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                     CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4554

  Mr. DURBIN submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 4554) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other 
purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 103-734)

       The committee on conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     4554) ``making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1995, and other purposes,'' having met, after full and free 
     conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to 
     their respective Houses as follows:
       That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 7, 14, 
     39, 43, 47, 49, 52, 54, 55, 77, 78, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, and 
     99.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17, 20, 
     21, 23, 30, 44, 45, 46, 51, 53, 56, 59, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 
     69, 71, 73, 74, 81, 82, and 97, and agreed to the same.
       Amendment numbered 1:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $63,418,000; amd the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 2:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $53,936,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 3:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $6,500,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 4:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agreed to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $696,382,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 9:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $1,318,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 13:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 13, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $8,112,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 19:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 19, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $3,463,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 22:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 22, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $438,744,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 27:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 27, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $516,738,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 28:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 28, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $56,591,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 31:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 31, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $68,884,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 35:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 35, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $3,399,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 36:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 36, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $70,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 38:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 38, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $15,172,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 40:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 40, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of the sum named, insert: $4,500,000; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 48:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 48, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $905,523,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 50:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 50, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $126,502,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 60:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 60, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $1,750,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 61:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 61, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of the sum named insert: $1,750,000; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 62:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 62, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $4,263,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 64:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 64, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $15,200,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 72:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 72, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $6,750,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 79:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 79, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of the sum named, insert: $25,000,000; and the 
     Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 80:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 80, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $899,394,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 88:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 88, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $49,144,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 90:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 90, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $85,500,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       The committee of conference report in disagreement 
     amendments numbered 5, 11, 15, 18, 24, 25, 26, 29, 32, 33, 
     34, 37, 41, 42, 57, 58, 70, 75, 76, 83, 84, 89, 91, 94, 95, 
     96, 98, 100, 101, and 102.
     Richard J. Durbin,
     Jamie L. Whitten,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Ray Thornton,
     Rosa L. DeLauro,
     Pete Peterson,
     Ed Pastor,
     Neal Smith,
     David R. Obey,
     Joe Skeen,
     John T. Myers,
     Barbara F. Vucanovich,
     James T. Walsh,
     Joseph M. McDade,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Dale Bumpers,
     Tom Harkin,
     J. Robert Kerrey,
       (except for amendment 33 ``ornamental fish'')
     J. Bennett Johnston,
     Herb Kohl,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Thad Cochran,
     Arlen Specter,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Phil Gramm,
     Slade Gorton,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4554) making 
     appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other 
     purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House 
     and Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed 
     upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying 
     conference report.


                        congressional directives

       The conferees agree that executive branch wishes cannot 
     substitute for Congress' own statements as to the best 
     evidence of congressional intentions--that is, the official 
     reports of the Congress. The conferees further point out that 
     funds in this Act must be used for the purposes for which 
     appropriated, as required by section 1301 of title 31 of the 
     United States Code, which provides: ``Appropriations shall be 
     applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were 
     made except as otherwise provided by law.''
       Report language included by the House which is not changed 
     by the report of the Senate, and Senate report language which 
     is not changed by the conference are approved by the 
     committee of conference. The statement of the managers, while 
     repeating some report language for emphasis, does not intend 
     to negate the language referred to above unless expressly 
     provided herein.

                     TITLE I--AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing


                        office of the secretary

       The conferees direct the Secretary to consult with local 
     U.S. Attorney Offices and determine the availability of 
     personnel prior to hiring outside private counsel under the 
     authority granted by Public Law 103-248.


                    office of the inspector general

       Amendment No. 1: Appropriates $63,418,000 for the Office of 
     the Inspector General instead of $63,918,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $62,918,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                     office of the general counsel

       The conferees do not expect the Office of the General 
     Counsel to seek reimbursement from other agencies in this Act 
     to supplement its appropriation. If funds are transferred 
     from appropriations in this Act to the Office of the General 
     Counsel, they must have the approval of the agency 
     administrator. The General Counsel provides an essential 
     service to the agencies and programs of the Department of 
     Agriculture; therefore, the conferees expect the fiscal year 
     1996 budget request to reflect the actual needs of the Office 
     of the General Counsel.

                       Economic Research Service

       Amendment No. 2: Appropriates $53,936,000 for the Economic 
     Research Service instead of $54,306,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $53,565,000 as proposed by the Senate.

 Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Revolving Fund

       Amendment No. 3: Appropriates $6,500,000 for the 
     Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization 
     Revolving Fund instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $9,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree 
     that no additional centers be designated beyond the two 
     already designated.

                     Agricultural Research Service

       Amendment No. 4: Appropriates $696,382,000 for the 
     Agricultural Research Service instead of $693,977,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $698,787,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes the following increases 
     to the 1994 level for research projects specified in the 
     House report:

1. Ethanol pilot plant (IL)....................................$500,000
2. Long staple cotton breeding (NM).............................300,000
3. Western pecan research (NM)..................................300,000
4. Sweet potato whitefly research (AZ)..........................500,000
5. Alternatives to chemicals on apples (MI, NY, CA).............300,000
6. Composting research (OH).....................................300,000
7. Animal health research (IN)..................................500,000

       In addition, the conference agreement provides $500,000 to 
     initiate a national program to enhance the corn germ plasm 
     base. Scientists are concerned that the current narrow 
     genetic base for corn greatly increases vulnerability to 
     unforeseen pest problems for the $16 billion U.S. corn crop.
       The conference agreement includes the following increases 
     to the 1994 level for research projects specified in the 
     Senate report:

1. Appalachian Fruit Research Laboratory (WV)..................$200,000
2. Appalachian Soil and Water Conservation Laboratory (WV)......950,000
  Fayetteville..................................................250,000
  Stuttgart.....................................................187,000
  Booneville....................................................125,000
  Pine Bluff...................................................  62,000
                                                             __________

                                                              (624,000)
                                                               ==========
_______________________________________________________________________

4. Arkansas Children's Hospital...............................1,100,000
5. Delta Nutrition and Health Promotion Initiative............1,500,000
6. Fish Farming Experimental Laboratory, Stuttgart (AR).........600,000
7. Hops (WA)...................................................  50,000
8. Kenaf (MS)...................................................107,000
9. National Warm Water Aquaculture Center.......................200,000
10. Northwest Nursery Crops Center..............................200,000
12. Northwest Small Fruits Research Center......................200,000
12. National Center for Physical Acoustics (MS).................150,000

       The conferees expect each of the seven institutions 
     specified in the Senate report to receive equal funding under 
     the Delta Nutrition and Health Promotion Initiative.
       Nematodes.--Nematodes cause an estimated $8,000,000,000 
     yearly in losses to U.S. soybean, cotton, corn, vegetable, 
     and citrus producers, and the conferees expect the agency to 
     place more emphasis on nematode research in 1995.
       Lyme disease.--For research on lyme disease the conference 
     agreement provides $645,000, the same as the amount available 
     for fiscal year 1994. Included within the total is $175,000, 
     the same as the amount available for fiscal year 1994, for a 
     cooperative research program on tick control to be conducted 
     in Westchester County, New York, and Connecticut. This 
     disease, which is borne by deer ticks, is contagious to 
     humans.
       The conferees agree that of the 19 laboratories or projects 
     proposed for closure, the following 10 should remain open 
     another year for further evaluation: Houma (LA); Miami (FL); 
     Brawley (CA); Sidney (MT); Jackson (TN); Hawaii; Chatsworth 
     (NJ); Brownwood (TX); E. Grand Forks (MN); and El Reno (OK).
       Amendment No. 5: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which 
     exempts Beckley, West Virginia, from the $100 limitation on 
     the purchase of land.


