[Appendix]
[Detailed Budget Estimates by Agency]
[Department of Agriculture]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
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] $2,941,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of
this amount, along with any unobligated balances of representation funds
in the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay
the salaries and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture
to carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104-127: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to enforce section 793(d) of Public Law 104-127.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded in this
Act, [$613,000] $636,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded
in this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and
liaison within the executive branch, [$3,668,000] $3,814,000: 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] $2,332,000
shall be transferred to agencies funded in this Act to maintain
personnel at the agency level.
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] $560,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer programs
under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, [$618,000] $642,000.
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] $598,000.
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] $597,000.
Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer the laws
enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the Natural Resources
Conservation Service, [$693,000] $719,000.
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] $611,000.
Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to administer the
laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and [Consumer] Nutrition
Service, [$554,000] $573,000. (7 U.S.C. 2201-2202; Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Office of the Secretary........... 3 3 3
00.02 Under/Assistant Secretaries....... 6 6 6
00.03 Service Center Implementation..... 1 2 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 10 11 10
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 4 3 1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 9 9 9
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 13 12 10
23.95 New obligations................... -10 -11 -10
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 3 1
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 11 11 12
41.00 Transferred to other accounts..... -2 -2 -2
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43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 9 9 10
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 9 9 10
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 4 6 3
73.10 New obligations................... 10 11 10
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -7 -14 -12
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 6 3 1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 7 8 9
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 6 3
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 7 14 12
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 9 9 9
90.00 Outlays........................... 7 14 12
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The Office of the Secretary covers the overall planning,
coordination, and administration of the Department's programs. This
includes the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, Under Secretaries, Assistant
Secretaries, and their immediate staffs,
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who provide top policy guidance for the Department; maintain
relationships with agricultural organizations and others in the
development of farm programs; and provide liaison with the Executive
Office of the President and Members of Congress on all matters
pertaining to agricultural policy.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 6 6 6
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1 2 2
25.2 Other services.................... 2 2 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 9 10 9
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 10 11 10
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 61 82 82
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Fund for Rural America
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Rural development activities...... 44 50
00.02 Research, extension and education
grants.......................... 2 34 50
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10.00 Total obligations............... 46 34 100
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 34
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 80 100
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 80 34 100
23.95 New obligations................... -46 -34 -100
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 34
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.00 Appropriation..................... 80 100
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 5 22
73.10 New obligations................... 46 34 100
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -41 -17 -66
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 5 22 56
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 41 55
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 17 11
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 41 17 66
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 80 100
90.00 Outlays........................... 41 17 66
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Section 502 housing loans......... 109
1150 Direct Farm Ownership Loans....... 10
1150 Direct water and waste disposal
loans........................... 4
1150 Rural housing for domestic farm
labor loans..................... 1
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1159 Total direct loan levels........ 124
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Section 502 housing loans......... 14.18
1320 Direct Farm Ownership Loans....... 21.03
1320 Direct water and waste disposal
loans........................... 9.02
1320 Rural housing for domestic farm
labor loans..................... 47.77
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1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 18.40
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Section 502 housing loans......... 15
1330 Direct Farm Ownership Loans....... 2
1330 Direct water and waste disposal
loans........................... 1
1330 Rural housing for domestic farm
labor loans..................... 1
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1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 19
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Section 502 housing loans......... 15
1340 Direct Farm Ownership Loans....... 2
1340 Direct water and waste disposal
loans........................... 1
1340 Rural housing for domestic farm
labor loans..................... 1
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1349 Total subsidy outlays........... 19
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The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (1996
Act) established the Fund for Rural America to provide support to rural
communities across the United States. The 1996 Act provided that $100
million be made available on January 1, 1997 for use by the Fund. The
1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery for Natural
Disasters (P.L. 105-18) limited the available funding for the Fund to
$80 million. As authorized by the 1996 Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
allocated the available funding between rural development and research
activities. The Act specifies that at least one-third of the funds be
allocated to rural development activities and one-third to research
activities. No more than two-thirds of the available funds may be made
available for rural development activities.
In 1997, the Secretary allocated $44 million of the available
funding to support ongoing rural development activities. A portion of
this funding was used to reduce the existing backlogs in high priority
rural development programs including the Water and Waste Disposal Loans
and Grants, Section 502 Single Family Housing Loans, and the Distance
Learning/Medical Link programs. Another portion was used to bolster
current operations of the Alternative Agricultural Research and
Commercialization Corporation, and fund additional Rural Business
Enterprise Grants. Farm Labor Loans/Grants, and technical assistance to
the Enterprise Communities and Empowerment Zones. Funding was also used
to fund additional loans in the Beginning Farmer Loan program and
additional grants under Section 2501 for Outreach for Socially
Disadvantaged Producers.
Another $36 million was provided for research, extension, and
education grants. Of this $36 million, $26 million was allocated to
projects designed to: (1) increase international competitiveness,
profitability and efficiency; (2) enhance the economic standing of rural
communities; and (3) improve environmental stewardship. An additional $8
million was allocated to research activities that focus specifically on
the development of methods to counter increasing concentration within
the livestock and poultry industries, improvement in the food safety
arena with specific emphasis on assisting small business establishments
to achieve the new HACCP/Pathogen reductions, identification of the
disease prevention potential of various foods, and the promotion of
gleaning and food recovery efforts. The remaining $2 million funds a new
research initiative to address barriers to the full implementation of
cutting edge telecommunications technology in rural America.
The 1996 Farm Bill authorized $100 million for the Fund in each of
1997, 1999, and 2000. The Department's 1998 budget included a proposal
to shift the $100 million available in 2000 to 1998 in order to
facilitate more consistent and
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efficient program delivery. Since this proposal was not accepted, no
funding is authorized for the Fund in 1998.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.1 Advisory and assistance services.. 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 45 34 100
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99.9 Total obligations............... 46 34 100
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Trust Funds
Gifts and Bequests
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 1 1 1
Receipts:
02.01 Gifts and bequests................ 1 1 1
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 2 2 2
Appropriation:
05.01 Gifts and bequests................ -1 -1 -1
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 1 1 1
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
99.5)........................... 1 1 1
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 1 1 1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1 1 1
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 2 2 2
23.95 New obligations................... -1 -1 -1
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1 1 1
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)..................... 1 1 1
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 1 1 1
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1 -1 -1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 1 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 1 1 1
90.00 Outlays........................... 1 1 1
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The Secretary is authorized to accept and administer gifts and
bequests of real and personal property to facilitate the work of the
Department. Property and the proceeds thereof are used in accordance
with the terms of the gift or bequest (7 U.S.C. 2269).
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Executive Operations
chief economist
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including economic
analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, and the functions of
the World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and including employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, [$5,048,000] $5,823,000.
commission on 21st century production agriculture
For establishment of the Commission on 21st Century Production
Agriculture, as authorized by section 181 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act, (7 U.S.C. 7311-7318), of which not to exceed
$20,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $350,000.
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] $13,297,000.
Office of Budget and Program Analysis
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed
$5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, [$5,986,000] $6,045,000.
(7 U.S.C. 2201, 2202; 42 U.S.C. 2000d; Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Chief Economist................... 4 5 6
00.03 National Appeals Divison.......... 12 12 13
00.04 Budget and Program Analysis....... 6 6 6
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10.00 Total obligations............... 22 23 26
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 22 23 26
23.95 New obligations................... -22 -23 -26
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 22 23 26
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 3 3
73.10 New obligations................... 22 23 26
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -21 -23 -26
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 3 3
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 19 20 23
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 2 3 3
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 21 23 26
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 22 23 26
90.00 Outlays........................... 21 23 26
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Executive Operations provides support for USDA policy officials and
selected Departmentwide services.
The Office of the Chief Economist advises the Secretary of
Agriculture on the economic implications of Department policies and
programs and proposed legislation. The Office serves as the single focal
point for the Nation's economic intelligence and analysis, risk
assessment, and cost-benefit analysis related to domestic and
international food and agriculture, and is responsible for coordination
and clearance review of all commodity and aggregate agricultural and
food-related data used to develop outlook and situation material within
the Department.
WORKLOAD INDICATORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
World Agricultural Supply and Demand
Estimates Reports issued............ 12 12 12
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Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
issued.............................. 52 52 52
Significant and economically
significant regulations reviewed.... 40 40 40
The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996
authorized the Commission on the 21st Century Production Agriculture to
(1) conduct comprehensive review and assessment of the success of
production flexibility contracts in supporting the viability of U.S.
farming, and (2) review the future of production agriculture and the
appropriate role of the Federal government in it. Funds to support the
operating expenses for this Commission are included in this account.
The National Appeals Division conducts administrative hearings and
reviews of adverse program decisions made by the Farm Service Agency,
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Rural Housing
Service.
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Regional or National Training....... 3 1 3
NAD Directives Issues............... 1 5 10
Percent of Hearing Officer
determinations upheld on review..... 76 80 80
Percent of Director Review
determinations for which a
reconsideration is requested........ 10 9 8
The Office of Budget and Program Analysis provides overall direction
and administration of the Department's budgetary functions including:
development, presentation, and execution of the budget; review of
program and legislative proposals for programs and budget implications;
and analysis of program issues and alternatives and preparation of
summaries of pertinent data to aid Departmental policy officials and
agency program managers in the decisionmaking process.
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 16 16 17
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 3 3 3
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 1 2
25.2 Other services.................... 2 2 2
31.0 Equipment......................... 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 22 23 26
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 246 253 259
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Chief Financial Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed
$10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, [$4,283,000] $4,562,000:
Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall actively market cross-
servicing activities of the National Finance Center. (Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 4 4 5
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 1 2 2
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10.00 Total obligations............... 5 6 7
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 5 6 7
23.95 New obligations................... -5 -6 -7
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 4 4 5
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1 2 2
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 5 6 7
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 1
73.10 New obligations................... 5 6 7
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -5 -6 -7
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 1 1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 4 4 4
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 2 2
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 5 6 7
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -1 -2 -2
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 4 4 5
90.00 Outlays........................... 4 4 5
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The Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) supports the Chief
Financial Officer in carrying out the dual roles of chief financial
management policy officer and chief financial management advisor to the
Secretary and mission area heads. OCFO provides leadership for all
financial management, accounting, travel, Federal assistance, and
performance measurement activities within the Department. It is
responsible for the management and operation of the National Finance
Center and the Departmental Working Capital Fund, and provides budget,
accounting, and fiscal services to the Office of the Secretary,
Departmental Staff Offices, Office of Communications, Office of the
Chief Information Officer and Executive Operations.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
A single, integrated, financial
information system as defined by OMB
Circular A-127 and the Federal
Financial Management Improvement Act
(FFMIA)............................. On going 25% 75%
All new financial systems and the
financial portions of mixed systems
are in compliance with
Departmentwide standards............ 85% 90% 95%
Percent of fees and other charges
reviewed for compliance with
applicable principles............... n/a n/a 50%
Reduction in the number of FMFIA
material weaknesses and corrective
action recommendations.............. Base 10% 10%
year reduction reduction
Open audit issues are promptly
resolved............................ Base 10% 10%
year reduction reduction
Customer surveys show increased
satisfaction with planning, budget
and fund control process............ n/a Establish 5%
baseline improvement
Increase in collection of delinquent
debts............................... Establish 5% 10%
baseline
Decrease in number of new loan
delinquencies....................... Establish 4% 8%
baseline
Continue high percentage of on-time
payments under the Prompt Payment
Act and low dollar amount of
interest paid....................... 99% 99% 99%
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 3 3 4
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 1 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 4 4 5
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 5 6 7
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 53 61 63
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 13 21 21
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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, [$4,773,000]
$7,222,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 6 7
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 8 7
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10.00 Total obligations............... 14 14
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 14 14
23.95 New obligations................... -14 -14
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 5 7
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 1
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43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 6 7
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 8 7
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 14 14
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 14 14
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -14 -14
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 6 7
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 8 7
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 14 14
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -8 -7
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 6 7
90.00 Outlays........................... 6 7
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The Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 required the establishment of a Chief
Information Officer (CIO) for major Federal agencies. To meet the intent
of the law and to provide a Departmental focus for information resources
management issues, Secretary's Memorandum 1030-30, dated August 8, 1996,
established the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). OCIO
provides Departmentwide policy guidance, leadership, coordination and
direction to the Department's information management and information
technology investment activities in support of USDA program delivery.
The Office provides long-range planning guidance, implements measures to
ensure that technology investments are economical and effective,
coordinates interagency Information Resources Management (IRM) projects,
and implements standards to promote information exchange and technical
interoperability.
This office also provides telecommunications and ADP services to
USDA agencies throughout the National Information Technology Center with
locations in Ft. Collins, Colorado, and Kansas City, Missouri. Direct
ADP operational services are also provided to the Office of the
Secretary, Office of the General Counsel, Office of Communications, the
Office of Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Operations.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 4 4
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 5 5
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 7 7
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 2 2
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99.9 Total obligations............... 14 14
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 52 60
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 11 9
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Intragovernmental funds:
Working Capital Fund
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Operating expenses:
09.01 Supply and other central
services...................... 22 20 20
09.02 Video and other visual
information services.......... 4 4 4
09.03 National Finance Center......... 138 145 149
09.04 ADP systems..................... 45 51 56
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09.09 Subtotal, operating expenses.... 209 220 229
Purchase of equipment:
09.11 Supply and other central
services...................... 1 1 1
09.12 National Finance Center......... 7 11 10
09.13 ADP systems..................... 7 7 9
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09.19 Subtotal, purchase of equipment. 15 19 20
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10.00 Total obligations............... 224 239 249
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 12 19 19
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 244 239 249
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... -13
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 243 258 268
23.95 New obligations................... -224 -239 -249
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 19 19 19
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 244 239 249
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... -9 15 15
73.10 New obligations................... 224 239 249
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -213 -239 -249
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. 13
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 15 15 15
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 213 239 249
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -244 -239 -249
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... -31
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This fund finances by advances or reimbursements certain central
services in the Department of Agriculture, including duplicating and
other visual information services, art and graphics, video services,
supply, centralized accounting systems, centralized automated data
processing systems for payroll, personnel, and related services, voucher
payments services, and ADP systems. The National Finance Center's
expenses are also funded through this fund. The capital consists of $400
thousand appropriated (7 U.S.C. 2235), and subsequent appropriations of
$31,838 thousand as of September 30, 1997. Earnings are kept at a low
level through adjustments in rates charged for services to maintain as
nearly as possible the nonprofit nature of the fund.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 4 37 37 37
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 50 14 14 14
Other Federal assets:
1802 Inventories and related
properties.................... 1 1 1
1803 Property, plant and equipment,
net........................... 55 44 44 44
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1999 Total assets.................... 109 96 96 96
LIABILITIES:
2101 Federal liabilities: Accounts
payable......................... 3 3 3
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable................ 23 23 20 20
2207 Other........................... 16 14 14 14
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2999 Total liabilities............... 42 37 37 37
NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. 67 59 59 59
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3999 Total net position.............. 67 59 59 59
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 109 96 96 96
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Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent............. 79 84 89
11.3 Other than full-time permanent.. 2 2 2
11.5 Other personnel compensation.... 3 2 2
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11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 84 88 93
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 15 16 17
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 2 2 2
22.0 Transportation of things.......... 1 1 1
23.1 Rental payments to GSA............ 4 5 5
23.2 Rental payments to others......... 2 2 2
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 17 20 21
24.0 Printing and reproduction......... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 74 77 79
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 7 6 6
31.0 Equipment......................... 17 21 22
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99.9 Total obligations............... 224 239 249
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2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 2,020 2,099 1,965
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Departmental Administration
(including transfers of funds)
For Departmental Administration, [$27,231,000] $32,168,000, to
provide for necessary expenses for management support services to
offices of the Department and for general administration and disaster
management of the Department, repairs and alterations, and other
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and
necessary for the practical and efficient work of the Department,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed
$10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this
Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required
by 5 U.S.C. 551-558. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.08 Direct program.................... 30 25 32
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 15 18 16
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10.00 Total obligations............... 45 43 48
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 46 43 48
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -1
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 45 43 48
23.95 New obligations................... -45 -43 -48
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 30 27 32
41.00 Transferred to other accounts... -3
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 1
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43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 30 25 32
Permanent:
Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash). 8 18 16
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............. 8 -20
68.15 Adjustment to orders on hand
from Federal sources........ -1 20
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)................... 15 18 16
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 45 43 48
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... -9 11
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72.95 Orders on hand from Federal
sources....................... 12 20
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72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 12 11 11
73.10 New obligations................... 45 43 48
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -45 -43 -48
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... -9 11 11
74.95 Orders on hand from Federal
sources....................... 20
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74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 11 11 11
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 30 23 29
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 7 3
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 4 18 16
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 4
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 45 43 48
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -8 -18 -16
88.95 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources................. -8 20
88.96 Adjustment to orders on hand from
Federal sources................. 1 -20
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 30 25 32
90.00 Outlays........................... 37 24 31
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Departmental Administration is comprised of activities that provide
staff support to top policy officials and overall direction and
coordination of the Department. These activities include Department-wide
programs for human resource management, management improvement,
occupational safety and health management, real and personal property
management, procurement, contracting, motor vehicle and aircraft
management, supply management, civil rights and equal opportunity,
participation of small and disadvantaged businesses, and socially
disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in the Department's program
activities, emergency preparedness, and the regulatory hearing and
administrative proceedings conducted by the Administrative Law Judges,
Judicial Officer, and Board of Contract Appeals.
Departmental Administration is also responsible for representing
USDA in the development of government-wide policies and initiatives;
analyzing the impact of government-wide trends and developing
appropriate USDA principles, policies, and standards. In addition,
Departmental Administration engages in strategic planning and evaluating
programs to ensure USDA-wide compliance with applicable laws, rules, and
regulations pertaining to administrative matters for the Secretary and
general officers of the Department.
The budget request includes additional funding to improve the
Department's civil rights activities in the areas of human resources,
assistance to small and disadvantaged businesses, outreach, and conflict
resolution.
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION WORKLOAD INDICATORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Percent of Program Complaints
Backlog Eliminated.................. 11 100 100
Days Required to Investigate and
Settle Civil Rights Program
Complaints.......................... 435 521 180
Acquisitions Reviewed Not Set-aside
for Small Business.................. 45 50 50
Subcontracting Plans Reviewed....... 40 45 45
Small Businesses Counseled.......... 6,200 6,200 6,200
Small Business Procurement
Conferences Conducted or Sponsored
by USDA/OSDBU....................... 6 4 4
Participation of OSDBU staff in
Outreach Conferences................ 15 10 15
Procurement Assistance Reviews
Conducted........................... 0 4 4
Develop Set-aside Policy............ 1 0 0
Training Conferences Conducted...... 4 4 4
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 20 17 21
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 4 3 4
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 1 1
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 3 2 4
31.0 Equipment....................... 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 29 24 31
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 15 18 16
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 45 43 48
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 344 303 349
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 97 79 78
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Hazardous Waste Management
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply
with the requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.
9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
42 U.S.C. 6961, $15,700,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to the
Department for Hazardous Waste Management may be transferred to any
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. (42 U.S.C.
6961, et seq., 42 U.S.C. 9601, et seq.; Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 14 20 16
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 15 20 16
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 2 4
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 17 16 16
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 19 20 16
23.95 New obligations................... -15 -20 -16
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 4
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 16 16 16
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 15 16 20
73.10 New obligations................... 15 20 16
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -14 -16 -16
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 16 20 20
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 12 11 11
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 2 5 5
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 14 16 16
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 17 16 16
90.00 Outlays........................... 12 16 16
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Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act and the Resource Conservation
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and Recovery Act, the Department has the responsibility to meet the same
standards for storage and disposition of hazardous wastes as private
businesses. Since the Department has substantial commitments under these
Acts, a central fund has been established so that resources may be
allocated to the Department's agencies. Allocations are made according
to objective criteria.
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Number of USDA properties screened
to identify potential contaminated
sites 1, 2............... 269 98 50
Number of sites assessed/
characterized on need for cleanup... 69 43 54
Number of removal and remediation
plans completed 2, 3..... included included 13
above above
Nunber of removal and remedial
actions completed 2, 3... 31 25 17
Number of natural resource damage
assessments completed 2.. 0 0 0
Number of cleanup/restoration
agreements with potentially
responsible parties (PRP's)
3, 4..................... 6 8 20
Estimated value of cleanup/
restoration work performed by PRP's
($ millions) \4\.................... 18 20 30
Number of UST cleanups completed.... 10 5 3
\1\ The number of properties screened is declining due to the scheduled
completion of Forest Service screening efforts and the EPA Lender Liability
rule that changed the requirement for screening of properties that are
foreclosed upon but not managed.
\2\ Indicates the performance measure reports only funded by this
account accomplishments for 1998 and 1999. Additional accomplishments are
funded with Forest Service funds and are reported in the Forest Service
budget.
\3\ Prior to 1997, potentially responsible party and USDA cleanups were
combined and are now shown separately.
\4\ Indicates total accomplishments using HWMA funds and Agency funding
sources for oversight.
The performance indicators in the 1999 request reflect more complex
and work intensive projects.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.2 Direct obligations: Other services 11 16 16
99.0 Reimbursable obligations:
Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations..................... 1
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 3 4
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99.9 Total obligations............... 15 20 16
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Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments
(including transfers of funds)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law
92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 delegation of
authority from the Administrator of General Services to the Department
of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the
Department which are included in this Act, and for the operation,
maintenance, and repair of Agriculture buildings, [$123,385,000]
$132,184,000: Provided, That in the event an agency within the
Department should require modification of space needs, the Secretary of
Agriculture may transfer a share of that agency's appropriation made
available by this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer a share of
this appropriation to that agency's appropriation, but such transfers
shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds made available for space rental
and related costs to or from this account. In addition, for
construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase
of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the programs
of the Department, where not otherwise provided, [$5,000,000]
$23,505,000, to remain available until expended; [and in addition, for
necessary relocation expenses of the Department's agencies, $2,700,000,
to remain available until expended;] making a total appropriation of
[$131,085,000] $155,689,000. (7 U.S.C. 2201, 2202, 2208; Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Rental payments to GSA: Non-
recurring repairs............. 100 98 108
00.02 Building operations and
maintenance................... 16 34 24
00.03 Beltsville renovation and repair 3
00.04 Strategic space plan............ 15 24 24
00.05 Relocation expenses............. 3
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 134 159 156
09.02 Reimbursable program.............. 4 5 5
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10.00 Total obligations............... 138 164 161
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 19 29
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 148 136 161
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 167 164 161
23.95 New obligations................... -138 -164 -161
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 29
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 144 131 156
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 4 5 5
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 148 136 161
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 47 25 34
73.10 New obligations................... 138 164 161
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -161 -155 -165
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 25 34 30
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 132 103 127
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 25 47 32
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 4 5 5
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 161 155 165
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -4 -5 -5
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 144 131 156
90.00 Outlays........................... 157 150 160
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This account finances the General Services Administration's fees for
rental of space and related services. The appropriation covers all fees
for all regular appropriated accounts within the Department of
Agriculture with the exception of the Forest Service. This account also
finances the operation and maintenance of four buildings in the
Headquarters area.
Beginning in 1995, the account included funds for USDA's strategic
space plan. Since then, funds have been made available for the
construction and occupancy of an office facility at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center and the design and initial implementation
of a long-term program to renovate and modernize the South Building. The
1999 request provides additional funding for the South Building
renovation at the 1997 level (in 1998, funding was reduced to avoid the
build-up of balances).
WORKLOAD INDICATORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Maintenance and Repairs:
Minor Repairs (number)............ 262 300 300
Maintenance (thousands of hours).. 18.75 19.0 19.0
Service Calls (thousands)......... 13.62 11.5 11.0
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 4 5 5
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 1 1 1
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 100 99 108
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 3 3 3
25.2 Other services.................. 22 51 39
31.0 Equipment....................... 4
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 134 159 156
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 4 5 5
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99.9 Total obligations............... 138 164 161
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 78 83 86
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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] $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.
(Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 1 3 10
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 2 3 10
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 2 3 10
23.95 New obligations................... -2 -3 -10
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 1 3 10
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 2 3 10
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 2
73.10 New obligations................... 2 3 10
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -3 -5 -10
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 2
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1 3 10
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1 2
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 3 5 10
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 1 3 10
90.00 Outlays........................... 3 5 10
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Farm Outreach and Assistance Grants.--This program is authorized
under section 2501 of Title XXV of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990. Section 2501 requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to provide outreach and technical assistance to encourage
and assist socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers to own and
operate farms and ranches and to participate in agricultural programs.
The Secretary may make grants and enter into contracts and other
agreements to eligible community-based organizations, 1890/1862/1994
Land-Grant Institutions, Tuskegee University, Native American Community
Colleges and Hispanic Servicing Institutions who demonstrated experience
in providing education or other agriculture-related services to socially
disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
In 1999, the increased funding will support twenty-seven entities.
The USDA through partnership agreements will provide outreach, training,
technical assistance, and sound farm management and production to small
farmers and ranchers by providing assistance in custom farm plans,
production, crop diversification, marketing practices, farm accounting,
and recordkeeping. The overall objective of the program is to enhance
the ability of small and minority producers to operate a farming or
ranching enterprise independently and produce income to service an
adequate standard of living. Services are provided by non-federal
employees who are employed by the entities.
GRANT OBLIGATIONS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Number of grants.................... 14 21 27
Amount of grants (in millions of
dollars)............................ 1 3 10
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41.0 Direct obligations: Grants,
subsidies, and contributions.... 1 3 10
99.0 Reimbursable obligations:
Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations..................... 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 2 3 10
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OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
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]
$8,319,000, 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.
(Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program: Public affairs.... 8 8 8
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 1 1 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 9 9 9
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 9 9 9
23.95 New obligations................... -9 -9 -9
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 8 8 8
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Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 2 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 10 9 9
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... -1
72.95 Orders on hand from Federal
sources....................... 3 3 3
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 2 3 3
73.10 New obligations................... 9 9 9
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -9 -9 -9
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1
74.95 Orders on hand from Federal
sources....................... 3 3 2
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 3 3 3
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 8 7 7
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 1
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 9 9 9
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -2 -1 -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 8 8 8
90.00 Outlays........................... 8 8 8
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Public affairs.--This office provides general direction, leadership,
and coordination of the Department's information program. The major
objective is to provide a balanced and useful information program that
reports on USDA's research, administrative action, and regulatory
activities using all communications media in order to enable the general
public and the agricultural industry to have a better understanding of
agriculture's services to farmers and to society.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Surveyed farm and rural-oriented
groups.............................. n/a 25 50
Surveyed consumer and food/nutrition
groups.............................. n/a 20 40
Surveyed environmental and
educational groups.................. n/a 20 40
Surveyed USDA employees............. n/a All All
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 6 6 6
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 1 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 8 8 8
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1 1
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 9 9 9
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 93 93 94
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OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Office of the Inspector General
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General,
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General
Act of 1978, [$63,128,000] $87,689,000, including such sums as may be
necessary for contracting and other arrangements with public agencies
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109 not to exceed $2,500 for official representation
activities; and including a sum not to exceed [$95,000] $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:
Provided, That funds transferred to the Office of the Inspector General
through forfeiture proceedings or from the Department of Justice Assets
Forfeiture Fund or the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as a
participating agency, as an equitable share from the forfeiture of
property in investigations in which the Office of the Inspector General
participates, or through the granting of a Petition for Remission or
Mitigation, shall be deposited to the credit of this account for law
enforcement activities authorized under the Inspector General Act of
1978, to remain available until expended. (7 U.S.C. 450b, 2201, 2202,
2220, 2270; Public Law 100-504; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 63 63 88
01.01 Reimbursable program.............. 2 2 2
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10.00 Total obligations............... 65 65 90
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 65 65 90
23.95 New obligations................... -65 -65 -90
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 63 63 88
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 2 2 2
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 65 65 90
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 8 8 8
73.10 New obligations................... 65 65 90
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -65 -65 -88
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 8 8 8
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 57 57 80
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 6 6 6
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 2 2 2
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 65 65 88
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -2 -2 -2
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 63 63 88
90.00 Outlays........................... 62 63 86
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The Office keeps the Secretary and Congress informed about fraud,
other serious problems, mismanagement, and
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deficiencies in Department programs and operations, recommends
corrective action, and reports on the progress made in correcting the
problems. It reviews existing and proposed legislation and regulations
and makes recommendations to the Secretary and Congress regarding the
impact these laws have on the Department's programs and the prevention
and detection of fraud and mismanagement in such programs. The Office
provides policy direction and conducts, supervises, and coordinates all
audits and investigations. The office supervises and coordinates other
activities in the Department and between the Department and other
Federal, State and local government agencies whose purposes are to: (a)
promote economy and efficiency; (b) prevent and detect fraud and
mismanagement; and (c) identify and prosecute people involved in fraud
or mismanagement. In 1999, an additional $21.7 million is included for
the Administration's Law Enforcement Initiative, which will target fraud
and abuse in the Food Stamp Program, Child Nutrition Programs, Rural
Rental Housing Program, and emergency programs.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 37 39 55
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 4 4 4
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 41 43 59
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 11 11 15
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 6 6 8
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 3 2 5
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 62 63 88
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 2 2 2
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 65 65 90
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 742 750 925
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OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Office of the General Counsel
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel,
[$28,524,000] $30,446,000. (7 U.S.C. 2201; 2202, 2214a; Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 28 29 30
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 1 1 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 29 30 31
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 29 30 31
23.95 New obligations................... -29 -30 -31
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 28 29 30
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 29 30 31
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 1 2
73.10 New obligations................... 29 30 31
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -29 -29 -31
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 2 2
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 27 27 28
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 2
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 29 29 31
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -1 -1 -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 28 29 30
90.00 Outlays........................... 27 28 30
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The Office of the General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture
provides all legal advice, counsel, and services to the Secretary and to
all agencies, offices, and corporations of the Department on all aspects
of their operations. It represents the Department in administrative
proceedings; nonlitigation debt collection proceedings; state water
rights adjudications; proceedings before the Environmental Protection
Agency, Interstate Commerce Commission, Federal Maritime Administration
and International Trade Commission; and, in conjunction with the
Department of Justice, in judicial proceedings and litigation. All
attorneys and related support personnel of the Department are under the
supervision of the General Counsel.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 21 22 23
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 4 5 5
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 1 1 1
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 28 29 30
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 29 30 31
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 338 366 370
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 13 8 8
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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Economic Research Service
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in
conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by the Agricul-
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tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws,
[$71,604,000] $55,839,000: 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). (7 U.S.C. 292, 411,
427, 1441a, 1704, 1761-68, 2201, 2202, 3103, 3291, 3311, 3504; 22 U.S.C.
3101; 42 U.S.C. 1891-93; 44 U.S.C. 3501-11; 50 U.S.C. 2061 et seq., 2251
et seq.; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 53 72 56
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 6 6 6
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10.00 Total obligations............... 59 78 62
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 59 78 62
23.95 New obligations................... -59 -78 -62
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 53 72 56
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 6 6 6
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 59 78 62
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 9 14 14
73.10 New obligations................... 59 78 62
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -54 -78 -63
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 14 14 13
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 43 62 49
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 5 10 10
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 6 6 6
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 54 78 63
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -6 -6 -6
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 53 72 56
90.00 Outlays........................... 48 72 57
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Funding for the Economic Research Service is proposed as part of the
Research Fund for America. This proposal highlights the Administration's
priority to providing needed and sustained investments in important
Federal research programs on a deficit neutral basis. A discussion of
the Research Fund for America, and two other funds for the environment
and transportation, can be found in Section II of the Budget volume.
The Economic Research Service provides economic and other social
science research and analysis for public and private decisions on
agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America.
Miscellaneous funds received from States, local organizations, and
others are available for support of economic research and analysis (7
U.S.C. 450b, 450h, 3318b).
The 1999 request includes funding for three new studies: one on the
information needs of small farmers, one on electric utility
deregulation, and one on estimating the benefits of increased food
safety. The 1998 appropriation included funds for certain research
activities of the USDA Food and Nutrition Service, which are proposed to
be funded through that account in 1999.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 31 33 34
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 32 34 35
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 6 6 6
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 2 2 1
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 5 6 6
25.5 Research and development
contracts..................... 4 20 4
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment....................... 1 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 53 72 56
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 6 6 6
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99.9 Total obligations............... 59 78 62
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 533 519 516
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 37 35 35
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
National Agricultural Statistics Service
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including
crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and improvements,
marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627), the Census of
Agriculture Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-113), and other laws, [$118,048,000]
$107,190,000, of which up to [$36,327,000] $23,741,000 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[: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct the 1997
Census of Agriculture, to the extent practicable, pursuant to the
provisions of title 13, United States Code]. (7 U.S.C. 411, 411a, 411b,
427, 471, 475, 476, 501, 951, 953, 955-57, 2201, 2202, 2248, 3103, 3311,
3504; 18 U.S.C. 1902, 1905, 2072; 42 U.S.C. 1891-93; 44 U.S.C. 3501-11;
50 U.S.C. 2061 et seq., 2251 et seq.; Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Agricultural estimates.......... 79 78 80
00.02 Statistical research and service 3 3 3
00.03 Census of Agriculture........... 17 36 24
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 10 10 10
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10.00 Total obligations............... 110 128 117
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 110 128 117
23.95 New obligations................... -110 -128 -117
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 100 118 107
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 10 10 10
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 110 128 117
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 14 24 26
73.10 New obligations................... 110 128 117
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -100 -125 -118
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 24 26 25
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 79 104 95
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 11 11 13
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 10 10 10
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 100 125 118
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -8 -8 -8
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -2 -2 -2
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -10 -10 -10
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 100 118 107
90.00 Outlays........................... 90 116 109
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Agricultural estimates.--The Service provides the official National
and State estimates of acreage, yield, and production of crops, stocks,
and value of farm commodities, and numbers of inventory values of
livestock items. Data on approximately 120 crops and 45 livestock
products are covered in nearly 400 reports issued each year. Detailed
data are also collected on agricultural chemical use, labor, and
expenditures. Data collected and published on prices paid and received
by farmers are basic to computation of farm program payments.
The work under this activity is conducted through 45 State offices
serving the 50 States; most of these offices are operated as joint State
and Federal services. Cooperative arrangements with State agencies
provide additional State and county data. The 1999 program includes an
increase of $1,400,000 for the development of a pesticide use survey of
the horticulture and greenhouse industry.
Statistical research and service.--This activity is designed to
improve agricultural estimating techniques by improving sample survey
designs and procedures and by testing new forecasting and estimating
techniques, such as the use of satellite data.
Census of Agriculture.--In 1997, the Census of Agriculture, formerly
funded by the Department of Commerce, was funded by the Department of
Agriculture. The Census will be taken during 1998. An increase of
$600,000 is requested for two follow-on surveys--$100,000 for the
development of an Agricultural Economic Land Ownership survey, and
$500,000 to conduct a new aquaculture survey. The 1999 request reflects
a decrease of $13,328 thousand due to the cyclical nature of the
program.
Miscellaneous funds received from local organizations, commodity
groups, and others are available for dissemination of reports and for
crop and livestock survey work under cooperative agreements (7 U.S.C.
450b, 450h, 3318b).
PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND INDICATORS
Indicators
Performance Measures 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Percentage of agricultural cash
receipts covered by NASS's current
production statistics program....... 92.0 93.0 98.0
Percentage of reports issued that
meet scheduled release date......... 98.0 98.0 99.0
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 44 49 47
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 3 1
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 45 52 48
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 10 12 11
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 2 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 3 6 6
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 20 24 20
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 11 15 13
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 1 1 1
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 2 2
31.0 Equipment....................... 5 4 4
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 98 118 107
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 8 8 8
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 4 2 2
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99.9 Total obligations............... 110 128 117
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 997 1,190 1,007
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 100 100 100
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AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Agricultural Research Service
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research Service
to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to
production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use including
the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural
information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, [$744,605,000] 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% of the total value of the land or interests transferred out
of Federal ownership, $776,828,000: Provided, That appropriations
hereunder shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the
purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further,
That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C.
2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and
improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing
any one building shall not exceed $250,000, except for headhouses or
greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,000,000, and except for
ten buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed
$500,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value
of the building or $250,000, whichever is greater: Provided further,
That the limita-
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tions on alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to
modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville,
Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be
available for granting easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research
Center, including an easement to the University of Maryland to construct
the Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion shall be accepted
by the Secretary as a gift: Provided further, That the foregoing
limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry
out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That
funds may be received from any State, other political subdivision,
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing or operating
any research facility or research project of the Agricultural Research
Service, as authorized by law[: Provided further, That the item under
the heading ``Agricultural Research Service'' in title I of the
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-37; 109 Stat.
304), is amended by striking the penultimate proviso, relating to
conveyance of the Pecan Genetics and Improvement Research Laboratory].
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 fiscal year 1999 the agency is authorized to charge fees,
commensurate with the fair market value, for any permit, easement,
lease, or other special use authorization for the occupancy or use of
land and facilities (including land and facilities at the Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center) issued by the agency as authorized by law,
and such fees shall be credited to this account, and shall remain
available until expended, for authorized purposes. (7 U.S.C. 328, 427,
427i, 1281 note, 1621, 2201, 2204, 2225, 2250, 3101 note; 10 U.S.C.
2306; 16 U.S.C. 590(a)-590(b), 590(k); 18 U.S.C. 1114; 19 U.S.C.
1306(a), 1306(c); 20 U.S.C. 191-194; 21 U.S.C. 113a, 114c, 114e-131; 42
U.S.C. 1476(e), 1483; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Research on soil and water
conservation.................. 88 86 86
00.02 Research on plant science....... 243 256 265
00.03 Research on animal science...... 115 119 127
00.04 Research on commodity conversion
and delivery.................. 141 147 151
00.05 Human nutrition research........ 61 71 82
00.06 Integration of agricultural
systems....................... 27 28 27
00.07 Repair and maintenance of
facilities.................... 18 18 18
00.08 Contingencies................... 1 1 1
00.11 Agricultural Information and
Library Science............... 20 18 20
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 714 745 777
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 36 42 42
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10.00 Total obligations............... 750 787 819
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 753 787 819
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -3
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 750 787 819
23.95 New obligations................... -750 -787 -819
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 717 745 777
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 36 42 42
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 753 787 819
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 192 179 181
73.10 New obligations................... 750 787 819
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -762 -785 -814
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 179 181 186
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 574 596 622
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 152 147 149
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 36 42 42
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 762 785 814
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -31 -36 -36
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -5 -6 -6
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -36 -42 -42
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 717 745 777
90.00 Outlays........................... 726 743 772
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Funding for the Agricultural Research Service is proposed as part of
the Research Fund for America. This proposal highlights the
Administration's priority to providing needed and sustained investments
in important Federal research programs on a deficit neutral basis. A
discussion of the Research Fund for America, and two other funds for the
environment and transportation, can be found in Section II of the Budget
volume.
The Agricultural Research Service conducts research to provide the
means for a safer, more economical supply of agricultural products for
the Nation and to provide producers with technologies to competitively
supply these products. Technology needs of regulatory, technical
assistance and education agencies of USDA and other Federal agencies are
supported through ARS research. The Service uses coordinated,
interdisciplinary approaches to perform basic and applied research on
soil and water conservation, plant and animal sciences, commodity
conversion and delivery, human nutrition, and integrated agricultural
systems. In 1999, the Service proposes increased emphases for critical
research needs in agriculture, such as: the President's 1999 Food Safety
Initiative, the Climate Change Technology Initiative, Pfiesteria
research in support of the Clean Water and Watershed Restoration
Initiative, and other environmental quality/natural resources including
livestock management, methyl bromide, and pest management, human
nutrition, genetic resources, emerging diseases and exotic pests, and
restoration of the South Florida Everglades ecosystem. The Service
expects to submit 60 new patent applications, participate in 85 new
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), license 25 new
products, and develop 70 new plant varieties to release to industry for
further development and marketing in 1999.
Research on soil and water conservation.--Research is conducted to
improve soil and water management, irrigation, and conservation
practices; to protect natural resources from harmful effects of soil,
air, and water pollutants and to minimize certain agricultural pollution
problems; and to determine the relation of soil types and water to
plant, animal, and human nutrition.
Research on plant science.--Research is conducted to increase plant
productivity by improving plant varieties, developing new crop
resources, and improving crop production practices, including methods to
control plant diseases, nematodes, insects, and weeds.
Research on animal science.--Research is conducted to increase
livestock productivity (including poultry) through improved breeding,
feeding, and management practices, and to develop methods for
controlling diseases, parasites, and insect pests affecting these
animals.
Research on commodity conversion and delivery.--Research is
conducted to develop new and improved foods, feeds, products, and
processes for agricultural commodities and to im-
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prove the processing, transportation, storage, wholesaling, and
retailing of products. Research is also conducted on means to ensure the
safety of food and feed supplies, control insect pests of man and his
belongings, and reduce the hazards to human life resulting from
pesticide residues and other causes.
Human nutrition research.--Research is conducted on subjects such as
human nutritional requirements and the composition and nutritive value
of foods, to promote optimum human health through improved nutrition.
Integration of agricultural systems.--Research is conducted to
develop integrated systems for efficiently producing, processing, and
marketing agricultural products, and to develop alternative agricultural
systems that are less dependent upon nonrenewable resources and that are
productive, efficient, and sustainable in the long term.
Agricultural information and library services.--The National
Agricultural Library provides a variety of information products and
services through: (1) the administration of a unique collection of
books, journals, and other information materials about food and
agriculture to ensure accessibility to their contents; (2) the
development and maintenance of cooperative efforts in the library and
related information areas, with other Federal agencies and with
educational institutions in each State; and (3) an active program of
information dissemination.
Repair and maintenance of facilities.--Funds are used to restore,
upgrade, and maintain Federal facilities to meet OSHA and EPA
requirements, provide suitable workspace for in-house research programs,
and to retrofit existing structures for better energy utilization.
Contingencies.--Funds available to meet urgent needs that develop
unexpectedly during the year when such needs cannot be met by
redirection of resources from other projects.
Reimbursements.--Agricultural Research Service performs program
research activities and services for other USDA, Federal, and non-
Federal agencies. These activities and services are paid for on a
reimbursable basis.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1400-0-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 298 311 321
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 21 22 23
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 11 11 11
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 330 344 355
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 72 78 83
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 12 13 13
22.0 Transportation of things........ 2 2 2
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 32 33 35
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1 1 1
25.1 Advisory and assistance services 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 4 7 6
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 4 4 4
25.4 Operation and maintenance of
facilities.................... 23 23 24
25.5 Research and development
contracts..................... 108 112 118
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 8 8 9
25.8 Subsistence and support of
persons....................... 1 1 1
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 58 59 62
31.0 Equipment....................... 40 41 43
32.0 Land and structures............. 4 4 4
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 14 15 16
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 714 745 777
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 36 42 42
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99.9 Total obligations............... 750 787 819
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Personnel Summary
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Identification code 12-1400-0-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 7,318 7,356 7,362
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 118 118 118
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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, [$80,630,000]
$35,900,000, 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. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1401-0-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 79 63 60
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 79 69 85
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 69 79 36
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 148 148 121
23.95 New obligations................... -79 -63 -60
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 69 85 61
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 69 81 36
40.79 Line item veto cancellation....... -2
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43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 69 79 36
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 69 79 36
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 28 76 74
73.10 New obligations................... 79 63 60
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -31 -65 -70
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 76 74 64
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1 9 4
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 30 56 66
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 31 65 70
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 69 79 36
90.00 Outlays........................... 31 65 70
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This account provides funds for acquisition of land, construction,
repair, improvement, extension, alterations, and purchases of fixed
equipment or facilities of or used by the Agricultural Research Service.
The 1999 request provides for the modernization and renovation of the
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD; Regional
Utilization Centers at Peoria, IL; Philadelphia, PA; New Orleans, LA;
major research centers at Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Greenport,
NY; the National Animal Disease Center at Ames, IA; and U.S. Grain
Marketing Laboratory at Manhattan, KS; and the National Agricultural
Library. The request also provides for construction of a new facility in
Ft. Lauder-
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dale, FL, as part of the Administration's Everglades initiatives.
Funding for the Ft. Lauderdale facility is proposed as part of the
Environmental Resources Fund for America. This proposal highlights the
Administration's priority to provide deficit neutral funding for
investments in many of our Nation's key environmental programs. A
discussion of the Environmental Resources Fund for America, and two
other funds for research and transportation, can be found in Section II
of the Budget volume.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1401-0-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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25.2 Other services.................... 56 38 40
32.0 Land and structures............... 18 18 20
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 5 7
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99.9 Total obligations............... 79 63 60
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Trust Funds
Miscellaneous Contributed Funds
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-8214-0-7-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
Receipts:
02.01 Science and Education
Administration contributed funds 14 15 15
Appropriation:
05.01 Miscellaneous contributed funds... -14 -15 -15
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-8214-0-7-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 13 15 15
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 8 9 8
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 14 15 15
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 22 24 23
23.95 New obligations................... -13 -15 -15
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 9 8 8
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)..................... 14 15 15
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 3 6
73.10 New obligations................... 13 15 15
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -13 -14 -14
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 6 6
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 10 10 10
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 3 4 4
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 13 14 14
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 14 15 15
90.00 Outlays........................... 13 14 14
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Miscellaneous contributed funds received from States, local
organizations, individuals, and others are available for work under
cooperative agreements on research activities.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-8214-0-7-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 3 3 3
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 6 8 8
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 2 2 2
31.0 Equipment......................... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 13 15 15
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Personnel Summary
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Identification code 12-8214-0-7-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 82 82 82
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COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Integrated Research, Extension, and Education Competitive Grants Program
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1502-2-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.23 Small Farms Initiative............ 4
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 4
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 4
23.95 New obligations................... -4
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 4
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 4
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -2
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 4
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 2
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 4
90.00 Outlays........................... 2
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A new authority for an Integrated Research, Extension, and Education
Competitive Grants Program is proposed to be included in the
reauthorization of the research title of the 1996 Farm Bill. Multi-
functional research, extension and education programs would address
national and regional issues. A 100 percent non-Federal match would be
required for commodity- or location-specific activities. In 1999, a
Small Farms Initiative, to be implemented through the Department's Land-
Grant partners, is proposed in support of the Secretary's Civil Rights
initiative to strengthen USDA's research and educational assistance to
the socially disadvantaged.
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Personnel Summary
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Identification code 12-1502-2-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 1
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Research and Education Activities
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses,
including [$168,734,000] $153,672,000 to carry into effect the
provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-i); [$20,497,000] $19,882,000
for grants for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a-a7);
$27,735,000 for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including
Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 3222); [$51,495,000] $12,551,000 for
special grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c));
[$15,048,000] $24,698,000 for special grants for agricultural research
on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)); [$97,200,000] $130,000,000
for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); $4,775,000 for the
support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195); [$650,000
for supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d);
$550,000 for grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural
Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) and section 1472 of the Food and
Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3318), to remain available until
expended;] $3,000,000 for higher education graduate fellowships grants
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); $4,350,000 for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(1)); $1,000,000 for a higher education minority scholars program
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C.
2209b); $2,500,000 for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241); [$4,000,000] $3,880,000 for aquaculture
grants (7 U.S.C. 3322); [$8,000,000] $10,000,000 for sustainable
agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811); $9,200,000 for a
program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges
eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C.
321-326 and 328), including Tuskegee University, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); $1,450,000 for payments to the 1994
Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382; and
[$11,226,000] $3,896,000 for necessary expenses of Research and
Education Activities, of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be for
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; in all, [$431,410,000] $412,589,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing of
tobacco or tobacco products.
Native American Institutions Endowment Fund
For establishment of a Native American institutions endowment fund,
as authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $4,600,000.
(Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1500-0-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 1
Receipts:
02.01 Federal payment, Native American
Institutions Endowment Fund..... 5 5 5
02.02 Earnings on investments........... 1 1
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02.99 Total receipts.................. 5 6 6
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 5 6 7
Appropriation:
05.01 Cooperative state research
activities...................... -5 -5 -5
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 1 2
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1500-0-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Payments under the Hatch Act.... 169 169 153
00.02 Cooperative forestry research... 20 20 20
00.03 Payments to 1890 colleges and
Tuskegee University........... 28 28 28
00.04 Special research grants......... 75 79 51
00.05 National research initiative
competitive grants............ 125 111 130
00.06 Animal health and disease
research...................... 5 5 5
00.07 Federal administration.......... 10 11 4
00.08 Higher education................ 18 25 21
00.09 Native American Institutions
Endowment Fund................ 5 5 5
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 453 453 417
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 13 16 16
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10.00 Total obligations............... 468 469 433
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 46 17
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 439 452 433
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 485 469 433
23.95 New obligations................... -468 -469 -433
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 17
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 421 431 412
40.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)................... 5 5 5
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 426 436 417
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 13 16 16
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 439 452 433
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 322 375 413
73.10 New obligations................... 468 469 433
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -415 -431 -437
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 375 413 409
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 198 227 217
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 204 188 204
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 13 16 16
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 415 431 437
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -13 -16 -16
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 426 436 417
90.00 Outlays........................... 402 415 421
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 426 436 417
Outlays........................... 402 415 421
Legislative proposal, not subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority.................. 10
Outlays........................... 1
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 426 436 427
Outlays........................... 402 415 422
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Funding for the Research and Education Activities of the Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service is proposed as part of
the Research Fund for America. This proposal highlights the
Administration's priority to providing needed and sustained investments
in important Federal research programs on a deficit neutral basis. A
discussion of the Research Fund for America, and two other funds for the
environment and transportation, can be found in Section II of the Budget
volume.
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
participates in a nationwide system of agricultural re-
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search and education program planning and coordination between State
institutions and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It assists in
maintaining cooperation among the State institutions, and between the
State institutions and their Federal research partners. The Agency
administers grants and payments to State institutions to supplement
State and local funding for agricultural research and higher education.
Payments under the Hatch Act.--Funds under the Hatch Act are
allocated on a formula basis to agricultural experiment stations of the
land-grant colleges in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Micronesia, and Northern
Mariana Islands.
Cooperative forestry research.--These funds are allocated by formula
to land-grant colleges or agricultural experiment stations in the 50
States, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and other State-supported
colleges and universities having a forestry school and offering graduate
training in forestry sciences.
Payments to 1890 colleges and Tuskegee University.--Funds allocated
on a formula basis support agricultural research and broaden the
curricula at the seventeen 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee
University.
Special research grants.--This program addresses research areas of
national interest. Increased funding is proposed for grant programs in
integrated pest management, IR-4 minor crop pest management and pest
management alternatives. Funding is also proposed for pesticide impact
assessment and sustainable agriculture. Advances in these areas will
provide producers with safe, alternative pest control methods resulting
in more farmers increasing the number of acres on which Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) methods are used. The program goal is the
implementation of IPM methods on 75 percent of crop acreage by the year
2000, with an outcome of creating an agricultural system that is highly
competitive in the global economy. Funding proposed for IR-4 minor crop
pest management and minor use animal drugs will address the growing need
for registration of safe pesticides and drugs for minor crops and
animals and lead to reduced levels of chemical and drug residues in food
products by half. In 1999 IR-4 will complete 525 pesticide clearances.
These will include 240 clearances for ``safer'' and reduced risk
alternatives on food crops together with biologically-based and IPM-
compatible pest control products; 285 new registrations on horticultural
crops, such as nursery and floral crops. In addition, resources for
these pest management programs will be coordinated to address Food
Quality and Protection Act issues. A $3 million grant program for global
change is proposed for research at universities as part of a coordinated
Federal initiative. Funding is also proposed for water quality, the
National Biological Impact Assessment Program, sustainable agriculture,
rural development centers, and aquaculture centers. A grant program for
food safety is also proposed for research to underpin food safety
education, as part of the President's 1999 Food Safety Initiative.
National research initiative competitive grants.--Funding is being
proposed for the National Initiative for Research on Agriculture, Food,
and the Environment (NRI). Research scientists throughout the U.S.
scientific community compete for funding under this program. The
performance goal has been to attract the widest possible involvement of
U.S. scientists in agricultural research to increase the knowledge base
related to U.S. agriculture, food, and the environment and maintain
world leadership in agricultural science and engineering. NRI funding
has resulted in increased participation by universities which are not
traditionally considered agricultural schools and of highly skilled
researchers in projects addressing agricultural issues. The outcomes
include the efficient communication of research results to scientific,
engineering, and community user groups. These grants support research in
plants and animals; natural resources and the environment; nutrition,
food safety, and health; markets, trade, and rural development; and
processing for adding value or developing new products. This initiative
includes funding for a plant genome mapping program for which the
Agricultural Research Service serves as the lead agency. Global change
research being carried out through the NRI is part of a government-wide
program. In 1999, the requested increase will be targeted to expand
research to help reduce the incidence of food borne illness caused by
microbiological pathogens and support the food genome strategy.
Animal health and disease research.--Funds, distributed by formula,
support livestock and poultry disease research in sixty-seven colleges
of veterinary medicine and in eligible agricultural experiment stations.
Federal administration.--A coordinating and review staff assists in
maintaining cooperation within and among the States, and between the
States and their Federal research partners. This staff also administers
research and education grants and payments to States. Federal
administration is funded from a combination of program set-asides from
formula and grant programs and from direct appropriation for
administration.
Higher education.--Funding is proposed for graduate fellowships
grants, competitive challenge grants, Hispanic serving institutions
education grants program, a multicultural scholars program and a Native
American institutions program. Proposed funding for these higher
education programs would support approximately 94 grants. These programs
will enable universities to broaden their curricula; increase faculty
development; student research projects; and the number of new scholars
recruited in the food and agricultural sciences. In addition, an
increased number of graduate students, including minority graduate
students, will be enrolled in the agricultural sciences. Funding is also
proposed for a capacity building program at the 1890 institutions as
part of the USDA initiative to strengthen these institutions through a
broadening of curricula, increased faculty development and student
research projects. Proposed funding would support approximately 49
teaching and research grants.
Reimbursable program.--Funds support basic and applied agriculture
research and activities performed for other USDA, Federal, and non-
Federal agencies.
Native American Institutions Endowment Fund.--This program provides
for an endowment for the 1994 land-grant institutions (29 Tribally
controlled colleges) to strengthen the infrastructure of these
institutions and develop Indian expertise for the food and agricultural
sciences and businesses and their own communities. At the termination of
each fiscal year, the Secretary shall withdraw the income from the
endowment fund for the fiscal year, and after making adjustments for the
cost of administering the fund, distribute the adjusted income on a
formula basis to the 1994 land-grant institutions.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1500-0-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 10 10 11
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 2 3 3
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 2 3 3
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 439 435 398
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 455 453 417
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 13 16 16
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99.9 Total obligations............... 468 469 433
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Personnel Summary
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Identification code 12-1500-0-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 179 195 197
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 9 9 9
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Research and Education Activities
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1500-2-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.10 Food Genome Initiative............ 10
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 10
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 10
23.95 New obligations................... -10
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 10
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 10
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 10
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 10
90.00 Outlays........................... 1
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A new authority for a competitive grants program to support the Food
Genome Initiative is proposed to improve understanding of plant and
animal and associated microbial genes. Accelerated research projects
will help aid the identification, mapping, and understanding of the
function and control of genes responsible for economically important
traits in the major agriculturally important species of plants, animals,
and microbes. Through this research investment, new genetic technologies
will be developed to improve yield, composition, and quality of
agricultural output.
