[House Hearing, 107 Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



 
                  AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD
                  AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED
                    AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2002

_______________________________________________________________________

                                HEARINGS

                                BEFORE A

                           SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS
                              FIRST SESSION
                                ________
     SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
                  ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
                     HENRY BONILLA, Texas, Chairman
 JAMES T. WALSH, New York           MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia             ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
 GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr.,         MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
Washington                          SAM FARR, California
 TOM LATHAM, Iowa                   ALLEN BOYD, Florida         
 JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri
 VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia
 RAY LaHOOD, Illinois               
                         
 NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, 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.
   Henry E. Moore, Martin P. Delgado, Maureen Holohan, and Joanne L. 
                       Orndorff, Staff Assistants
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                                 PART 6
                        DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                                                                   Page
 Natural Resources Conservation Service...........................    1
 Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services...........................   99
 Rural Development................................................  477
 Food Nutrition and Consumer Services.............................  547
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                     U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
 72-954                     WASHINGTON : 2001




                       COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                   C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman

 RALPH REGULA, Ohio                  DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin
 JERRY LEWIS, California             JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania
 HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky             NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington
 JOE SKEEN, New Mexico               MARTIN OLAV SABO, Minnesota
 FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia             STENY H. HOYER, Maryland
 TOM DeLAY, Texas                    ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia
 JIM KOLBE, Arizona                  MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio
 SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama             NANCY PELOSI, California
 JAMES T. WALSH, New York            PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana
 CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina   NITA M. LOWEY, New York
 DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio               JOSE E. SERRANO, New York
 ERNEST J. ISTOOK, Jr., Oklahoma     ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut
 HENRY BONILLA, Texas                JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia
 JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan           JOHN W. OLVER, Massachusetts
 DAN MILLER, Florida                 ED PASTOR, Arizona
 JACK KINGSTON, Georgia              CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida
 RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina
 ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi        CHET EDWARDS, Texas
 GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, Jr.,          ROBERT E. ``BUD'' CRAMER, Jr., 
Washington                           Alabama
 RANDY ``DUKE'' CUNNINGHAM,          PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
California                           JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina
 TODD TIAHRT, Kansas                 MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
 ZACH WAMP, Tennessee                LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, California
 TOM LATHAM, Iowa                    SAM FARR, California
 ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky           JESSE L. JACKSON, Jr., Illinois
 ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama         CAROLYN C. KILPATRICK, Michigan
 JO ANN EMERSON, Missouri            ALLEN BOYD, Florida
 JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire       CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania
 KAY GRANGER, Texas                  STEVEN R. ROTHMAN, New Jersey    
 JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania
 JOHN T. DOOLITTLE, California
 RAY LaHOOD, Illinois
 JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York
 DAVID VITTER, Louisiana
 DON SHERWOOD, Pennsylvania
 VIRGIL H. GOODE, Jr., Virginia     

                 James W. Dyer, Clerk and Staff Director

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                           W I T N E S S E S

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Braley, G.A......................................................   547
Chambliss, M.T...................................................     1
Dewhurst, S.B....................................................1, 547
O'Neil, Bonny....................................................   547
Sharpless, M.R...................................................     1
Vogel, Ron.......................................................   547


