[House Hearing, 105 Congress]
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                  AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD
                  AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1999

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                                HEARINGS

                                BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                       ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION
                                ________

     SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES

                     JOE SKEEN, New Mexico, Chairman

JAMES T. WALSH, New York               MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                   VIC FAZIO, California
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia                 JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., Washington  ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
HENRY BONILLA, Texas                   
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                       

NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full 
Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full 
Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees.

Timothy K. Sanders, John J. Ziolkowski, Martin Delgado, and Joanne L. Orndorff,
                           Staff Assistants
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                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS                      

                   BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman                  

JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania         DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin            
C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida              SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois           
RALPH REGULA, Ohio                     LOUIS STOKES, Ohio                  
JERRY LEWIS, California                JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania        
JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois           NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington         
HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky                MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota         
JOE SKEEN, New Mexico                  JULIAN C. DIXON, California         
FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia                VIC FAZIO, California               
TOM DeLAY, Texas                       W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina 
JIM KOLBE, Arizona                     STENY H. HOYER, Maryland            
RON PACKARD, California                ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia     
SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama                MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio                  
JAMES T. WALSH, New York               DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado           
CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina      NANCY PELOSI, California            
DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio                  PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana         
ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma        ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California   
HENRY BONILLA, Texas                   NITA M. LOWEY, New York             
JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan              JOSE E. SERRANO, New York           
DAN MILLER, Florida                    ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut        
JAY DICKEY, Arkansas                   JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia            
JACK KINGSTON, Georgia                 JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts        
MIKE PARKER, Mississippi               ED PASTOR, Arizona                  
RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey    CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida             
ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi           DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina      
MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York            CHET EDWARDS, Texas                 
GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr., Washington  ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, Jr., Alabama
MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin             
RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM, California  
TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                    
ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                   
TOM LATHAM, Iowa                       
ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky              
ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama            

                 James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director






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                 M E M B E R S   OF   C O N G R E S S

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Barrett, Hon. Bill...............................................    30
Bereuter, Hon. Doug..............................................     1
Blumenauer, Hon. Earl............................................    36
Canady, Hon. C.T.................................................    56
Castle, Hon. M.N.................................................    61
Chenoweth, Hon. Helen............................................    36
Condit, Hon. G.A.................................................    54
Cooksey, Hon. John...............................................    63
Crapo, Hon. M.D..................................................    36
Davis, Hon. D.K..................................................    64
DeFazio, Hon. Peter..............................................    36
Emerson, Hon. J.A................................................    52
Faleomavaega, Hon. Eni F.H.......................................    20
Furse, Hon. Elizabeth............................................    36
Hall, Hon. T.P...................................................    47
Hastings, Hon. Doc...............................................    36
Hinojosa, Hon. Ruben.............................................    17
Hooley, Hon. Darlene.............................................    36
Hunter, Hon. Duncan..............................................    43
McDermott, Hon. Jim..............................................    36
Metcalf, Hon. Jack...............................................    36
Morella, Hon. Connie.............................................     9
Pallone, Hon. Frank, Jr..........................................    32
Pickering, Hon. Chip.............................................    25
Radanovich, Hon. George..........................................     7
Smith, Hon. Adam.................................................    36
Smith, Hon. Linda................................................    36
Weygand, Hon. Bob................................................    21