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buildings and facilities
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 63 5
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 7 5
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 62
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 69 5
23.95 New obligations................... -63 -5
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 5
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 62
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 185 199 149
73.10 New obligations................... 63 5
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -49 -55 -40
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 199 149 109
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 49 55 40
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 49 55 40
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 62
90.00 Outlays........................... 49 55 40
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Funds provide grants to States and other eligible recipients for the
acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, extension,
alteration and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities to carry out
agricultural research, extension, and teaching programs. No funding is
proposed in 1999.
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 1
25.2 Other services.................... 1 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 61 4
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
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Extension Activities
Payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the
Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa: For
payments for cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be
distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section
208(c) of Public Law 93-471, for retirement and employees' compensation
costs for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative
extension agents and State extension directors, [$268,493,000]
$257,753,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions under
the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), [$2,000,000] $3,500,000;
payments for the nutrition and family education program for low-income
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, [$58,695,000] $56,347,000; payments
for a pesticides applicator training program under section 3(d) of the
Act, $1,500,000; 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, $2,855,000] $15,000,000; payments for the
pesticide impact assessment program under section 3(d) of the Act,
[$3,214,000] $3,313,000; payments to upgrade 1890 land-grant college
research, extension, and teaching facilities as authorized by section
1447 of Public Law 95-113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), [$7,549,000] $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 a
groundwater quality program under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,061,000;
[payments for the agricultural telecommunications program, as authorized
by Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 5926), $900,000;] payments for youth-at-
risk programs under section 3(d) of the Act, [$9,554,000] $10,000,000;
payments for a food safety program under section 3(d) of the Act,
[$2,365,000] $7,365,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the
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Extension Act of 1978, $3,192,000; payments for Indian reservation
agents under section 3(d) of the Act, [$1,672,000] $5,000,000; payments
for sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
$3,309,000; [payments for rural health and safety education as
authorized by section 2390 of Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note,
2662), $2,628,000;] payments for cooperative extension work by the
colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321-
326 and 328) and Tuskegee University, $25,090,000; and for Federal
administration and coordination including administration of the Smith-
Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 U.S.C. 341-349), and
section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and
to coordinate and provide program leadership for the extension work of
the Department and the several States and insular possessions,
[$11,108,000] $5,313,000; in all, [$423,376,000] $418,651,000: 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. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Smith-Lever Act, 3(b) and 3(c).. 268 268 258
00.02 Youth at Risk................... 10 10 10
00.03 Water quality................... 11 9 9
00.04 Expanded food and nutrition
education program (EFNEP)..... 59 59 57
00.05 Pest management................. 11 11 15
00.06 Farm safety..................... 3 3
00.07 Pesticide impact assessment..... 3 3 3
00.08 Pesticide applicator training... 2
00.09 Indian reservation extension
agents........................ 2 2 5
00.10 Agricultual telecommunications.. 1 1
00.11 Food safety..................... 2 2 7
00.12 Rural development............... 1 1 1
00.13 Payments to 1890 colleges and
Tuskegee University........... 25 25 25
00.15 Renewable resources extension
act........................... 3 3 3
00.16 Federal administration.......... 12 11 5
00.18 Rural health and safety
education..................... 3 3
00.19 1890 facilities (section 1447).. 7 13 12
00.21 Sustainable agriculture......... 3 3 3
00.22 1994 Institutions activities.... 2 2 4
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 426 429 419
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 14 25 25
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10.00 Total obligations............... 440 454 444
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 4 6
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 440 448 444
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 444 454 444
23.95 New obligations................... -440 -454 -444
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 6
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 426 423 419
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 14 25 25
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 440 448 444
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 201 207 216
73.10 New obligations................... 440 454 444
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -434 -447 -444
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 207 216 216
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 271 291 288
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 149 131 132
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 25 25
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 14
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 434 447 444
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -14 -25 -25
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 426 423 419
90.00 Outlays........................... 420 422 419
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The Cooperative Extension System, a national educational network, is
a dynamic organization pledged to meeting the country's needs for
research-based educational programs that will enable people to make
practical decisions to improve their lives. To accomplish its mission,
the Cooperative Extension System adjusts programs to meet the shifting
needs and priorities of the people it serves.
The nonformal educational network combines the expertise and
resources of federal, state, and local partners. The partners in this
unique System are: (a) The Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture; (b) Extension
professionals at land-grant universities throughout the United States
and its territories; and (c) Extension professionals in nearly all of
the Nation's 3,150 counties. Thousands of paraprofessionals and nearly 3
million volunteers support this partnership and magnify its impact.
Strong linkages with both public and private external groups are also
crucial to the Cooperative Extension System's strength and vitality.
Base programs, funded by the Smith-Lever 3(b) and (c) legislated
formula funds, are the major educational efforts central to the mission
of the System and common to most Extension units. They are the ongoing
priority efforts of the System, involving many discipline-based and
multi-disciplinary programs. The System's base programs are the
foundation of the Extension organization and partnership that are
intended to increase the number of community-based projects, families,
and individuals reached to disseminate research findings as widely and
quickly as possible. The use of electronic mail, satellite transmission
of courses, and computer-assisted instruction are encouraged to
communicate ideas.
Extension resources are provided to the States by these formula
funds and competitively-awarded programs such as sustainable
agriculture. Smith-Lever 3(b) and (c) funds and payments to the 1890
colleges and Tuskegee University provide funds to support the Extension
infrastructure.
Funds for designated programs, funded by Smith-Lever 3(d) such as
youth at risk, expanded food and nutrition education program (EFNEP),
and food safety, provide support for the Cooperative Extension System to
address identified priority issues. As part of the 1999 Food Safety
Initiative, a $5 million increase is requested for the development of
materials targeted to older Americans (a high risk group) and those with
limited resources to provide them with information on proper food
handling.
National initiatives funded by legislative formulas,
administratively determined distribution, Congressional and Executive
intent, and competitively-awarded projects, are the System's commitment
to respond to important problems of broad national concern with
additional resources and significantly increased effort to achieve a
major impact on national priorities. They are the most current
significant and complex issues on which the Extension System has the
potential to make a difference--usually in cooperation with other
agencies, groups, and units of government. The goal is to inform and
educate these extension agriculture professionals and vol-
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unteers who, in turn, educate the professional farmers and end-users
regarding these critical initiatives and concerns.
Initiatives proposed in 1999 include funding for: sustainable
agriculture education programs; increased efforts on pest management;
pesticide applicator training; support to the 1890 Institutions and
Tuskegee University; and renewable resource extension. Funding is also
provided to support extension services at the 1994 institutions and
extension Indian reservation agents. These programs are critical in
bringing needed educational programs to Native American communities.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 9 10 10
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 3 3 3
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 2 2 2
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 1 2 2
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 410 411 401
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 426 429 419
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 14 25 25
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99.9 Total obligations............... 440 454 444
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
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, [$426,282,000] $417,752,000, of which
[$4,500,000] $4,105,000 shall be available for the control of outbreaks
of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest
animals and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions:
Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer a
brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal year that does
not require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent:
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for field
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall
be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in
emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the
Department such sums as he may deem necessary, to be available only in
such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or
infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for
expenses in accordance with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section
102 of the Act of September 21, 1944, and any unexpended balances of
funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the next preceding
fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to
law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of leased buildings
and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the
current replacement value of the building.
In fiscal year [1998] 1999 the agency is authorized to collect fees
to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or
services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic and
international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals,
provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's liability
for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or
services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall be
credited to this account, to remain available until expended, without
further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or
services.
Of the total amount available under this heading in fiscal year
[1998, $88,000,000] 1999, $100,000,000 shall be derived from user fees
deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee Account.
(10 U.S.C. 2306; 15 U.S.C. 69e, 1821-31; 16 U.S.C. 1531-43; 18 U.S.C.
1114; 19 U.S.C. 1306, 21 U.S.C. 101-105, 111-114, 114a-114c; 114d-1,
114e-131, 134-135b, 151-158; 26 U.S.C. 4491-94; 45 U.S.C. 71-74; 46
U.S.C. 466a-466(b); 49 U.S.C. 1471(a)-1509(d), 1741; 46 Stat. 67; 78
Stat. 939-940; 99 Stat. 1645-1650, 1654-1656, 1658-1659; Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 89 91 103
Receipts:
02.01 Agricultural quarantine inspection
fees............................ 115 141 144
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 204 232 247
Appropriation:
05.01 Salaries and expenses............. -113 -129 -144
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05.99 Subtotal appropriation............ -113 -129 -144
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 91 103 103
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Pest and disease exclusion...... 234 244 252
00.02 Plant and animal health
monitoring.................... 70 74 79
00.03 Pest and disease management
programs...................... 98 96 73
00.04 Animal care..................... 10 10 10
00.05 Scientific and technical
services...................... 53 53 53
00.06 Contingencies................... 6 5 4
00.07 Emergency program funding....... 31 24
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01.00 Total direct program............ 502 506 471
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 53 54 55
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10.00 Total obligations............... 555 560 526
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 53 31 17
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 504 522 517
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 29 24
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 586 577 534
23.95 New obligations................... -555 -560 -526
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 31 17 8
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 337 338 318
40.20 Appropriation (special fund,
definite)..................... 98 88 100
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 1
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43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 435 427 418
Permanent:
60.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)................... 15 41 44
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 54 54 55
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 504 522 517
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 61 73 173
73.10 New obligations................... 555 560 526
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -543 -460 -517
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 73 173 180
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 429 360 352
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 47 6 67
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 62 89 92
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 5 5 6
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 543 460 517
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -7 -7 -7
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -47 -47 -48
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -54 -54 -55
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 450 468 462
90.00 Outlays........................... 489 406 462
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 450 468 462
Outlays........................... 489 406 462
Legislative proposal, not subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority..................
Outlays...........................
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 450 468 462
Outlays........................... 489 406 462
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The major objectives of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) are to protect the animal and plant resources of the
Nation from destructive pests and diseases. This mission is carried out
under the five major areas of activity, as follows:
Pest and disease exclusion.--The agency conducts inspection and
quarantine activities at U.S. ports-of-entry to prevent the introduction
of exotic animal and plant diseases and pests. APHIS develops and
conducts preclearance programs to ensure that agricultural products
destined for U.S. ports-of-entry do not present a risk to U.S.
agriculture. APHIS engages in cooperative programs in foreign countries
to control pests of imminent concern to the United States. APHIS also
certifies plants and plant products for export and regulates imports and
exports of designated endangered plant species. User fees have been
implemented to recover the cost of certain agricultural quarantine
inspection services.
Plant and animal health monitoring.--The Agency conducts programs to
assess animal and plant health and to detect endemic and exotic diseases
and pests. The plant and animal health monitoring programs are primarily
cooperative efforts of the Federal and State governments, and industry.
The Agency also carries out surveys in cooperation with the States to
detect harmful plant and animal pests and diseases and to determine if
there is a need for pest eradication programs.
Pest and disease management programs.--The Agency carries out
programs to control and eradicate infestations and animal diseases that
threaten the United States; to reduce agricultural losses caused by
predatory animals, birds, and rodents; to provide technical assistance
to States, counties, farmer or rancher groups, and foundations; and to
ensure compliance with interstate movement and disease control
regulations. Interstate shipments of plants, livestock, and related
materials are monitored and regulated to prevent the spread of disease.
APHIS protects agriculture from detrimental animal predators through
identification, demonstration, and application of the most appropriate
methods of control.
Animal care.--The Agency conducts regulatory activities which ensure
the humane care and handling of animals used in research, exhibition, or
the wholesale pet trade. The Agency is also responsible for
administering the Horse Protection Act, which prohibits the showing,
selling, or exhibition of sore horses.
Scientific and technical services.--APHIS develops methods to
control animals and pests that are detrimental to agriculture, other
wildlife, and public safety. The agency regulates genetic research to
guard against the release of potentially harmful organisms into the
environment. APHIS also conducts veterinary diagnostic laboratory
activities and biologic regulatory enforcement to ensure that the
products developed for combatting disease are potent, safe, and pure. It
also provides and directs technology development in coordination with
other groups in APHIS and Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ)
officials to support PPQ programs of the Agency and its cooperators at
the State, national, and international levels.
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 202 219 220
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 14 14 15
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 22 11 10
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 238 244 245
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 55 56 55
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 1 1 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 19 19 18
22.0 Transportation of things........ 4 4 4
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 6 4 4
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 13 15 13
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 94 92 62
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 22 22 21
31.0 Equipment....................... 21 21 21
Grants, subsidies, and
contributions:
41.0 United States-Colombia
Commission to Prevent Foot-
and-Mouth Disease........... 1 1 1
41.0 Joint Screwworm eradication
programs.................... 17 17 17
41.0 Joint Commission on the
Mediterranean fruit fly..... 3 3 3
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions-Other......... 3 3 2
Insurance claims and
indemnities:
42.0 Brucellosis................... 2 2 2
42.0 Karnal Bunt................... 2
42.0 Tuberculosis.................. 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 502 506 471
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 53 54 55
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99.9 Total obligations............... 555 560 526
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Direct:
Total compensable workyears:
1001 Full-time equivalent employment. 3,668 3,560 3,224
1011 Exempt Full-time equivalent
employment.................... 1,987 2,098 2,128
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 552 549 561
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Salaries and Expenses
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Upon enactment of authorization of fees to cover all administrative
costs of services provided in support of biotechnology testing (pests)
authorized under the Federal Plant Pest Act (7 U.S.C. 150aa-150jj);
biotechnology testing (plants) authorized under the Plant Quarantine Act
(7 U.S.C. 151-165 and 167); animal welfare licensing authorized under
the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 (7 U.S.C. 2131-2159); veterinary
biologics activities authorized under the Virus-Serum-Toxin Act as
amended (21 U.S.C. 151-159); pink bollworm eradication authorized under
section 2509 of Public Law 101-624 (21 U.S.C. 136a); and activities
authorized under the Swine Health Protection Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C. 3801-
3813); such fees shall be collected and credited to this account as an
offsetting collection, to remain available until expended for the
purpose of conducting such activities.
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Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Swine Health Protection........... 1
09.02 Pink Bollworm..................... 1
09.03 Animal Welfare.................... 3
09.04 Biotechnology..................... 1
09.05 Veterninary Biologics............. 4
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10.00 Total obligations............... 10
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 10
23.95 New obligations................... -10
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 10
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 10
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -10
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 10
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 10
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -10
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
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Legislation will be proposed to establish user fees for APHIS' costs
for animal welfare inspections, such as for animal research centers,
humane societies, and kennels; for the issuance of biotechnology
certificates; for veterinary biologics licensing, inspections, and
testing activities; for activities associated with the control and or
eradication of pink bollworm; and inspections of facilities to comply
with the garbage cooking requirements of the Swine Health Protection
Act.
This is one of several proposals in the budget to charge fees to
users directly availing themselves of, or subject to, a government
service, program, or activity, in order to cover the government's costs.
Legislation will be proposed to authorize the fees. Appropriations
language is included which will, upon the enactment of the authorizing
legislation, permit the Secretary to collect the fees and spend the
collections.
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99.0 Reimbursable obligations:
Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations..................... 10
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99.9 Total obligations............... 10
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Direct:
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 145
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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, [$4,200,000]
$5,200,000, to remain available until expended. (Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 8 20 9
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 30 27 11
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 3 4 5
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 33 31 16
23.95 New obligations................... -8 -20 -9
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 27 11 8
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 3 4 5
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 14 13 16
73.10 New obligations................... 8 20 9
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -9 -17 -8
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 13 16 17
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 3 1 1
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 6 16 7
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 9 17 8
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 3 4 5
90.00 Outlays........................... 9 17 8
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The buildings and facilities fund provides for construction,
repairs, preventive maintenance, and alterations, as needed, for APHIS
operated facilities, which include animal quarantine stations, border
inspection stations, sterile insect rearing facilities, and
laboratories.
The 1999 budget proposes $5.2 million for this program, which
consists of $2.0 million for repairs, alterations, preventive
maintenance, and renovations for currently owned APHIS facilities, and
$3.2 million for the modernization of the Plum Island, New York, Animal
Disease Center.
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25.2 Other services.................... 5 16 5
32.0 Land and structures............... 3 4 4
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99.9 Total obligations............... 8 20 9
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Trust Funds
Miscellaneous Trust Funds
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 1 1 5
Receipts:
02.02 Miscellaneous contributed funds... 11 10 10
02.03 Fees for feed and attendants for
animals in quarantine........... 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
02.99 Total receipts.................. 11 11 11
--------- --------- ----------
04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 12 12 16
Appropriation:
05.01 Miscellaneous trust funds......... -11 -7 -7
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 1 5 9
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Obligations by program activity:
00.02 Expenses, feed, and attendants for
animals in quarantine........... 1 1 1
00.03 Miscellaneous contributed funds... 7 6 6
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10.00 Total obligations............... 8 7 7
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 3 6 6
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 11 7 7
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 14 13 13
23.95 New obligations................... -8 -7 -7
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 6 6 6
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)..................... 11 7 7
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 8 7 7
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -9 -7 -7
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 8 6 6
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 9 7 7
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 11 7 7
90.00 Outlays........................... 9 7 7
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Miscellaneous contributed funds....... 7 7 7
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Miscellaneous contributed funds....... 9 8 8
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The following services are financed by fees and miscellaneous
contributions advanced by importers, manufacturers, States,
organizations, individuals, and others:
Expenses, feed, and attendants for animals in quarantine.--All costs
associated with the quarantine of animals are paid from fees advanced by
importers (21 U.S.C. 102).
Miscellaneous contributed funds.--Funds are received from States,
local organizations, individuals, and others and are available for plant
and animal quarantine inspection and cooperative plant and animal
disease and pest control activities (7 U.S.C. 450b, 2220). Commencing in
1979, fees were collected for the importation of commercial birds.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 6 6 6 6
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1999 Total assets.................... 6 6 6 6
LIABILITIES:
2101 Federal liabilities: Accounts
payable......................... 1 1 1 1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 1 1 1 1
NET POSITION:
3600 Other............................. 5 5 5 5
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 5 5 5 5
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 6 6 6 6
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Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent............. 1 1 1
11.5 Other personnel compensation.... 3 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 4 3 3
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1 1 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 2 2 2
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99.9 Total obligations............... 8 7 7
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 80 80 75
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FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
The following table depicts the total funding for the Food Safety
and Inspection Service, which includes appropriated funds and proceeds
from proposed user fees:
[In millions of dollars]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Appropriations:
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority................ 574 590 150
Outlays......................... 570 589 169
User Fee:
Budget Authority................ 473
Outlays......................... 449
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Total:
Budget Authority................ 574 590 623
Outlays......................... 570 589 618
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Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses to carry on services authorized by the
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and
the Egg Products Inspection Act, [$589,263,000, of which $5,000,000
shall be available for obligation only after promulgation of a final
rule to implement the provisions of subsection (e) of section 5 of the
Egg Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(e))] $149,566,000, and in
addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees collected
for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by section 1017
of Public Law 102-237: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for shell egg surveillance under section 5(d) of the Egg
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1034(d)): Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be available for field employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $75,000 shall be
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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 notwithstanding the Federal Meat Inspection Act
and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, the Food Safety and Inspection
Service may pay States up to 75 percent of the funding for Cooperative
Inspection Programs for the Field Automation and Information Management
Project, laboratory pathogen detection systems, and training in the
principles and procedures of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point
systems. (7 U.S.C. 450, 1901-06; 10 U.S.C. 2306; 18 U.S.C. 1114; 21
U.S.C. 451-470, 601-624, 641-645, 661, 671-680, 691-692; 694-695; Public
Law 99-641; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 575 589 150
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 81 82 82
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 656 671 232
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 2 1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 655 671 232
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 657 672 232
23.95 New obligations................... -656 -671 -232
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 574 589 150
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 81 82 82
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 655 671 232
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 36 39 39
73.10 New obligations................... 656 671 232
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -651 -671 -233
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 39 39 38
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 546 565 144
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 24 24 7
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 81 82 82
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 651 671 233
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -1 -1 -1
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -80 -81 -81
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -81 -82 -82
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 574 589 150
90.00 Outlays........................... 570 589 151
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 574 589 150
Outlays........................... 570 589 151
Legislative proposal, not subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority..................
Outlays...........................
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 574 589 150
Outlays........................... 570 589 151
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The primary objectives of the Food Safety and Inspection Service are
to ensure that meat, poultry, and egg products are wholesome,
unadulterated, and properly labeled and packaged, as required by the
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and
the Egg Products Inspection Act. Providing adequate resources for
Federal food safety agencies continues to be a priority of the
Administration, and the 1999 budget proposes a $33 million increase for
inspection of meat, poultry, and egg products to cover pay cost
increases for inspectors, grants for special assistance to state
inspection programs, and additional food safety education activities.
The meat, poultry, and egg products inspection program of the Food
Safety and Inspection Service provides in-plant inspection of all
domestic plants preparing meat, poultry, or egg products for sale or
distribution; reviews foreign inspection systems and establishments that
prepare meat, poultry, or egg products for export to the United States;
and provides technical and financial assistance to States which maintain
meat and poultry inspection programs.
In 1999, the Administration is proposing a new user fee to offset
the cost of Federal meat, poultry, and egg products inspection. The
proposal would require industry to reimburse the government for all
Federal services. This proposal would ensure that sufficient resources
are available to provide the level of in-plant inspection necessary to
meet the demands of the industry.
On January 25, 1997, the President announced the 1998 President's
National Food Safety Initiative. The initiative included six components
for improving the Federal food inspection system. Key components
included expansion of the Federal food safety surveillance system,
better coordination between Federal, State and local health authorities,
implementation of improved inspection strategies, improved risk
assessment capabilities, additional research, and more food safety
education for consumers and retail food service workers. The 1999 Food
Safety Initiative builds upon the framework developed during the 1998
process. In 1999, the focus of this initiative is on enhancing the
safety of imported and domestic fruits and vegetables, increasing food
safety education efforts targeted to high risk populations, and
development of information and tools necessary to cover a broader range
of food safety hazards.
FEDERALLY FUNDED INSPECTION ACTIVITIES
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Federally inspected establishments:
Slaughter plants.................. 274 268 262
Processing plants................. 4,352 4,441 4,312
Combination slaughter and
processing plants............... 976 1,001 973
Talmadge-Aiken plants............. 221 218 216
Import establishments............. 156 148 139
Egg plants........................ 79 81 80
Federally inspected and passed
production (millions of pounds):
Meat slaughter.................... 40,522 41,002 41,488
Poultry slaughter................. 44,233 46,505 48,894
Egg products...................... 3,179 3,360 3,550
Product inspected and passed under
HACCP system: a...... N/A 51,316 88,308
Import/export activity (millions of
pounds):
Meat and poultry imported......... 2,400 2,400 2,400
Meat and poultry exported......... 8,200 8,200 9,000
States and territories with
cooperative programs:
b
Intrastate inspection............. 26 25 25
Talmadge-Aiken inspection......... 9 9 9
Number of slaughter and/or
processing plants (excludes
exempt plants).................. 2,840 2,820 2,800
Pounds inspected slaughter
(millions)...................... 1,265 1,392 1,532
Compliance activities:
Marketplace reviews............... -- 20,000c
101,000
Corrective action reviews......... 26,142 50,000 50,000
Corrective actions completed...... 327 600 700
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Product Testing (samples analyzed):
Food chemistry.................... 18,478 15,000 15,000
Food microbiology................. 83,669 250,000 250,000
Chemical residues................. 47,582 40,000 40,000
Antibiotic residues............... 115,659 115,000 115,000
Pathology samples................. 5,710 6,000 6,000
Egg Products:
Food chemistry.................... 0 200 200
Food microbiology................. 1,966 2,000 2,000
Chemical residues................. 816 900 900
Consumer Education and public
outreach:
Meat and Poultry Hotline Calls
received........................ 138,120 163,000 168,000
Epidemiological Investigations:
Cooperative efforts with State and
public health offices........... 40 40 40
Illnesses reported and treated
d.................... 7,332 7,332 7,332
Field Automation and Information
Management Project (cumulative):
Number of computers provided to
field inspection staff.......... 1,944 2,744 4,369
a Production data on meat and poultry slaughter operations
reflect estimated output of establishments required to produce under HACCP
systems.
b States with cooperative agreements which are operating
programs.
c Includes retail inspection audits and State assist
activities--1,000; and marketplace sampling, testing, reviewing and
evaluation--100,000.
d Data must be collected over a number of years to chart
national trends and estimate the incidence of foodborne illness and
treatment.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 330 340 61
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 15 15 3
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 16 17 3
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 361 372 67
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 93 97 18
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 3 3 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 23 23 5
22.0 Transportation of things........ 3 3 1
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 6 6 2
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1 1
25.1 Advisory and assistance services 5 4 1
25.2 Other services.................. 9 9 3
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 5 5 1
25.4 Operation and maintenance of
facilities.................... 2 2
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 9 9 2
31.0 Equipment....................... 12 13 6
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 42 41 43
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 575 589 150
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 81 82 82
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 656 671 232
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 9,432 9,440 1,650
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 221 216 204
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Salaries and Expenses
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Upon enactment of authorization of a fee for the inspection of
livestock, meat, poultry, and products thereof, and egg products, such
fees may be collected and credited to this account as an offsetting
collection, to remain available until expended for the purpose of
conducting such inspections.
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 473
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 473
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 473
23.95 New obligations................... -473
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 473
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 473
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -473
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 473
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -473
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
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Legislation will be proposed to charge fees for the cost of all
Federal inspection of meat, poultry, and egg products at all
establishments inspected by the Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS). Currently, fees to reimburse the cost of overtime inspection are
required at some FSIS-inspected establishments, but not at others.
Requiring the payment of user fees for inspection services would not
only result in savings to the taxpayer, but would also ensure that
sufficient resources are available to provide the mandatory inspection
services needed to meet increasing industry demand. These fees would
result in a cost of less than one cent per pound of product to
consumers, but would allow the government to maintain its level of
inspection effort to ensure a safe supply of meat, poultry and egg
products. The implementation of the user fee authority would be designed
to be fair and equitable; promote accountability and efficiency; and
minimize any impact on the competitive balance among affected
industries.
This is one of several proposals in the budget to charge fees to
users directly availing themselves of, or subject to, a government
service, program, or activity, in order to cover the government's costs.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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99.0 Reimbursable obligations:
Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations..................... 472
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 473
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Personnel Summary
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2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 7,806
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Trust Funds
Expenses and Refunds, Inspection and Grading of Farm Products
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
Receipts:
02.01 Fees for inspection and grading of
farm products................... 4 5 5
Appropriation:
05.01 Expenses and refunds, inspection
and grading of farm products.... -4 -5 -5
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 4 5 5
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 4 5 5
23.95 New obligations................... -4 -5 -5
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)..................... 4 5 5
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 4 5 5
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -4 -5 -5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 4 5 5
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 4 5 5
90.00 Outlays........................... 4 5 5
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Under authority of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, Federal
meat and poultry inspection services are provided upon request and for a
fee in cases where inspection is not mandated by statute. This service
includes: certifying products for export beyond the requirements of
export certificates; inspecting certain animals and poultry intended for
human food where inspection is not required by statute, such as buffalo,
rabbit, and quail; and inspecting products intended for animal
consumption.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent............. 2 2 2
11.5 Other personnel compensation.... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 3 3 3
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 4 4 4
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 4 5 5
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 42 46 42
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GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
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, [$23,928,000] $11,797,000: 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. (7 U.S.C. 71,
74-79, 84-87, 181-229, 1621-27; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Standardization................... 3 4
00.02 Compliance........................ 5 4 5
00.03 Methods Development............... 3 3
00.04 Packers and Stockyards Program.... 12 13 3
00.05 Start Up Costs.................... 4
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10.00 Total obligations............... 23 24 12
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 23 24 12
23.95 New obligations................... -23 -24 -12
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 23 24 12
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 4 4 4
73.10 New obligations................... 23 24 12
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -23 -24 -14
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 4 4 2
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 19 21 11
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 4 3 3
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 23 24 14
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 23 24 12
90.00 Outlays........................... 21 24 14
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 23 24 12
Outlays........................... 23 24 14
Legislative proposal, not subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority..................
Outlays...........................
------------------------------------
Total:
Budget Authority.................. 23 24 12
Outlays........................... 23 24 14
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The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
establishes official United States standards for grain, promotes the
uniform application thereof by official inspection personnel, provides
for an official inspection system for grain, and regulates the weighing
and certification of the weight of grain shipped in interstate or
foreign commerce
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as authorized by the U.S. Grain Standards Act (USGSA), as amended, and
the regulations thereof, and the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946
(AMA).
Standardization activities include establishing and updating U.S.
grain standards, research, and developing and improving methods to
ensure the accurate and uniform application of the standards.
The compliance activities ensure the accurate and uniform
application of the USGSA and applicable provisions of the AMA. The
compliance program functions include: (1) evaluating alleged violations
and initiating preliminary investigations; (2) initiating the
implementation of corrective actions; (3) conducting management and
technical reviews; (4) administering the designations and delegations of
State and private agencies to perform official functions and monitoring
the performance of the agencies; (5) identifying and, where appropriate,
waiving and monitoring conflicts of interest; (6) licensing personnel of
delegated States and designated agencies; (7) registering persons/firms
engaged in the business of buying grain for sale in foreign commerce,
and in the business of handling, weighing, or transporting of grain for
sale in foreign commerce; (8) responding to audits of Grain Inspection
programs; and (9) reviewing and, when appropriate, approving official
agencies' fee schedules.
The International Monitoring Staff briefs foreign buyers, assesses
foreign inspection and weighing techniques, and responds to foreign
quality and quantity complaints.
An advisory committee consisting of members from the grain industry
exists to advise the Agency regarding efficient and economical
implementation of the USGSA.
The Grain Quality Improvement Act of 1986 was enacted on November
10, 1986, to improve the quality of U.S. grain by prohibiting the
introduction and reintroduction of dockage and foreign material to
grain.
For 1999, authorizing legislation will be submitted to permit,
subject to appropriations, the collection and use of fees to cover the
cost of standardization activities and methods development activities.
In addition, a one-time increase is proposed to relocate staff to more
effectively analyze and investigate violations of the Packers and
Stockyards Act.
The goal of the Packers and Stockyards program is to ensure the
integrity of the livestock, meat, and poultry markets and the
marketplace in order to protect producers against unfair, deceptive, or
discriminatory practices as well as those that are predatory or
monopolistic in nature. Consumers and members of the livestock, poultry,
and meat industries are also protected against unfair business practices
in the marketing of livestock, meat and poultry, and from restrictions
on competition which could unduly affect prices. The Agency also carries
out the Secretary's responsibilities under Section 1324 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 covering ``central filing systems'' established by
States for pre-notification of security interests against farm products.
Authorizing legislation will be submitted that would establish a
license fee that, subject to appropriations, would allow the collection
and expenditure of funds for all costs associated with administering the
Packers and Stockyards Act. Authorizing legislation will also be
submitted to establish a Dealers Trust. This would require livestock
inventories and accounts receivable due from the sale of livestock to be
held in trust for unpaid cash sellers at a time of financial failure.
MAIN WORKLOAD FACTORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
U.S. standards in effect at end of
year................................ 19 19 19
Standards reviews in progress....... 7 3 3
Standards reviews completed......... 3 3 3
Inspection techniques developed..... 10 2 2
On-site investigations.............. 10 12 13
Designations renewed................ 20 21 22
Registration certificates issued.... 85 83 80
Investigations...................... 1,820 1,800 1,700
Market agencies/dealers registered.. 6,900 6,850 6,800
Stockyards posted................... 1,335 1,320 1,300
Slaughtering and processing packers
subject to the Act (estimated)...... 6,000 6,000 6,000
Distributors, brokers, and dealers
subject to the Act (estimated)...... 6,500 6,500 6,400
Poultry operations subject to the
Act................................. 210 212 214
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 15 15 4
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 3 3 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 1 1 3
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 2 3 2
31.0 Equipment......................... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 23 24 12
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Salaries and Expenses
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Upon enactment of authorization of a fee to cover all administrative
costs authorized under the Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 181-
229), such fees shall be collected and credited to this account as
offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the
purpose of conducting such activities.
Further, upon enactment of authorization of a fee for services
provided in support of standardization and methods of development
activities authorized in section 16(I)(2) and 16(j) of the United States
Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 87e(I)(2) and 87e(j), such fees shall be
collected and credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to
remain available until expended, as authorized by section 7(j)(1) of
such Act, for authorized purposes.
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Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Standardization................... 3
09.03 Methods Development............... 3
09.04 Packers and Stockyards Programs... 11
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 17
23.95 New obligations................... -17
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 17
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 17
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -17
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 17
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -17
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
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Legislation will be proposed to establish a fee for the
standardization activities and the methods development activities of the
Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, a licensing fee
to cover the costs of administering meat packing and stockyard
activities, and a statutory dealers trust.
This is one of several proposals in the budget to charge fees to
users directly availing themselves of, or subject to, a government
service, program, or activity, in order to cover the government's costs.
Legislation will be proposed to authorize the fees. Appropriations
language is included which will, upon the enactment of the authorizing
legislation, permit the Secretary to collect the fees and spend the
collections.
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99.0 Reimbursable obligations:
Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations..................... 17
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Public enterprise funds:
Inspection and Weighing Services
limitation on inspection and weighing service expenses
Not to exceed [$43,092,000] $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. (7 U.S.C. 71, 74-79, 84-87, 1621-27;
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 32 43 43
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10.00 Total obligations............... 33 43 43
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 4 3 3
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 32 43 43
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 36 46 46
23.95 New obligations................... -33 -43 -43
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 32 43 43
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 2 2 2
73.10 New obligations................... 33 43 43
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -33 -43 -43
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 2 2 2
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 32 43 43
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -32 -43 -43
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 1
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The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA)
provides a uniform system for the inspection and weighing of grain.
Services provided under this system are financed through a fee supported
revolving fund. This authority has been extended through September 2000.
Fee supported programs include direct services, supervision
activities and administrative functions. Direct services include
official grain inspection and weighing by GIPSA employees at certain
export ports as well as the inspection of U.S. grain shipped through
Canada. The Agency supervises the inspection and weighing activities
performed by its own employees. The agency also oversees the inspection
and weighing of grain performed by employees of 8 delegated States and
57 designated State and private agencies. The Agency provides an appeal
service of original grain inspections and a registration system for
grain exporting firms. Through support from the Association of American
Railroads and user fees, GIPSA conducts a railroad track scale testing
program. In addition, the agency provides grading services, on request,
for rice and grain related products under the authority of the
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (AMA).
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Export grain inspected and/or
weighed (million metric tons):
By Federal personnel.............. 74.0 80.4 88.4
By delegated States............... 27.5 29.9 32.8
Quantity of grain inspected (all
official inspections) million metric
tons................................ 124.0 121.1 117.3
Number of inspections and
reinspections:
By Federal personnel.............. 125,292 122,000 118,500
By delegated state/official agency
licenses........................ 1,935,050 1,878,000 1,821,500
Number of appeals................... 3,140 3,200 3,200
Number of appeals carried to the
Board of Appeals and Review......... 683 700 700
Quantity of rice inspected (million
metric tons)........................ 3.5 3.7 3.9
Quantity of rice exports (million
metric tons)........................ 2.5 2.7 2.8
Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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0101 Revenue........................... 31 32 43 43
0102 Expense........................... -34 -33 -43 -43
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0109 Net income or loss (-)............ -3 -1
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 1 1 1
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net............................. 4 4 4 4
1803 Other Federal assets: Property,
plant and equipment, net........ 1 1 1
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1999 Total assets.................... 6 4 6 6
LIABILITIES:
2101 Federal liabilities: Accounts
payable......................... -2
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable................ 1 1 1 1
2207 Other........................... 2 4 3 3
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2999 Total liabilities............... 3 3 4 4
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 8 4 4 4
3200 Invested capital.................. 9 6 6
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. -5 -9 -5 -5
3500 Future funding requirements....... -3 -3 -3
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3999 Total net position.............. 3 1 2 2
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 6 4 6 6
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Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent............. 17 22 22
11.3 Other than full-time permanent.. 1 1 1
11.5 Other personnel compensation.... 4 4 4
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11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 22 27 27
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 4 5 5
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 1 1 1
23.1 Rental payments to GSA............ 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 3 7 7
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 1 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations................. 32 43 43
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
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, [$46,592,000] $58,469,000, including funds for the wholesale
market development program for the design and development of wholesale
and farmer market facilities for the major metropolitan areas of the
country: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value
of the building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, as
established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). (7 U.S.C.
1291, 1621-27: 15 U.S.C. 714-714p: 21 U.S.C. 1031-56: 26 U.S.C. 6804,
7233, 7263, 7492-93, 7701; 49 U.S.C. 1653.)
limitation on administrative expenses
Not to exceed [$59,521,000] $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. (Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Market news service............. 22 22 23
00.02 Inspection and standardization.. 6 6 6
00.03 Market protection and promotion. 5 14 24
00.04 Wholesale market development.... 2 2 2
00.05 Transportation services......... 3 3 3
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 38 47 58
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 56 63 64
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10.00 Total obligations............... 94 110 122
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 39 35 35
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 91 110 122
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -1
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 129 145 157
23.95 New obligations................... -94 -110 -122
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 35 35 35
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 39 47 58
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 52 63 64
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 91 110 122
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 22 24 28
73.10 New obligations................... 94 110 122
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -94 -105 -120
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... 2
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 24 28 30
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 39 42 51
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 3 5
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 52 63 64
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 94 105 120
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -2 -2 -2
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -50 -61 -62
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88.90 Total, offsetting
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 39 47 58
90.00 Outlays........................... 42 42 56
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Agricultural Marketing Service activities assist producers and
handlers of agricultural commodities by providing a variety of marketing
services. These services continue to become more complex as the volume
of agricultural commodities increases, as a greater number of new
processed commodities are developed, and as the agricultural market
structure undergoes extensive changes. Marketing changes include
increased concentration in food retailing, direct buying,
decentralization of processing, growth of interregional competition,
vertical integration, and contract farming.
In 1999, $6.3 million has been included as part of the
Administration's Food Safety Initiative. These funds will be used to
expand the Pesticide Data Program to monitor microbiological pathogens,
and to establish a baseline for the level of these on fruits and
vegetables.
The individual Marketing Services activities include:
Market news service.--The market news program provides the
agricultural community with information pertaining to the movement of
agricultural products. This nationwide service provides daily reports on
the supply, demand, and price of over 700 commodities on domestic and
foreign markets.
Inspection, grading and standardization.--Nationally uniform
standards of quality for agricultural products are established and
applied to specific lots of products to: promote confidence between
buyers and sellers; reduce hazards in marketing due to misunderstandings
and disputes arising from the use of nonstandard descriptions; and
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preparation of uniform quality products for market. Grading services are
provided for cotton and domestic and imported tobacco.
Quarterly inspection of egg handlers and hatcheries is conducted to
ensure the proper disposition of shell eggs unfit for human consumption.
MARKET NEWS PROGRAM
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Percentage of reports released on
time................................ 90 94 94
COTTON AND TOBACCO USER FEE PROGRAM
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Cotton classed (samples in millions) 17.7 17.8 17.8
Tobacco auction markets (million
pounds)............................. 1632 1,472 1,472
Imported tobacco inspected at
markets and ports of entry (million
pounds)............................. 468 425 425
FEDERALLY FUNDED INSPECTION AND PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
States and Commonwealths with
cooperative agreements.............. 46 46 46
Percentage of noncomplying shell egg
lots that are reprocessed or
diverted............................ 100 100 100
STANDARDIZATION ACTIVITIES
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
International and U.S. standards in
effect, end of fiscal year.......... 584 587 581
Number of commodities covered....... 230 230 229
Standards revised................... 8 20 12
Market protection and promotion.--This program consists of: (1) the
research and promotion programs which are designed to improve the
competitive position and expand markets for cotton, eggs and egg
products, honey, pork, beef, dairy products, potatoes, watermelons,
mushrooms, soybeans, fluid milk and popcorn; (2) the Federal Seed Act;
and (3) the administration of the Capper-Volstead Act and the
Agricultural Fair Practices Act.
The pesticide recordkeeping program monitors compliance of private
certified applicators with Federal regulations requiring them to keep
records of restricted pesticides used in agricultural production.
The pesticide data program develops comprehensive, statistically
defensible information on pesticide residues in food to improve
government dietary risk procedures.
Federal seed inspectors conduct tests on seed samples to help ensure
truthful labeling of agricultural and vegetable seeds sold in interstate
commerce.
The Capper-Volstead Act and the Agricultural Fair Practices Act
protect producers against discriminatory practices by handlers, permit
producers to engage in cooperative efforts, and ensure that such
cooperatives do not engage in practices that monopolize or restrain
trade.
The national organic program is being established to certify that
organically produced food products meet national standards.
MARKET PROTECTION AND PROMOTION ACTIVITIES
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Pesticide Data Program:
Number of analyses performed...... 0 \1\ 51,000 55,000
Percentage of sampling and
analysis goal................... 0 \2\ 100 100
Pesticide Recordkeeping:
Number of State/Federal
Inspections..................... 4,748 4,658 4,800
Percentage of sampling goal
attained........................ 102 98 98
Seed Act:
Interstate investigations:
Completed....................... 597 650 650
Pending......................... 550 550 550
Seed samples tested............... 2,494 3,000 3,000
Percentage of cases submitted that
are completed................... 106 92 92
Plant Variety Protection Act:
Percentage of application
processing goal completed....... 63 81 89
Number of applications received... 417 350 350
Certificates of protection issued. 182 250 275
Research and promotion collections
(dollars in millions):
Beef.............................. 45.6 44.0 44.0
Cotton............................ 61.3 63.0 61.8
Dairy--National................... 76.5 77.3 78.0
Honey............................. 3.3 3.4 3.4
Pork.............................. 59.0 56.7 56.7
Egg............................... 16.0 16.0 16.0
Potato............................ 7.9 8.2 8.2
Watermelon........................ 1.2 1.4 1.4
Mushroom.......................... 2.3 2.4 2.4
Popcorn........................... 0 0.3 0.3
Soybean........................... 41.5 40.0 40.0
Fresh cut flowers and greens...... 10.1 0 0
Fluid Milk........................ 115.8 105.6 105.8
Percentage of board budgets and
marketing plans approved within
time frame goal................. 83 91 91
Sales of certified organic
products (dollars in billions).. 4.0 4.8 5.8
\1\ 40,000 (work funded by EPA).
\2\ 83% (work funded by EPA).
Wholesale market development.--This program is designed to enhance
the marketing of agricultural commodities in the United States by
conducting research into more efficient marketing methods for
agricultural commodities and by providing technical assistance to urban
areas interested in improving their food distribution facilities.
Transportation Services.--The activities are designed to ensure that
the Nation's transportation systems will adequately serve the needs of
agriculture and rural areas of the United States.
WHOLESALE MARKET DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Weighted average of customer survey
results for various market projects
and information products............ 100 100 105
Market studies initiated............ 10 9 9
Studies and projects completed...... 8 10 10
TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ACTIVITIES
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Weighted average of customer survey
results for various market projects
and information products............ 100 100 105
Number of reports produced.......... 6 8 8
Number of workshops sponsored....... 4 2 2
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 19 20 23
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 1 1
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 20 21 24
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 4 5 5
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 1 1
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 2 3 3
25.2 Other services.................. 4 10 18
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 2 2 2
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 1 1 1
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment....................... 2 2 2
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 38 47 58
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 56 63 64
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99.9 Total obligations............... 94 110 122
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 479 488 514
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
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Payments to States and Possessions
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)),
$1,200,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 1 1 1
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1 1 1
23.95 New obligations................... -1 -1 -1
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 1 1 1
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 1 1
73.10 New obligations................... 1 1 1
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1 -1 -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 1 1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1 1 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 1 1 1
90.00 Outlays........................... 1 1 1
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Grants are made on a matching fund basis to State departments of
agriculture to carry out specifically approved programs designed to
enhance marketing efficiency. Under this activity, specialists work with
farmers, marketing firms, and other agencies in solving marketing
problems and in using research results.
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act Fund
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
Receipts:
02.01 Deposits of Perishable
Agricultural Commodities Act
fees............................ 9 9 7
Appropriation:
05.01 Perishable Agricultural
Commodities Act fund............ -9 -9 -7
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 8 7 8
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 5 6 8
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 9 9 7
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 14 15 15
23.95 New obligations................... -8 -7 -8
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 6 8 7
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)..................... 9 9 7
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 4
73.10 New obligations................... 8 7 8
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -10 -7 -8
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 9 7 7
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 1 1
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 10 7 8
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 9 9 7
90.00 Outlays........................... 10 7 8
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License fees are deposited in this special fund and are used to meet
the costs of administering the Perishable Agricultural Commodities and
the Produce Agency Acts (7 U.S.C. 491-497, 499a-499s).
The Acts are intended to ensure equitable treatment to farmers and
others in the marketing of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables.
Commission merchants, dealers, and brokers handling these products in
interstate and foreign commerce are licensed. Complaints of violations
are investigated and violations dealt with by (a) informal agreements
between the two parties, (b) formal decisions involving payment of
reparation awards, and/or (c) suspension or revocation of license and/or
publication of the facts. Beginning October 1, 1994, an additional fee
was instituted for the filing of formal and informal complaints of
violations of the Act. The November 1995 amendments to the Perishable
Agricultural Commodities Act: (1) increase the license fee and phase out
fees for wholesale grocers and retailers by 1999; (2) provide permanent
authority to the Secretary of Agriculture to set license and reparation
complaint filing fees; and repeal the 25 percent maximum funding reserve
cap.
A 1984 amendment to the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act
requires traders to have trust assets on hand to meet their obligations
to fruit and vegetable suppliers. To preserve their trust and establish
their rights ahead of other creditors, unpaid suppliers file notice with
both the Department and their debtors that payment is due.
PERISHABLE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES ACT ACTIVITIES
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Percentage of informal reparation
complaints completed within time
frame goal.......................... 85 85 85
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 4 4 4
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 1 1 1
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 2 1 2
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99.9 Total obligations............... 8 7 8
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 97 97 97
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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
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the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than [$10,690,000] $10,998,000
for formulation and administration of marketing agreements and orders
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, and the
Agricultural Act of 1961. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 576 395 174
Receipts:
02.01 30% of customs duties, funds for
strengthening markets, income
and supply (section 32)......... 5,742 5,509 5,674
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 6,318 5,904 5,848
Appropriation:
05.01 Funds for strengthening markets,
income, and supply (section 32). -5,923 -5,730 -5,848
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 395 174
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
Commodity program payments:
00.01 Child nutrition program
purchases................... 400 400 400
00.02 Emergency surplus removal..... 101 63
00.03 Disaster relief............... 2
00.04 Diversion payments............ 9
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00.91 Subtotal, Commodity program
payments.................... 512 463 400
01.01 Administrative expenses........... 16 17 17
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01.92 Total direct program............ 528 480 417
09.11 Reimbursable program.............. 1 1 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 529 481 418
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 300 234 267
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 424 514 451
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 39
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 763 748 718
23.95 New obligations................... -529 -481 -418
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 234 267 300
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)..................... 5,923 5,730 5,848
61.00 Transferred to other accounts..... -5,500 -5,217 -5,398
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63.00 Appropriation (total)........... 423 513 450
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections: Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 424 514 451
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 63 3 3
73.10 New obligations................... 529 481 418
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -550 -480 -417
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -39
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 3 3
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 187 243 180
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 363 237 237
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 550 480 417
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -1 -1 -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 423 513 450
90.00 Outlays........................... 550 479 416
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Under section 32 of the act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C.
612c), an amount equal to 30 percent of customs receipts collected
during each calendar year is automatically appropriated for expanding
outlets for nonbasic commodities. An amount equal to 30 percent of
receipts collected on fishery products is transferred to the Department
of Commerce. Most of the funds are transferred to the Food and Consumer
Service and are used to purchase commodities under section 6 of the
National School Lunch Act and other authorities specified in the child
nutrition appropriation. If unforeseen commodity surpluses should
develop, unobligated reserve balances are available for surplus removal.
WORKLOAD INDICATORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Administrative costs in constant
dollars as a percentage of commodity
purchases........................... 1.1 1.1 1.1
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 8 9 9
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 2 2 2
22.0 Transportation of things:
Commodities................... 4 4 4
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 2 2 2
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 3 3 3
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 1 1 1
26.0 Supplies and materials: Grants
of commodities to States...... 506 457 394
31.0 Equipment....................... 1 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 528 480 417
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 529 481 418
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 173 173 173
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 13 13 13
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Trust Funds
Miscellaneous Trust Funds
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
Receipts:
02.01 Deposits of fees from inspection
and grading of farm products.... 103 106 106
Appropriation:
05.01 Miscellaneous trust funds......... -103 -106 -106
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Dairy products.................... 5 5 5
00.02 Fruits and vegetables............. 49 49 49
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00.03 Meat grading...................... 20 21 21
00.04 Poultry products.................. 22 24 24
00.05 Miscellaneous agricultural
commodities..................... 8 7 7
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10.00 Total obligations............... 104 106 106
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 32 31 31
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 103 106 106
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 135 137 137
23.95 New obligations................... -104 -106 -106
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 31 31 31
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)..................... 103 106 106
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.42 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: U.S.
Securities: Unrealized discounts -13 -19 -19
73.10 New obligations................... 104 106 106
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -109 -106 -106
74.42 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: U.S.
Securities: Unrealized discounts -19 -19 -19
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 90 94 94
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 19 12 12
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 109 106 106
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 103 106 106
90.00 Outlays........................... 109 106 106
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Expenses and refunds, inspection and grading of farm products.--The
commodity grading programs provide grading, examination, and
certification services for a wide variety of fresh and processed food
commodities using federally approved grade standards and purchase
specifications. Commodities graded include poultry, livestock, meat,
dairy products, and fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. These
programs use official grade standards which reflect the relative quality
of a particular food commodity based on laboratory testing and
characteristics such as taste, color, weight, and physical condition.
Producers voluntarily request grading and certification services which
are provided on a fee for service basis.
WORKLOAD INDICATORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Weighted average cost per cwt. (1990
index).............................. $0.07 $0.07 $0.07
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 13 7 7 7
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 3 1 1 1
Non-Federal assets:
1201 Investments in non-Federal
securities, net............... 29 34 34 34
1206 Receivables, net................ 8 11 11 11
1803 Other Federal assets: Property,
plant and equipment, net........ 1 2 2 2
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1999 Total assets.................... 54 55 55 55
LIABILITIES:
2101 Federal liabilities: Accounts
payable......................... 2 2 2
2207 Non-Federal liabilities: Unearned
revenue (advances): Deposit
funds........................... 11 12 12 12
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 13 12 14 14
NET POSITION:
3600 Other............................. 41 43 43 43
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 41 43 43 43
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 54 55 57 57
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Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent............. 53 54 54
11.3 Other than full-time permanent.. 4 5 5
11.5 Other personnel compensation.... 8 8 8
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11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 65 67 67
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 16 17 17
13.0 Benefits for former personnel..... 1 1 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 6 6 6
23.1 Rental payments to GSA............ 1 1 1
23.2 Rental payments to others......... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 4 2 2
25.2 Other services.................... 5 6 6
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 3 3 3
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment......................... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 104 106 106
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 1,564 1,522 1,538
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Milk Market Orders Assessment Fund
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Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Administration.................... 31 33 35
09.02 Marketing service................. 5 6 6
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10.00 Total obligations............... 36 39 41
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
Unobligated balance available, start of year:
21.40 Uninvested...................... 21 20 20
21.41 U.S. Securities: Par value...... 7 7 7
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21.99 Total unobligated balance,
start of year............... 28 27 27
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 36 39 41
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 64 66 68
23.95 New obligations................... -36 -39 -41
Unobligated balance available, end of year:
24.40 Uninvested...................... 20 20 20
24.41 U.S. Securities: Par value...... 7 7 7
--------- --------- ----------
24.99 Total unobligated balance, end
of year....................... 27 27 27
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 36 39 41
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 36 39 41
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -36 -39 -41
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 35 38 40
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 36 39 41
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -36 -39 -41
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... -1
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Note.--The administration fund totals are comprised of 32 separate
independent order accounts in 1997. The Marketing Service fund totals
are comprised of 36 separate independent order accounts in 1997.
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized by the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended--under certain conditions--
to issue Federal milk marketing orders establishing minimum prices which
handlers are required to pay for milk purchased from producers.
Market administrators are appointed by the Secretary and are
responsible for carrying out the terms of specific marketing orders.
Their operating expenses, partly financed by assessments on regulated
handlers and partly by deductions from producers, are reported in these
schedules. These funds are collected locally, deposited in local banks,
and disbursed directly by the market administrator.
Expenses of local offices are met from an administrative fund and a
marketing service fund, which are prescribed in each order. The
administrative fund is derived from prorated handler assessments. The
marketing service fund of the individual order disseminates market
information to producers who are not members of a qualified cooperative.
It also provides for the verification of the weights, sampling, and
testing of milk from these producers. The cost of these services is
borne by such producers.
The maximum rates for administrative assessment and for marketing
services are set forth in each order and adjustments below these rates
are made from time to time upon recommendations by the market
administrator and upon approval of the Agricultural Marketing Service to
provide reserves at about a 6-month operating level. Upon termination of
any order, the statute provides for distributing the proceeds from net
assets pro rata to contributing handlers or producers, as the case may
be.
WORKLOAD INDICATORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Percentage of formal and informal
rulemaking completed within internal
timeframes.......................... 94 85 85
Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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ADMINISTRATION:
0111 Revenue........................... 29 31 33 35
0112 Expense........................... -32 -31 -33 -35
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0119 Net loss, Administration.......... -3
MARKETING SERVICE:
0121 Revenue........................... 7 7 5 6
0122 Expense........................... -5 -5 -5 -6
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0129 Net income, Marketing service..... 2 2
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0191 Total revenues.................... 36 38 39 41
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0192 Total expenses.................... -37 -36 -39 -41
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0199 Net income........................ -1 2
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ASSETS:
Investments in US securities:
1102 Federal assets: Treasury
securities, par............... 6 7 7 7
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net............................. 3 3 3 3
Other Federal assets:
1801 Cash and other monetary assets.. 17 18 18 18
1803 Property, plant and equipment,
net........................... 4 4 4 4
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1999 Total assets.................... 30 32 32 32
LIABILITIES:
2201 Non-Federal liabilities: Accounts
payable......................... 1 1 1 1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 1 1 1 1
NET POSITION:
3200 Invested capital.................. 29 31 31 31
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 29 31 31 31
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 30 32 32 32
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 23 25 26
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 5 5 5
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 2 2 3
23.2 Rental payments to others......... 2 3 3
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 1 1 1
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment......................... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 36 39 41
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2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
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RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Administrative and Operating Expenses
For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by the
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 6933),
[$64,000,000] $66,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). [In addition, notwithstanding the
provisions of section 516(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
U.S.C. 1516(a)(1)(B)), for discretionary expenses, $188,571,000 for the
payment of administrative and operating expenses of approved insurance
providers.] (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Salaries and expenses............. 62 64 66
00.02 Administrative expense
reimbursements.................. 188
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10.00 Total obligations............... 62 252 66
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 64 252 66
23.95 New obligations................... -62 -252 -66
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 64 252 66
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 6 15 40
73.10 New obligations................... 62 252 66
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -53 -227 -84
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 15 40 22
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 53 227 59
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 25
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 53 227 84
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 64 252 66
90.00 Outlays........................... 53 227 84
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This appropriation finances the administrative and operating
expenses of the Risk Management Agency (RMA), which provides crop
insurance to farmers.
