[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4461 Engrossed in House (EH)]
2d Session
H. R. 4461
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4461
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, 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, 2001, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
Production, Processing, and Marketing
Office of the Secretary
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of
Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $2,836,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this amount,
along with any unobligated balances of representation funds in the
Foreign Agricultural Service, shall be available for official reception
and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined
by the Secretary: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries
and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to carry out
section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104-127: Provided further, That none
of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enforce section
793(d) of Public Law 104-127.
Executive Operations
chief economist
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including economic
analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, energy and new uses,
and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, as
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g),
and including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to
exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,408,000.
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, $6,581,000.
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, $10,051,000.
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:
Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market cross-
servicing activities of the National Finance Center.
Common Computing Environment
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing Environment
for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Service and Rural Development mission areas, $25,000,000,
to remain available until expended, for the capital asset acquisition
of shared information technology systems, including services as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915-16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421-28: Provided, That
obligation of these funds shall be consistent with the Department of
Agriculture Service Center Modernization Plan of the county-based
Agencies, and shall be with the concurrence of the Department's Chief
Information Officer.
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, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings,
$150,343,000, to remain available until expended: 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 Materials Management
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., $15,700,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials 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, $34,708,000, 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
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, $65,097,000, 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,
$66,419,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
National Agricultural Statistics Service
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including
crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and
improvements, marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627, Public Law 105-113, and other laws,
$100,851,000, of which up to $15,000,000 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, $850,384,000 (reduced by $6,800,000): 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 $375,000, except for
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000,
and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not
to exceed $750,000 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 $375,000, 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 the foregoing limitations on
purchase of land shall not apply to the purchase of land at Corvallis,
Oregon; Parlier, California; and Florence, South Carolina: 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 the current fiscal year, 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, $39,300,000,
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 necessary payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other
expenses, $477,551,000 (increased by $4,000,000), of which the
following amounts shall be available: to carry into effect the
provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), $180,545,000; for grants
for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a-a7), $21,932,000; for
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
(7 U.S.C. 3222), $30,676,000 (increased by $4,000,000); for special
grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $74,354,000; for
special grants for agricultural research on improved pest control (7
U.S.C. 450i(c)), $13,721,000; for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C.
450i(b)), $96,934,000; for the support of animal health and disease
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,109,000; for supplemental and alternative
crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $750,000; for the 1994 research
program (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,000,000, to remain available until
expended; for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(6)), $3,000,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)),
$4,350,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars program (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $3,500,000; for a secondary agriculture
education program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C.
3152(h)), $600,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $4,000,000;
for sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811),
$9,000,000; 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, $9,500,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section
534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382, $1,552,000; and for necessary expenses
of Research and Education Activities, $16,028,000, of which not to
exceed $100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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), $7,100,000:
Provided, That hereafter, any distribution of the adjusted income from
the Native American institutions endowment fund is authorized to be
used for facility renovation, repair, construction, and maintenance, in
addition to other authorized purposes.
extension activities
For necessary payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and
American Samoa, $428,740,000 (increased by $2,800,000), of which the
following amounts shall be available: 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 for pesticide
applicator training under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,500,000; 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; for youth farm
safety education and certification extension grants, to be awarded
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $1,000,000; 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
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 (increased by $2,800,000); and for Federal
administration and coordination including administration of the Smith-
Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and
section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and
to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work of
the Department and the several States and insular possessions,
$16,188,000: 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,
$12,000,000; 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; payments for the methyl bromide transition program,
$2,000,000; and payments for the organic transition program $1,000,000,
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, $470,000,000 (reduced by $15,510),
of which $8,065,000 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 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 the current fiscal year, 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 the current
fiscal year, $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, $56,326,000, 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: Provided further, That, only after promulgation
of a final rule on a National Organic Standards Program, $639,000 of
this amount shall be available for the Expenses and Refunds, Inspection
and Grading of Farm Products fund account for the cost of the National
Organic Standards Program and such funds shall remain available until
expended.
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 level
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 $13,438,000 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)),
$1,500,000.