                           W I T N E S S E S

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                                                                   Page
Adee, Richard....................................................   153
Allen, W.R.......................................................   647
Banzhaf, W.H.....................................................   743
Barnett, J.A.....................................................   553
Barry, P.J.......................................................   427
Barry, Peter.....................................................   697
Belanger, Gregory................................................   318
Benoit, Harold...................................................   343
Berne, B.H.......................................................   168
Bier, Dennis.....................................................   525
Birdsall, S.L....................................................   381
Bohlen, Larry....................................................   506
Bowden, B.F......................................................   396
Branton, Brian...................................................   632
Brooks, M.E......................................................   321
Brouha, Paul.....................................................   460
Brown, M.D.......................................................   464
Bye, Dr. R.E., Jr................................................   660
Cady, John.......................................................   588
Castelnuovo, Richard.............................................   402
Chaikin, Steve...................................................   324
Chicoine, D.L..................................................421, 433
Clark, Les.......................................................   249
Cline, K.E.......................................................   297
Coughlin, R.L....................................................   496
Cranney, J.R., Jr................................................   704
Crispin, W.K.....................................................   219
Croft, Richard...................................................   327
Crow, Dr. Michael................................................   624
Cunha, Manuel, Jr................................................   249
Curl, Dr. Sam....................................................    66
DeAlmeida........................................................   492
Demott, John.....................................................   131
Dewey, W.F.......................................................   301
Dexter, Jennnifer................................................   557
Drake, Bob.......................................................   544
Dunlap, Jim......................................................   666
Erickson, A.G....................................................   584
Erickson, J.D....................................................   305
Gaillard, David..................................................   115
Galvin, Mark.....................................................   517
Geringer, Jim....................................................   226
Gibson, Dr. J.H..................................................   439
Gibson, Glenn....................................................   190
Glenn, G.A.......................................................   746
Goldstein, Ruth..................................................   637
Grimes, Dr. D.J..................................................   173
Gunnerson, Chuck.................................................   237
Guthrie, Dr. R.L.................................................   756
Harper, D.C., II.................................................   452
Harper, J.M......................................................    58
Heichel, G.H.....................................................   521
Helsinki, R.R....................................................   155
Hendrix, J.N.....................................................   131
Hewitt, T.I......................................................   597
Hiler, Dr. E.A...................................................   726
Hill, J.C........................................................   237
Hockemeier, A.E..................................................   209
Hollis, S.M......................................................   593
Holmer, A.F......................................................   613
Holt, D.A........................................................   433
Hood, K.B........................................................   412
Hooper, Helen....................................................   475
Jackson, Gary....................................................   402
Johnson, Roger...................................................   215
Jollivette, C.M..................................................   656
Kavanaugh, E.E...................................................   618
Kearney, P.C.....................................................   414
Kenny, M.P.......................................................   249
Kirtland, J.C....................................................   841
Kleine, D.M......................................................   179
Kloubec, Myron...................................................   337
Kwan, Q.Y........................................................   136
Levinson, E.S....................................................   186
Lindell, Scott...................................................   312
Lippke, B.R......................................................   229
Liss, Cathy......................................................   650
Lombardi, John...................................................   837
Lowe, Lynn.......................................................   352
Maguire, John....................................................   145
Maizel, M.S......................................................   501
Maselli, S.J.....................................................   446
Massey, Greg.....................................................   255
Maurer, Teresa...................................................   468
McGonigle, Joseph................................................   308
Menvielle, J.P...................................................   381
Middaugh, A.R....................................................   237
Miller, Gordon...................................................   846
Minor, S.F.......................................................   607
Mortesen, Dr. J.H................................................   782
Myers, L.W.......................................................   340
Neel, R.M........................................................   260
Notar, R.C.......................................................   358
O'Neal, J.F......................................................   290
O'Rourke, A.D....................................................   229
Pacelle, W.P.....................................................   282
Patrick, Barbara.................................................   249
Payne, Dr. T.L...................................................   809
Quarles, W.K.....................................................   197
Quickel, Dr. K.E., Jr............................................   709
Reheis, C.H......................................................   249
Rice, R.K........................................................   536
Scales, Chris....................................................   315
Scalet, C.G......................................................   374
Schram, S.G......................................................   272
Semmens, K.J.....................................................   349
Shearman, Dr. R.C................................................   850
Sherman, Louis...................................................   715
Silver, Howard...................................................   697
Silverglade, Bruce...............................................   632
Smith, Dr. D.A...................................................   334
Smitman, G.E.....................................................   391
Spencer, Dr. Richard.............................................   330
Stevens, Christine...............................................   650
Stukel, J.J....................................................421, 433
Sundseth, Dan....................................................   191
Terpstra, Ellen..................................................   508
Thames, Dr. S.F..................................................   511
Thorud, D.B......................................................   229
Vaughn, Dr. R.C..................................................   521
Vogt, Dr. Albert.................................................   201
Wardensky, K.M...................................................   593
Weidemann, Dr. Greg..............................................   575
Williamson, Jerald...............................................   346
Wodraska, J.R....................................................   640
Wootton, Dr. R.D.................................................   801
Wyont, Jean......................................................   834
Yount, R.G.......................................................   106
Zuiches, Dr. J.J...............................................229, 817










