.
            ``(D) Violations.--Any person that violates this paragraph 
        shall be subject to the penalties provided under section 
        8c(14).''.
    Sec. 760. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, the Food 
Stamp Act (Public Law 95-113, section 16(a)) is amended by inserting 
after the phrase ``Indian reservation under section 11(d) of this Act'' 
the following new phrase: ``or in a Native village within the State of 
Alaska identified in section 11(b) of Public Law 92-203, as amended.''.
    Sec. 761. It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall periodically review the Food Packages listed at 7 
C.F.R. 246.10(c)(1996) and consider including additional nutritious 
foods for women, infants and children.
    Sec. 762. Education Grants to Alaska Native Serving Institutions 
and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions. (a) Education Grants Program 
for Alaska Native Serving Institutions.--
            (1) Grant authority.--The Secretary of Agriculture may make 
        competitive grants (or grants without regard to any requirement 
        for competition) to Alaska Native serving institutions for the 
        purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of Alaska 
        Native serving institutions to carry out education, applied 
        research, and related community development programs.
            (2) Use of grant funds.--Grants made under this section 
        shall be used--
                    (A) to support the activities of consortia of 
                Alaska Native serving institutions to enhance 
                educational equity for under represented students;
                    (B) to strengthen institutional educational 
                capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, 
                scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery 
                systems, and student recruitment and retention, in 
                order to respond to identified State, regional, 
                national, or international educational needs in the 
                food and agriculture sciences;
                    (C) to attract and support undergraduate and 
                graduate students from under represented groups in 
                order to prepare them for careers related to the food, 
                agricultural, and natural resource systems of the 
                United States, beginning with the mentoring of students 
                at the high school level including by village elders 
                and continuing with the provision of financial support 
                for students through their attainment of a doctoral 
                degree; and
                    (D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between 
                two or more Alaska Native serving institutions, or 
                between Alaska Native serving institutions and units of 
                State government or the private sector, to maximize the 
                development and use of resources, such as faculty, 
                facilities, and equipment, to improve food and 
                agricultural sciences teaching programs.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated to make grants under this subsection 
        $10,000,000 in fiscal years 2001 through 2006.
    (b) Education Grants Program for Native Hawaiian Serving 
Institutions.--
            (1) Grant authority.--The Secretary of Agriculture may make 
        competitive grants (or grants without regard to any requirement 
        for competition) to Native Hawaiian serving institutions for 
        the purpose of promoting and strengthening the ability of 
        Native Hawaiian serving institutions to carry out education, 
        applied research, and related community development programs.
            (2) Use of grant funds.--Grants made under this section 
        shall be used--
                    (A) to support the activities of consortia of 
                Native Hawaiian serving institutions to enhance 
                educational equity for under represented students;
                    (B) to strengthen institutional educational 
                capacities, including libraries, curriculum, faculty, 
                scientific instrumentation, instruction delivery 
                systems, and student recruitment and retention, in 
                order to respond to identified State, regional, 
                national, or international educational needs in the 
                food and agriculture sciences;
                    (C) to attract and support undergraduate and 
                graduate students from under represented groups in 
                order to prepare them for careers related to the food, 
                agricultural, and natural resource systems of the 
                United States, beginning with the mentoring of students 
                at the high school level and continuing with the 
                provision of financial support for students through 
                their attainment of a doctoral degree; and
                    (D) to facilitate cooperative initiatives between 
                two or more Native Hawaiian serving institutions, or 
                between Native Hawaiian serving institutions and units 
                of State government or the private sector, to maximize 
                the development and use of resources, such as faculty, 
                facilities, and equipment, to improve food and 
                agricultural sciences teaching programs.
            (3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated to make grants under this subsection 
        $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2006.
    Sec. 763. Smith-Lever Act Allocations in States with 
Congressionally-Authorized Cost-of-Living Adjustments. Beginning in 
fiscal year 2001 and thereafter, a State in which Federal employees 
receive a special allowance because of the high cost of living or 
conditions of environment which differ substantially from conditions in 
other parts of the country as provided under section 1 of title IV of 
Public Law 102-141 (105 Stat. 861) shall receive an allotment of no 
less than $2,000,000 under the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 343).
    Sec. 764. Hatch Act Allocations in States with Congressionally-
Authorized Cost-of-Living Adjustments. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 
and thereafter, a State in which Federal employees receive a special 
allowance because of the high cost of living or conditions of 
environment which differ substantially from conditions in other parts 
of the country as provided under section 1 of title IV of Public Law 
102-141 (105 Stat. 861) shall receive an allotment of no less than 
$2,000,000 under 7 U.S.C. 361c(c).
    Sec. 765. It is the sense of the Senate that the Food and Drug 
Administration, to the maximum extent possible, when conducting an 
Import Food Survey under the President's Food Safety Initiative, ensure 
timely testing of produce imports by conducting survey tests at the 
United States Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug 
Administration laboratory closest to the port of entry if testing 
results are not provided within twenty-four hours of collection.
    Sec. 766. Deregulation of Producer Milk Prices in Clark County, 
Nevada. Effective October 1, 1999, section 8c(11) of the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(11)), reenacted with amendments by the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
                    ``(D) Producer milk prices in clark county, 
                nevada.--The price of milk received by producers 
                located in Clark County, Nevada--
                            ``(i) shall not be subject to any order 
                        issued under this section or any other 
                        regulation by the Secretary; and
                            ``(ii) shall solely be regulated by the 
                        State of Nevada and the Nevada State Dairy 
                        Commission.''.
    Sec. 767. (a) The Senate finds that--
            (1) agricultural producers in the United States compete 
        effectively when world markets are not distorted by government 
        intervention;
            (2) the elimination of barriers to competition in world 
        markets for agricultural commodities is in the interest of 
        producers and consumers in the United States;
            (3) the United States must provide leadership on the 
        opening of the agricultural markets in upcoming multilateral 
        World Trade Organization negotiations;
            (4) countries that import agricultural commodities are more 
        likely to liberalize practices if they are confident that their 
        trading partners will not curtail the availability of 
        agricultural commodities on world markets for foreign policy 
        purposes; and
            (5) a multilateral commitment to use the open market, 
        rather than government intervention, to guarantee food security 
        would advance the interests of the farm community of the United 
        States.
    (b) It is the sense of the Senate that members of the World Trade 
Organization should undertake multilateral negotiations to eliminate 
policies and programs that distort world markets for agricultural 
commodities.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2000''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
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