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United
States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of the Packers and
Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of
farm products, and the standardization activities related to grain
under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $27,801,000: 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, $673,790,000, of which no less than
$585,258,000 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 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: Provided further, That the Food
Safety and Inspection Service may expend funds appropriated for, or
otherwise made available during fiscal year 2001 to liquidate
overobligations and overexpenditures incurred in fiscal years 1997 and
1998.
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,
$828,385,000: 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, as amended (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, $1,128,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans; operating loans, $3,177,868,000, of which
$2,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and
$477,868,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe
land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $2,006,000; for
emergency insured loans, $150,064,000 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, $18,886,000, of which
$5,100,000, shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans,
$129,534,000, of which $27,400,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $38,994,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian
tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $323,000;
and for emergency insured loans, $36,811,000 to meet the needs
resulting from natural disasters.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $269,454,000, of which
$265,315,000 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),
$67,700,000: 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 2001, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse
the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but
not previously reimbursed (estimated to be $27,771,007,000 in the
President's fiscal year 2001 Budget Request (H. Doc. 106-162)), but not
to exceed $27,771,007,000, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August
17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).
operations and maintenance for hazardous waste management
For fiscal year 2001, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not
expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961.
Administrative Provision
Any limitation established in this title on funds to carry out
research related to the production, processing, or marketing of tobacco
or tobacco products shall not apply to research on the medical,
biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco.
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, $0.
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,
$676,812,000, 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 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act shall be used to carry out any activity related to urban resources
partnership: 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), $10,868,000: 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
(including transfers of funds)
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, $83,423,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $12,000,000
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 $44,423,000 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 notwithstanding any other
provision of law, of the funds available for Emergency Watershed
Protection activities, $1,045,000 shall be available for DuPage County,
Illinois for financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That
up to $4,170,000 is for the costs of loans, as authorized by the
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1006a), for
rehabilitation of small, upstream dams built under the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. et seq.), section 13 of
the Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78-534; 58 Stat. 905), and the
pilot watershed program authorized under the heading ``Flood
Prevention'' of the Department of Agriculture Appropriations Act, 1954
(Public Law 83-156; 67 Stat. 214): Provided further, 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 none of the costs for such rehabilitation activities (including
any technical assistance costs such as planning, design, and
engineering costs) shall be borne by the Department of Agriculture:
Provided further, That the Department may provide technical assistance
for such rehabilitation projects to the extent that the costs of such
assistance shall be reimbursed by the borrower, and such reimbursements
shall be deposited into the accounts that incurred such costs and shall
be available until expended without further appropriation. In addition,
for expenses necessary to administer the loans, such sums as may be
necessary shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
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), $41,708,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That this appropriation shall be available
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
TITLE III
RURAL 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), $775,837,000, to remain available
until expended, of which $33,150,000, shall be for rural community
programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which
$668,988,000, shall be for the rural utilities programs described in
sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which
$73,699,000, shall be for the rural business and cooperative
development programs described in sections 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of
such Act: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated in this
account, $12,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit federally
Recognized Native American Tribes: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated for federally Recognized Native American Tribes,
$250,000 shall be set aside and made available for a grant to a
qualified national organization to provide technical assistance for
rural transportation in order to promote economic development for
federally recognized tribes: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated in the Rural Community Advancement Program account,
$2,000,000 shall be for an agri-tourism program: Provided further, 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 rural community programs not to
exceed $5,000,000 shall be for hazardous weather early warning systems:
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; $5,000,000 shall be for rural
partnership technical assistance grants; $2,000,000 shall be for grants
to Mississippi Delta Region counties; and not to exceed $2,000,000 may
be for loans to firms that market and process biobased products:
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 $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, of which 1 percent may be transferred to and merged with ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses'' to administer the program; not to
exceed $18,515,000 shall be for technical assistance grants for rural
waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to
exceed $9,500,000 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 $42,574,650 shall be available
through June 30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise
communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which $30,000,000 shall be
for the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of
such Act; and of which $8,435,000 shall be for the rural business and
cooperative development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of
such Act.