                               I N D E X

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                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                                                                   Page
Alderson, WV Plant Materials Center..............................    15
American Heritage Rivers.........................................    49
Animal Agriculture Problems......................................    50
Colleges and Universities Agreements.............................    76
Comparison of FIP and SIP Appropriations.........................    41
Congressional Earmarks...........................................    63
Conservation:
    Compliance...................................................     2
    Operations Allocations.......................................    73
    Operations Funding Increase over FY 2000.....................    71
    Reserve Program Technical Assistance.........................    75
CRP and WRP Technical Assistance Legislative Proposals...........    76
Detailed Budget Request..........................................    39
Emergency Watershed:
    Pilot Projects...............................................    68
    Program......................................................    23
    Program Floodplain Easements.................................    63
Environmental Quality Incentives Program.........................    41
Environmental Quality Incentives Program Funding.................    47
EQIP:
    Allocations..................................................    52
    Technical Assistance.........................................    63
Floodplain Easements.............................................    16
Forestry Incentives Program......................................    54
GIS Activities...................................................     7
Grazing Lands:
    Assistance...................................................    37
    Conservation.................................................    96
    Conservation Initiative......................................37, 50
Headquarters:
    Field Level Staff Comparisons, and...........................    41
    Staff........................................................     3
Hypoxia in Gulf of Mexico........................................    36
International:
    Activities...................................................    36
    Assignments..................................................    46
National Grazing Land Technology.................................    38
National Soil Information System.................................     8
New Plant Releases...............................................    11
New Small Watershed Construction Projects........................    23
Northwest Salmon Recovery........................................    48
Object Class Breakdowns..........................................    54
Oversight and Evaluation.........................................    17
Personnel Actions................................................    92
PL-534 Projects Status...........................................    19
Plant Materials Centers..........................................     9
Questions Submitted for the Record:
    Mr. Bonilla..................................................     1
Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D):
    Areas....................................................46, 70, 93
    Loans........................................................    34
    Locally-Led Process..........................................    94
    Projects.....................................................    33
    RC&D.........................................................    32
    Versus EZ/EC.................................................    93
Reimbursements...................................................    25
Reimbursements for Soil Surveys..................................     9
Royalty Collections..............................................    15
Soil Surveys.....................................................    46
Soil Surveys Published...........................................     7
State and Local Contributions....................................     6
Technical Assistance for AFO's...................................    53
Technical Centers................................................     4
Urban Resources Partnership......................................44, 76
Water Quality Incentives.........................................    34
Watershed:
    Agricultural Council Agreement Update........................    70
    Flood Prevention Operations, and.............................    19
    Flood Prevention Operations Funding, and.....................    54
    Projects Backlog.............................................    97
Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP):
    Enrollment...................................................    76
    Technical Assistance.........................................    75
    WRP..........................................................     1

                          Farm Service Agency

ADP Expenditures.................................................   101
Boll Weevil Eradication Loans....................................   105
CCC:
    Borrowing Authority..........................................   143
    Export Credit Guarantees.....................................   125
    Funded Conservation Programs.................................   108
    Inventory....................................................   128
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP):
    CRP..........................................................   114
    Enrollment...................................................   182
Contractor Services..............................................   124
County and State Office Employees................................   142
County Office Employees..........................................   136
County Offices...................................................   113
Credit Sales of Acquired Property................................   176
Emergency Conservation:
    Practices....................................................   124
    Program......................................................   122
Emergency Food Assistance Program, the...........................   132
Employee Loans...................................................   179
Equipment Purchases..............................................   103
Farm Loan:
    Funding......................................................   151
    Loans........................................................   149
    Program Activity.............................................   151
    Program Delivery.............................................   180
Farm Storage Facility Loan Program...............................   182
FFAS Employees Detailed to Other Agencies........................   184
Hazardous Waste Activities.......................................   143
Indian Tribe Land Acquisition Loans..............................   179
Leasing Costs....................................................   112
Loan Service Fees................................................   114
Object Class 25..................................................   181
Object Class 41..................................................   107
Office Location Plans............................................   112
Producer Payments................................................   147
Questions Submitted for the Record:
    Mr. Bonilla..................................................    99
Salaries and Benefits............................................   142
Salaries and Expenses............................................   105
Settlement of Discrimination Lawsuits............................    99
State Mediation Grants...........................................   174
State Office Employees...........................................   140
Tobacco Administrative Costs.....................................   149
Workload.........................................................   181