                O R G A N I Z A T I O N A L    I N D E X

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Academic Programs Committee on Organization and Policy...........   782
Ad Hoc Coalition.................................................   841
American Association of State Colleges of Agriculture & Renewable 
  Resources......................................................   480
American Farm Bureau Federation..................................   366
American Farm Bureau Federation..................................   366
American Farmland Trust..........................................   637
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees.......   593
American Fisheries Society.......................................   460
American Forest & Paper Association..............................   738
American Honey Producers Association, Inc........................   153
American Indian Higher Education Consortium......................   681
American Nursery & Landscape.....................................   853
American Society for Microbiology................................   672
American Society for Nutritional Sciences........................   564
American Society of Plant Physiologists..........................   715
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges..............   750
ASTA Corn & Sorghum Basic Research Committee.....................   452
Board on Agriculture, National Association of State Universities 
  & Land-Grant Colleges..........................................   817
California Industry and Government Coalition on PM-10/PM-2.5.....   249
Center for Science in the Public Interest........................   632
Children's Nutrition Research Center.............................   525
City of Gainesville, Florida.....................................   658
Coalition for Food Aid...........................................   186
Coalition for Maverick Beekeepers................................   190
Coalition of Agricultural Mediation Programs.....................   517
Coalition of EPSCoR States.......................................   575
Coalition to Promote U.S. Agriculture Exports....................   484
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum......................   553
Colorado River Salinity Control Program..........................   226
Colorado State University........................................    58
Colorado State University, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory...   439
Columbia University..............................................   624
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network...   272
Consortium of Social Science Associations........................   697
Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association....................   618
Council for Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching.......   607
Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics.............   697
Everglades Restoration Oversight Group...........................   219
Experiment Station Committee on Organization and Policy..........   809
Extension Committee on Organization and Policy...................   801
FDA-NIH Council..................................................   570
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology........   106
Florida Nurserymen & Growers Association, Inc....................   131
Florida State University.........................................   660
Friends of Agriculture Research--Beltsville, Inc.................   414
Friends of the Earth.............................................   506
Friends of the National Arboretum................................   496
Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative............................   544
Grocery Manufacturers of America.................................   578
Health Industry Manufacturers Association........................   161
Humane Society of the United States..............................   282
Imperial County Whitefly Management Committee....................   381
International Committee on Organization and Policy...............   756
Intertribal Agriculture Council..................................   391
Joslin Diabetes Center...........................................   709
Land Trust Alliance..............................................   475
Massachusetts Foundation for Excellence in Marine and Polymer 
  Sciences.......................................................   746
Metropolitan Family Services.....................................   584
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California...............   640
Minor Crop Farmer Alliance.......................................   704
Missouri Watershed Association...................................   209
National Association for Conservation Districts..................   536
National Association of Farmer Elected Committees................   412
National Association of FSA Committee Employees..................   191
National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers.............   695
National Association of Professional Forestry Schools & Colleges.   201
National Association of State Foresters..........................   464
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant 
  Colleges.......................................................   756
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant 
  Colleges.......................................................   782
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant 
  Colleges.......................................................   801
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant 
  Colleges.......................................................   809
National Association of University Fisheries and Wildlife 
  Programs.......................................................   374
National Center for Appropriate Technology.......................   468
National Center for Resource Innovations.........................   501
National Congress of American Indians............................   647
National Cooperative Business Association........................   358
National Corn Growers Association................................   662
National Cotton Council of America...............................   145
National Council for Agricultural Education......................   521
National CSFP Association........................................   846
National Easter Seal Society.....................................   557
National Family Farm Coalition...................................   834
National Farm*A*Syst/Home*A*Syst.................................   402
National Food Processors Association.............................   588
National Pharmaceutical Alliance.................................   487
National Potato Council..........................................   237
National Rural Telecom Association...............................   290
National Telephone Cooperative Association.......................   139
National Turfgrass Evaluation Program............................   850
National Utility Contractors Association.........................   492
National Watershed Coalition.....................................   396
New Mexico Rural Water Users Association.........................   666
North Dakota Department of Agriculture...........................   215
Oklahoma State University........................................    66
Organization for the Promotion & Advancement of Small 
  Telecommunications Companies...................................   266
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.............   613
Predator Project.................................................   115
Red River Valley Association.....................................   352
Regional Aquaculture Centers.....................................   297
Rural Coalition..................................................   686
Rural Enterprise of Oklahoma.....................................   255
Society for Animal Protective Legislation........................   650
Society of American Foresters....................................   743
Soil and Water Conservation Society..............................   179
Sunkist Growers..................................................   197
Texas A&M University System......................................   726
U.S. Telephone Association.......................................   260
U.S. Apple Association...........................................   243
U.S. Marine Shrimp Farming Program...............................   173
University of Arkansas, Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, 
  Food & Life Sciences...........................................   575
University of Florida............................................   837
University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, Consumer & 
  Environmental Sciences.........................................   421
University of Miami..............................................   656
University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi Polymer Institute   511
University of Washington, College of Forest Resources............   229
USA Rice Federation..............................................   508
U.S. Agricultural Export Development Council.....................   861
Western Rural Telephone Association..............................   446
Wildlife Management Institute....................................   155