                        buildings and facilities

       Amendment No. 6: Appropriates $43,718,000 for Agricultural 
     Research Service, Buildings and Facilities as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $23,400,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     following table reflects the conference agreement:

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES                        
                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Fiscal                              
                                     year                               
                                     1993    House    Senate  Conference
                                   enacted   bill     bill    agreement 
                                                                        
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arizona: Water Conservation                                             
 Laboratory & Western Cotton                                            
 Research Laboratory.............  .......  .......      500        396 
Arkansas: Rice Germplasm Center,                                        
 Stuttgart.......................    3,828  .......    6,000      4,752 
California:                                                             
    Horticulture Crops Research                                         
     Lab, Fresno to Parlier......    2,630    2,630    2,630      2,630 
    Western Regional Research                                           
     Center......................    1,161    1,161  .......        919 
Florida: Citrus Research Lab,                                           
 Orlando.........................    2,900    2,900    2,900      2,900 
Iowa: National Swine Research                                           
 Facility........................    4,524    6,500    6,017      6,259 
Kansas: Grain marketing research                                        
 lab.............................  .......  .......    1,200        950 
Louisiana: Southern Regional                                            
 Research Center.................    2,667    2,667    3,200      2,934 
Maryland: Beltsville Agricultural                                       
 Research Center.................    (\1\)    (\1\)    5,000      3,960 
Mississippi:                                                            
    National Center for Natural                                         
     Products....................    4,382  .......    4,518      3,578 
    National Center for Warm                                            
     Water Aquaculture...........    1,716    1,716    1,777      1,747 
New York: Plum Island Animal                                            
 Disease Center..................    1,475    1,475  .......      1,168 
South Carolina: U.S. Vegetable                                          
 Lab, Charleston.................      909  .......    6,000      5,544 
Texas:                                                                  
    Plant Stress Lab, Texas Tech.                                       
     University..................      551      551    1,551      1,051 
    Subtropical Lab, Weslaco.....    1,400    3,800  .......      3,009 
West Virginia: National Center                                          
 for Cold Water Aquaculture......  .......  .......    2,425      1,921 
Miscellaneous: Completed                                                
 facilities......................    4,600  .......  .......  ..........
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, buildings and                                              
       facilities................   32,743   23,400   43,718    43,718  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Funded under rental payments (GSA).                                  

       Amendment No. 7: Deletes Senate language providing that the 
     Secretary may close the research locations specified for 
     closure in the President's budget request.

                   Cooperative State Research Service


                        special research grants

       Amendment No. 8: Appropriates $25,295,000 for special 
     research grants as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $44,969,000 as proposed by the House. the following table 
     reflects the conference agreement:

                  SPECIAL RESEARCH GRANTS (P.L. 89-106)                 
                        (In thousands of dollars)                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Fiscal                              
                                     year    House    Senate  Conference
                                     1994     bill     bill    agreement
                                   enacted                              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aflatoxin (IL)...................      126      114  .......        113 
Agribusiness management (MS).....       70       63  .......  ..........
Agricultural diversification (HI)      145  .......      130        131 
Agricultural management systems                                         
 (MA)............................      245      222      221        221 
Alfalfa (KS).....................      118  .......      106        106 
Alternative cropping systems                                            
 (Southeast).....................      261  .......      235        235 
Alternative crops (ND)...........      658      595      592        592 
Alternative crops for arid lands                                        
 (TX)............................       94       85  .......         85 
Alternative Marine and Fresh                                            
 Water Species (MS)..............      258      233      308        308 
Alternative pest control (AR)....    1,316  .......    1,184      1,184 
Aquaculture (CT).................  .......      181  .......        181 
Aquaculture (IL).................      188      170  .......        169 
Aquaculture (LA).................      367      332      330        330 
Aquaculture (MS).................      658      595      592        592 
Aquatic food safety and quality                                         
 (FL)............................  .......      181  .......        181 
Asian Products Lab (OR)..........      235  .......      212        212 
Bacoc Institute (WI).............      235      213      312        312 
Beef fat content (IA)............      223      202      201        201 
Biodiesel research (MO)..........      141  .......      177        152 
Brrom snakeweed (NM).............      188      170  .......        169 
Canola (KS)......................       94  .......       85         85 
Center for animal health and                                            
 productivity (PA)...............      126      113  .......        113 
Center for innovative food                                              
 technology (OH).................  .......      181  .......        181 
Center for rural studies (VT)....       35  .......       31         32 
Chesapeake Bay aquaculture.......      411      372      370        370 
Competitiveness of agricultural                                         
 products (WA)...................      752      680      677        677 
Cool season legume research (ID,                                        
 WA).............................      364      103      327        103 
Cranberry/blueberry disease and                                         
 breeding (NJ)...................      244  .......      220        220 
CRP acreage usage (MO)...........      141  .......      152         52 
Dairy and meat goat research (TX)       70       63  .......         63 
Delta rural revitalization (MS)..      164      148      148        148 
Desert plants (NM)...............  .......  .......      169  ..........
Developing peas and lentils for                                         
 residue to meet SCS standards                                          
 (WA)............................  .......      226  .......        226 
Dried bean (ND)..................       94  .......       85         85 
Drought mitigation (NE)..........  .......  .......      250        200 
Environmental research (NY)......      540      489  .......        486 
Expanded wheat pasture (OK)......      317      288      285        285 
Farm and rural business finance                                         
 (IL, AR)........................      118  .......      106        106 
Floriculture (HI)................      278  .......      250        250 
Food and Agriculture Policy                                             
 Institute (IA, MO)..............      705      638      750        850 
Food irradiation (IA)............      223  .......      201        201 
Food marketing policy center (CT)      369      334      332        332 
Food processing center (NE)......       47  .......       42         42 
Food safety consortium (AR, KS,                                         
 IA).............................    1,825  .......    1,743      1,743 
Food systems research group (WI).      245      221      221        221 
Forestry (AR)....................      470  .......      523        523 
Fruit and vegetable market                                              
 analysis (AZ, MO)...............      329      297      296        296 
Generic commodity promotion                                             
 research and evaluation (NY)....      235      212  .......        212 
Global change....................    1,175    1,625    1,625  ..........
Global marketing support service                                        
 (AR)............................       47  .......       92         92 
Grass seed cropping systems for a                                       
 sustainable agriculture (WA, OR,                                       
 ID).............................      470      425      423        423 
Great Plains agricultural policy                                        
 center (OK).....................       47  .......       42         42 
Human nutrition (AR).............      470      425  .......  ..........
Human nutrition (IA).............      470  .......      498        473 
Human nutrition (LA).............      752      680      777        752 
Human nutrition (NY).............      691      625  .......        622 
Illinois-Missouri Alliance for                                          
 Biotechnology...................  .......    1,357  .......      1,357 
Improved dairy management                                               
 practices (PA)..................      329      297  .......        296 
Improved fruit practices (MI)....      494      447  .......        445 
Integrated pest management and                                          
 bio control.....................    3,034    2,650    2,731  ..........
Integrated production systems                                           
 (OK)............................      179      162      161        161 
International arid lands                                                
 consortium......................      329      329      296        329 
Iowa biotechnology consortium....    1,880  .......    1,892      1,792 
Jointed goatgrass (WA)...........      329      297      296        296 
Livestock and dairy policy (NY,                                         
 TX).............................      494      447  .......        445 
Lowbush blueberry research (ME)..      208  .......      220        220 
Low-input agriculture (MN).......      216  .......      195        195 
Maple research (VT)..............       93  .......       84         84 
Michigan biotechnology consortium    2,217    2,000  .......      1,995 
Midwest advanced food                                                   
 manufacturing alliance..........      470      425      423        423 
Midwest agriculture products (IA)      658      595      592        592 
Midwest feeds consortium.........      470      425  .......        423 
Milk safety (PA).................      268  .......      268        268 
Minor use animal drugs (IR-4)....      611      553      550  ..........
Molluscan shellfish (OR).........  .......  .......      250        250 
Multi-commodity research (OR)....      282  .......      364        364 
Multi-cropping strategies for                                           
 aquaculture (HI)................      141  .......      127        127 
National biological impact                                              
 assessment......................      282      255      254        254 
National potato trade and tariff                                        
 association.....................  .......  .......      100  ..........
Navajo Nation conservation (AZ)..  .......  .......  .......         91 
Nematode resistance genetic                                             
 engineering (NM)................      141      127      127        127 
Non-food agricultural products                                          
 (NE)............................      103  .......       93         93 
North central biotechnology                                             
 initiative......................  .......    1,900  .......      2,000 
Oil resources from desert plants                                        
 (NM)............................      188      170  .......        169 
Oregon-Mass.-Penn. biotechnology.      481  .......      433        524 
Peach tree short life (SC).......      180  .......      162        162 
Perishable commodities (GA)......      235  .......      212        212 
Pest control alternatives (SC)...      118  .......      106        106 
Pesticide clearance (IR-4).......    6,345    5,711    5,711      5,711 
Pesticide impact assessment......    1,474    1,150    1,327  ..........
Pesticide research (WA)..........      627      115      564        115 
Phytophthora root rot (NM).......      141      127  .......        127 
Plant biotechnology consortium...    2,692  .......    2,424  ..........
Potato research..................    1,349      638    1,214      1,214 
Preservation and processing                                             
 research (OK)...................      251  .......      226        226 
Procerum root disease (VA).......       24       22  .......         22 
Product development and marketing                                       
 center (ME).....................      400  .......      360        360 
Rangeland ecosystems (NM)........  .......  .......      338  ..........
Red River Corridor (MN, ND)......      188      170      169        169 
Regional barley gene mapping                                            
 project.........................      387      350      349        348 
Regionalized implications of farm                                       
 programs (MO, TX)...............      327      295      294        294 
Rural development centers (PA, IA                                       
 (ND), MS, OR)...................      470      425      423        423 
Rural environmental research (IL)  .......       90  .......         90 
Rural housing needs (NE).........       75  .......       68         68 
Rural policies institute (NE, MO)      494  .......      644        644 
Russian wheat aphid (WA, OR, CO,                                        
 CA, ID).........................      505      457      454        455 
Seafood and aquaculture                                                 
 harvesting, processing, and                                            
 marketing (MS)..................      339  .......      305        305 
Seafood research (OR)............      306  .......      275        275 
Small fruit research (OR, WA, ID)      235      212      212        212 
Soil and water research (OH).....      188      170  .......        169 
Soil borne disease prevention                                           
 (NM)............................  .......  .......      127  ..........
Southwest consortium for plant                                          
 genetics and water resources....      376      340      338        338 
Soybean bioprocessing (IA).......      308  .......      277        277 
Soybean cyst nematode (MO).......      337      304      304        303 
STEEP II--water quality in                                              
 Northwest.......................      921      833      829        829 
Sunflower insects (ND)...........      141  .......      127        127 
Sustainable agriculture (MI).....      494      447  .......        445 
Sustainable agriculture and                                             
 natural resources (PA)..........       94  .......       94         94 
Sustainable agriculture systems                                         
 (NE)............................       66  .......       59         59 
Swine research (MN)..............      132      119      118        119 
Taxol cultivation (CT)...........       47       42  .......         42 
Tillage, silviculture, waste                                            
 management (LA).................      235  .......      212        212 
Tropical and subtropical.........    3,121    2,824    2,809      2,809 
Urban pests (GA).................       71       64  .......         64 
Value-added wheat (KS)...........      235  .......      212        212 
Waste utilization (NC)...........      414      374  .......        373 
Water conservation (KS)..........       88  .......       80         79 
Water management (AL)............      374  .......      337        337 
Water quality....................    4,230    2,757    2,757  ..........
Weed control (ND)................      470      425      423        423 
Wheat genetic research (KS)......      196      177      177        176 
Wood utilization research (OR,                                          
 MS, NC, MN, ME, MI).............    4,176    2,182    2,402      3,758 
Wool research (TX, MT, WY).......      235      212  .......        212 
All other........................    2,689  .......  .......  ..........
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, special research                                           
       grants....................   68,542   44,969   52,295     52,295 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Oregon-Massachusetts-Pennsylvania Biotechnology.--The 
     conferees have included $91,000 for the Pennsylvania portion 
     of the grant. This shall not reduce the funding for Oregon 
     and Massachusetts.
       Amendment No. 9: Appropriates $1,318,000 for alternative 
     crops instead of $1,818,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $650,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 
     provides $500,000 for research on canola as proposed by both 
     the House and the Senate. No funds are included for crambe 
     and rapeseed as proposed by the Senate instead of $500,000 as 
     proposed by the House. For research on guayule the conference 
     agreement provides $668,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement also provides $150,000 for research on 
     hesperaloe as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
       Amendment No. 10: Provides $500,000 for the Critical 
     Agricultural Materials Act as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $400,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 11: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: $475,000 for rangeland research grants as 
     authorized by subtitle M of the National Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as 
     amended; $8,990,000 for contracts and grants for agricultural 
     research under the Act of August 4, 1965, as amended (7 
     U.S.C. 450i(c));
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement restores House language earmarking 
     $475,000 for rangeland research. The conference agreement 
     also includes the following amounts for grants and contracts:

Global change................................................$1,625,000
Integrated pest management....................................2,731,000
Pesticide impact assessment...................................1,327,000
Minor use animal drugs (IR-4)...................................550,000
Water quality.................................................2,757,000
                                                       ________________

      Total...................................................8,990,000

       Amendment No. 12: Appropriates $4,350,000 for higher 
     education challenge grants as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $1,500,000 as proposed by the House. The House bill 
     included an additional $2,850,000 for higher education 
     challenge grants under General Provisions. The conference 
     agreement provides all of the funds in a single account.
       Amendment No. 13: Provides $8,112,000 for sustainable 
     agriculture instead of $7,400,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $8,825,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 14: Provides $19,954,000 for Federal 
     administration as proposed by the House instead of 
     $19,019,000 as proposed by the Senate. The following table 
     reflects the conference agreement:

                         FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION                         
                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Fiscal                              
                                     year    House    Senate  Conference
                                     1994     bill     bill    agreement
                                   enacted                              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ag in classroom..................      196  .......  .......  ..........
Agricultural biotechnology.......      376      376      376        349 
Agriculture development in                                              
 American Pacific................      608      608      608        564 
Alternative fuels                                                       
 characterization lab (ND).......      235  .......      235        218 
American Indian Initiative of the                                       
 Arid Lands Development Fund.....  .......      468  .......        434 
Center for Agricultural and Rural                                       
 Development (IA)................      705      705  .......        655 
Center for North American Studies                                       
 (TX)............................       94       94  .......         87 
Geographic information system....    1,011    1,011    1,010        939 
Herd management (TN).............      576  .......  .......        535 
Mississippi Valley State                                                
 University......................      628  .......      628        583 
National Potato Trade and Tariff                                        
 Association\1\..................  .......  .......  .......         93 
Office of grants and program                                            
 systems.........................      314      314      314        292 
Pay costs and FERS (prior).......      517      517      517        480 
Peer panels......................      244      244      244        227 
PM-10 study (CA, WA).............      940      940      940        873 
Shrimp aquaculture (AZ, HI, MS,                                         
 MA, SC).........................    3,290    3,290    3,290      3,054 
Vocational aquaculture education.      470      470      470        436 
Water quality\2\.................    1,175    1,000      470        928 
1890 capacity building...........    9,917    9,917    9,917      9,207 
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, Federal                                                    
       Administration............   21,296   19,954   19,019     19,954 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Senate bill included $100,000 under Special Research Grants.         
\2\Includes $436,000 (ND), $492,000 (IL) FY 1995.                       