                      Foreign Agricultural Service

Agricultural Trade Offices.....................................268, 345
Agriculture Trade Work...........................................   187
American Institute of Taiwan.....................................   384
Arrearages.......................................................   304
Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund............   348
Biographies:
    Chambliss, Mary T............................................   206
    Dewhurst, Stephen B..........................................   207
    Sharpless, Mattie R..........................................   205
Biotechnology.............................................188, 211, 404
Buyouts..........................................................   374
Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement...............................   211
CCC Export Credit Guarantee Program..............................   289
China WTO Accession..............................................   375
Chinese Concession...............................................   215
Cochran Fellowship Program.....................................347, 396
Commodity Applications Approvals.................................   213
Commodity Assistance Requests....................................   208
Conferences......................................................   346
Countries Graduating from Food Aid Programs......................   374
Dairy Export Incentive Program...................................   340
Deloitte and Touche Evaluation of Map............................   377
EEP and DEIP.....................................................   289
Effect of Improving South American Transportation Systems on U.S. 
  and South American Corn and Soybean Economies..................   221
Effects of Starlink Corn.........................................   219
Efforts in China.................................................   261
Emerging Markets.................................................   372
European Union Ban...............................................   374
Export:
    Enhancement Program..........................................   283
    Incentive Program............................................   289
    Registrations to Turkey......................................   383
Exports to the Philippines, Canada and Mexico....................   376
External Transportation..........................................   337
Facilities Guarantee Program.....................................   376
Farmer-to-Farmer Program.......................................266, 394
Fiscal Year 2001 Funding.........................................   188
Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request..................................   188
Food Aid:
    Assistance...................................................   212
    Authorities..................................................   208
    Lebanon, to..................................................   209
    Programs.....................................................   261
    Vietnam, to..................................................   214
Food Security Commodity Reserve..................................   374
Food Security Commodity Reserve/Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust..   376
Foreign Currency Accounts........................................   377
Foreign Food Assistance Program..................................   216
Foreign Market Development Program.............................355, 375
Former Soviet Union..............................................   282
Global Food for Education Initiative.............................   388
Infrastructure Assistance........................................   220
Internal Transportation..........................................   337
International:
    Cooperation and Development Program..........................   270
    Development Activities.......................................   393
    Food Shows...................................................   342
    Trade Shows..................................................   272
Joint Commissions................................................   373
LANDSAT Data.....................................................   345
Language Training................................................   345
Latin America Trade..............................................   264
Management Retreats..............................................   346
Market Access Compliance.........................................   375
Market Access Program............................................   273
Monetization.....................................................   338
New Markets......................................................   218
Ocean Freight Differential Costs for Food Aid Programs...........   355
Opening Statement................................................   187
Outreach for Food Aid Programs...................................   263
Personal Service Agreements......................................   387
P.L. 480:
    Title I Agreements...........................................   308
    Title I Local Currency.......................................   375
    Title I Ocean Freight Differential...........................   355
    Title I Shipping Commodities.................................   383
    Title II.....................................................   310
    Titles I, II and III.........................................   338
Power of Commodities.............................................   390
PVO Applicants for Section 416...................................   391
Questions Submitted for the Record:
    Mr. Bonilla................................................268, 408
    Ms. Kaptur...................................................   390
Reducing the Number of Food Insecure Persons.....................   392
Reimbursements to State Department...............................   373
Representation...................................................   346
Residences Overseas..............................................   387
Restrictions on Aid Programs.....................................   272
School Lunch Program.............................................   337
Section 416(b) and Food for Progress Transportation Costs........   339
Shipping Costs...................................................   387
Short-Term Credit Guarantee Program..............................   376
Staffing in Latin America........................................   265
Supplier Credit Guarantee Program................................   270
Tariff Rate Quota................................................   208
Trade Agreements.................................................   397
Transportation Study.............................................   220
USAID............................................................   408
USDA-USAID Relationship..........................................   265
Wheat Sales to China.............................................   217
Written Statement of Mattie R. Sharpless.........................   190