Rural Housing Service
rural housing insurance fund program account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949,
to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as
follows: $4,800,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as
determined by the Secretary, of which $3,700,000,000 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; $114,321,000 for section 515 rental housing; $5,000,000
for section 524 site loans; $16,780,000 for credit sales of acquired
property, of which up to $1,780,000 may be for multi-family credit
sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land
development loans: Provided, That of the total amount made available
for loans to section 502 borrowers, up to $5,400,000 shall be available
for use under a demonstration program to be carried out by the
Secretary of Agriculture in North Carolina to determine the timeliness,
quality, suitability, efficiency, and cost of utilizing modular housing
to re-house low- and very low-income elderly families who: (1) have
lost their housing because of a major disaster (as so declared by the
President pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act); and (2)(A) do not have homeowner's
insurance; or (B) can not repay a direct loan that is provided under
section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 with the maximum subsidy allowed
for such loans: Provided further, That, of the amounts made available
for such demonstration program, $5,000,000 shall be for grants and
$400,000 shall be for the cost (as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of loans, for such families to
acquire modular housing.
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, $184,160,000 of which
$7,400,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504
housing repair loans, $11,481,000; section 538 multi-family housing
guaranteed loans, $1,520,000; section 515 rental housing, $56,326,000;
multi-family credit sales of acquired property, $874,000; and section
523 self-help housing land development loans, $279,000: Provided, That
of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $11,180,000 shall
be available through June 30, 2001, 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
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
rental assistance program
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant
to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements entered into in
lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949,
$655,900,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as
authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount, not
more than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D)
of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for advances to
nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other
than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to
section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agreements
entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 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) of which $1,000,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2001, 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 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), 1490e, and 1490m,
$39,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the
total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June
30, 2001, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones.
farm labor program account
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized
by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $27,000,000, to remain available until
expended for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor
housing grants and contracts. In addition, for grants to assist low-
income migrant and seasonal farmworkers, as authorized by 42 U.S.C.
5177a, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Salaries and Expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of administering Rural Development programs
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936; the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act; title V of the Housing Act of 1949;
section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative
Marketing Act of 1926; for activities related to marketing aspects of
cooperatives, including economic research findings, authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for activities with institutions
concerning the development and operation of agricultural cooperatives:
$120,270,000: 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 $1,000,000 may
be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not
more than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards
to non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any balances available
for the Rural Utilities Service, the Rural Housing Service, and the
Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall
be transferred to and merged with this account.
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, $19,476,000, 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, 2001, 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 Development, 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,
$3,911,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit
payments in fiscal year 2001, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $3,911,000 shall not be obligated and
$3,911,000 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), $6,500,000, of which $2,000,000 shall be available for
cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for
rural areas program.
national sheep industry improvement center revolving fund
For the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Revolving Fund
authorized under section 375 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2008j), $5,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
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, $50,000,000; 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, $1,200,000,000 and rural telecommunications,
$120,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and
guaranteed loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural electric loans,
$25,500,000, and the cost of telecommunication loans, $7,770,000:
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
Development, 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 2001 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),
$2,590,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses, including audits,
necessary to carry out the loan programs, $3,000,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Development, 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., $18,100,000, to remain available until expended, to be
available for loans and grants for telemedicine and distance learning
services in rural areas; in addition, for the cost of direct loans and
grants, for a pilot program to finance broadband transmission and local
dial-up Internet service $1,400,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the definition of ``rural area'' contained in
section 203(b) of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 924(b)) shall
be applicable in carrying out this pilot program: Provided further,
That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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;
$9,535,039,000, to remain available through September 30, 2002, of
which $4,407,460,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,127,579,000 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 any funds made available under this heading by
transfer from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants, and Children (WIC), up to $6,000,000 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 $4,511,000 shall be available for independent verification of
school food service claims.
special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children
(wic)
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $4,067,000,000, 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
notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, up to $14,000,000
shall be available for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B),
no less than $6,000,000 of which shall be used for the development of
electronic benefit transfer systems: Provided further, That once the
amount for fiscal year 2000 carryover funds has been determined by the
Secretary, any funds in excess of $100,000,000 may be transferred and
made available as follows: $6,000,000 to programs under the heading
``Child nutrition programs'', $5,000,000 to programs under the heading
``Commodity assistance program'', and $10,000,000 to programs under the
heading ``Food donations program'': 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 such Act: 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 such Act.
