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[H.R. 1906 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1906

                       One Hundred Sixth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

         Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
   the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine


                                 An Act


 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 
               September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 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, $15,436,000, of which, $12,600,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be available only for the development and 
implementation of a common computing environment: 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 the funds made available for the development and 
implementation of a common computing environment shall only be 
available upon approval of the Committees on Appropriations and 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Senate of a plan 
for the development and implementation of a common computing 
environment: 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, $6,051,000.

                 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, $4,783,000.

          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.

                       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, $3,568,000: 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 not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and including 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, 
$29,194,000.

  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, 
$65,419,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``Food and Nutrition Service, Food 
Program Administration'' for studies and evaluations: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to 
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
U.S.C. 2225).

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including 
crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and 
improvements, marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627, Public Law 105-113, and other laws, 
$99,405,000, 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 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109.

                     Agricultural Research Service

    For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research Service 
to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to 
production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise 
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use including 
the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural 
information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges 
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized 
by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 
ownership, $834,322,000: 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 
10 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, $52,500,000, 
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); $63,238,000 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)); $119,300,000 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); $750,000 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 2-
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 
$14,825,000 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, $485,698,000.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products.


               Native American Institutions Endowment Fund

    For establishment of a Native American institutions endowment fund, 
as authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $4,600,000.


                           Extension Activities

    Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa: 
For payments for cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, 
to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under 
section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471, for retirement and employees' 
compensation costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail 
for cooperative extension agents and State extension directors, 
$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, $4,000,000; 
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, 
$12,242,000; in all, $424,922,000: 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, 
$39,541,000, 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 Food Quality Protection Act risk 
mitigation program for major food crop systems, $4,000,000; payments 
for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act implementation, 
$1,000,000; and payments for the methyl bromide transition program, 
$2,000,000, 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, $441,263,000, of which $4,105,000 
shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to 
the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions: Provided, That no 
funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 
eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not require 
minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for field 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be 
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance 
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 
be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 
emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of 
the Department such sums as 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, $87,000,000 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, $51,625,000, 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, $26,448,000: 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 services 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, $649,411,000, of which no less than 
$544,902,000 shall be available for Federal food inspection, 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), $3,000,000.


                         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, 
$661,243,000, 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, $8,000,000 shall be 
available for Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, 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), $35,265,000, 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), $718,837,000, 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 
$631,088,000 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 rural community programs, $6,000,000 shall 
be available for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity 
and ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and community 
development organizations, and low-income rural communities to 
undertake projects to improve housing, community facilities, community 
and economic development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 
That such funds shall be made available to qualified private and public 
(including tribal) intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a 
program of technical assistance: Provided further, That such 
intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 
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 with up to one percent 
available to administer the program and up to one percent available to 
improve interagency coordination; not to exceed $16,215,000 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 
$45,245,000 shall be available through June 30, 2000, for authorized 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones; 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; $7,503,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which 
up to $1,250,000 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, $874,000, of which up 
to $494,250 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 
available through June 30, 2000, for authorized empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary of 
Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $375,879,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Housing 
Service, Salaries and Expenses'': Provided, That of this amount the 
Secretary of Agriculture may transfer up to $7,000,000 to the 
appropriation for ``Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers''.


                        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 
5-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), $28,000,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2000, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
Partnership Zones.


                     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, $45,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 
shall be available through June 30, 2000, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.


                          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, $61,979,000: 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: 
Provided further, That the Administrator may expend not more than 
$10,000 to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees.

                   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 of the total amount appropriated, $3,216,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2000, for the cost of direct loans for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
Partnership Zones.
    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), $6,000,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be available for 
cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for 
rural areas program: Provided, That at least 25 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, 
$24,612,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for 
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $260,000 may be 
used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                        Rural Utilities Service

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account


                      (including transfers of funds)

    Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made as follows: 5 
percent rural electrification loans, $121,500,000; 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, $1,700,000,000 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, $1,935,000; cost 
of municipal rate loans, $10,827,000; 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, $31,046,000, 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 $175,000,000.
    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct loans 
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), 
$3,290,000.
    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., $20,700,000, 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, $34,107,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to 
exceed $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; 
$9,554,028,000, to remain available through September 30, 2001, of 
which $4,618,829,000 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 
$7,000,000 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), $4,032,000,000, 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.), $21,071,751,000, 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 heading 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 heading 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, $133,300,000, 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 
assisting 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), $109,203,000: 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.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products.


                Public Law 480 Program and Grant Accounts

                      (including transfers of funds)

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701-1704, 1721-1726a, 1727-1727e, 1731-1736g-3, 
and 1737), as follows: (1) $155,000,000 for Public Law 480 title I 
credit, including Food for Progress programs; (2) $21,000,000 is hereby 
appropriated for ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 
agricultural commodities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food 
for Progress Act of 1985; and (3) $800,000,000 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, $127,813,000.
    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; $1,186,072,000, of which not to 
exceed $145,434,000 in prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379(h) 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) $269,245,000 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) $48,821,000 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) $34,536,000 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, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 263(b) 
may be credited to this account, to remain available until expended.
    In addition, export certification user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
381 may be credited to this account, to remain available until 
expended.


                         Buildings and Facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by 
the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, 
$11,350,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Commodity 
Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; the rental of space (to include multiple year 
leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed 
$25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $63,000,000, including not 
to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses: 
Provided, That for fiscal year 2000 and thereafter, the Commission is 
authorized to charge reasonable fees to attendees of Commission 
sponsored educational events and symposia to cover the Commission's 
costs of providing those events and symposia, and notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall be credited to this account, to be 
available without further appropriation.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                  Limitation on Administrative Expenses

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

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
Agriculture for the fiscal year 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: 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to 
meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, integrated systems 
acquisition project, boll weevil program, up to 10 percent of the 
screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs associated with 
colocating regional offices; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field 
automation and information management project; funds appropriated for 
rental payments; Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
Service, funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) and 
funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service 
Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to county 
committees; and Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income country 
training program.
    Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to 
the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide 
appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to Public Law 
94-449.
    Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay 
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar 
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and 
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost 
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is 
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and 
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed 
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act.
    Sec. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
commodities acquired by the Department in connection with the Commodity 
Credit Corporation and section 32 price support operations may be used, 
as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide 
commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as determined by the 
Secretary of Agriculture.
    Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to 
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. 711. 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. 712. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, all loan 
levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not 
limitations.
    Sec. 713. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective on 
September 29, 1999, appropriations made available to the Rural Housing 
Insurance Fund Program Account for the costs of direct and guaranteed 
loans and to the Rural Housing Assistance Grants Account 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 with regard to each account.
    Sec. 714. 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. 715. 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. 716. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Cooperative 
Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing 
Service; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; and the food safety 
activities of the Food Safety and Inspection Service may use 
cooperative agreements to reflect a relationship between the 
Agricultural Marketing Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and 
Stockyards Administration; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Service and a State or 
Cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing programs, to carry out 
programs to protect the Nation's animal and plant resources, or to 
carry out educational programs or special studies to improve the safety 
of the Nation's food supply.
    Sec. 717. Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including 
provisions of law requiring competition), the Secretary may enter into 
cooperative agreements (which may provide for the acquisition of goods 
or services, including personal services) with a State, political 
subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or private agency, 
organization, or any other person, if the Secretary determines that the 
objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the 
parties to the agreement in carrying out the Wetlands Reserve Program; 
and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of 
these objectives: 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. 718. 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. 719. 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. 720. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
carry out the provisions of section 918 of Public Law 104-127, the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act.
    Sec. 721. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any 
other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless 
the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the 
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the period of assignment.
    Sec. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to transmit or 
otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture employee 
questions or responses to questions that are a result of information 
requested for the appropriations hearing process.
    Sec. 723. 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. 724. (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 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 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 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
    Sec. 725. 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. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel who carry out an environmental quality incentives program 
authorized by sections 334-341 of Public Law 104-127 in excess of 
$174,000,000.
    Sec. 727. 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. 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 enroll in excess of 150,000 acres in the fiscal year 2000 
wetlands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
    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, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.
    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. 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 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) if such 
program exceeds $98,000,000.
    Sec. 739. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall be used 
to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for the 
purpose of implementation, or in preparation for implementation of the 
Kyoto Protocol which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan.
    Sec. 740. 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 United States Department of Agriculture Civil Service 
vacancies.
    Sec. 741. 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. 742. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide funds, within 
discretionary amounts available, for the settlement of claims 
associated with the Chuquatonchee Watershed Project in Mississippi to 
close out this project.
    Sec. 743. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
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--
        (1) the date that is 1 year after the date the agreement 
    becomes effective; or
        (2) the date that the February 1, 1999 memorandum of 
    understanding terminates.
    Sec. 744. 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. 745. 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 and handlers 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. 746. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or made 
available by this Act, $2,000,000 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. 747. 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. 748. The Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1188 et 
seq.) is amended--
        (1) in section 218(c)(1) by striking ``60 days'' and inserting 
    ``45 days''; and
        (2) in section 218(c)(3)(A) by striking ``20 days'' and 
    inserting ``30 days''.
    Sec. 749. 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 section 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 section, any labor organization affected 
    thereby; and
        (2) the Department of Agriculture.
    Sec. 750. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used for the 
implementation of a Support Services Bureau or similar organization.
    Sec. 751. Contracts for Procurement or Processing of Certain 
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:
        (1) 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; and
        (2) in any contract awarded through full and open competition 
    in any covered procurement--
            (A) to fund a price evaluation preference greater than 5 
        percent if the dollar value of the contract awarded is not 
        greater than 50 percent of the total dollar value being 
        procured in a single tender for a commodity; or
            (B) to fund any price evaluation preference at all if the 
        dollar value of the contract awarded is greater than 50 percent 
        of the total dollar value being procured in a single tender for 
        a commodity.
    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 ``governors, who may 
be represented on the Commission by their respective designees,''.
    Sec. 754. 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. 755. 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 ``, 
Ohio, Indiana, 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 who 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 who 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. 756. 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. 757. 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 who violates this paragraph shall 
    be subject to the penalties provided under section 8c(14).''.
    Sec. 758. 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. 759. 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. 760. 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: ``The price of milk paid by 
a handler at a plant operating in Clark County, Nevada shall not be 
subject to any order issued under this section.''.
    Sec. 761. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of 
Olean, New York, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by 
the Rural Utilities Service.
    Sec. 762. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Municipality of Carolina, Puerto Rico shall be eligible for grants and 
loans administered by the Rural Utilities Service.
    Sec. 763. Section 1232(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3832(a)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (9), by adding ``and'' after the semicolon at 
    the end;
            (2) in paragraph (10), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
        a period; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (11).
    Sec. 764. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
shall be used to implement Notice CRP-338, issued by the Farm Service 
Agency on March 10, 1999, nor shall funds be used to implement any 
related administrative action including implementation of such 
procedures published in Farm Service Agency program manuals: Provided, 
That rental payments for any lands enrolled in the Conservation Reserve 
Program under this section shall be reduced by an amount equal to the 
Federal cost of any remaining value of a federally cost-shared 
conservation practice as determined by the Secretary.
    Sec. 765. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act 
shall be used to implement Notice CRP-327, issued by the Farm Service 
Agency on October 26, 1998, nor shall funds be used to implement any 
related administrative action including implementation of such 
procedures published in Farm Service Agency program manuals: Provided, 
That this section shall not apply to any lands for which there is not 
full compliance with the conservation practices required under terms of 
the CRP contract.
    Sec. 766. The Federal facility located in Riverside, California, 
and known as the ``U.S. Salinity Laboratory'', shall be known and 
designated as the ``George E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory'': 
Provided, That any reference in any law, map, regulation, document, 
paper, or other record of the United States to such Federal facility 
shall be deemed to be a reference to the ``George E. Brown, Jr., 
Salinity Laboratory''.
    Sec. 767. Sections 657, 658, 1006, and 1014 of title 18, United 
States Code, are amended by--
        (1) inserting ``or successor agency'' after ``Farmers Home 
    Administration'' each place it appears; and
        (2) inserting ``or successor agency'' after ``Rural Development 
    Administration'' each place it appears.
    Sec. 768. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the maximum 
income limits established for single family housing for families and 
individuals in the high cost areas of Alaska shall be 150 percent of 
the State metropolitan income level for Alaska.
    Sec. 769. Section 1232(a)(7) of the Food Security Act of 1985 is 
amended--
        (1) by striking ``except that the Secretary may permit 
    harvesting'' and inserting ``except that the Secretary--
            ``(A) may permit--
                ``(i) harvesting'';
        (2) by striking ``emergency, and the Secretary may permit 
    limited'' and inserting ``emergency; and
                ``(ii) limited'';
        (3) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon at the end; and
        (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) shall approve not more than six projects, no more 
        than one of which may be in any State, under which land subject 
        to the contract may be harvested for recovery of biomass used 
        in energy production if--
                ``(i) no acreage subject to the contract is harvested 
            more than once every other year;
                ``(ii) not more than 25 percent of the total acreage 
            enrolled in the program under this subchapter in any crop 
            reporting district (as designated by the Secretary), is 
            harvested in any 1 year;
                ``(iii) no portion of the crop is used for any 
            commercial purpose other than energy production from 
            biomass;
                ``(iv) no wetland, or acreage of any type enrolled in a 
            partial field conservation practice (including riparian 
            forest buffers, filter strips, and buffer strips), is 
            harvested;
                ``(v) the owner or operator agrees to a payment 
            reduction under this section in an amount determined by the 
            Secretary.
            ``(C) the total acres for all of the projects shall not 
        exceed 250,000 acres.''.