                         S U B J E C T   I N D E X

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Administrative Convergence.......................................   596
Aflatoxin in Corn................................................   422
Agricultural Credit..............................................   372
Agricultural policy and livestock and dairy policy--farm level 
  impacts........................................................   727
Agricultural programs funding...................................26, 834
Agricultural research and education support, and funding 
  mechanisms...................................................608, 698
AMS Pesticide Data Program.....................................245, 705
Animal Welfare Information Center.........................282, 284, 651
APHIS:
    Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI).....................8, 199
    Animal Care Program..........................................   650
    Funding...............................................156, 371, 676
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA)........282, 468
ARS:
    Agricultural Experiment Station at URI.......................    24
    Beltsville Agricultural Research Center......................   414
    Brawley Station..............................................    44
    Everglades Agro-Hydrology Research Laboratory................   219
    Food Consumption Survey....................................245, 706
    Honey bee research...........................................   153
    Human Nutrition Research Program.............................   525
    Land acquisition in Parlier, CA..............................     7
    National Agricultural Pesticide Impact Assessment Program......247, 
                                                                    706
    Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research funding...........36, 39
    Northwest Nursery crops Research Center......................    39
    Potato research..............................................   237
    Research staff position......................................     7
    Subtropical Agricultural Research Center.....................    17
    Temperate Fruit Fly Research Position........................   246
CCC grain storage facility contamination.........................     1
Center for Farm and Rural Business Finance.......................   428
Center for North American Studies...............................18, 728
Circuit Rider technical assistance program.......................   667
Climate modeling and forecasting development program.............   625
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program..................226, 553
Commercial Transportation of Equines for Slaughter...............   286
Commodity Supplemental Food Program..............................   846
Conservation programs..........................................179, 368
    Farm Option Program..........................................   476
    Private Grazing Land funding.................................   544
    Reserve Program............................................476, 645
Corn germplasm enhancement.......................................   452
Cotton programs funding..........................................   145
CSREES:
    Agrability Program...........................................   557
    Agricultural education programs..............................   521
    California Regional PM-10/PM-2.5 Air Quality Study...........   250
    Central Valley Agriculture Assessment Project................    54
    Challenge Grant Program....................................481, 783
    Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.......   575
    Farm*A* Syst/Home*A*Syst program.............................   402
    Forestry research funding....................................   201
    Graduate Training Fellowships................................   785
    Institution Capacity Building Grants Program for 1890 
      Institutions...............................................   784
    International Competitiveness--Agricultural & Forest Products   229
    IPM research grant program...................................   247
    Meadowfoam research..........................................    41
    Mississippi Polymer Institute................................    11
    Multicultural Scholars Program...............................   785
    National Center for Molluscan Broodstrock....................    41
    National Center for Resource Innovations.....................   501
    National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program...107, 564, 
                                                               698, 758
    Potato research and extension................................   240
    Programs funding..................158, 374, 391, 460, 802, 810, 817
    Recovery of Bioactive Components from Seafood Wastes.........    40
    Renewable Resources Extension Act program..................465, 745
    Safeguarding supply of speciality crops for consumers........   246
    Special rant on drought mitigation...........................     3