food stamp program
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.), $21,231,993,000, 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 not more than $194,000,000 may be reserved by
the Secretary, notwithstanding section 16(h)(1)(A)(vi) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(A)(vi)), for allocation to State
agencies under section 16(h)(1) of such Act to carry out Employment and
Training programs: 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) and the Emergency Food
Assistance Act of 1983, $138,300,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2002: Provided, That none of these funds shall be
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
5(a)(2) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (Public
Law 93-86; 7 U.S.C. 612c note), $20,781,000 of this amount shall be
available for administrative expenses of the commodity supplemental
food 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 (increased by $20,000,000), to
remain available through September 30, 2002.
food program administration
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food programs
funded under this Act, $116,392,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be
available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs,
tightening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 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
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 $150,000 for representation allowances and for expenses
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
1766), $109,186,000: 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 account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and the Food for Progress Act of
1985, as amended, including the cost of modifying credit arrangements
under said Acts, $114,186,000, to remain available until expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the credit
program of title I, Public Law 83-480, and the Food for Progress Act of
1985, as amended, to the extent funds appropriated for Public Law 83-
480 are utilized, $1,850,000, of which not to exceed $1,035,000 may be
transferred to and merged with ``Salaries and Expenses'', Foreign
Agricultural Service, and of which not to exceed $815,000 may be
transferred to and merged with ``Salaries and Expenses'', Farm Service
Agency.
public law 480 title i ocean freight differential grants
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954, as amended, $20,322,000, to remain available until expended, for
ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural
commodities under title I of said Act: Provided, That funds made
available for the cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean
freight differential may be used interchangeably between the two
accounts.
public law 480 grants--titles ii and iii
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954, as amended, $800,000,000 (reduced by $30,000,000), to remain
available until expended, for commodities supplied in connection with
dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, of which up to 15
percent may be used for commodities supplied in connection with
dispositions abroad under title III of said Act, and of which
$1,850,000 may be used for administrative expenses of the United States
Agency for International Development, including expenses incurred to
employ personal services contractors, to carry out title II of such Act
(and this amount is in addition to amounts otherwise available for such
purposes).
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 $589,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and
Expenses''.
TITLE VI
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
salaries and expenses
(including rescission)
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; $1,267,178,000, of which not to
exceed $149,273,000 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 no more than $104,954,000
shall be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent
and related costs: Provided further, That $3,000,000 may be for
activities carried out pursuant to section 512 of the Federal Food,
Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to new animal drugs, in addition to
the amounts otherwise available under this heading for such activities:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated for ``Food and Drug
Administration Salaries and Expenses'' under Public Law 106-78,
$27,000,000 is hereby rescinded upon enactment of this Act.
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, as amended, 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, $69,000,000, including not
to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses:
Provided, That for fiscal year 2001 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 $36,800,000 (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 current fiscal year under this Act shall be
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided
for, of not to exceed 389 passenger motor vehicles, of which 385 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 sections 1 and 10 of the Act of June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C.
427, 427i; commonly known as the Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of
title II and section 302 of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621
et seq.), and chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, shall be
available for contracting in accordance with such Acts and chapter.
Sec. 704. The Secretary may transfer funds provided under this Act
and other available unobligated balances of the Department of
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant
and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial,
administrative, and information technology services: Provided, That
none of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior 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; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income country
training program and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural
Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations
in international currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by
the Foreign Agricultural Service.
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 section 606C
of the Act of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b; commonly known as the
Agricultural Act of 1954).
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 section 9 of the Small Business Act (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. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current
fiscal year shall remain available until expended to cover obligations
made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the rural
development loan fund program account; the rural telephone bank program
account; the rural electrification and telecommunications loans program
account; the rural housing insurance fund program account; and the
rural economic development loans program account.
Sec. 714. Such sums as may be necessary for the current fiscal year
pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the
levels appropriated by this Act.
Sec. 715. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United States
Code, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing Service; the
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. 716. Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including
provisions of law requiring competition), the Secretary of Agriculture
may hereafter 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 programs
administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service; 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. 717. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire more
than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank or to
maintain any account or subaccount within the accounting records of the
Rural Telephone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury or to the
Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone
Bank telephone liquidating account which is in excess of current
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set forth for
financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act
of 1990.