       Amendment No. 15: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $433,438,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement appropriates $433,438,000 for the 
     Cooperative State Research Service instead of $433,438,000 
     for the Cooperative State Research Service instead of 
     $413,960,000 as proposed by the House and $423,083,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                        buildings and facilities

       Amendment No. 16: Appropriates $62,744,000 for Cooperative 
     State Research Service, Buildings and Facilities as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $34,148,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The following table reflects the conference agreement:

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES                        
                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Fiscal                              
                                     year    House    Senate  Conference
                                     1994     bill     bill    agreement
                                   enacted                              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama: Poultry science                                                
 facility, Auburn University\1\..  .......      552    (\1\)        522 
Arkansas:                                                               
    Agriculture building--                                              
     University of Arkansas......    1,668    1,532    2,332      2,332 
    Carnall Hall, Alternative                                           
     Pest Control Center.........  .......  .......    1,000        946 
California: Alternative pest                                            
 control containment and                                                
 quarantine, University of                                              
 California......................    2,086    1,916    2,000      1,893 
Colorado: Animal Reproduction and                                       
 Biotechnology, Colorado State                                          
 University......................      320      294    1,301      1,231 
Connecticut:                                                            
    Agricultural biotechnology                                          
     building, University of                                            
     Connecticut.................    (\1\)      552      600        568 
    Chemistry Building,                                                 
     Connecticut Agricultural                                           
     Experiment Station..........  .......    (\1\)  .......      (\1\) 
Delaware: Poultry Biocontainment                                        
 Facility........................      329  .......    1,500      1,420 
Florida: Aquatic Research                                               
 Facility, University of Florida.  .......    (\1\)  .......      (\1\) 
Georgia: Biocontainment Research                                        
 Center, University of Georgia...    1,685    1,548    2,396      2,396 
Hawaii: Center for Applied                                              
 Aquaculture.....................    2,086  .......    1,580      1,495 
Idaho: Biotechnology Facility....      835      768    1,861      1,761 
Illinois: Biotechnology Center,                                         
 Northwestern University               835      828    3,400      3,218 
    Science facility, DePaul                                            
     University\1\...............  .......      460  .......        435 
Kentucky: Applied research and                                          
 manpower training center........    (\1\)  .......      897        897 
Louisiana: Southeast Research                                           
 Station, Franklinton............  .......    (\1\)    (\1\)      (\1\) 
Maryland: Institute for Natural                                         
 Resources and Environmental                                            
 Science, University of Maryland.    1,669    1,533    2,000      1,893 
Massachusetts: Center/hunger,                                           
 poverty, nutrition and policy...    2,202    2,022    2,600      2,461 
Mississippi:                                                            
    Biological Technology Center                                        
     for Water and Wetlands                                             
     Resources...................       94       86    1,500      1,420 
    National Food Service                                               
     Management Institute........  .......  .......    (\1\)      (\1\) 
Missouri: Center for plant                                              
 biodivesity, St. Louis..........    (\1\)      736      800        757 
Montana: Bioscience Research                                            
 Laboratory, Montana State                                              
 University......................    1,868    1,715    2,608      2,608 
Nevada: Great Basin Environmental                                       
 Research Lab, University of                                            
 Nevada..........................  .......    (\1\)  .......      (\1\) 
New Jersey: Plant Bioscience                                            
 Facility, Rutgers University....    2,189  .......    4,000      3,785 
New Mexico: Center for Arid Land                                        
 Studies, New Mexico State                                              
 University......................      798      734    1,500      1,420 
New York: New York Botanical                                            
 Garden..........................    2,503    2,300    4,000      3,785 
North Carolina: Bowman-Gray                                             
 Center at Wake Forest...........    3,074    2,823    2,000      2,672 
North Dakota: Institute for                                             
 Agriculture and Rural Health                                           
 Research Development, Minot                                            
 State University................  .......  .......    2,600      2,600 
Ohio: Lake Erie Soil and Water                                          
 Research and Education Center...      263      242  .......        229 
Oklahoma:                                                               
    Beef cattle research facility      352  .......      375        375 
    Grain Storage Research and                                          
     Extension Center, Oklahoma                                         
     State University............  .......  .......    (\1\)      (\1\) 
Oregon:                                                                 
    Forest Ecosystem Research                                           
     Lab, Oregon State University  .......  .......    (\1\)      (\1\) 
    Regional Food Innovation                                            
     Center......................    2,503  .......    2,600      2,397 
Pennsylvania: Center for Food                                           
 Marketing, St. Joseph's                                                
 University......................    1,950    1,790    2,500      2,366 
Rhode Island: Building                                                  
 consolidation, University of                                           
 Rhode Island....................    3,109    2,855    2,000      2,702 
South Carolina: ARS U.S.                                                
 Vegetable Lab, Charleston.......  .......  .......    1,000  ..........
South Dakota: Animal Resource                                           
 Wing, South Dakota State                                               
 University......................  .......  .......    (\1\)      (\1\) 
Tennessee:                                                              
    Agricultural, Biological and                                        
     Environmental Research                                             
     Complex, University of                                             
     Tennessee in Knoxville......    1,668      460    2,500      2,366 
    Horse Science and Teaching                                          
     Center, Middle Tennessee                                           
     State University............  .......    (\1\)  .......      (\1\) 
    Nursery Crop Research                                               
     Station, Tennessee State                                           
     University..................      324  .......       88         88 
Texas:                                                                  
    Southern crop improvement,                                          
     Texas A & M.................      584      537  .......        508 
    Biocontainment facility,                                            
     Texas A & M.................  .......    (\1\)  .......      (\1\) 
Utah: Biotechnology Lab, Utah                                           
 State University................      775  .......      455        387 
Vermont: Rural Community                                                
 Interactive Learning Center,                                           
 University of Vermont...........  .......  .......    (\1\)      (\1\) 
Washington:                                                             
    Animal Disease Biotechnology                                        
     Facility, Washington State                                         
     University..................    4,799    4,408    4,408      4,172 
    Wheat research facility,                                            
     Washington State                                                   
     University\1\...............  .......      450  .......        426 
Wisconsin: College of Natural                                           
 Resources, University of                                               
 Wisconsin--Stevens Point........    1,978    1,817    2,823      2,761 
Wyoming: Environmental Simulation                                       
 Facility, University of Wyoming.    1,001      920    1,250      1,182 
Miscellaneous:                                                          
    Completed facilities.........   10,336  .......  .......  ..........
    Fund for reports.............       94      270      270        270 
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, Buildings and                                              
       facilities................   53,977   34,148   62,744     62,744 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\Report requested.                                                    

       The conference agreement completes the Federal funding 
     share for the following 10 facilities:
       1. Agriculture Building--University of Arkansas
       2. Biocontainment Research Center--University of Georgia
       3. Applied Research and Manpower and Training Center (KY)
       4. Bioscience Research Laboratory--Montana State University
       5. Institute for Agriculture and Rural Health Research 
     Development--Minot State University (ND)
       6. Beef Cattle Research Facility (OK)
       7. Regional Food Innovation Center (OR)
       8. Nursery Crop Research Station--Tennessee State 
     University
       9. Biotechnology Laboratory--Utah State University
       10. College of Natural Resources, Stevens Point--University 
     of Wisconsin

                           Extension Service

       Amendment No. 17: Provides $10,947,000 for the pest 
     management program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $10,147,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 18: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which 
     provides for the transfer of up to $125,000 from funds 
     available for pest management to the Cooperative State 
     Research Service. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 19: Provides $3,463,000 for sustainable 
     agriculture instead of $2,963,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $3,963,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 20: Provides $2,750,000 for rural health and 
     safety education as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 21: Appropriates $12,611,000 for Federal 
     administration of the Extension Service as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $7,117,000 as proposed by the House.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

                FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION AND SPECIAL GRANTS               
                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                    Fiscal                              
                                     year    House    Senate  Conference
                                     1994     bill     bill    agreement
                                   enacted                              
------------------------------------------------------------------------
General administration...........    5,534    5,241    5,241      5,241 
Pilot tech. transfer (OK, MS)....      331      331      331        331 
Pilot tech. transfer (WI)........      165      165  .......        165 
Rural rehabilitation (GA)........      250      250      250        250 
Income enhancement demonstration                                        
 (OH)............................      250      250  .......        250 
Rural development (NM)...........      230      230      230        230 
Rural development (NE)...........      400  .......      392        392 
Rural development (OK)...........      300  .......      300        300 
Chinch bug/Russian wheat aphid                                          
 project (NE)....................       67  .......       67         67 
Beef producers' improvement (AR).      200  .......      200        200 
Integrated cow/calf resources                                           
 management (IA).................      250  .......      350        350 
Extension specialist (AR)........      100  .......      100        100 
Rural center for the study and                                          
 promotion of HIV/STD prevention                                        
 (IN)............................      250      250  .......        250 
Cranberry development (ME).......       50  .......       50         50 
Delta teachers academy...........    2,000  .......    5,000      3,935 
Wood biomass as an alternative                                          
 farm product (NY)...............  .......      200  .......        200 
Range improvement (NM)...........  .......      200  .......        200 
Agricultural Plastics (VT).......  .......  .......      100        100 
All other........................      810  .......  .......  ..........
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total, Federal                                                    
       Administration............   11,187    7,117   12,611     12,611 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

       The conference agreement provides $3,935,000 for the Delta 
     Teachers Academy. The conferees expect the General Accounting 
     Office to submit a final review of this program to the House 
     and Senate Committees on Appropriations by June 30, 1995.
       Amendment No. 22: Appropriates $438,744,000 for the 
     Extension Service instead of $429,200,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $439,244,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes $50,000, within the total 
     available for the Youth-at-Risk Program, for the I-CARE 
     Program in Marion County, Illinois.

                     National Agricultural Library

       Amendment No. 23: Appropriates $18,307,000 for the National 
     Agricultural Library as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $17,845,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 24: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which 
     provides that $462,000 shall be available for the National 
     Center for Agricultural Law Research and Information at the 
     Leflar School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 25: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $443,651,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement appropriates $443,651,000 for 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and 
     Expenses instead of $438,651,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $438,901,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

               ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE               
                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 Fiscal                                 
                                  year      House    Senate   Conference
                                  1994      bill      bill     agreement
                                 enacted                                
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  PEST AND DISEASE EXCLUSION                                            
                                                                        
Agricultural quarantine                                                 
 inspection...................    24,246    25,140    25,140     25,140 
    User fees.................    91,460    96,660    96,660     96,660 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Agricultural                                            
       quarantine inspection..   115,706   121,800   121,800    121,800 
                               =========================================
Foot-and-mouth disease........     4,046     3,995     3,995      3,995 
Import-export inspection......     6,800     6,535     6,535      6,535 
International programs........     5,826     6,106     6,106      6,106 
Mediterranean fruit fly                                                 
 exclusion....................    10,199    10,089    10,089     10,089 
Mexican fruit fly exclusion...     2,272     2,156     2,156      2,156 
Screwworm.....................    34,645    34,029    34,029     34,029 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, pest and disease                                           
       exclusion..............   179,494   184,710   184,710    184,710 
                                                                        
    PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH                                             
          MONITORING                                                    
                                                                        
Animal health monitoring and                                            
 surveillance.................    59,933    59,381    59,381     59,381 
Animal and plant health                                                 
 regulatory enforcement.......     5,849     5,865     5,865      5,865 
Fruit fly detection...........     3,950     3,923     3,923      3,923 
Pest detection................     3,444     4,206     4,206      4,206 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, plant and animal                                           
       health monitoring......    73,176    73,376    73,375     73,375 
                                                                        
                               =========================================
  PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT                                           
           PROGRAMS                                                     
                                                                        
Animal damage control--                                                 
 operations...................    26,092    26,592    26,592     26,592 
Aquaculture...................  ........       493       493        493 
Biocontrol....................     5,702     7,504     7,754      7,504 
Boll weevil\1\................    13,226    13,084    13,084     18,084 
Brucellosis eradication.......    31,004    27,781    27,781     27,781 
Cattle ticks..................     4,597     4,578     4,578      4,578 
Golden nematode...............       658       615       615        615 
Gypsy moth....................     5,202     5,177     5,177      5,177 
Honey bee pests...............       380  ........  ........  ..........
Imported fire ant.............     2,700     1,500     1,500      1,500 
Miscellaneous plant diseases..     1,996     1,988     1,988      1,988 
Noxious weeds.................       475       404       404        404 
Pink bollworm.................     2,292     1,069     1,069      1,069 
Pre-harvest program...........  ........     2,800     2,800      2,800 
Pseudorabies..................     4,543     4,543     4,543      4,543 
Russian wheat aphid...........     2,400  ........  ........  ..........
Salmonella enteritidis........     3,411     3,384     3,384      3,384 
Scrapie.......................     3,000     2,969     2,969      2,969 
Sweet potato whitefly.........     3,514     2,400     2,400      2,400 
Tropical bont tick............  ........       537       537        537 
Tuberculosis..................     5,538     5,499     5,499      5,499 
Witchweed.....................     4,081     1,975     1,975      1,975 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, Pest and disease                                           
       management programs....   120,812   114,892   115,142    119,892 
                                                                        
                               =========================================
          ANIMAL CARE                                                   
                                                                        
Animal welfare................     9,262     9,262     9,262      9,262 
                               -----------------------------------------
Horse protection..............       481       362       362        362 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, Animal care......     9,743     9,624     9,624      9,624 
                               =========================================
                                                                        
   SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL                                             
           SERVICES                                                     
                                                                        
ADC methods development.......     9,681     9,681     9,681      9,681 
Biotechnology/environmental                                             
 protection...................     7,756     7,690     7,690      7,690 
Integrated systems acquisition                                          
 project......................     3,500     3,500     3,500      3,500 
Plant methods development                                               
 laboratories.................     5,084     5,059     5,059      5,059 
Veterinary biologics..........    10,434    10,371    10,371     10,371 
Veterinary diagnostics........    14,946    14,811    14,811     14,811 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, Scientific and                                             
       technical services.....    51,401    51,112    51,112     51,112 
Contingency fund..............     4,938     4,938     4,938      4,938 
Procurement reform............  ........  ........  ........  ..........
                               =========================================
      Total, Salaries and                                               
       expenses...............   439,564   438,651   438,901    443,651 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\House language under Federal Crop Insurance Corporation added        
  $12,000,000 to APHIS for the boll weevil program.                     