                         Risk Management Agency

Administrative and Operating Obligations and FCIC Fund Activities   454
Commercial and Assigned Risk Funds...............................   449
Congressional Affairs............................................   474
Crop Insurance Industry Annual Meetings..........................   457
Crop Participation Rates.........................................   468
Dairy Options Pilot Program......................................   418
Data Collection..................................................   473
Delivery Expenses................................................   456
FCIC/Reinsurance Experience......................................   462
Group Risk Plan..................................................   421
Hotline Investigations...........................................   474
Information Technology Costs.....................................   413
Insured Crops....................................................   464
Legislative Proposal.............................................   413
Marketing Expenditures...........................................   464
Object Class 25.00...............................................   412
Payments to Companies vs. Producers..............................   409
Premium Discounts................................................   471
Profits and Losses.............................................409, 447
Program Delivery.................................................   414
Program Indicators...............................................   471
Program Participation..........................................412, 470
Questions Submitted for the Record:
    Mr. Bonilla..................................................   409
Reinsured Companies..............................................   451
Revenue Assurance................................................   445
Risk Management Education........................................   473
Staffing Plans...................................................   410
Total Administrative and Operating Costs.........................   452
Treasury and Commodity Credit Corporation Borrowing..............   466
Unobligated Balance--FCIC Fund...................................   470

                           Rural Development

Automated System Projects........................................   497
Carryover for Rural Development Programs.........................   483
Centralized Servicing Center.....................................   496
Empowement Zones/Enterprise Communities and Colonias.............   477
Fund for Rural America...........................................   502
High Energy Cost Grants..........................................   500
National Rural Development Partnership, Sources of Funding for 
  the............................................................   485
Program Monitoring...............................................   491
Questions Submitted for the Record:
    Mr. Bonilla..................................................   477
Rural Community Advancement Program..............................   500
Rural Community Development Initiative...........................   498
Rural Development Councils, Budget for...........................   484
Salaries and Expenses............................................   499
Service Contracts................................................   491
Write-Offs and Losses............................................   486

                        Rural Utilities Service

Circuit Rider Programs...........................................   516
Colonias.........................................................   516
Deferments.......................................................   508
Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program.....................506, 508
Electric and Telephone Loan Programs.............................   509
Electric Utility Loan Debt Restructuring.........................   517
Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants......................   516
Foreign Travel...................................................   512
Local Television Act of Fiscal Year 2002.........................   520
Number and Amount of Electric Loans..............................   510
Number and Amount of Telephone Loans.............................   511
Number of Applications and Loans.................................   505
Pending Telephone Loan Applications by State.....................   511
Questions Submitted for the Record:
    Mr. Bonilla..................................................   503
Rural Telephone Bank Liquidating Account.........................   518
Rural Utilities Programs.........................................   503
Subsidy Rates....................................................   505
Technical Assistance Grants......................................   516
Troubled Electric Borrowers......................................   518
Water and Sewer Programs.........................................   517
Water and Waste:
    Disposal Grants Program......................................   514
    Disposal Loans Program.......................................   512
    Improvements.................................................   518

                         Rural Housing Service

Community Facility Loan Programs.................................   527
Direct Housing Repair Loans......................................   531
Inventory Property...............................................   524
Multi-Family Housing Loan Portfolio..............................   532
Questions Submitted for the Record:
    Mr. Bonilla..................................................   521
Rental Assistance Program......................................522, 530
Rental Assistance Projections....................................   531
Rural Housing Preservation Grants................................   524
Section 502....................................................522, 530
Section 515....................................................521, 531
Self-Help Grants.................................................   525
Self-Help Housing Land Development...............................   527
Subsidy Rates....................................................   521
Very-Low and Low Income Loans....................................   531
Very-Low Income Housing Repair Grants............................   525