Sec. 718. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than
$1,500,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants.
Sec. 719. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to
carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
471).
Sec. 720. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any
other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless
the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee
for the period of assignment.
Sec. 721. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to transmit or
otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture employee
questions or responses to questions that are a result of information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.
Sec. 722. None of the funds made available to the Department of
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information
Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the
Chief Information Officer without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Sec. 723. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal
year, 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 Committees 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 the current fiscal year, 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 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
Sec. 724. With the exception of funds needed to administer and
conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations incurred prior to
enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out section 793 of Public Law 104-127,
the Fund for Rural America (7 U.S.C. 2204f).
Sec. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel who carry out an environmental quality incentives program
authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of $174,000,000.
Sec. 726. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise available to
the Department of Agriculture in the current fiscal year or thereafter
may be used to administer the provision of contract payments to a
producer under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et
seq.) for contract acreage on which wild rice is planted unless the
contract payment is reduced by an acre for each contract acre planted
to wild rice.
Sec. 727. With the exception of funds needed to administer and
conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations incurred prior to
enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of
Public Law 105-185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food
Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
Sec. 728. 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. 729. 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 1240M of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3839bb).
Sec. 730. None of the funds made available by this Act or any other
Act for any fiscal year may be used to carry out section 203(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. 731. 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 user fees
proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the convening of a
committee of conference for the fiscal year 2002 appropriations Act.
Sec. 732. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act shall be used to carry out a Community Food
Security program or any similar activity within the United States
Department of Agriculture without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Sec. 733. 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. 734. 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,
at the Third Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the
Senate for advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and which has
not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol:
Provided, That the limitation established in this section shall not
apply to any activity otherwise authorized by law.
Sec. 735. 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. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Town of
Lloyd, New York and the Town of Thompson, New York shall be eligible
for loans and grants provided through the Rural Community Advancement
Program.
Sec. 737. Hereafter, notwithstanding section 502(h)(7) of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)(7)), the fee collected by the
Secretary of Agriculture with respect to a guaranteed loan under such
section 502(h) at the time of the issuance of such guarantee may be in
an amount equal to not more than 2 percent of the principal obligation
of the loan.
Sec. 738. The Secretary of Agriculture may use funds available
under this and subsequent appropriation Acts to employ individuals to
perform services outside the United States as determined by the
agencies to be necessary or appropriate for carrying out programs and
activities abroad; and such employment actions, hereafter referred to
as Personal Service Agreements (PSA), are authorized to be negotiated,
the terms of the PSA to be prescribed and work to be performed, where
necessary, without regard to such statutory provisions as related to
the negotiation, making and performance of contracts and performance of
work in the United States. Individuals employed under a PSA to perform
such services outside the United States shall not by virtue of such
employment be considered employees of the United States Government for
purposes of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Management.
Such individuals may be considered employees within the meaning of the
Federal Employee Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C. 8101 et seq. Further, that
Government service credit shall be accrued for the time employed under
a PSA should the individual later be hired into a permanent United
States Government position within FAS or another United States
Government agency if their authorities so permit.
Sec. 739. (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 ``and 2000''; and
inserting ``through 2001''; and
(2) in subsection (h), by striking ``2000'' each place it
appears and inserting ``2001''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 142(e) of the Agricultural
Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7252(e)) is amended by striking
``2001'' and inserting ``2002''.
Sec. 740. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or made
available by this Act, $4,000,000 is appropriated for the purpose of
providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the
Congressional Hunger Center.
Sec. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to include a flood plain
determination in any environmental impact study conducted by or at the
request of the Farm Service Agency for financial obligations or
guarantees to aquaculture facilities pending the completion by the
Secretary of Agriculture and submission to Congress of a study
regarding the environmental impact of aquaculture activities in flood
plains in Arkansas.
Sec. 742. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation,
hereafter Friends of the National Arboretum, an organization described
in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt
from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code incorporated in the
District of Columbia, shall not be considered a prohibited source with
respect to the United States National Arboretum and its employees for
any reason, including for the purposes relating to gifts, compensation,
or any other donations of any size or kind, so long as Friends of the
National Arboretum remains an organization described under section
501(c)(3) of such Code and continues to conduct its operations
exclusively for the benefit of the United States National Arboretum.