       The conferees expect the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Services to help facilitate the collaboration between the 
     veterinary biologics industry and the goat industry to 
     develop a rabies vaccine for goats.
       The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has 
     established a trace back procedure in cases of Salmonella 
     enteritidis. An industry organization, United Egg Producers, 
     has developed a quality assurance food safety program for 
     eggs. The conferees expect the Animal and Plant Health 
     Inspection Service to cooperate and assist the egg industry 
     to implement the quality assurance program on an expanded 
     basis nationwide.
       The conferees are aware of the need for new or renovated 
     facilities to update the brucellosis and tuberculosis 
     laboratories at Ames, Iowa, and request the Department report 
     back to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations by 
     February 15, 1995, with a plan for updating the laboratories 
     at the Ames site.
       The avocado industry is concerned by the potential for a 
     wide array of pest and disease infestations which may result 
     from the importation of fresh Mexican avocados. The conferees 
     believe that the scientific data relied on to justify any 
     change to the entry status of fresh Mexican avocados must be 
     sujected to the fullest review practicable. The conferees 
     further believe such data must include baseline information 
     on the full array of pests and diseases of concern to the 
     United States that occurs in the avocado growing regions of 
     Mexico.
       Amendment No. 26: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:
       In fiscal year 19995 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 reasonable 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.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides authority for the Animal 
     and Plant Health Inspection Service to collect fees fro 
     technical services costs provided by the agency upon request. 
     Use of this provision should be to cover salaries and 
     expenses related to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service personnel providing training or educational seminars 
     or equipment.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       Amendment No. 27: Appropriates $516,738,000 for the Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service instead of $430,929,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $533,929,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           marketing services

       Amendment No. 28: Appropriates $56,591,000 for Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Marketing Services instead of $55,728,000 
     as proposed by the House and $57,454,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees expect the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service to continue activities related to egg inspection 
     within the funds provided unless additional user fees are 
     authorized for such activities.


          funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply

                              (section 32)

       Amendment No. 29: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which 
     provides that in fiscal year 1996, section 32 funds shall be 
     used to promote sunflower and cottonseed oil exports. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.

                Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act

       Amendment No. 30: Deletes House language, as proposed by 
     the Senate, providing for new fees for the Perishable 
     Agricultural Commodities Act. Public Law 103-176, which was 
     recently enacted, addresses this issue.

                   Federal Crop Insurance Corporation


                 administrative and operating expenses

       Amendment No. 31: Appropriates $68,884,000 for Federal Crop 
     Insurance Corporation, Administrative and Operating Expenses 
     instead of $62,796,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $72,796,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 32: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken by said amendment insert: : 
     Provided, That until October 1, 1995, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture may collect and use such sums as may be necessary 
     for the delivery of catastrophic risk protection under 
     subsections (b) and (c) of section 508 of the Federal Crop 
     Insurance Act, as that Act would be amended by section 
     6(a)(3) of H.R. 4217 as passed by the House on August 5, 
     1994, if such provision or similar provision is enacted into 
     law: Provided further, That in addition to amounts otherwise 
     appropriated in this Act, there are hereby appropriated such 
     sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the 
     crop insurance fund established under section 516 of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act, as that Act would be amended by 
     section 8 of H.R. 4217, if such provision or similar 
     provision is enacted into law
       The managers on the part of Senate will move to concur in 
     the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides language to allow such 
     sums as necessary to be used by the crop insurance fund and 
     for administrative and operating expenses from fees collected 
     for catastrophic risk coverage. This language is necessary to 
     comport with proposals contained in crop insurance reform 
     legislation. The conference agreement deletes House language, 
     as proposed by the Senate, providing $12,000,000 to the 
     Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

                      Commodity Credit Corporation


                          disaster assistance

       Amendment No. 33: Reported in technical disagrement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert:


                          disaster assistance

       Such sums as may be necessary from the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation shall be available, through July 15, 1995, to 
     producers under the same terms and conditions authorized in 
     chapter 3, subtitle B, title XXII of Public Law 101-624 for 
     1994 crops (including aquaculture) affected by natural 
     disasters: Provided, That these funds shall be made available 
     upon enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such funds 
     shall also be available for payments to producers for 1995 
     through 1996 orchard crop losses, if the losses are due to 
     freezing conditions incurred between January 1, 1994 and 
     March 31, 1994, and Federal crop insurance is not available 
     for affected orchard crop producers: Provided further, That 
     such funds shall also be available to fund the costs of 
     replanting, reseeding, or repairing damage to commercial 
     trees, including orchard and nursery inventory, as a result 
     of 1994 weather-related damages: Provided further, That the 
     terms and conditions of section 521, paragraphs (a)(3) and 
     (4), paragraph (b)(3), subparagraph (c)(2)(C), and 
     subsections (d) and (e), as amended in section 201 of S. 2095 
     (as reported by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry on June 22, 1994) shall apply to call claims for 
     assistance made under this paragraph: Provided further, That 
     such amounts and uses of funds made available under this 
     paragraph are designated by Congress as emergency 
     requirements pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
     and that such funds and uses 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 pursuant to the Balanced 
     Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is 
     transmitted by the President to the Congress.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement adopts and modifies the Senate 
     disaster provisions. The conferees provide for a maximum of 
     three years coverage for orchard crop losses rather than five 
     years. The conference agreement deletes ``regardless of the 
     age of the trees'' when referring to commercial trees, and 
     deletes ``and excluding ornamental fish'' in reference to 
     aquaculture. The conferees agree that the term ``orchards'' 
     include vineyards.

                    TITLE II--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

                       Soil Conservation Service


                        conservation operations

       Amendment No. 34: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $556,062,000, and the unobligated and uncommitted portion of 
     the fiscal year 1994 appropriation for the Conservation 
     Reserve Program shall be transferred to this account
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement appropriates $556,062,000 for Soil 
     Conservation Service, Conservation Operations instead of 
     $576,562,000 as proposed by the House and $591,049,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The agreement transfers the 
     unboligated and uncommitted portion of the fiscal year 1994 
     appropriation for the Conservation Reserve Program to this 
     account.
       The conference agreement in amendment No. 91 also transfers 
     unobligated fiscal year 1994 funds from the Wetlands Reserve 
     Program to this account.
       The conference agreement includes $200,000 to provide 
     technical assistance for a rural recycling and water resource 
     protection initiative in the Mississippi Delta region of 
     Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi.
       The conferees direct the Department to provide an 
     evaluation of all earmarked projects listed in the House and 
     Senate reports, including the need for the project's 
     continuation, total cost, and completion date.
       Amendment No. 35: Provides $3,399,000 for improvements of 
     the Plant Materials Centers instead of $2,399,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $3,899,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $1,000,000 for the Plant 
     Materials Center in Beckley, West Virginia.


               watershed and flood prevention operations

       Amendment No. 36: Appropriates $70,000,000 for Watershed 
     and Flood Prevention Operations instead of $65,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $75,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conferees recognize the value of four pilot projects 
     currently underway in North Florida related to dairy and 
     poultry cleanup efforts and urge the Department to continue 
     those projects.
       Amendment No. 37: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: (of which $10,000,000 shall 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), as 
     amended and supplemented): Provided, That, for fiscal year 
     1995 only, not to exceed 10 per centum of the foregoing 
     amounts shall be available for allocation to any one State
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement restores House language earmarking 
     $10,000,000 for the Public Law 534 program. The agreement 
     also restores House language establishing a limitation on the 
     percent of funds any one State can receive, but increases the 
     limitation from 5 percent to 10 percent. This limitation 
     applies to fiscal year 1995 only.


                   great plains conservation program

       Amendment No. 38: Appropriates $15,172,000 for the Great 
     Plains Conservation Program instead of $11,672,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $18,672,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

          Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service


                   agricultural conservation program

                    water quality incentives program

       The conference agreement includes $2,800,000 to provide 
     cost-shared financial assistance to farmers and local 
     communities in support of a rural recycling and water 
     resource protection initiative in the Mississippi Delta 
     region of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi.


                      forestry incentives program

       Amendment No. 39: Restores House language, which was 
     deleted by the Senate, appropriating $6,625,000 for the 
     Forestry Incentives Program.


             colorado river basin salinity control program

       Amendment No. 40: Restores House language and appropriates 
     $4,500,000 for the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 
     Program instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     Senate amendment deleted House language providing for this 
     program.


                      conservation reserve program

       The conferees expect the Office of Management and Budget 
     and the Congressional Budget Office to continue to provide 
     Conservation Reserve Program costs in their baselines so that 
     Congress can extend and modify the program in the future.