      TITLE VIII--EMERGENCY AND DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS
              Subtitle A--Crop and Market Loss Assistance

SEC. 801. CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this 
title as the ``Secretary'') shall use $1,200,000,000 of funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance 
available to producers on a farm that have incurred losses in a 1999 
crop due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary.
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance available 
under this section in the same manner as provided under section 1102 of 
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public 
Law 105-277), including using the same loss thresholds as were used in 
administering that section.
    (c) Qualifying Losses.--Assistance under this section may be made 
for losses associated with crops that are, as determined by the 
Secretary--
        (1) quantity losses;
        (2) quality losses; or
        (3) severe economic losses due to damaging weather or related 
    condition.
    (d) Crops Covered.--Assistance under this section shall be 
applicable to losses for all crops (including losses of trees from 
which a crop is harvested, livestock, and fisheries), as determined by 
the Secretary, due to disasters.
    (e) Crop Insurance.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall not discriminate against or penalize producers on a farm that 
have purchased crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
    (f) Rice Loan Deficiency Payments.--In the case of producers of the 
1999 crop of rice that harvested such rice on or before August 4, 1999, 
the Secretary may use funds made available under this section to--
        (1) make loan deficiency payments to producers that received, 
    or that were eligible to receive, such payments under section 135 
    of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) in a 
    manner that results in the same total payment that would have been 
    made if the payment had been requested by the producers on August 
    5, 1999; and
        (2) recalculate any repayment made for a marketing assistance 
    loan for the 1999 crop of rice on or before August 4, 1999, as if 
    the repayment had been made on August 5, 1999.
    (g) Honey Recourse Loans.--
        (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
    order to assist producers of honey to market their honey in an 
    orderly manner during a period of disastrously low prices, the 
    Secretary may use funds made available under this section to make 
    available recourse loans to producers of the 1999 crop of honey on 
    fair and reasonable terms and conditions, as determined by the 
    Secretary.
        (2) Loan rate.--The loan rate of the loans shall be 85 percent 
    of the average price of honey during the 5-crop year period 
    preceding the 1999 crop year, excluding the crop year in which the 
    average price of honey was the highest and the crop year in which 
    the average price of honey was the lowest in the period.
    (h) Recourse Loans for Mohair.--
        (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding 
    any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2000, the Secretary 
    may use funds made available under this section to make recourse 
    loans available in accordance with section 137(c) of the 
    Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7237(c)) to producers 
    of mohair produced during or before that fiscal year.
        (2) Interest.--Section 137(c)(4) of that Act shall not apply to 
    a loan made under paragraph (1).

SEC. 802. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Assistance Authorized.--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 
final 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.).
    (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to owners and 
producers on a farm under this section 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.
    (c) Protection of Tenants and Sharecroppers; Sharing of Payments.--
Sections 111(c) and 114(g) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
U.S.C. 7211(c), 7214(g)) shall apply to the payments made under 
subsection (a).

SEC. 803. SPECIALTY CROPS.

    (a) Peanuts.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary shall use such amounts as are 
    necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 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.
        (2) Amount.--The amount of a payment made to producers on a 
    farm of quota peanuts or additional peanuts under paragraph (1) 
    shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
            (A) the quantity of quota peanuts or additional peanuts 
        produced or considered produced by the producers; and
            (B) an amount equal to 5 percent of the loan rate 
        established for quota peanuts or additional peanuts, 
        respectively, under section 155 of the Agricultural Market 
        Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7271).
    (b) 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.
    (c) Tobacco.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary shall use $328,000,000 of funds 
    of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to States on 
    behalf of persons described in paragraph (2) for the reduction in 
    the quantity of quota allotted to certain farms under part I of 
    subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 
    (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) from the 1998 crop year to the 1999 crop 
    year.
        (2) Eligible persons.--To be eligible to receive a payment 
    under paragraphs (1) through (5), a person must own or operate, or 
    produce tobacco on, a farm--
            (A) for which the quantity of quota allotted to the farm 
        under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
        Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) was reduced from 
        the 1998 crop year to the 1999 crop year; and
            (B) that was used for the production of tobacco during the 
        1998 or 1999 crop year.
        (3) Allocation to states.--The Secretary shall allocate funds 
    made available under paragraph (1) to States with eligible persons 
    described in paragraph (2) in proportion to the relative quantity 
    of quota allotted to farms in the States that was reduced from the 
    1998 crop year to the 1999 crop year.
        (4) Distribution by states.--
            (A) In general.--In the case of a State described in 
        paragraph (3) that is a party to the National Tobacco Grower 
        Settlement Trust, the State shall distribute funds made 
        available under paragraph (3) to eligible persons in the State 
        in accordance with the formulas established pursuant to the 
        Trust.
            (B) Other states.--Subject to the approval of the 
        Secretary, in the case of a State described in paragraph (3) 
        that is not a party to the National Tobacco Grower Settlement 
        Trust, the State shall distribute funds made available under 
        paragraph (3) to eligible persons in the State in a manner 
        determined by the State.
        (5) Alternative distribution.--In lieu of making payments under 
    this subsection to States, the Secretary may distribute funds 
    directly to eligible persons using the facilities of private 
    disbursing agents, facilities of the Farm Service Agency, or other 
    available facilities.
        (6) Flue-cured tobacco.--
            (A) Limitation on quantity of allotment leased or sold.--
        Section 316(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
        U.S.C. 1316(e)) is amended--
                (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``farm or, in'' and 
            all that follows through ``: Provided, That in'' and 
            inserting ``farm. In'';
                (ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); 
            and
                (iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to flue-cured tobacco.''.
            (B) Transfers of quota or allotment across county lines in 
        a state.--Section 316(g) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
        1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314b(g)) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
        ``(3) Transfers allowed by referendum.--
            ``(A) Referendum.--On the request of at least 25 percent of 
        the active flue-cured tobacco producers within a State, the 
        Secretary shall conduct a referendum of the active flue-cured 
        tobacco producers within the State to determine whether the 
        producers favor or oppose permitting the sale of a flue-cured 
        tobacco allotment or quota from a farm in a State to any other 
        farm in the State.
            ``(B) Approval.--If the Secretary determines that a 
        majority of the active flue-cured tobacco producers voting in 
        the referendum approves permitting the sale of a flue-cured 
        tobacco allotment or quota from a farm in the State to any 
        other farm in the State, the Secretary shall permit the sale of 
        a flue-cured tobacco allotment or quota from a farm in the 
        State to any other farm in the State.''.
            (C) Same grower in contiguous counties.--Section 379(b) of 
        the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1379(b)) is 
        amended by inserting ``or flue-cured'' after ``Burley''.

SEC. 804. OILSEEDS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $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).
    (b) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under this 
section for an oilseed shall be equal to the product obtained by 
multiplying--
        (1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary;
        (2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, 
    as determined under subsection (c); and
        (3) the yield of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, as 
    determined under subsection (d).
    (c) Acreage.--
        (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
    acreage of the producers on the farm for an oilseed under 
    subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the greater of--
            (A) the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the 
        producers on the farm during the 1997 crop year, as reported by 
        the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any 
        acreage reports that are filed late); or
            (B) the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the 
        producers on the farm during the 1998 crop year, as reported by 
        the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any 
        acreage reports that are filed late).
        (2) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
    planted acreage to an oilseed during the 1999 crop year but not the 
    1997 or 1998 crop year, the acreage of the producers for the 
    oilseed under subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of 
    acres planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during 
    the 1999 crop year, as reported by the producers on the farm to the 
    Secretary (including any acreage reports that are filed late).
    (d) Yield.--
        (1) Soybeans.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the case 
    of soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under subsection 
    (b)(3) shall be equal to the greatest of--
            (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
        the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year with 
        the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with the 
        lowest yield per harvested acre;
            (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1997 crop year; or
            (C) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1998 crop year.
        (2) Other oilseeds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in 
    the case of oilseeds other than soybeans, the yield of the 
    producers on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the 
    greatest of--
            (A) the average national yield per harvested acre for each 
        of the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year 
        with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year 
        with the lowest yield per harvested acre;
            (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1997 crop year; or
            (C) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1998 crop year.
        (3) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
    planted acreage to an oilseed during the 1999 crop year but not the 
    1997 or 1998 crop year, the yield of the producers on a farm under 
    subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greater of--
            (A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each of 
        the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year with 
        the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with the 
        lowest yield per harvested acre; or
            (B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1999 crop.
        (4) Data source.--To the maximum extent available, the 
    Secretary shall use data provided by the National Agricultural 
    Statistics Service to carry out this subsection.