The Federal government reimburses private insurance companies for
certain administrative expenses incurred while delivering the crop
insurance program. The 1998 budget provided discretionary funding for
the reimbursement of agents' sales commissions in accordance with the
Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994. In order to ensure that
sufficient funding is available to provide agent sales commissions, the
budget proposes to shift funding for this activity from discretionary
spending to mandatory spending through the Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation Fund.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent............. 25 28 30
11.3 Other than full-time permanent.. 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 26 29 31
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 5 6 7
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 2 1 1
23.2 Rental payments to others......... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 2 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 24 210 21
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 1 1
31.0 Equipment......................... 2 3 3
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99.9 Total obligations............... 62 252 66
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 526 550 550
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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. (Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998.)
Public enterprise funds:
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). (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.02 Delivery and other expenses....... 453 286 286
01.01 Indemnities....................... 1,072 2,112 2,090
01.02 Dairy Options Pilot Program....... 10 10
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10.00 Total obligations............... 1,525 2,408 2,386
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 971 1,855 1,003
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 2,287 1,546 2,376
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 122
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 10 10
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 3,380 3,411 3,389
23.95 New obligations................... -1,525 -2,408 -2,386
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1,855 1,003 1,003
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 1,785 700 1,504
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 502 846 872
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 2,287 1,546 2,376
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 936 864 1,256
73.10 New obligations................... 1,525 2,408 2,386
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1,474 -2,016 -2,424
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -122
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 864 1,256 1,218
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 839 421 389
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 101 143 308
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 402 592 610
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 132 860 1,117
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 1,474 2,016 2,424
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -502 -846 -872
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 1,785 700 1,504
90.00 Outlays........................... 972 1,170 1,552
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 1,785 700 1,504
Outlays........................... 972 1,170 1,552
Legislative proposal, subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority.................. 205
Outlays........................... 185
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 1,785 700 1,709
Outlays........................... 972 1,170 1,737
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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), a wholly-owned
government corporation, provides multi-peril and catastrophic crop
insurance protection against losses from unavoidable natural events. The
Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (1996 Act) brought many changes to
the program. With the reduced price support activities promulgated by
the 1996 Act, the crop insurance program has become a more broad based
safety net and includes programs involving revenue insurance, risk
management savings ac-
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counts, and the use of the futures market to manage risk and eliminate
the need for ad hoc disaster assistance.
Under the 1996 Act, farmers are no longer required to obtain
Catastrophic Crop insurance (CAT), as previously mandated by the Federal
Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994. Producers can instead agree in
writing to waive eligibility for emergency crop loss assistance in
connection with the crop. For producers who continue to obtain CAT,
which compensates the farmer for losses up to 50 percent of the
individual's average yield at 60 percent (55 percent for the 1999 crop
year) of the expected market price, premium is entirely subsidized. The
cost to the producer for this type of coverage is an annual processing
fee of $50 per crop per county up to $200 per county, not to exceed $600
for all counties. Local Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices and commercial
insurance companies delivered this product to the producer for the 1995
and 1996 crop years. For the 1997 crop year, FSA delivery was
discontinued in 14 states, and for the 1998 crop year, FSA delivery will
be discontinued for all remaining states because the private sector
delivery was determined to be sufficient.
Additional coverage is available to producers who wish to insure
crops above the 50 percent coverage level/60 percent price level.
Policyholders can elect to be paid up to 100 percent of the market price
established by FCIC for each unit of production their actual yield is
less than the individual yield guarantee. Premium rates for additional
coverage depend on the level of protection selected and vary from crop
to crop and county to county. Producers are assessed a fee of $10 per
crop (may be $50 in some cases), in addition to a share of premium. The
additional levels of insurance coverage are more attractive to farmers
due to availability of optional units, other policy provisions not
available with CAT coverage, and the ability to obtain a level of
protection that permits them to use crops as loan collateral and to
achieve greater financial security.
As mandated by the 1996 Act, three revenue insurance programs are
available under which producers of wheat, certain feedgrains, soybeans,
and cotton are protected against loss of revenue stemming from low
prices, poor yields, or a combination of both. Two plans were privately
developed and submitted to FCIC: Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC) and Revenue
Assurance (RA). The third plan is the Income Protection (IP) plan
developed by FCIC. These three plans have many similar features and some
very distinctive features. All provide a guaranteed revenue by combining
yield and price variability. Indemnities are due when any combination of
yield and price result in revenue that is less than the revenue
guarantee. Revenue protection for all products is provided by extending
traditional multi peril crop insurance protection, based on actual
production history, to include price variability. The price component
common to CRC, RA, and IP uses the commodity futures market for price
discovery. These programs all seek to help ensure a certain level of
annual income and are offered through private insurance companies.
Progress in other program areas includes the Risk Management
Education program which provides education in management of the
financial risks inherent in the production and marketing of agricultural
commodities, the Options Pilot Program to ascertain whether trading in
the futures and options markets can be used by producers to reduce the
risks of market price fluctuation, and Quality Adjustment Provisions.
RMA also continues to improve and update the terms and conditions of all
crop insurance policies, which better clarifies and defines the
insurance protection provided by the insurance policies and the duties
and responsibilities of the policyholder and insurance provider.
In crop year 1997, 180.4 million acres was insured, with an
estimated $1,760.9 million in total premium income, including $893.1
million in premium subsidy.
The Corporation's budget is presented in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) Statement No. 60, ``Accounting and Reporting by Insurance
Enterprises,'' and Statement No. 5, ``Accounting for Contingencies.''
The following table compares the scope of the insurance operations
planned for 1999. Amounts in the 1997 column are as of September 30,
1997, and pertain to the 1997 crop year.
1997 1998 1999
crop year crop year crop year
actual estimate estimate
Number of States.................... 50 50 50
Number of counties.................. 3,022 3,022 3,022
Insurance in force (millions)....... 24,308 25,194 24,500
Insured acreage (millions).......... 181 186 185
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Producer premium (millions)\1\...... 902 996 1,011
Premium subsidy (millions)\1\....... 878 946 934
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Total premium (millions)\1\... 1,780 1,942 1,945
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Indemnities (million)\1\............ 1,357 2,136 2,090
Loss ratio.......................... .76 1.10 1.075
\1\ Includes amounts that will appear on the books of the reinsured
companies. The Corporation records will only reflect the net reinsurance
income and net reinsurance loss.
Financing.--The Corporation is authorized under the Federal Crop
Insurance Act, as amended, to use funds from the issuance of capital
stock which provides working capital for the Corporation.
Receipts, which are for deposit to this fund, come mainly from
premiums paid by farmers. The principal payments from this fund are for
indemnities to insured farmers, and administrative expenses for approved
insurance providers.
Premium subsidies are authorized by section 508(b) of the Federal
Crop Insurance Act, as amended, and are received through appropriations.
PREMIUM AND SUBSIDY
[In millions of dollars]
1997 1998 1999
fiscal year fiscal year fiscal year
actual estimate estimate
Premiums:
Producer premium.................. 877 982 1,009
Amount of subsidies............... 923 936 936
Additional coverage............. 765 914 936
Catastrophic coverage........... 158 22 0
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Total premiums................ 1,800 1,918 1,945
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Indemnities......................... 1,072 2,112 2,090
Additional coverage............. 1,126 2,089 2,090
Catastrophic coverage........... -54 23 0
For crop years 1948 through 1996, indemnities ($15,807.4 million)
exceeded premium income ($12,758.0 million) by $3,049.4 million; the
loss ratio for the period was 1.24.
The following table summarizes the insurance operations for fiscal
years 1997, 1998 and 1999:
NET INCOME OR LOSS (-) ON INSURANCE OPERATIONS
[In millions of dollars]
1997 fiscal 1998 fiscal 1999 fiscal
year year year
actual estimate estimate
Premiums over indemnities........... -195 -1,130 -1,082
Interest expense, net............... 0 0 0
Delivery expenses \1\............... -485 -275 -480
Other income or expense, net (-).... -1 0 0
Reinsurance underwriting gain (+) or
loss (-)............................ -340 -136 -136
Research and Development start up
expense............................. -2 -11 -11
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Net income or loss (-).............. -1,023 -1,552 -1,504
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\1\ Figures reflect delivery expenses borne by the Fund. In 1998, an
additional $188 million in delivery expenses was appropriated, for total
expenses of $463 million. For 1999, all expenses are proposed to be paid by
the Fund.
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0101 Revenue........................... 641 502 846 872
0102 Expense........................... -2,326 -1,525 -2,408 -2,376
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0109 Net income or loss (-)............ -1,685 -1,023 -1,562 -1,504
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0199 Net income or loss................ -1,685 -1,023 -1,562 -1,504
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 2,114 2,815 1,875 1,875
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net............................. 735 740 700 700
1803 Other Federal assets: Property,
plant and equipment, net........ 1 2 2 2
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1999 Total assets.................... 2,850 3,557 2,577 2,577
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2101 Accounts payable................ 1
2105 Other........................... 186 222 150 150
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable................ 220 188 200 200
2207 Other........................... 1,632 1,485 1,262 1,262
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2999 Total liabilities............... 2,039 1,895 1,612 1,612
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 2 1,120 10 10
3200 Invested capital.................. 1 1 2 2
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. -3,682 -3,949 -3,537 -3,537
3500 Future funding requirements....... -6 -6 -7 -7
3600 Other............................. 4,496 4,496 4,496 4,496
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3999 Total net position.............. 811 1,662 964 964
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 2,850 3,557 2,576 2,576
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25.2 Other services.................... 453 296 296
Insurance claims and indemnities:
42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities
(catastrophic)................ -54 23
42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities
(reinsured)................... 1,126 2,089 2,090
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99.9 Total obligations............... 1,525 2,408 2,386
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Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund
(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.02 Delivery expenses................. 205
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10.00 Total obligations............... 205
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 205
23.95 New obligations................... -205
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 205
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 205
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -185
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Appropriation 20
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 185
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 205
90.00 Outlays........................... 185
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This schedule reflects a key part of the Administration's proposal
to reinforce the farm income ``safety net.'' Legislation to amend the
Federal Crop Insurance (FCIC) Act would allow the shift of funding for
administrative expense reimbursement from discretionary spending to the
mandatory Federal Crop Insurance Fund. As a partial PAYGO offset for the
increase in mandatory spending due to this shift, the Administration is
developing a combination of program changes that would take effect
beginning in 2000. Changes being considered include: placing a $100,000
limit on the indemnity producers can receive from the premium-free
catastrophic insurance policy; reducing the reimbursement rate paid to
the private insurance companies from the current 27 percent of premium
to 25 percent of premium; slightly reducing the subsidy the Federal
government pays for insurance on changes from the expected market price;
and lowering the loss ratio that premiums are based on to 1.060 from the
current 1.075 loss ratio. Other USDA program changes will be used to
meet the rest of the PAYGO offset requirement.
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,
[$700,659,000] $723,478,000, of which not less than $30,000,000 is for
purchases of equipment or studies related to the Service Center
Initiative Common Computing Environment: Provided, That the Secretary is
authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the
funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for
all programs administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other
funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities may be
advanced to and merged with this account: Provided further, That these
funds shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to
exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
(Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Farm Programs................... 578 510 533
00.02 Conservation and Environment.... 153 174 175
00.03 Commodity Operations............ 16 17 15
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00.91 Subtotal, direct program...... 747 701 723
Reimbursable program:
09.01 Farm Loans.................... 208 210 228
09.02 Other reimbursable program.... 84 80 76
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09.09 Subtotal, reimbursable program.. 292 290 304
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10.00 Total obligations............... 1,039 991 1,027
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1,039 991 1,027
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 20
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to
other accounts.................. -20
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 1,039 991 1,027
23.95 New obligations................... -1,039 -991 -1,027
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 747 701 723
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Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 292 290 304
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 1,039 991 1,027
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 161 127 227
73.10 New obligations................... 1,039 991 1,027
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1,048 -891 -1,023
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -5
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -20
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 127 227 231
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 640 601 619
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 116 100
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 292 290 304
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 1,048 891 1,023
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -273 -272 -287
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -19 -18 -17
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -292 -290 -304
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 747 701 723
90.00 Outlays........................... 756 601 719
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 747 701 723
Outlays........................... 756 601 719
Legislative proposal, not subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority..................
Outlays...........................
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 747 701 723
Outlays........................... 756 601 719
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The Farm Service Agency (FSA) was established October 3, 1994,
pursuant to the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994, P.L. 103-354. The Department of
Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 was amended on April 4, 1996, by
the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (1996 Act),
P.L. 104-127. The FSA administers a variety of activities, such as farm
income support programs through various loans and payments; the
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); the Emergency Conservation Program;
the Hazardous Waste Management Program; the Commodity Operation Programs
including the warehouse examination function; farm ownership, farm
operating, emergency disaster, and other loan programs; price support
and production control programs for tobacco and peanuts; and the
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP), which provides crop
loss protection for growers of many crops for which crop insurance is
not available. The Agency also assists in the administration of several
conservation cost-share programs financed by the Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC), including the Environmental Quality Incentives
Program (EQIP). In addition, FSA provides certain administrative support
services to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and to the Risk
Management Agency (RMA).
This consolidated administrative expenses account includes funds to
cover expenses of programs administered by, and functions assigned to,
the Agency. The funds consist of a direct appropriation, transfers from
program loan accounts under credit reform procedures, user fees, and
advances and reimbursements from other sources. This is a consolidated
account for administrative expenses of national, regional, State, and
county offices.
Farm Programs.--These programs provide an economic safety net
through farm income support to eligible producers, cooperatives, and
associations to help improve the economic stability and viability of the
agricultural sector and to ensure the production of an adequate and
reasonably priced supply of food and fiber. Objectives of the Agency
include maintaining a high Agricultural Market Transition Act (AMTA)
participation rate for eligible acreage, providing marketing assistance
loans and loan deficiency payments enabling recipients to continue
farming operations without marketing their product immediately after
harvest, stabilizing the price and production of tobacco and peanuts,
and providing a financial assistance safety net to eligible producers
when natural disasters result in a catastrophic loss of production or
prevents planting of noninsured crops, and timely designating eligible
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) areas and approving
crop prices, average yields, and payment factors.
Other draft performance measures being considered by FSA include
increasing planting flexibility for AMTA, and other programs. FSA
proposed legislation in 1997 to expand planting flexibility. Regarding
AMTA participation, FSA can control and influence AMTA participation to
a limited degree. One way is in reducing the numbers of required forms
and trips to the office. Measuring the changes in these elements would
serve both the direct effect--reducing paperwork and office visits--and
the indirect effect of making participation in AMTA less burdensome.
Other performance measures being considered include excluding
ineligible production from the receipt of loans when loan deficiency
payments have been obtained, and encouraging the use of practices like
electronic warehouse receipts that tend to reduce costs to the system.
The performance measure for the peanut program must express the balance
between maintaining the statutory goal of a no-net-cost program and
avoiding adverse consumer impacts. In 1999, FSA will use newly published
marketing and price data series to better set a quota reflecting
domestic edible use. Other measures reflect policy goals of increasing
the opportunities for new producers (especially beginning farmers) and
non-quota holders to gain quotas as a performance measure. Likewise,
other goals include increasing peanut exports and increased market
orientation--including increased flexibility of quota use--as well as
increased planting flexibility as a long-standing Administration goal
for all farm programs.
Farm program activities include the following functions dealing with
the administration of programs carried out through the farmer committee
system of the FSA: (a) developing program regulations and procedures;
(b) collecting and compiling basic data for individual farms; (c)
establishing individual farm allotments for tobacco and peanuts and farm
planting history; (d) notifying producers of established allotments and
farm planting histories; (e) determining farm marketing quotas for
tobacco and peanuts; (f) conducting referendums and certifying results;
(g) accepting farmer certifications and checking compliance for specific
purposes; (h) issuing marketing cards so that production from the
allotted acreage can be marketed without penalty; (i) processing
commodity loan documents and issuing checks; (j) processing production
flexibility contract payments and issuing checks; and (k) certifying
payment eligibility and monitoring payment limitations.
Conservation and Environment.--These programs assist agricultural
producers and landowners in achieving a high level of stewardship of
soil, water, air, and wildlife resources on America's farmland and
ranches while protecting the human and natural environment. Objectives
of the Agency include improving environmental quality, protecting
natural re-
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sources, and enhancing habitat for fish and wildlife, including
threatened and endangered species, providing Emergency Conservation
Program funding for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate damaged
farmland and for carrying out emergency conservation measures during
periods of severe drought, and protecting the public health of
communities through implementation of the Hazardous Waste Management
Program. This activity includes: (a) processing producer requests for
conservation cost-sharing and issuing conservation reserve rental
payments; and (b) issuing checks for other conservation programs.
Commodity Operations.--This activity includes: (a) overall
management of CCC-owned commodities; (b) purchasing commodities; (c)
donating commodities; (d) selling commodities; (e) accounting for loans
and commodities; and (f) commercial warehouse activities, which include
improving the effectiveness and efficiency of FSA's commodity
acquisition, procurement, storage, and distribution activities to
support domestic and international food assistance programs and
administering the U.S. Warehouse Act (USWA). The Agency provides for the
examination of warehouses licensed under the U.S. Warehouse Act and non-
licensed warehouses storing CCC-owned or pledged commodities. Examiners
perform periodic examinations of the facilities and the warehouse
records to ensure protection of depositors against potential losses of
the stored commodities and to ensure compliance with the U.S. Warehouse
Act and any CCC storage agreements.
Farm Loans (Reimbursable).--Provides for administering the direct
and guaranteed loan programs covered under the Agricultural Credit
Insurance Fund (ACIF). Activities include reviewing applications,
servicing the loan portfolio, and providing technical assistance and
guidance to borrowers. These administrative expenses are transferred to
this consolidated account from the ACIF. Appropriations representing
subsidy amounts necessary to support the individual program loan levels
under Federal Credit Reform are made to the ACIF account.
Other Reimbursable Activities.--FSA collects a fee or is reimbursed
for performing a variety of services for other Federal agencies, CCC,
industry, and others, including certain administrative support services
for the Risk Management Agency and the Foreign Agricultural Service, and
for county office services provided to Federal and non-Federal entities,
including a variety of services to producers.
Administrative Convergence.--The Department is coordinating the
functions and personnel of the different field agencies to provide a
more seamless and efficient delivery system. By 2002, the proposal would
result in a 22 percent reduction in administrative staffing from 1997.
Savings by 2002 would equal $127 million/year. Progress in 1999 would be
indicated by the creation of a Support Services Bureau reflecting a new
entity made by consolidating the agencies' administrative units, both at
the National level and in each State.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 106 113 106
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 8 8 8
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 3 2 2
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 117 123 116
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 25 26 25
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 8 5 2
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 6 5 5
22.0 Transportation of things........ 1 2 2
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 10 10 10
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 8 9 9
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 2 2 2
25.2 Other services.................. 23 21 21
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 6 6 6
31.0 Equipment....................... 2 2
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 540 488 521
42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities 1 2 2
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 747 701 723
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 292 290 304
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99.9 Total obligations............... 1,039 991 1,027
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 2,364 2,401 1,945
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 3,504 3,508 3,701
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Salaries and Expenses
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Upon enactment of authorization of a fee for providing information
obtained from information collections from persons participating in the
programs administered by the Farm Service Agency, such fee shall be
collected and credited to this account as an offsetting collection, to
remain available until expended for authorized purposes.
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Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Non-program acreage report........ 10
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 10
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 10
23.95 New obligations................... -10
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 10
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 10
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -10
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 10
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -10
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
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In 1999, FSA proposes to begin to charge fees to cover the costs of
collecting and processing information of interest to private individuals
and companies, such as crop insurance companies, appraisers,
agricultural consultants, other agencies, etc. Information products
developed from these collections shall be priced at the full cost of
processing and dissemination. An estimated $10 million would be
collected through fees from these businesses and other agencies, which
would be available for salaries and expense obligations.
State Mediation Grants
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act
of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), [$2,000,000] $4,000,000. (Agri-
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culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 2 2 4
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 2 2 4
23.95 New obligations................... -2 -2 -4
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 2 2 4
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 2 1 1
73.10 New obligations................... 2 2 4
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -2 -2 -3
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 1 3
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 2 1 2
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1 1 1
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 2 2 3
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 2 2 4
90.00 Outlays........................... 3 2 3
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This grant program is authorized by Title V of the Agricultural
Credit Act of 1987, P.L. 100-233, as amended. Originally designed to
address agricultural credit disputes, the program was expanded by the
Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994 (P.L. 103-354) to include other agricultural
issues such as wetland determinations, conservation compliance, rural
water loan programs, grazing on National Forest System lands, and
pesticide use. Grants are made to States whose agricultural mediation
programs have been certified by the Farm Service Agency. A grant will
not exceed 70 percent of the total fiscal year funds that a qualifying
State requires to operate and administer its agricultural loan mediation
program. In no case will the total amount of a grant exceed $500,000
annually.
GRANT OBLIGATIONS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Number of grants.................... 23 21 22
Amount of grants (in millions of
dollars)............................ $2 $2 $4
Tree Assistance Program
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 6
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 9
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -3
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 6
23.95 New obligations................... -6
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 9
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 6 3
73.10 New obligations................... 6
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -3 -3
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 6 3
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 3 3
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 3 3
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 9
90.00 Outlays........................... 3 3
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Funding for the Tree Assistance Program (TAP) was provided by the
1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, P.L. 105-18, enacted
June 12, 1997. The $9 million appropriation was made available for
obligation through September 30, 1997, with any unobligated funding
expiring.
TAP provides cost-share payments of up to 100 percent to orchard and
vineyard growers who replant or rehabilitate orchard trees and vineyards
lost to damaging weather, including freezes, excessive rainfalls,
floods, droughts, tornadoes, and earthquakes in fiscal year 1997.
Eligible owners may not receive more than $25,000 per person.
During 1997, 24 States, Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
participated in the program, obligating a total of $6 million.
Conservation Reserve Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3319-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Technical assistance.............. 48 38 24
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
25.2)......................... 48 38 24
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 111 86 48
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 3
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 20
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 134 86 48
23.95 New obligations................... -48 -38 -24
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 86 48 24
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 25
73.10 New obligations................... 48 38 24
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -20 -63 -24
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -3
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 25
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 20 63 24
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 20 63 24
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 20 63 24
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The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) was originally mandated by
the Food Security Act of 1985. The Federal Agriculture Improvement and
Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act), enacted April 4, 1996, retains the
CRP as part of the Environmental Conservation Acreage Reserve Program
(ECARP) but changed the funding source from direct appropriation to the
Commodity Credit Corporation. Only very minimal CCC funds were used for
program operations in 1996
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since annual rental payments had been made very early in the fiscal year
using CRP appropriated funds.
In fiscal year 1997, annual rental and cost-share payments for acres
enrolled in the program were paid through the Commodity Credit
Corporation. Remaining unobligated funds from the fiscal year 1996
appropriated account are currently used for CRP technical assistance. In
providing technical assistance, the Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) determines eligibility, develops conservation plans, and
helps install approved practices. The Forest Service (FS) and
cooperating State forestry agencies develop plans for tree planting and
assist in carrying them out. The Cooperative State Research, Education,
and Extension Service provides information and educational assistance to
inform landowners and operators about the program. Local soil and water
conservation districts approve conservation plans. To ensure maximum
program benefits, USDA consults with land grant universities, State soil
and water agencies, State fish and wildlife agencies, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Services, and others. In fiscal year 1997, $47.6 million was
obligated for the technical assistance services of NRCS and FS and a
payment of $19.4 million in CRP appropriated funds was made to NRCS.
CRP program payments for fiscal years 1997, 1998, and 1999 are
included under the Commodity Credit Corporation account.
Agricultural Conservation Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3315-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 2 23 23
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 21
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 23 23 23
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 23 23 23
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 161 76 32
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -64 -44 -12
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -21
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 76 32 20
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 64 44 12
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 64 44 12
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This program was terminated at the beginning of 1997 in accordance
with the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. The
objectives of the Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP) were
incorporated into the Environmental Quality Incentives Program which is
funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation and administered under the
lead of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
The primary objectives of the program were to conserve soil and
water resources. Along with annual agreements, cost sharing was
authorized for long-term agreements of 3-10 years. At the end of 1997,
there were $76 million in unliquidated obligations for ACP agreements.
Emergency Conservation Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3316-0-1-453 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 38 79
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 22 79
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 95
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 117 79
23.95 New obligations................... -38 -79
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 79
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 95
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 18 24
73.10 New obligations................... 38 79
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -32 -103
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 24
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 16
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 16 102
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 32 103
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 95
90.00 Outlays........................... 32 103
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This program was authorized by the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2201-05). It provides funds for sharing the cost of emergency
measures to deal with cases of severe damage to farmlands and rangelands
resulting from natural disasters.
For 1997, pursuant to P.L. 104-208, enacted September 30, 1996, and
P.L. 105-18, enacted June 12, 1997, $25 million and $70 million
respectively, in supplemental funding was provided to the Emergency
Conservation Program, to remain available until expended. Under the 1997
program, cost-sharing and technical assistance were provided in 42
States as well as the Virgin Islands to treat farmlands damaged by
floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and other natural disasters.
The 1997 program rehabilitated approximately 1,551,215 acres of farmland
damaged by these natural disasters.
No funding was provided in the 1998 Agriculture Appropriations Act
for this program. The 1999 budget proposes no funding.
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION
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. (Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998.)
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Public enterprise funds:
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
reimbursement for net realized losses
For fiscal year [1998] 1999, such sums as may be necessary to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses
sustained, but not previously reimbursed [(estimated to be $783,507,000
in the President's fiscal year 1998 Budget Request P(H. Doc. 105-3)),
but not to exceed $783,507,000], 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 [1998] 1999, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall
not expend more than $5,000,000 for expenses to comply with the
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.
6961: Provided, That expenses shall be for operations and maintenance
costs only and that other hazardous waste management costs shall be paid
for by the USDA Hazardous Waste Management appropriation in this Act.
[export credit]
[The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less than
$5,500,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export credit guarantee
program extended to finance the export sales of United States
agricultural commodities and the products thereof, as authorized by
section 202(a) and (b) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
5641).]
[emerging markets export credit]
[The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available not less than
$200,000,000 in credit guarantees under its export guarantee program for
credit expended to finance the export sales of United States
agricultural commodities and the products thereof to emerging markets,
as authorized by section 1542 of Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 5622
note).] (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Support and related programs:
Operating expenses:
00.01 Commodity purchases and
related inventory
transactions................ 630 661 606
00.02 Storage, transportation, and
other obligations not
included above.............. 352 443 830
Direct producer payments:
00.03 Feed grains................. 3,834 3,071 2,967
00.04 Wheat....................... 1,389 1,503 1,451
00.05 Rice........................ 451 485 469
00.06 Cotton...................... 607 844 874
00.07 Noninsured assistance
program................... 32 86 90
00.08 Oilseeds loan deficency..... 2
00.09 Crop disaster............... 2
00.10 Livestock assistance........ 38
00.11 Livestock indemnity......... 49 8
00.12 Disaster reserve assistance. 41 7 4
00.13 Conservation reserve program 1,671 1,798 1,694
00.14 Environmental quality
incentives program--EQIP.. 171 156 174
00.15 Wetlands reserve program.... 99 219 113
00.16 Farmland protection program. 2 17
00.17 Conservation farm option.... 11 20
00.18 Reimbursement agreement and
transfers to State and
Federal agencies............ 39 45 45
Interest expenses:
00.19 Treasury.................... 234 123 226
00.20 Other....................... 18 18 18
00.21 EQIP technical assistance..... 20 38 20
00.22 EQIP educational assistance... 5 6 6
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00.91 Total operating expenses.... 9,684 9,539 9,609
Capital investment:
Direct loans:
01.02 Purchase of ADP equipment... 6 49 29
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01.91 Total capital investment.... 6 49 29
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01.92 Total support and related
programs.................... 9,690 9,588 9,638
02.02 Other PL 480 operating expenses... 250 366 350
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02.91 Total special activities........ 250 366 350
Reimbursable program:
09.01 Commodity loans................. 5,333 6,408 7,451
09.01 Commodities procured--PL 480
Titles II and III commodity
costs......................... 521 526 526
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09.09 Total reimbursable program...... 5,854 6,934 7,977
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10.00 Total obligations............... 15,794 16,888 17,965
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 15,798 16,948 17,995
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to
other accounts.................. -29 -64 -30
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 25 4
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 15,794 16,888 17,965
23.95 New obligations................... -15,794 -16,888 -17,965
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 1,500 784 8,439
40.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -1,500 -784 -8,439
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43.00 Appropriation (total).........
Permanent:
67.10 Authority to borrow............. 8,681 8,742 8,692
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 7,117 8,206 9,303
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 15,798 16,948 17,995
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 30,941 23,842 23,710
73.10 New obligations................... 15,794 16,888 17,965
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -14,396 -17,020 -18,238
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -8,497
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 23,842 23,710 23,437
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 8,419 8,426 8,409
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 5,977 8,594 9,829
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 14,396 17,020 18,238
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Federal sources:
Federal sources:
88.00 Sales to special
activities.............. -521 -526 -526
88.00 Interest revenue.......... -9
88.00 Advance from foreign
assistance programs
(P.L. 480).............. -872 -885 -876
Non-Federal Sources (62
stat.1070): Support and
related programs:
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Sales and other proceeds.. -180 -4 -2
88.40 Assessments............... -64 -67 -71
88.40 Interest revenue.......... -191 -194 -220
88.40 Other revenue............. -8
88.40 Loans repaid.............. -5,236 -6,495 -7,570
88.40 Export credit sales
program repayments...... -3 -6 -9
88.40 Interest revenue.......... -33 -29 -29
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -7,117 -8,206 -9,303
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 8,681 8,742 8,692
90.00 Outlays........................... 7,279 8,814 8,935
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NOTES
Contingent liabilities, commitments, and other obligations do not
become charges against the statutory borrowing authority until they
result in borrowing from Treasury.
Excludes amounts for activities currently funded in the CCC Export
Guarantee Loan Programs account.
Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 8,681 8,742 8,692
Outlays........................... 7,279 8,814 8,935
Legislative proposal, subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority.................. -240
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Outlays........................... -327
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 8,681 8,742 8,452
Outlays........................... 7,279 8,814 8,608
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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SHORT TERM CREDIT LOANS
Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 388 388 382
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -3 -6 -8
1261 Adjustments: Capitalized interest. 3
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1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 388 382 374
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COMMODITY LOANS
Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........
1131 Direct loan obligations exempt
from limitation................. 5,333 6,408 7,451
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1150 Total direct loan obligations... 5,333 6,408 7,451
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 1,254 1,351 1,264
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 5,333 6,408 7,451
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -5,235 -6,495 -7,570
1264 Write-offs for default: Other
adjustments, net................ -1
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1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 1,351 1,264 1,145
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SALE OF INVENTORY ON CREDIT
TERMS
Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 30 30 30
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments.....................
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1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 30 30 30
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The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) was created to: stabilize,
support, and protect farm income and prices; help maintain balanced and
adequate supplies of agricultural commodities, their products, foods,
feeds, and fibers; and help in their orderly distribution.
The Corporation's capital stock of $100 million is held by the U.S.
Treasury. Under present law, up to $30 billion may be borrowed from the
U.S. Treasury to finance operations.
Current, indefinite appropriation authority is requested to cover
all net realized losses. Appropriations to the Corporation for net
realized losses have no effect on budget authority, as they are used to
repay debt directly with the Treasury.
Budget assumptions.--The following general assumptions form the
basis for the Corporation's 1998 and 1999 budget estimates: (a) national
income will rise both in 1998 and 1999 from the present level; (b) 1998
crop production will increase from 1997 crop levels for some
commodities; (c) generally, exports of agricultural commodities in 1999
are expected to be higher than 1998 levels; (d) yields for the 1998
crops are based on recent averages adjusted for trend; (e) acreage
allotments and marketing quotas will be in effect for the 1998 crops of
certain kinds of tobacco; and (f) poundage quotas will be in effect for
the 1998 crop of peanuts.
It is difficult to accurately forecast requirements for the year
ending September 30, 1999, since the projections are subject to complex
and unpredictable factors such as weather, other factors which affect
the volume of production of crops not yet planted, feed and food needs
here and overseas, and available dollar exchange.
The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996
Act) enacted April 4, 1996, retains the CRP as part of the Environmental
Conservation Acreage Reserve Program (ECARP) but changed the funding
source from direct appropriation to the Commodity Credit Corporation.
The CRP is assumed to be gradually increased to 36.4 million acres by
2001. The enrollment assumptions reflect Signup 15 enrollment which adds
approximately 17.6 million acres, including announced initial
enrollment, changes in enrolled acreage resulting from errors and
omissions in eligibility and Environmental Benefits Index (EBI) scoring
determinations through producer appeals, and additional acres accepted
due to waivers approved for counties exceeding the 25 percent county
cropland limit. Conservation Reserve Program acreage also contributes to
the USDA Conservation Buffer Initiative and the Conservation Reserve
Enhancement Program and to other purposes which are estimated to enroll
5.5-9 million acres through 2002. Signup 16, which was held from October
14 through November 14, 1997 will be reflected in the 1998 and 1999
enrollment figures.
These assumptions have been developed for budget purposes as the
best estimate of acreage bid into the program that will be both eligible
and of high environmental quality. As such, the estimate may not reflect
the actual acreage selected for Signup 16. USDA's goal is that lands
selected for the CRP will only be those lands where the benefits to the
Nation of retirement are greater than the benefits of continued
production.
Appropriations are made to reimburse the Corporation for net
realized losses sustained in carrying out its operations:
1999 ESTIMATE
[In millions of dollars]
Program Gross
obligations
Net outlays Net realized
loss for year
Farm income and price support:
Commodity loans................... 7,451 -119
Feed grain payments............... 2,967 2,967 2,967
Wheat payments.................... 1,451 1,451 1,451
Rice payments..................... 469 469 469
Cotton payments................... 874 874 874
Export Enhancement Program........ 550 550 550
Other support and related......... 914 335 404
Other items not distributed by
program:
Interest........................ 244 -28 -6
All other....................... 126 395 108
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Total, farm income and price-
support programs............ 15,046 6,894 6,817
Conservation programs:
Conservation reserve program...... 1,694 1,694 1,784
Environmental quality incentives
program......................... 174 154 154
Wetlands reserve program.......... 113 167 167
Farmland protection program....... 15 10
Conservation farm option program.. 20 11 11
Wildlife habitat incentives
program......................... 20
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Total, conservation programs.... 2,001 2,041 2,146
Total, Commodity Credit
Corporation............... 17,047 8,935 8,963
programs of the corporation
Price support, marketing assistance loans, and related stabilization
programs.--The Corporation conducts programs to support farm income and
prices and stabilize the market for agricultural commodities. Price
support is provided to producers of agricultural commodities through
loans, purchases, payments, and other means. This is done mainly under
the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as amended, the
Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, and the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (the 1996 Act).
Price support is mandatory for tobacco, peanuts, and dairy products.
Marketing assistance loans are mandatory for wheat, feed grains,
oilseeds, upland cotton, and rice. Loans are also required to be made
for sugar and extra long staple cotton.
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One method of providing support is loans to and purchases from
producers. With limited exceptions, loans made on commodities are
nonrecourse. The commodities serve as collateral for the loan and on
maturity the producer may deliver or forfeit such collateral to satisfy
the loan obligation without further payment.
Direct purchases may be made from processors as well as producers,
depending on the commodity involved. Also, special purchases are made
under various laws for the removal of surpluses; for example, the Act of
August 19, 1958, as amended, and section 416 of the Agricultural Act of
1949, as amended.
Production flexibility contract payments.--The 1996 Act requires
that the Corporation offer eligible producers a one-time opportunity to
execute 7-year production flexibility contracts. Production flexibility
contract participants who comply with applicable provisions receive
annual payments beginning in 1996 and ending in 2002. Participants
received a 50-percent advance payment for the 1996 crop within 30 days
after contract approval. The balance of the 1996 payment was issued by
September 30, 1996. In subsequent years, participants will receive final
payments by September 30, with an option to receive advances on December
15 or January 15. Depending on each contract participant's prior
contract-crop acreage history and payment yield, as well as total
program participation, the participant shares a portion of a statutorily
specified, annual dollar amount. In return, participants must comply
with certain requirements regarding land conservation, wetland
protection, and agricultural use. Contract crops, for the purposes of
determining eligible cropland and payments, include wheat, corn, grain
sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, and rice. No production adjustment
requirements or related provisions are included in this program, except
for restrictions on the planting of fruits and vegetables and other
minor requirements. The one-time enrollment took place between May 1 and
August 1, 1996; however, producers with Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP) contracts will have the opportunity to enroll acreage currently in
the CRP that meets the eligibility requirements for a production
flexibility contract. These enrollments will occur as CRP contracts
expire.
Marketing assessments.--The 1949 Act mandates assessments for
tobacco, and the 1996 Act requires such assessments for peanuts and
sugar.
Peanut price support program.--The 1996 Act and the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (the 1938 Act), provide for a peanut
loan and poundage quota program for the 1996 through 2002 peanut crops.
The 1996 Act makes the peanut program, effectively, a no-cost program.
The Secretary is required to provide a nonrefundable per-pound marketing
assessment equal to 1.15 percent of the national average quota or
additional peanut loan rate for the applicable 1996 crop and 1.2 percent
of the national average quota or additional peanut loan rate for each of
the applicable 1997 through 2002 crops. Assessments will be used to
offset losses in area quota pools, and any assessments not required to
cover these losses will be remitted to the Treasury. If the use of all
other available authority does not produce funds sufficient to cover
losses in area quota pools, the Secretary must increase the marketing
assessment by an amount that will cover the losses.
Sugar Program.--The 1996 Act requires that loans be made available
to eligible sugar processors for the 1996 through 2002 crops of
domestically produced sugar beets and sugarcane. The announced Tariff
Rate Quota (TRQ) determines the type of loan in effect. If the TRQ is
not above 1,500,000 short tons, raw value, at the time of loan approval
and has never been above 1,500,000 short tons, raw value, at any time
during the fiscal year, recourse loans will be in effect. If the TRQ
exceeds 1,500,000 short tons, raw value, at the time of loan approval or
has exceeded 1,500,000 short tons, raw value, at any time during the
fiscal year, nonrecourse loans will be in effect.
Options Pilot Program.--The 1996 Act authorizes the Secretary, until
December 31, 2002, to conduct a pilot program for one or more
agricultural commodities supported under Title I of the 1996 Act to
ascertain whether futures and options contracts can reasonably protect
producers from the financial risks of fluctuations in price, yield, and
income inherent in the production and marketing of the commodities. The
Secretary shall administer the pilot program through the Risk Management
Agency using CCC funds. To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary
shall operate the pilot program in a budget neutral manner.
The Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994 expanded current crop
insurance authorities to provide for catastrophic coverage at 50 percent
yield protection at a flat fee for crops currently covered by insurance
programs. Where crop insurance is not available, producers of crops for
food and fiber and certain other crops will be covered under the
Noninsured Assistance Program. Effective with the 1996 crop, the Farm
Service Agency administers the Noninsured Assistance Program, and the
Secretary may use CCC funds to carry out the program. The program will
reimburse producers at the same rates and terms as the catastrophic
program where assistance is triggered by area wide disasters.
Dairy.--The 1996 Act provides for a dairy price support program that
sets the minimum support price for milk at $10.35 per hundredweight for
calendar year 1996, $10.20 per hundredweight for calendar year 1997,
$10.05 per hundredweight for calendar year 1998, and $9.90 per
hundredweight for calendar year 1999. In lieu of the price support
program, the 1996 Act establishes a recourse loan program beginning on
January 1, 2000, and continuing through 2002, during which time
processors will be eligible for recourse loans on dairy products at a
milk equivalent rate of $9.90 per hundredweight. The Food Security Act
of 1985, as amended (the 1985 Act), authorizes the Dairy Export
Incentive Program (DEIP) through calendar year 2002. The DEIP provides
subsidies to exporters of U.S. dairy products to help them compete with
other subsidizing nations.
Payment limitations.--The 1996 Act and the Food Security Act of
1985, as amended, limit the amount of production flexibility contract
payments during any fiscal year to $40,000 and the sum of marketing
assistance gains and loan deficiency payments during any crop year to
$75,000.
Conservation programs.--The Environmental Conservation Acreage
Reserve Program (ECARP) was re-established by the 1996 Act to begin in
1996 and continue through 2002. ECARP consists of the Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP), the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP), and the
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). The 1996 Act amended
the 1985 Act to require the use of CCC funds for these programs.
The CRP is authorized in all 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin
Islands, on all highly erodible cropland, other environmentally
sensitive cropland, and certain marginal pastureland meeting the
eligibility criteria. In addition to cropland in areas adjacent to lakes
and streams that can be devoted to filter strips, and cropland subject
to overflow and suffering from scour erosion, eligible land may include
shelterbelts windbreaks cropland contributing to water quality problems,
and other lands posing environmental threats. Also eligible for the CRP
are water quality or wildlife habitat impaired areas that do not meet
the highly erodible land (HEL) criteria, such as the Chesapeake Bay,
Great Lakes, and Long Island Sound watershed regions.
The establishment and funding for Conservation Priority Areas (CPA)
under both EQIP and CRP will be harmonized in a manner to ensure program
availability is coordinated to best address environmental concerns,
keeping in mind the varied and diverse purposes for which the CRP and
EQIP
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are authorized. The 17th Signup of the CRP will have some different
procedures in place for CPAs.
The EQIP combines the functions of the former Agricultural
Conservation Program (ACP), the Water Quality Incentives Program (WQIP),
the Great Plains Conservation Program (GPCP), and the Colorado River
Basin Salinity Control Program (CRSC). The 1996 Act provided that EQIP
would be phased in over a 6-month interim period, ending not later than
October 4, 1996. CCC funding of $130 million was provided for the
interim 1996 program. Thereafter, through fiscal year 2002, $200 million
in CCC funding must be made available annually for the program.
The Farmland Protection Program (FPP) authorizes the Secretary to
assist State and local governments in purchasing conservation easements.
The Secretary shall not use more than $35 million in CCC funds to carry
out this program.
The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program makes available assistance
to help landowners improve wildlife habitat on private lands. A total of
$50 million in CRP funds must be made available for fiscal years 1996
through 2002 for this program.
The Conservation Farm Option Program (CFO) is a pilot program for
producers of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice who are
eligible for production flexibility contracts. Under this program,
producers may consolidate their production flexibility contract, CRP,
WRP, and EQIP payments into one annual payment if they enter into a 10-
year contract and adopt an approved conservation farm plan. CCC must
make available the following funding for the CFO: $7.5 million in fiscal
year 1997, $15 million in fiscal year 1998, $25 million in fiscal year
1999, $37.5 million in fiscal year 2000, $50 million in fiscal year
2001, and $62.5 million in fiscal year 2002. Total authorized funding is
$197.5 million. However, no obligations were incurred in fiscal year
1997.
Under the terms of the Flood Risk Reduction Program as enacted in
the 1996 Act, during each of fiscal years 1996 through 2002, the
Secretary may enter into a contract with a producer who has contract
acreage in the production flexibility program that is frequently
flooded. Producers can receive up to 95 percent of the projected
production flexibility contract payments the producer would otherwise
have received from the time of enrollment in the Flood Risk Reduction
Program through September 30, 2002. In return, producers must terminate
their production flexibility contract with respect to the enrolled
acreage, comply with swampbuster and conservation compliance provisions,
and forgo future disaster payments, crop insurance payments,
conservation program payments, and loans for contract commodities,
oilseeds, and extra long staple cotton. The 1996 Act provided that the
Secretary shall carry out the program through the Commodity Credit
Corporation.
Supply and foreign purchases.--The Corporation can procure from
domestic and foreign sources food, agricultural commodities, and
products and related materials to supply the needs of Federal agencies,
foreign governments, and private and international relief agencies,
under section 5 (b) and (c) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter
Act, as amended.
Commodity exports.--The Corporation promotes the export of
agricultural commodities and products through sales for dollars or
foreign currency, payments, extension of credit, assumption of certain
risks, and conduct of other operations with respect to the exportation
of commodities. Such commodities and products may be those held in
private trade channels as well as those acquired by the Corporation.
These programs are carried out under the authority of the CCC Charter
Act and other specific legislation.
Foreign donations.--The Corporation may furnish commodities under
the authority of section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to carry
out programs of assistance in developing countries and friendly
countries and pay costs associated with making the commodities
available. The Corporation may also use its funds to furnish commodities
overseas under the authority of the Food for Progress Act of 1985;
however, not more than 500,000 metric tons of commodities may be
provided under this authority in each fiscal year, and not more than $30
million of the funds of the Corporation (exclusive of the costs of
commodities) may be used for each fiscal year. In addition, under the
Food for Progress Act of 1985, not to exceed $10 million of the
Corporation's funds or commodities may be used each fiscal year to
enhance the development of private sector agriculture in countries
receiving commodities under the Food for Progress Act of 1985.
Loan operations.--The following table reflects commodity loan
operations of the Corporation:
[In millions of dollars]
Item 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Loans outstanding, gross, start of
year:
Commodity Credit Corporation...... 1,254 1,351 1,263
Additional loans made............. 5,333 6,408 7,451
Deduct:
Loans repaid...................... -5,235 -6,496 -7,569
Write-offs........................ -1
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Total loans outstanding,
gross, end of year.......... 1,351 1,263 1,145
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Inventory operations.--The following table reflects the inventory
operations applicable to the preceding programs:
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
[In millions of dollars]
Item 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
On hand, start of year, gross....... 485 377 399
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Acquisitions:
Forfeiture of loan collateral..... 1
Purchases......................... 627 659 602
Carrying charges:
Charges to inventory.............. 3 3 4
Storage and handling (non-add).... (30) (29) (29)
Transportation (non-add).......... (2) (1)
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Total acquisitions............ 631 662 606
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Dispositions:
Domestic donations to:
Institutions.................... 2 39 50
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Total domestic donations...... 2 39 50
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Export donations.................. 59 71 76
Sales and transfers:
Special programs: Title II,
Public Law 480................ 468 504 504
Title III, Public Law 480....... 53 23 23
Other sales..................... 166 3 1
Net loss or gain (-) on sales
and transfers................. -9
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Total sales and transfers..... 678 530 528
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Total dispositions............ 739 640 654
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On hand, end of year, gross......... 377 399 351
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On hand, end of year, net........... 377 399 351
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Other data.--The following table reflects other data which are
applicable to price support and related programs:
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DATA ON SUPPORT AND RELATED PROGRAMS
[In millions of dollars]
Item 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Loans made.......................... 5,333 6,408 7,451
Loans repaid........................ 5,235 6,496 7,569
Loans outstanding, end of year...... 1,351 1,263 1,145
Acquisitions........................ 631 662 606
Cost of commodities sold............ 678 530 528
Cost of commodities donated......... 61 110 126
Inventory, end of year.............. 377 399 351
Investment in loans and inventory,
end of year......................... 1,728 1,662 1,496
Direct producer payments............ 7,147 8,036 7,844
Net expenditures.................... 7,256 8,574 8,747
Realized losses..................... 8,506 8,538 8,963
Operating expenses.--The Corporation carries out its functions
through utilization of employees and facilities of other Government
agencies. Administrative expenses are incurred by: the Farm Service
Agency (FSA); the Foreign Agricultural Service; the Natural Resources
Conservation Service; the Risk Management Agency; other agencies of the
Department engaged in the Corporation's activities; and the Office of
the Inspector General for audit functions. Additional expenses are
incurred by FSA county offices for work related to programs of the
Corporation, other FSA expenses offset by revenue, custodian, and agency
expenses of the Federal Reserve banks and lending agencies, and
miscellaneous costs.
Expenses are incurred for acquisition, operation, maintenance,
improvement, or disposition of existing property that the Corporation
owns or in which it has an interest. These expenses are treated as
program expenses. Such program expenses include inspection, classing,
and grading work performed on a fee basis by Federal employees or
Federal- or State-licensed inspectors; and special services performed by
Federal agencies within and outside this Department. Most of these
general expenses, including storage and handling, transportation,
inspection, classing and grading, and producer storage payments, are
included in program costs. They are shown in the program and financing
schedule in the entries entitled ``Storage, transportation, and other
obligations not included above,'' and ``Producer storage payments.''
Section 161 of the 1996 Act amended the CCC Charter Act to
significantly limit the use of CCC funds. CCC no longer has authority to
purchase personal property except within authorized limitations. CCC
spending for equipment or services relating to automated data processing
(ADP), information technologies, or related items (including
telecommunications equipment and computer hardware and software, but
excluding reimbursable agreements) was limited to $170 million in fiscal
year 1996, and $275 million for the six-year period including fiscal
years 1997 through 2002, unless additional amounts for such contracts
and agreements are provided in advance in appropriation acts. The 1996
Act also requires that CCC submit an itemized report to Congress on a
quarterly basis of all expenditures, excluding program payments, of over
$10,000.
Section 161 of the 1996 Act also amended section 11 of the CCC
Charter Act to limit the use of CCC funds for the transfer and allotment
of funds to State and Federal agencies. Beginning on October 1, 1996,
the total of these allotments and transfers under that section in a
fiscal year, including agreements for ADP or information resource
management activities, may not exceed the total of such alloments and
transfers in fiscal year 1995. The obligations for these Section 11
activities in fiscal year 1995 were $46.188 million.
The Corporation receives reimbursement for grain requisitioned
pursuant to Public Law 87-152 by the States from Corporation stocks to
feed resident wildlife threatened with starvation through the
appropriation reimbursement for net realized losses. There have been no
requisitions in recent years, however.
special activities
These activities are carried out under authority of section 5(g) of
the Corporation's charter act and specific statutory authorizations or
directives with respect thereto that are currently in effect or which
may subsequently be enacted.
A summary of such current activities not included under other
designated activities is as follows:
1999 estimate [In millions of
dollars]
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Item Gross Outlays
obligations (reimbursable)
(1) Financing sales of agricultural
commodities for foreign currencies or
for dollars on credit terms............ 112 139
(2) Commodities supplied in connection
with dispositions abroad (Title II).... 837 836
(3) Commodities supplied in connection
with dispositions abroad (Title III)... 30 30
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Total................................ 979 1,005
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The Corporation receives appropriations or reimbursement for the
cost of these activities as described under each.
Activities currently being carried out are as follows (see Foreign
Assistance programs for details of items (1), (2) and (3)).
(1) Financing the sale and exportation of agricultural commodities
for foreign currencies or for dollars (title I, of P.L. 480).
(2) Commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad
(title II, of P.L. 480).
(3) Commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad
(title III, of P.L. 480).
(4) Commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad
(Food for Progress Act of 1985).
financing
Borrowing authority.--The Corporation has an authorized capital
stock of $100 million held by the U.S. Treasury and, effective in 1988,
authority to have outstanding borrowings up to $30 billion at any one
time.
Funds are borrowed from the Treasury and may also be borrowed from
private lending agencies and others. The Corporation reserves a
sufficient amount of its borrowing authority to purchase at any time all
notes and other obligations evidencing loans made to the Corporation by
such agencies and others. All bonds, notes, debentures, and similar
obligations issued by the Corporation are subject to approval by the
Secretary of the Treasury as required by the Act of March 8, 1938.
Interest on borrowings from the Treasury (and on capital stock) is
paid at a rate based upon the average interest rate of all outstanding
marketable obligations (of comparable maturity date) of the United
States as of the preceding month. Interest is also paid on other notes
and obligations at a rate prescribed by the Corporation and approved by
the Secretary of the Treasury.
The Department of Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriation
Act, 1966, made provision for terminating interest after June 30, 1964
on the portion of the Corporation's borrowings from the Treasury equal
to the unreimbursed realized losses recorded on the books of the
Corporation after the end of the fiscal year in which such losses are
realized.
POSITION WITH RESPECT TO BORROWING AUTHORITY, END OF YEAR
[In millions of dollars]
Item 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Statutory borrowing authority....... 30,000 30,000 30,000
Deduct: Borrowings from Treasury.... 6,897 15,733 17,285
Net statutory borrowing authority
available........................... 23,103 14,267 13,715
Note.--Accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and other outstanding
obligations not reflected on this table do not become charges against
the statutory borrowing authority until they result in borrowings from
the Treasury.
Contract authority.--Price support and other programs required by
statute may result in the Corporation incurring
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obligations in excess of available funds and borrowing authority. Such
obligations are liquidated from subsequent appropriations and other
funds that may become available to the Corporation. Any increase in
obligations in excess of available fund resources is reported as
contract authority in the year involved; a decrease is reported as the
application of appropriations and other funds to liquidate the
authority.
Appropriations.--Under section 2 of Public Law 87-155 annual
appropriations are authorized for each fiscal year to reimburse the
Corporation for net realized losses incurred as of the close of each
year.
The special activities are financed as indicated in the program
descriptions above. In addition to certain reimbursements from other
agencies, appropriations are made for foreign assistance programs.