         TITLE III--FARMERS HOME AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

    Rural Development Administration and Farmers Home Administration


              rural housing insurance fund program account

       Amendment No. 41: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $2,200,000,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $2,200,000,000 for loans 
     for section 502 low-income rural housing programs instead of 
     $2,323,339,000 as proposed by the House and $2,400,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 42: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert: 
     $244,720,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement appropriates $244,720,000 for the 
     subsidy cost of section 502 low-income rural housing programs 
     instead of $268,105,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $282,640,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 43: Restores House language, deleted by the 
     Senate, providing $1,000,000 for a loan guarantee 
     demonstration program of multifamily housing.


           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

       Amendment No. 44: Deletes House language, as proposed by 
     the Senate, providing $4,312,000 for soil and water 
     conservation loans.
       Amendment No. 45: Deletes House language, as proposed by 
     the Senate, providing $411,000 for the subsidy cost of soil 
     and water conservation loans.
       Amendment No. 46: Appropriates $26,290,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of natural disaster loans as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $26,060,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 47: Deletes Senate language providing that 
     the Secretary may transfer fiscal year 1994 funds to provide 
     for farm ownership, operating, or emergency loans.


            rural development insurance fund program account

       Amendment No. 48: Provides $905,523,000 for water and sewer 
     facility loans instead of $834,193,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $976,853,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 49: Provides $17,000,000 for water and sewer 
     facility loans for empowerment zones and enterprise 
     communities as proposed by the House instead of $20,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 50: Appropriates $126,502,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of water and sewer facility loans instead of 
     $115,786,000 as proposed by the House and $136,466,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 51: Appropriates $21,375,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of direct community facility loans as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $21,723,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 52: Appropriates $2,360,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of water and sewer facility loans for empowerment zones 
     and enterprise communities as proposed by the House instead 
     of $2,794,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 53: Appropriates $741,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of direct community facility loans for empowerment zones 
     and enterprise communities as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of $753,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 54: Appropriates $103,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of guaranteed industrial development loans for 
     empowerment zones and enterprise communities as proposed by 
     the House instead of $105,000 as proposed by the Senate.


    agricultural resource conservation demonstration program account

       Amendment No. 55: Deletes Senate language providing a 
     $5,599,000 loan level and $3,086,000 subsidy cost for the 
     Agricultural Resource Conservation Demonstration Program.


                         state mediation grants

       Amendment No. 56: Appropriates $3,000,000 for State 
     Mediation Grants as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $2,000,000 as proposed by the House.


              supervisory and technical assistance grants

       Amendment No. 57: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken by said amendment insert:


                 rural water and waste disposal grants

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
     may use 1980 or 1990 census information for grant eligibility 
     of projects submitted to the agency prior to the availability 
     of 1990 census information in amounts not to exceed total 
     project cost overruns.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides language to allow the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to use either 1980 or 1990 census 
     information for Rural Water and Waste Disposal Grants 
     eligibility. The agreement also deletes House language, as 
     proposed by the Senate, appropriating $2,400,000 for 
     Supervisory and Technical Assistance Grants.


                    rural business enterprise grants

       Amendment No. 58: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which 
     provides $1,000,000 for the Northern Great Plains Rural 
     Development Act, if enacted. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       The conference agreement provides that not more than 
     $10,000,000 shall be available for projects described in 
     House Report 103-542 and not more than the same amount for 
     projects described in Senate Report 103-290.
       The conferees encourage funding of eligible projects which 
     may be developed in response to the 1994 summer wildfires in 
     the Western United States.
       Amendment No. 59: Deletes House language, as proposed by 
     the Senate, earmarking $2,000,000 for technical assistance to 
     underrepresented groups in traditionally agricultural 
     communities. Similar language is included as part of the 
     Farmers Home Administration, Salaries and Expenses Account.


          rural technology and cooperative development grants

       Amendment No. 60: Appropriates $1,750,000 for Rural 
     Technology and Cooperative Development Grants instead of 
     $1,500,000,000 as proposed by the House and $2,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees expect the Rural Technology and Cooperative 
     Development Grants to be awarded competitively and expect 
     that Statewide and multi-State entities, such as the 
     Cooperative Development Foundation, will be eligible.


             local technical assistance and planning grants

       Amendment No. 61: Restores House language and appropriates 
     $1,750,000 for Local Technical Assistance and Planning Grants 
     instead of $2,500,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     amendment deleted House language providing for this program.


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 62: Earmarks $4,263,000 for a circuit rider 
     program instead of $4,159,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $4,368,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                  Rural Electrification Administration


       rural electrification and telephone loans program account

       Amendment No. 63: Provides $297,000,000 for cost-of-money 
     rural telephone loans as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $198,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 64: Appropriates $15,200,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of direct electrification and telephone loans instead of 
     $19,120,000 as proposed by the House and $14,807,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement sets a level 
     of $9,703,000 for 5 percent electric subsidy costs and 
     $5,497,000 for 5 percent telephone subsidy costs.
       The conferees believe that the funds provided for the cost 
     of 5 percent interest rate loans and Rural Telephone Bank 
     loans are sufficient to support $75,000,000 and $175,000,000 
     in such loans, respectively. The conferees expect that these 
     loan levels will be made available to eligible borrowers. 
     However, if it is determined during the course of the fiscal 
     year that additional subsidy amounts are necessary to make 
     the amount of loans, the conferees expect the Department to 
     request a supplemental appropriation for the amount found to 
     be deficient.
       Amendment No. 65: Appropriates $60,000 for the subsidy cost 
     of cost-of-money rural telephone loans as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $40,000 as proposed by the House.


                  rural telephone bank program account

       Amendment No. 66: Appropriates $770,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of Rural Telephone Bank loans as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $2,728,000 as proposed by the House.

                    TITLE IV--DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS


                       food and nutrition service

                        child nutrition programs

       Amendments No. 67 and 68: Delete House language, as 
     proposed by the Senate, relating to administrative procedures 
     of Child Nutrition Programs and conform the bill accordingly. 
     These procedures are being addressed in the reauthorization 
     bill.
       Amendment No. 69: Provides $1,853,000 for the Food Service 
     Management Institute as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $1,706,000 as proposed by the House.
       The conferees are aware that substantial training and 
     technical assistance will be necessary to prepare school food 
     personnel to implement the School Meals Initiative 
     successfully. The National Food Service Management Institute 
     can make a valuable contribution to this effort. The 
     conferees support the Department of Agriculture's intent, as 
     stated in the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer 
     Services' letter of July 22, 1994, to provide funds to the 
     Institute for these additional activities from an account 
     established to implement section 6(a)(3) of the National 
     School Lunch Act established to carry out training and 
     technical assistance efforts related to implementing the 
     School Meals Initiative.
       Amendment No. 70: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert: $500,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides $500,000 for grants to 
     States for non-recurring costs in providing for the special 
     dietary needs of children with disabilities instead of 
     $859,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained 
     no similar provision.
       The conference agreement provides for the Child Nutrition 
     Programs at the following annual rates:

                      TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY                      
                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                Senate bill   Conference
                                   House bill                 agreement 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Child Nutrition Programs:                                               
    School lunch program.........    4,134,766   $4,134,766    4,134,766
    School breakfast program.....    1,027,230    1,027,230    1,027,230
    State administrative expenses       94,041       94,041       94,041
    Summer food service program..      256,564      256,564      256,564
    Child care food program......    1,643,448    1,643,448    1,643,448
    Commodity procurement........      255,317      255,317      255,317
    Nutrition studies and surveys        3,663        3,663        3,663
    Nutrition education and                                             
     training....................       10,270       10,270       10,270
    Federal review system........        3,849        3,849        3,849
    Food Service Management                                             
     Institute...................        1,706        1,853        1,853
    Dietary guidelines...........       20,497       20,350       20,350
                                  --------------------------------------
      Total......................    7,451,351    7,451,351    7,451,351
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          special milk program

       Amendment No. 71: Deletes House language relating to 
     administrative procedures of the Special Milk Program. These 
     procedures are being addressed in the reauthorization bill.


  special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children 
                                 (WIC)

       Amendment No. 72: Provides $6,750,000 for the Farmer's 
     Market Coupon Program instead of $5,500,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $8,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 73: Makes a grammatical change to the bill as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 74: Deletes House language, as proposed by 
     the Senate, exempting rebates received by States from cost 
     containment initiatives from the interest provisions of the 
     Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990. This provision is 
     being addressed in the reauthorization bill.


                  commodity supplemental food program

       The conferees are aware that a much larger carryover 
     balance will be available in fiscal year 1995 than originally 
     anticipated. Therefore, the conference agreement appropriates 
     $84,500,000 for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program 
     instead of $94,500,000 as proposed by both the House and the 
     Senate.