SEC. 805. LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY.

    The Secretary shall use $325,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to provide assistance directly to livestock and 
dairy producers, in a manner determined appropriate by the Secretary, 
to compensate the producers for economic losses incurred during 1999.

SEC. 806. UPLAND COTTON.

    (a) In General.--Section 136(a) of the Agricultural Market 
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(a)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or cash payments'' and 
    inserting ``or cash payments, at the option of the recipient,'';
        (2) by striking ``3 cents per pound'' each place it appears and 
    inserting ``1.25 cents per pound'';
        (3) in paragraph (3)--
            (A) in the first sentence of subparagraph (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
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the second sentence; 
        and
        (4) by striking paragraph (4).
    (b) Ensuring the Availability of Upland Cotton.--Section 136(b) of 
the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(b)) is amended--
        (1) 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
        (2) 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.''.

SEC. 807. MILK.

    (a) In General.--Section 141 of the Agricultural Market Transition 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7251) is amended--
        (1) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``calendar year 1999'' 
    and inserting ``each of calendar years 1999 and 2000''; and
        (2) in subsection (h), by striking ``1999'' each place it 
    appears and inserting ``2000''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 142(e) of the Agricultural 
Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7252(e)) is amended by striking 
``2000'' and inserting ``2001''.

                      Subtitle B--Other Assistance

SEC. 811. AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PAYMENT IN FULL OF REMAINING PAYMENTS 
              UNDER PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY CONTRACTS.

    Section 112(d)(3) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
U.S.C. 7212(d)(3)) is amended--
        (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``for fiscal year 
    1999''; and
        (2) by striking ``for fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``for 
    any of fiscal years 1999 through 2002''.

SEC. 812. COMMODITY CERTIFICATES.

    Subtitle E of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7281 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 166. COMMODITY CERTIFICATES.

    ``(a) In General.--In making in-kind payments under subtitle C, the 
Commodity Credit Corporation may--
        ``(1) acquire and use commodities that have been pledged to the 
    Commodity Credit Corporation as collateral for loans made by the 
    Corporation;
        ``(2) use other commodities owned by the Commodity Credit 
    Corporation; and
        ``(3) redeem negotiable marketing certificates for cash under 
    terms and conditions established by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Methods of Payment.--The Commodity Credit Corporation may 
make in-kind payments--
        ``(1) by delivery of the commodity at a warehouse or other 
    similar facility;
        ``(2) by the transfer of negotiable warehouse receipts;
        ``(3) by the issuance of negotiable certificates, which the 
    Commodity Credit Corporation shall exchange for a commodity owned 
    or controlled by the Corporation in accordance with regulations 
    promulgated by the Corporation; or
        ``(4) by such other methods as the Commodity Credit Corporation 
    determines appropriate to promote the efficient, equitable, and 
    expeditious receipt of the in-kind payments so that a person 
    receiving the payments receives the same total return as if the 
    payments had been made in cash.
    ``(c) Administration.--
        ``(1) Form.--At the option of a producer, the Commodity Credit 
    Corporation shall make negotiable certificates authorized under 
    subsection (b)(3) available to the producer, in the form of program 
    payments or by sale, in a manner that the Corporation determines 
    will encourage the orderly marketing of commodities pledged as 
    collateral for loans made to producers under subtitle C.
        ``(2) Transfer.--A negotiable certificate issued in accordance 
    with this subsection may be transferred to another person in 
    accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary.''.

SEC. 813. LIMITATION ON MARKETING LOAN GAINS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY 
              PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--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 one or more contract commodities and oilseeds 
produced during the 1999 crop year may not exceed $150,000.
    (b) 1999 Marketings.--In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall allow a producer that has marketed a quantity of an eligible 1999 
crop for which the producer has not received a loan deficiency payment 
or marketing loan gain under section 134 or 135 of the Agricultural 
Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7234, 7235) to receive such payment or 
gain as of the date on which the quantity was marketed or redeemed, as 
determined by the Secretary.

SEC. 814. ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL CROP INSURANCE 
              COVERAGE.

    The Secretary shall transfer $400,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to be used 
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.).

SEC. 815. FORGIVENESS OF CERTAIN WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL LOANS.

    The Secretary shall forgive the principal indebtedness and accrued 
interest owed by the City of Stroud, Oklahoma, to the Rural Utilities 
Service on water and waste disposal loans numbered 9105 and 9107.

SEC. 816. NATIONAL SHEEP INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT CENTER.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 375(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
        ``(5) Intermediary.--The term `intermediary' means a financial 
    institution receiving Center funds for establishing a revolving 
    fund and relending to an eligible entity.''.
    (b) Revolving Fund.--Section 375(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (3)--
            (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(A) In general.--The Center may use amounts in the Fund 
        to make direct loans, loan guarantees, cooperative agreements, 
        equity interests, investments, repayable grants, and grants to 
        eligible entities, either directly or through an intermediary, 
        in accordance with a strategic plan submitted under subsection 
        (d).'';
            (B) in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``The Fund is intended to furnish the initial 
        capital for a revolving fund that will eventually be privatized 
        for the purposes of assisting the United States sheep and goat 
        industries.'';
            (C) by striking subparagraph (D);
            (D) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(E) Administration.--The Center may not use more than 3 
        percent of the amounts in the portfolio of the Center for each 
        fiscal year for the administration of the Center. The portfolio 
        shall be calculated at the beginning of each fiscal year and 
        shall include a total of--
                ``(i) all outstanding loan balances;
                ``(ii) the Fund balance;
                ``(iii) the outstanding balance to intermediaries; and
                ``(iv) the amount the Center paid for all equity 
            interests.'';
            (E) in subparagraph (H)--
                (i) in clause (v), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                (ii) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the end 
            and inserting ``; or''; and
                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(vii) purchase equity interests.''; and
            (F) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (H) as 
        subparagraphs (D) through (G), respectively; and
        (2) in paragraph (6), by striking subparagraph (D).
    (c) Board of Directors.--Section 375(f) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(f)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) and 
    inserting the following:
            ``(B) review any contract, direct loan, loan guarantee, 
        cooperative agreement, equity interest, investment, repayable 
        grant, and grant to be made or entered into by the Center and 
        any financial assistance provided to the Center;'';
        (2) in paragraph (5), by striking subparagraph (C) and 
    inserting the following:
            ``(C) Reappointment.--A voting member may be reappointed 
        for not more than one additional term.''; and
        (3) in paragraph (6), by striking subparagraph (B) and 
    inserting the following:
            ``(B) Reappointment.--A voting member appointed to fill a 
        vacancy for an unexpired term may be reappointed for one full 
        term.''.
    (d) Privatization.--Section 375 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(j) Privatization.--
        ``(1) In general.--Privatization of a revolving fund for the 
    purposes of assisting the United States sheep and goat industries 
    shall occur on the earlier of--
            ``(A) September 30, 2006; or
            ``(B) the date as of which a total of $30,000,000 has been 
        appropriated for the Center under subsection (e)(6)(C).
        ``(2) Privatization proposal.--On privatization of a revolving 
    fund in accordance with paragraph (1), the Board shall submit to 
    the Secretary, for approval, a privatization proposal that--
            ``(A) delineates a private successor entity to the Center; 
        and
            ``(B) establishes a transition plan.
        ``(3) Private successor entity.--The private successor entity 
    shall--
            ``(A) have the purposes described in subsection (c);
            ``(B) be organized under the laws of one of the States; and
            ``(C) be able to continue the activities of the Center.
        ``(4) Transition plan.--The transition plan shall--
            ``(A) identify any continuing role of the Federal 
        Government with respect to the Center;
            ``(B) provide for the transfer of all Center assets and 
        liabilities to the private successor entity; and
            ``(C) delineate the status of the Board and employees of 
        the Center.
        ``(5) Implementation.--
            ``(A) In general.--On approval by the Secretary of the 
        private successor entity and the transition plan, the Center 
        shall create the private successor entity and implement the 
        transition plan.
            ``(B) Authority.--The Secretary shall have all necessary 
        authority to implement the transition plan.
        ``(6) Transfer of funds.--On creation of the private successor 
    entity, all funds held by the Department of the Treasury pursuant 
    to this section shall be transferred to the private successor 
    entity.
        ``(7) Repeal.--On the date the Secretary publishes notice in 
    the Federal Register that the transition plan is complete, this 
    section is repealed.''.

SEC. 817. FISHERIES.

    (a) Norton Sound Fisheries Failure.--
        (1) Income eligibility.--Section 763(a) of the Agriculture, 
    Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
    Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-36), is amended 
    by striking ``federal poverty level'' and inserting ``income 
    eligibility level established for Alaska under the temporary 
    assistance to needy families (TANF) program funded under part A of 
    title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)''.
        (2) Emergency assistance.--Section 1124 of the Agriculture, 
    Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
    Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681-45), is amended 
    by inserting before the period at the end the following: ``or a 
    fisheries failure in the Norton Sound region of Alaska that has 
    resulted in the closure of commercial and subsistence fisheries to 
    persons that depend on fish as their primary source of food and 
    income''.
        (3) Appropriation.--
            (A) In general.--In addition to amounts appropriated or 
        otherwise made available by this Act, there is appropriated to 
        the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2001, out of any 
        money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000, 
        to remain available until expended, to provide emergency 
        disaster assistance to persons or entities affected by the 1999 
        fisheries failure in the Norton Sound region of Alaska.
            (B) Transfer.--To carry out this paragraph, the Secretary 
        shall transfer to the Secretary of Commerce for obligation and 
        expenditure--
                (i) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 for grants under 
            section 209 of the Public Works and Economic Development 
            Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149); and
                (ii) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 for carrying out 
            section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
            and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a).
    (b) Commercial Fisheries Failure.--
        (1) In general.--In addition to amounts appropriated or 
    otherwise made available by this Act, there is appropriated to the 
    Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2001, out of any money in 
    the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000, to remain 
    available until expended, which shall be transferred to the 
    Department of Commerce to provide emergency disaster assistance for 
    the commercial fishery failure under section 308(b)(1) of the 
    Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107(b)(1)) 
    with respect to Northeast multispecies fisheries.
        (2) Use.--Amounts made available under this subsection shall be 
    used to support cooperative research and management activities 
    administered by the National Marine Fisheries Services and based on 
    recommendations by the New England Fishery Management Council.