Sec. 743. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
shall include the value of lost production when determining the amount
of compensation to be paid to owners, as provided in Public Law 106-
113, appendix E, title II, section 204, for the cost of tree
replacement for commercial trees destroyed as part of the Citrus Canker
Eradication Program in Florida.
Sec. 744. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regulations
requiring, for each child nutrition program, that--
(1) alternate protein products which are used to resemble
and substitute, in part, for meat, poultry, or seafood shall
meet the nutritional specifications for vegetable protein
products set forth in section 2(e)(3) of the matter relating to
vegetable protein products in appendix A to part 210 of title
7, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on April 9, 2000;
and
(2) if alternate protein products comprise 30 percent or
more of a meat, poultry, or seafood product, that fact shall be
disclosed at the point of service.
(b) The Secretary shall require that the regulations issued
pursuant to subsection (a) shall be implemented by each program
participant not later than January 1, 2001, and thereafter.
Sec. 745. Effective 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act and continuing for the remainder of fiscal year 2001 and each
subsequent fiscal year, establishments in the United States that
slaughter or process birds of the order Ratitae, such as ostriches,
emus and rheas, and squab, for distribution in commerce as human food
shall be subject to the ante mortem and post mortem inspection,
reinspection, and sanitation requirements of the Poultry Products
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) rather than the voluntary
poultry inspection program of the Department of Agriculture under
section 203 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622).
Sec. 746. In using funds made available under section 801(a) of the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-78; 113 Stat.
1175), or under the heading ``Crop loss assistance'' under ``Commodity
Credit Corporation Fund'' of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress (as
contained in appendix E of Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1501A-289)),
to compensate nursery stock producers for nursery stock losses caused
by Hurricane Irene on October 16 and 17, 1999, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall treat the losses as losses to the 1999 nursery stock
crop.
Sec. 747. Any regulation issued pursuant to any plan to eliminate
Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses due to eggs (including the Action Plan
to Eliminate Salmonella Enteritidis Illnesses Due to Eggs, published on
December 10, 1999) which establishes requirements for producers or
packers of shell eggs to conduct tests for Salmonella Enteritidis shall
contain provisions to defray or reimburse the costs of such tests to
producers or packers. Any requirements pursuant to any such plan to
divert eggs into pasteurization shall be imposed only as a consequence
of positive test results from end product testing. The number of
environmental tests required pursuant to any such plan shall, to the
extent practicable, not exceed the number of such tests required
pursuant to existing national quality assurance programs for shell
eggs.
Sec. 748. Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(b)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(3) Loans to poultry farmers.--
``(A) Inability to obtain insurance.--
``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subtitle, the Secretary
may make a loan to a poultry farmer under this
subtitle to cover the loss of a chicken house
for which the farmer did not have hazard
insurance at the time of the loss, if the
farmer--
``(I) applied for, but was unable,
to obtain hazard insurance for the
chicken house;
``(II) uses the loan to rebuild the
chicken house in accordance with
industry standards in effect on the
date the farmer submits an application
for the loan (referred to in this
paragraph as `current industry
standards');
``(III) obtains, for the term of
the loan, hazard insurance for the full
market value of the chicken house; and
``(IV) meets the other requirements
for the loan under this subtitle, other
than (if the Secretary finds that the
applicant's farming operations have
been substantially affected by a major
disaster or emergency designated by the
President under the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et
seq.)) the requirement that an
applicant not be able to obtain
sufficient credit elsewhere.
``(ii) Amount.--The amount of a loan made
to a poultry farmer under clause (i) shall be
an amount that will allow the farmer to rebuild
the chicken house in accordance with current
industry standards.
``(B) Loans to comply with current industry
standards.--
``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subtitle, the Secretary
may make a loan to a poultry farmer under this
subtitle to cover the loss of a chicken house
for which the farmer had hazard insurance at
the time of the loss, if--
``(I) the amount of the hazard
insurance is less than the cost of
rebuilding the chicken house in
accordance with current industry
standards;
``(II) the farmer uses the loan to
rebuild the chicken house in accordance
with current industry standards;
``(III) the farmer obtains, for the
term of the loan, hazard insurance for
the full market value of the chicken
house; and
``(IV) the farmer meets the other
requirements for the loan under this
subtitle, other than (if the Secretary
finds that the applicant's farming
operations have been substantially
affected by a major disaster or
emergency designated by the President
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)) the requirement
that an applicant not be able to obtain
sufficient credit elsewhere.