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service

Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization 
  Corporation..................................................545, 546
Business and Industry Loans:
    Direct and Guaranteed........................................   533
    Delinquency..................................................   534
    Pending Loans................................................   537
    Write-Offs and Losses........................................   536
Cooperative Service Technical Assistance.........................   543
Cooperative Stocks Purchase Program..............................   545
Electric and Telephone Liquidating Account.......................   542
Intermediary Relending Program...................................   537
National Sheep Industry Improvement Center.......................   544
Questions Submitted for the Record:
    Mr. Bonilla..................................................   533
Rural Business Enterprise Grants.................................   539
Rural Business Opportunity Grants................................   539
Rural Cooperative Development Grants.............................   540
Rural Economic Development Programs............................541, 542
Subsidy Rates..................................................533, 534

                       Food and Nutrition Service

Actual Obligations in the WIC Program............................   871
Additional Purchase Authority for TEFAP..........................  1097
Adequacy of Budget Estimates.....................................   569
Authorization Language...........................................   836
Biographies:
    Braley, George A.............................................   563
    Kaplan, Dennis...............................................   566
    O'Neil, Bonny................................................   565
    Vogel, Ronald J..............................................   564
Breastfeeding Promotion..........................................  1062
Budget Estimates--School Feeding Programs........................   636
Carbonated Beverages.............................................   637
Child and Adolescent Obesity.....................................   627
Child and Adult Care Food Program Integrity Enforcement..........   830
Child and Adult Care Food Program Reimbursement Rates............   835
Child Nutrition Act of 1966......................................   837
Child Nutrition Program..........................................   550
Colonias.........................................................   937
Commodities......................................................   579
Commodity Assistance Program...................................550, 877
Commodity Food Purchases.........................................   635
Commodity Supplemental Food Program Funding...................879, 1046
Competitive Foods................................................  1058
Competitive Foods in Schools.....................................   637
Contracts for Rebates Other Than Infant Formula..................   856
Coordinated Review Effort........................................   652
Coordination of Nutrition and Producers Interests With USDA......   633
Decline in Food Stamp Program Participation in the 1990's, the...   594
Direct Certification.............................................   652
Economic Research Service Evaluations............................   939
Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT):
    EBT..................................................626, 899, 1023
    Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, and the...................   629
    Georgia Status...............................................   626
Electronic Vouchers for Fresh Produce Purchases..................  1093
Employment and Training Funds....................................   928
Encouraging Purchases from Local Producers...................1083, 1085
Executive Summary................................................   653
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP):
    Benefits.....................................................   651
    FMNP................................................638, 1086, 1095
    Grants.......................................................   849
    Vouchers.....................................................   858
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS):
    AMS Coordination.............................................   634
    Budget Request...............................................   972
    Staff Year Distribution......................................   974
Food Banks.......................................................   573
Food Donations Program on Indian Reservations:
    Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Project............................   890
    Participation Levels.........................................   935
Food Guide Pyramid...........................................1055, 1094
Food on Military Bases...........................................   578
Food Program Administration......................................   551
    Funding Levels...............................................   943
    Transferred Funds............................................   941
Food Security....................................................   574
Food Stamp:
    Access.......................................................   587
    Block Grant Programs.........................................   928
    Eligibility..................................................   631
    New York Consent Decree......................................   580
    Nutrition Education..........................................   886
    Participation..............................................579, 592
    Payment Errors...............................................  1024
    Program......................................................   549
    Program Application..........................................  1036
    Program Benefit Reserve...................................893, 1035
    Program Error Rates........................................891, 893
    Program Overissuance.........................................   888
    Program Participation........................................   934
    Program Participation and Unemployment.......................   571
    Program Retailer Integrity...................................   889
    Recommendations..............................................   632
Foods Sold in Competition With USDA School Meal Programs.........   639
Former Food Stamp Recipients Move to TEFAP.......................  1039
Fraud in the Food Stamp Program..................................  1025
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables......................................   635