Deficit.--The net realized losses of the Corporation have previously
been reimbursed as follows:
SUPPORT AND RELATED PROGRAMS
[In millions of dollars]
1997 actual
Realized losses, 1933 to 1997, inclusive 253,360
Reimbursements by the Treasury:
Reimbursements of realized losses:
Appropriations (58 times)............ 240,979
Note cancellations (6 times)......... 2,698
Less dividends paid to Treasury (4
times).............................. -138
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Total reimbursements for net
realized losses.................... 243,539
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Other reimbursements:
Appropriations (2 times)............... 542
Note cancellation (1 time)............. 56
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Total other reimbursements............ 598
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Total................................. 244,137
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Realized deficit as of September 30,
1997, support and related programs..... 9,223
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Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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0101 Revenue........................... 1,083 1,322 1,213 1,166
0102 Expense........................... -8,783 -9,828 -9,751 -10,129
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0109 Net income or loss (-)............ -7,700 -8,506 -8,538 -8,963
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... -1,469 -693 -693 -693
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 2,405 9,404 15,857 15,769
1107 Advances and prepayments...... 54 14 14 14
Non-Federal assets:
1206 Receivables, net................ 1,169 333 333 333
1207 Advances and prepayments........ 14 5 5 5
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
1601 Direct loans, gross............. 1,643 1,769 1,676 1,549
1602 Interest receivable............. 193 185 185 185
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -82 -78 -78 -78
1604 Direct loans and interest
receivable, net............... 1,754 1,876 1,783 1,656
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1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 1,754 1,876 1,783 1,656
1701 Defaulted guaranteed loans,
gross......................... 5,552 5,502 5,223 4,963
1702 Interest receivable............. 22 27 27 20
1703 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -1,322 -1,322 -1,322 -1,322
1704 Defaulted guaranteed loans and
interest receivable, net...... 4,252 4,207 3,928 3,661
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1799 Value of assets related to
loan guarantees............. 4,252 4,207 3,928 3,661
Other Federal assets:
1801 Cash and other monetary assets.. 54 555 555 555
1802 Inventories and related
properties.................... 485 377 399 351
1803 Property, plant and equipment,
net........................... 81 90 94 112
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1999 Total assets.................... 8,799 16,168 22,275 21,763
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2101 Accounts payable................ 8 3 8 8
2102 Interest payable................ 139 111 134
2103 Debt............................ 496 6,897 14,297 14,640
2104 Resources payable to Treasury... 4,297 4,251 2,821 2,821
2105 Other........................... 398 398 398 398
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable................ 48 56 56 56
2204 Liabilities for loan guarantees. 19 19 19 19
2207 Other........................... 2,508 3,285 3,285 2,407
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2999 Total liabilities............... 7,774 15,048 20,995 20,483
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 925 1,020 1,180 1,180
3200 Invested capital.................. 100 100 100 100
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3999 Total net position.............. 1,025 1,120 1,280 1,280
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 8,799 16,168 22,275 21,763
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Note.--In addition to obligations other than liabilities, the
Corporation does not reflect in its accounts claims by the Corporation
on which adequate proof has not been established.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
22.0 Transportation of things........ 284 398 381
Other services:
25.2 Other services................ 141 141 113
25.2 Other services: Storage and
handling.................... 30 29 29
26.0 Supplies and materials: Costs of
commodities sold or donated-PL
480........................... 630 661 606
31.0 ADP equipment................... 6 49 29
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 8,597 8,536 8,586
43.0 Interest and dividends.......... 252 140 244
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 9,940 9,954 9,988
Reimbursable obligations:
26.0 Supplies and materials: Cost of
commodities sold or donated--
PL 480........................ 521 526 526
33.0 Investments and loans........... 5,333 6,408 7,451
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99.0 Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations................. 5,854 6,934 7,977
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99.9 Total obligations............... 15,794 16,888 17,965
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Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Environmental quality incentives
program--EQIP................... 100
00.02 Cotton user marketing step-2
payments........................ -110
00.03 Export enhancement program........ -230
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10.00 Total obligations............... -240
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... -240
23.95 New obligations................... 240
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
67.10 Authority to borrow............... -240
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... -240
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73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. 327
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 87
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... -327
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. -240
90.00 Outlays........................... -327
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This schedule reflects proposed savings in commodity programs. These
savings offset the Administration's proposal to provide mandatory
funding for a portion of the crop insurance program delivery expenses,
an expansion of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), and
other initiatives of the Administration.
The Administration will proposed legislation to increase CCC funding
for EQIP by $100 million in 1999 and by a total of $350 million for the
period 1999 to 2003.
The proposal for upland cotton user marketing certificates, also
known as step-2 payments, would reduce outlays by an estimated $110
million in 1999 and $48 million in 2000 by capping payments to $140
million in 1999 and to no more than $333 million during the period 1999
through 2002. Existing law caps step-2 payments to $701 million during
fiscal years 1996 through 2002.
In addition, a reduced flexible, multi-year program level
authorization is proposed for the Export Enhancement Program (EEP) for
1999 and subsequent years. Under this proposal, a total funding level of
just under $1.2 billion will be available for EEP during the 1999 to
2003 period. The proposal will provide administrative discretion to the
Department to determine the annual level of funding for EEP (subject to
the $320 million limitation in 1999), and any funding that is not used
in one year will remain available for use in a subsequent year. However,
annual program levels will continue to be subject to the export subsidy
reduction commitments established in conjunction with the Uruguay Round
Agreement on Agriculture. This proposal will generate estimated savings
of $230 million in 1999 and a total of $1.4 billion during 1999 to 2003.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.2 Other services.................... 13
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... -253
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99.9 Total obligations............... -240
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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] $4,085,000; to cover common overhead expenses as permitted
by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in
conformity with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which not to
exceed [$3,231,000] $3,413,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for the salaries and expenses of the Foreign Agricultural
Service, and of which not to exceed [$589,000] $672,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for the salaries and
expenses of the Farm Service Agency. (Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1336-0-1-351 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.02 Guaranteed Loan Subsidy........... 289 408 253
00.07 Reestimates of guaranteed loan
subsidy......................... 263
00.08 Interest on reestimates of
guaranteed loan subsidy......... 80
00.09 Administrative expenses........... 4 4 4
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10.00 Total obligations............... 636 412 257
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 620 268 61
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 281 204 248
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 4
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 905 472 309
23.95 New obligations................... -636 -412 -257
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 268 61 52
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 4 4 4
Permanent:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)...... 200 244
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 277
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 281 204 248
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 117 156 178
73.10 New obligations................... 636 412 257
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -593 -389 -317
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -4
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 156 178 118
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 4 4 4
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 81 202
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 589 304 111
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 593 389 317
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Downward Reestimate..... -277
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 4 204 248
90.00 Outlays........................... 316 389 317
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
2150 Loan guarantee levels............. 3,500 5,000 4,615
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2159 Total loan guarantee levels..... 3,500 5,000 4,615
Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent):
2320 Subsidy rate...................... 8.52 8.16 5.48
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2329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 8.52 8.16 5.48
Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority:
2330 Subsidy budget authority.......... 298 408 253
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2339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 298 408 253
Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays:
2340 Subsidy outlays................... 365 385 313
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2349 Total subsidy outlays........... 365 385 313
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority--administrative
expenses........................ 4 4 4
3590 Outlays--adminsitrative expenses.. 4 4 4
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This is the program account for the GSM-102 and GSM-103 CCC Export
Credit Guarantee Programs. The Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102)
covers credit terms of up to 3 years. The Intermediate Export Credit
Guarantee
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Program (GSM-103) covers longer credit terms of between 3 and 10 years.
Under these programs, CCC does not provide financing, but guarantees
payments due from foreign banks and buyers. Because payment is
guaranteed, financial institutions in the United States can offer
competitive credit terms to foreign banks, usually with interest rates
based on the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR). If the foreign bank
fails to make any payment as agreed, the exporter or assignee must
submit a notice of default to the CCC. A claim for loss must be filed,
and the CCC will promptly pay claims found to be in good order. CCC
usually guarantees 98 percent of the principal payment due and interest
based on a percentage of the one-year Treasury rate.
A portion of the guarantees made available under the GSM-102 program
is provided as Supplier Credit Guarantees. Under this activity, CCC
guarantees a portion of payment due from importers under short-term
financing (for up to 180 days) that exporters have extended directly to
the importers for the purchase of U.S. agricultural commodities and
products. CCC does not provide financing, but guarantees payment due
from an importer. A substantially smaller portion of the value of
exports (currently 60 percent) is guaranteed under Supplier Credit
Guarantees than under regular GSM-102 guarantees where CCC is
guaranteeing foreign bank obligations.
A portion of the GSM-102 guarantees is also made available as
Facilities Guarantees. Under this activity, CCC guarantees export
financing for capital goods and services to improve handling, marketing,
processing, storage, or distribution of imported agricultural
commodities and products.
The subsidy estimates for the GSM-102 and GSM-103 programs are
determined in large part by the obligor's sovereign or non-sovereign
country risk grade. These grades are developed annually by the
International Credit Risk Assessment System Committee (ICRAS). In
unusual circumstances, an ICRAS grade for a country may change during
the fiscal year. The default estimates for GSM guarantees are determined
in large part by the risk premia assigned for each risk grade.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated with the credit
guarantees committed in 1992 and beyond (including modifications of
credit guarantees that resulted from obligations or commitments in any
year), as well as administrative expenses of this program. The subsidy
amounts are estimated on a present value basis; the administrative
expenses are estimated on a cash basis. The 1999 budget displays the GSM
loan guarantee volume and the subsidy level that can be justified by
forecast economic conditions, the expected supply/demand conditions of
countries requesting GSM loan guarantees.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 4 4 4
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 632 408 253
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99.9 Total obligations............... 636 412 257
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Default claims.................... 11 339 342
00.02 Interest on debt to Treasury...... 62 62 62
00.07 Technical reestimate of subsidy... 238
00.08 Technical reestimate--interest.... 39
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10.00 Total obligations............... 350 401 404
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 689 1,010 1,036
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 733 427 404
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... -62
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 1,360 1,437 1,440
23.95 New obligations................... -350 -401 -404
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1,010 1,036 1,036
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 733 525 458
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -98 -54
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68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 733 427 404
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70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 733 427 404
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 350 401 404
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -412 -401 -404
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. 62
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 412 401 404
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Payments from program account. -589 -385 -313
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -26 -11 -13
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Loan origination fee........ -14 -31 -29
88.40 Principal collections....... -1 -3 -8
88.40 Interest collections........ -103 -95 -95
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -733 -525 -458
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... -98 -54
90.00 Financing disbursements........... -321 -124 -54
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on commitments:
2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans
made by private lenders.........
2131 Guaranteed loan commitments exempt
from limitation................. 3,500 5,000 4,615
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2150 Total guaranteed loan
commitments................... 3,500 5,000 4,615
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 5,323 4,548 5,987
2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed
loans........................... 2,411 5,000 4,615
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -3,175 -3,222 -3,924
Adjustments:
2261 Terminations for default that
result in loans receivable.... -11 -339 -342
2264 Other adjustments, net..........
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2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 4,548 5,987 6,336
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 4,502 5,867 6,209
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Addendum:
Cumulative balance of defaulted guaranteed
loans that result in loans receivable:
2310 Outstanding, start of year...... 1,294 1,299 1,635
2331 Disbursements for guaranteed
loan claims................... 11 339 342
2351 Repayments of loans receivable.. -1 -3 -8
2364 Other adjustments, net.......... -5
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2390 Outstanding, end of year...... 1,299 1,635 1,969
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from loan guarantees committed in 1992 and beyond. The amounts
in this account are a means of financing and are not included in the
budget totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 689 1,010 1,035 1,035
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 77 74
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 acquired defaulted
guaranteed loans receivable:
1501 Defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable, gross............. 1,294 1,299 1,635 1,969
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1599 Net present value of assets
related to defaulted
guaranteed loans............ 1,294 1,299 1,635 1,969
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 2,060 2,383 2,670 3,004
LIABILITIES:
2103 Federal liabilities: Debt......... 851 851 851 851
2204 Non-Federal liabilities:
Liabilities for loan guarantees. 1,209 1,532 1,819 2,153
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 2,060 2,383 2,670 3,004
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital..............
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position..............
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 2,060 2,383 2,670 3,004
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Commodity Credit Corporation Guaranteed Loans Liquidating Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
01.01 Capital investment: Direct loans:
Guarantee claims................ 21 6
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
33.0)......................... 21 6
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 64 85
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 360 643 505
22.40 Capital transfer to general fund.. -318 -722 -505
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 106 6
23.95 New obligations................... -21 -6
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 85
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 360 643 505
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 21 6
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -21 -6
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 21 6
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 21 6
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -8
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Repayments of principal..... -89 -285 -260
88.40 Interest received on loans.. -271 -350 -245
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -360 -643 -505
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... -339 -637 -505
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Note.--Includes amounts for activities previously funded in the
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.
Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 91 16
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -55 -10
2261 Adjustments: Terminations for
default that result in loans
receivable...................... -20 -6
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2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 16
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 16
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Addendum:
Cumulative balance of defaulted guaranteed
loans that result in loans receivable:
2310 Outstanding, start of year...... 5,067 4,999 4,693
2331 Disbursements for guaranteed
loan claims................... 21 6
2351 Repayments of loans receivable.. -89 -293 -260
2364 Other adjustments, net.......... -19
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2390 Outstanding, end of year...... 4,999 4,693 4,433
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from loan guarantees committed prior to 1992. This account is
shown on a cash basis. All new activity in this program in 1992 and
beyond is recorded in corresponding program and financing accounts.
FARM SERVICE AGENCY
Credit accounts:
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, [$460,000,000] $510,031,000 of which [$400,000,000]
$425,031,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans,
[$2,395,000,000] $2,400,000,000 of which $1,700,000,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $200,000,000 shall be for subsidized
guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by
25 U.S.C. 488, [$1,000,000] $1,003,000; for emergency insured loans,
$25,000,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural disasters; for boll
weevil eradication program loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989,
[$34,653,000] $30,000,000; and for credit sales of acquired property,
$25,000,000.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership loans, [$21,380,000] $19,483,000
of which [$15,440,000] $6,758,000 shall be for guaranteed loans;
operating loans, [$71,394,000] $71,350,000 of which [$19,890,000]
$19,720,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and [$19,280,000]
$17,480,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
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loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C.
488, [$132,000] $153,000; for emergency insured loans, [$6,008,000]
$5,900,000 to meet the needs resulting from natural disasters; for boll
weevil eradication program loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989,
[$250,000] $432,000; and for credit sales of acquired property,
[$3,255,000] $3,260,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, [$219,861,000] $237,673,000 of
which [$209,861,000] $227,673,000 shall be transferred to and merged
with the ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses'' account.
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, [$550,000] $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 his willful
failure to follow procedures prescribed by the Federal Government:
Provided further, That this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity
Credit Corporation: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized
to utilize the services, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity
Credit Corporation for the purpose of making dairy indemnity
disbursements. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 141 366 366
Receipts:
02.02 Agriculture credit insurance fund
direct loans, downward
reestimates of subsidies........ 225
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 366 366 366
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 366 366 366
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loan subsidy............... 130 57 57
00.02 Guaranteed loan subsidy........... 48 58 44
00.05 Reestimates of direct loan subsidy 73
00.06 Interest on reestimates of direct
loan subsidy.................... 20
00.07 Reestimates of guaranteed loan
subsidy......................... 39
00.08 Interest on reestimates of
guaranteed loan subsidy......... 11
Administrative expenses:
00.09 Administrative expenses--
salaries and expenses......... 209 210 228
00.10 Administrative expenses--non-
recoverable costs............. 11 10 10
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10.00 Total obligations............... 541 335 339
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 29 13 13
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 541 335 339
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -16
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 554 348 352
23.95 New obligations................... -541 -335 -339
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 13 13 13
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 396 335 339
Permanent:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)...... 143
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 2
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 541 335 339
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 20 23 22
73.10 New obligations................... 541 335 339
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -531 -336 -342
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -7
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 23 22 19
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 370 318 325
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 16 18 17
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 145
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 531 336 342
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -2
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 539 335 339
90.00 Outlays........................... 531 336 342
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Farm ownership.................... 84 46 85
1150 Farm operating.................... 516 490 500
1150 Emergency disaster................ 145 63 25
1150 Indian tribe land acquisition..... 1 1
1150 Credit sales of acquired property. 14 25 25
1150 Boll weevil eradication........... 40 21 30
--------- --------- ----------
1159 Total direct loan levels........ 799 646 666
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Farm ownership.................... 21.03 13.04 14.97
1320 Farm operating.................... 12.59 6.57 6.83
1320 Emergency disaster................ 30.41 24.03 23.60
1320 Indian tribe land acquisition..... 24.12 13.18 15.25
1320 Credit sales of acquired property. 18.06 13.02 13.04
1320 Boll weevil eradication........... 1.24 1.18 1.44
--------- --------- ----------
1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 16.24 8.82 8.50
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Farm ownership.................... 18 6 13
1330 Farm operating.................... 65 32 34
1330 Emergency disaster................ 44 15 6
1330 Credit sales of acquired property. 3 3 3
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 130 56 56
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Farm ownership.................... 19 7 12
1340 Farm operating.................... 68 34 34
1340 Emergency disaster................ 48 15 6
1340 Credit sales of acquired property. 3 3 3
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays........... 138 59 55
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Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
2150 Farm ownership, unsubsidized...... 530 400 425
2150 Farm operating, unsubsidized...... 829 1,700 1,700
2150 Farm operating, subsidized........ 216 231 200
--------- --------- ----------
2159 Total loan guarantee levels..... 1,575 2,331 2,325
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Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent):
2320 Farm ownership, unsubsidized...... 3.69 3.86 1.59
2320 Farm operating, unsubsidized...... 1.10 1.17 1.16
2320 Farm operating, subsidized........ 9.08 9.64 8.74
--------- --------- ----------
2329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 3.07 2.47 1.89
Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority:
2330 Farmer ownership, unsubsidized.... 20 15 7
2330 Farm operating, unsubsidized...... 9 20 20
2330 Farm operating, subsidized........ 20 19 17
--------- --------- ----------
2339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 49 54 44
Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays:
2340 Farmer ownership, unsubsidized.... 13 16 10
2340 Farm operating, unsubsidized...... 8 18 20
2340 Farm operating, subsidized........ 17 22 18
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2349 Total subsidy outlays........... 38 56 48
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority.................. 219 220 238
3590 Outlays........................... 219 220 238
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The Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account's loans are
authorized by title III of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, as amended.
This program account includes subsidies to provide direct and
guaranteed loans for farm ownership, farm operating, and emergency loans
to individuals. Indian tribes and tribal corporations are eligible for
Indian land acquisition loans.
Additional funding for disaster loans was provided through a fiscal
year 1997 supplemental appropriation for emergency disaster, direct
operating, and guaranteed subsidized operating loans (P.L. 105-18) with
that funding to be available until expended.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated with the direct
loans obligated and loan guarantees committed in 1992 and beyond
(including credit sales of acquired property), as well as administrative
expenses of this program. The subsidy amounts are estimated on a present
value basis; the administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis.
Under the Dairy Indemnity Program (DIP), payments are made to
farmers and manufactuers of dairy products who are directed to remove
their milk or milk products from commercial markets because they contain
residues of chemicals that have been registered and approved by the
Federal Government, other chemicals, nuclear radiation, or nuclear
fallout. Indemnification may also be paid for cows producing such milk.
In 1998, an estimated $585 thousand will be paid to producers and
manufacturers who file claims under the program.
The 1999 budget requests $450 thousand for this program.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 221 220 220
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 320 115 119
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99.9 Total obligations............... 541 335 339
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Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Direct Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loans...................... 799 646 666
00.02 Advances on behalf of borrowers... 7 4 4
00.04 Interest on Treasury borrowing.... 171 188 205
00.08 Subsidy reestimate paid to receipt
account......................... 124
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10.00 Total obligations............... 1,101 838 875
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 288 139 120
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 952 819 855
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 1,240 958 975
23.95 New obligations................... -1,101 -838 -875
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 139 120 100
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 770 632 634
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 818 590 621
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... 18 -3
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -654 -400 -400
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 182 187 221
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 952 819 855
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 68 86 252
72.95 Receivables from program account 18 15
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72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 68 104 267
73.10 New obligations................... 1,101 838 875
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -1,065 -675 -675
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 86 252 452
74.95 Receivables from program account 18 15 15
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 104 267 467
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 1,065 675 675
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources: Payments from
program account............. -217 -57 -57
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -68 -67 -66
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Repayments of principal..... -451 -396 -423
88.40 Non-Federal sources......... -82 -70 -75
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -818 -590 -621
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ -18 3
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 116 232 234
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 247 85 54
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 799 646 666
1112 Unobligated direct loan limitation
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations... 799 646 666
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 2,026 2,258 2,419
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 785 649 665
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -533 -466 -498
1263 Write-offs for default: Direct
loans........................... -20 -22 -22
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 2,258 2,419 2,564
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond (including
credit sales of acquired property that resulted from obligations in any
year). The amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not
included in the budget totals.
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This account finances direct loans for farm ownership, farm
operating, emergency disaster, and credit sales of acquired property.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Investments in US securities:
1106 Federal assets: Receivables, net 356 225 180 180
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 2,026 2,258 2,419 2,564
1402 Interest receivable............. 20 13 13 13
1403 Accounts receivable from
foreclosed property........... 16 32 30 30
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -551 -628
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 1,511 1,675 2,462 2,607
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 1,867 1,900 2,642 2,787
LIABILITIES:
2103 Federal liabilities: Debt......... 1,850 1,885 2,627 2,772
2207 Non-Federal liabilities: Other.... 17 15 15 15
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 1,867 1,900 2,642 2,787
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital..............
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position..............
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 1,867 1,900 2,642 2,787
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Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Guaranteed Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Default claims.................... 55 60 61
00.02 Interest assistance on guaranteed
loans........................... 37 60 60
00.04 Interest Payments to Treasury..... 4 5 2
00.05 Capital investments............... 8 8 8
00.07 Negative subsidy transferred to
receipt account................. 101
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10.00 Total obligations............... 205 133 131
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 98 48 12
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 180 123 111
22.60 Redemption of debt................ -25 -26 -25
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 253 145 98
23.95 New obligations................... -205 -133 -131
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 48 12 -33
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 52 35 33
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections: Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 128 88 78
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 180 123 111
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 144 163 203
73.10 New obligations................... 205 133 131
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -186 -93 -92
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 163 203 242
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 186 93 92
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Payments from program account. -98 -55 -44
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -17 -14 -15
88.40 Fees and premiums............. -13 -19 -19
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -128 -88 -78
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 52 35 33
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 58 5 14
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on commitments:
2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans
made by private lenders......... 1,575 2,331 2,325
--------- --------- ----------
2150 Total guaranteed loan
commitments................... 1,575 2,331 2,325
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 5,705 6,039 7,085
2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed
loans........................... 1,549 2,254 2,279
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -1,151 -1,208 -1,417
2263 Adjustments: Terminations for
default that result in claim
payments........................ -64
--------- --------- ----------
2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 6,039 7,085 7,947
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 5,416 6,354 7,127
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from loan guarantees committed in 1992 and beyond. The amounts
in this account are a means of financing and are not included in the
budget totals.
This account finances commitments made for farm ownership and
operating guaranteed loan programs.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 242 211 210 200
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net..............
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net.............................
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 242 211 210 200
LIABILITIES:
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable................ 144 163 146 150
2203 Debt............................ 15 42 26 1
2204 Liabilities for loan guarantees. 83 6 38 49
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 242 211 210 200
NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations..
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3999 Total net position..............
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 242 211 210 200
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Capital investment:
00.04 Purchase of guaranteed loans
from investors................ 1 1 1
00.08 Loan recoverable costs.......... 16 15 15
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00.91 Total capital investment...... 17 16 16
Operating expenses:
01.07 Loss settlement expenses on
guaranteed loans.............. 12 11 10
01.08 Admininstrative expenses--
Department of Justice fees.... 1 1 1
01.09 Costs incident to acquisition of
property...................... 1
01.10 Undistributed charges........... 1 1 1
01.13 Interest assistance--guaranteed
loans......................... 1 1 1
01.17 Unclassified costs.............. 2 2 2
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01.91 Total operating expenses...... 17 17 15
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10.00 Total obligations............... 34 33 31
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 347 87
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 29 120 32
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 3
22.40 Capital transfer to general fund.. -345
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 34 120 119
23.95 New obligations................... -34 -33 -31
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 87 87
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 29
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 1,289 1,251 1,201
68.27 Capital transfer to general fund -1,289 -1,131 -1,169
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68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 120 32
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 29 120 32
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 99 87
73.10 New obligations................... 34 33 31
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -43 -120 -32
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -3
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 87
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 120 32
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 43
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 43 120 32
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Rent on acquired property... -5 -5 -5
88.40 Guaranteed lns purchased
from holders--principal... -1 -1 -1
88.40 Interest on loans........... -456 -450 -400
88.40 Guaranteed loss recoveries.. -1
88.40 Loan repayments recd on
behalf of investors....... -1 -1 -1
88.40 Interest on judgments....... -1 -1 -1
88.40 Repayments on loans--
principal................. -723 -700 -700
88.40 Judgments--principal........ -11 -9 -9
88.40 Shared appreciation
recapture................. -6 -5 -5
88.40 Sale of acquired property/
chattels.................. -93 -75 -75
88.40 Miscellaneous income........ -1 -1
88.40 Undistributed receipts...... 9 -3 -3
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -1,289 -1,251 -1,201
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. -1,260 -1,131 -1,169
90.00 Outlays........................... -1,246 -1,131 -1,169
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 8,783 7,709 6,725
1232 Disbursements: Purchase of loans
assets from the public.......... 1 1 1
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -720 -707 -706
1261 Adjustments: Capitalized interest. 56 55 54
Write-offs for default:
1263 Direct loans.................... -370 -300 -300
1264 Other adjustments, net\1\....... -41 -33 -30
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1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 7,709 6,725 5,744
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\1\ Amounts shown are based on payment of delinquent installments,
advances on behalf of borrowers, acquired property and chattels, loans
in kind, and judgments.
Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 1,173 992 830
2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed
loans........................... 1 1 1
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -168 -150 -150
Adjustments:
2263 Terminations for default that
result in claim payments...... -14 -13 -12
2264 Other adjustments, net..........
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2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 992 830 669
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 893 747 602
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records for the farm loan programs all cash flows to and from the
Government resulting from direct loans obligated, loan guarantees
committed, and grants made prior to 1992. New loan activity in 1992 and
beyond (including credit sales of acquired property that resulted from
obligations or commitments in any year) is recorded in corresponding
program and financing accounts.
Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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0101 Revenue........................... 437 561 451 423
0102 Expense........................... -1,704 532 1,020 1,020
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0109 Net income or loss (-)............ -1,267 1,093 1,471 1,443
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 446 59 50 50
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net.............................
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
1601 Direct loans, gross............. 8,783 7,709 6,725 5,744
1602 Interest receivable............. 414 425 450 538
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -2,474 -1,537 -1,500 -1,000
1604 Direct loans and interest
receivable, net............... 6,723 6,597 5,675 5,282
1606 Foreclosed property............. 267 187 179 174
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1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 6,990 6,784 5,854 5,456
1901 Other Federal assets: Other assets
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1999 Total assets.................... 7,436 6,843 5,904 5,506
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2102 Interest payable................
2103 Debt............................
2104 Resources payable to Treasury... 7,084 5,654 5,500 5,000
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable................ 89 78 75 70
2202 Interest payable................
2203 Debt............................ 2 2 2 2
2204 Liabilities for loan guarantees. 207 172 200 200
2207 Other........................... 54 46 45 45
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2999 Total liabilities............... 7,436 5,952 5,822 5,317
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NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. 891 82 189
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3999 Total net position.............. 891 82 189
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 7,436 6,843 5,904 5,506
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.2 Other services.................... 4 5 4
33.0 Investments and loans............. 29 27 26
43.0 Interest and dividends............ 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 34 33 31
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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE
Conservation Operations
For necessary expenses for carrying out the programs administered by
the Natural Resources Conservation Service, including the provisions of
the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f) including preparation of
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural
related pollutants); administration of research, investigation, and
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, for small watershed
investigations and planning, and for technical assistance to carry out
preventive measures, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1009) and the Flood Control Act (33
U.S.C. 701); 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,
[$633,231,000] $742,231,000, to remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than [$5,835,000] $5,990,000 is for
snow survey and water forecasting and not less than [$8,825,000]
[$7,000,000] $7,825,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant
materials centers: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement
of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except
that the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and
other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further,
That when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land,
that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C.
2250a: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for
technical assistance and related expenses to carry out programs
authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin
Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further, That
no part of this appropriation may be expended for soil and water
conservation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935 [(16 U.S.C.
590a-f)] in demonstration projects: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225)
and not to exceed $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be
temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning
work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e-2)[: Provided further, That the
Secretary is authorized to transfer ownership of land, buildings and
related improvements of the plant materials facilities located at Bow,
Washington, to the Skagit Conservation District].
[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), $11,190,000: 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.] (7
U.S.C. 2201-02; 16 U.S.C. 1101-5; 33 U.S.C. 7016-11; Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Technical Assistance............ 525 548 579
00.02 Soil Surveys.................... 75 78 78
00.03 Snow Survey and Water
Forecasting................... 5 6 6
00.04 Plant Materials Centers......... 8 10 8
00.05 Water Resource Assistance....... 12 11 71
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 625 653 742
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 107 123 120
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10.00 Total obligations............... 732 776 862
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 3 9
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 740 766 862
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 743 775 862
23.95 New obligations................... -732 -776 -862
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 9
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 633 644 742
41.00 Transferred to other accounts... -1
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43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 633 644 742
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 107 123 120
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 740 766 862
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 110 98 97
73.10 New obligations................... 732 776 862
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -744 -777 -849
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 98 97 110
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 551 568 653
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 85 87 76
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 107 123 120
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 744 777 849
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -90 -110 -103
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -17 -13 -17
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -107 -123 -120
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 633 643 742
90.00 Outlays........................... 637 654 729
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Conservation operations............... 620 633 742
Watershed surveys and planning........ 12 11
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Conservation operations............... 624
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Watershed surveys and planning........ 13
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 633 644 742
Outlays........................... 636 655 729
Legislative proposal, not subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority..................
Outlays...........................
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 633 644 742
Outlays........................... 636 655 729
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Funding within this account for partnership grants is proposed as
part of the Environmental Resources Fund for America. This proposal
highlights the Administration's priority to provide deficit neutral
funding for investments in many of our Nation's key environmental
programs. A discussion of the Environmental Resources Fund for America
and two other funds for research and transportation can be found in
Chapter 2 of the Budget.
Competitive Partnership Grants ($20 million) will be used to enhance
institutional capacity for locally-based institutions, including
watershed councils, cooperatives, etc. In particular, funds would be
directed for hiring non-federal watershed coordinators. These
coordinators would: develop watershed partnerships, including all
stakeholders in the area; resolve differences from among the different
points of view and produce and help implement strategic plans that
restore impaired watersheds. Non-Federal local coordinators act as
facilitators, mediators, and grant application writers. Funds available
are sufficient for over 350 watersheds selected through an inter-agency
review process; however local entities may receive a preference in
competing for funding where their States have prepared memoranda of
understanding (MOU) for coordinating with Federal government to ensure
reduced overlap, and greater efficiency and customer service, with the
goal of one-stop shopping for landowners. Up to 10 percent of available
funds may be used for developing MOUs among States and Federal agencies.
In addition, $3 million is available for environmental monitoring and
research work.
Technical assistance.--Technical assistance is provided through
2,955 conservation districts or special districts to land users and
decisionmakers, including individual landowners and operators, community
groups, units of government, Indian tribes, and others for the planning
of conservation programs and installation of needed conservation systems
on the land, including design, layout, installation, and consultation
services.
Administrative Convergence.--The Department is coordinating the
functions and personnel of the different field agencies to provide a
more seamless and efficient delivery system. By 2002, the proposal would
result in a 22 percent reduction in administrative staffing from 1997.
Savings by 2002 would equal $127 million a year. Progress in 1999 would
be indicated by the creation of a Support Services Bureau reflecting a
new entity made by consolidating the agencies administrative units, both
at the National level and in each State.
An additional $20 million is provided to encourage additional
contributions from the States. This bonus fund will act as an incentive
payment to reward those States that either increase the non-Federal
contributions and/or that achieve a minimum level of contributions
toward conservation efforts. The point is to elicit both greater
contributions and to harmonize the contributions from all. By leveraging
these incentive payments, conservation funds in total can be increased.
$10 million of the total funds would be rewarded to States to use for
Geographic Information Systems and digital orthophotos purchases.
MAIN WORKLOAD FACTORS
1997 est. 1998 est. 1999 est.
Decisionmakers receiving technical
services............................ 740,377 750,000 750,000
Onsite technical and informational
assistance.......................... 340,000 375,000 400,000
Acres treated with conservation
technical assistance................ 110,052,019 121,000,000 131,000,000
Also included in this item are the inventory and monitoring,
resource appraisal, and program development activities. Resource
inventories are conducted to provide soil, water, and related resource
data for evaluating land-use changes and trends; and for guidance in the
development and implementation of Federal, State, and local resource
conservation programs. Resource appraisal and program development
provides for periodic reports to the public and Congress as required by
the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 as amended. In
addition, NRCS has responsibilities for easement administration and
monitoring for all the Wetland Reserve Program acres enrolled in the
program to date where the landowner has opted for a conservation
easement.
Technical assistance will be targeted beginning in 1998 through the
use of area-wide watershed plans to achieve the goals of the Government
Performance and Results Act. $7 million is provided for additional
watershed planning, and river basin surveys and investigations to
provide technical support and leadership for the efforts of locally-led
watershed coalitions nation-wide. With useful watershed or basin level
plans, NRCS will be better equipped to direct its financial and
technical resources to the highest priority needs, and community members
can understand the alternatives available to repair a damaged watershed.
With a watershed plan, community members will be in a position to seek
funding to implement the plan from a range of sources, including other
Federal agencies, State entities and the private sector. In addition,
NRCS staff will continue to target their expertise, emphasizing setting
standards and providing certification, rather than directly implementing
most activities themselves (in National Performance Review parlance,
``steering'', rather than ``rowing'').
Soil surveys.--Soil surveys and investigations are made of the
Nation's soil resources, with interpretations and publications that
provide physical land facts needed for program development, resource
conservation planning, installation of planned practices, and for use by
other Federal, State, and local agencies in making land-use decisions.
National leadership is provided for digitizing soil surveys in
cooperation with States, and other users of soil survey data.
Legislation requires that ``a substantial portion of the survey costs
for NRCS are to be reimbursed by survey recipients.''
MAIN WORKLOAD FACTORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Acres mapped annually (millions).... 23 23 23
Soil surveys ready for publication
(number)............................ 64 75 75
Snow survey water forecasting.--Water supply forecasts prepared from
snow surveys in western states are used in making efficient seasonal use
of water for irrigation, flood control, fish and wildlife, recreation,
power generation, municipal and industrial water supply, and water
quality management.
Operation of plant materials centers.--The selection and evaluation
of plant materials are made at 26 plant materials centers through field
trials to determine their suitability for erosion control, conservation,
and other environmental improvements. Native plant species will be
preferred and exotic species introductions phased out for this program.
Requested funding for the Plant Materials Centers is reduced in 1999
reflecting both the fact that previous increases to upgrade the
infrastructure are no longer needed, and reflecting the opportunities by
the Centers to increase their revenues from the collection of royalties
from the commercial production of cultivars developed by PMC.
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Water Resource Assistance.--The Department cooperates with other
agencies and the States in planning small watersheds to reduce the
damage from floodwater, sediment, agricultural run-off, and erosion and
for the conservation, development, utilization, and disposal of water.
Program activities will be accelerated for high priority natural
resource concerns such as: water quality and wetlands restoration. This
account will be used to develop plans to target agency resources to
achieve the goals of the Government Performance and Results Act.
Additional funding of $7 million has been proposed for 1999 to enhance
the technical support for River Basin Surveys and Watershed Planning.
Technical assistance of $52.4 million is proposed for watershed
project design and implementation to assist States and their political
subdivisions and other localities to reduce damage from floodwater,
sediment, and erosion, for the conservation, development, utilization,
and disposal of water, and for conservation and proper utilization of
lands. This technical assistance will be coupled with the financial
assistance included in the Watershed and Flood Prevention operations
account. Technical assistance was displayed directly in Watershed and
Flood Prevention operations account in previous years.
The Department makes surveys of proposed small watershed projects,
and work plans are prepared in cooperation with local sponsors. These
plans outline the soil and water management problems in the watershed,
the steps that have been or are authorized to be taken to alleviate
these problems, the proposed works of improvement to be installed, the
estimated benefits and costs, cost sharing, operation and maintenance
arrangements, and other information necessary to justify Federal
participation in project development. Watershed planning will emphasize
water quality protection and improvement. This emphasis will better
enable States to focus on watersheds in fulfilling the requirements of
the Clean Water Act and in maintaining clean water. Program activities
will be accelerated for high priority natural resource concerns such as:
water quality and wetlands restoration. $1 million is provided for
educational assistance for notifying watershed sponsors about the need
to examine and possibly repair older systems. However, as these systems
are owned by local sponsors, inspections of the dams can be carried out
by private engineers or NRCS staff on a reimbursable basis.
MAIN WORKLOAD FACTORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Activity:
Applications for planning
assistance on Small Watershed
Program--eligible projects; on
hand, cumulative, start of year. 200 190 180
Status of planning:
Approved for planning during year. 15 15 15
Locally implemented............. (3) (3) (3)
Federally implemented........... (12) (12) (12)
Planning completed during year.... 11 8 6
Locally implemented............. (1) (2) (2)
Federally implemented........... (10) (6) (4)
Planning in process............... 88 80 75
Locally implemented............. (29) (25) (20)
Federally implemented........... (59) (55) (55)
Status of projects in operations:
Active projects................. 522 513 513
Approved for operations during
year.......................... 10 8 6
USDA Cooperative Studies:
(1) Surveys in progress, start of
year............................ 125 120 115
(2) Surveys initiated during year. 4 2 2
(3) Surveys worked during year.... 129 122 117
(4) Surveys completed during year. 13 10 10
(5) Surveys in progress, end of
year............................ 116 112 107
Flood Plain Management Assist.
Program:
(1) States involved............... 26 26 26
(2) Completed studies............. 6 10 10
(3) Ongoing studies............... 54 44 34
(4) Cumulative total completed.... 599 609 619
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 349 356 391
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 12 13 13
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 5 6 7
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 366 375 411
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 86 93 105
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 4 5 4
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 16 16 18
22.0 Transportation of things........ 3 3 3
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 11 11 13
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 20 21 22
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 5 5 5
25.2 Other services.................. 80 90 124
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 15 15 16
31.0 Equipment....................... 19 19 21
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 625 653 742
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 107 123 120
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99.9 Total obligations............... 732 776 862
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 8,535 8,611 9,051
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 1,599 1,577 1,681
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Conservation Operations
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Upon enactment of authorization of a fee to cover the costs of
providing technical assistance and products for natural resource
conservation, such fees shall be collected and credited to this account
as offsetting collections, to remain available until expended for the
purpose of providing similar technical assistance and products.
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1000-2-1-300 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
09.00 Reimbursable Program: Technical
assistance cost-share........... 10
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10.00 Total obligations............... 10
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 10
23.95 New obligations................... -10
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 10
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 10
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -10
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 10
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -10
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
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For 1999, NRCS is proposing to collect $10 million in user fees for
certain types or areas of technical services and products. Examples of
potential user fee activities include technical assistance services for
conservation practice applications which exceed an extended period of
NRCS employee time, sale of foundation seeds and plants, sale of soil
survey and snow survey data products, and for those technical services
available through the private sector for which there is little ``public
good'' from government provision (e.g., engineering designs, soil map
interpretations for commercial and urban uses, and some irrigation
management). The proposed user fee activities, including appropriate fee
structure and application, will be developed through the use of agency
work groups. Through proposed legislation, it is anticipated that the
fees collected will be deposited into the conservation operations
account and remain available until expended.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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99.0 Reimbursable obligations:
Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations..................... 10
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99.9 Total obligations............... 10
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Personnel Summary
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2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 133
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Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including
but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of
cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing works
and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection
and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005,
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, [$101,036,000] $49,000,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) [(of which up to $15,000,000
may be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control
Act approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701, 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Provided,
That not to exceed $50,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available
for technical assistance: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to
exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109]
Provided, That funds for the cost of direct loans may be transferred to
the Rural Utilities Service for rural water and waste disposal projects,
and rural development projects as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1928, and
1932 and approved under the Watershed and Flood Prevention Act:
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 not to exceed
$300,000,000: 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. (7 U.S.C. 2201-02; 33 U.S.C. 701b-1, 701b-11; Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Watershed Operations (P.L. 534). 16 9
00.03 Emergency Watershed Protection
Operations.................... 122 181
00.04 Small Watershed Operations (P.L.
566).......................... 87 100 49
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 225 290 49
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 20 30 24
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10.00 Total obligations............... 245 320 73
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 85 189
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 350 131 73
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 435 320 73
23.95 New obligations................... -245 -320 -73
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 189
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 101 101 49
40.15 Appropriation (emergency)....... 229
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43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 330 101 49
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 20 30 24
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 350 131 73
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 181 171 125
73.10 New obligations................... 245 320 73
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -255 -366 -92
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 171 125 106
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 112 59 15
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 123 277 53
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 20 30 24
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 255 366 92
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -4 -6 -6
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -16 -24 -18
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -20 -30 -24
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 330 101 49
90.00 Outlays........................... 235 336 68
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These programs provide for cooperation between the Federal
Government and States and their political subdivisions to reduce damage
from floodwater, sediment, and erosion, for the conservation,
development, utilization, and disposal of water, and for the
conservation and proper utilization of land. Funds in Watershed and
Flood Prevention Operations could be used for either flood prevention
projects or flood damage rehabilitation efforts, depending upon the
needs and opportunities. Technical assistance expenses for the program
($50 million) will be included as part of Conservation Operations
beginning in 1999.
Watershed operations authorized by Public Law 534.--The Department
cooperates with soil conservation districts and other local
organizations in planning and installing works of improvement for flood
prevention in 11 watersheds authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944.
The Federal Government shares the cost of works of improvement for flood
prevention, agricultural water management, recreation, and fish and
wildlife development. No funds are directly proposed for this activity;
however, worthwhile projects, those with high net social benefits and
environmental objectives consistent with current Administrations
priorities, can be continued under the Small Watershed Operations
authorized by Public Law 566.
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Within the 11 authorized projects, 395 subwatershed areas have been
identified for planning purposes. Installation progress in these
subwatersheds is as follows:
MAIN WORKLOAD FACTORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Active subwatersheds................ 96 96 96
Projects continuing post-
installation assistance......... 224 224 224
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Total operational
subwatersheds............... 320 320 320
Unserviced applications........... 23 23 23
Planning in progress.............. 24 24 24
Terminated in planning.............. 7 7 7
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Total subwatersheds........... 395 395 395
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Emergency watershed protection operations.--This program authorizes
the Secretary of Agriculture to undertake such emergency measures for
runoff retardation and soil erosion prevention as may be needed to
safeguard life and property from floods and the products of erosion on
any watershed whenever natural elements or forces cause a sudden
impairment of that watershed. An emergency is considered to exist when a
watershed is suddenly impaired by flood, fire, wind, earthquake, or
other natural cause and consequently life and property are endangered by
floodwater, erosion, or sediment discharge. The emergency area need not
be declared a national disaster area to be eligible for emergency
watershed protection. Emergency watershed protection is applicable to
small scale, localized disasters as well as large scale disasters. State
environmental, natural resource, fish and game, and other agencies
participate in planning and coordinating emergency work.
Small watershed operations authorized by Public Law 566.--The
Department provides technical and financial assistance to local
organizations to install measures for watershed protection, flood
prevention, agricultural water management, recreation, and fish and
wildlife enhancement. Expenses for technical assistance will be
displayed as part of the Conservation Operations account beginning in
1999. Significant reforms were begun in 1997 to make this program
environmentally beneficial, with high returns to society resulting from
the investment. High priority P.L. 534 projects will be eligible to
compete for funding for P.L. 566 funding.
Watershed work plans are prepared by sponsoring local organizations
with the Department's assistance or through State and local resources.
After work plans are approved by the Department or Congress (projects
where the estimated Federal contribution will exceed $5 million require
congressional approval), financial assistance is provided for specific
works of improvements.
The following tabulation shows the status of Public Law 566
projects:
MAIN WORKLOAD FACTORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Status of operational projects:
Projects receiving land treatment. 182 190 198
Structural projects............... 281 275 272
Land treatment and structural..... 59 48 43
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Subtotal active projects...... 522 513 513
Projects continuing post-
installation assistance......... 898 903 908
Inactive projects................. 14 14 14
Completed projects................ 27 28 29
Deauthorized projects............. 153 153 153
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Total operational projects.... 1,614 1,622 1,628
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New projects approved during year. 10 8 6
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Loan Services. In 1999, local sponsors will have an alternative
funding source to finance their projects. For projects that produce
rural water supply or primarily offer rural development benefits, direct
federal loans may be a useful and appropriate alternative. Approved
Public Law 566 and 534 projects may immediately receive loans through
Rural Development (particularly the water and waste loans) to complete
their projects. Public Law 566 financial assistance would be transferred
to the Rural Utilities Service and other rural development agencies to
fund loans for new and existing Small Watershed Projects. These loans
are subsidized depending upon the wealth of the community. In this
fashion, the loans differ from the previous loans offered through the
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund. If $15 million were used as subsidy
costs for loans, USDA could offer an estimated $155 million in loans to
implement roughly 75 projects.
Loans through the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund have been made
in previous years to the local sponsors in order to fund the local cost
of Public Law 566 or 534 projects. No funding for these loans is assumed
in 1999.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 49 51
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 1
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 3 4
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 53 56
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 11 12
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 1 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 3 4
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 2 2
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 2 2
Other services:
25.2 Other services................ 11 11
25.2 Other services................ 74 107 23
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 2 2
31.0 Equipment....................... 4 4
32.0 Land and structures............. 17 27
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 43 61 26
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 223 289 49
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 20 29 24
Allocation Account:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 1
25.2 Other services.................. 1
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99.0 Subtotal, allocation account.. 2
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 2
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99.9 Total obligations............... 245 320 73
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 1,198 916
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 16 43
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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), $34,377,000, 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. (7 U.S.C. 2201-02; 33
U.S.C. 701b-11; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1010-0-1-300 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.02 Direct program: Technical
assistance...................... 29 34 34
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 1 1 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 30 35 35
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 29 35 35
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 30 35 35
23.95 New obligations................... -30 -35 -35
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 29 34 34
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1 1 1
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 30 35 35
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 6 6 6
73.10 New obligations................... 30 35 35
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -30 -35 -35
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 6 6 6
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 26 31 31
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 3 3 3
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 30 35 35
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -1 -1 -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 28 34 34
90.00 Outlays........................... 29 34 34
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Under this program, the Department assists States, local units of
government, groups and individuals in developing area plans for resource
conservation and development (RC and D).
RC and D areas are provided technical assistance to help States and
local units of government prepare plans for resource development and
economic improvement and to plan and install community-type conservation
projects or measures. Financial contributions, loans, and other Federal
assistance may be used to help carry out measures specified in RC and D
area plans. Loans are made through the farm loan program of the Farm
Service Agency, formerly the Farmers Home Administration, to qualified
local organizations to help finance their share of the costs of
installing the measures. No loans are assumed in 1999. Program financial
resources are focused on the RC and D coordinators who assist the local
area councils. These coordinators help the area councils develop plans
and proposals to compete for financial assistance from other Federal,
State and private sources.
A portion of 1999 funding in 1999 may be used as bonus payments for
those districts that best advance NRC conservation strategic goals.
The following tabulation shows the status of RC and D areas
authorized to receive technical and financial assistance.
MAIN WORKLOAD FACTORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Areas authorized at beginning of
year................................ 289 290 315
Areas authorized at end of year..... 290 315 315
Project plans written............... 2,752 2,750 2,750
Projects being implemented.......... 2,525 2,700 2,700
Projects completed.................. 2,514 2,300 2,300
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1010-0-1-300 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 16 19 19
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 1 1
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 17 20 20
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 4 4 4
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 2 2
25.2 Other services.................. 4 5 5
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment....................... 1 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 29 34 34
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 30 35 35
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Personnel Summary
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Identification code 12-1010-0-1-300 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 392 420 420
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 3 5 5
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Great Plains Conservation Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-2268-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 1
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 22 17 13
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -5 -4 -3
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 17 13 10
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 5 4 3
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 5 4 3
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 5 4 3
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The 1996 Farm Bill combined the authority for this and several other
conservation programs into the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
Prior-year account balances are maintained in this account until
expended.
This program provides cost-share assistance to participating
landowners or operators in the Great Plains area in the development and
installation of long-term conservation plans and practices for their
land under contracts entered into in prior years. It is a voluntary
program in 556 designated counties of 10 Great Plains States. Contracts
with individual landowners range in time from 3 to 10 years.
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MAIN WORKLOAD FACTORS
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Program participants:
Number of contracts serviced
during year..................... 5,846 4,076 2,876
Number of acres under contracts... 16,000,000 12,760,000 9,860,000
As of September 30, 1997, there were 4,076 active contracts on hand.
Co-landowners or operators finance the entire cost of installing
recurring management-type practices and pay a specified part of the
cost-shared practices installed on their land. Program regulations
provide that cost-share rates offered in any contract shall not exceed
80 percent of the cost of installing eligible practices within the
designated county. There is a cost-sharing limitation of $35 thousand
for any contract.
Personnel Summary
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Identification code 12-2268-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 6
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[Forestry Incentives Program]
[For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to carry out
the program of forestry incentives, as authorized in the Cooperative
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101), including technical
assistance and related expenses, $6,325,000, to remain available until
expended, as authorized by that Act.] (Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3336-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 7 6
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 6 6
23.95 New obligations................... -7 -6
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 6 6
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 11 12 12
73.10 New obligations................... 7 6
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -6 -6 -5
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 12 12 7
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 2 3
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 4 3 5
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 6 6 5
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 6 6
90.00 Outlays........................... 6 6 5
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No funds are proposed for the Forestry Incentives Program (FIP). The
FIP was authorized by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2101). The objectives of the program are to bring private,
nonindustrial forest land under improved management, to increase timber
production, to ensure adequate supplies of timber products, and to
enhance other forest resources. FIP promotes timber production on
private lands and is incompatible with the agency strategic plan, which
is focused on water quality and habitat goals. If FIP were aimed at
environmental improvements, the tree species selected would be chosen to
maximize rare native habitats, not timber production. Other programs can
offer assistance more appropriate (e.g., habitat creation) for the
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Timber production is
otherwise the responsibility of the Forest Service. In addition, in
selecting sites for cost-share assistance, the program predominantly
selected plots that would have made the forest stand improvement or
plantings without Federal assistance.
FIP shares up to 65 percent of the cost of tree planting and timber
stand improvement. The percentage cost-shared depends on the rate set in
a particular State and county by NRCS, after consulting with the State
forester. The program is available in designated counties based on a
Forest Service survey of total eligible private timberland available for
production of timber products. Technical assistance is provided by
Forest Service.
The 1997 program provided funding for 149,503 acres of tree
planting, and 33,725 acres in timber stand improvements, and 2,647 acres
targeted towards special forestry and site preparation.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.2 Other services.................... 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 6 6
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99.9 Total obligations............... 7 6
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Water Bank Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3320-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 40 30 22
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -10 -8 -6
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 30 22 16
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 10 8 6
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 10 8 6
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 10 8 6
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The objectives of the Water Bank Program are to conserve water;
preserve, maintain, and improve the Nation's wetlands; increase
waterfowl habitat in migratory waterfowl nesting, breeding, and feeding
areas in the United States; and secure recreational and environmental
benefits for the Nation. The program was authorized by the Water Bank
Act of 1970, as amended by Public Law 96-182, approved January 2, 1980.
The Water Bank Extension Act of 1994 extends for one year 1985
agreements entered into under the Water Bank Act of 1970, and due to
expire on December 31, 1995. Funding for the expiring 1985 Water Bank
agreements were transferred from the Wetlands Reserve Program 1995
appropriation to this account as authorized under the Water Bank
Extension Act of 1994. Congress did not provide funding for this account
in 1998. For 1999, USDA does not request program funding.
Under the Water Bank Program, the Secretary of Agriculture, through
designated county offices, uses program funds to enter into 10-year
agreements with landowners and operators for the conservation of
specified wetlands. Provisions exist to renew agreements for additional
periods, to make annual payments on agreements, and under certain
conditions to increase payment rates in the fifth year of a
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contract or at the time of renewal. During the period of the agreement,
the landowner agrees not to drain, burn, fill, or otherwise destroy the
wetland character of such areas.
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3318-0-1-304 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 8 5 1
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -3 -4 -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 5 1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 3 4 1
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 3 4 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 3 4 1
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The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program (CRBSC), was
authorized under section 202(c) of Title II of the Colorado River Basin
Salinity Control Act, as amended by section 334, subtitle D, Title III
of the Federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 1996. The FAIR Act,
combined authority of the Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP), Water
Quality Incentive Program (WQIP), Great Plains Conservation Program
(GPCP), and the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program (CRBSC),
into the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP). The FAIR Act
also repealed CRBSC authority, while maintaining program account
balances until expended.
Beginning in 1996, EQIP was implemented on an interim program level
for CRBSC. Program funding in 1997 provided cost-share assistance to
landowners and others in the Colorado River Basin States to include:
Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. The main objective is to enhance the supply
and quality of water in the Colorado River for delivery to downstream
users in the U.S. and Mexico.
Technical assistance funds have been provided directly within the
Conservation Operations account.
Under this program, 30 percent of cost-share funds will be
reimbursed to the U.S. Treasury by the Colorado River Basin States.
Future funding targeted towards salinity efforts will be provided by
the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) for EQIP beginning 1997.
Wetlands Reserve Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1080-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.03 Technical Assistance.............. 12 21 4
00.04 Easement Overhead Costs........... -5
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10.00 Total obligations............... 7 21 4
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 32 25 4
23.95 New obligations................... -7 -21 -4
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 25 4
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 80 39 22
73.10 New obligations................... 7 21 4
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -47 -38 -26
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 39 22
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 47 38 26
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 47 38 26
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The Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) is authorized by Title XIV,
Section 1438 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
1990 (P.L. 101-624), as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1993 (P.L. 103-66), as amended by the Federal Agriculture Improvement
and Reform Act of 1996. The Fair Act authorized program funding of the
WRP under the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) beginning FY 1997. The
1996 Fair Act also repealed the old authority for the WRP, while
maintaining program account balances until expended. Funding for the
program is now be provided by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).
The primary objectives of the program are to preserve and restore
wetlands, improve wildlife habitat, and protect migratory waterfowl. The
1996 Fair Act limited cumulative WRP enrollment to 975,000 acres through
2002.
The Secretary of Agriculture, through designated county offices,
uses program funds to enter into contracts with landowners that operate
farmed or converted wetlands, farmed wetlands, or prior converted
wetlands and adjoining land or riparian corridors. The contracts are for
both permanent and non-permanent easements program. Participants will
receive payments for wetlands easements, in a lump sum or annual
installment payments for permanent easements, and annual installment
payments under non-permanent easements. Compensation will be in cash as
specified in the contract, but not to exceed the fair market value of
the land. The program provides cost-share assistance to landowners for
carrying out the establishment of conservation measures and practices.
The program cost-shares 75 percent to 100 percent of eligible costs of
an easement. The program also provides reimbursement to the landowner
for overhead costs associated with acquiring an easement. Technical
assistance will be largely funded within the account.
Under the 1992 program, 42,230 acres were enrolled in 9 pilot
States. No funding was provided for operating a fiscal year 1993
program.
The 1994 program provided funding for enrolling 75,000 acres in 20
States, including the nine pilot States. The 1995 program provided
funding for enrolling 112,300 acres under multiple sign-ups to eleviate
a back-log of 1994 easement opportunities. The 1995 appropriation was
amended by the Water Bank Extension Act of 1994 to provide $889,800 for
expiring 1985 water bank agreements. Funds were transferred from the WRP
account to the Water Bank Account as authorized under the Water Bank
Extension Act of 1994. Under the 1996 program, $5 million of WRP funds
were transferred to the Fish and Wildlife Foundation under a interagency
agreement of joint partnership. The Foundation will provide additional
matching funds for the acquisition of wetland easements.
94,000 acres were enrolled in 1996. Beginning in 1997, program
funding was provided under the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC).
Approximately 126,000 acres were enrolled in fiscal year 1997. Funds
under this account will remain until expended.