    UVB (Ozone) Monitoring program...............................   439
Designing plants and plant products for prevention and treatment 
  of life-threatening diseases...................................   726
Diabetes detection, prevention and care pilot programs...........   711
Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)......393, 476, 553, 643
ERS Program funding support......................................   698
Export programs funding........................................508, 595
FAIR Act.........................................................   367
Farmland Protection Program......................................   477
FAS Foreign Market Development Cooperator program................   738
FAS funding......................................................   198
FAS Market Access Program......................................244, 738
FSA:
    Antibiotic Resistance........................................   677
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.................   676
    Consolidation.........................................136, 168, 506
    Food Safety Initiative.......................................   677
    Office of Generic Drugs......................................   487
    Program funding...............................9, 571, 590, 633, 695
    Regulatory program for cosmetics.............................   618
Flood Prevention Operations Program..............................   396
Flood risk reduction fund........................................     5
Florida Consortium for Climate Research..........................   656
Food and Drug Modernization Act of 1997..........................   162
Food industry user fees..........................................   579
Food Safety and Inspection.......................................   369
Food Safety Initiative...........................................   675
Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program....................   484
Forest Inventory and Assessment Program..........................    20
Forestry Incentives Program (FIP)................................   743
FSA:
    County committee employee staffing...........................   191
    Farm Loan Programs funding...................................   392
    Field office closings........................................   412
    Funding......................................................   156
    Salaries and expenses funding................................   613
    Support Farm Operating and Ownership loans...................   594
Fund for Rural America:
    Climate variability in Florida and southeast United States...   660
    County-by-county Water 2000 Initiative.......................   667
    Gainesville, Fla. Floridian aquifer protection project.......   658
Funding for Research, Extension, and Education..............62, 70, 698
Global Change Data Assessment and Integration Project............   273
Globalizing Agricultural Science and Education Program for 
  America........................................................   757
Goose Damage Management..........................................    40
Horse Protection Act...........................................285, 652
Illinois-Missouri Alliance for Agricultural Biotechnology........   434
Indian Land Acquisition Program..................................   393
Integrated Pest Management.....................................591, 645
International Goat Research......................................   729
International Market Development.................................   370
Marine Shrimp Farming Program....................................   173
Market Access Program.....................................197, 285, 484
Minor crop pest management--IR-4 Project.........................    33
NASS Pesticide Use Surveys.....................................246, 706
National Arboretum Gardens Unit funding..........................   496
National Food Genome Strategy....................................   675
National Natural Resources Conservation Program..................   477
National Rural Behavioral Health Center..........................   837
National Small Farms Commission Report (NSFC-Jan. 98) program 
  support........................................................   687
National Turfgrass Evaluation Program............................   850
NRCS Forestry Incentive Program..................................   464
NRCS Program funding and staffing................34, 155, 354, 536, 637
Nutrition Program for the Elderly................................    23
Organic Food Production Act......................................   282
Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers.......393, 595
P.L. 480 Food for Peace program: Use of Title I Resources......50, 186, 
                                                                    841
Packers and Stockyards Administration............................   283
Plant and animal genomic research................................   662
Rangelands new products.........................................17, 729
Regional Aquaculture Center:
    Arkansas.....................................................   346
    Colorado.....................................................   297