SEC. 818. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING FAST-TRACK AUTHORITY AND 
              FUTURE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION NEGOTIATIONS.

    It is the sense of the 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).

                       Subtitle C--Administration

SEC. 821. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

    The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this title.

SEC. 822. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

    (a) Reservation of Funds.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the 
Secretary may reserve up to $56,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under subtitle A to cover administrative costs incurred by the Farm 
Service Agency directly related to carrying out that subtitle.
    (b) Proportional Reservation.--The amount reserved by the Secretary 
from the amounts made available under each section of subtitle A (other 
than section 802) shall bear the same proportion to the total amount 
reserved under subsection (a) as the administrative costs incurred by 
the Farm Service Agency to carry out that section (other than section 
802) bear to the total administrative costs incurred by the Farm 
Service Agency to carry out that subtitle (other than section 802).
    (c) Exception for Market Loss Assistance.--The Secretary may not 
reserve any portion of the amount made available under section 802 to 
pay administrative costs.

SEC. 823. EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.

    The entire amount necessary to carry out this title and the 
amendments made by this title 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.

SEC. 824. REGULATIONS.

    (a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as are 
necessary to implement subtitle A and the amendments made by subtitle 
A. The promulgation of the regulations and administration of subtitle A 
shall be made without regard to--
        (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 
    5, United States Code;
        (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
    effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices 
    of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and
        (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known 
    as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
    (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under 
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 825. LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Livestock Assistance.--Of the funds provided in sections 801 
and 805, no less than $200,000,000 shall be in the form of assistance 
to livestock producers for losses due to drought or other natural 
disasters.
    (b) Dairy Assistance.--Of the funds provided in section 805, no 
less than $125,000,000 shall be in the form of assistance to dairy 
producers.
    (c) Form of Assistance.--Assistance for livestock losses shall be 
in the form of grants and or other in-kind assistance, but shall not 
include loans.

                TITLE IX--LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING

SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act 
of 1999''.

               Subtitle A--Livestock Mandatory Reporting

SEC. 911. LIVESTOCK MANDATORY REPORTING.

    The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) is 
amended--
        (1) by inserting before section 202 (7 U.S.C. 1621) the 
    following:

                  ``Subtitle A--General Provisions'';

    and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:

              ``Subtitle B--Livestock Mandatory Reporting

                   ``CHAPTER 1--PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS

``SEC. 211. PURPOSE.

    ``The purpose of this subtitle is to establish a program of 
information regarding the marketing of cattle, swine, lambs, and 
products of such livestock that--
        ``(1) provides information that can be readily understood by 
    producers, packers, and other market participants, including 
    information with respect to the pricing, contracting for purchase, 
    and supply and demand conditions for livestock, livestock 
    production, and livestock products;
        ``(2) improves the price and supply reporting services of the 
    Department of Agriculture; and
        ``(3) encourages competition in the marketplace for livestock 
    and livestock products.

``SEC. 212. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subtitle:
        ``(1) Base price.--The term `base price' means the price paid 
    for livestock, delivered at the packing plant, before application 
    of any premiums or discounts, expressed in dollars per hundred 
    pounds of carcass weight.
        ``(2) Basis level.--The term `basis level' means the agreed-on 
    adjustment to a future price to establish the final price paid for 
    livestock.
        ``(3) Current slaughter week.--The term `current slaughter 
    week' means the period beginning Monday, and ending Sunday, of the 
    week in which a reporting day occurs.
        ``(4) F.O.B.--The term `F.O.B.' means free on board, regardless 
    of the mode of transportation, at the point of direct shipment by 
    the seller to the buyer.
        ``(5) Livestock.--The term `livestock' means cattle, swine, and 
    lambs.
        ``(6) Lot.--The term `lot' means a group of one or more 
    livestock that is identified for the purpose of a single 
    transaction between a buyer and a seller.
        ``(7) Marketing.--The term `marketing' means the sale or other 
    disposition of livestock, livestock products, or meat or meat food 
    products in commerce.
        ``(8) Negotiated purchase.--The term `negotiated purchase' 
    means a cash or spot market purchase by a packer of livestock from 
    a producer under which--
            ``(A) the base price for the livestock is determined by 
        seller-buyer interaction and agreement on a day; and
            ``(B) the livestock are scheduled for delivery to the 
        packer not later than 14 days after the date on which the 
        livestock are committed to the packer.
        ``(9) Negotiated sale.--The term `negotiated sale' means a cash 
    or spot market sale by a producer of livestock to a packer under 
    which--
            ``(A) the base price for the livestock is determined by 
        seller-buyer interaction and agreement on a day; and
            ``(B) the livestock are scheduled for delivery to the 
        packer not later than 14 days after the date on which the 
        livestock are committed to the packer.
        ``(10) Prior slaughter week.--The term `prior slaughter week' 
    means the Monday through Sunday prior to a reporting day.
        ``(11) Producer.--The term `producer' means any person engaged 
    in the business of selling livestock to a packer for slaughter 
    (including the sale of livestock from a packer to another packer).
        ``(12) Reporting day.--The term `reporting day' means a day on 
    which--
            ``(A) a packer conducts business regarding livestock 
        committed to the packer, or livestock purchased, sold, or 
        slaughtered by the packer;
            ``(B) the Secretary is required to make information 
        concerning the business described in subparagraph (A) available 
        to the public; and
            ``(C) the Department of Agriculture is open to conduct 
        business.
        ``(13) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of 
    Agriculture.
        ``(14) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States.

                     ``CHAPTER 2--CATTLE REPORTING

``SEC. 221. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this chapter:
        ``(1) Cattle committed.--The term `cattle committed' means 
    cattle that are scheduled to be delivered to a packer within the 7-
    day period beginning on the date of an agreement to sell the 
    cattle.
        ``(2) Cattle type.--The term `cattle type' means the 
    following types of cattle purchased for slaughter:
            ``(A) Fed steers.
            ``(B) Fed heifers.
            ``(C) Fed Holsteins and other fed dairy steers and heifers.
            ``(D) Cows.
            ``(E) Bulls.
        ``(3) Formula marketing arrangement.--The term `formula 
    marketing arrangement' means the advance commitment of cattle for 
    slaughter by any means other than through a negotiated purchase or 
    a forward contract, using a method for calculating price in which 
    the price is determined at a future date.
        ``(4) Forward contract.--The term `forward contract' means--
            ``(A) an agreement for the purchase of cattle, executed in 
        advance of slaughter, under which the base price is established 
        by reference to--
                ``(i) prices quoted on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange; 
            or
                ``(ii) other comparable publicly available prices; or
            ``(B) such other forward contract as the Secretary 
        determines to be applicable.
        ``(5) Packer.--The term `packer' means any person engaged in 
    the business of buying cattle in commerce for purposes of 
    slaughter, of manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food 
    products from cattle for sale or shipment in commerce, or of 
    marketing meats or meat food products from cattle in an 
    unmanufactured form acting as a wholesale broker, dealer, or 
    distributor in commerce, except that--
            ``(A) the term includes only a cattle processing plant that 
        is federally inspected;
            ``(B) for any calendar year, the term includes only a 
        cattle processing plant that slaughtered an average of at least 
        125,000 head of cattle per year during the immediately 
        preceding 5 calendar years; and
            ``(C) in the case of a cattle processing plant that did not 
        slaughter cattle during the immediately preceding 5 calendar 
        years, the Secretary shall consider the plant capacity of the 
        processing plant in determining whether the processing plant 
        should be considered a packer under this chapter.
        ``(6) Packer-owned cattle.--The term `packer-owned cattle' 
    means cattle that a packer owns for at least 14 days immediately 
    before slaughter.
        ``(7) Terms of trade.--The term `terms of trade' includes, with 
    respect to the purchase of cattle for slaughter--
            ``(A) whether a packer provided any financing agreement or 
        arrangement with regard to the cattle;
            ``(B) whether the delivery terms specified the location of 
        the producer or the location of the packer's plant;
            ``(C) whether the producer is able to unilaterally specify 
        the date and time during the business day of the packer that 
        the cattle are to be delivered for slaughter; and
            ``(D) the percentage of cattle purchased by a packer as a 
        negotiated purchase that are delivered to the plant for 
        slaughter more than 7 days, but fewer than 14 days, after the 
        earlier of--
                ``(i) the date on which the cattle were committed to 
            the packer; or
                ``(ii) the date on which the cattle were purchased by 
            the packer.
        ``(8) Type of purchase.--The term `type of purchase', with 
    respect to cattle, means--
            ``(A) a negotiated purchase;
            ``(B) a formula market arrangement; and
            ``(C) a forward contract.

``SEC. 222. MANDATORY REPORTING FOR LIVE CATTLE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a program of 
live cattle price information reporting that will--
        ``(1) provide timely, accurate, and reliable market 
    information;
        ``(2) facilitate more informed marketing decisions; and
        ``(3) promote competition in the cattle slaughtering industry.
    ``(b) General Reporting Provisions Applicable to Packers and the 
Secretary.--
        ``(1) In general.--Whenever the prices or quantities of cattle 
    are required to be reported or published under this section, the 
    prices or quantities shall be categorized so as to clearly 
    delineate--
            ``(A) the prices or quantities, as applicable, of the 
        cattle purchased in the domestic market; and
            ``(B) the prices or quantities, as applicable, of imported 
        cattle.
        ``(2) Packer-owned cattle.--Information required under this 
    section for packer-owned cattle shall include quantity and carcass 
    characteristics, but not price.
    ``(c) Daily Reporting.--
        ``(1) In general.--The corporate officers or officially 
    designated representatives of each packer processing plant shall 
    report to the Secretary at least twice each reporting day 
    (including once not later than 10:00 a.m. Central Time and once not 
    later than 2:00 p.m. Central Time) the following information for 
    each cattle type:
            ``(A) The prices for cattle (per hundredweight) established 
        on that day, categorized by--
                ``(i) type of purchase;
                ``(ii) the quantity of cattle purchased on a live 
            weight basis;
                ``(iii) the quantity of cattle purchased on a dressed 
            weight basis;
                ``(iv) a range of the estimated live weights of the 
            cattle purchased;
                ``(v) an estimate of the percentage of the cattle 
            purchased that were of a quality grade of choice or better; 
            and
                ``(vi) any premiums or discounts associated with--

                    ``(I) weight, grade, or yield; or
                    ``(II) any type of purchase.