The proposed 1999 Funding for WRP activities through CCC is for 165
thousand acres (or $124 million in CCC Funds). In fulfillment of the
easement administration and monitoring responsibilities associated with
WRP, it is estimated that NRCS staff year costs will run an average $5
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per easement acre for all acres under easements at the beginning of the
fiscal year. Roughly, 661,000 acres are expected to be enrolled in the
WRP by the beginning of the fiscal year 1999.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1080-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 7 8 2
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1 2 1
23.2 Rental payments to others......... 1 1 1
25.4 Operation and maintenance of
facilities...................... 2 7
32.0 Land and structures............... -5 3
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 6 21 4
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 7 21 4
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Personnel Summary
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Identification code 12-1080-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 142 268 54
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Wildlife Habitat Incentive Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3322-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 30 20
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 30 20
23.95 New obligations................... -30 -20
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 22
73.10 New obligations................... 30 20
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -8 -11
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 22 31
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 8 11
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 8 11
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 8 11
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The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) is a voluntary
program to support and encourage landowners with technical assistance
and cost share payments to develop and improve fish and wildlife habitat
on private lands. WHIP is currently budgeted for $50 million through the
year 2002 with funds form the Commodity Credit Corporation.
NRCS and the participant enter into a cost-share agreement for
wildlife habitat development. This agreement generally lasts from 5 to
10 years from the date the agreement is signed. WHIP funds are
distributed to states based on state wildlife habitat priorities which
may include: wildlife habitat areas; targeted species and their
habitats; and specific practices. Partnerships with other entities is
preferred: WHIP may be implemented in cooperation with other Federal,
State, or local agencies, conservation districts, or private
conservation groups. State priories are developed through a locally led
process to identify wildlife resource needs and finalized in
consultation with the State Technical Committee.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3322-0-1-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 3 2
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 2 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 24 16
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99.9 Total obligations............... 30 20
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 103 67
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Rural Clean Water Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3337-0-1-304 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 3 3 3
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 3 3 3
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 2 1
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1 -1 -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 2 1 1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1 1 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 1 1
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This experimental Rural Clean Water Program, authorized by Public
Law 96-108 and Public Law 96-528, was a cooperative endeavor among
farmers, various USDA agencies, and other organizations to develop and
test means of controlling agricultural nonpoint source water pollution
in rural areas.
Recommended project areas were developed by local and State
committees and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture in consultation
with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Full
funding was provided in previous appropriations for all approved
projects. The implementation period for all projects has ended, and no
additional obligations will be incurred. Payment of prior year
obligations is expected to continue through the calendar year 1999.
Similar activities will be carried out through the mandatory
Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
Credit accounts:
Agricultural Resource Conservation Demonstration Guaranteed Loan
Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4177-0-3-351 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 2 2 1
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 7 5 3
23.95 New obligations................... -2 -2 -1
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 5 3 2
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 2 2 1
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -2 -2 -1
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 2 2 1
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority...............
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 2 2 1
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4177-0-3-351 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on commitments:
2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans
made by private lenders.........
--------- --------- ----------
2150 Total guaranteed loan
commitments...................
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 17 17 17
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2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 17 17 17
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 17 17 17
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This program, also known as ``Farms for the Future,'' provides
guarantees and interest assistance on loans made to State trust funds,
who in turn finance acquisitions to preserve farmland in selected
states. No guarantees have been made since 1993.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from guaranteed loans committed in 1992 and beyond. The
amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not included in
the budget totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4177-0-3-351 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 8 5 5 3
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1999 Total assets.................... 8 5 5 3
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Trust Funds
Miscellaneous Contributed Funds
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-8210-0-7-300 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 1 1
Receipts:
02.01 Miscellaneous contributed trust
funds........................... 2
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 2 1 1
Appropriation:
05.01 Miscellaneous contributed trust
funds........................... -1
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 1 1 1
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-8210-0-7-300 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 3 19
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 21 19
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 22 19
23.95 New obligations................... -3 -19
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 19
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)..................... 1
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 15
73.10 New obligations................... 3 19
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -2 -5 -4
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 15 11
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 2 5 4
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 1
90.00 Outlays........................... 2 5 4
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Funds received from State and local organizations, and others are
available for work under cooperative agreements for soil survey,
watershed protection, and resource conservation and development
activities.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.2 Other services.................... 9
32.0 Land and structures............... 1 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 2 9
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99.9 Total obligations............... 3 19
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Personnel Summary
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Identification code 12-8210-0-7-300 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 3 1 1
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Rural Community Advancement Program
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, and 1932, except for sections
381E[-], 381G, 381H, 381N, and 381O of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009f), [$652,197,000] $715,172,000, to remain
available until expended, of which [$27,062,000] $35,717,000 shall be
for rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; of which [$577,242,000]
$628,955,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs described in
section 381E(d)(2) of such Act; and of which [$47,893,000] $50,500,000
shall be for the rural business and cooperative development programs
described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided, That [section
381E(d)(3)(B) of such Act is amended by inserting after the phrase
``business and industry'', the words ``direct and'': 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:] of the total amount appropriated, 3 percent shall be
reserved for federally recognized Indian tribes through June 30, 1999,
and if not used by Indian tribes shall be available for use by other
qualified applicants: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
for rural utilities programs, not to exceed [$20,000,000] $25,000,000
shall be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias
along the United States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to
section 306C of such Act; [not to exceed $15,000,000 shall be for water
and waste disposal systems for rural and native villages in Alaska
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pursuant to section 306D of such Act;] not to exceed [$15,000,000]
$17,250,000 shall be for technical assistance grants for rural waste
systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed
[$5,200,000] $6,000,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical
assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That of the total
amounts appropriated, not to exceed [$20,048,000] $36,092,800 shall be
available through June 30, [1998] 1999, for empowerment zones and
enterprise communities, as authorized by Public Law 103-66, of which
[$1,200,000] $1,961,800 shall be for rural community programs described
in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which [$18,700,000] $25,478,000
shall be for the rural utilities programs described in section
381E(d)(2) of such Act; of which [$148,000] $8,653,000 shall be for the
rural business and cooperative development programs described in section
381E(d)(3) of such Act[: Provided further, That any obligated and
unobligated balances available for prior years for the ``Rural Water and
Waste Disposal Grants'', ``Rural Water and Waste Disposal Loans Program
Account'', ``Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants'', ``Solid
Waste Management Grants'', the community facility grant program in the
``Rural Housing Assistance Program Account'', ``Community Facility Loans
Program Account'', ``Rural Business Enterprise Grants'', ``Rural
Business and Industry Loans Program Account'', and ``Local Technical
Assistance and Planning Grants'' shall be transferred to and merged with
this account]. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-0400-0-1-999 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 22 26
Receipts:
02.01 Business and industry loans....... 6 4 7
02.02 Water and wastewater loans........ 12
02.03 Rural community facility loans.... 4
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02.99 Total receipts.................. 22 4 7
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 22 26 33
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 22 26 33
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-0400-0-1-999 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loan subsidy............... 87 84 154
00.02 Guaranteed loan subsidy........... 9 11 10
00.05 Reestimate of direct loan subsidy. 22
00.06 Interest on reestimate of direct
loan subsidy.................... 2
00.10 Grants............................ 576 563 551
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 696 658 715
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 6 5
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 674 653 715
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 21
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 701 658 715
23.95 New obligations................... -696 -658 -715
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 5
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 619 652 715
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 19
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43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 638 652 715
Permanent:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)
Reestimates................... 24
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 12 1
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 674 653 715
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1,615 1,636 1,640
73.10 New obligations................... 696 658 715
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -645 -654 -649
73.32 Obligated balance transferred from
other accounts.................. 1
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -9
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -21
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1,636 1,640 1,706
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 24 34 36
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 585 619 614
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 36 1
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 645 654 649
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Federal sources:
88.00 NADBank..................... -1
88.00 Fund for Rural America...... -12
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -12 -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 662 652 715
90.00 Outlays........................... 633 653 649
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Rural Community Advancement
Program......................... 652 715
Rural Water and Waste Disposal
Loans........................... 92
Rural Water and Waste Disposal
Grants.......................... 497
Solid Waste Management Grants..... 2
Community Facility Loans.......... 15
Community Facility Grants......... 6
Rural Business and Industry Loans. 8
Rural Business Enterprise Grants.. 41
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Rural Community Advancement
Program......................... 653 649
Rural Water and Waste Disposal
Loans........................... 129
Rural Water and Waste Disposal
Grants.......................... 428
Solid Waste Management Grants..... 3
Emergency Community Water
Assistance Grants............... 6
Community Facility Loans.......... 26
Rural Business and Industry Loans. 7
Rural Business Enterprise Grants.. 35
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-0400-0-1-999 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Direct water and waste disposal
loan levels..................... 803 691 764
1150 Direct community facility loan
levels.......................... 137 206 200
1150 Direct business and industry loan
levels.......................... 12 50 50
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1159 Total direct loan levels........ 952 947 1,014
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Direct water and waste disposal
loans subsidy rate.............. 9.02 9.76 16.52
1320 Direct community facility loans
subsidy rate.................... 8.73 8.38 13.74
1320 Direct business and industry loans
subsidy rate.................... 0.51 -7.16 -14.64
--------- --------- ----------
1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 8.88 6.44 14.43
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Direct water and waste disposal
loans subsidy budget authority.. 90 67 126
1330 Direct community facility loans
subsidy budget authority........ 15 17 27
1330 Direct business and industry
subsidy budget authority........
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 105 84 153
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Direct water and waste disposal
loans subsidy outlays........... 127 126 94
1340 Direct community facility loans
subsidy outlays................. 25 20 21
1340 Direct business and industry
subsidy outlays.................
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays........... 152 146 115
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Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
2150 Water and waste disposal loan
guarantee levels................ 75 75 75
2150 Community facility loan guarantee
levels.......................... 85 153 210
2150 Business and Industry loan
guarantee levels................ 815 1,000 1,000
--------- --------- ----------
2159 Total loan guarantee levels..... 975 1,228 1,285
Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent):
2320 Guaranteed water and waste
disposal loan subsidy rate...... -1.09 -1.90 -1.08
2320 Guranteed community facility loan
subsidy rate.................... 0.41 0.40 -0.54
2320 Guaranteed business and industry
loan subsidy rate............... 0.93 0.97 1.02
--------- --------- ----------
2329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 0.52 0.59 0.55
Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority:
2330 Guaranteed water and waste
disposal loans subsidy budget
authority.......................
2330 Guaranteed community facility
loans subsidy budget authority.. 1
2330 Guaranteed business and industry
loans subsidy budget authority.. 8 10 10
--------- --------- ----------
2339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 8 11 10
Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays:
2340 Guaranteed water and waste
disposal loan subsidy outlays...
2340 Guaranteed community facility loan
subsidy outlays................. 1 1
2340 Guranteed business and industry
loan subsidy outlays............ 8 3 6
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2349 Total subsidy outlays........... 9 4 6
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This account consolidates under the Rural Community Advancement
Program (RCAP) funding for the direct and guaranteed water and waste
disposal loans, water and waste disposal grants, emergency community
water assistance grants, solid waste management grants, direct and
guaranteed community facility loans, community facility grants, direct
and guaranteed business and industry loans, rural business enterprise
grants, and rural business opportunity grants. This is in accordance
with the provisions set forth in the Federal Agriculture Improvement and
Reform Act of 1996, as amended, Public Law 104-127 (the 1996 Act).
Consolidating funding for these 12 loan and grant programs under RCAP
provides greater flexibility to tailor financial assistance to applicant
needs.
RCAP is composed of the following three funding streams: Rural
Community Facilities, Rural Utilities, and Rural Business and
Cooperative Development. For 1999, the Budget proposes the full
flexibility authorized in the 1996 Act for up to 25 percent of the
resources in each stream to shift to other streams, in order to respond
to the unique rural development needs of states and localities. Funding
for the rural water and wastewater programs in this account is proposed
as part of the Environmental Resources Fund for America. This proposal
highlights the Administration's priority to provide deficit neutral
funding for investments in many of our Nation's key environmental
programs. A discussion of the Environmental Resources Fund for America
and two other funds for research and transportation can be found in
Section II of the Budget volume.
Water and waste disposal loans are authorized under 7 U.S.C. 1926.
The program provides direct loans to municipalities, counties, special
purpose districts, certain Indian Tribes, and non-profit corporations to
develop water and waste disposal systems in rural areas and towns with
populations of less than 10,000. The program also guarantees water and
waste disposal loans made by banks and other eligible lenders.
Water and waste disposal grants are authorized under Section
306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as
amended. Grants are authorized to be made to associations, including
nonprofit corporations, municipalities, counties, public and quasi-
public agencies, and certain Indian tribes. The grants can be used to
finance development, storage, treatment, purification, or distribution
of water or the collection, treatment, or disposal of waste in rural
areas and cities or towns with populations of less than 10,000. The
amount of any development grant may not exceed 75 percent of the
eligible development cost of the project.
Emergency community water assistance grants are authorized under
Section 306A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as
amended. Grants are made to public bodies and nonprofit organizations
for construction or extension of water lines, repair or maintenance of
existing systems, replacement of equipment, and payment of costs to
correct emergency situations.
Solid waste management grants are authorized under Section 310B(b)
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended. Grants
are made to non-profit organizations to provide regional technical
assistance to local and regional governments and related agencies for
the purpose of reducing or eliminating pollution of water resources, and
for improving the planning and management of solid waste disposal
facilities.
Community facility loans and grants are authorized under sections
306(a)(1) and 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, as amended. Loans are provided to local governments and nonprofit
organizations for the construction and improvement of community
facilities providing essential services in rural areas of not more than
50,000 population, such as hospitals and fire stations.
Business and industry guaranteed and direct loans are authorized
under section 310B(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development,
as amended. These loans are made to public, private or cooperative
organizations, Indian tribes or tribal groups, corporate entities, or
individuals for the purpose of improving the economic climate in rural
areas.
Rural business enterprise grants are authorized under sections
310(B)(c) and 310(B))(j) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act, as amended. These grants enable public and nonprofit organizations
to operate rural economic development projects. In general, these grants
provide investments in the human and physical resources of rural
communities. Past projects have enabled rural communities to acquire and
develop land, create technical assistance programs, encourage small
business growth and create new jobs.
Rural Business Opportunity Grants are authorized under section
310(B)(a)(11) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as
amended. These grants enable public bodies and private nonprofit
organizations to provide for technical assistance, training, and
planning activities that improve economic conditions in rural area.
Rural Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Grants
(Proposed legislation, subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-0402-4-1-452 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 20
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 20
23.95 New obligations................... -20
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 20
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 20
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 20
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 20
90.00 Outlays...........................
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The goal of the Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community initiative is
to revitalize rural communities in a manner that attracts private sector
investment and thereby provides self-sustaining community and economic
development. Legislation will be proposed to provide funding to allow
five new rural empowerment zones, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief
Act of 1997, to create economic opportunity in the most distressed rural
communities. A similar proposal is requested for urban zones through the
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Similar to the initial
round of EZ/EC, the designated communities would be required to develop
strategic development plans as (part of the application process) to
guide future development activities, and to develop benchmarks to assess
progress periodically.
The flexible grant funding would be available for a wide variety of
community and economic development purposes that link human capital
needs with economic development initiatives. The purposes may include
revolving loan funds for business capitalization or community
development, job training and job counseling, infrastructure investment,
home ownership and home ownership counseling, health care and related
facilities, child care and administrative costs linked to redevelopment
efforts.
Similar to the first round, the second round will be a 10-year
effort based on a comprehensive development plan involving the
residents, the private sector, the non-profit community and local, State
and Federal governments. Experience from the initial round of urban and
rural designations demonstrates significant successes that are
stimulating billions in private sector investment, reviving communities
that had given up hope for economic opportunity and creating thousands
of jobs, moving people from dependency to active participation in the
economy. Round two will build on the successes of the initial round.
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Rural Utilities Service, including
administering the programs authorized by the Rural Electrification Act
of 1936, and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and for
cooperative agreements, [$33,000,000] $33,445,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225),
and not to exceed $105,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 33 33 33
09.02 Reimbursable program.............. 33 33 35
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10.00 Total obligations............... 66 66 68
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 67 66 68
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 67 66 68
23.95 New obligations................... -66 -66 -68
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 33 33 33
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 34 33 35
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 67 66 68
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 14 10 12
73.10 New obligations................... 66 66 68
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -70 -66 -68
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 10 12 12
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 24 29 29
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 12 4 4
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 34 29 31
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 4 4
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 70 66 68
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -34 -33 -35
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 33 33 33
90.00 Outlays........................... 36 33 33
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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), under authority of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, and the Consolidated Farm and
Rural Development Act, makes grants, direct loans, and guarantees loans
made by other qualified lenders, to suppliers of electric,
telecommunications, and water/wastewater/waste disposal services in
rural areas. RUS also provides technical assistance to rural communities
concerning water and waste disposal services. In addition, RUS makes
grants and loans to provide access to advanced telecommunications
services for distance learning and telemedicine facilities.
The electric and telecommunications loan and grant programs are
administered in the Washington, DC, offices of RUS. In addition, RUS
general field representatives visit borrowers periodically and maintain
liaison between borrowers and headquarters. RUS administers the water
and waste programs through the Washington headquarters, with the loan
making and servicing activities being performed by the Rural Development
field office staff.
Administrative Convergence. The Department is coordinating the
functions and personnel of the different field agencies to provide a
more seamless and efficient delivery system. By 2002, the proposal would
result in a 22 percent reduction in administrative staffing from 1997.
Savings by 2002 would equal $127 million/year. Progress in 1999 would be
indicated by the creation of a Support Services Bureau reflecting a new
entity made by consolidating the agencies administrative functions both
at the National Level and in each State.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 21 21 21
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 22 22 22
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 5 4 4
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 1 1
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 3 4 4
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 33 33 33
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99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 33 33 35
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99.9 Total obligations............... 66 66 68
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 381 393 290
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 364 371 425
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Salaries and Expenses
(rural electrification administration)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... 1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 1
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In 1996, the Rural Electrification Administration became part of the
Rural Utilities Service (RUS) along with certain programs formerly
administered by the Rural Development Administration.
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Direct Loans Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct Loans...................... 823 694 764
00.02 Direct Loans (Fund For Rural
America)........................ 8
00.03 Interest on Treasury Borrowing.... 139 419 529
00.04 Downward reestimate paid to
receipt account................. 12
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10.00 Total obligations............... 982 1,113 1,293
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 110
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 1,060 1,003 1,293
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 42
22.70 Balance of authority to borrow
withdrawn....................... -10
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 1,092 1,113 1,293
23.95 New obligations................... -982 -1,113 -1,293
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 110
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 830 550 594
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 271 444 549
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... -41 9 150
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 230 453 699
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 1,060 1,003 1,293
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1,367 1,528 1,487
72.95 Receivables from program account 292 251 260
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 1,659 1,779 1,747
73.10 New obligations................... 982 1,113 1,293
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -820 -1,145 -1,209
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -42
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1,528 1,487 1,421
74.95 Receivables from program account 251 260 410
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 1,779 1,747 1,831
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 820 1,145 1,209
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -129 -126 -94
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -32 -179 -265
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Repayment of principal...... -25 -25 -34
88.40 Interest received on loans.. -86 -114 -156
88.40 Miscelleneous offsetting
collections............... 1
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -271 -444 -549
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ 41 -9 -150
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 830 550 594
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 550 701 660
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 794 691 764
1112 Unobligated direct loan limitation -3
1113 Unobligated limitation carried
forward......................... 31 3
1131 Direct loan obligations exempt
from limitation................. 8
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1150 Total direct loan obligations... 830 694 764
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 1,615 2,260 2,961
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 670 726 680
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -25 -25 -34
1264 Write-offs for default: Other
adjustments, net................
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 2,260 2,961 3,607
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond. The amounts in
this account are a means of financing and are not included in the budget
totals. Loans made prior to 1992 are recorded in the Rural Development
Insurance Fund Liquidating Account.
The water and waste disposal program makes loans and grants to
finance water and waste disposal facilities in rural areas.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 152 167 448 500
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 292 251 260 410
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 1,615 2,260 2,961 3,607
1402 Interest receivable............. 23 31 114 156
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -324 -429 -557 -651
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 1,314 1,862 2,518 3,112
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 1,758 2,280 3,226 4,022
LIABILITIES:
2103 Federal liabilities: Debt......... 1,460 2,024 2,961 3,607
2203 Non-Federal liabilities: Debt..... 6 5 5 5
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
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2999 Total liabilities............... 1,466 2,029 2,966 3,612
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 292 251 260 410
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 292 251 260 410
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 1,758 2,280 3,226 4,022
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Rural Water and Waste Disposal Guaranteed Loans Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Investment in secondary market.... 1 1
00.02 Negative subsidy paid to reciept
account......................... 1 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 2 2
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 2 2
23.95 New obligations................... -2 -2
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 2 1
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections: Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 2 2
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 2 2
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -2 -2
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 2 2
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Fees.................... -1
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 2 1
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 2 1
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on commitments:
2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans
made by private lenders......... 75 75 75
2112 Uncommitted loan guarantee
limitation...................... -72
--------- --------- ----------
2150 Total guaranteed loan
commitments................... 3 75 75
2199 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loan commitments................ 2 60 60
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 8 7 30
2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed
loans........................... 24 26
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -1 -1 -1
2264 Adjustments: Other adjustments,
net.............................
--------- --------- ----------
2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 7 30 55
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 6 24 44
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Addendum:
Cumulative balance of defaulted guaranteed
loans that result in loans receivable:
2310 Outstanding, start of year......
2364 Other adjustments, net..........
--------- --------- ----------
2390 Outstanding, end of year......
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from guaranteed loans committed in 1992 and beyond. The
amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not included in
the budget totals. Loans made prior to 1992 are recorded in the Rural
Development Insurance Fund Liquidating Account.
This account finances loan guarantee commitments for water systems,
and waste disposal facilities in rural areas.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 1
LIABILITIES:
2204 Non-Federal liabilities:
Liabilities for loan guarantees. 1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 1
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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, [$125,000,000] $55,000,000; 5
percent rural telecommunications loans, [$75,000,000] $50,000,000; cost
of money rural telecommunications loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate
rural electric loans, [$500,000,000] $250,000,000; and loans made
pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $300,000,000 and
rural telecommunications, $120,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and
guaranteed loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of [direct loans, $12,265,000;
cost of municipal rate loans, $21,100,000; cost of money rural
telecommunications loans, $60,000; cost of loans guaranteed pursuant to
section 306, $2,760,000] rural electric loans, $29,072,320, and the cost
of telecommunication loans, $5,705,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower
interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, [$29,982,000] $32,000,000, which
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Utilities Service--Salaries and Expenses''. (Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 40 102 104
Receipts:
02.01 Rural electrification and
telephone loans................. 62 2 3
--------- --------- ----------
04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 102 104 107
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 102 104 107
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loan subsidy............... 36 36 35
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00.05 Reestimate of the direct loan
subsidy......................... 123
00.06 Interest on reestimates of direct
loan subsidy.................... 21
00.09 Administrative expenses subject to
limitation...................... 30 30 32
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 210 66 67
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 210 66 67
23.95 New obligations................... -210 -66 -67
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 66 66 67
Permanent:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)...... 144
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 210 66 67
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 216 164 103
73.10 New obligations................... 210 66 67
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -256 -127 -99
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -5
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 164 103 71
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 35 34 35
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 77 92 64
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 144
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 256 127 99
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 210 66 67
90.00 Outlays........................... 257 127 99
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 210 66 67
Outlays........................... 256 126 99
Legislative proposal, not subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority.................. 1
Outlays...........................
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 210 66 68
Outlays........................... 256 126 99
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Direct loans, electric............ 69 125 55
1150 Direct loans, municipal rate
electric........................ 455 500 250
1150 Direct loans, FFB electric........ 300 300 300
1150 Direct loans, telecommunications.. 75 75 50
1150 Direct loans, Treasury rate
telecommunications.............. 300 300 300
1150 Direct loans, FFB
telecommunications.............. 120 120 120
--------- --------- ----------
1159 Total direct loan levels........ 1,319 1,420 1,075
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Direct loans, electric............ 5.27 7.46 13.04
1320 Direct loans, municipal rate
electric........................ 6.20 4.22 8.76
1320 Direct loans, FFB electric........ 0.93 0.92 -0.38
1320 Direct loans, telecommunications.. 1.59 3.92 9.79
1320 Direct loans, Treasury rate
telecommunicataions............. 0.02 0.02 0.27
1320 Direct loans, FFB
telecommunications.............. -0.07 -0.07 -0.81
--------- --------- ----------
1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 3.25 2.55 3.04
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Direct loans, electric............ 70 9 7
1330 Direct loans, municipal rate
electric........................ 28 21 22
1330 Direct loans, FFB electric........ 3 3
1330 Direct loans, telecommunications.. 1 3 5
1330 Direct loans, Treasury, telecom
subsidy......................... 1
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 102 36 35
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Direct loans, electric............ 29 19 12
1340 Direct loans, municipal rate
electric........................ 38 44 38
1340 Direct loans, FFB electric........ 5 2
1340 Direct loans, telecommunications.. 15 28 15
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays........... 82 96 67
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority.................. 30 30 32
3590 Outlays........................... 30 30 32
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The Rural Utilities Service conducts the rural electrification and
the rural telecommunications loan programs. The rural electrification
loan program is financed through RUS direct loans for the operation of
generating plants, electric transmission, and distribution lines or
systems. The rural telecommunications loan program is financed through
RUS direct loans for construction, expansion, and operation of
telecommunications lines and facilities or systems.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for rural electrification and telecommunications programs, the
subsidy costs associated with the direct loans obligated in 1992 and
beyond (including modifications of direct loans or loan guarantees that
resulted from obligations or commitments in any year), as well as
administrative expenses of this program. The subsidy amounts are
estimated on a present value basis; the administrative expenses are
estimated on a cash basis.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 30 30 32
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 180 36 35
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 210 66 67
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Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loan subsidy............... 1
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 1
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1
23.95 New obligations................... -1
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 1
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 1
90.00 Outlays...........................
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Direct loan, Treasury electric.... 400
--------- --------- ----------
1159 Total direct loan levels........ 400
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Direct loan, Treasury electric.... 0.21
--------- --------- ----------
1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... -0.77
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Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Direct loan, Treasury electric.... 1
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 1
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Direct loans, Treasury electric...
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays...........
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority..................
3590 Outlays...........................
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This proposed legislation would add a new Treasury rate Electric
Loan Program, similar to the telecommunications program, in the amount
of $400 million. Borrowers would apply for direct (Treasury rate) loans
at an interest rate that is tied to the Government's cost of money. The
new type of loan represents a new tool for the Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) in meeting the demand for electric program loans. The growth that
RUS electric borrowers are experiencing has resulted in record levels of
loan applications, exceeding one billion dollars, being submitted to RUS
in recent years. RUS will continue to experience an added demand for
financing as electric distribution borrowers replace plants, much of
which is 40 years old. RUS estimates that the Electric Program will end
1998 with a backlog of electric loan applications in the amount of $900
million.
Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Direct Loan Financing
Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loans...................... 1,105 1,420 1,075
00.03 Interest on Treasury borrowing.... 278 362 465
00.04 Negative subsidy paid to receipt
account......................... 1 2 3
00.05 Downward reestimate paid to
reciept account................. 49
00.06 Interest on downward reestimate
paid to reciept account......... 11
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 1,444 1,784 1,543
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 56 26
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 1,439 1,758 1,543
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 71
22.60 Redemption of debt................ -30
22.70 Balance of authority to borrow
withdrawn....................... -66
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 1,470 1,784 1,543
23.95 New obligations................... -1,444 -1,784 -1,543
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 26
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 1,074 1,259 905
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 599 560 670
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... -47 -61 -32
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -187
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 365 499 638
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 1,439 1,758 1,543
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3,001 3,166 2,744
72.95 Receivables from program account 211 164 103
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 3,212 3,330 2,847
73.10 New obligations................... 1,444 1,784 1,543
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -1,255 -2,267 -1,934
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -71
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3,166 2,744 2,385
74.95 Receivables from program account 164 103 71
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 3,330 2,847 2,456
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 1,255 2,267 1,934
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Payment from program account.. -227 -97 -67
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -41 -94 -126
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Repayment of principal...... -112 -74 -90
88.40 Interest received on loans.. -219 -295 -387
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -599 -560 -670
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ 47 61 32
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 887 1,259 905
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 658 1,707 1,264
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 1,319 1,420 1,075
1112 Unobligated direct loan limitation -214
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations... 1,105 1,420 1,075
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 3,502 4,306 6,135
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 916 1,903 1,467
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -112 -74 -90
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 4,306 6,135 7,512
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from electric and telecommunication direct loans obligated in
1992 and beyond (including modifications of direct loans that resulted
from obligations in any year). The amounts in this account are a means
of financing and are not included in the budget totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 31 157 167 264
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 1 2
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 3,060 3,656 4,801 5,752
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -114 -468 -448 -500
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 2,946 3,188 4,353 5,252
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 2,978 3,347 4,520 5,516
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2101 Accounts payable................ 2
2103 Debt............................ 2,798 3,208 4,410 5,429
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 2,800 3,208 4,410 5,429
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 178 139 110 87
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3999 Total net position.............. 178 139 110 87
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 2,978 3,347 4,520 5,516
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 42 49 71 99
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net..............
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 442 649 1,334 1,759
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -39 -61 -83 -98
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 403 588 1,251 1,661
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 445 637 1,322 1,760
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2101 Accounts payable................
2103 Debt............................ 368 582 1,284 1,731
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 368 582 1,284 1,731
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 77 55 38 29
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 77 55 38 29
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 445 637 1,322 1,760
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Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Direct Loan Financing
Account
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loans...................... 400
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 400
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 400
23.95 New obligations................... -400
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 399
68.10 Spending authority from offsetting
collections: Change in orders on
hand from Federal sources....... 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 400
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 400
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -32
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 367
74.95 Receivables from program account 1
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 368
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 32
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ -1
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 399
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 32
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from electric and telecommunication direct loans obligated in
1992 and beyond (including modifications of direct loans that resulted
from obligations in any year). The amounts in this account are a means
of financing and are not included in the budget totals.
Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 400
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations... 400
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 32
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments.....................
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 32
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 32
1402 Interest receivable............. 2
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 33
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 33
LIABILITIES:
2103 Federal liabilities: Debt......... 32
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 32
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 33
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Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Liquidating Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Interest expense on certificates
of beneficial ownership......... 296 361 361
00.02 Interest expense, FFB direct...... 1,232 990 990
00.03 Other interest expense............ 226 102 102
00.04 Public debt....................... 2,729 78 99
00.05 Other............................. 8 7 7
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10.00 Total obligations............... 4,491 1,538 1,559
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 1,848 359 939
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 2,991 2,117 2,767
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 999 1
22.70 Balance of authority to borrow
withdrawn....................... -988
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 4,850 2,477 3,706
23.95 New obligations................... -4,491 -1,538 -1,559
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 359 939 2,147
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.36 Unobligated balance rescinded... -6 -4
Permanent:
62.00 Transferred from other accounts. 18 18 18
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite) 2,157
Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash). 3,310 2,893 3,387
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction................... -2,494 -788 -634
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)................... 816 2,105 2,753
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 2,991 2,117 2,767
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 2,046 3,132 2,181
73.10 New obligations................... 4,491 1,538 1,559
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -2,406 -2,487 -1,226
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -999 -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3,132 2,181 2,514
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 816 2,104 1,226
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 1,590 383
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 2,406 2,487 1,226
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Loans repaid................ -1,655 -1,446 -1,693
88.40 Interest from loans......... -1,466 -1,281 -1,500
88.40 Other....................... -189 -166 -194
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -3,310 -2,893 -3,387
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. -319 -776 -620
90.00 Outlays........................... -903 -406 -2,161
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 30,459 28,246 26,838
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 64 39 25
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -1,655 -1,425 -1,682
1264 Write-offs for default: Other
adjustments, net................ -622 -22 -11
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 28,246 26,838 25,170
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 667 642 622
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -25 -20 -20
--------- --------- ----------
2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 642 622 602
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 642 622 602
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STATUS OF AGENCY DEBT
[In millions of dollars]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Agency Debt Held by FFB:
Outstanding FFB Direct, start of
year............................ 15,448 13,448 13,065
Outstanding Certificate of
Beneficial Ownership (CBO's),
start of year................... 4,599 4,599 4,599
New agency borrowing, FFB Direct.. 24 11 5
Repayments and prepayments, FFB
Direct.......................... -2,024 -394 -394
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Outstanding FFB Direct, end of
year............................ 13,448 13,065 12,676
Outstanding CBO's, end of year.... 4,599 4,599 4,599
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for rural electrification and telecommunications programs, all
cash flows to and from the Government resulting from direct loans
obligated and loan guarantees committed prior to 1992. All new activity
in RETRF in 1992 and beyond is recorded in corresponding program and
financing accounts.
The Rural Utilities Service will continue to service all loans in
this account providing business management and technical assistance to
the borrowers on a regular basis over the life of the loans.
Rural electric.--This program is financed through RUS direct loans
for the construction and operation of generating plants, electric
transmission, and distribution lines or systems.
ELECTRIC PROGRAM STATISTICS
[dollars in millions]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Cumulative RUS financed direct loans 21,859 21,859 21,859
Cumulative FFB financed direct loans 27,712 27,712 27,712
Cumulative RUS funds advanced....... 21,821 21,823 21,825
Unadvanced RUS funds, end of year... 38 36 34
Cumulative RUS principal repaid..... 11,977 12,594 13,211
Cumulative RUS interest paid........ 10,300 10,712 11,124
Cumulative loan guarantee
commitments\1\...................... 3,967 3,967 3,967
Number of borrowers................. 815 790 765
\1\ Represents loans financed by private lenders, including
refinanced direct loans, FFB.
Rural telecommunications.--This loan program is financed through RUS
direct loans for the construction, expansion, and operation of
telecommunications lines and facilities or systems.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM STATISTICS
[dollars in millions]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Cumulative RUS financed direct loans 6,066 6,065 6,064
Cumulative FFB financed direct loans 579 579 579
Cumulative RUS funds advanced....... 5,832 5,841 5,850
Unadvanced RUS funds, end of period. 234 224 214
Cumulative RUS principal repaid..... 2,880 3,050 3,220
Cumulative RUS interest paid........ 2,416 2,541 2,666
Cumulative loan guarantee
commitments \1\..................... 3 3 3
Number of borrowers................. 833 840 845
\1\ Other lenders--privately financed direct loans, FFB.
Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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ELECTRIC PROGRAM:
0111 Revenue........................... 1,902 1,902 1,823 1,750
0112 Expense........................... -2,750 -3,488 -3,308 -3,143
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0119 Net loss (-), Electric program.... -848 -1,586 -1,485 -1,393
TELEPHONE PROGRAM:
0121 Revenue........................... 159 90 86 86
0122 Expense........................... -91 -364 -64 -64
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0129 Net income or loss (-), Telephone
program......................... 68 -274 22 22
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0191 Total revenues.................... 2,061 1,992 1,909 1,836
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0192 Total expenses.................... -2,841 -3,852 -3,372 -3,207
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0199 Net loss (-)...................... -780 -1,860 -1,463 -1,371
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 1,915 208 200
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 67
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net............................. 194
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
1601 Direct loans, gross (Electric).. 27,073 25,156 23,902 22,381
1602 Interest receivable............. 12 12 12
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -4,724 -5,031 -5,874 -6,379
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1604 Direct loans and interest
receivable, net............... 22,349 20,137 18,040 16,014
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 22,349 20,137 18,040 16,014
1901 Other Federal assets: Other assets 2,769 4,355 5,840
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 24,525 23,114 22,595 21,854
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2102 Interest payable................ 304
2103 Debt............................ 24,948 22,338 22,020 21,480
2105 Other........................... 3 3 3
Non-Federal liabilities:
2202 Interest payable................ 33 26 20 20
2203 Debt............................ 2,863 2,156 1,938 1,744
2204 Liabilities for loan guarantees. 177 99
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 28,148 24,700 24,080 23,247
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 1,896
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. -5,518 -1,586 -1,485 -1,393
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. -3,622 -1,586 -1,485 -1,393
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 24,526 23,114 22,595 21,854
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 300 458 500 400
Non-Federal assets:
1201 Investments in non-Federal
securities, net............... 592 556 538 520
1206 Receivables, net................ 12 1
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
1601 Direct loans, gross (Telephone). 3,386 3,090 2,936 2,789
1602 Interest receivable............. 7 7 7
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -15 214 158 338
1604 Direct loans and interest
receivable, net............... 3,371 3,311 3,101 3,134
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 3,371 3,311 3,101 3,134
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 4,275 4,326 4,139 4,054
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2102 Interest payable................ 3
2103 Debt............................ 2,428 2,271 2,080 1,991
2104 Resources payable to Treasury... 2,322 2,030 2,034
2105 Other........................... 7 7 7
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable................ 2
2207 Other........................... 22
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 2,455 4,600 4,117 4,032
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 730
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. 1,089 -274 22 22
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 1,819 -274 22 22
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 4,274 4,326 4,139 4,054
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.2 Other services.................... 7 7 7
33.0 Investments and loans............. 2,729 78 99
43.0 Interest and dividends............ 1,755 1,453 1,453
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99.9 Total obligations............... 4,491 1,538 1,559
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Rural Telephone Bank Program Account
(including transfers of funds)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such corporation
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the
Government Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out
its authorized programs for the current fiscal year. During fiscal year
[1998] 1999 and within the resources and authority available, gross
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$175,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct loans
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935),
[$3,710,000] $4,637,500, to be derived by transfer from unobligated
balances in the Rural Telephone Bank Liquidating Account.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
loan programs, $3,000,000, to be derived by transfer from unobligated
balances in the Rural Telephone Bank Liquidating Account, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Utilities
Service--Salaries and Expenses''. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loan subsidy............... 1 4 5
00.05 Reestimates of Direct Loan Subsidy 8
00.06 Interest on Reestimates of Dierct
Loan Subsidy.................... 2
00.09 Administrative expenses subject to
limitation...................... 4 3 3
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 15 7 8
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 2 2 2
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 16 7 8
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 17 9 10
23.95 New obligations................... -15 -7 -8
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 2 2 2
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 6 7
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 8
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 6 7 8
Permanent:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)...... 10
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 16 7 8
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 7 8 9
73.10 New obligations................... 15 7 8
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -14 -6 -5
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 8 9 11
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 4 3 3
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 3 3
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 10
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 14 6 5
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 16 7 8
90.00 Outlays........................... 14 6 5
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Direct loan levels................ 176 175 175
--------- --------- ----------
1159 Total direct loan levels........ 176 175 175
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Subsidy rate...................... 3.00 2.12 2.65
--------- --------- ----------
1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 3.00 2.12 2.65
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Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Subsidy budget authority.......... 11 4 5
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 11 4 5
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.... 1 4 5
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Subsidy outlays................... 7 3 2
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays........... 7 3 2
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority.................. 4 3 3
3590 Outlays........................... 4 3 3
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In 1999, the Rural Telephone Bank (RTB) is proposed to become a
Performance Based Organization to establish its financial and
operational independence prior to its being privatized within ten years.
Funding for the RTB's loan subsidies and administrative expenses will be
transferred from the unobligated balances in the RTB liquidating
account.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for the Rural Telephone Bank, the subsidy costs associated with
the direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond as well as administrative
expenses for the program. The subsidy amounts are estimated on a present
value basis; administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 4 3 3
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 9 4 5
43.0 Interest and dividends............ 2
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99.9 Total obligations............... 15 7 8
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Rural Telephone Bank Direct Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loans...................... 100 175 175
00.03 Interest on Treasury borrowing.... 16 248 304
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 116 423 479
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 146 424 480
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 30
22.60 Redemption of debt................ -30
22.70 Balance of authority to borrow
withdrawn....................... -30
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 116 424 480
23.95 New obligations................... -116 -423 -479
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 96 341 397
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 54 82 81
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... 1 1 2
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -5
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 50 83 83
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 146 424 480
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 639 674 599
72.95 Receivables from program account 7 8 9
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 646 682 608
73.10 New obligations................... 116 423 479
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -51 -497 -501
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -30
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 674 599 575
74.95 Receivables from program account 8 9 11
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 682 608 586
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 51 497 501
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources: Payment from
Program Account............. -10 -3 -2
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -9 -24 -11
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Principal received on loans. -22 -8 -12
88.40 Interest received on loans.. -11 -35 -47
88.40 Sale of RTB Stock........... -2 -12 -9
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -54 -82 -81
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ -1 -1 -2
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 91 341 397
90.00 Financing disbursements........... -3 415 420
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 176 175 175
1112 Unobligated direct loan limitation -76
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations... 100 175 175
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 191 203 443
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 34 248 197
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -22 -8 -12
1264 Write-offs for default: Other
adjustments, net................
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 203 443 628
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond (including
modifications of direct loans that resulted from obligations in any
year). The amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not
included in the budget totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 193 202 240
Investments in US securities:
1106 Program Account............... 10 8 9 11
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 158 203 443 628
1402 Interest receivable............. 11 35 59
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -8 -13 -14 -16
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 150 201 464 671
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 160 402 675 922
LIABILITIES:
2103 Federal liabilities: Debt......... 152 368 662 906
2201 Non-Federal liabilities: Accounts
payable......................... 8 32 9 11
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 160 400 671 917
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NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 2 4 5
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 2 4 5
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 160 402 675 922
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Rural Telephone Bank Liquidating Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Dividends......................... 22 15 18
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations (object class
43.0)......................... 22 15 18
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... -239 282 408
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 530 141 162
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 13
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 304 423 570
23.95 New obligations................... -22 -15 -18
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 282 408 552
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
41.00 Transferred to other accounts... -8
Permanent:
61.00 Transferred to other accounts... -18 -18 -18
Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash). 602 193 213
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction................... -54 -34 -25
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)................... 548 159 188
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 530 141 162
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 242 201 174
73.10 New obligations................... 22 15 18
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -50 -42 -42
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -13
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 201 174 150
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 50 15 18
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 27 24
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 50 42 42
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -413
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Loans repaid................ -96 -100 -120
88.40 Interest from loans......... -92 -92 -92
88.40 Sales of stock.............. -1 -1 -1
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -602 -193 -213
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. -72 -52 -51
90.00 Outlays........................... -552 -151 -171
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 1,328 1,264 1,194
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 32 30 27
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -96 -100 -120
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 1,264 1,194 1,101
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for the Rural Telephone Bank (RTB), all cash flows to and from
the Government resulting from direct loans obligated prior to 1992. This
account is shown on a cash basis. All new activity in this program in
1992 and beyond is recorded in corresponding program and financing
accounts. Funding for both subsidy budget authority and the related
salaries and expenses will be transferred from the unobligated balances
in the RTB liquidating account in 1999.
The RTB provides a supplemental source of financing for rural
telecommunications borrowers. The Bank charges an interest rate based on
the cost of money to the Bank, as prescribed by law, but not less than 5
percent per annum.
In accordance with section 406(c) of the Rural Electrification Act
of 1936, as amended, the first redemption of class A stock occurred on
September 30, 1996. Redemption of class A stock will continue, as
allowed by law, toward the full privatization of the Rural Telephone
Bank required by law. In 1999, the RTB is proposed to become a
Performance Based Organization to establish its commercial viability
prior to its being privatized within ten years.
Administrative support is provided for the general operations of the
Bank by RUS employees and the Office of the General Counsel.
PROGRAM STATISTICS
[dollars in millions]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Cumulative net loans................ 3,481 3,616 3,751
Cumulative loan funds, advanced..... 2,611 2,746 2,871
Unadvanced loan funds, end of year.. 870 870 880
Cumulative principal repaid......... 1,178 1,298 1,418
Cumulative interest paid............ 2,030 2,135 2,240
Number of borrowers................. 710 725 735
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Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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0101 Revenue........................... 100 120 120 119
0102 Expense........................... -31 -28 -25 -22
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0109 Net income or loss (-)............ 69 92 95 97
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 15 483 582 710
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net............................. 4 4 4 4
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
1601 Direct loans, gross............. 1,328 1,264 1,194 1,101
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -8 -8 -7 -7
1604 Direct loans and interest
receivable, net............... 1,320 1,256 1,187 1,094
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 1,320 1,256 1,187 1,094
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 1,339 1,743 1,773 1,808
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2102 Interest payable................ 16
2103 Debt............................ 388 334 300 275
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable................ 2
2207 Other........................... 359 853 935 1,013
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 765 1,187 1,235 1,288
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 574 556 538 520
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 574 556 538 520
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 1,339 1,743 1,773 1,808
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Distance Learning and [Medical Link] Telemedicine Program
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
950aaa et seq., [$12,530,000] $15,180,000, to remain available until
expended, to be available for loans and grants for telemedicine and
distance learning services in rural areas: Provided, That the costs of
direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Distance Learning and Medical Link
Grants.......................... 7 22 15
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 7 22 15
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 9
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 16 13 15
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 16 22 15
23.95 New obligations................... -7 -22 -15
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 9
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 9 13 15
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 7
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 16 13 15
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 17 15 14
73.10 New obligations................... 7 22 15
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -9 -22 -25
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 15 14 4
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 2 10 11
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 2 12 14
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 7
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 9 22 25
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -7
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 9 13 15
90.00 Outlays........................... 3 22 25
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Direct loan levels................ 150 150 150
--------- --------- ----------
1159 Total direct loan levels........ 150 150 150
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Subsidy rate...................... 1.02 0.02 0.12
--------- --------- ----------
1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 1.02 0.02 0.12
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Subsidy budget authority..........
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority..
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Subsidy outlays...................
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays...........
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The loan and grant program provides access to advanced
telecommunications services for improved education and health care in
rural areas throughout the country. The loans and grants help education
and health care providers bring the most modern technology, level of
care, and education to rural America so its citizens can compete
regionally, nationally, and globally.
Distance Learning and Medical Link Direct Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct Loans...................... 300 150
00.02 Interest on Treasury Borrowing.... 5 21
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 305 171
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 305 171
23.95 New obligations................... -305 -171
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 293 136
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 19 57
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -7 -22
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 12 35
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 305 171
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 215
73.10 New obligations................... 305 171
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -90 -195
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 215 191
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 90 195
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -6 -18
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Repayment of principal...... -7 -22
88.40 Interest received on loans.. -6 -17
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -19 -57
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 286 114
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 71 138
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 150 150 150
1112 Unobligated direct loan limitation -150 150
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations... 300 150
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 83
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 90 195
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -7 -22
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 83 256
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond. The amounts in
this account are a means of financing and are not included in the budget
totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury.....
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net..............
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 83 256
1402 Interest receivable............. 6 17
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -6 -17
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 83 256
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 83 256
LIABILITIES:
2101 Federal liabilities: Accounts
payable......................... 83 256
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 83 256
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital..............
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position..............
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 83 256
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Rural Development Insurance Fund Liquidating Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Operating expenses:
00.02 Purchase of loans from investors 2
00.03 Redemption of public CBO debt... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total operating expenses...... 1 3 1
Capital investment:
01.01 Interest on FFB borrowings...... 515 515 502
01.05 Interest on Treasury borrowings. 106 134 128
01.06 Loss settlement expense on
guaranteed loans.............. 4 11 1
01.09 Undistributed charges........... 6
--------- --------- ----------
01.91 Total capital investment...... 631 660 631
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 632 663 632
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 23 37 36
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 635 663 899
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 14
22.60 Redemption of debt................ -1 -1 -266
22.70 Balance of authority to borrow
withdrawn....................... -2
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 669 699 669
23.95 New obligations................... -632 -663 -632
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 37 36 37
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)........ 162 480
60.47 Portion applied to debt reduction. -30 -340
--------- --------- ----------
63.00 Appropriation (total)........... 132 140
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 236 307
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 503 477 452
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -50
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 503 427 452
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 635 663 899
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 292 258 248
73.10 New obligations................... 632 663 632
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -647 -673 -648
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -5
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -14
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 258 248 233
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 337 378 432
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 310 295 216
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 647 673 648
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Repayments on loans held by
fund...................... -229 -207 -197
88.40 Repayments of guaranteed
loans purchased from
investors................. -28 -9 -7
88.40 Interest revenue............ -244 -256 -243
88.40 Loan repayments on behalf of
investors.................
88.40 Interest income on
investment................ -4 -5 -5
88.40 Guaranteed loss recoveries..
88.40 Other revenue............... 2
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -503 -477 -452
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 132 186 447
90.00 Outlays........................... 144 196 196
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 4,349 4,135 3,936
Disbursements:
1231 Direct loan disbursements....... 13 7
1232 Purchase of loans assets from
the public.................... 4 3
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -229 -207 -197
1263 Write-offs for default: Direct
loans........................... -2 -2 -2
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 4,135 3,936 3,737
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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2199 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loan commitments................
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 500 375 293
2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed
loans........................... 3
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -74 -52 -41
Adjustments:
2263 Terminations for default that
result in claim payments...... -42 -30 -13
2264 Other adjustments, net.......... -12
--------- --------- ----------
2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 375 293 239
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 337 264 215
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The Rural Development Insurance Fund (RDIF) was established on
October 1, 1972, pursuant to section 116 of the Rural Development Act of
1972 (Public Law 92-419).
The fund is used to insure or guarantee loans for water systems and
waste disposal facilities, community facilities,
[[Page 136]]
and industrial development in rural areas. Communities unable to afford
low interest loans for water and waste disposal facilities are also able
to obtain water and waste disposal grants.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated and loan guarantees committed
prior to 1992. All new activity in this program is recorded in
corresponding program accounts and financing accounts.
In 1994, these loan programs were administered by the Rural
Development Administration. Under reorganization of the Department of
Agriculture, the water and waste direct and guaranteed loan programs are
administered by the Rural Utilities Service, the community facility
direct and guaranteed loan programs are adminsitered by the Rural
Housing Service, and the business and industry direct and guaranteed
loan programs are administered by the Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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0101 Revenue........................... 234 234 231 220
0102 Expense........................... -675 -618 -586 -577
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0109 Net income or loss (-)............ -441 -384 -355 -357
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 316 304 62 15
Non-Federal assets:
1201 Investments in non-Federal
securities, net............... 34 34 34 34
1206 Receivables, net................ 63 61 47 33
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
1601 Direct loans, gross............. 4,349 4,135 3,937 3,738
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -1,666 -1,584 -1,492 -1,345
1604 Direct loans and interest
receivable, net............... 2,683 2,551 2,445 2,393
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 2,683 2,551 2,445 2,393
1901 Other Federal assets: Other assets 155 96 72 55
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 3,251 3,046 2,660 2,530
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2102 Interest payable................ -1
2103 Debt............................ 4,831 4,801 4,455 4,380
2104 Resources payable to Treasury... 60 32 41 41
2105 Other........................... 23 19 18 19
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Public.......................... 137 149 119 163
2202 Interest payable................ 121 107 134 90
2203 Debt............................ 3 3 3 2
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 5,174 5,111 4,770 4,695
NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. -1,924 -2,065 -2,109 -2,164
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. -1,924 -2,065 -2,109 -2,164
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 3,250 3,046 2,661 2,531
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.2 Other services.................... 4 11
33.0 Investments and loans............. 1 3 1
43.0 Interest and dividends............ 621 649 631
92.0 Undistributed..................... 6
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 632 663 632
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Rural Communication Development Fund Liquidating Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 3 3 3
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations (object class
43.0)......................... 3 3 3
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 1 1 1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 3 3 3
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 4 4 4
23.95 New obligations................... -3 -3 -3
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1 1 1
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)........ 2 2 2
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections: Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 3 3 3
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 2 2
73.10 New obligations................... 3 3 3
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -3 -3 -3
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 2 2 2
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 2 2 2
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 3 3 3
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -1 -1 -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 2 2 2
90.00 Outlays........................... 2 2 2
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 9 9 8
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -1
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 9 8 8
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 5 5 4
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -1
--------- --------- ----------
2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 5 4 4
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 5 4 4
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The Rural Communication Development Fund was established pursuant to
the Secretary's Memorandum No. 1988,
[[Page 137]]
approved May 22, 1979. No loans have been made through this account
since before 1992.
Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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0101 Revenue........................... 1 1 1 1
0102 Expense........................... -3 -3 -3 -3
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0109 Net income or loss (-)............ -2 -2 -2 -2
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 2 2 2 2
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
1601 Direct loans, gross............. 10 9 9 9
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -3 -3 -3 -3
1604 Direct loans and interest
receivable, net............... 7 6 6 6
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 7 6 6 6
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 9 8 8 8
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2102 Interest payable................ 1 1 1 1
2103 Debt............................ 25 25 25 25
2204 Non-Federal liabilities:
Liabilities for loan guarantees. 1 1 1 1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 27 27 27 27
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 11 13 14 14
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. -29 -32 -33 -33
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. -18 -19 -19 -19
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 9 8 8 8
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Trust Funds
Rural Telephone Bank Equity Fund
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 413
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 413
23.95 New obligations................... -413
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 413
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -413
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 413
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 413
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The Rural Telephone Bank Equity Fund was established in 1993. Class
B Stock equity funds transferred to this account include: (1) five
percent of each loan repayment received in the financing account and (2)
current class B Stock purchases in the liquidating account.
This account was abolished in 1997 pursuant to section 718 of Public
Law 104-180, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997. The
balances in this account were transferred to the Rural Telephone Bank
Liquidating account.
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Rural Housing Service, including
administering the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act, title V of the Housing Act of 1949, and cooperative
agreements, [$58,804,000] $60,978,000: Provided, That this appropriation
shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to
exceed $520,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
(Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 45 59 61
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 423 412 415
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10.00 Total obligations............... 468 471 476
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 484 471 476
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -16
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 468 471 476
23.95 New obligations................... -468 -471 -476
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 61 59 61
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 423 412 415
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 484 471 476
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 64 69 122
73.10 New obligations................... 468 471 476
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -466 -418 -465
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... 3
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 69 122 133
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 39 51 52
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 6 6
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 370 354 357
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 51 13 50
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 466 418 465
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -423 -412 -415
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 61 59 61
90.00 Outlays........................... 43 6 50
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The Secretary's reorganization plan established the Rural Housing
Service (RHS) in 1995. This agency was formed from the Rural Housing
section of Farmers Home Administration and the Community Facilities
Division of the Rural Development Administration. RHS delivers rural
housing and community facility programs through a system of State, area,
and local offices. In 1997, a new Dedicated Loan Origination and
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Servicing System (DLOS) was implemented to centralize and streamline the
servicing activities of the agency. This innovation significantly
reduces the cost of operating the individual housing loan programs.
Administrative Convergence. The Department is coordinating the
functions and personnel of the different field agencies to provide a
more seamless and efficient delivery system. By 2002, the proposal would
result in a 22 percent reduction in administrative staffing from 1997.
Savings by 2002 would equal $127 million/year. Progress in 1999 would be
indicated by the creation of a Support Services Bureau reflecting a new
entity made by consolidating the agencies' administrative functions both
at the National level and in each State.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 24 31 32
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 1
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 24 32 33
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 6 7 7
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 2 2 2
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 2 3 3
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 3 4 4
25.2 Other services.................. 2 4 5
25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts...... 3 4 4
25.7 Operation and maintenance of
equipment..................... 1 1 1
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment....................... 1 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 45 59 61
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 423 412 415
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99.9 Total obligations............... 468 471 476
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 591 773 782
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 5,635 5,415 5,326
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Salaries and Expenses
(Farmers Home Administration)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 36 22
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -18
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... 4 -22
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 22
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 18
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 18
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 16
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These funds were used to administer the direct loan, loan guarantee,
and grant programs of the Farmers Home Administration and the Rural
Development Administration.