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Child Nutrition Programs..........   634
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in School Feeding Programs...........   576
Fresh Produce in Nutrition Programs..............................  1092
Fresh Produce in School Programs.................................  1092
Households Leaving Public Assistance.............................  1040
Imported Products................................................   635
Income Eligibility for Seniors in CSFP...........................  1049
Increased Demand for CSFP........................................  1048
Ineligible Participants in WIC...................................   857
Infant Formula Rebates....................................855, 856, 857
Innovative Nutrition Education Efforts...........................  1052
Integrated Nutrition Education...................................  1050
Introduction of Witnesses........................................   547
Meat Inspection Regulations in Ohio..............................  1089
Millions Eligible for Food Stamps Aren't Applying................   589
Multi-Item Bidding...............................................  1084
National School Lunch After School Snack Program.................   834
National Study of WIC Participants...............................   848
New States in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program............  1047
New York Farmers' Market Pilot...................................   631
Nutrition Education..............................................   977
Nutrition Education and Training.............................1051, 1053
Nutrition Education Public Service Announcements.................  1053
Nutrition Program for the Elderly.............................936, 1089
Nutrition Safety Net.............................................  1041
Open Question to Witnesses.......................................   624
Opening Statement................................................   548
Partnership for Change...........................................  1088
Program Streamlining.............................................   636
Promoting Healthy Eating.........................................  1054
Proportion of Children Participating in Child Nutrition Programs.  1043
Proposed Legislation.............................................   938
Purchases from California Vendors................................   578
Questions Submitted for the Record:
    Mr. Bonilla..................................................   652
    Mr. Farr.....................................................  1092
    Mr. Latham...................................................  1098
    Ms. Kaptur...................................................  1028
Reinventing Food Distribution....................................  1082
Report to Congress on Electronic Benefits Transfer...............  1023
Rulemaking Resulting from the WIC Reauthorization Act of 1998....   853
Rural Counties, the Squeeze of Poverty Can Be Stronger, In.......   621
School:
    Breakfast Pilot Program......................................   826
    Breakfast Program Reimbursement Rates........................   834
    Lunch Integrity..........................................1045, 1056
    Lunch Program Participation..................................   827
    Meals Initiative.............................................   828
Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Pilot Program...............1028, 1095
Snack Programs...................................................   828
Snacks and After School Programs.................................  1057
Special Milk Program.............................................   833
Special Wage Incentive Program...................................   927
State Administrative Expenses....................................   832
Studies and Evaluations..........................................   945
Study of Direct Certification in the National School Lunch 
  Program........................................................   659
Sugar in WIC Approved Cereals....................................  1098
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)....................   593
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP):
    Administrative Funding....................................881, 1096
    Commodities..................................................   880
    TEFAP........................................................  1087
Universal Free Breakfast Pilot Program...........................  1044
Using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families....................  1042
Violations in the WIC Program....................................   851
Waiting Lists for WIC Benefits...................................   855
Women, Infants and Children (WIC):
    Administrative Expenses......................................   567
    Carryover....................................................   585
    Eligibles and Participation..................................   582
    Evaluations..................................................   882
    Food Delivery Systems........................................   979
    Food Delivery Systems Final Rule.............................  1026
    Food Package.................................................  1027
    Funding......................................................   581
    Funding and Participation....................................   583
    Funding Definitions..........................................   864
    Income Eligibility...........................................   858
    Infant Participation.........................................   875
    Multi-Purpose Grants, Special Projects and Breastfeeding 
      Promotion..................................................   883
    Participation.........................................583, 836, 979
    Participation and Unemployment...............................   585
    Program Actual Obligations...................................   835
    Program Funding Definitions..................................   847
    Program Grant Authorizations.................................   847
    Program Income Documentation.................................   848
    Program Nutrition Education..................................   861
    Program Spendforward Funding.................................   849
    Program Unspent Recoverable Funds............................   871
    Spendforward Funds by State..................................   864
    Total Unspent Funds..........................................   862
    Vendors......................................................   854
    WIC..........................................................   550
Written Statement of George A. Braley............................   552