            ``(B) The quantity of cattle delivered to the packer 
        (quoted in numbers of head) on that day, categorized by--
                ``(i) type of purchase;
                ``(ii) the quantity of cattle delivered on a live 
            weight basis; and
                ``(iii) the quantity of cattle delivered on a dressed 
            weight basis.
            ``(C) The quantity of cattle committed to the packer 
        (quoted in numbers of head) as of that day, categorized by--
                ``(i) type of purchase;
                ``(ii) the quantity of cattle committed on a live 
            weight basis; and
                ``(iii) the quantity of cattle committed on a dressed 
            weight basis.
            ``(D) The terms of trade regarding the cattle, as 
        applicable.
        ``(2) Publication.--The Secretary shall make the information 
    available to the public not less frequently than three times each 
    reporting day.
    ``(d) Weekly Reporting.--
        ``(1) In general.--The corporate officers or officially 
    designated representatives of each packer processing plant shall 
    report to the Secretary, on the first reporting day of each week, 
    not later than 9:00 a.m. Central Time, the following information 
    applicable to the prior slaughter week:
            ``(A) The quantity of cattle purchased through a forward 
        contract that were slaughtered.
            ``(B) The quantity of cattle delivered under a formula 
        marketing arrangement that were slaughtered.
            ``(C) The quantity and carcass characteristics of packer-
        owned cattle that were slaughtered.
            ``(D) The quantity, basis level, and delivery month for all 
        cattle purchased through forward contracts that were agreed to 
        by the parties.
            ``(E) The range and average of intended premiums and 
        discounts that are expected to be in effect for the current 
        slaughter week.
        ``(2) Formula purchases.--The corporate officers or officially 
    designated representatives of each packer processing plant shall 
    report to the Secretary, on the first reporting day of each week, 
    not later than 9:00 a.m. Central Time, the following information 
    for cattle purchased through a formula marketing arrangement and 
    slaughtered during the prior slaughter week:
            ``(A) The quantity (quoted in both numbers of head and 
        hundredweights) of cattle.
            ``(B) The weighted average price paid for a carcass, 
        including applicable premiums and discounts.
            ``(C) The range of premiums and discounts paid.
            ``(D) The weighted average of premiums and discounts paid.
            ``(E) The range of prices paid.
            ``(F) The aggregate weighted average price paid for a 
        carcass.
            ``(G) The terms of trade regarding the cattle, as 
        applicable.
        ``(3) Publication.--The Secretary shall make available to the 
    public the information obtained under paragraphs (1) and (2) on the 
    first reporting day of the current slaughter week, not later than 
    10:00 a.m. Central Time.
    ``(e) Regional Reporting of Cattle Types.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall determine whether 
    adequate data can be obtained on a regional basis for fed Holsteins 
    and other fed dairy steers and heifers, cows, and bulls based on 
    the number of packers required to report under this section.
        ``(2) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the date of the 
    enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall submit to the 
    Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 
    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 
    report on the determination of the Secretary under paragraph (1).

``SEC. 223. MANDATORY PACKER REPORTING OF BOXED BEEF SALES.

    ``(a) Daily Reporting.--The corporate officers or officially 
designated representatives of each packer processing plant shall report 
to the Secretary at least twice each reporting day (not less than once 
before, and once after, 12:00 noon Central Time) information on total 
boxed beef sales, including--
        ``(1) the price for each lot of each negotiated boxed beef sale 
    (determined by seller-buyer interaction and agreement), quoted in 
    dollars per hundredweight (on a F.O.B. plant basis);
        ``(2) the quantity for each lot of each sale, quoted by number 
    of boxes sold; and
        ``(3) information regarding the characteristics of each lot of 
    each sale, including--
            ``(A) the grade of beef (USDA Choice or better, USDA 
        Select, or ungraded no-roll product);
            ``(B) the cut of beef; and
            ``(C) the trim specification.
    ``(b) Publication.--The Secretary shall make available to the 
public the information required to be reported under subsection (a) not 
less frequently than twice each reporting day.

                      ``CHAPTER 3--SWINE REPORTING

``SEC. 231. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this chapter:
        ``(1) Affiliate.--The term `affiliate', with respect to a 
    packer, means--
            ``(A) a person that directly or indirectly owns, controls, 
        or holds with power to vote, 5 percent or more of the 
        outstanding voting securities of the packer;
            ``(B) a person 5 percent or more of whose outstanding 
        voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, 
        or held with power to vote, by the packer; and
            ``(C) a person that directly or indirectly controls, or is 
        controlled by or under common control with, the packer.
        ``(2) Applicable reporting period.--The term `applicable 
    reporting period' means the period of time prescribed by the prior 
    day report, the morning report, and the afternoon report, as 
    required under section 232(c).
        ``(3) Barrow.--The term `barrow' means a neutered male swine.
        ``(4) Base market hog.--The term `base market hog' means a hog 
    for which no discounts are subtracted from and no premiums are 
    added to the base price.
        ``(5) Bred female swine.--The term `bred female swine' means 
    any female swine, whether a sow or gilt, that has been mated or 
    inseminated and is assumed, or has been confirmed, to be pregnant.
        ``(6) Formula price.--The term `formula price' means a price 
    determined by a mathematical formula under which the price 
    established for a specified market serves as the basis for the 
    formula.
        ``(7) Gilt.--The term `gilt' means a young female swine that 
    has not produced a litter.
        ``(8) Hog class.--The term `hog class' means, as applicable--
            ``(A) barrows or gilts;
            ``(B) sows; or
            ``(C) boars or stags.
        ``(9) Noncarcass merit premium.--The term `noncarcass merit 
    premium' means an increase in the base price of the swine offered 
    by an individual packer or packing plant, based on any factor other 
    than the characteristics of the carcass, if the actual amount of 
    the premium is known before the sale and delivery of the swine.
        ``(10) Other market formula purchase.--
            ``(A) In general.--The term `other market formula purchase' 
        means a purchase of swine by a packer in which the pricing 
        mechanism is a formula price based on any market other than the 
        market for swine, pork, or a pork product.
            ``(B) Inclusion.--The term `other market formula purchase' 
        includes a formula purchase in a case in which the price 
        formula is based on one or more futures or options contracts.
        ``(11) Other purchase arrangement.--The term `other purchase 
    arrangement' means a purchase of swine by a packer that--
            ``(A) is not a negotiated purchase, swine or pork market 
        formula purchase, or other market formula purchase; and
            ``(B) does not involve packer-owned swine.
        ``(12) Packer.--The term `packer' means any person engaged in 
    the business of buying swine in commerce for purposes of slaughter, 
    of manufacturing or preparing meats or meat food products from 
    swine for sale or shipment in commerce, or of marketing meats or 
    meat food products from swine in an unmanufactured form acting as a 
    wholesale broker, dealer, or distributor in commerce, except that--
            ``(A) the term includes only a swine processing plant that 
        is federally inspected;
            ``(B) for any calendar year, the term includes only a swine 
        processing plant that slaughtered an average of at least 
        100,000 swine per year during the immediately preceding 5 
        calendar years; and
            ``(C) in the case of a swine processing plant that did not 
        slaughter swine during the immediately preceding 5 calendar 
        years, the Secretary shall consider the plant capacity of the 
        processing plant in determining whether the processing plant 
        should be considered a packer under this chapter.
        ``(13) Packer-owned swine.--The term `packer-owned swine' means 
    swine that a packer (including a subsidiary or affiliate of the 
    packer) owns for at least 14 days immediately before slaughter.
        ``(14) Packer-sold swine.--The term `packer-sold swine' means 
    the swine that are--
            ``(A) owned by a packer (including a subsidiary or 
        affiliate of the packer) for more than 14 days immediately 
        before sale for slaughter; and
            ``(B) sold for slaughter to another packer.
        ``(15) Pork.--The term `pork' means the meat of a porcine 
    animal.
        ``(16) Pork product.--The term `pork product' means a product 
    or byproduct produced or processed in whole or in part from pork.
        ``(17) Purchase data.--The term `purchase data' means all of 
    the applicable data, including weight (if purchased live), for all 
    swine purchased during the applicable reporting period, regardless 
    of the expected delivery date of the swine, reported by--
            ``(A) hog class;
            ``(B) type of purchase; and
            ``(C) packer-owned swine.
        ``(18) Slaughter data.--The term `slaughter data' means all of 
    the applicable data for all swine slaughtered by a packer during 
    the applicable reporting period, regardless of when the price of 
    the swine was negotiated or otherwise determined, reported by--
            ``(A) hog class;
            ``(B) type of purchase; and
            ``(C) packer-owned swine.
        ``(19) Sow.--The term `sow' means an adult female swine that 
    has produced one or more litters.
        ``(20) Swine.--The term `swine' means a porcine animal raised 
    to be a feeder pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter.
        ``(21) Swine or pork market formula purchase.--The term `swine 
    or pork market formula purchase' means a purchase of swine by a 
    packer in which the pricing mechanism is a formula price based on a 
    market for swine, pork, or a pork product, other than a future or 
    option for swine, pork, or a pork product.
        ``(22) Type of purchase.--The term `type of purchase', with 
    respect to swine, means--
            ``(A) a negotiated purchase;
            ``(B) other market formula purchase;
            ``(C) a swine or pork market formula purchase; and
            ``(D) other purchase arrangement.