In 1995, under the reorganization by the Secretary of Agriculture
the Agency has been eliminated and activities previously administered
through this account transferred to other Department accounts.
Rural Housing Assistance Grants
(including transfers of funds)
For grants and contracts for housing for domestic farm labor, very
low-income housing repair, supervisory and technical assistance,
compensation for construction defects, and rural housing preservation
made by the Rural Housing Service as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474,
1479(c), 1486, [1490c,] 1490e, and 1490m, [$45,720,000] $46,900,000, to
remain available until expended: [Provided, That any obligated and
unobligated balances available from prior years in ``Rural Housing for
Domestic Farm Labor'', ``Supervisory and Technical Assistance Grants'',
``Very Low-Income Housing Repair Grants'', ``Compensation for
Construction Defects'', and ``Rural Housing Preservation Grants'' shall
be transferred to and merged with this account:] Provided [further],
That of the total amount appropriated, [$1,200,000] $2,000,000 shall be
for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by
Public Law 103-66: Provided further, That if such funds are not
obligated for empowerment zones and enterprise communities by June 30,
[1998] 1999, they shall remain available for other authorized purposes
under this head. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.02 Domestic Farm Labor Grants........ 8 10 13
00.03 Very Low-Income Housing Repair
Grants.......................... 18 25 25
00.05 Supervisory and Technical
Assistance Grants............... 1 1
00.07 Rural Housing Preservation Grants. 8 11 9
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 35 47 47
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 5 2 1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 31 46 47
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 36 48 48
23.95 New obligations................... -35 -47 -47
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 2 1 1
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 130 46 47
41.00 Transferred to other accounts... -100
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 30 46 47
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 31 46 47
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 73 56 40
73.10 New obligations................... 35 47 47
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -48 -63 -51
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -2
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 56 40 36
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 15 26 26
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 32 37 25
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 48 63 51
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 30 46 47
90.00 Outlays........................... 46 63 51
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Rural Housing Assistance Grants... 46 47
Rural Housing for Domestic Farm
Labor Grants.................... 7
Very Low Income Housing Repair
Grants.......................... 16
Rural Housing Preservation Grants. 8
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Rural Housing Assistance Grants... 63 51
Rural Housing for Domestic Farm
Labor........................... 12
Supervisory and Technical
Assistance Grants............... 3
Very Low Income Housing Repair
Grants.......................... 17
Rural Housing Preservation Grants. 15
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This account consolidates five housing grant programs into one
account. This consolidation provides more flexibility for distributing
rural housing assistance.
The rural housing for domestic farm labor grant program is
authorized under section 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended.
Grants and contracts are made to public and private nonprofit
organizations for low-rent housing and related facilities for domestic
farm labor. Grant assistance may not exceed 90 percent of the cost of a
project, and may be used for construction of new structures, site
acquisition and development, rehabilitation of existing structures, and
purchase of furnishings and equipment for dwellings, dining halls,
community rooms, and infirmaries.
The very low-income housing repair grant program is authorized under
section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. This grant program
enables very low-income elderly residents in rural areas to improve or
modernize their dwellings, to make the dwelling safer or more sanitary,
or to remove health and safety hazards.
The supervisory and technical assistance grant program is carried
out under the provisions of section 509(f) and 525 of the Housing Act of
1949, as amended. Under section 509, grants are made to public and
private nonprofit organizations for packaging loan applications for
housing under sections 502, 504, 514/516, 515, and 533 of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended. The assistance is to be directed to underserved
areas where at least 20 percent or more of the population is at or below
the poverty level, and at least 10 percent or more of the population
resides in substandard housing. Under section 525, grants are made to
public and private nonprofit organizations and other associations for
the developing, conducting, administering or coordinating of technical
and supervisory assistance programs to demonstrate the benefits of
Federal, State, and local housing programs for low-income families in
rural areas.
The compensation for construction defects program is carried out
under the provisions of section 509(c) of the Housing Act of 1949, as
amended. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make expenditures
to correct structural defects, or to pay claims of owners arising from
such defects on newly constructed dwellings purchased with RHS financial
assistance. Requests for compensation for construction defects must be
made within 18 months after the date financial assistance was granted.
The rural housing preservation grant program is authorized under
section 533 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. Grants are made to
eligible nonprofit groups, Indian tribes, or government agencies for
rehabilitation of single family housing owned by low- and very low-
income families and the rehabilitation of rental and cooperative housing
for low- and very low-income families.
Rental Assistance Program
For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant to
the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements entered into in lieu
of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized by
section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended,
[$541,397,000] $583,397,000; and in addition such sums as may be
necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt
incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance
program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this
amount not more than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness
or payments for eligible households as authorized by section
502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for
advances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover direct
costs (other than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects
pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That
agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year [1998] 1999 shall
be funded for a five-year period, although the life of any such
agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts obligated.
(Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 520 545 583
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Fund balance..... 4
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 524 541 583
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 524 545 583
23.95 New obligations................... -520 -545 -583
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 4
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 494 541 583
40.05 Appropriation (indefinite)........ 111 76 57
40.47 Portion applied to debt reduction. -111 -76 -57
42.00 Transferred from other accounts... 30
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 524 541 583
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 524 541 583
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance:
Uninvested:
72.40 Fund balance................ 1,529 1,650 1,733
72.40 Authority to borrow......... 1,005 893 817
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 2,534 2,543 2,550
73.10 New obligations................... 520 545 583
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -512 -538 -563
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... 1
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance:
Uninvested:
74.40 Fund balance................ 1,650 1,733 1,810
74.40 Authority to borrow......... 893 817 761
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74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 2,543 2,550 2,571
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 19 20 22
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 382 442 484
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 111 76 57
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 512 538 563
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 524 541 583
90.00 Outlays........................... 512 538 563
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The rental assistance program is authorized under section 521(a)(2)
of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, and is designed to reduce rents
paid by very low-income and low-income families living in RHS-financed
rural rental and farm
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labor housing projects. Funding under this account is provided for
renewals of existing rental assistance contracts, assistance for newly
constructed units financed by the section 515 rural rental and
cooperative housing program or the 514/516 farm labor housing loan and
grant programs, and for additional servicing assistance for existing
projects. Assistance is also provided in lieu of debt forgiveness or
payments for eligible households to subsidize tenant rents in projects
purchased by eligible nonprofit organizations or public agencies as
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act.
From 1978 through 1991, the rental assistance program was funded
under the Rural Housing Insurance Fund. Beginning in 1992, pursuant to
Credit Reform, a separate grant account was established for this
program.
In light of the significant increase in the cost of this program, in
recent years and projected in the future, RHS will expand its tools used
to verify tenant income eligibility, and a legislative proposal will be
submitted to charge tenants a minimum monthly rent of $25.
Rural Housing Voucher Program
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 4 3 2
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1 -1 -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 2 2
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1 1 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 1 1 1
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Prior year outlays reflect funding for rental assistance for newly
constructed units provided in limited amounts in 1984 and 1985. From
1986 through 1991 rental assistance for newly constructed units, as well
as existing rental assistance contract renewals and additional servicing
assistance for existing projects, had been funded under the Rural
Housing Insurance Fund. Beginning in 1992, pursuant to Credit Reform, a
separate grant account was established for the rental assistance
program.
Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) of the
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $26,000,000, to remain available
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) of which, $1,000,000 shall be for
empowerment zones and enterprise communities, as authorized by Public
Law 103-66: Provided, That if such funds are not obligated for
empowerment zones and enterprise communities by June 30, 1999, they
shall remain available for other authorized purposes under this head.
(Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 26 26 26
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 26 26 26
23.95 New obligations................... -26 -26 -26
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 26 26 26
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 16 26 30
73.10 New obligations................... 26 26 26
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -16 -22 -23
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 26 30 33
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 5 5 5
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 11 17 18
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 16 22 23
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 26 26 26
90.00 Outlays........................... 16 22 23
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This program is authorized under section 523 of the Housing Act of
1949, as amended. Grants and contracts are made for the purpose of
providing technical and supervisory assistance to groups of families to
enable them to build their own homes through the mutual exchange of
labor.
[Rural Community Fire Protection Grants]
[For grants pursuant to section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry
Assistance Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-313), $2,000,000 to fund up to 50
percent of the cost of organizing, training, and equipping rural
volunteer fire departments.] (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 1 2
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1 2
23.95 New obligations................... -1 -2
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 2
42.00 Transferred from other accounts... 1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 1 2
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 1 2
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 2 1 2
73.10 New obligations................... 1 2
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -2 -2 -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 2
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 2 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 2 2 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 1 2
90.00 Outlays........................... 2 2 1
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This assistance was authorized by section 7 of the Cooperative
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106). Grants are made to
public bodies to organize, train, and equip local firefighting forces,
including those of Indian tribes or other Native American groups, to
prevent, control, and suppress
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fires threatening human lives, crops, livestock, farmsteads or other
improvements, pastures, orchards, wildlife, rangeland, woodland, and
other resources in rural areas.
In 1997, funding for the Rural Community Fire Protection grant
program was appropriated to the Rural Housing Assistance Program and
transferred to this account for administration. In 1998, funding for
these grants was appropriated to this account. In 1999, funding will be
requested by the Forest Service.
Rural Community Facility Direct Loans Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct Loans...................... 137 206 200
00.02 Interest on Treasury Borrowing.... 35 84 110
00.04 Subsidy reestimate paid to receipt
account......................... 2
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10.00 Total obligations............... 174 290 310
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 174 290 310
23.95 New obligations................... -174 -290 -310
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 129 198 170
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 69 95 134
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... -12 -3 6
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -12
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 45 92 140
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 174 290 310
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 297 278 324
72.95 Receivables from program account 52 40 37
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 349 318 361
73.10 New obligations................... 174 290 310
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -197 -247 -302
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -8
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 278 324 326
74.95 Receivables from program account 40 37 43
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 318 361 369
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 197 247 302
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -26 -20 -21
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -10 -38 -66
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Repayment of principal...... -14 -11 -14
88.40 Interest received on loans.. -19 -26 -33
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -69 -95 -134
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ 12 3 -6
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 117 198 170
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 128 152 168
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 137 206 200
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1150 Total direct loan obligations... 137 206 200
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 348 493 645
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 159 163 192
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -14 -11 -14
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1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 493 645 823
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond. The amounts in
this account are a means of financing and are not included in the budget
totals. Loans made prior to 1992 are recorded in the Rural Development
Insurance Fund Liquidating Account.
This account provides funding to non-profit organizations and local
governments for the construction and improvement of community facilities
providing essential services in rural areas, such as hospitals,
telecommunications applications, child care centers and fire stations.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 55 65 114 193
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 52 40 37 43
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 348 492 645 823
1402 Interest receivable............. 4 7 26 33
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -30 -71 -139 -224
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 322 428 532 632
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 429 533 683 868
LIABILITIES:
2101 Federal liabilities: Accounts
payable......................... 375 492 645 823
2203 Non-Federal liabilities: Liability
for deposit funds............... 2 1 1 2
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 377 493 646 825
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital.............. 52 40 37 43
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. 52 40 37 43
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 429 533 683 868
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Rural Community Facility Guaranteed Loans Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.02 Subsidy reestimate paid to reciept
account......................... 2
00.03 Negative subsidy paid to receipt
account......................... 1 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 2 1 1
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 7 6 7
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 1 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 8 8 9
23.95 New obligations................... -2 -1 -1
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 6 7 8
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 1 2 2
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 2 1 1
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -2 -1 -1
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87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 2 1 1
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -1
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -1 -1 -1
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -1
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -1 -2 -2
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority...............
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 1 -1 -1
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on commitments:
2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans
made by private lenders......... 85 153 210
2112 Uncommitted loan guarantee
limitation...................... -2
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2150 Total guaranteed loan
commitments................... 83 153 210
2199 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loan commitments................ 66 123 168
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 94 121 182
2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed
loans........................... 32 67 107
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -5 -6 -10
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2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 121 182 279
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 114 169 264
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from guaranteed loans committed in 1992 and beyond. The
amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not included in
the budget totals. Loans made prior to 1992 are recorded in the Rural
Development Insurance Fund Liquidating Account.
This account finances loan guarantee commitments for essential
community facilities in rural areas.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 7 6 7 8
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1999 Total assets.................... 7 6 7 8
LIABILITIES:
2204 Non-Federal liabilities:
Liabilities for loan guarantees. 7 6 7 8
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2999 Total liabilities............... 7 6 7 8
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 7 6 7 8
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Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account
(including transfers of funds)
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as
amended, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund,
as follows: $4,000,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as
determined by the Secretary, of which $3,000,000,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; [$30,000,000] $25,001,000 for section 504
housing repair loans; [$19,700,000] $150,000,000 for section 538
guaranteed multi-family housing loans; [$15,000,000] $32,108,000 for
section 514 farm labor housing; [$128,640,000] $100,000,000 for section
515 rental housing; [$600,000] $5,000,000 for section 524 site loans;
[$25,000,000] $30,007,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of
which up to $5,001,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and
[$587,000] $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land development
loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, [$135,000,000] $120,900,000,
of which [$6,900,000] $2,700,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans; section 504 housing repair loans, [$10,300,000] $8,807,850;
section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans, [$1,200,000]
$3,480,000; section 514 farm labor housing, [$7,388,000] $16,705,790;
section 515 rental housing, [$68,745,000] $48,250,000; section 524 site
loans, $16,500; credit sales of acquired property, [$3,492,000]
$4,671,530, of which up to $2,416,000 may be for multi-family credit
sales; and section 523 self-help housing land development loans,
[$17,000] $282,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated in
this paragraph, $11,027,300 shall be for empowerment zones and
enterprise communities, as authorized by Public Law 103-66: Provided
further, That if such funds are not obligated for empowerment zones and
enterprise communities by June 30, 1999, they shall remain available for
other authorized purposes under this head.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, [$354,785,000] $367,857,000, which
shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Housing Service--Salaries and Expenses''. (Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 41 142 142
Receipts:
02.01 Rural housing insurance fund,
downward reestimates of
subsidies....................... 101
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 142 142 142
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 142 142 142
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loan subsidy............... 200 223 197
00.02 Guaranteed loan subsidy........... 5 8 6
00.05 Reestimates of direct loan subsidy 16
00.06 Interest on reestimates of direct
loan subsidy.................... 2
00.09 Administrative expenses--salaries,
expenses........................ 366 355 368
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10.00 Total obligations............... 591 586 571
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 6 5
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 592 581 571
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -2
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 596 586 571
23.95 New obligations................... -591 -586 -571
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 5
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 506 581 571
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 50
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43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 556 581 571
Permanent:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)...... 19
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 16
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 592 581 571
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 233 203 169
73.10 New obligations................... 591 586 571
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -615 -620 -584
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -6
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 203 169 156
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 444 470 477
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 136 150 108
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 35
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 615 620 584
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -16
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 576 581 571
90.00 Outlays........................... 599 620 584
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 575 581 571
Outlays........................... 599 620 585
Legislative proposal, not subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority..................
Outlays...........................
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 575 581 571
Outlays........................... 599 620 585
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Single family housing............. 585 1,000 1,000
1150 Multi-family housing.............. 153 129 100
1150 Housing repair.................... 30 30 25
1150 Farm labor housing................ 14 15 32
1150 Site development.................. 1 1 5
1150 Single Family Credit sales........ 25 25 25
1150 Multi Family Credit Sales......... 5
1150 Self-help housing................. 1 5
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1159 Total direct loan levels........ 810 1,200 1,197
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Single family housing............. 14.18 12.81 11.82
1320 Multi-family housing.............. 51.24 53.44 48.25
1320 Housing repair.................... 36.63 34.36 35.23
1320 Farm labor housing................ 47.77 49.25 52.03
1320 Site development.................. -1.02 -1.19 0.33
1320 Single Family Credit sales........ 8.86 13.97 9.02
1320 Multi Family Credit Sales......... 50.55 13.97 48.31
1320 Self-help housing................. 2.87 3.41 5.64
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1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 21.57 18.15 16.45
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Single family housing............. 90 128 118
1330 Multi-family housing.............. 87 69 48
1330 Housing repair.................... 11 10 9
1330 Farm labor housing................ 7 7 17
1330 Site development..................
1330 Single Family Credit Sales........ 4 3 2
1330 Multi Family Credit Sales......... 2
1330 Self-help housing.................
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 199 218 197
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Single family housing............. 109 123 119
1340 Multi-family housing.............. 107 109 67
1340 Housing repair.................... 11 11 9
1340 Farm labor housing................ 4 8 11
1340 Site development..................
1340 Single Family Credit Sales........ 3 3 3
1340 Multi Family Credit Sales......... 2
1340 Self-help housing.................
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays........... 234 254 211
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Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
2150 Single family housing--
unsubsidized.................... 2,700 3,000 3,000
2150 Multifamily Housing............... 28 20 150
--------- --------- ----------
2159 Total loan guarantee levels..... 2,728 3,020 3,150
Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent):
2320 Single family housing--
unsubsidized.................... 0.23 0.23 0.09
2320 Multi Family Housing.............. 3.09 6.09 2.32
--------- --------- ----------
2329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 0.27 0.27 0.20
Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority:
2330 Single family housing--
unsubsidized.................... 7 7 3
2330 Multi Family Housing.............. 1 1 3
--------- --------- ----------
2339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 8 8 6
Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays:
2340 Single family housing--
unsubsidized.................... 5 5 4
2340 Multi Family Housing.............. 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
2349 Total subsidy outlays........... 7 5 5
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority.................. 366 355 368
3590 Outlays........................... 372 361 368
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Rural housing insurance fund--This fund was established in 1965
(Public Law 89-117) pursuant to section 517 of title V of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended.
The major programs funded through the Rural Housing Insurance Fund
Program account are: section 502 very low and low to moderate income
homeownership loans and guarantees; section 504 very low-income housing
repair loans; section 514 domestic farm labor housing loans; section 515
rural rental housing loans; section 524 housing site loans, for single
family and multi-family housing credit sales of acquired property, and
section 538 multi-family housing guarantees. The section 523 self-help
housing land development loan program is included under this heading
beginning in 1997. Previously, this loan program was accounted for under
the separate heading of ``Self-Help Housing Land Development Fund
Program Account.''
Loan programs are limited to rural areas that include towns,
villages, and other places which are not part of an urban area and that
have a population not in excess of 2,500 inhabitants, or is in excess of
2,500 but not in excess of 10,000 if rural in character, or has a
population in excess of 10,000 but not more than 20,000 and is not
within a standard metropolitan statistical area and has a serious lack
of mortgage credit for low- and moderate-income borrowers.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated with the direct
loans obligated and loan guarantees committed in 1992 and beyond
(including credit sales of acquired property), as well as administrative
expenses of this program. The subsidy amounts are estimated on a present
value basis; the administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 366 355 368
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 225 231 203
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99.9 Total obligations............... 591 586 571
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Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Guaranteed loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
2150 Single family housing--
unsubsidized....................
2150 Multifamily Housing...............
2150 Single family housing--
unsubsidized refinancing........ 100
--------- --------- ----------
2159 Total loan guarantee levels..... 100
Guaranteed loan subsidy (in percent):
2320 Single family housing--
unsubsidized.................... 0.00
2320 Multi Family Housing.............. 0.00
2320 Single family housing--
unsubsidized refinancing........ -0.13
--------- --------- ----------
2329 Weighted average subsidy rate... -0.02
Guaranteed loan subsidy budget authority:
2330 Single family housing--
unsubsidized....................
2330 Multi Family Housing..............
2330 Single family housing--
unsubsidized refinancing........
--------- --------- ----------
2339 Total subsidy budget authority..
Guaranteed loan subsidy outlays:
2340 Single family housing--
unsubsidized....................
2340 Multi Family Housing..............
2340 Single family housing--
unsubsidized refinancing........
--------- --------- ----------
2349 Total subsidy outlays...........
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority..................
3590 Outlays...........................
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A new section 502 guaranteed rural housing loan program is proposed
for refinancing of direct single family home loans to facilitate the
graduation of direct loan borrowers into the private sector. These loans
will be provided only to borrowers who do not qualify for conventional
private sector financing without the federal guarantee.
Rural Housing Insurance Fund Direct Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loans...................... 928 1,230 1,197
00.02 Advances on behalf of borrowers... 19 63 28
00.03 Collateral acquired by default.... 1 8 4
00.04 Interest on Treasury borrowing.... 458 518 573
00.05 Subsidy reestimate paid to receipt
account......................... 91
00.06 Other expenses.................... 11
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 1,508 1,819 1,802
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 1,492 1,819 1,802
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 22
22.70 Balance of authority to borrow
withdrawn....................... -6
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 1,508 1,819 1,802
23.95 New obligations................... -1,508 -1,819 -1,802
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 812 1,078 1,012
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 827 952 1,026
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... -23 -31 -14
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -124 -180 -222
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 680 741 790
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 1,492 1,819 1,802
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance:
Uninvested:
72.40 Uninvested fund balance..... 334 156 185
72.40 Authority to Borrow......... 33 195 232
72.95 Receivables from program account 220 197 166
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 587 548 583
73.10 New obligations................... 1,508 1,819 1,802
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -1,525 -1,785 -1,801
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -22
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance:
Uninvested:
74.40 Uninvested fund balance..... 156 185 213
74.40 Authority to borrow......... 195 232 218
74.95 Receivables from program account 197 166 152
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 548 583 583
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 1,525 1,785 1,801
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -237 -254 -211
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -55 -63 -66
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Repayments of principal..... -176 -230 -290
88.40 Interest received on loans.. -316 -385 -437
88.40 Repayments on advances...... -3 -4 -5
88.40 Proceeds on sale of acquired
property.................. -8 -16 -17
88.40 Fees and miscellaneous
collections............... -32
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -827 -952 -1,026
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ 23 31 14
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 688 898 790
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 698 833 775
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 820 1,230 1,197
1112 Unobligated direct loan limitation -33
1113 Unobligated limitation carried
forward......................... 31
1131 Direct loan obligations exempt
from limitation................. 111
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1150 Total direct loan obligations... 928 1,230 1,197
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 7,800 8,567 9,591
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 950 1,196 1,196
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -182 -234 -295
1261 Adjustments: Capitalized interest. 10 12 13
Write-offs for default:
1263 Direct loans.................... -12 -13 -14
1264 Other adjustments, net.......... 1 63 28
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 8,567 9,591 10,519
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond including
credit sales of acquired property. The amounts in this account are a
means of financing and are not included in the budget totals.
This account finances direct rural housing loans for: section 502
very low- and low-to-moderate-income home ownership loan program;
section 504 very low income housing repair loan program; section 514
domestic farm labor housing loan program; section 515 rural rental
housing loan program; sections 523 self-help housing loans, and 524 site
development loans; and single family and multi-family housing credit
sales of acquired property.
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Loan programs are limited to rural areas that include towns,
villages and other places which are not part of an urban area and that
have a population not in excess of 2,500 inhabitants, or is in excess of
2,500 but not in excess of 10,000 if rural in character, or has a
population in excess of 10,000 but not more than 20,000 and is not
within a standard metropolitan statistical area and has a serious lack
of mortgage credit for low and moderate-income borrowers.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 334 156 185 214
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 221 197 166 152
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 7,800 8,567 9,591 10,519
1402 Interest receivable............. 39 81 89 100
1404 Foreclosed property............. 10 7 16 24
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -2,202 -2,293 -2,495 -2,661
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 5,647 6,362 7,201 7,982
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 6,202 6,715 7,552 8,348
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2102 Interest payable................
2103 Debt............................ 5,950 6,469 7,331 8,135
2104 Resources payable to Treasury... 221 197 166 152
2105 Other...........................
2207 Non-Federal liabilities: Other.... 31 49 55 61
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 6,202 6,715 7,552 8,348
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 6,202 6,715 7,552 8,348
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Rural Housing Insurance Fund Guaranteed Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Default claims.................... 9 23 30
08.01 Subsidy reestimate paid to receipt
account......................... 10
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 19 23 30
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 65 71 87
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 25 39 42
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 90 110 129
23.95 New obligations................... -19 -23 -30
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 71 87 98
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 26 36 41
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... -1 3 1
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 25 39 42
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 25 39 42
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... -1 -3
72.95 Receivables from program account 1 3
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year...............
73.10 New obligations................... 19 23 30
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -19 -23 -30
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... -3 -4
74.95 Receivables from program account 3 4
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year.....................
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 19 23 30
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -7 -5 -5
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -4 -5 -6
88.40 Non-Federal sources: guarantee
fees........................ -15 -26 -30
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -26 -36 -41
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ 1 -3 -1
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority...............
90.00 Financing disbursements........... -7 -13 -11
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on commitments:
2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans
made by private lenders......... 2,728 3,020 3,150
2112 Uncommitted loan guarantee
limitation...................... -700
--------- --------- ----------
2150 Total guaranteed loan
commitments................... 2,028 3,020 3,150
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 3,503 5,039 7,677
2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed
loans........................... 1,690 2,888 2,952
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -144 -224 -281
2263 Adjustments: Terminations for
default that result in claim
payments........................ -10 -26 -33
--------- --------- ----------
2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 5,039 7,677 10,315
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 4,535 6,909 9,283
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from guaranteed loan commitments made in 1992 and beyond. The
amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not included in
the budget totals.
This account finances the nonsubsidized guaranteed section 502 low-
to-moderate-income home ownership loan program and section 538 multi-
family housing loan program. The guaranteed programs enable RHS to
utilize private sector resources for the making and servicing of loans
while the Agency provides a financial guarantee to encourage private
sector activity.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 64 71 84 94
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 1 3 4
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 65 71 87 98
LIABILITIES:
2204 Non-Federal liabilities:
Liabilities for loan guarantees. 65 71 87 98
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 65 71 87 98
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 65 71 87 98
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Rural Housing Insurance Fund Guaranteed Loan Financing Account
(Legislative proposal, not subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 1
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 1
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross).........................
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources:
guarantee fees................ -1
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority...............
90.00 Financing disbursements........... -1
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on commitments:
2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans
made by private lenders......... 100
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2150 Total guaranteed loan
commitments................... 100
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........
2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed
loans........................... 74
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -1
2263 Adjustments: Terminations for
default that result in claim
payments........................
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2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 73
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 66
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This account reflects the additional guaranteed loan level requested
under the legislative proposal to create a section 502 guaranteed
housing loan program for the purpose of refinancing section 502 direct
loans made in prior years. These loans will be made when graduation to
private credit cannot be accomplished without the provision of the
Agency's guarantee.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from guaranteed loan commitments made in 1992 and beyond. The
amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not included in
the budget totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 1
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1999 Total assets.................... 1
LIABILITIES:
2204 Non-Federal liabilities:
Liabilities for loan guarantees. 1
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2999 Total liabilities............... 1
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 1
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Rural Housing Insurance Fund Liquidating Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Capital investment:
00.02 Advances on behalf of borrowers. 82 173 61
00.04 Purchases of certificates of
beneficial ownership.......... 1
00.05 Collateral acquired by default.. 2 3 1
00.06 Judgements...................... 1 1 1
00.07 Unclassified recoverable costs.. 20
00.08 Restoration of direct loan
obligations................... 2
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00.91 Total capital investment...... 107 177 64
Operating expenses:
01.02 Interest on certificates of
beneficial ownership.......... 1 1 1
01.03 Interest on FFB borrowings...... 1,891 1,274 858
01.06 Interest credits on loans sold
to investors.................. 2 2 2
01.07 Other costs incident to loans... 3 3 3
01.08 Undistributed charges........... 1
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01.91 Total operating expenses...... 1,898 1,280 864
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10.00 Total obligations............... 2,005 1,457 928
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 2,250 1,584 1,037
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 1
22.70 Balance of authority to borrow
withdrawn....................... -246 -127 -109
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 2,005 1,457 928
23.95 New obligations................... -2,005 -1,457 -928
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)........ 5,200 3,300 1,200
60.47 Portion applied to debt reduction. -2,950 -1,716 -163
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63.00 Appropriation (total)........... 2,250 1,584 1,037
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 2,320 2,319 2,212
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -2,320 -2,319 -2,212
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68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total).....................
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 2,250 1,584 1,037
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance:
Uninvested:
72.40 Authority to borrow......... 594 348 221
72.40 Fund balance................ 418 390 389
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72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 1,012 738 610
73.10 New obligations................... 2,005 1,457 928
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -2,278 -1,585 -1,114
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -1
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance:
Uninvested:
74.40 Authority to borrow......... 348 221 112
74.40 Fund balance................ 390 389 311
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74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 738 610 423
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1,677 1,257 836
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 601 328 278
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 2,278 1,585 1,114
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Repayments of loans and
advances.................. -1,147 -1,161 -1,155
88.40 Proceeds from sale of
acquired property......... -51 -46 -42
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88.40 Payments on judgments....... -6 -5 -4
88.40 Interest payments from
borrowers................. -990 -997 -907
88.40 Recapture of subsidies...... -99 -108 -102
88.40 Fees and other revenue...... -2 -1 -1
88.40 Occupancy surcharges
collected................. -1 -1 -1
88.40 Undistributed receipts...... -24
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -2,320 -2,319 -2,212
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. -70 -735 -1,175
90.00 Outlays........................... -42 -734 -1,098
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 22,185 20,947 19,738
Disbursements:
1231 Direct loan disbursements....... 2
1232 Purchase of loans assets from
the public....................
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -1,147 -1,161 -1,155
1261 Adjustments: Capitalized interest. -29 29 25
Write-offs for default:
1263 Direct loans.................... -85 -83 -78
1264 Other adjustments, net.......... 21 6 2
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1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 20,947 19,738 18,532
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 32 30 28
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -2 -2 -1
2264 Adjustments: Other adjustments,
net.............................
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2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 30 28 27
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 27 25 24
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated and loan guarantees committed
prior to 1992. New loan activity in 1992 and beyond (including credit
sales of acquired property that resulted from obligations or commitments
in any year) is recorded in corresponding program and financing
accounts.
Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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0101 Revenue........................... 2,484 1,892 1,758 1,615
0102 Expense........................... -2,670 -1,678 -1,187 -847
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0109 Net income or loss (-)............ -186 214 571 768
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 418 390 389 311
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net..............
Non-Federal assets:
1201 Investments in non-Federal
securities, net...............
1206 Receivables, net................
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
1601 Direct loans, gross............. 22,185 20,947 19,738 18,532
1602 Interest receivable............. 203 256 207 185
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -8,621 -7,498 -7,053 -6,680
1604 Direct loans and interest
receivable, net............... 13,767 13,705 12,892 12,037
1606 Foreclosed property............. 65 47 42 38
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1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 13,832 13,752 12,934 12,075
1701 Guaranteed loans purchased from
holders.......................
1703 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-)..................
1704 Defaulted guaranteed loans and
interest receivable, net......
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1799 Value of assets related to
loan guarantees.............
Other Federal assets:
1803 Property, plant and equipment,
net...........................
1901 Other assets.................... 5,693 491 461 432
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1999 Total assets.................... 19,943 14,633 13,784 12,818
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2101 Accounts payable................ 1 1 1 1
2102 Interest payable................ 979 693 525 360
2103 Debt............................ 18,805 13,535 9,500 7,125
2104 Resources payable to Treasury... 224 3,594 5,183
Non-Federal liabilities:
2201 Accounts payable................ 11 23 18 14
2202 Interest payable................ 1 1 1 1
2203 Debt............................ 11 11 10 8
2207 Other........................... 135 145 135 126
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2999 Total liabilities............... 19,943 14,633 13,784 12,818
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 19,943 14,633 13,784 12,818
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.2 Other services.................... 4 3 3
33.0 Investments and loans............. 107 177 64
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 2 2 2
43.0 Interest and dividends............ 1,892 1,275 859
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99.9 Total obligations............... 2,005 1,457 928
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RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
including administering the programs authorized by the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act; section 1323 of the Food Security Act of
1985; the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926; for activities relating to
the marketing aspects of cooperatives, including economic research
findings, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for
activities with institutions concerning the development and operation of
agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; [$25,680,000]
$26,396,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $260,000 may be
used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109. (Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 24 26 26
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 10 10 10
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10.00 Total obligations............... 34 36 36
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 36 36 36
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -2
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 34 36 36
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23.95 New obligations................... -34 -36 -36
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 26 26 26
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 10 10 10
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 36 36 36
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 8 13 13
73.10 New obligations................... 34 36 36
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -28 -36 -36
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 13 13 13
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 15 19 19
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 4 10 8
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 9 7 7
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 2
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 28 36 36
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -10 -10 -10
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 26 26 26
90.00 Outlays........................... 19 26 26
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The Secretary's reorganization plan established the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service (RBS). RBS includes programs from the former Rural
Development Administration, rural development programs from the former
Rural Electrification Administration, and the Agricultural Cooperative
Service. This Agency delivers loan and grant programs and technical
assistance to cooperatives and rural businesses.
Administrative Convergence. The Department is coordinating the
functions and personnel of the different field agencies to provide a
more seamless and efficient delivery system. By 2002, the proposal would
result in a 22 percent reduction in administrative staffing from 1997.
Savings by 2002 would equal $127 million/year. Progress in 1999 would be
indicated by the creation of a Support Services Bureau reflecting a new
entity made by consolidating the agencies' administrative functions both
at the National level and in each State.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 13 13 13
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 1 1
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 14 14 14
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 3 3 3
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 1 1
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 4 5 5
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 23 25 25
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 10 10 10
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 34 36 36
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 258 236 218
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 62 92 86
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Salaries and Expenses
(rural development administration)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 1
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
25.2)......................... 1
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
23.95 New obligations................... -1
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 7 3 1
73.10 New obligations................... 1
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -5 -2 -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 5 2 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 5 2 1
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Beginning in 1995, programs and services formerly provided by the
Rural Development Administration are included in the Rural Utilities
Service, the Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
Rural Cooperative Development Grants
For rural cooperative development grants authorized under section
310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1932), [$3,000,000] $3,700,000, of which up to [$1,300,000] $2,000,000
may be available for cooperative agreements for the appropriate
technology transfer for rural areas program.
For cooperative agreements as authorized under 7 U.S.C. 2201, to any
qualified State department of agriculture, university, and other State
entity to conduct research that will strengthen and enhance the
operations of agricultural marketing cooperatives in rural areas,
$2,000,000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Rural cooperative development
grants.......................... 2 2 2
00.02 Appropriate technology transfer
for rural areas................. 1 1 2
00.03 Federal/State research on
cooperatives.................... 2
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 3 3 6
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 3 3 6
23.95 New obligations................... -3 -3 -6
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 3 3 6
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 2 3 2
73.10 New obligations................... 3 3 6
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -2 -4 -6
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 2 2
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1 1 4
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1 3 2
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 2 4 6
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 3 3 6
90.00 Outlays........................... 2 4 6
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Grants for rural cooperative development were authorized under
section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act by
Public Law 104-127, April 4, 1996. These grants are made available to
nonprofit corporations and institutions of higher education to fund the
establishment and operation of centers for rural cooperative
development. The primary purpose of the centers is the improvement of
economic conditions of rural areas through the development of new
cooperatives and improving operations of existing cooperatives. RBS can
fund up to 75 percent of any project and associated administrative costs
and requires at least a 25 percent matching share from the applicant
which must be from non-Federal sources.
The amount for Appropriate Technology Transfer to Rural Areas
(ATTRA) program was first authorized by the Food Security Act of 1985.
The program encourages agricultural producers to adopt sustainable
agricultural practices.
In addition, $2 million is provided for Federal and State research
on cooperatives. This program leverages scarce Federal resources by
joining with State departments of agriculture, universities and other
State entities to conduct marketing research that will strengthen and
enhance the operations of agricultural marketing cooperatives in rural
areas.
Rural Economic Development Grants
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program.................... 10 7 7
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 1 4 4
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10.00 Total obligations............... 11 11 11
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 29 21 14
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1 4 4
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 2
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 32 25 18
23.95 New obligations................... -11 -11 -11
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 21 14 7
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 8 1 4
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... -7 3
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68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 1 4 4
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 1 4 4
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 16 19 14
72.95 Orders on hand from Federal
sources....................... 8 1 4
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72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 24 20 18
73.10 New obligations................... 11 11 11
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -13 -14 -10
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -2
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 19 14 15
74.95 Orders on hand from Federal
sources....................... 1 4 4
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74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 20 18 19
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 1 1
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 12 14 10
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 13 14 10
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -8 -1 -4
88.95 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources................. 7 -3
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 5 13 6
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This grant program is authorized under section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act, as amended, and provides funds for the purpose of
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects,
including funding for project feasibility studies, start-up costs,
incubator projects and other expenses for the purpose of fostering rural
development.
Funding for this program is provided from the interest differential
on Rural Utilities Service borrowers' cushion of credit accounts.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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41.0 Direct obligations: Grants,
subsidies, and contributions.... 10 7 7
99.0 Reimbursable obligations:
Subtotal, reimbursable
obligations..................... 1 4 4
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99.9 Total obligations............... 11 11 11
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Rural Business and Industry Direct Loans Financing Account
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loans...................... 12 50 50
00.02 Negative subsidy paid to receipt
account......................... 1 2
00.03 Interest on Treasury borrowing.... 1 2 6
00.04 Other losses...................... 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 13 53 59
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 13 53 57
23.95 New obligations................... -13 -53 -59
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 13 51 54
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections: Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 2 3
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 13 53 57
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 10 44
73.10 New obligations................... 13 53 59
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -3 -17 -35
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 10 44 68
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87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 3 17 35
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
88.25 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Interest on uninvested
funds......................... -2 -3
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 13 51 54
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 3 15 32
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 12 50 50
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1150 Total direct loan obligations... 12 50 50
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 3 20
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 3 17 35
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments.....................
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1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 3 20 55
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond. The amounts in
this account are a means of financing and are not included in the budget
totals. Loans made prior to 1992 are recorded in the Rural Development
Insurance Fund Liquidating Account.
Direct business and industry loans are made to public, private, or
cooperative organizations, Indian tribes or tribal groups, corporate
entities, or individuals for the purpose of improving the economic
climate in rural areas.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 3 37 59
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net............................. 5
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 3 20 55
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1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 3 20 55
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 6 57 119
LIABILITIES:
2104 Federal liabilities: Resources
payable to Treasury............. 6 57 119
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 6 57 119
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 6 57 119
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Rural Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans Financing Account
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Default claims.................... 4 2 2
00.03 Investment in secondary market.... 2 15 16
00.04 NADBank guarantee fee subsidy..... 1
00.06 Subsidy reestimate paid to receipt
account......................... 6
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10.00 Total obligations............... 12 18 18
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 28 39 44
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 24 24 26
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 52 63 70
23.95 New obligations................... -12 -18 -18
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 39 44 52
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 3
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections: Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 21 24 26
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 24 24 26
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 12 18 18
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -12 -18 -18
73.31 Obligated balance transferred to
other accounts.................. -1
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 12 18 18
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -8 -10 -10
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -2 -2 -3
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Non-Federal sources......... -11 -11 -13
88.40 Non-Federal sources-NADBank
fee collection............ -1
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -21 -24 -26
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 3
90.00 Financing disbursements........... -8 -6 -8
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Status of Guaranteed Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on commitments:
2111 Limitation on guaranteed loans
made by private lenders......... 815 1,000 1,000
2131 Guaranteed loan commitments exempt
from limitation................. 1 75
--------- --------- ----------
2150 Total guaranteed loan
commitments................... 816 1,075 1,000
2199 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loan commitments................ 644 847 847
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Cumulative balance of guaranteed loans
outstanding:
2210 Outstanding, start of year........ 728 1,306 1,856
2231 Disbursements of new guaranteed
loans........................... 666 711 813
2251 Repayments and prepayments........ -80 -144 -204
Adjustments:
2262 Terminations for default that
result in acquisition of
property...................... -2 -2
2263 Terminations for default that
result in claim payments...... -4 -15 -16
2264 Other adjustments, net.......... -2
--------- --------- ----------
2290 Outstanding, end of year........ 1,306 1,856 2,449
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Memorandum:
2299 Guaranteed amount of guaranteed
loans outstanding, end of year.. 1,032 1,466 1,932
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from guaranteed loans committed in 1992 and beyond. The
amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not included in
the budget totals. Loans made prior to 1992 are recorded in the Rural
Development Insurance Fund Liquidating Account.
This account finances loan guarantee commitments for industrial
development in rural areas.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 28 40 46 55
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 28 40 46 55
LIABILITIES:
2204 Non-Federal liabilities:
Liabilities for loan guarantees. 28 40 46 55
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 28 40 46 55
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 28 40 46 55
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Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost of direct loans, [$16,888,000] $17,622,500, as
authorized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)):
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans,
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974: Provided further, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of
$35,000,000: Provided further, That through June 30, [1998] 1999, of the
total amount appropriated, [$3,345,000] $3,776,250 shall be available
for the cost of direct loans for empowerment zones and enterprise
communities, as authorized by title XIII of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993, to subsidize gross obligations for the
principal amount of direct loans, [$7,246,000] $7,500,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct
loan programs, [$3,482,000] $3,547,000 shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Business-Cooperative Service--
Salaries and Expenses''. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loan subsidy............... 17 17 18
00.09 Administrative expense............ 3 4
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 17 20 21
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 17 20 22
23.95 New obligations................... -17 -20 -21
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 17 20 22
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 74 67 51
73.10 New obligations................... 17 20 21
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -25 -36 -29
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 67 51 43
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1 4 5
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 24 32 25
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 25 36 29
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 17 20 22
90.00 Outlays........................... 25 36 29
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Direct loan levels................ 37 35 35
--------- --------- ----------
1159 Total direct loan levels........ 37 35 35
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Subsidy rate...................... 46.48 48.25 50.35
--------- --------- ----------
1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 46.48 48.25 50.35
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Subsidy budget authority.......... 17 17 18
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 17 17 18
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Subsidy outlays................... 25 33 25
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays........... 25 33 25
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority.................. 3 4
3590 Outlays........................... 3 4
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This account finances loans to intermediary borrowers, who in turn
relend the funds to small rural businesses, community development
corporations, and other organizations for the purpose of improving
economic opportunities in rural areas. Through the use of local
intermediaries, this program serves small-scale enterprises and gives
preference to those communities with the greatest need.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated with the direct
loans obligated in 1992 and beyond, as well as administrative expenses
of this program. The subsidy amounts are estimated on a present value
basis; the administrative expenses are estimated on a cash basis.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 3 4
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 17 17 18
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 17 20 21
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Rural Development Loan Fund Direct Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4219-0-3-452 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loans...................... 37 35 35
00.03 Interest on Treasury borrowing.... 8 18 23
00.04 Payment of negative subsidy to
receipt account................. 3
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 47 53 58
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 5 5
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 53 54 58
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 53 59 63
23.95 New obligations................... -47 -53 -58
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 5 5 5
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 27 26 27
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Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 33 43 38
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... -8 -15 -8
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 25 28 30
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 53 54 58
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 59 58 48
72.95 Receivables from program account 74 66 51
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 133 124 98
73.10 New obligations................... 47 53 58
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -56 -79 -73
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 58 48 40
74.95 Receivables from program account 66 51 43
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 124 98 83
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 56 79 73
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Payments from program account. -25 -33 -25
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -3 -6 -7
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -5 -4 -6
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -33 -43 -38
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ 8 15 8
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 28 26 28
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 23 37 35
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 37 35 35
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations... 37 35 35
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 131 173 231
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 45 61 50
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -4 -2 -4
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 173 231 278
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond. The amounts in
this account are a means of financing and are not included in the budget
totals.
This account finances loans to intermediary borrowers, who in turn
relend the funds to small rural businesses, community development
corporations, or other organizations for the purpose of improving
economic opportunities in rural areas. Through the use of local
intermediaries, this program is able to serve small-scale enterprises
and give preference to those communities with the greatest need.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 17 26 28 23
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 74 67 51 43
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 131 169 231 278
1402 Interest receivable............. 1 2 2 2
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -71 -87 -113 -124
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 61 84 120 155
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 152 176 199 221
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2104 Resources payable to Treasury... 78 110 148 178
2105 Other........................... 74 67 51 43
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 152 176 199 221
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 152 176 199 221
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Rural Development Loan Fund Liquidating Account
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4233-0-3-452 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 7 5 4
--------- --------- ----------
03.00 Offsetting collections............ 1 1 1
04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 8 6 5
Appropriation:
05.01 Unobligated balance returned to
receipts........................ -3 -2 -2
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 5 4 3
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 3 4 4
68.26 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(balances).................... 3 2 2
68.27 Capital transfer to general fund -5 -5 -5
68.45 Portion not available for
obligation (limitation on
obligations).................. -1 -1 -1
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total).....................
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 6 3 2
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -3 -1 -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 3 2 2
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 3 1 1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -3 -4 -4
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. -3 -4 -4
90.00 Outlays........................... -3 -3
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 84 82 80
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1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 1 1
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -3 -3 -3
1263 Write-offs for default: Direct
loans........................... -1
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 82 80 77
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\1\ Amounts shown include advances on behalf of borrowers.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated prior to 1992. New loan activity
in 1992 and beyond is recorded in corresponding program and financing
accounts.
Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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0101 Revenue........................... 1 1 1 1
0102 Expense........................... 6
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
0109 Net income or loss (-)............ 7 1 1 1
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 9 4 3 3
1206 Non-Federal assets: Receivables,
net.............................
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
1601 Direct loans, gross............. 85 82 82 77
1603 Allowance for estimated
uncollectible loans and
interest (-).................. -42 -39 -41 -41
1604 Direct loans and interest
receivable, net............... 43 43 41 36
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 43 43 41 36
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 52 47 44 39
LIABILITIES:
2104 Federal liabilities: Resources
payable to Treasury............. 52 47 44 44
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 52 47 44 44
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 52 47 44 44
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Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account
(including transfers of funds)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized under
section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the purpose of
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects,
[$25,000,000] $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,
[$5,978,000] $3,783,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit payments
in fiscal year [1998] 1999, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, [$5,978,000] $3,783,000 shall not be
obligated and [$5,978,000] $3,783,000 are rescinded. (Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3108-0-1-452 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct Loan Subsidy............... 3 6 4
00.05 Reestimates of direct loan subsidy 1
00.09 Administrative expenses subject to
limitation...................... 1
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 4 6 4
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 4 6 4
23.95 New obligations................... -4 -6 -4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 3 6 4
Permanent:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)...... 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 4 6 4
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 5 5 7
73.10 New obligations................... 4 6 4
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -4 -3 -5
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 5 7 6
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1 1
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 3 3 5
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 4 3 5
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 4 6 4
90.00 Outlays........................... 4 3 5
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Direct loan levels................ 12 25 15
--------- --------- ----------
1159 Total direct loan levels........ 12 25 15
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Subsidy rate...................... 22.93 23.91 25.22
--------- --------- ----------
1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 22.93 23.91 25.22
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Subsidy budget authority.......... 3 6 4
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 3 6 4
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Subsidy outlays................... 4 3 5
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays........... 4 3 5
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority.................. 1
3590 Outlays........................... 1
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Rural economic development loans are made for the purpose of
promoting rural economic development and job creation projects. Loans
are made to electric and telecommunication borrowers, who in turn
finance rural development projects in their service areas.
As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, the subsidy costs associated with the direct
loans obligated in 1992 and beyond. The subsidy amounts are estimated on
a present value basis.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 4 6 4
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 4 6 4
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Rural Economic Development Direct Loan Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4176-0-3-452 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct Loans...................... 12 25 15
00.02 Interest Expense.................. 3 4 5
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 16 29 20
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 2 3 3
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 16 28 20
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 1
22.70 Balance of authority to borrow
withdrawn....................... -1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 19 31 23
23.95 New obligations................... -16 -29 -20
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 3 3 3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 15 19 11
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 9 10 13
68.10 Change in orders on hand from
Federal sources............... 2 -1
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -8 -3 -4
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 1 10 8
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 16 29 20
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 13 14 22
72.95 Receivables from program account 5 5 7
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 18 19 30
73.10 New obligations................... 16 29 20
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -14 -18 -24
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -1
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 14 22 19
74.95 Receivables from program account 5 7 6
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 19 30 25
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 14 18 24
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal Funds: Program Account -4 -3 -4
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -1 -1 -2
88.40 Non-Federal sources: Repayment
of Principal................ -4 -6 -7
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -9 -10 -13
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ -2 1
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 8 16 7
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 5 8 11
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 12 25 15
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations... 12 25 15
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 35 42 50
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 11 14 20
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -4 -6 -7
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 42 50 62
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond. The amounts in
this account are a means of financing and are not included in the budget
totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 8 6 7 9
Investments in US securities:
1106 Program Account............... 4 5 7 6
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 35 42 50 62
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -8 -9 -3 -1
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 27 32 48 61
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 39 43 61 76
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2104 Resources payable to Treasury... 35 38 54 70
2105 Other........................... 4 5 7 6
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 39 43 61 76
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 39 43 61 76
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Rural Economic Development Loans Liquidating Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3104-0-1-271 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 7 8 10
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 8 10 12
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 8 10 12
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 1 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Change in unpaid obligations:
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. 1 2 2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... -1 -2 -2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources:
Repayment of Principal........ -1 -2 -2
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... -1 -4 -4
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 7 6 4
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements...................
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -1 -2 -2
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 6 4 2
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for this program, all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated
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prior to 1992. All new activity in this program is recorded in
corresponding program accounts and financing accounts.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-3104-0-1-271 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 5 6 5 3
1601 Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans receivable
and acquired defaulted
guaranteed loans receivable:
Direct loans, gross............. 6 5 4 3
1801 Other Federal assets: Cash and
other monetary assets........... 2 2 4 7
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1999 Total assets.................... 13 13 13 13
LIABILITIES:
2104 Federal liabilities: Resources
payable to Treasury............. 13 13 13 13
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2999 Total liabilities............... 13 13 13 13
NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations..
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3999 Total net position..............
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 13 13 13 13
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Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation
Revolving Fund
For necessary expenses to carry out the Alternative Agricultural
Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901-5908),
[$7,000,000 are] $10,000,000 is appropriated to the Alternative
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation Revolving Fund.
(Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Administrative expense............ 1 1 1
00.02 Program activity.................. 7 6 9
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10.00 Total obligations............... 8 7 10
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 8 7 10
23.95 New obligations................... -8 -7 -10
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 7 7 10
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 8 7 10
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 6 6 6
73.10 New obligations................... 8 7 10
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -8 -8 -8
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 6 6 8
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 3 3 3
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 5 5 4
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 8 8 8
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 7 7 10
90.00 Outlays........................... 8 8 8
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These funds support programs authorized by the Alternative
Agricultural Research and Commercialization Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5901
et seq.). This Act authorizes the provision of assistance on a
competitive basis to foster the development and commercialization of new
nonfood, nonfeed products derived from agricultural and forestry
material and animal by-products. Development of nontraditional uses
provides an opportunity to improve U.S. competitiveness in foreign
markets, create development and employment opportunities in rural areas,
address environmental concerns and lower farm program costs. Programs
are managed by the Alternative Agricultural Research and
Commercialization Corporation. Program policy and oversight is provided
by an eleven member Board, eight of whom are private sector scientists,
producers and business experts.
In 1999, the corporation expects to participate in approximately 20
investment opportunities. These opportunities should result in the
creation of nearly 1,500 new jobs and bring a minimum of 6 new products
into the marketplace.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 1 1 1
33.0 Investments and loans............. 5 5 5
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 2 1 3
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99.9 Total obligations............... 8 7 10
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 6 11 11
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National Sheep Industry Improvement Center Revolving Fund
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4202-0-3-452 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
09.00 Administrative expense............ 1 1
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
99.5)......................... 1 1
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 20 19
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 20
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 20 20 19
23.95 New obligations................... -1 -1
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 20 19 18
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.00 Appropriation..................... 20
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 1 1
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1 -1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 1 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 20
90.00 Outlays........................... 1 1
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The Federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 1996 established the
National Sheep Industry Improvement Center to
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promote activities to strengthen and enhance production or marketing of
sheep and goat products in the United States. The Center may provide
loans or grants to eligible entities to provide assistance to the
industry for infrastructure development, business development,
production, resource development, and market and environmental research.
The 1996 Act provided up to $20 million in mandatory funding for the
establishment and operation of the Center and authorized additional
discretionary funding of $30 million.
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Foreign Agricultural Service and General Sales Manager
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service,
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7
U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities abroad, and for
enabling the Secretary to coordinate and integrate activities of the
Department in connection with foreign agricultural work, including not
to exceed $128,000 for representation allowances and for expenses
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C.
1766), [$135,561,000] $145,593,000, of which [$3,231,000] $3,413,000 may
be transferred from the Export Loan Program account in this Act, [and
$1,035,000] $1,093,000 may be transferred from the Public Law 480
program account in this Act, and $2,000,000 is available solely for the
purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange
rates: Provided, That these funds and any other funds that are deposited
into the overseas exchange rate account are available until expended:
Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse
this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies,
public and private organizations and institutions under agreements
executed pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance
programs (7 U.S.C. 1736) and the foreign assistance programs of the
International Development Cooperation Administration (22 U.S.C. 2392).
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to
promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products. (Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Market access................... 21 23 25
00.02 Market development.............. 63 64 61
00.03 Market intelligence............. 22 23 26
00.04 Financial marketing assistance.. 16 17 14
00.05 Long-term market and
infrastructure development.... 12 13 15
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 134 140 141
09.00 Reimbursable program.............. 53 54 44
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10.00 Total obligations............... 187 194 185
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 8 2 2
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 190 194 185
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -9
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 189 196 187
23.95 New obligations................... -187 -194 -185
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 2 2 2
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 131 136 141
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 6 4
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 137 140 141
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 53 54 44
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 190 194 185
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 25 35 47
73.10 New obligations................... 187 194 185
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -175 -182 -181
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 35 47 51
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 111 118 117
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 10 10 20
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 53 54 44
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 175 182 181
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -53 -54 -44
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 137 140 141
90.00 Outlays........................... 120 128 137
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The mission of the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is to open,
expand and maintain global market opportunities through international
trade, cooperation, and sustainable development activities which secure
the long-term economic vitality and global competitiveness of America's
rural communities and related food and agricultural enterprises.
FAS is fulfilling its mission by assisting American agriculture to
increase the value of farm, food, and fish, and forestry exports 50
percent over 1994 levels by the year 2000. To meet this goal, FAS
conducts a demand-driven export strategy, deploying five major policy
objectives to execute the strategy, while integrating commodity and
country market priorities for allocating scarce export assistance
resources. These objectives include:
Market Access: FAS initiates, directs and coordinates the
Department's formulation of trade policies and programs with the goal of
maintaining and expanding world markets for U.S. agricultural products.
It monitors international compliance with bilateral and multilateral
trade agreements. It identifies restrictive tariff and trade practices
which act as barriers to the import of U.S. agricultural commodities,
then supports negotiations to remove them. It acts to counter and
eliminate unfair trade practices of other countries that hinder U.S.
agricultural exports to those markets. In virtually every foreign
market, U.S. agricultural exports are subject to import duties and non-
tariff trade restrictions. Trade information sent to Washington from FAS
personnel overseas is used to map strategies for improving market
access, pursuing U.S. rights under trade agreements, and developing
programs and policies to make U.S. farm products more competitive. Staff
increases to improve market access work will be achieved by shifting
resources from FAS' financial marketing efforts.