    Connecticut..................................................   318
    Federated States of Micronesia...............................   327
    Georgia......................................................   349
    Hawaii................................................321, 324, 330
    Idaho........................................................   305
    Iowa.........................................................   337
    Louisiana....................................................   343
    Maine........................................................   308
    Massachusetts................................................   314
    Mississippi..................................................   340
    Ohio.........................................................   334
    Washington...................................................   301
Research:
    Animal fiber.................................................   727
    Animal health and disease....................................   752
    Animal Waste Management in Semiarid Agroecosystems...........    66
    Animal Well-Being............................................   283
    Arizona Citrus...............................................   199
    Basic plant research.........................................   716
    Citrus tristeza virus........................................    56
    Evaluate production techniques for effects on human health...   754
    Expand Wheat Pasture.........................................    67
    Foreign animal diseases and new and reemerging disease.......   753
    Forestry.....................................................   744
    Harmful exotic organisms (Diaprepes).........................   133
    Integrated Production Practices for Horticultural Crops......    68
    Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance.................     2
    Multi-commodity Agricultural Marketing.......................    41
    Nebraska specific programs...................................     4
    New biological methods for treatment of liquid wastes in 
      rural areas--``living machines''...........................   747
    On-farm pre-harvest food safety systems......................   752
    Pilot Tech Transfer (Mississippi and Oklahoma)...............    69
    Plant Genome.................................................    64
    Plant products for prevention and treatment of life 
      threatening diseases.......................................    18
    Prevervation and Processing of Selected Fruits and Vegetables    69
    Program funding support......................32, 370, 508, 639, 673
    Russian Wheat Aphid..........................................    58
    Silverleaf Whitefly.........................................43, 382
    Soybean Cyst Nematode........................................    52
    Sugerbeets...................................................    30
Risk Management..................................................   367
Rural Cooperative Development grants.............................   359
Rural Development Center for Louisiana Tech......................    63
Rural Development Salaries and Expenses..........................   594
Rural economic development projects in rural Oklahoma............   255
Rural Housing loans and Farm Labor Housing loans and grants; and 
  Rural Rental Housing programs..................................6, 594
Telecommunications loan program................................139, 446
Telephone loan programs...................................260, 266, 290
Water and Waste Disposal Loans and Grants.................493, 646, 667
Rugers Blueberry and Cranberry Research and Extension Center.....    33
Shrimp Aquaculture...............................................   729
Small Watershed Program..........................................   396
State and Private Forestry Program...............................    20
State mediation grant program..................................215, 517
Sugar program....................................................    30
Summer Residential Program funding support.......................   585
Sustainable Agriculture programs.................................   282
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)....................    48
Tribal College Programs funding requests.........................   681
Tribal infrastructure, housing, and related development projects.   648
Tropical Plant Materials.........................................   131
USDA Civil Rights Action Team Report (CRAT--Feb. 97) program 
  support........................................................   687
Viticulture Consortium...........................................     7
Watershed coordinator grant program, P.L. 566 program...........41, 209
Wetlands Reserve Program.......................................476, 645
Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program...........................476, 644
Wildlife Services program.................................115, 283, 652
Women, Infants and Children (WIC)................................22, 50
World Food Distribution Training Center.........................18, 728