``(ii) Amount.--The amount of a loan made
to a poultry farmer under clause (i) shall be
the difference between--
``(I) the amount of the hazard
insurance obtained by the farmer; and
``(II) the cost of rebuilding the
chicken house in accordance with
current industry standards.''.
Sec. 749. Public Law 105-277, division A, title XI, section 1121
(112 Stat. 2681-44, 2681-45) is amended by--
(1) striking ``not later than January 1, 2000'' and
inserting ``not later than January 1, 2001''; and
(2) adding the following new subsection at the end
thereof--
``(d) Additional Disbursement.--
``(1) Cotton stored in georgia.--The State of Georgia shall
use funds remaining in the indemnity fund established in
accordance with this section to compensate cotton producers in
other States who stored cotton in the State of Georgia and
incurred losses in 1998 or 1999 as the result of the events
described in subsection (a).
``(2) Ginners and others.--The State of Georgia may also
use funds remaining in the indemnity fund established in
accordance with this section to compensate cotton ginners and
others in the business of producing, ginning, warehousing,
buying, or selling cotton for losses they incurred in 1998 or
1999 as the result of the events described in subsection (a),
if--
``(A) as of March 1, 2000, the indemnity fund has
not been exhausted;
``(B) the State of Georgia provides cotton
producers (including cotton producers described in
paragraph (1)) an additional time period prior to May
1, 2000, in which to establish eligibility for
compensation under this section;
``(C) the State of Georgia determines during
calendar year 2000 that all cotton producers in that
State and cotton producers in other States as described
in paragraph (1) have been appropriately compensated
for losses incurred in 1998 or 1999 as described in
subsection (a); and
``(D) such additional compensation is not made
available until May 1, 2000.''.
apple market loss assistance and quality loss payments for apples and
potatoes
Sec. 750. (a) Apple Market Loss Assistance.--In order to provide
relief for loss of markets for apples, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall use $100,000,000 to make payments to apple producers. Payments
shall be made on a per pound basis on each qualifying producer's 1999
production of apples, subject to such terms and conditions on such
payments as may be established by the Secretary. Payments under this
subsection, however, shall not be made with respect to that part of a
farm's 1999 apple production that is in excess of 1.6 million pounds.
(b) Quality Loss Payments for Apples and Potatoes.--In addition,
the Secretary shall use $15,000,000 to provide compensation to
producers of potatoes and to producers of apples who suffered quality
losses to their 1999 production of those crops due to, or related to, a
1999 hurricane.
(c) Non-Duplication of Payments.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of this section, the payments made under this section shall
be designed to avoid, taken into account other Federal compensation
programs as may apply, a duplication of payments for the same loss.
Payments made under Federal crop insurance programs shall not, however,
be considered to be duplicate payments.
(d) Funding.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds,
facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
carry out this section.
(e) Emergency Designation.--The entire amount necessary to carry
out this section shall be available only to the extent that an official
budget request for the entire amount, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Sec. 751. None of the funds made available in this Act or in any
other Act may be used to recover part or all of any payment erroneously
made to any oyster fisherman in the State of Connecticut for oyster
losses under the program established under section 1102(b) of the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section
101(a) of division A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental Approprations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)), and the
regulations issued pursuant to such section 1102(b).
Sec. 752. Within available funds, the Secretary of Agriculture is
urged to use ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels to the
maximum extent practicable in meeting the fuel needs of the Department
of Agriculture.
Sec. 753. None of the funds made available in this Act for the Food
and Drug Administration may be expended to enforce or otherwise carry
out section 801(d)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Sec. 754. None of the funds made available in this Act for the Food
and Drug Administration may be expended to take any action
(administrative or otherwise) to interfere with the importation into
the United States of drugs that have been approved for use within the
United States and were manufactured in an FDA-approved facility in the
United States, Canada, or Mexico.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001''.
Passed the House of Representatives July 11, 2000.
Attest:
Clerk.