Market Development, Promotion and Outreach: FAS develops foreign
markets for U.S. farm products through aggressive market expansion
activities. It provides services to the U.S. and foreign agricultural
trade sectors that are necessary to establish, build and maintain
overseas markets for U.S. agricultural products. Public Law 83-690,
approved August 28, 1954, includes authority to establish up to 25
Agricultural Trade Offices. Currently 17 such offices are in operation
at key foreign trading centers to assist U.S. exporters, trade groups
and state export marketing officials in trade promotion. Promotional
activities are carried out chiefly in cooperation with non-profit
agricultural trade associations and
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firms on a cost-sharing basis. The largest of FAS's promotional programs
are the Market Development Cooperator Program and Market Access Program.
In addition, FAS sponsors U.S. participation in several major trade
shows and a number of single-industry exhibitions each year. These
programs are designed to create demand for U.S. agricultural products in
foreign markets, introduce U.S. food and agricultural products to
potential foreign customers, and show foreign customers how to use U.S.
products.
For 1999, FAS will be receiving additional funds as a result of
increased cost-share contributions from the Cooperator Program.
FAS strategic outreach efforts focus on facilitating export
readiness and help link both export-ready and new-to-export firms to
market entry opportunities, and increase domestic awareness of export
opportunities/global consumer quality and product safety expectations.
These efforts are designed to strengthen the export knowledge/skills of
producers and exporters so they can compete more effectively in the
international marketplace. Outreach also includes targeting foreign
buyers in educating them about the merits of U.S. products and how they
can be purchased.
Market Intelligence: FAS provides U.S. farmers and traders with
information on world agricultural production and trade that they can use
to adjust to changes in world demand for U.S. agricultural products.
This is done through a continuous program of reporting by 64 posts
located throughout the world covering some 130 countries. Reporting
includes information and/or data on foreign government policies,
analysis of supply and demand conditions, commercial trade relationships
and market opportunities. Advanced computer and telecommunications
technology is used to improve and speed the flow of information between
the posts and Washington. FAS analyzes agricultural information
essential to the assessment of foreign supply and demand conditions in
order to provide estimates of the current situation and to forecast the
export potential for specific U.S. agricultural commodities.
Financial Marketing Assistance: FAS administers a number of price/
credit and risk assistance programs designed to develop overseas markets
and expand the levels of U.S. agricultural commodities. These programs
include CCC Export Credit Guarantee Programs, export subsidy programs,
including the Export Enhancement Program and Dairy Export Incentive
Program, and food assistance activities such as Public Law 480, Food for
Progress and the Section 416(b) program. These programs are designed to
help developing nations make the transition from concessional financing
to cash purchases, give U.S. producers the ability to counter export
subsidies of foreign competitors and allow U.S. exporters to compete
with sales terms offered by foreign competitors.
Long-term Market and Infrastructure Development: FAS helps USDA and
other federal agencies, U.S. universities and others enhance the global
competitiveness of U.S. agriculture and helps increase income and food
availability in developing nations by mobilizing expertise for
agriculturally led economic growth. Through the administration of a
number of collaborative programs, FAS works to enhance U.S.
agriculture's competitiveness by providing linkages to world resources
and international organizations and building a spirit of cooperation.
These linkages produce new technologies that are vital to improving the
agricultural demand base and producing new and alternative products.
Direct program activities include the administration of the Cochran
Fellowship Program and management of USDA's bilateral exchange and
cooperative research programs with foreign governments and institutions.
Another activity is the Emerging Markets Program under which technical
assistance and related activities are carried out in emerging markets
aimed at enhancing their food and rural business systems and expanding
U.S. agricultural exports. At the request of the Agency for
International Development, international organizations and foreign
governments, technical assistance and training in agriculture and rural
development are provided on a reimbursable or advance of funds basis.
In 1999, funding for FAS computer and other information technology
needs are included in the discretionary funds requested for the FAS
account. No funds are assumed to be transferred from the Commodity
Credit Corporation for this purpose.
In 1999, FAS will conduct projects to: (1) develop an agency-wide
performance tracking and evaluation system that determines success rates
in implementing FAS' strategic plan; and (2) evaluate and re-engineer
FAS' crop and market intelligence-gathering analysis and dissemination
process to make this activity more efficient and responsive to customer
needs. $250,000 is proposed for each of these projects, to enlist
private sector expertise.
In 1999, FAS will also establish an account to manage currency
fluctuation, with an initial capitalization of no less than $2.0
million. The new funds will be part of a revolving fund to accommodate
exchange rate changes affecting FAS' overseas operations. Funds could be
withdrawn from the funds only after exchange rate losses are verified
every six months. Exchange rate gains would be deposited into the
account.
FAS will be responsible for the full costs incurred by its use of
U.S. embassies, as agreed in the International Cooperative
Administrative Support Services system. An additional $4 million for
embassy expenses through ICASS is requested.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 40 42 40
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 1 2 2
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 1 1 1
11.8 Special personal services
payments.................... 2 2 2
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 44 47 45
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 12 12 12
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 5 5 5
22.0 Transportation of things........ 1 1 1
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 10 9 9
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 2 2 2
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 56 61 61
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 1 1
31.0 Equipment....................... 2 1 3
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 134 140 141
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 53 54 44
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99.9 Total obligations............... 187 194 185
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 763 763 701
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 118 118 118
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Scientific Activities Overseas (Foreign Currency Program)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1404-0-1-352 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 1 1 1
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1 1 1
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 5 5 5
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1 -1 -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 5 5 5
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 1 1 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 1 1 1
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As authorized by the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance
Act of 1954 (Public Law 480), as amended, USDA uses foreign currencies
to support research on problems of mutual interest to the United States
and participating foreign countries. After 1991 no new foreign currency
programs have been or are proposed to be initiated.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
The funds and facilities of the Commodity Credit Corporation may, by
law, be used in carrying out programs to encourage the export of
agricultural commodities.
Included in this category are the following activities carried out
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954,
Public Law 480, 83rd Congress, as amended (P.L. 480): Financing sales of
agricultural commodities to developing countries for dollars on credit
terms, or for local currencies (including for local currencies on credit
terms) for use under sec. 104 (title I); for dispositions abroad (titles
II and III); and for furnishing commodities to carry out the Food for
Progress Act of 1985, as amended. Agreements may provide for commodities
to be made available on a multi-year basis.
[Public Law 480 Program and Grant Accounts]
[(including transfers of funds)]
[For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701-1715, 1721-1726, 1727-1727f, and 1731-1736g),
as follows: (1) $226,900,000 for Public Law 480 title I credit,
including Food for Progress programs; (2) $17,608,000 is hereby
appropriated for ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of
agricultural commodities pursuant to title I of said Act and the Food
for Progress Act of 1985; (3) $837,000,000 is hereby appropriated for
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to
title II of said Act; and (4) $30,000,000 is hereby appropriated for
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to
title III of said Act: Provided, That not to exceed 15 percent of the
funds made available to carry out any title of said Act may be used to
carry out any other title of said Act: Provided further, That such sums
shall remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, of direct credit agreements as authorized by the
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and the Food
for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of modifying credit
agreements under said Act, $176,596,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Public Law
480 title I credit program, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, to
the extent funds appropriated for Public Law 480 are utilized,
$1,850,000.] (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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, as follows: (1) $837,000,000 for commodities supplied
in connection with dispositions abroad pursuant to title II of said Act;
and (2) $30,000,000 for commodities supplied in connection with
dispositions abroad pursuant to title III of said Act: Provided, That
sums made available to carry out title II or title III of said Act shall
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1721-26a, 1727-27e,
1731-36g-3, 1737, 2209b).
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Commodities supplied in connection
with dispositions abroad (Title
II)............................. 813 837 837
00.02 Commodities supplied in connection
with dispositions abroad (Title
III)............................ 39 30 30
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 852 867 867
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 6 30 68
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 867 867 867
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 8 38
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 882 935 935
23.95 New obligations................... -852 -867 -867
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 30 68 68
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 867 867 867
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 510 594 508
73.10 New obligations................... 852 867 867
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -760 -915 -866
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -8 -38
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 594 508 509
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 507 545 545
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 253 370 321
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 760 915 866
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 867 867 867
90.00 Outlays........................... 760 915 866
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This account funds the non-credit components of Public Law 480,
title II and title III.
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, $9,395,000 for ocean freight differential costs for
the shipment of agricultural commodities pursuant to title I of said
Act, including Food for Progress programs as authorized by the Food for
Progress Act of 1985, as amended: Provided, That funds made avail-
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able for the cost of title I agreements and for title I ocean freight
differential may be used interchangeably between the two accounts:
Provided further, That sums made available shall remain available until
expended (7 U.S.C. 1701b, 2209b).
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 P.L. 480 Grant--Title I: Ocean
freight differential (OFD)...... 17 18 9
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10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 17 18 9
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 21 13 13
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 13 18 9
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 5
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to
other accounts.................. -9
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 30 31 22
23.95 New obligations................... -17 -18 -9
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 13 13 13
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 13 18 9
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 42 43 29
73.10 New obligations................... 17 18 9
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -11 -31 -13
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -5
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 43 29 25
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1 10 5
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 10 21 8
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 11 31 13
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 13 18 9
90.00 Outlays........................... 11 31 13
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This account funds the title I ocean freight differential program.
Credit accounts:
Public Law 480 Program Account
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, of these agreements, including the cost of modifying credit
arrangements under said Act, $88,667,000: Provided, That sums made
available shall remain available until expended.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the Public Law
83-480 title I credit program, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, as
amended, to the extent funds appropriated for Public Law 83-480 are
utilized, $1,938,000, of which not to exceed $1,093,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for salaries and
expenses, Foreign Agricultural Service, and of which not to exceed
$845,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
salaries and expenses, Farm Service Agency. (7 U.S.C. 1691, 1701-04,
1731-36g-3, 2209b).
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 37 38 38
Receipts:
02.01 Downward reestimates of subsidies. 1
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 38 38 38
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 38 38 38
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loan subsidy............... 138 177 89
00.09 Administrative expenses........... 2 2 2
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10.00 Total obligations............... 140 179 91
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 7 63 69
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 188 179 91
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 6
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to
other accounts.................. -1
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 9
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 203 248 160
23.95 New obligations................... -140 -179 -91
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 63 69 69
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 188 179 91
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 106 118 96
73.10 New obligations................... 140 179 91
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -128 -193 -126
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -6
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 118 96 62
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 52 103 53
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 76 90 74
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 128 193 126
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 188 179 91
90.00 Outlays........................... 128 193 126
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Summary of Loan Levels, Subsidy Budget Authority and Outlays by Program (in
millions of dollars)
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Direct loan levels supportable by subsidy
budget authority:
1150 Direct loan levels................ 186 227 102
--------- --------- ----------
1159 Total direct loan levels........ 186 227 102
Direct loan subsidy (in percent):
1320 Subsidy rate...................... 81.79 77.83 86.79
--------- --------- ----------
1329 Weighted average subsidy rate... 81.79 77.83 86.79
Direct loan subsidy budget authority:
1330 Subsidy budget authority.......... 138 177 89
--------- --------- ----------
1339 Total subsidy budget authority.. 138 177 89
Direct loan subsidy outlays:
1340 Subsidy outlays................... 126 190 124
--------- --------- ----------
1349 Total subsidy outlays........... 126 190 124
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Administrative expense data:
3510 Budget authority.................. 2 2 2
3590 Outlays from new authority........ 2 2 2
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this account
records, for the P.L. 480 Program, the subsidy costs associated with the
direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond (including modifications of
direct loans that resulted from obligation in any year), as well as
administrative expenses of this program. The subsidy amounts are
estimated on a present value basis; the administrative expenses are
estimated on a cash basis.
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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25.3 Purchases of goods and services
from Government accounts........ 2 2 2
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 138 177 89
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 140 179 91
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Public Law 480 Direct Credit Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct loans...................... 183 227 102
00.02 Interest on Treasury borrowing.... 29 25 25
00.04 Interest reestimate on direct loan
subsidy......................... 1
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 213 252 127
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 211 252 127
23.95 New obligations................... -213 -252 -127
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 43 50 13
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash)... 181 250 201
68.10 Change in receivables from
program account............... 10 -22 -34
68.47 Portion applied to debt
reduction..................... -23 -26 -53
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 168 202 114
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 211 252 127
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Change in unpaid obligations:
Unpaid obligations, start of year:
72.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 60 69 96
72.95 Receivable from program account. 108 118 96
--------- --------- ----------
72.99 Total unpaid obligations,
start of year............... 168 187 192
73.10 New obligations................... 213 252 127
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -194 -247 -153
Unpaid obligations, end of year:
74.40 Obligated balance: Uninvested... 69 96 104
74.95 Receivables from program account 118 96 62
--------- --------- ----------
74.99 Total unpaid obligations, end
of year..................... 187 192 166
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 194 247 153
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Federal sources:
88.00 Payments from program
account................... -126 -191 -124
88.00 Interest from Treasury...... -7
Non-Federal sources:
88.40 Interest received on loans.. -29 -44 -45
88.40 Principal received on loans. -4 -15 -32
88.45 Offsetting governmental
collections--Jordan Debt
Forgiveness................. -15
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -181 -250 -201
88.95 Change in receivables from program
accounts........................ -10 22 34
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 20 24 -40
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 13 -3 -48
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 183 227 102
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations... 183 227 102
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 1,264 1,371 1,596
1231 Disbursements: Direct loan
disbursements................... 156 240 152
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -4 -15 -32
1264 Write-offs for default: Other
adjustments, net--Jordan........ -45
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 1,371 1,596 1,716
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond (including
modifications of direct loans that resulted from obligations in any
year). The amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not
included in the budget totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 60 69 96 104
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 179 118 96 62
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 1,264 1,371 1,596 1,716
1402 Interest receivable............. 30 34 38 42
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -1,040 -1,068 -1,278 -1,416
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 254 337 356 342
1901 Other Federal assets: Other assets
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 493 524 548 508
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2101 Accounts payable................ 7 8 8 8
2103 Debt............................ 383 404 428 388
2105 Other........................... 103 112 112 112
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 493 524 548 508
NET POSITION:
3100 Appropriated capital..............
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position..............
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 493 524 548 508
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Debt Reduction--Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Payment to liquidating accounts... 8 18
00.02 Interest on debt to Treasury...... 6 4 4
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 6 12 22
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 6 12 22
23.95 New obligations................... -6 -12 -22
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
67.15 Authority to borrow (indefinite).. 5 10 3
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections: Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 1 2 19
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new financing authority
(gross)....................... 6 12 22
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 6 12 22
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -6 -12 -22
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 6 12 22
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources--debt
reduction transfers......... -1 -18
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -1 -1 -1
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -1 -2 -19
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority............... 5 10 3
90.00 Financing disbursements........... 5 10 3
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........ 27 262
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations... 27 262
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 66 63 89
1233 Disbursements: Purchase of loans
assets from a liquidating
account......................... 27 262
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments..................... -1 -1 -1
1264 Write-offs for default: Other
adjustments, net................ -2
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 63 89 350
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond (including
modifications of direct loans that resulted from obligations in any
year). The amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not
included in the budget totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 66 63 89 350
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -30 -30 -50 -312
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 36 33 39 38
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 36 33 39 38
LIABILITIES:
2103 Federal liabilities: Debt......... 36 41 51 54
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 36 41 51 54
NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. -8 -12 -16
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. -8 -12 -16
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 36 33 39 38
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P.L. 480 Title I Food for Progress Credits, Program Account
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 38 38 38
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 38 38 38
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 29 4
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to
other accounts.................. -25 -4
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 4
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 4
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Outlays (gross), detail:
87.00 Total outlays (gross).............
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
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As part of a comprehensive package of U.S. assistance for Russia
announced by the President in April 1993, $385,000,000 was transferred
from CCC to Food for Progress under provisions of the Secretary of
Agriculture's Interchange Authority (7 U.S.C. 2257) for commodity and
related transportation assistance.
Sales under the credit portion of the Food for Progress program for
Russia carry a term of fifteen years, including a seven-year grace
period. The interest rates are three percent during the grace period and
four percent thereafter. Funding for commodity and ocean freight
financing is under P.L. 480 Title I FFP and is subject to credit reform
budgeting. All shipments were completed in 1995.
P.L. 480 Title I Food for Progress Credits, Financing Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.02 Interest to Treasury on borrowings 15 10 10
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 15 10 10
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 38 38
22.00 New financing authority (gross)... 18 13 13
22.40 Capital transfer to general fund.. -38
22.60 Redemption of debt................ -3 -3 -3
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 53 10 10
23.95 New obligations................... -15 -10 -10
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 38
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New financing authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 18 13 13
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 15 10 10
73.20 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... -15 -10 -10
87.00 Total financing disbursements
(gross)......................... 15 10 10
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Offsets:
Against gross financing authority and
financing disbursements:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.25 Interest on uninvested funds.. -3
88.40 Interest collections.......... -15 -13 -13
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -18 -13 -13
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Net financing authority and financing
disbursements:
89.00 Financing authority...............
90.00 Financing disbursements........... -3 -3 -3
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Position with respect to appropriations act
limitation on obligations:
1111 Limitation on direct loans........
--------- --------- ----------
1150 Total direct loan obligations...
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 508 508 508
1251 Repayments: Repayments and
prepayments.....................
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 508 508 508
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As required by the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, this non-
budgetary account records all cash flows to and from the Government
resulting from direct loans obligated in 1992 and beyond (including
modifications of direct loans that resulted from obligations in any
year). The amounts in this account are a means of financing and are not
included in the budget totals.
Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 38 38
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 24 27
Net value of assets related to
post-1991 direct loans
receivable:
1401 Direct loans receivable, gross.. 508 508 508 508
1405 Allowance for subsidy cost (-).. -315 -321 -315 -315
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1499 Net present value of assets
related to direct loans..... 193 187 193 193
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 255 252 193 193
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2102 Interest payable................
2103 Debt............................ 228 225 193 193
2105 Other........................... 27 27
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 255 252 193 193
NET POSITION:
3600 Other.............................
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position..............
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 255 252 193 193
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Expenses, Public Law 480, Foreign Assistance Programs, Agriculture,
Liquidating Account
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 128 136
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 6 18
22.40 Capital transfer to general fund.. 2 -136 -18
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 136
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 136
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Spending authority from offsetting
collections:
Offsetting collections (cash):
68.00 Offsetting collections (cash). 559 604 521
68.00 Offsetting collections--
Treasury Debt Restructuring
Program Account--Jordan..... 6
68.00 Offsetting collections (debt
forgiveness)................ 18
68.27 Capital transfer to general fund -559 -604 -521
--------- --------- ----------
68.90 Spending authority from
offsetting collections
(total)..................... 6 18
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 6 18
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
Federal sources:
88.00 Federal sources--Jordan debt
forgiveness............... -6
88.00 Federal sources--debt
forgiveness............... -18
88.40 Principal and interest
collections................. -559 -604 -521
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -565 -604 -539
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. -559 -604 -521
90.00 Outlays........................... -565 -604 -539
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Status of Direct Loans (in millions of dollars)
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Cumulative balance of direct loans
outstanding:
1210 Outstanding, start of year........ 9,767 9,446 9,092
Repayments:
Repayments and prepayments:
1251 Repayments and prepayments.... -303 -354 -321
1251 Repayments and prepayments--
debt reduction.............. -18 -85
Write-offs for default:
1263 Direct loans....................
1264 Other adjustments, net..........
--------- --------- ----------
1290 Outstanding, end of year........ 9,446 9,092 8,686
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Program Activities
[In millions of dollars]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Ocean freight differential (title I) 17 18 9
Commodities supplied in connection
with dispositions abroad (title II). 813 837 837
Commodities supplied in connection
with dispositions abroad (title III) 39 30 30
------------------------------------
Total program level........... 869 885 876
====================================
RECONCILIATION OF PROGRAM LEVEL TO PROGRAM COSTS FUNDED BY P.L. 480
[In millions of dollars]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Title I
Commodity credits................... 185 227 102
Ocean freight differential and ocean
transportation...................... 17 18 9
------------------------------------
Total program level, current
year........................ 202 245 111
Prior year obligations financed..... 111 174 114
Obligations financed in succeeding
years............................... -174 -114 -62
Administrative costs................ 2 2 2
------------------------------------
Total program costs, funded
program level............... 141 307 165
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Title II
Commodity costs..................... 456 504 504
Ocean and inland transportation..... 357 333 333
------------------------------------
Total program level, current
year........................ 813 837 837
Prior year obligations financed..... 278 397 350
Current year obligations financed in
succeeding years.................... -397 -350 -351
------------------------------------
Total program costs, funded
program level............... 694 884 836
====================================
Title III
Commodity costs..................... 28 23 23
Ocean and inland transportation..... 11 7 7
------------------------------------
Total program level, current
year........................ 39 30 30
Prior year obligations financed..... 50 24 23
Current year obligations financed in
succeeding years.................... -24 -23 -22
------------------------------------
Total program costs, funded
program level............... 65 31 31
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Financing sales of agricultural commodities to developing countries
for dollars on credit terms, or for local currencies
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(including for local currencies on credit terms) for use under sec. 104;
and for furnishing commodities to carry out the Food for Progress Act of
1985, as amended (title I).--Funds appropriated for P.L. 480 are used to
finance all sales made pursuant to agreements concluded under the
authority of Title I. The Corporation may serve as the purchasing or
shipping agent, or both, for the importing country or may award
contracts for freight agent services on behalf of the Corporation to
handle shipping of commodities under P.L. 480.
Sales are made to developing countries as defined in section 402(4)
of P.L. 480 and must not displace expected commercial sales (secs.
403(e) and (h)). Agreements are made with developing countries for
delivery in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
When U.S.-flag vessels are required to ship commodities under this
title, the Corporation will pay the difference between U.S.-flag rates
and foreign-flag rates. In limited cases, full transportation costs to
port-of-entry or point-of-entry abroad may be included along with the
cost of the commodity in the amount financed by CCC in order to ensure
that U.S. food aid can reach the most needy recipients.
Financing sales of agricultural commodities for dollars on credit
terms (title I).--Payment by developing countries or private entities
may be made over a period of not more than 30 years with a deferral of
principal payments for up to 5 years. Interest accrues at a concessional
rate as determined appropriate.
Section 411 of P.L. 480 authorizes the President to waive payments
of principal and interest under dollar credit sales agreements for
countries that meet certain enumerated requirements. Such debt relief
may be provided only if the President notifies Congress and may not
exceed the amount approved for such purpose in an Act appropriating
funds to carry out P.L. 480.
Financing sales of agricultural commodities for local currency,
including for local currency on credit terms.--Payment by a recipient
country may be made in local currencies for use in carrying out
activities under section 104 of P.L. 480.
Foreign currency received in payment for credit extended may be used
for payment of U.S. obligations abroad, subject to the appropriation
process. The P.L. 480 program is reimbursed for the dollar value of
currencies so used.
The financing of sales of agricultural commodities for local
currencies on credit terms is subject to the same terms that are
applicable to dollar credit financing.
Furnishing commodities to carry out the Food for Progress Act of
1985, as amended (title I).--Funds appropriated to carry out title I may
be used to furnish commodities to carry out the Food for Progress Act of
1985. Such commodities may be furnished on credit terms or on a grant
basis in order to assist developing countries and countries that are
emerging democracies that have made a commitment to introduce and expand
free enterprise elements in their agricultural economies.
The following table reflects the composition of the combined
appropriations (in millions of dollars):
SALES FOR DOLLARS ON CREDIT TERMS
[In millions of dollars]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Item:
Expenses of shipments (Title I):
Commodity costs:
Long-term credit.............. 185 227 102
------------------------------------
Total commodity costs..... 185 227 102
====================================
Ocean freight and freight
differential (support of U.S.
Merchant Marine):
Long-term credit.............. 17 18 19
------------------------------------
Total ocean freight and
freight differential.... 17 18 19
------------------------------------
Total expenses of shipments....... 202 245 111
====================================
Appropriation--Title I loan subsidy. 194 177 89
====================================
Appropriation--Ocean freight
differential........................ 5 18 9
====================================
Title I credit not subsidized
through appropriation............... 43 50 13
====================================
Commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad (title
II).--Under title II, agricultural commodities are furnished to meet
famine or other emergency relief needs, combat malnutrition, carry out
activities to alleviate the causes of hunger, mortality and morbidity,
promote economic and community development, promote sound environmental
practices, and carry out feeding programs. Agricultural commodities are
provided through governments for emergencies only, and for non-
emergencies through public and private agencies, including
intergovernmental organizations.
The Corporation is authorized to pay the costs of acquisition,
packaging, processing, enrichment, preservation, fortification,
transportation, handling, and other incidental costs incurred up to the
time of delivery at U.S. ports. The Corporation also pays ocean freight
charges, and pays transportation costs to points of entry other than
ports in the case of landlocked countries, where carriers to a specific
country are not available, where ports cannot be used effectively, or
where a substantial savings in costs or time can be effected, and pays
general average contributions arising from ocean transport. In addition,
transportation costs from designated points of entry or ports of entry
abroad to storage and distribution sites and associated storage and
distribution costs may be paid for commodities made available to meet
urgent and extraordinary relief requirements.
The following table reflects the composition of the appropriations
(in millions of dollars):
COMMODITIES SUPPLIED IN CONNECTION WITH DISPOSITIONS ABROAD
(TITLE II)
[In millions of dollars]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Item:
Expenses of shipments:
Commodity Credit Corporation
stocks and other costs in
connection with commodities
supplied...................... 456 504 504
Ocean transportation............ 357 333 333
------------------------------------
Total program costs........... 813 837 837
====================================
Appropriation or estimate..... 813 837 837
====================================
Commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad (title
III).--Under title III, agricultural commodities are furnished to least
developed countries as defined in section 302(a). They are provided
through foreign governments for direct feeding, development of emergency
food reserves or may be sold with the proceeds of such sale used by the
recipient country for specific economic development purposes.
The Corporation may pay, in connection with furnishing commodities
under title III, the same cost items as authorized under title II. The
following table reflects the composition of the appropriations (in
millions of dollars):
COMMODITIES SUPPLIED IN CONNECTION WITH DISPOSITIONS ABROAD
(TITLE III)
[In millions of dollars]
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Item:
Expenses of shipments:
Commodity Credit Corporation
stocks and other costs in
connection with commodities
supplied...................... 28 23 23
Ocean transportation............ 11 7 7
------------------------------------
Total program costs........... 39 30 30
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Appropriation or estimate..... 39 30 30
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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ASSETS:
Federal assets:
1101 Fund balances with Treasury..... 128 136
Investments in US securities:
1106 Receivables, net.............. 5
Net value of assets related to
pre-1992 direct loans
receivable and acquired
defaulted guaranteed loans
receivable:
Direct loans, gross:
1601 Direct loans, gross........... 9,767 9,464 9,092 8,771
1601 Direct loans, adjustment--Debt
Reduction for Jordan........ -18
1601 Direct loans, debt forgiveness -85
1602 Interest receivable............. 131 125 131 131
1603 Allowance, loans receivable (-). -5,680 -5,447 -5,417 -5,417
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1699 Value of assets related to
direct loans................ 4,218 4,124 3,806 3,400
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
1999 Total assets.................... 4,351 4,260 3,806 3,400
LIABILITIES:
Federal liabilities:
2101 Accounts payable................ 19
2104 Resources payable to Treasury... 4,351 4,259 3,806 3,485
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
2999 Total liabilities............... 4,351 4,278 3,806 3,485
NET POSITION:
Cumulative results of operations:
3300 Cumulative results of
operations--Jordan............ -18
3300 Cumulative results of
operations--debt forgiveness.. -85
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
3999 Total net position.............. -18 -85
------------ -------------- ------------ -------------
4999 Total liabilities and net position 4,351 4,260 3,806 3,400
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Trust Funds
Miscellaneous Contributed Funds
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 3
Receipts:
02.01 Deposits of miscellaneous
contributed funds, International
Cooperation and Development..... 4 4
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 1 4 7
Appropriation:
05.01 Miscellaneous contributed funds... -1 -1 -1
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 3 6
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 1 1 1
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 5 5 5
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 6 6 6
23.95 New obligations................... -1 -1 -1
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 5 5 5
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)..................... 1 1 1
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 1 1 1
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1 -1 -1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 1 1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 1 1 1
90.00 Outlays........................... 1 1 1
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Miscellaneous funds are received from other Federal agencies,
international organizations, and from Saudi Arabia, Spain, and
developing countries, for USDA development assistance and international
research projects (22 U.S.C. 2392).
FOOD AND [CONSUMER] NUTRITION SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
Food Program Administration
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food programs
funded under this Act, [$107,619,000] $111,848,000, of which $5,000,000
shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead
costs, tightening regulations, improving food stamp coupon handling, and
assistance in the prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud
and other violations of law: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed
$150,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
(Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program: Food program
administration.................. 106 108 112
09.01 Reimbursable administrative
services provided to Federal
agencies........................ 1 1 1
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10.00 Total obligations............... 107 109 113
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 107 109 113
23.95 New obligations................... -107 -109 -113
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 106 108 112
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 107 109 113
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 8 9 10
73.10 New obligations................... 107 109 113
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -106 -108 -111
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 9 10 12
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 97 99 103
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 8 8 9
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 106 108 111
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -1 -1 -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 106 108 112
90.00 Outlays........................... 106 107 110
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Food program administration funds the Federal operating expenses of
the Food and Nutrition Service.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 73 74 76
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 2 2 2
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 1 1 2
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 76 77 80
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 15 15 15
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 2 3 3
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 2 2 2
25.2 Other services.................. 6 6 7
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 1 2
31.0 Equipment....................... 2 3 3
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 104 107 112
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1 1
99.5 Below reporting threshold......... 2 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 107 109 113
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 1,553 1,560 1,612
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Food Stamp Program
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.), [$25,140,479,000] $24,701,806,000, of which
[$100,000,000] $1,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out
program operations: Provided, That funds provided herein shall be
expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work
registration or workfare requirements as may be required by law[:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this
heading shall be used for studies and evaluations.]: Provided further,
That funds made available for Employment and Training under this head
shall remain available until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1)
of the Food Stamp Act, as amended.
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act for the first
quarter of fiscal year 2000, $5,200,000,000, to remain available through
January 31, 2000. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Properly issued benefits........ 18,281 17,263 18,371
00.02 Estimated State erroneous
issuances..................... 1,369 1,299 1,383
00.03 State administration............ 1,739 1,812 2,098
00.04 Employment and training program. 212 363 369
00.05 Other program costs............. 76 72 62
00.06 Puerto Rico..................... 1,174 1,204 1,236
00.07 Food distribution program on
indian reservations
(Commodities in lieu of food
stamps)....................... 53 54 54
00.08 Food distribution program on
Indian reservations
(Cooperator administrative
expense)...................... 19 21 21
00.09 The emergency food assistance
program (commodities)......... 80 100 100
00.10 Modified Food Stamp Program in
American Samoa................ 5 5 5
00.11 Community Food Project.......... 3 3 3
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00.91 Total direct program.......... 23,011 22,196 23,702
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 9 185 235
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 23,020 22,381 23,937
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 27,627 25,010 24,937
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -4,608 -2,629 -1,000
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 23,019 22,381 23,937
23.95 New obligations................... -23,020 -22,381 -23,937
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 27,618 25,140 24,702
41.00 Transferred to other accounts... -315
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 27,618 24,825 24,702
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 9 185 235
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 27,627 25,010 24,937
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 420 602 482
73.10 New obligations................... 23,020 22,381 23,937
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -22,866 -22,501 -23,893
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... 28
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 602 482 526
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 22,437 21,714 23,176
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 420 602 482
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 9 185 235
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 22,866 22,501 23,893
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.40 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Non-Federal sources..... -9 -185 -235
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 27,618 24,825 24,702
90.00 Outlays........................... 22,857 22,316 23,658
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 27,618 24,825 24,702
Outlays........................... 22,857 22,316 23,658
Legislative proposal, subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority.................. 100 355
Outlays........................... 100 375
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 27,618 24,925 25,057
Outlays........................... 22,857 22,416 24,033
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The Food Stamp Program is the primary source of nutrition assistance
for low-income Americans.
Some of these funds provide a grant to Puerto Rico in lieu of the
food stamp program which gives the Commonwealth flexibility to continue
a food assistance program tailored to the needs of its low income
households.
Funds in this account are also used to carry out the Emergency Food
Assistance Act of 1983 and for food distribution and administrative
expenses for native Americans under section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act.
The Budget reflects a transfer of $315 million in 1998 from the Food
Stamp Program to the Child Nutrition Program for funds needed for
increased participation levels.
Language is requested to clarify that funds made available for
Employment and Training activities authorized under Sec.
[[Page 166]]
16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act, as amended, shall remain available until
expended.
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Direct obligations:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 3 4 4
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1 2 2
22.0 Transportation of things........ 4 4 3
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 24 27 21
25.1 Advisory and assistance services 3 6
25.2 Other services.................. 39 34 26
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 1 2 2
31.0 Equipment....................... 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 22,936 22,123 23,637
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 23,011 22,196 23,702
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 9 185 235
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 23,020 22,381 23,937
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 56 56 56
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Food Stamp Program
(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Benefits.......................... 100 535
00.03 State administration.............. -180
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)......................... 100 355
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 100 355
23.95 New obligations................... -100 -355
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 100 355
100 355
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 100 355
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -100 -375
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... -20
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 100 375
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 100 355
90.00 Outlays........................... 100 375
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The Administration is proposing to restore Food Stamp benefits to
certain legal immigrants made ineligible by restrictions in the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. The
Administration is also proposing reforms to prevent Federal costs from
increasing due to changes in State plans to allocate administrative
costs between public assistance programs, including Food Stamps,
Medicaid, and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
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;
[$7,767,816,000] $9,229,897,000, to remain available through September
30, [1999] 2000, of which [$2,616,425,000] $3,897,703,000 is hereby
appropriated and [$5,151,391,000] $5,332,194,000 shall be derived by
transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24,
1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, [That none of the funds made available
under this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided
further,] That up to [$4,124,000] $4,300,000 shall be available for
independent verification of school food service claims. (Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
School lunch program:
00.01 Above 185% of poverty........... 300 309 320
00.02 130-185% of poverty............. 443 457 474
00.03 Below 130% of poverty........... 4,289 4,420 4,590
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Subtotal, school lunch.......... 5,032 5,186 5,384
School breakfast program:
01.01 Above 185% of poverty........... 72 78 83
01.02 130-185% of poverty............. 107 115 123
01.03 Below 130% of poverty........... 1,034 1,114 1,191
--------- --------- ----------
01.91 Subtotal, school breakfast...... 1,213 1,307 1,397
Child and adult care feeding program:
02.01 Above 185% of poverty........... 668 213 226
02.02 130-185% of poverty............. 76 73 78
02.03 Below 130% of poverty........... 839 1,204 1,278
02.04 Audits.......................... 26 30 30
--------- --------- ----------
02.91 Subtotal, child and adult care
feeding....................... 1,609 1,520 1,612
03.01 Summer Food Service Program....... 258 272 295
03.02 Special milk program.............. 18 18 18
03.03 State administrative expenses..... 104 118 118
03.04 Commodity procurement............. 296 340 370
Discretionary activities:
04.01 School meals initiative......... 10 10 10
04.02 Coordinated Review.............. 4 4 4
04.03 Nutrition studies and surveys... 2 3
04.04 Nutrition education and training 4 4 10
04.05 Computer support and processing. 6 8 7
04.06 Demonstrations.................. 4 4
04.07 Food safety education........... 2
--------- --------- ----------
04.91 Subtotal, discretionary
activities.................... 30 30 36
Activities with permanent appropriations:
05.01 Homeless children nutrition
program....................... 2 3 4
05.02 Boarder babies and information
clearinghouse................. 1 1
05.03 Food Service Management
Institute..................... 2 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
05.91 Subtotal, activities with
permanent appropriations...... 5 6 6
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10.00 Total obligations............... 8,565 8,797 9,236
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 386 607 2
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 8,659 8,089 9,236
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 136 104
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -10
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 9,171 8,800 9,238
23.95 New obligations................... -8,565 -8,797 -9,236
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 607 2 2
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 3,219 2,617 3,898
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 315
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 3,219 2,932 3,898
Permanent:
60.00 Appropriation................... 6 6 6
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62.00 Transferred from other accounts. 5,434 5,151 5,332
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63.00 Appropriation (total)......... 5,440 5,157 5,338
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 8,659 8,089 9,236
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1,159 1,307 1,206
73.10 New obligations................... 8,565 8,797 9,236
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -8,265 -8,796 -9,073
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -16
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -136 -104
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1,307 1,206 1,368
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1,666 2,332 2,529
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1,159 1,307 1,206
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 5,440 5,157 5,338
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 8,265 8,796 9,073
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 8,659 8,089 9,236
90.00 Outlays........................... 8,265 8,796 9,073
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Payments are made for cash and commodity meal subsidies through the
School Lunch, School Breakfast, Summer Food Service, and Child and Adult
Care Food programs.
The Budget reflects a transfer of $315 million from the Food Stamp
Program to the Child Nutrition Program in fiscal year 1998. These funds
are necessary to support increased participation in the lunch and child
care programs.
A number of provisions in the child nutrition programs expire at the
end of fiscal year 1998, for which the Administration fully supports
cost neutral reauthorization. While the Budget proposes no specific
legislation, the Administration is considering various options and may
propose a specific package at a later date.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 4 4 5
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1 1 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 1 1
24.0 Printing and reproduction......... 2 2 2
25.1 Advisory and assistance services.. 2
25.2 Other services.................... 5 3 5
26.0 Supplies and materials
(Commodities)................... 302 341 371
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 8,248 8,445 8,852
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99.9 Total obligations............... 8,565 8,797 9,236
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 101 109 109
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Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supplemental
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), [$3,924,000,000] $4,081,000,000, to remain
available through September 30, [1999] 2000, of which $20,000,000, to
remain available until expended, shall be placed in reserve to be used
only in such amounts and in such manner as the Secretary determines
necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act, for food benefits,
should food costs exceed budget estimates: [Provided, That none of the
funds made available under this heading shall be used for studies and
evaluations: Provided further, That up to $12,000,000 may be used to
carry out the farmers' market nutrition program from any funds not
needed to maintain current caseload levels:] Provided [further], That
notwithstanding sections 17(g), (h), and (i) of such Act, the Secretary
shall adjust fiscal year [1998] 1999 State allocations to reflect food
funds available to the State from fiscal year [1997] 1998 under sections
17(i)(3)(A)(ii) and 17(i)(3)(D): Provided further, That the Secretary
shall allocate [funds recovered from fiscal year 1997 first to States to
maintain stability funding levels, as defined by regulations promulgated
under section 17(g), and then to give first priority for the allocation
of any remaining funds to States whose funding is less than their fair
share of funds, as defined by regulations promulgated under section
17(g)] fiscal year 1999 funds in a manner that provides a portion of the
food funds to all States to meet inflation, and a portion of food funds
to States whose funding is less than their fair share of funds, as
defined by regulations promulgated under section 17(g), unless the
Secretary has published a revised funding formula regulation prior to
the allocation of fiscal year 1999 funds: Provided further, That none of
the funds in this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses
of WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy of prohibiting
smoking within the space used to carry out the program: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this account shall be
available for the purchase of infant formula except in accordance with
the cost containment and competitive bidding requirements specified in
section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966: Provided further, That
for fiscal year 1999 and thereafter, State agencies required to procure
infant formula using a competitive bidding system may use funds
appropriated by this Act to purchase infant formula under a cost
containment contract entered into after September 30, 1996, only if the
contract was awarded to the bidder offering the lowest net price, as
defined by section 17(b)(20) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, unless
the State agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that
the weighted average retail price for different brands of infant formula
in the State does not vary by more than five percent. (Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 4,046 4,024 4,161
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 118
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 3,806 3,924 4,081
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 122 100 100
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 4,046 4,024 4,181
23.95 New obligations................... -4,046 -4,024 -4,161
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 20
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 3,806 3,924 4,081
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 239 289 264
73.10 New obligations................... 4,046 4,024 4,161
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -3,866 -3,949 -4,052
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -8
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -122 -100 -100
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 289 264 274
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 3,749 3,660 3,787
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 117 289 264
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 3,866 3,949 4,052
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 3,806 3,924 4,081
90.00 Outlays........................... 3,866 3,949 4,052
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC) provides at-risk
pregnant and post-partum women, infants, and children with nutrition
assistance, nutrition education and counseling, and health and
immunization referrals.
[[Page 168]]
WIC expires at the end of 1998. While the budget proposes no
specific legislation, the administration fully supports reauthorization
and is considering management and other program integrity issues and may
propose legislation at a later date.
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25.1 Advisory and assistance services.. 4 3
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 4,042 4,024 4,158
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99.9 Total obligations............... 4,046 4,024 4,161
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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, for administrative
expenses pursuant to section 204 of]; the nutrition program for the
elderly as authorized by section 311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965
(42 U.S.C. 3030a); special assistance for the nuclear affected islands
as authorized by the Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1992; section 4(a) of
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note); farmers' market nutrition program as authorized by section 17(m)
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; food gleaning and recovery systems;
and the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, [$141,000,000,]
$317,081,000, to remain available through September 30, [1999] 2000:
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to reimburse the
Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the program.
[Food Donations Programs for Selected Groups]
[For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note), and section
311 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030a), $141,165,000,
to remain available through September 30, 1999.] (Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
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Obligations by program activity:
Commodity supplemental food program:
00.01 Commodity procurement........... 74 77 77
00.02 Administrative costs............ 19 19 19
--------- --------- ----------
01.92 Subtotal, commodity supplemental
food program.................. 93 96 96
The emergency food assistance program:
02.01 Administrative costs............ 41 45 45
02.02 Commodity procurement........... 51
02.03 Food gleaning and recovery........ 20
--------- --------- ----------
02.92 Subtotal, the emergency food
assistance program............ 92 45 65
03.01 Food distribution program on
indian reservations............. 1
04.01 Pacific island assistance......... 1 1 1
05.01 Nutrition program for the elderly. 145 141 140
06.01 Farmers' market nutrition program. 15
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10.00 Total obligations............... 332 283 317
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 19 1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 307 282 317
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 7
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring...... -1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 332 283 317
23.95 New obligations................... -332 -283 -317
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation..................... 307 282 317
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 59 52 45
73.10 New obligations................... 332 283 317
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -319 -290 -315
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts... -12
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -7
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 52 45 47
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 259 238 270
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 60 52 45
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 319 290 315
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 307 282 317
90.00 Outlays........................... 319 290 315
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Commodity assistance program.......... 166 141 317
Food donations programs for selected
groups.............................. 141 141
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Commodity assistance program.......... 178 147 315
Food donations programs for selected
groups.............................. 148 143
Commodity supplemental food program... -1
Temporary emergency food assistance
program............................. -6
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The Commodity Assistance Programs include the Commodity Supplemental
Food Program (CSFP), the Nutrition Program for the Elderly (NPE), the
Emergency Food Assistance Program and Pacific Island Assistance.
The CSFP provides food packages for low income women, infants, and
children as well as low income elderly persons. It also funds State
administrative expenses. The NPE provides cash and commodities for per-
meal reimbursement for elderly persons served in senior citizens'
centers and similar settings.
The Emergency Food Assistance Program provides cash to support State
administrative activities and maintain the storage and distribution
pipeline for USDA and privately donated commodities. Funds are requested
to support food gleaning and recovery.
Assistance is also provided to residents of the Nuclear Affected
Islands and Palau and funds are made available for non-presidentially
declared disasters.
Funds are provided for the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
(previously funded under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants and Children) for states' administrative expenses and
vouchers redeemable by participants for fresh produce at farmers'
markets.
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26.0 Supplies and materials
(commodities)................... 130 82 82
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 202 201 235
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99.9 Total obligations............... 332 283 317
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
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FOREST SERVICE
Federal Funds
General and special funds:
National Forest System
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided
for, for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the
National Forest System, [for forest planning, inventory, and
monitoring,] and for administrative expenses associated with the
management of funds provided under the headings ``Forest and Rangeland
Research'', ``State and Private Forestry'', ``National Forest System'',
``Wildland Fire Management'', ``Reconstruction and Construction'', and
``Land Acquisition'', [$1,348,377,000] $1,417,708,000, to remain
available until expended, which shall include 50 percent of all moneys
received during prior fiscal years as fees collected under the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, in accordance with
section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)): Provided, That [up to
$10,000,000 of] the funds provided herein for road maintenance shall be
available for the planned obliteration of roads which are no longer
needed[: Provided further, That funds may be used to construct or
reconstruct facilities of the Forest Service: Provided further, That no
more than $250,000 shall be used on any single project, exclusive of
planning and design costs: Provided further, That any such project must
be approved by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in
compliance with the reprogramming procedures contained in House Report
105-163: Provided further, That the Forest Service shall report annually
to Congress the amount obligated for each project, and the total dollars
obligated during the year]. (Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 67 68 4
Receipts:
02.01 Fees, operation and maintenance of
recreational facilities......... 7 4 3
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 74 72 7
Appropriation:
05.01 National forest system............ -6 -68 -4
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 68 4 3
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 National Forest System.......... 1,312 1,351 1,429
00.04 Flood Supplemental.............. 11 15
00.05 Disaster Relief................. 6 34
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total direct program.......... 1,329 1,400 1,429
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 77 81 83
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 1,406 1,481 1,512
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 141 140 137
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 1,398 1,468 1,516
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 9
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to
other accounts.................. -3
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 1 10 1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 1,546 1,618 1,653
23.95 New obligations................... -1,406 -1,481 -1,512
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 140 137 141
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 1,312 1,279 1,414
40.15 Appropriation (emergency)....... 3
40.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)................... 6 68 4
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 1,321 1,348 1,418
Permanent:
62.00 Transferred from other accounts. 39 15
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 77 81 83
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 1,398 1,468 1,516
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 162 222 222
73.10 New obligations................... 1,406 1,481 1,512
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -1,337 -1,481 -1,510
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -9
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 222 222 224
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 1,098 1,178 1,218
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 162 222 209
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 77 81 83
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 1,337 1,481 1,510
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -54 -71 -73
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -23 -10 -10
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -77 -81 -83
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 1,321 1,387 1,433
90.00 Outlays........................... 1,260 1,400 1,427
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Status of Contingent Emergency Funding (in millions of dollars)
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0199 Balance of contingent emergency
funding, start of year.......... 3 3 3
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0799 Balance of contingent emergency
funding, end of year............ 3 3 3
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The 156 National Forests, 20 National Grasslands, and nine land
utilization projects located in 44 States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands are managed under multiple-use and sustained-yield principles.
The natural resources of timber, minerals, range, wildlife, outdoor
recreation, watershed, and soil are used in a planned combination that
will best meet the needs of the Nation without impairing productivity of
the land or damaging the environment. These management and utilization
principles are recognized in the Multiple-Use, Sustained-Yield Act of
1960 (16 U.S.C. 528-531) and use an ecological approach to managing the
National Forest System.
National Forest System (NFS) operations and maintenance provide for
the delivery of goods and services associated with the principal NFS
programs of land management planning, inventory, and monitoring,
recreation use, wildlife and fisheries habitat management, rangeland
management, forestland management, soil, water, and air management,
minerals and geology management, landownership management,
infrastructure management, law enforcement, and general administration.
These programs maintain the capability to manage natural resources in a
manner consistent with ecological principles and responsibilities. The
general administration activity also provides line management and
support to programs financed by the Forest and Rangeland Research, State
and Private Forestry, National Forest System, Wildland Fire Management,
Reconstruction and Construction, and Land Acquisition appropriations.
Performance Indicators
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Area administered and protected
(million acres)..................... 192 192 192
Timber sales offered (billion board
feet)............................... 4.0 3.8 3.4
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Recreation: Seasonal capacity
available (million people-at-one-
time)............................... 157 157 160
Soil and water resource improvements
(thousand acres).................... 46 28 40
Road system maintained to standard
(percentage)........................ 38 38 45
Wildlife habitat restored or
enhanced (hundred acres)............ 206 220 250
Anadromous fish streams habitat
restored or enhanced (miles)........ 900 930 1,000
Terrestrial habitat restored or
enhanced (thousand acres)........... 122 218 242
Rangeland improvements (thousand
acres).............................. 34 34 42
Funding for road and infrastructure maintenance, range restoration,
watershed improvements, and the Interior Columbia Basin Initiative in
this account is proposed as part of the Environmental Resources Fund for
America. This proposal highlights the Administration's priority to
provide deficit neutral funding for investments in many of our Nation's
key environmental programs. A discussion of the Environmental Resources
Fund for America and two other funds for research and transportation can
be found in Section II of the Budget volume.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 546 564 564
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 61 64 64
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 18 19 19
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 625 647 647
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 147 153 152
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 8 8 8
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 49 53 49
22.0 Transportation of things........ 10 11 11
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 18 18 18
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 23 25 23
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 45 48 45
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 6 6 6
25.2 Other services.................. 264 285 333
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 61 66 62
31.0 Equipment....................... 63 68 64
32.0 Land and structures............. 2 3 3
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 2 2 2
42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities 4 5 4
--------- --------- ----------
99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 1,327 1,398 1,427
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 77 81 83
Allocation Account:
11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-
time permanent................ 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 1 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, allocation account.. 2 2 2
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 1,406 1,481 1,512
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 17,918 17,867 17,695
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 508 535 546
Allocation account:
3001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 1,301 1,075 1,023
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Reconstruction and Construction
For necessary expenses of the Forest Service, not otherwise provided
for, [$166,045,000] $160,914,000, to remain available until expended for
construction, reconstruction and acquisition of buildings and other
facilities, and for construction, reconstruction and repair of forest
roads and trails by the Forest Service as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 532-
538 and 23 U.S.C. 101 and 205. (Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
The following table shows the amounts appropriated by program/
activity (in millions of dollars):
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Facilities Reconstruction/
Construction........................ 60 51 52
Trail Reconstruction/Construction... 22 27 13
Forest Road System Rehabilitation... 34 41 73
Timber Access Roads Oversight....... 59 47 23
Total Emergency..................... 33
Appropriation (contingency)......... 5
Contingent emergency appropriation
not available for obligations....... -5
Line item veto cancellation......... -1
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Appropriation (total)............. 208 165 161
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.01 Reconstruction and construction. 161 128 153
00.03 Flood supplemental and other.... 25 35 27
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total construction............ 186 163 180
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 5 4 3
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 191 167 183
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 114 142 144
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 218 169 164
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 333 311 308
23.95 New obligations................... -191 -167 -183
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 142 144 125
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 208 166 161
40.15 Appropriation (emergency)....... 5
40.60 Contingent emergency
appropriation not available
for obligations............... -5
40.79 Line item veto cancellation..... -1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 208 165 161
Permanent:
60.65 Contingent emergency
appropriation released........ 5
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 5 4 3
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 218 169 164
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 94 82 67
73.10 New obligations................... 191 167 183
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -202 -182 -196
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -1
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 82 67 54
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 103 96 93
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 94 82 100
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 5 4 3
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 202 182 196
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -3 -2 -2
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -2 -2 -1
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -5 -4 -3
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 213 165 161
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90.00 Outlays........................... 196 178 193
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Status of Contingent Emergency Funding (in millions of dollars)
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0199 Balance of contingent emergency
funding, start of year..........
0300 New emergency funding not
available for obligation........ 5
0400 Releases of contingent emergency
appropriations.................. -5
--------- --------- ----------
0799 Balance of contingent emergency
funding, end of year............
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Facilities.--Provides for reconstruction, rehabilitation, upgrade,
construction, and acquisition of facilities necessary to: safely meet
recreation demand while protecting environmental values and other
resource uses of the National Forests; carry out National Forest and
State and Private Forestry programs, including fire lookouts, offices,
dwellings and barracks for employee housing, service, and storage
buildings, tree nursery buildings, dams, and other forest resource
management projects; manage Forest and Rangeland Research laboratories
and related facilities, and for procurement and installation of
necessary initial equipment needed to put the facility into operating
condition.
Roads and trails.--Roads and trails are essential to the protection
and management of the National Forest System, as well as providing
access to National Forest System areas for recreation and utilization of
their resources. Receipt credit for roads constructed and/or
reconstructed by a timber purchaser will not be offered in 1999.
Funding for road, trail, and facility reconstruction and
rehabilitation is proposed as part of the Environmental Resources Fund
for America. This proposal highlights the Administration's priority to
provide deficit neutral funding for investments in many of our Nation's
key environmental programs. A discussion of the Environmental Resources
Fund for America and two other funds for research and transportation can
be found in Section II of the Budget volume.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 54 46 44
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 5 4 3
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 2 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 61 51 48
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 14 12 12
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 1 1 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 3 2 3
22.0 Transportation of things........ 1 1 1
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 3 3 2
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 2 1 2
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 4 3 3
25.2 Other services.................. 52 55 74
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 9 7 6
31.0 Equipment....................... 5 4 2
32.0 Land and structures............. 26 20 23
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 4 3 3
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 185 163 180
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 5 4 3
25.2 Allocation Account: Other services 1
--------- --------- ----------
99.9 Total obligations............... 191 167 183
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Personnel Summary
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 1,614 1,355 1,233
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 21 17 17
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Forest and Rangeland Research
For necessary expenses of forest and rangeland research as
authorized by law, [$187,944,000] $198,122,000, to remain available
until expended.
Gifts, Donations and Bequests for Forest and Rangeland Research
For expenses authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1643(b), $92,000, to remain
available until expended, to be derived from the fund established
pursuant to the above Act. (Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.06 Forest and Rangeland Research..... 179 185 206
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 11 12 12
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10.00 Total obligations............... 190 197 218
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 14 17 20
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 192 200 210
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 1
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 207 217 230
23.95 New obligations................... -190 -197 -218
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 17 20 12
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 180 188 198
42.00 Transferred from other accounts. 1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 181 188 198
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 11 12 12
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 192 200 210
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 58 58 74
73.10 New obligations................... 190 197 218
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -189 -181 -208
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 58 74 84
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 120 152 160
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 58 17 36
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 11 12 12
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 189 181 208
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -10 -10 -10
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -1 -2 -2
--------- --------- ----------
88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -11 -12 -12
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 181 188 198
90.00 Outlays........................... 178 169 196
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The mission of Forest and Rangeland Research is to serve society by
developing and communicating the scientific information and technology
needed to protect, manage, use, and sustain the natural resources of the
Nation's forests and rangelands. This information is essential for
formulating pol-
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icy and wisely managing and conserving both public and private forests
and rangelands. Research is the key to sustaining our forest and
rangeland productivity and health while providing a quality environment.
Forest and Rangeland Research is conducted and disseminated through
seven Forest and Range Experiment Station headquarters and their
laboratories, the Forest Products Laboratory, and the International
Institute of Tropical Forestry.