``SEC. 232. MANDATORY REPORTING FOR SWINE.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a program of 
swine price information reporting that will--
        ``(1) provide timely, accurate, and reliable market 
    information;
        ``(2) facilitate more informed marketing decisions; and
        ``(3) promote competition in the swine slaughtering industry.
    ``(b) General Reporting Provisions Applicable to Packers and the 
Secretary.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and implement 
    a price reporting program in accordance with this section that 
    includes the reporting and publication of information required 
    under this section.
        ``(2) Packer-owned swine.--Information required under this 
    section for packer-owned swine shall include quantity and carcass 
    characteristics, but not price.
        ``(3) Packer-sold swine.--If information regarding the type of 
    purchase is required under this section, the information shall be 
    reported according to the numbers and percentages of each type of 
    purchase comprising--
            ``(A) packer-sold swine; and
            ``(B) all other swine.
        ``(4) Additional information.--
            ``(A) Review.--The Secretary shall review the information 
        required to be reported by packers under this section at least 
        once every 2 years.
            ``(B) Outdated information.--After public notice and an 
        opportunity for comment, subject to subparagraph (C), the 
        Secretary shall promulgate regulations that specify additional 
        information that shall be reported under this section if the 
        Secretary determines under the review under subparagraph (A) 
        that--
                ``(i) information that is currently required no longer 
            accurately reflects the methods by which swine are valued 
            and priced by packers; or
                ``(ii) packers that slaughter a significant majority of 
            the swine produced in the United States no longer use 
            backfat or lean percentage factors as indicators of price.
            ``(C) Limitation.--Under subparagraph (B), the 
        Secretary may not require packers to provide any new or 
        additional information that--
                ``(i) is not generally available or maintained by 
            packers; or
                ``(ii) would be otherwise unduly burdensome to 
            provide.
    ``(c) Daily Reporting.--
        ``(1) Prior day report.--
            ``(A) In general.--The corporate officers or officially 
        designated representatives of each packer processing plant 
        shall report to the Secretary, for each business day of the 
        packer, such information as the Secretary determines necessary 
        and appropriate to--
                ``(i) comply with the publication requirements of this 
            section; and
                ``(ii) provide for the timely access to the information 
            by producers, packers, and other market participants.
            ``(B) Reporting deadline and plants required to report.--
        Not later than 7:00 a.m. Central Time on each reporting day, a 
        packer required to report under subparagraph (A) shall report 
        information regarding all swine purchased, priced, or 
        slaughtered during the prior business day of the packer.
            ``(C) Information required.--The information from the prior 
        business day of a packer required under this paragraph shall 
        include--
                ``(i) all purchase data, including--

                    ``(I) the total number of--

                        ``(aa) swine purchased; and
                        ``(bb) swine scheduled for delivery; and

                    ``(II) the base price and purchase data for 
                slaughtered swine for which a price has been 
                established;

                ``(ii) all slaughter data for the total number of swine 
            slaughtered, including--

                    ``(I) information concerning the net price, which 
                shall be equal to the total amount paid by a packer to 
                a producer (including all premiums, less all discounts) 
                per hundred pounds of carcass weight of swine delivered 
                at the plant--

                        ``(aa) including any sum deducted from the 
                    price per hundredweight paid to a producer that 
                    reflects the repayment of a balance owed by the 
                    producer to the packer or the accumulation of a 
                    balance to later be repaid by the packer to the 
                    producer; and
                        ``(bb) excluding any sum earlier paid to a 
                    producer that must later be repaid to the packer;

                    ``(II) information concerning the average net 
                price, which shall be equal to the quotient (stated per 
                hundred pounds of carcass weight of swine) obtained by 
                dividing--

                        ``(aa) the total amount paid for the swine 
                    slaughtered at a packing plant during the 
                    applicable reporting period, including all premiums 
                    and discounts, and including any sum deducted from 
                    the price per hundredweight paid to a producer that 
                    reflects the repayment of a balance owed by the 
                    producer to the packer, or the accumulation of a 
                    balance to later be repaid by the packer to the 
                    producer, less all discounts; by
                        ``(bb) the total carcass weight (in hundred 
                    pound increments) of the swine;

                    ``(III) information concerning the lowest net 
                price, which shall be equal to the lowest net price 
                paid for a single lot or a group of swine slaughtered 
                at a packing plant during the applicable reporting 
                period per hundred pounds of carcass weight of swine;
                    ``(IV) information concerning the highest net 
                price, which shall be equal to the highest net price 
                paid for a single lot or group of swine slaughtered at 
                a packing plant during the applicable reporting period 
                per hundred pounds of carcass weight of swine;
                    ``(V) the average carcass weight, which shall be 
                equal to the quotient obtained by dividing--

                        ``(aa) the total carcass weight of the swine 
                    slaughtered at the packing plant during the 
                    applicable reporting period; by
                        ``(bb) the number of the swine described in 
                    item (aa),

                adjusted for special slaughter situations (such as 
                skinning or foot removal), as the Secretary determines 
                necessary to render comparable carcass weights;
                    ``(VI) the average sort loss, which shall be equal 
                to the average discount (in dollars per hundred pounds 
                carcass weight) for swine slaughtered during the 
                applicable reporting period, resulting from the fact 
                that the swine did not fall within the individual 
                packer's established carcass weight or lot variation 
                range;
                    ``(VII) the average backfat, which shall be equal 
                to the average of the backfat thickness (in inches) 
                measured between the third and fourth from the last 
                ribs, 7 centimeters from the carcass split (or adjusted 
                from the individual packer's measurement to that 
                reference point using an adjustment made by the 
                Secretary) of the swine slaughtered during the 
                applicable reporting period;
                    ``(VIII) the average lean percentage, which shall 
                be equal to the average percentage of the carcass 
                weight comprised of lean meat for the swine slaughtered 
                during the applicable reporting period, except that 
                when a packer is required to report the average lean 
                percentage under this subclause, the packer shall make 
                available to the Secretary the underlying data, 
                applicable methodology and formulae, and supporting 
                materials used to determine the average lean 
                percentage, which the Secretary may convert to the 
                carcass measurements or lean percentage of the swine of 
                the individual packer to correlate to a common percent 
                lean measurement; and
                    ``(IX) the total slaughter quantity, which shall be 
                equal to the total number of swine slaughtered during 
                the applicable reporting period, including all types of 
                purchases and packer-owned swine; and

                ``(iii) packer purchase commitments, which shall be 
            equal to the number of swine scheduled for delivery to a 
            packer for slaughter for each of the next 14 calendar days.
            ``(D) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the 
        information obtained under this paragraph in a prior day report 
        not later than 8:00 a.m. Central Time on the reporting day on 
        which the information is received from the packer.
        ``(2) Morning report.--
            ``(A) In general.--The corporate officers or officially 
        designated representatives of each packer processing plant 
        shall report to the Secretary not later than 10:00 a.m. Central 
        Time each reporting day--
                ``(i) the packer's best estimate of the total number of 
            swine, and packer-owned swine, expected to be purchased 
            throughout the reporting day through each type of purchase;
                ``(ii) the total number of swine, and packer-owned 
            swine, purchased up to that time of the reporting day 
            through each type of purchase;
                ``(iii) the base price paid for all base market hogs 
            purchased up to that time of the reporting day through 
            negotiated purchases; and
                ``(iv) the base price paid for all base market hogs 
            purchased through each type of purchase other than 
            negotiated purchase up to that time of the reporting day, 
            unless such information is unavailable due to pricing that 
            is determined on a delayed basis.
            ``(B) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the 
        information obtained under this paragraph in the morning report 
        as soon as practicable, but not later than 11:00 a.m. Central 
        Time, on each reporting day.
        ``(3) Afternoon report.--
            ``(A) In general.--The corporate officers or officially 
        designated representatives of each packer processing plant 
        shall report to the Secretary not later than 2:00 p.m. Central 
        Time each reporting day--
                ``(i) the packer's best estimate of the total number of 
            swine, and packer-owned swine, expected to be purchased 
            throughout the reporting day through each type of purchase;
                ``(ii) the total number of swine, and packer-owned 
            swine, purchased up to that time of the reporting day 
            through each type of purchase;
                ``(iii) the base price paid for all base market hogs 
            purchased up to that time of the reporting day through 
            negotiated purchases; and
                ``(iv) the base price paid for all base market hogs 
            purchased up to that time of the reporting day through each 
            type of purchase other than negotiated purchase, unless 
            such information is unavailable due to pricing that is 
            determined on a delayed basis.
            ``(B) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the 
        information obtained under this paragraph in the afternoon 
        report as soon as practicable, but not later than 3:00 p.m. 
        Central Time, on each reporting day.
    ``(d) Weekly Noncarcass Merit Premium Report.--
        ``(1) In general.--Not later than 4:00 p.m. Central Time on the 
    first reporting day of each week, the corporate officers or 
    officially designated representatives of each packer processing 
    plant shall report to the Secretary a noncarcass merit premium 
    report that lists--
            ``(A) each category of standard noncarcass merit premiums 
        used by the packer in the prior slaughter week; and
            ``(B) the amount (in dollars per hundred pounds of carcass 
        weight) paid to producers by the packer, by category.
        ``(2) Premium list.--A packer shall maintain and make available 
    to a producer, on request, a current listing of the dollar values 
    (per hundred pounds of carcass weight) of each noncarcass merit 
    premium used by the packer during the current or the prior 
    slaughter week.
        ``(3) Availability.--A packer shall not be required to pay a 
    listed noncarcass merit premium to a producer that meets the 
    requirements for the premium if the need for swine in a given 
    category is filled at a particular point in time.
        ``(4) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the information 
    obtained under this subsection as soon as practicable, but not 
    later than 5:00 p.m. Central Time, on the first reporting day of 
    each week.

                      ``CHAPTER 4--LAMB REPORTING

``SEC. 241. MANDATORY REPORTING FOR LAMBS.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary may establish a program of 
mandatory lamb price information reporting that will--
        ``(1) provide timely, accurate, and reliable market 
    information;
        ``(2) facilitate more informed marketing decisions; and
        ``(3) promote competition in the lamb slaughtering industry.
    ``(b) Notice and Comment.--If the Secretary establishes a mandatory 
price reporting program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
provide an opportunity for comment on proposed regulations to establish 
the program during the 30-day period beginning on the date of the 
publication of the proposed regulations.

                      ``CHAPTER 5--ADMINISTRATION

``SEC. 251. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    ``(a) Confidentiality.--The Secretary shall make available to the 
public information, statistics, and documents obtained from, or 
submitted by, packers, retail entities, and other persons under this 
subtitle in a manner that ensures that confidentiality is preserved 
regarding--
        ``(1) the identity of persons, including parties to a contract; 
    and
        ``(2) proprietary business information.
    ``(b) Disclosure by Federal Government Employees.--
        ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), no officer, 
    employee, or agent of the United States shall, without the consent 
    of the packer or other person concerned, divulge or make known in 
    any manner, any facts or information regarding the business of the 
    packer or other person that was acquired through reporting required 
    under this subtitle.
        ``(2) Exceptions.--Information obtained by the Secretary under 
    this subtitle may be disclosed--
            ``(A) to agents or employees of the Department of 
        Agriculture in the course of their official duties under this 
        subtitle;
            ``(B) as directed by the Secretary or the Attorney 
        General, for enforcement purposes; or
            ``(C) by a court of competent jurisdiction.
        ``(3) Disclosure under freedom of information act.--
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no facts or information 
    obtained under this subtitle shall be disclosed in accordance with 
    section 552 of title 5, United States Code.
    ``(c) Reporting by Packers.--A packer shall report all information 
required under this subtitle on an individual lot basis.
    ``(d) Regional Reporting and Aggregation.--The Secretary shall make 
information obtained under this subtitle available to the public only 
in a manner that--
        ``(1) ensures that the information is published on a national 
    and a regional or statewide basis as the Secretary determines to be 
    appropriate;
        ``(2) ensures that the identity of a reporting person is not 
    disclosed; and
        ``(3) conforms to aggregation guidelines established by the 
    Secretary.
    ``(e) Adjustments.--Prior to the publication of any information 
required under this subtitle, the Secretary may make reasonable 
adjustments in information reported by packers to reflect price 
aberrations or other unusual or unique occurrences that the Secretary 
determines would distort the published information to the detriment of 
producers, packers, or other market participants.
    ``(f) Verification.--The Secretary shall take such actions as the 
Secretary considers necessary to verify the accuracy of the information 
submitted or reported under chapter 2, 3, or 4.
    ``(g) Electronic Reporting and Publishing.--The Secretary shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, provide for the reporting and 
publishing of the information required under this subtitle by 
electronic means.
    ``(h) Reporting of Activities on Weekends and Holidays.--
        ``(1) In general.--Livestock committed to a packer, or 
    purchased, sold, or slaughtered by a packer, on a weekend day or 
    holiday shall be reported by the packer to the Secretary (to the 
    extent required under this subtitle), and reported by the 
    Secretary, on the immediately following reporting day.
        ``(2) Limitation on reporting by packers.--A packer shall not 
    be required to report actions under paragraph (1) more than once on 
    the immediately following reporting day.
    ``(i) Effect on Other Laws.--Nothing in this subtitle, the 
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999, or amendments made by that 
Act restricts or modifies the authority of the Secretary to--
        ``(1) administer or enforce the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
    1921 (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.);
        ``(2) administer, enforce, or collect voluntary reports under 
    this title or any other law; or
        ``(3) access documentary evidence as provided under sections 9 
    and 10 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 49, 50).

``SEC. 252. UNLAWFUL ACTS.

    ``It shall be unlawful and a violation of this subtitle for any 
packer or other person subject to this subtitle (in the submission of 
information required under chapter 2, 3, or 4, as determined by the 
Secretary) to willfully--
        ``(1) fail or refuse to provide, or delay the timely reporting 
    of, accurate information to the Secretary (including estimated 
    information);
        ``(2) solicit or request that a packer, the buyer or seller of 
    livestock or livestock products, or any other person fail to 
    provide, as a condition of any transaction, accurate or timely 
    information required under this subtitle;
        ``(3) fail or refuse to comply with this subtitle; or
        ``(4) report estimated information in any report required under 
    this subtitle in a manner that demonstrates a pattern of 
    significant variance in accuracy when compared to the actual 
    information that is reported for the same reporting period, or as 
    determined by any audit, oversight, or other verification 
    procedures of the Secretary.

``SEC. 253. ENFORCEMENT.

    ``(a) Civil Penalty.--
        ``(1) In general.--Any packer or other person that violates 
    this subtitle may be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of 
    not more than $10,000 for each violation.
        ``(2) Continuing violation.--Each day during which a violation 
    continues shall be considered to be a separate violation.
        ``(3) Factors.--In determining the amount of a civil penalty to 
    be assessed under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider the 
    gravity of the offense, the size of the business involved, and the 
    effect of the penalty on the ability of the person that has 
    committed the violation to continue in business.
        ``(4) Multiple violations.--In determining whether to assess a 
    civil penalty under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider 
    whether a packer or other person subject to this subtitle has 
    engaged in a pattern of errors, delays, or omissions in violation 
    of this subtitle.
    ``(b) Cease and Desist.--In addition to, or in lieu of, a civil 
penalty under subsection (a), the Secretary may issue an order to cease 
and desist from continuing any violation.
    ``(c) Notice and Hearing.--No penalty shall be assessed, or cease 
and desist order issued, by the Secretary under this section unless the 
person against which the penalty is assessed or to which the order is 
issued is given notice and opportunity for a hearing before the 
Secretary with respect to the violation.
    ``(d) Finality and Judicial Review.--
        ``(1) In general.--The order of the Secretary assessing a civil 
    penalty or issuing a cease and desist order under this section 
    shall be final and conclusive unless the affected person files an 
    appeal of the order of the Secretary in United States district 
    court not later than 30 days after the date of the issuance of the 
    order.
        ``(2) Standard of review.--A finding of the Secretary under 
    this section shall be set aside only if the finding is found to be 
    unsupported by substantial evidence.
    ``(e) Enforcement.--
        ``(1) In general.--If, after the lapse of the period allowed 
    for appeal or after the affirmance of a penalty assessed under this 
    section, the person against which the civil penalty is assessed 
    fails to pay the penalty, the Secretary may refer the matter to the 
    Attorney General who may recover the penalty by an action in United 
    States district court.
        ``(2) Finality.--In the action, the final order of the 
    Secretary shall not be subject to review.
    ``(f) Injunction or Restraining Order.--
        ``(1) In general.--If the Secretary has reason to believe that 
    any person subject to this subtitle has failed or refused to 
    provide the Secretary information required to be reported pursuant 
    to this subtitle, and that it would be in the public interest to 
    enjoin the person from further failure to comply with the reporting 
    requirements, the Secretary may notify the Attorney General of the 
    failure.
        ``(2) Attorney general.--The Attorney General may apply to the 
    appropriate district court of the United States for a temporary or 
    permanent injunction or restraining order.
        ``(3) Court.--When needed to carry out this subtitle, the court 
    shall, on a proper showing, issue a temporary injunction or 
    restraining order without bond.
    ``(g) Failure To Obey Orders.--
        ``(1) In general.--If a person subject to this subtitle fails 
    to obey a cease and desist or civil penalty order issued under this 
    subsection after the order has become final and unappealable, or 
    after the appropriate United States district court has entered a 
    final judgment in favor of the Secretary, the United States may 
    apply to the appropriate district court for enforcement of the 
    order.
        ``(2) Enforcement.--If the court determines that the order was 
    lawfully made and duly served and that the person violated the 
    order, the court shall enforce the order.
        ``(3) Civil penalty.--If the court finds that the person 
    violated the cease and desist provisions of the order, the person 
    shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for 
    each offense.

``SEC. 254. FEES.

    ``The Secretary shall not charge or assess a user fee, transaction 
fee, service charge, assessment, reimbursement, or any other fee for 
the submission or reporting of information, for the receipt or 
availability of, or access to, published reports or information, or for 
any other activity required under this subtitle.

``SEC. 255. RECORDKEEPING.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), each packer required 
to report information to the Secretary under this subtitle shall 
maintain, and make available to the Secretary on request, for 2 years--
        ``(1) the original contracts, agreements, receipts and other 
    records associated with any transaction relating to the purchase, 
    sale, pricing, transportation, delivery, weighing, slaughter, or 
    carcass characteristics of all livestock; and
        ``(2) such records or other information as is necessary or 
    appropriate to verify the accuracy of the information required to 
    be reported under this subtitle.
    ``(b) Limitations.--Under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary may not 
require a packer to provide new or additional information if--
        ``(1) the information is not generally available or maintained 
    by packers; or
        ``(2) the provision of the information would be unduly 
    burdensome.
    ``(c) Purchases of Cattle or Swine.--A record of a purchase of a 
lot of cattle or a lot of swine by a packer shall evidence whether the 
purchase occurred--
        ``(1) before 10:00 a.m. Central Time;
        ``(2) between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Central Time; or
        ``(3) after 2:00 p.m. Central Time.

``SEC. 256. VOLUNTARY REPORTING.

    ``The Secretary shall encourage voluntary reporting by packers (as 
defined in section 201 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 
U.S.C. 191)) to which the mandatory reporting requirements of this 
subtitle do not apply.

``SEC. 257. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION ON RETAIL PURCHASE PRICES FOR 
              REPRESENTATIVE MEAT PRODUCTS.

    ``(a) In General.--Beginning not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this subtitle, the Secretary shall compile and 
publish at least monthly (weekly, if practicable) information on retail 
prices for representative food products made from beef, pork, chicken, 
turkey, veal, or lamb.
    ``(b) Information.--The report published by the Secretary under 
subsection (a) shall include--
        ``(1) information on retail prices for each representative food 
    product described in subsection (a); and
        ``(2) information on total sales quantity (in pounds and 
    dollars) for each representative food product.
    ``(c) Meat Price Spreads Report.--During the period ending 2 years 
after the initial publication of the report required under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall continue to publish the Meat Price Spreads 
Report in the same manner as the Report was published before the date 
of the enactment of this subtitle.
    ``(d) Information Collection.--
        ``(1) In general.--To ensure the accuracy of the reports 
    required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall obtain the 
    information for the reports from one or more sources including--
            ``(A) a consistently representative set of retail 
        transactions; and
            ``(B) both prices and sales quantities for the 
        transactions.
        ``(2) Source of information.--The Secretary may--
            ``(A) obtain the information from retailers or commercial 
        information sources; and
            ``(B) use valid statistical sampling procedures, if 
        necessary.
        ``(3) Adjustments.--In providing information on retail prices 
    under this section, the Secretary may make adjustments to take into 
    account differences in--
            ``(A) the geographic location of consumption;
            ``(B) the location of the principal source of supply;
            ``(C) distribution costs; and
            ``(D) such other factors as the Secretary determines 
        reflect a verifiable comparative retail price for a 
        representative food product.
    ``(e) Administration.--The Secretary--
        ``(1) shall collect information under this section only on a 
    voluntary basis; and
        ``(2) shall not impose a penalty on a person for failure to 
    provide the information or otherwise compel a person to provide the 
    information.

``SEC. 258. SUSPENSION AUTHORITY REGARDING SPECIFIC TERMS OF PRICE 
              REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may suspend any requirement of 
this subtitle if the Secretary determines that application of the 
requirement is inconsistent with the purposes of this subtitle.
    ``(b) Suspension Procedure.--
        ``(1) Period.--A suspension under subsection (a) shall be for a 
    period of not more than 240 days.
        ``(2) Action by congress.--If an Act of Congress concerning the 
    requirement that is the subject of the suspension under subsection 
    (a) is not enacted by the end of the period of the suspension 
    established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall implement the 
    requirement.

``SEC. 259. FEDERAL PREEMPTION.

    ``In order to achieve the goals, purposes, and objectives of this 
title on a nationwide basis and to avoid potentially conflicting State 
laws that could impede the goals, purposes, or objectives of this 
title, no State or political subdivision of a State may impose a 
requirement that is in addition to, or inconsistent with, any 
requirement of this subtitle with respect to the submission or 
reporting of information, or the publication of such information, on 
the prices and quantities of livestock or livestock products.''.

SEC. 912. UNJUST DISQUALIFICATION.

    Section 202(b) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 
192(b)), is amended by striking ``whatsoever'' each place it appears.

SEC. 913. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Section 416 of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 
229a), is repealed.
    (b) Section 1127 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 
U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 105-277), is amended--
        (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Export Market Reporting.--The Secretary shall--
        ``(1) implement a streamlined electronic system for collecting 
    export sales and shipments data, in the least intrusive manner 
    possible, for fresh or frozen muscle cuts of meat food products; 
    and
        ``(2) develop a data-reporting program to disseminate summary 
    information in a timely manner (in the case of beef, consistent 
    with the reporting under section 602(a) of the Agricultural Trade 
    Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5712(a))).''; and
        (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``this section of the Act'' 
    and inserting ``subsection (b)''.