Funding for Forest and Rangeland Research is proposed as part of the
Research Fund for America. This proposal highlights the Administration's
priority to providing needed and sustained investments in important
Federal research programs on a deficit neutral basis. A discussion of
the Research fund for America, and two other funds for the environment
and transportation, can be found in Section II of the Budget volume.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 89 89 93
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 8 8 9
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
11.9 Total personnel compensation 98 98 103
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 21 21 22
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 1 1 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 7 8 9
22.0 Transportation of things........ 1 1 1
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 2 2 2
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 6 7 7
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 1 1 1
25.5 Research and development
contracts..................... 24 25 38
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 6 7 8
31.0 Equipment....................... 9 10 10
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 3 4 4
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 179 185 206
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 11 12 12
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99.9 Total obligations............... 190 197 218
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 2,295 2,295 2,416
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 84 84 84
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State and Private Forestry
For necessary expenses of cooperating with and providing technical
and financial assistance to States, territories, possessions, and
others, and for forest health management, cooperative forestry, and
education and land conservation activities, [$161,237,000] $162,900,000,
to remain available until expended, as authorized by law[: Provided,
That of funds available under this heading for Pacific Northwest
Assistance in this or prior appropriations Acts, $800,000 shall be
provided to the World Forestry Center for purposes of continuing
scientific research and other authorized efforts regarding the land
exchange efforts in the Umpqua River Basin region: Provided further,
That activities conducted pursuant to funds provided herein for the
Alaska Spruce Bark Beetle task force shall be exempt from the
requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act]. (Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
Direct program:
00.05 Forest health management........ 64 66 69
00.06 Cooperative forestry............ 90 97 101
00.07 Emergency pest suppression...... 4
--------- --------- ----------
00.91 Total direct program.......... 158 163 170
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
10.00 Total obligations............... 159 164 171
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 22 21 21
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 156 162 164
22.10 Resources available from
recoveries of prior year
obligations..................... 2
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 180 183 185
23.95 New obligations................... -159 -164 -171
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 21 21 14
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 156 161 163
41.00 Transferred to other accounts... -1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 155 161 163
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 156 162 164
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 141 142 146
73.10 New obligations................... 159 164 171
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -157 -160 -163
73.45 Adjustments in unexpired accounts. -2
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 142 146 154
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 121 121 122
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 35 38 41
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 157 160 163
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -1 -1 -1
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 155 161 163
90.00 Outlays........................... 156 159 162
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
State and private forestry............ 155 161 163
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Distribution of outlays by account:
State and private forestry............ 147 154 162
Emergency pest suppression fund....... 10 5
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State and Private Forestry programs provide assistance to manage,
use, and protect forest resources on State, urban, and private lands to
meet domestic and international demands for goods and services.
Assistance is provided to a wide range of customers including all
States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana
Islands and the Trust Terrority of the Pacific.
Forest health management.--Includes Federal lands, and cooperative
lands.
Cooperative Fire Protection.--Includes funding to enhance the
capacity of States to provide coordinated fire suppression response and
to promote safe and effective initial fire attack
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in wildland/urban interface areas by volunteer fire departments. In
previous years, funding for these two components was included under the
Forest Service Forest Health Management program and the Agriculture
Rural Community Fire Protection program, respectively.
Cooperative Forestry.--Includes forest stewardship, the stewardship
incentives program, the forest legacy program, urban and community
forestry, economic action programs, and Pacific Northwest community
assistance programs. Forest stewardship includes: forest resource
management; and seedlings, nursery, and tree improvement programs.
Economic action programs include economic recovery, rural development,
and forest products conservation and recycling programs.
Funding for Forest Stewardship and the Stewardship Incentive Program
in this account is proposed as part of the Environmental Resources Fund
for America. This proposal highlights the Administration's priority to
provide deficit neutral funding for investments in many of our Nation's
key environmental programs. A discussion of the Environmental Resources
Fund for America and two other funds for research and transportation can
be found in Section 11 of the Budget volume.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 29 29 28
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 2 2 2
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 31 31 30
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 5 6 6
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 5 5 5
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 18 19 24
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 2 2 2
31.0 Equipment....................... 2 2 2
32.0 Land and structures............. 3 4 4
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 89 92 95
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 157 163 170
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 1 1 1
25.2 Allocation Account: Other services 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 159 164 171
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Direct:
1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 698 699 662
Reimbursable:
2001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 5 5 5
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Wildland Fire Management
For necessary expenses for forest fire presuppression activities on
National Forest System lands, for emergency fire suppression on or
adjacent to such lands or other lands under fire protection agreement,
and for emergency rehabilitation of burned-over National Forest System
lands, [$584,707,000] $554,437,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such funds are available for repayment of advances from
other appropriations accounts previously transferred for such purposes.
For an additional amount to cover necessary expenses for emergency
rehabilitation, presuppression due to emergencies, and wildfire
suppression activities of the Forest Service, $102,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is designated
by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
252(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That these funds shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific
dollar 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. (Department of the Interior and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Fire management................... 623 614 587
09.01 Reimbursable program.............. 34 23 22
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10.00 Total obligations............... 657 637 609
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... -79 128 99
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 864 608 576
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 785 736 675
23.95 New obligations................... -657 -637 -609
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 128 99 66
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Current:
40.00 Appropriation................... 830 585 554
40.15 Appropriation (emergency)....... 102
40.60 Contingent emergency
appropriation not available
for obligations............... -102
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)......... 830 585 554
Permanent:
68.00 Spending authority from
offsetting collections:
Offsetting collections (cash). 34 23 22
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70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 864 608 576
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 211 99 34
73.10 New obligations................... 657 637 609
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -768 -702 -557
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 99 34 86
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 602 580 443
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 132 99 92
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 34 23 22
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 768 702 557
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
Offsetting collections (cash)
from:
88.00 Federal sources............... -30 -20 -19
88.40 Non-Federal sources........... -4 -3 -3
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88.90 Total, offsetting
collections (cash)........ -34 -23 -22
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 830 585 554
90.00 Outlays........................... 734 679 535
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Wildland fire management.............. 830 585 554
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Wildland fire management.............. 1,196 679 535
Forest Service fire protection........ -259
Emergency Forest Service firefighting
fund................................ -203
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Status of Contingent Emergency Funding (in millions of dollars)
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0199 Balance of contingent emergency
funding, start of year.......... 250 250
0300 New emergency funding not
available for obligation........ 250 102
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0799 Balance of contingent emergency
funding, end of year............ 250 250 362
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Wildland fire management.--This appropriation provides funding for
Forest Service fire management, presuppression, and suppression on
National Forest System lands, adjacent State and private lands, and
other lands under fire protection agreement.
Preparedness.--To protect National Forest System (NFS) lands from
damage by wildfires commensurate with the threat to life, values at
risk, public values, and management objectives.
Preparedness provides the basic fire organization and capability to
prevent forest fires and to take prompt, effective initial attack
suppression operations action on wildfires. This funding covers expenses
associated with planning, prevention, detection, information and
education; pre-incident training; equipment and supply purchase and
replacement; and other preparedness activities including the base salary
and travel of the regular Forest Service firefighting organization.
Through this program the Forest Service also assists other Federal
agencies and States with training programs, planning assistance, sharing
joint equipment use contracts and interagency fire coordination centers.
Fire Operations.--To efficiently suppress wildland fires on or
threatening National Forest System (NFS) lands or other lands under fire
protection agreement. Fire Operations provides funds for all hazardous
fuel reduction program activities including planning and implementing,
mechanical treatments, prescribed fire, and monitoring of fuel treatment
accomplishments. Fuel treatment activities are performed to minimize the
potential for large, destructive wildfires.
Fire Operations funds are used to immediately and efficiently
rehabilitate severely burned NFS lands to prevent further destruction of
natural resources, including soil loss and flooding. Funds are used to
increase the level of fire preparedness when predicted or actual burning
conditions exceed normal levels.
Contingency Funds.--This budget includes $102 million in contingent
funding for 1999 to be utilized for emergency wildland fire activities,
if needed, beyond the amount requested in this budget. In addition, $250
million in emergency contingency funds for firefighting operations
remains from 1997 appropriations.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Direct obligations:
Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent........... 97 115 115
11.3 Other than full-time permanent 22 25 25
11.5 Other personnel compensation.. 33 39 39
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11.9 Total personnel compensation 152 179 179
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits..... 37 43 43
13.0 Benefits for former personnel... 7 8 8
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 18 12 11
22.0 Transportation of things........ 3 2 2
23.1 Rental payments to GSA.......... 2 2 2
23.2 Rental payments to others....... 5 3 3
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 12 8 7
24.0 Printing and reproduction....... 2 1 1
25.2 Other services.................. 331 319 298
26.0 Supplies and materials.......... 34 23 20
31.0 Equipment....................... 15 10 9
32.0 Land and structures............. 1 1 1
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................. 3 2 2
42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities 1 1 1
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99.0 Subtotal, direct obligations.. 623 614 587
99.0 Reimbursable obligations.......... 34 23 22
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99.9 Total obligations............... 657 637 609
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 5,410 6,375 6,311
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Payments to States--Northern Spotted Owl Guarantee
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1117-0-1-806 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 135 130 125
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 135 130 125
23.95 New obligations................... -135 -130 -125
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)........ 135 130 125
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 135 130 125
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -135 -130 -125
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 135 130 125
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 135 130 125
90.00 Outlays........................... 135 130 125
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 135 130 125
Outlays........................... 135 130 125
Legislative proposal, subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority.................. 145
Outlays........................... 145
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 135 130 270
Outlays........................... 135 130 270
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Payments to States, Northern Spotted Owl Guarantee.--For payment to
the States of Oregon, Washington, and California for the benefit of
counties in which National Forests are situated and that are affected by
decisions related to the northern spotted owl, pursuant to section 13982
of Public Law 103-66 as amended by Public Law 103-443. Proposed
legislation, to be transmitted later, would stabilize funding levels
through payments to States nationwide, beginning in 1999, to provide
predictable stable payments for county roads and schools.
Payments to States-Northern Spotted Owl Guarantee
(Legislative proposal, subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 145
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 145
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23.95 New obligations................... -145
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.05 Appropriation (indefinite)........ 145
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... 145
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -145
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 145
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 145
90.00 Outlays........................... 145
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This proposal would extend the guaranteed county payments, enacted
with implementation of the President's Northwest Forest Plan, to all
counties nationwide that currently receive receipt sharing payments from
national forests. The proposal would extend the owl-county guaranteed
payments past the 2003 expiration date, and would stabilize the current
declining formula. In addition, the same level of payment guarantee
would be extended to all qualifying counties.
Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-1108-0-1-451 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class
41.0)........................... 20 13 13
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 60 40 27
23.95 New obligations................... -20 -13 -13
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 40 27 14
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 27
73.10 New obligations................... 20 13 13
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -47 -13 -13
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 47 13 13
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 47 13 13
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... 47 13 13
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Public Law 104-134 established this appropriation to provide
assistance to employ former timber workers in Wrangell and Sitka and for
related community development projects in Sitka, Wrangell, and
Ketchican. There is $10 million scheduled for this in 1999. In addition,
a sum of $10 million will be allocated to selected organized and
unorganized boroughs in Southeast Alaska. Distribution to the
unorganized boroughs is based on the proportion of 1995 timber receipts
from each borough.
Range Betterment Fund
For necessary expenses of range rehabilitation, protection, and
improvement, 50 percent of all moneys received during the prior fiscal
year, as fees for grazing domestic livestock on lands in National
Forests in the sixteen Western States, pursuant to section 401(b)(1) of
Public Law 94-579, as amended, to remain available until expended, of
which not to exceed 6 percent shall be available for administrative
expenses associated with on-the-ground range rehabilitation, protection,
and improvements. (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 2 2 1
Receipts:
02.01 Cooperative range improvements.... 3 3 3
--------- --------- ----------
04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 5 5 4
Appropriation:
05.01 Range betterment fund............. -3 -4 -3
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 2 1 1
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 3 4 3
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 1 1 1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 3 4 3
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 4 5 4
23.95 New obligations................... -3 -4 -3
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 1 1
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)..................... 3 4 3
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 1 1
73.10 New obligations................... 3 4 3
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -4 -4 -4
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 1 1
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 3 4 3
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 1
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 4 4 4
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 3 4 3
90.00 Outlays........................... 4 4 4
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Fifty percent of the grazing fees from the National Forests in the
16 western States, once appropriated, are used to protect and improve
the productivity of the range, mainly by revegetation, construction, and
maintenance of improvements. Capital improvement funding is currently
being collected under the authority of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751), as amended.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 1 2 1
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 1 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 3 4 3
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 41 39 37
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Land Acquisition Accounts
[land acquisition]
[For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Land and
Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-4
through 11), including administrative expenses, and for acquisition of
land or waters, or interest therein, in accordance with statutory
authority applicable to the Forest Service, $52,976,000, to be derived
from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, to remain available until
expended.]
[acquisition of lands for national forests special acts]
[For acquisition of lands within the exterior boundaries of the
Cache, Uinta, and Wasatch National Forests, Utah; the Toiyabe National
Forest, Nevada; and the Angeles, San Bernardino, Sequoia, and Cleveland
National Forests, California, as authorized by law, $1,069,000, to be
derived from forest receipts.]
[acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges]
[For acquisition of lands, such sums, to be derived from funds
deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public school
districts, or other public school authorities pursuant to the Act of
December 4, 1967, as amended (16 U.S.C. 484a), to remain available until
expended.]
For acquisition of lands, waters, or interests therein, as
authorized by law, $57,336,000, to remain available until expended, to
be derived as follows: from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 4601, 4-11, 516-67a, and 555a), $56,057,000; from
forest receipts (54 Stat. 402 and 58 Stat. 227-229), $1,069,000; and
from funds deposited by State, county, or municipal governments, public
school districts, or other public school authorities pursuant to the Act
of December 4, 1967 (16 U.S.C. 484a), $210,000. (16 U.S.C. 4601-4-11,
4601-516-617a, 555a; P.L. 96-586; P.L. 76-589, 76-591; 78-310, and 16
U.S.C. 484a; Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 1 1 1
Receipts:
02.01 National forest lands under
special acts.................... 1 1 1
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04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 2 2 2
Appropriation:
05.01 Land acquisition accounts......... -1 -1 -1
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 1 1 1
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 37 190 64
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 13 19 50
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 42 221 57
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 55 240 107
23.95 New obligations................... -37 -190 -64
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 19 50 43
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
Appropriation (special fund, definite):
40.20 Appropriation (LWCF)............ 41 220 56
40.20 Appropriation (Special Act)).... 1 1 1
--------- --------- ----------
43.00 Appropriation (total)........... 42 221 57
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 42 221 57
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 15 10 44
73.10 New obligations................... 37 190 64
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -42 -156 -113
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 10 44 -5
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority 27 146 38
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 15 10 75
--------- --------- ----------
87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 42 156 113
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 42 221 57
90.00 Outlays........................... 42 156 113
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Land acquisition accounts......... 57
Land Acquisition.................. 41 220
Acquisition of Lands for National
Forest, Special Acts............ 1 1
Acquisition of Lands To Complete
Land Exchanges.................. 1
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Land acquisition accounts......... 38
Land Acquisition.................. 41 155 75
Acquisition of Lands for National
Forest, Special Acts............ 1 1
Acquisition of Lands To Complete
Land Exchanges..................
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This appropriation consolidates three land acquisition authorities
for acquisition of lands, waters, or interest therein, as authorized by
law.
Land and water conservation fund.--Recreation lands and interests
are acquired within areas of the National Forest System, wilderness,
wildlife and fisheries habitat management areas, and endangered species
and other areas for public outdoor recreation purposes.
Acquisition of lands for national forests (Special Acts).--On the
basis of various public laws and agreements with certain counties in
Utah, Nevada, and California, National Forest receipts, including
portions which would normally be paid to the State to benefit county
roads and schools, are used by the Federal Government for purchase of
privately owned lands within National Forest boundaries to aid in the
control of soil erosion and flood damage.
Acquisition of lands to complete land exchanges.--Deposits made by
State, county, or municipal governments, public school districts, or
other public school authorities for cash equalization of certain land
exchanges are used, as appropriated, to acquire similar lands suitable
for National Forest System purposes in the same State as the National
Forest lands conveyed in the land exchange.
Funding for land acquisition from the Land and Water Conservation
Fund is proposed as part of the Environmental Resources Fund for
America. This proposal highlights the Administration's priority to
provide deficit neutral funding for investments in many of our Nation's
key environmental programs. A discussion of the Environmental Resources
Fund for America and two other funds for research and transportation can
be found in Section II of the Budget volume.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 5 5 5
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 1 9 9
32.0 Land and structures............... 30 175 49
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99.9 Total obligations............... 37 190 64
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 110 103 104
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Forest Service Permanent Appropriations
[midewin national tallgrass prairie restoration fund]
[All funds collected for admission, occupancy, and use of the
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, and the salvage value proceeds from
sale of any facilities and improvements pursuant to sections 2915(d) and
(e) of Public Law 104-106, are hereby appropriated and made available
until expended for the necessary expenses of restoring and administering
the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in accordance with section
2915(f) of the Act.] (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998.)
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............ 294 285 235
Receipts:
02.01 National forests fund, Agriculture -46
02.02 Payments to states................ 121 103 135
02.03 Payments to states, legislative
proposal subject to PAYGO....... -135
02.04 Timber roads, purchaser elections. 6 6 6
02.05 Road and trails for States,
National Forest Fund............ 25 25 28
02.06 Timber salvage sales.............. 177 171 159
02.07 Deposits, brush disposal.......... 19 24 26
02.08 Recreational fee demonstration
program......................... 16 20
02.09 Rents and charges for quarters.... 7 7 8
02.10 National Grasslands............... 13 14 14
02.11 Miscellaneous special funds,
Forest Service.................. 2 2 2
02.12 National forests fund, Interior... 11 10 10
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02.99 Total receipts.................. 335 378 273
--------- --------- ----------
04.00 Total: Balances and collections... 629 663 508
Appropriation:
05.01 Forest Service permanent
appropriations.................. -344 -428 -388
05.02 Forest Service permanent
appropriations, legislative
proposal........................ 135
--------- --------- ----------
05.99 Subtotal appropriation............ -344 -428 -253
07.99 Total balance, end of year........ 285 235 255
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Payments to States, National
forest fund..................... 119 103 135
00.02 Payment to Minnesota.............. 1 1 1
00.03 Payments to counties, National
Grasslands...................... 5 6 6
00.04 Recreation fee collection costs... 1 2 1
00.05 Recreation demonstration pilot
project......................... 4 18 20
00.06 Timber purchaser roads constructed
by Forest Service............... 7 6 6
00.07 Timber salvage sales.............. 174 151 141
00.08 Roads and trails for States....... 50 28
00.09 Expenses, brush disposal.......... 21 23 25
00.10 Restoration of forest lands and
improvements.................... 32 3 1
00.11 Operation and maintenance of
quarters........................ 7 7 8
00.12 Miscellaneous special funds....... 1 1 1
00.13 Pipeline Restoration Fund......... 6
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10.00 Total obligations............... 372 371 379
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 259 265 322
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 368 428 388
22.22 Unobligated balance transferred
from other accounts............. 10
--------- --------- ----------
23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 637 693 710
23.95 New obligations................... -372 -371 -379
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 265 322 331
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)..................... 344 428 388
62.00 Transferred from other accounts... 24
--------- --------- ----------
63.00 Appropriation (total)........... 368 428 388
--------- --------- ----------
70.00 Total new budget authority
(gross)....................... 368 428 388
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 38 38 39
73.10 New obligations................... 372 371 379
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -372 -370 -384
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 38 39 34
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 334 332 346
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 38 38 38
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 372 370 384
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 368 428 388
90.00 Outlays........................... 372 370 384
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Payments to States, National
Forest Fund..................... 119 103 135
Payment to Minnesota.............. 1 1
Payments to counties, National
Grasslands...................... 5 6 6
Recreation fee collection costs... 1 1 1
Recreation fee demonstration
program......................... 18 20
Timber purchaser roads constructed
by Forest Service............... 6 6 6
Roads and Trails for States....... 25 50 28
Timber salvage sales.............. 177 201 156
Expenses, brush disposal.......... 19 32 26
Restoration of Forestlands and
Improvements.................... 35 3 1
Operation and Maintenance of
Quarters........................ 7 7 8
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Payments to States, National
Forest Fund..................... 119 103 135
Payment to Minnesota.............. 1 1
Payments to counties, National
Grasslands...................... 5 6 6
Recreation fee collection costs... 1 1 1
Recreation fee demonstration
program......................... -4 18 20
Timber purchaser roads constructed
by Forest Service............... 6 5 5
Roads and Trails for States....... 50 28
Timber salvage sales.............. 180 153 152
Expenses, brush disposal.......... 22 23 25
Restoration of Forestlands and
Improvements.................... 33 3 3
Operation and Maintenance of
Quarters........................ 7 7 8
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Summary of Budget Authority and Outlays
(in millions of dollars)
1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
Enacted/requested:
Budget Authority.................. 368 428 388
Outlays........................... 372 370 384
Legislative proposal, subject to
PAYGO:
Budget Authority.................. -135
Outlays........................... -135
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Total:
Budget Authority.................. 368 428 253
Outlays........................... 372 370 249
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Operation and maintenance of quarters.--Quarters rental deductions
are collected from employees occupying Forest Service facilities.
Amounts are deposited into a special fund and are available for the
maintenance and operation of employee-occupied quarters. (5 U.S.C. 5911)
Resource management, timber receipts.--Funds in this special account
are available for trail maintenance, reconstruction, and construction;
wildlife and fisheries habitat management; soil, water, and air
management; cultural/heritage resource management; wilderness
management; reforestation; and timber sale administration and
management.
Recreation fee demonstration program.--Pursuant to Sec. 315 of Title
III--General Provisions, Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and
Appropriations Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134 of April 26, 1996 as
amended, amounts collected at fee demonstration areas, sites, or
projects are available for maintenance and development of recreation
facilities. A legislative proposal to authorize collection and use of
all recreation receipts in fiscal year 2000 and after is included.
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie rental fees.--Monies received
under a special use authorization (issued under subsection (b) of Public
Law 104-106, Title XXIX, Subtitle A, Section 2915, after distribution to
the State of Illinois and affected counties pursuant to the Act of May
23, 1908) are available to cover the cost to the United States of
prairie improvement work at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.
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Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie Restoration Fund.--Monies
received from user fees and the salvage value proceeds from sale of any
facilities and improvements pursuant to Section 2915(d) and (e) of
Public Law 104-106, as amended by Public Law 105-83, are available to
cover the costs of restoration and administrative activities.
Receipts for construction of administrative improvements, Taos, New
Mexico land conveyance, Forest Service.--Funds collected from the sale
of land, when appropriated, are available to construct administrative
facilities at Taos, New Mexico. (Sec. 1(b)(1), Public Law 103-132)
Payment to Minnesota.--At the close of each fiscal year, the State
of Minnesota is paid 0.75 percent of the appraised value of certain
Superior National Forest lands in the counties of Cook Lake and St.
Louis for distribution to these counties (16 U.S.C. 577g).
Payments to counties, National Grasslands.--Of the revenues received
in a calendar year from the use of National Grasslands, 25 percent is
paid to the counties in which such land is situated for funding local
schools and roads (7 U.S.C. 1012).
Payments to States, National Forests Fund.--With minor exceptions,
25 percent of the money received from the National Forests, including
all the collections under 16 U.S.C. 576b, and all amounts allowed any
timber purchaser for construction of roads, is paid at the end of each
fiscal year to the States for funding local schools and roads of the
county in which such forests are situated (16 U.S.C. 500 and 97 Stat.
1123). Proposed legislation, to be transmitted later, would stabilize
funding levels through payments to States, beginning in 1999, to provide
predictable ``in lieu of tax'' payment for county roads and schools. New
funding for this legislative proposal is proposed in the Payments to
States--Northern Spotted Owl Guarantee account.
Expenses, brush disposal.--Funds from payments by purchasers of
National Forest timber to dispose of or treat slash and other debris
that result from cutting operations (16 U.S.C. 490).
Licensee programs, Forest Service.--Funds from fees for the use of
characters by private enterprises are collected under regulations
promulgated by the Secretary as follows:
Smokey Bear.--For furthering the nationwide forest fire
prevention campaign (16 U.S.C. 580(2)).
Woodsy Owl.--For promoting wise use of the environment and
programs which foster maintenance and improvement of environmental
quality (16 U.S.C. 580(1)).
Restoration of northern forestlands and improvements.--Funds from
claim settlements involving damage to lands or improvements and from
forfeiture of deposits and bonds by permittees and timber purchasers are
used for the restoration made necessary by the action which led to the
settlement of forfeiture (16 U.S.C. 579c).
Timber purchaser roads constructed by Forest Service.--Funds from
timber receipts for Government constructed permanent roads for
purchasers of timber who qualify as small businesses and elect to have
the Forest Service construct the roads designated under the timber sale
contract where costs exceed $20,000 (16 U.S.C. 472a(i)). This program is
proposed for continuation in the Administrative Provisions.
Strawberry Valley land exchange.--Funds from the sale or exchange of
authorized lands and the need for administrative sites and improvements
by the Uinta National Forest.
Recreation fee collection costs.--Under authority of Section
10002(b) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66),
which amended Section 4(i)(1) of the L&WCF Act, the Secretaries of
Agriculture and Interior are authorized to withhold a portion of all
recreation fees collected (not to exceed 15 percent), to be available
during the current fiscal year, without further appropriation to cover
fee collection costs.
Tongass timber supply fund.--Funds from sales of Alaska timber to
maintain the timber supply from the Tongass National Forest at a
specified level (16 U.S.C. 539d).
Timber salvage sales.--Funds are used for salvage of insect-
infested, dead, damaged, or down timber, and to remove associated trees
for stand improvement (16 U.S.C. 472a(h)).
Timber Sales Pipeline Restoration Fund.--As authorized under Section
327 of the Omnibus Consolidated Recissions and Appropriations Act of
1996, funds from revenues received from timber sales released under
Section 2001(k) of the 1995 Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster
Assistance and Recissions Act for the purpose of restoring the timber
pipeline and funding the backlog of recreation projects on National
Forest System lands.
Purchaser Road Credits.--The budget eliminates purchaser road
credits beginning in 1999. These credits are an unnecessary complicating
factor to the Forest Service fiscal and budgetary systems. To compensate
for the future unavailability of road credits, purchasers will be
required to construct or reconstruct any necessary roads as a condition
of the sale contract. Their competitive timber bids are expected to
decline by the amount of the credits.
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-9921-0-2-999 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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11.1 Personnel compensation: Full-time
permanent....................... 126 96 92
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 28 27 26
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 218 248 261
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99.9 Total obligations............... 372 371 379
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 3,601 3,029 2,828
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Miscellaneous Permanent Appropriations
(Legisltive proposal, subject to PAYGO)
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-9921-4-2-999 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Payments to States, National
forest fund..................... -135
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10.00 Total obligations............... -135
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... -135
23.95 New obligations................... 135
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.25 Appropriation (special fund,
indefinite)..................... -135
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Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations................... -135
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. 135
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... -135
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. -135
90.00 Outlays........................... -135
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Current receipt sharing payments (``Twenty-Five Percent Fund'') are
proposed to be replaced by a stable, guaranteed level of payments
consistent with the guaranteed payments ``Payments to States, Northern
Spotted Own Guarantee''. See the legislative proposal under that
account.
The Recreation Fee Demonstration Program is proposed to be
permanently extended beyond 2000, and would authorize the direct
expenditure of all recreation fees collected by the Forest Service and
Department of Interior agencies.
Intragovernmental funds:
Working Capital Fund
Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4605-0-4-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
09.01 Operating expenses................ 114 73 73
09.02 Capital investment................ 56 58 58
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10.00 Total obligations............... 170 131 131
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 138 114 117
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 146 134 134
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 284 248 251
23.95 New obligations................... -170 -131 -131
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 114 117 120
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting
collections (gross): Offsetting
collections (cash).............. 146 134 134
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 41 69 66
73.10 New obligations................... 170 131 131
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -142 -134 -134
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 69 66 63
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances..... 41
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 101 134 134
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 142 134 134
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Offsets:
Against gross budget authority and outlays:
88.00 Offsetting collections (cash)
from: Federal sources......... -146 -134 -134
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays........................... -4
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The Working Capital Fund is a self-sustaining revolving fund that
provides services to National Forests, to Research Experiment Stations,
to other Federal agencies when necessary, to State and private agencies
as provided by law, and to persons who cooperate with the Forest Service
in fire control and other authorized programs.
Forestry-related supply and support services include:
Equipment Services.--The fund owns, operates, maintains, replaces,
and repairs common-use, motor-driven, and similar equipment. This
equipment is rented to administrative units, that is, National Forests,
Research Experiment Stations, and other units, and, in some cases, to
other agencies, at rates which recover the cost of operation, repair and
maintenance, management, and depreciation. The rates also include an
increment which provides additional cash which, when added to
depreciation earnings and the residual value of equipment, provides
sufficient funds to replace the equipment.
Aircraft Services.--The fund operates, maintains, and repairs Forest
Service owned aircraft used in fire surveillance and suppression and in
other Forest Service programs. The aircraft are rented to National
Forests, Research Experiment Stations, and in some cases to other
agencies, at rates which recover the cost of depreciation, operation,
maintenance, repair, and improvements in the airworthiness of the
aircraft. Aircraft replacement costs are financed from either
appropriated funds or the Forest Service Working Capital Fund, or a
combination of both.
Computer Services.--The Fund provides computer hardware, software,
and radio equipment.
Supply Services.--The fund operates the following common services,
and provides for cost-recovery of Working Capital Fund Program
Management:
Photo reproduction laboratories that store, reproduce, and supply
aerial photographs, aerial maps, and other photographs of National
Forest lands. Photographic reproductions are sold to National Forests,
Experiment Stations, and others at cost.
Sign shops that manufacture and supply special signs for the
National Forests for use in regulating traffic and as information to the
public and other users of the National Forests. Signs are sold to
National Forests and Experiment Stations at cost.
Seed supply services that provide tree seed for direct seeding or
sowing in nurseries for the production of trees. Includes purchase or
collection of cones, extraction of seeds, cleaning and testing, and
storage and delivery. Operates in conjunction with tree nurseries; that
is, forest tree nurseries and cold storage facilities for storage of
tree seedlings. Tree seedlings are sold to National Forests, State
foresters, and other cooperators at cost.
Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4605-0-4-302 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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0101 Revenue........................... 152 146 134 134
0102 Expense........................... -136 -113 -131 -131
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0109 Net income........................ 16 33 3 3
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Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4605-0-4-302 1996 actual 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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ASSETS:
1101 Federal assets: Fund balances with
Treasury........................ 198 197 203 209
Other Federal assets:
1802 Inventories and related
properties.................... 28 26 27 28
1803 Property, plant and equipment,
net........................... 329 335 345 355
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1999 Total assets.................... 555 558 575 592
LIABILITIES:
2201 Non-Federal liabilities: Accounts
payable......................... 13 12 12 12
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2999 Total liabilities............... 13 12 12 12
NET POSITION:
3300 Cumulative results of operations.. 542 546 563 580
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3999 Total net position.............. 542 546 563 580
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4999 Total liabilities and net position 555 558 575 592
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Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-4605-0-4-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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13.0 Benefits for former personnel..... 1 1 1
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 1 1 1
23.1 Rental payments to GSA............ 1 1 1
23.2 Rental payments to others......... 1 1 1
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 1 1 1
25.2 Other services.................... 48 16 16
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 29 20 20
31.0 Equipment......................... 88 90 90
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99.9 Total obligations............... 170 131 131
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Note.--Personnel totals are included with personnel totals of all
other Forest Service programs.
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Trust Funds
Forest Service Trust Funds
Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-9974-0-7-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
Receipts:
02.01 Forest Service Cooperative fund... 180 196 186
02.02 Transfers from general fund of
amounts equal to certain customs
duties.......................... 30 30 30
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02.99 Total receipts.................. 210 226 216
Appropriation:
05.01 Forest Service trust funds........ -210 -226 -216
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-9974-0-7-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations................. 85 261 216
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Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available,
start of year: Uninvested....... 182 307 272
22.00 New budget authority (gross)...... 210 226 216
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23.90 Total budgetary resources
available for obligation...... 392 533 488
23.95 New obligations................... -85 -261 -216
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end
of year: Uninvested............. 307 272 272
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New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund,
indefinite)..................... 210 226 216
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Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 53 51 44
73.10 New obligations................... 85 261 216
73.20 Total outlays (gross)............. -88 -268 -216
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year:
Obligated balance: Uninvested... 51 44 44
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Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent
authority....................... 35 217 146
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances... 53 51 70
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87.00 Total outlays (gross)........... 88 268 216
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Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority.................. 210 226 216
90.00 Outlays........................... 88 268 216
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Distribution of budget authority by
account:
Reforestation trust fund.............. 30
Cooperative Work trust fund........... 180
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Distribution of outlays by account:
Reforestation trust fund.............. 31
Cooperative Work trust fund........... 57
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Reforestation trust fund.--Amounts from this account are used for
reforestation as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1606a (d) and (e).
Cooperative work trust fund.--Advances, including deposits from
purchasers of timber, are received and used for specified work in forest
investigations, protection, and improvement of the National Forest
System, including protection, reforestation, and administration of
private lands adjacent to National Forests (7 U.S.C. 2269; 16 U.S.C.
498, 535, 565a, 572, 572a, 576b, 1643; and 31 U.S.C. 1321).
Object Classification (in millions of dollars)
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Identification code 12-9974-0-7-302 1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Personnel compensation:
11.1 Full-time permanent............. 69 64 59
11.3 Other than full-time permanent.. 12 10 9
11.5 Other personnel compensation.... 4 3 3
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11.9 Total personnel compensation.. 85 77 71
12.1 Civilian personnel benefits....... 18 16
13.0 Benefits for former personnel..... 2 2
21.0 Travel and transportation of
persons......................... 3 3
22.0 Transportation of things.......... 1 1
23.1 Rental payments to GSA............ 3 3
23.2 Rental payments to others......... 2 2
23.3 Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges........... 4 4
25.2 Other services.................... 124 87
26.0 Supplies and materials............ 18 18
31.0 Equipment......................... 5 5
32.0 Land and structures............... 3 3
41.0 Grants, subsidies, and
contributions................... 1 1
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99.9 Total obligations............... 85 261 216
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Personnel Summary
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1001 Total compensable workyears: Full-
time equivalent employment...... 2,705 2,833 2,565
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Allocations and Allotments Received From Other Accounts
Note.--Obligations incurred under allocations or allotments from
other accounts are included in the schedule of the parent
appropriations, as follows:
Agriculture:
Agricultural Research Service.
Natural Resources Conservation Service:
Watershed and flood prevention operations.
Resource conservation and development.
Watershed planning.
River basin surveys and investigations.
Conservation Reserve Program.
Department Administration:
Hazardous waste management.
Rural Housing and Community Development Service; Rural
community fire protection grants.
Transportation: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Trust
Fund.
Labor: Employment and Training Administration, Training and
employment services.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS, FOREST SERVICE
Appropriations to the Forest Service for the current fiscal year
shall be available for: (1) purchase of not to exceed [159] 177
passenger motor vehicles of which 22 will be used primarily for law
enforcement purposes and of which [156] 176 shall be for replacement;
acquisition of 25 passenger motor vehicles from excess sources, and hire
of such vehicles; operation and maintenance of aircraft, the purchase of
not to exceed two for replacement only, and acquisition of [20 aircraft
from excess sources] sufficient aircraft from excess sources to maintain
the operable fleet at 198 aircraft for use in Forest Service wildland
fire programs and other Forest Service programs; notwithstanding other
provisions of law, existing aircraft being replaced may be sold, with
proceeds derived or trade-in value used to offset the purchase price for
the replacement aircraft; (2) services pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2225, and
not to exceed $100,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; (3) purchase,
erection, and alteration of buildings and other public improvements (7
U.S.C. 2250); (4) acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein,
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 428a; (5) for expenses pursuant to the Volunteers
in the National Forest Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a, 558d, and 558a
note); (6) the cost of uniforms as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5901-5902; and
(7) for debt collection contracts in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3718(c).
[None of the funds made available under this Act shall be obligated
or expended to change the boundaries of any region, to abolish any
region, to move or close any regional office for research, State and
private forestry, or National Forest System administration of the Forest
Service, Department of Agriculture without the consent of the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations.]
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Any appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be
[advanced]: (1) transferred to the Wildland Fire Management
appropriation [and may be used] for forest firefighting [and the],
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under
its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning
conditions; or (2) charged directly for costs of forest firefighting,
emergency rehabilitation of burned-over or damaged lands or waters under
its jurisdiction, and fire preparedness due to severe burning conditions
when funds appropriated to the Wildland Fire Management appropriation
have been exhausted.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
assistance to or through the Agency for International Development and
the Foreign Agricultural Service in connection with forest and rangeland
research, technical information, and assistance in foreign countries,
and shall be available to support forestry and related natural resource
activities outside the United States and its territories and
possessions, including technical assistance, education and training, and
cooperation with United States and international organizations.
[None of the funds made available to the Forest Service under this
Act shall be subject to transfer under the provisions of section 702(b)
of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or
7 U.S.C. 147b unless the proposed transfer is approved in advance by the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in compliance with the
reprogramming procedures contained in the report accompanying this
bill.]
[None of the funds available to the Forest Service may be
reprogrammed without the advance approval of the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the procedures contained
in the report accompanying this bill.]
[No funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be transferred to
the Working Capital Fund of the Department of Agriculture without the
approval of the Chief of the Forest Service.]
Notwithstanding any other provision of law,hereafter any
appropriations or funds available to the Forest Service may be used to
disseminate program information to private and public individuals and
organizations through the use of nonmonetary items of nominal value and
to provide nonmonetary awards of nominal value and to incur necessary
expenses for the nonmonetary recognition of private individuals and
organizations that make contributions to Forest Service programs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter money
collected, in advance or otherwise, by the Forest Service under
authority of section 101 of Public Law 93-153 (30 U.S.C. 185(1)) as
reimbursement of administrative and other costs incurred in processing
pipeline right-of-way or permit applications and for costs incurred in
monitoring the construction, operation, maintenance, and termination of
any pipeline and related facilities, may be used to reimburse the
applicable appropriation to which such costs were originally charged.
Funds available to the Forest Service shall be available to conduct
a program of not less than $1,000,000 for high priority projects within
the scope of the approved budget which shall be carried out by the Youth
Conservation Corps as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1970, as
amended by Public Law 93-408.
[None of the funds available in this Act shall be used for timber
sale preparation using clearcutting in hardwood stands in excess of 25
percent of the fiscal year 1989 harvested volume in the Wayne National
Forest, Ohio: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to hardwood
stands damaged by natural disaster: Provided further, That landscape
architects shall be used to maintain a visually pleasing forest.]
Any money collected from the States for fire suppression assistance
rendered by the Forest Service on non-Federal lands not in the vicinity
of National Forest System lands shall hereafter be used to reimburse the
applicable appropriation and shall remain available until expended as
the Secretary may direct in conducting activities authorized by 16
U.S.C. 2101 note, 2101-2110, 1606, and 2111.
Of the funds available to the Forest Service, $1,500 is available
to the Chief of the Forest Service for official reception and
representation expenses.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter the Forest
Service is authorized to employ or otherwise contract with persons at
regular rates of pay, as determined by the Service, to perform work
occasioned by emergencies such as fires, storms, floods, earthquakes or
any other unavoidable cause without regard to Sundays, Federal holidays,
and the regular workweek.
[To the greatest extent possible, and in accordance with the Final
Amendment to the Shawnee National Forest Plan, none of the funds
available in this Act shall be used for preparation of timber sales
using clearcutting or other forms of even-aged management in hardwood
stands in the Shawnee National Forest, Illinois.]
Pursuant to sections 405(b) and 410(b) of Public Law 101-593, of
the funds available to the Forest Service, up to $2,250,000 may be
advanced in a lump sum as Federal financial assistance to the National
Forest Foundation, without regard to when the Foundation incurs
expenses, for administrative expenses or projects on or benefitting
National Forest System lands or related to Forest Service programs:
Provided, That of the Federal funds made available to the Foundation, no
more than [$750,000] $500,000 shall be available for administrative
expenses: Provided further, That the Foundation shall obtain, [by the
end of the period of Federal financial assistance] within twelve months
from the date of such advance, private contributions to match on at
least one-for-one basis funds made available by the Forest Service:
Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal funds to a
non-Federal recipient [of Federal financial assistance] for a project at
the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal matching
funds: Provided further, That hereafter, the National Forest Foundation
may hold Federal funds made available but not immediately disbursed and
may use any interest or other investment income earned (before, on, or
after the date of enactment of this Act) on Federal funds to carry out
the purposes of Public Law 101-593: Provided further, That such
investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the
United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and
interest by the United States.
Pursuant to section 2(b)(2) of Public Law 98-244, up to $2,000,000
of the funds available to the Forest Service shall be available for
matching funds to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, as
authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3701-3709, and may be advanced in a lump sum as
Federal financial assistance, without regard to when expenses are
incurred, for projects on or benefitting National Forest System lands or
related to Forest Service programs: Provided, That the Foundation shall
obtain, [by the end of the period of Federal financial assistance,]
within twelve months from the date of such advance private contributions
to match on at least one-for-one basis funds advanced by the Forest
Service: Provided further, That the Foundation may transfer Federal
funds to a non-Federal recipient [of Federal financial assistance] for a
project at the same rate that the recipient has obtained the non-Federal
matching funds.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
interactions with and providing technical assistance to rural
communities for sustainable rural development purposes.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 80 percent of the funds
appropriated to the Forest Service in the ``National Forest System'' and
``Reconstruction and Construction'' accounts and planned to be allocated
to activities under the ``Jobs in the Woods'' program for projects on
National Forest land in the State of Washington may be granted directly
to the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife for
accomplishment of planned projects. Twenty percent of said funds shall
be retained by the Forest Service for planning and administering
projects. Project selection and prioritization shall be accomplished by
the Forest Service with such consultation with the State of Washington
as the Forest Service deems appropriate.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available for
payments to counties within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic
Area, pursuant to sections 14(c)(1) and (2), and section 16(a)(2) of
Public Law 99-663.
[Any funds available to the Forest Service may be used for
retrofitting the Commanding Officer's Building (S-2), to accommodate the
relocation of the Forest Supervisor's Office for the San Bernardino
National Forest: Provided, That funds for the move must come from funds
otherwise available to Region 5: Provided further, That any funds to be
provided for such purposes shall only be available upon approval of the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.]
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to enter into grants,
contracts, and cooperative agreements as appropriate with the Pinchot
Institute for Conservation, as well as with public and other private
agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals, to provide for
the development, administration, maintenance, or restoration of land,
facilities, or Forest Service programs, at the Grey Towers National
Historic Landmark: Provided, That, subject to such terms and conditions
as the Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe, any such public or
private agency, organization, institution, or individual may solicit,
accept, and administer private gifts of money and real or personal
property for the benefit of, or in connection with, the activities and
services at the Grey Towers National Historic Land-
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mark: Provided further, That such gifts may be accepted notwithstanding
the fact that a donor conducts business with the Department of
Agriculture in any capacity.
Funds appropriated to the Forest Service shall be available, as
determined by the Secretary, for payments to Del Norte County,
California, pursuant to sections 13(e) and 14 of the Smith River
National Recreation Area Act (Public Law 101-612).
For purposes of the Southeast Alaska Economic Disaster Fund as set
forth in section 101(c) of Public Law 104-134, the direct grants
provided in subsection (c) shall be considered direct payments for
purposes of all applicable law except that these direct grants may not
be used for lobbying activities.
[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.]
[No funds appropriated under this or any other Act for the purpose
of operations conducted at the Forest Service Region 10 headquarters,
including those funds identified for centralized field costs for
employees of this office, shall be obligated or expended in excess of
$17,500,000 from the total funds appropriated for Region 10, without 60
days prior notice to Congress. Funds appropriated by this Act to
implement the Revised Tongass National Forest Land Management Plan,
shall be spent and obligated at the Forest Supervisor and Ranger
District levels, with the exception of specific management and oversight
expenses, provided such expenses are included in the funding ceiling of
$17,500,000.]
Notwithstanding 16 U.S.C. 472a(i), for purchasers qualified under
such section to elect that the Secretary build roads specified by a
timber sale contract, the option to elect shall hereafter be available.
(Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998.)
GENERAL FUND RECEIPT ACCOUNTS
(in millions of dollars)
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1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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Offsetting receipts from the public:
12-181100 National grasslands........ 12 14 18
12-222100 National forest fund....... 116 104 102
Legislative proposal, subject to
PAYGO............................. 135
12-262400 Proceeds from sale of real
property............................ 1
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General Fund Offsetting receipts from
the public............................. 129 118 255
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Other Consolidated Receipt Accounts
(in millions of dollars)
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1997 actual 1998 est. 1999 est.
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12-977210 Miscellaneous contributed
funds............................... 2
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TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropriations
and authorizations made for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal
year [1998] 1999 under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in
addition to those specifically provided for, of not to exceed [394] 440
passenger motor vehicles, of which [391] 437 shall be for replacement
only, and for the hire of such vehicles.
Sec. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
Sec. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of the
Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service work
authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C.
427, 1621-1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts and
chapter.
Sec. 704. The cumulative total of transfers to the Working Capital
Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for data services
and National Finance Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000:
Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the
approval of the agency administrator.
Sec. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended (7
U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the
contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, fruit fly program, and
integrated systems acquisition project; Farm Service Agency, salaries
and expenses funds made available to county committees; and Foreign
Agricultural Service, middle-income country training program.
New obligational authority for the boll weevil program; up to 10
percent of the screwworm program of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field automation
and information management project; funds appropriated for rental
payments; funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund in
the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; and
funds for the competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), shall
remain available until expended.
Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to
the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide
appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to Public Law 94-
449.
Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to
carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This does
not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
Sec. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
commodities acquired by the Department in connection with Commodity
Credit Corporation and section 32 price support operations may be used,
as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide
commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as determined by the
Secretary of Agriculture.
[Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to
reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of space
rental and related costs in excess of the amounts specified in this Act;
nor shall this or any other provision of law require a reduction in the
level of rental space or services below that of fiscal year 1997 or
prohibit an expansion of rental space or services with the use of funds
otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no agency of the Department
of Agriculture, from funds otherwise available, shall reimburse the
General Services Administration for payment of space rental and related
costs provided to such agency at a percentage rate which is greater than
is available in the case of funds appropriated in this Act.]
Sec. [711] 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. [712] 711. With the exception of grants awarded under the Small
Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, Public Law 97-219 (15
U.S.C. 638), none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay
indirect costs on research grants awarded competitively by the
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service that exceed
[14] 25 percent of total Federal funds provided under each award.
Sec. [713] 712. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act,
all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not
limitations.
Sec. [714] 713. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for
the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal year
[1998] 1999 shall remain available until expended to cover obligations
made in fiscal year [1998] 1999 for the following accounts: the rural
development loan fund program account; the Rural Telephone Bank program
account; the rural electrification and telecommunications loans program
account; and the rural economic development loans program account.
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Sec. [715] 714. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year [1998]
1999 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within
the levels appropriated in this Act.
[Sec. 716. Hereafter: (a) Compliance With Buy American Act.--None of
the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless
the entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply
with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-
10c; popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
(b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
(1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In the
case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to be
purchased with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities
receiving the assistance should, in expending the assistance,
purchase only American-made equipment and products.
(2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing financial
assistance using funds made available in this Act, the head of each
Federal agency shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a
notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by the
Congress.
(c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in this Act,
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures
described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal
Regulations].
Sec. [717] 715. Notwithstanding the Federal Grant and Cooperative
Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing Service
and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service may use cooperative
agreements to reflect a relationship between the Agricultural Marketing
Service or the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and a State or
Cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing programs or to carry out
programs to protect the Nation's animal and plant resources.
Sec. [718. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire more
than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank or to
maintain any account or subaccount within the accounting records of the
Rural Telephone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding] 716.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available in this Act may be used to
transfer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone liquidating
account which is in excess of current requirements and such balance
shall receive interest as set forth for financial accounts in section
505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
Sec. [719] 717. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used to provide assistance to, or to pay the salaries of personnel who
carry out a market promotion/market access program pursuant to section
203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides
assistance to the United States Mink Export Development Council or any
mink industry trade association.
[Sec. 720. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than
$1,000,000 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. 721. 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 export enhancement program if the aggregate
amount of funds and/or commodities under such program exceeds
$150,000,000.]
Sec. [722] 718. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be
used to carry out the provisions of section 918 of Public Law 104-127,
the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act.
[Sec. 723. 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. 724. 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. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be expended or obligated to fund the
activities of the Western Director and Special Assistant to the
Secretary within the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture or any
similar position.]
[Sec. 726. 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.]
[Sec. 727. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that
remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 1998, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming
of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program,
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for
any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted;
(4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs,
or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or
activities presently performed by Federal employees; unless the
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified
fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain
available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 1998, or provided
from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall
be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or
projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10
percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any
existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10
percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings
from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing
programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the
Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified
fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.]
[Sec. 728. Section 3(c) of the Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 (7
U.S.C. 2802(c)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, and includes kudzu (Pueraria lobata Dc)''.]
[Sec. 729. Notwithstanding section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949,
(42 U.S.C. 1490) the Martin Luther King area of Pawley's Island, South
Carolina, located in Georgetown County, shall be eligible for loans and
grants under section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949.]
[Sec. 730. None of the funds made available to the Food and Drug
Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate the Food
and Drug Administration Division of Drug Analysis in St. Louis,
Missouri.]
[Sec. 731. Effective on October 1, 1998, section 136(a) of the
Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7236(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``Subject to paragraph (4), during'' and
inserting ``During''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``130'' and inserting
``134'';
(2) by striking paragraph (4); and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).]
[Sec. 732. Study of Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact. (a)
Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Child, senior, and low-income nutrition programs.--The term
``child, senior, and low-income nutrition programs'' includes--
(A) the food stamp program established under the Food Stamp
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.);
(B) the school lunch program established under the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.);
(C) the summer food service program for children
established under section 13 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1761);
(D) the child and adult care food program established under
section 17 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1766);
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(E) the special milk program established under section 3 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772);
(F) the school breakfast program established under section
4 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1773);
(G) the special supplemental nutrition program for women,
infants, and children authorized under section 17 of that Act
(42 U.S.C. 1786); and
(H) the nutrition programs and projects carried out under
part C of title III of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42
U.S.C. 3030e et seq.).
(2) Compact.--The term ``Compact'' means the Northeast
Interstate Dairy Compact.
(3) Northeast interstate dairy compact.--The term ``Northeast
Interstate Dairy Compact'' means the Northeast Interstate Dairy
Compact referred to in section 147 of the Agricultural Market
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7256).
(4) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget.
(b) Evaluation.--Not later than December 31, 1997, the Director
shall conduct, complete, and transmit to Congress a comprehensive
economic evaluation of the direct and indirect effects of the Northeast
Interstate Dairy Compact and other factors which affect the price of
fluid milk.
(c) Components.--In conducting the evaluation, the Director shall
consider, among other factors, the effects of implementation of the
rules and regulations of the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact
Commission, such as rules and regulations relating to over-order Class I
pricing and pooling provisions. This evaluation shall consider such
effects prior to implementation of the Compact and that would have
occurred in the absence of the implementation of the Compact. The
evaluation shall include an analysis of the impacts on--
(1) child, senior, and low-income nutrition programs including
impacts on schools and institutions participating in the programs,
on program recipients, and other factors;
(2) the wholesale and retail cost of fluid milk;
(3) the level of milk production, the number of cows, the
number of dairy farms, and milk utilization in the Compact region,
including--
(A) changes in the level of milk production, the number of
cows, and the number of dairy farms in the Compact region
relative to trends in the level of milk production and trends in
the number of cows and dairy farms prior to implementation of
the Compact;
(B) changes in the disposition of bulk and packaged milk
for Class I, II, or III use produced in the Compact region to
areas outside the region relative to the milk disposition to
areas outside the region;
(C) changes in--
(i) the share of milk production for Class I use of the
total milk production in the Compact region; and
(ii) the share of milk production for Class II and
Class III use of the total milk production in the Compact
region;
(4) dairy farmers and dairy product manufacturers in States and
regions outside the Compact region with respect to the impact of
changes in milk production, and the impact of any changes in
disposition of milk originating in the Compact region, on national
milk supply levels and farm level milk prices nationally; and
(5) the cost of carrying out the milk price support program
established under section 141 of the Agricultural Market Transition
Act (7 U.S.C. 7251).
(d) Additional States and Compacts.--The Director shall evaluate
and incorporate into the evaluation required under subsection (b) an
evaluation of the economic impact of adding additional States to the
Compact for the purpose of increasing prices paid to milk producers.]
[Sec. 733. From proceeds earned from the sale of grain in the
disaster reserve established in the Agricultural Act of 1970, the
Secretary may use up to an additional $2,000,000 to implement a
livestock indemnity program as established in Public Law 105-18.]
[Sec. 734. Planting of Wild Rice on Contract Acreage.--None of the
funds appropriated in this Act 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. 735. Rural Housing Programs. (a) Housing in Underserved Areas
Program.--The first sentence of section 509(f)(4)(A) of the Housing Act
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1479(f)(4)(A)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year
1997'' and inserting ``fiscal year 1998''.
(b) Housing and Related Facilities for Elderly Persons and Families
and Other Low-Income Persons and Families.--
(1) Authority to make loans.--Section 515(b)(4) of the Housing
Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(b)(4)) is amended by striking
``September 30, 1997'' and inserting ``September 30, 1998''.
(2) Set-aside for nonprofit entities.--The first sentence of
section 515(w)(1) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(w)(1))
is amended by striking ``fiscal year 1997'' and inserting ``fiscal
year 1998''.
(3) Loan term.--Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42
U.S.C. 1485) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``up to fifty'' and
inserting ``up to 30''; and
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
``(2) such a loan may be made for a period of up to 30
years from the making of the loan, but the Secretary may provide
for periodic payments based on an amortization schedule of 50
years with a final payment of the balance due at the end of the
term of the loan;'';
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(iii) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(iv) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) the Secretary may make a new loan to the current borrower
to finance the final payment of the original loan for an additional
period not to exceed twenty years, if--
``(A) the Secretary determines--
``(i) it is more cost-efficient and serves the tenant
base more effectively to maintain the current property than
to build a new property in the same location; or
``(ii) the property has been maintained to such an
extent that it warrants retention in the current portfolio
because it can be expected to continue providing decent,
safe, and affordable rental units for the balance of the
loan; and
``(B) the Secretary determines--
``(i) current market studies show that a need for low-
income rural rental housing still exists for that area; and
``(ii) any other criteria established by the Secretary
has been met.''.
(c) Loan Guarantees for Multifamily Rental Housing in Rural
Areas.--Section 538 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490p-2) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (q), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting
the following:
``(2) Annual limitation on amount of loan guarantee.--In each
fiscal year, the Secretary may enter into commitments to guarantee
loans under this section only to the extent that the costs of the
guarantees entered into in such fiscal year do not exceed such
amount as may be provided in appropriation Acts for such fiscal
year.'';
(2) by striking subsection (t) and inserting the following:
``(t) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to
be appropriated for fiscal year 1998 for costs (as such term is
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974) of
loan guarantees made under this section such sums as may be
necessary for such fiscal year.''; and
(3) in subsection (u), by striking ``1996'' and inserting
``1998''.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1998''.]
Sec. 719. Funds made available to the Farm Service Agency, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service, and the Rural Development
agencies may be used to support a staff office established to provide
common support services, including the common computer system for use by
such agencies. (Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.)