             Subtitle B--Related Beef Reporting Provisions

SEC. 921. BEEF EXPORT REPORTING.

    Section 602(a)(1) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 
5712(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``, beef,'' after ``cotton''.

SEC. 922. EXPORT CERTIFICATES FOR MEAT AND MEAT FOOD PRODUCTS.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall fully implement a program, through 
the use of a streamlined electronic online system, to issue and report 
export certificates for all meat and meat products.

SEC. 923. IMPORTS OF BEEF, BEEF VARIETY MEATS, AND CATTLE.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall--
        (1) obtain information regarding the import of beef and beef 
    variety meats (consistent with the information categories reported 
    for beef exports under section 602(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act 
    of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5712(a))) and cattle using available information 
    sources; and
        (2) publish the information in a timely manner weekly and in a 
    form that maximizes the utility of the information to beef 
    producers, packers, and other market participants.
    (b) Content.--The published information shall include information 
reporting the year-to-date cumulative annual imports of beef, beef 
variety meats, and cattle for the current and prior marketing years.

SEC. 924. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out sections 922 and 923.

             Subtitle C--Related Swine Reporting Provisions

SEC. 931. IMPROVEMENT OF HOGS AND PIGS INVENTORY REPORT.

    (a) In General.--Effective beginning not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall publish on a monthly basis the Hogs and Pigs Inventory Report.
    (b) Gestating Sows.--The Secretary shall include in a separate 
category of the Report the number of bred female swine that are 
assumed, or have been confirmed, to be pregnant during the reporting 
period.
    (c) Phase-Out.--Effective for a period of eight quarters after the 
implementation of the monthly report required under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall continue to maintain and publish on a quarterly basis 
the Hogs and Pigs Inventory Report published on or before the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 932. BARROW AND GILT SLAUGHTER.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall promptly obtain 
and maintain, through an appropriate collection system or valid 
sampling system at packing plants, information on the total slaughter 
of swine that reflects differences in numbers between barrows and 
gilts, as determined by the Secretary.
    (b) Availability.--The information shall be made available to swine 
producers, packers, and other market participants in a report published 
by the Secretary not less frequently than weekly.
    (c) Administration.--
        (1) In general.--The Secretary shall administer the collection 
    and compilation of information, and the publication of the report, 
    required by this section.
        (2) Nondelegation.--The Secretary shall not delegate the 
    collection, compilation, or administration of the information 
    required by this section to any packer (as defined in section 201 
    of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191)).

SEC. 933. AVERAGE TRIM LOSS CORRELATION STUDY AND REPORT.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall contract with a 
qualified contractor to conduct a correlation study and prepare a 
report establishing a baseline and standards for determining and 
improving average trim loss measurements and processing techniques for 
pork processors to employ in the slaughter of swine.
    (b) Correlation Study and Report.--The study and report shall--
        (1) analyze processing techniques that would assist the pork 
    processing industry in improving procedures for uniformity and 
    transparency in how trim loss is discounted (in dollars per hundred 
    pounds carcass weight) by different packers and processors;
        (2) analyze slaughter inspection procedures that could be 
    improved so that trimming procedures and policies of the Secretary 
    are uniform to the maximum extent determined practicable by the 
    Secretary;
        (3) determine how the Secretary may be able to foster improved 
    breeding techniques and animal handling and transportation 
    procedures through training programs made available to swine 
    producers so as to minimize trim loss in slaughter processing; and
        (4) make recommendations that are designed to effect changes in 
    the pork industry so as to achieve continuous improvement in 
    average trim losses and discounts.
    (c) Subsequent Reports on Status of Improvements and Updates in 
Baseline.--Not less frequently than once every 2 years after the 
initial publication of the report required under this section, the 
Secretary shall make subsequent periodic reports that--
        (1) examine the status of the improvement in reducing trim loss 
    discounts in the pork processing industry; and
        (2) update the baseline to reflect changes in trim loss 
    discounts.
    (d) Submission of Reports to Congress, Producers, Packers, and 
Others.--The reports required under this section shall be made 
available to--
        (1) the public on the Internet;
        (2) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
    Representatives;
        (3) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
    the Senate;
        (4) producers and packers; and
        (5) other market participants.

SEC. 934. SWINE PACKER MARKETING CONTRACTS.

    Title II of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191 et 
seq.) is amended--
        (1) by inserting before section 201 (7 U.S.C. 191) the 
    following:

                  ``Subtitle A--General Provisions'';

    and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:

             ``Subtitle B--Swine Packer Marketing Contracts

``SEC. 221. DEFINITIONS.

    ``Except as provided in section 223(a), in this subtitle:
        ``(1) Market.--The term `market' means the sale or disposition 
    of swine, pork, or pork products in commerce.
        ``(2) Packer.--The term `packer' has the meaning given the term 
    in section 231 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.
        ``(3) Pork.--The term `pork' means the meat of a porcine 
    animal.
        ``(4) Pork product.--The term `pork product' means a product or 
    byproduct produced or processed in whole or in part from pork.
        ``(5) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 States.
        ``(6) Swine.--The term `swine' means a porcine animal raised to 
    be a feeder pig, raised for seedstock, or raised for slaughter.
        ``(7) Type of contract.--The term `type of contract' means the 
    classification of contracts or risk management agreements for the 
    purchase of swine by--
            ``(A) the mechanism used to determine the base price for 
        swine committed to a packer, grouped into practicable 
        classifications by the Secretary (including swine or pork 
        market formula purchases, other market formula purchases, and 
        other purchase arrangements); and
            ``(B) the presence or absence of an accrual account or 
        ledger that must be repaid by the producer or packer that 
        receives the benefit of the contract pricing mechanism in 
        relation to negotiated prices.
        ``(8) Other terms.--Except as provided in this subtitle, a term 
    has the meaning given the term in section 212 or 231 of the 
    Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.

``SEC. 222. SWINE PACKER MARKETING CONTRACTS OFFERED TO PRODUCERS.

    ``(a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations to 
carry out this section, the Secretary shall establish and maintain a 
library or catalog of each type of contract offered by packers to swine 
producers for the purchase of all or part of the producers' production 
of swine (including swine that are purchased or committed for 
delivery), including all available noncarcass merit premiums.
    ``(b) Availability.--The Secretary shall make available to swine 
producers and other interested persons information on the types of 
contracts described in subsection (a), including notice (on a real-time 
basis if practicable) of the types of contracts that are being offered 
by each individual packer to, and are open to acceptance by, producers 
for the purchase of swine.
    ``(c) Confidentiality.--The reporting requirements under 
subsections (a) and (b) shall be subject to the confidentiality 
protections provided under section 251 of the Agricultural Marketing 
Act of 1946.
    ``(d) Information Collection.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall--
            ``(A) obtain (by a filing or other procedure required of 
        each individual packer) information indicating what types of 
        contracts for the purchase of swine are available from each 
        packer; and
            ``(B) make the information available in a monthly report to 
        swine producers and other interested persons.
        ``(2) Contracted swine numbers.--Each packer shall provide, and 
    the Secretary shall collect and publish in the monthly report 
    required under paragraph (1)(B), information specifying--
            ``(A) the types of existing contracts for each packer;
            ``(B) the provisions contained in each contract that 
        provide for expansion in the numbers of swine to be delivered 
        under the contract for the following 6-month and 12-month 
        periods;
            ``(C) an estimate of the total number of swine committed by 
        contract for delivery to all packers within the 6-month and 12-
        month periods following the date of the report, reported by 
        reporting region and by type of contract; and
            ``(D) an estimate of the maximum total number of swine that 
        potentially could be delivered within the 6-month and 12-month 
        periods following the date of the report under the provisions 
        described in subparagraph (B) that are included in existing 
        contracts, reported by reporting region and by type of 
        contract.
    ``(e) Violations.--It shall be unlawful and a violation of this 
title for any packer to willfully fail or refuse to provide to the 
Secretary accurate information required under, or to willfully fail or 
refuse to comply with any requirement of, this section.
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this section.

``SEC. 223. REPORT ON THE SECRETARY'S JURISDICTION, POWER, DUTIES, AND 
              AUTHORITIES.

    ``(a) Definition of Packer.--In this section, the term `packer' has 
the meaning given the term in section 201 of the Packers and Stockyards 
Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191).
    ``(b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subtitle, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall provide to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate a report describing the jurisdiction, powers, 
duties, and authorities of the Secretary that relate to packers and 
other persons involved in procuring, slaughtering, or processing swine, 
pork, or pork products that are covered by this Act and other laws, 
including--
        ``(1) the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.), 
    especially sections 6, 8, 9, and 10 of that Act (15 U.S.C. 46, 48, 
    49, and 50); and
        ``(2) the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et 
    seq.).
    ``(c) Contents.--The Comptroller General shall include in the 
report an analysis of--
        ``(1) burdens on and obstructions to commerce in swine, pork, 
    and pork products by packers, and other persons that enter into 
    arrangements with the packers, that are contrary to, or do not 
    protect, the public interest;
        ``(2) noncompetitive pricing arrangements between or among 
    packers, or other persons involved in the processing, distribution, 
    or sale of pork and pork products, including arrangements provided 
    for in contracts for the purchase of swine;
        ``(3) the effective monitoring of contracts entered into 
    between packers and swine producers;
        ``(4) investigations that relate to, and affect, the disclosure 
    of--
            ``(A) transactions involved in the business conduct and 
        practices of packers; and
            ``(B) the pricing of swine paid to producers by packers and 
        the pricing of products in the pork and pork product 
        merchandising chain;
        ``(5) the adequacy of the authority of the Secretary to prevent 
    a packer from unjustly or arbitrarily refusing to offer a producer, 
    or disqualifying a producer from eligibility for, a particular 
    contract or type of contract for the purchase of swine; and
        ``(6) the ability of the Secretary to cooperate with and 
    enhance the enforcement of actions initiated by other Federal 
    departments and agencies, or Federal independent agencies, to 
    protect trade and commerce in the pork and pork product industries 
    against unlawful restraints and monopolies.''.

SEC. 935. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle.

                       Subtitle D--Implementation

SEC. 941. REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish final 
regulations to implement this title and the amendments made by this 
title.
    (b) Publication of Proposed Regulations.--Not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
publish proposed regulations to implement this title and the amendments 
made by this title.
    (c) Comment Period.--The Secretary shall provide an opportunity for 
comment on the proposed regulations during the 30-day period beginning 
on the date of the publication of the proposed regulations.
    (d) Final Regulations.--Not later than 60 days after the conclusion 
of the comment period, the Secretary shall publish the final 
regulations and implement this title and the amendments made by this 
title.

SEC. 942. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.

    The authority provided by this title and the amendments made by 
this title terminate 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2000''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.