                           food stamp program

       Amendment No. 75: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment insert: and section 601 of Public Law 96-597 (48 
     U.S.C. 1469d), $28,830,710,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes a citation to allow for 
     the continued operation of a modified Food Stamp Program in 
     American Samoa in fiscal year 1995 as proposed by the Senate 
     in Amendment No. 77. The conferees are concerned with the 
     Department's and the Office of Management and Budget's 
     approach to funding mandatory programs, such as food stamps, 
     with discretionary funds. If specific authorization for a 
     mandatory program is needed, then the authorization should be 
     obtained prior to the program's implementation. It should not 
     be funded with discretionary funds. The Department and the 
     Office of Management and Budget are expected to seek the 
     proper authorization for the Food Stamp Program in American 
     Samoa in the 1995 Farm Bill. The conferees do not expect to 
     continue funding this program with discretionary funds.
       The conference agreement provides the total budget request, 
     including the $13,253,000 which the Office of Management and 
     Budget arbitrarily scores as discretionary spending. Within 
     this amount is funding for implementation and oversight 
     related to Electronic Benefits Transfer or EBT. It is 
     anticipated that EBT will replace food stamp coupons in the 
     future. The conferees believe EBT and other items within the 
     Food Stamp Program are in direct support of the program and 
     should be scored as mandatory spending. Therefore, the 
     conference agreement makes these funds available only to the 
     extent that they are scored by the Office of Management and 
     Budget the same as the rest of the Food Stamp Program.
       The conferees expect the Department to increase efforts to 
     identify and eliminate abuse and fraud in the Food Stamp 
     Program, and expect a report on the specifics of an increased 
     investigative and enforcement program by December 31, 1994.
       Amendment No. 76: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:: Provided further, That none of the funds in 
     this Act shall be used to cash out food stamp benefits beyond 
     a total of 25 projects and the total participation in such 
     projects shall not exceed 3 per centum of the estimated 
     national household level participating in the Food Stamp 
     Program
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement prohibits the Department from 
     approving more than a total of 25 food stamp cash-out 
     projects including all ongoing projects. In addition, the 
     total participation in such projects cannot exceed three 
     percent of the estimated national household level 
     participating in the Food Stamp Program. The conferees expect 
     the Department to keep Congress informed concerning the 
     projects that it has approved and the number of cases 
     approved to participate in each such project.


              food donations programs for selected groups

       Amendment No. 77: Deletes Senate language relating to 
     American Samoa. The conference agreement provides for the 
     modified Food Stamp Program in American Samoa under the Food 
     Stamp Program Account.
       Amendment No. 78: Appropriates $183,154,000 for Food 
     Donations Programs for Selected Groups as proposed by the 
     House instead of $188,404,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     Included in this amount are $33,154,000 for the Food 
     Distribution Program on Indian Reservations and $150,000,000 
     for the Elderly Feeding Program. The conferees expect the 
     Department to maintain the current reimbursement rate for the 
     Elderly Feeding Program within available funds.


                 the emergency food assistance program

       Amendment No. 79: Restores House language and appropriates 
     $25,000,000 for commodity purchases of the Emergency Food 
     Assistance Program instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate amendment deleted House language providing 
     for this program.

            TITLE V--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service


                     dairy export incentive program

       The Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) has proved to be 
     a success in developing markets for U.S. dairy products. 
     Studies have shown that the most promising new markets for 
     dairy products are the Pacific Rim countries of Asia. 
     However, exports under the DEIP have not been made in these 
     most promising markets. The conferees urge the Administration 
     to allocate, in calendar year 1995, additional dairy products 
     to countries in the Pacific Rim. Such countries shall include 
     but are not limited to China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, 
     Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, 
     and Thailand.

      TITLE VI--RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food And Drug Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 80: Provides a total of $899,394,000 for Food 
     and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses instead of 
     $914,394,000 as proposed by the House and $754,587,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees expect that any Mammography Quality Standards 
     Act inspection fees collected by the Food and Drug 
     Administration are in addition to the amount specified in 
     this Act for the Salaries and Expenses Account of the Food 
     and Drug Administration.
       Amendment No. 81: Deletes House language, as proposed by 
     the Senate, prohibiting the Food and Drug Administration from 
     using 31 U.S.C. 9701 to develop, establish, or operate any 
     program of user fees.
       Amendment No. 82: Deletes House language, as proposed by 
     the Senate, prohibiting enforcement of rules and regulations 
     for a selenium supplement level in animal feeds below 0.3 
     parts per million. The conference agreement addresses this 
     issue in Amendment No. 84.
       Amendment No. 83: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House offer a motion to recede 
     and concur in the amendment of the Senate which provides that 
     no employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture shall be 
     peremptorily removed without a hearing from his or her 
     position because of remarks made during personal time 
     regarding departmental policies or proposed policies. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 84: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert:
       The stay (published at 58 Fed. Reg. 47962) of the 1987 food 
     additive regulation relating to selenium (21 Code of Federal 
     Regulations 573.920) is suspended until December 31, 1995.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement amends Senate language related to 
     selenium content in animal feeds. The House bill contained 
     similar language in Amendment No. 82.
       Amendment No. 85: Restores House language, deleted by the 
     Senate, allowing FDA to sell surplus animals and to retain 
     the proceeds as part of the Salaries and Expenses Account.
       Amendment No. 86: Deletes Senate language prohibiting FDA 
     from purchasing or renting more than one cellular telephone. 
     The House will contained no similar provision.


                        buildings and facilities

       Amendment No. 87: Appropriates $18,150,000 for Food and 
     Drug Administration, Buildings and Facilities as proposed by 
     the House instead of $8,350,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                          Independent Agencies


                  commodity futures trading commission

       Amendment No. 88: Appropriates $49,144,000 for the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission instead of $47,480,000 
     as proposed by the House and $50,809,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 89: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows: : Provided, That the Commission is 
     authorized to charge reasonable fees to attendees of 
     Commission sponsored educational events and symposia to cover 
     the Commission's costs of providing those events and 
     symposia, and notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, said fees shall 
     be credited to this account, to be available without further 
     appropriation.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement provides authority for the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission to collect fees to cover 
     Commission costs related to salaries and expenses for 
     services provided at events and symposia. The House proposed 
     similar language which the Senate deleted.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Amendment No. 90: Limits the Market Promotion Program to 
     $85,500,000 instead of $90,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and zero dollars as proposed by the Senate. The Senate 
     limited the Market Promotion Program in Amendment No. 98.
       Amendment No. 91: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert: , 
     unless additional acres in excess of the 100,000 acre 
     limitation can be enrolled without exceeding $93,200,000: 
     Provided, That the unobligated portion of the fiscal year 
     1994 appropriation shall be transferred to and merged with 
     the appropriation for the Soil Conservation Service, 
     Conservation Operations
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement allows acres to be enrolled in the 
     Wetlands Reserve Program in fiscal year 1995 in excess of 
     100,000 without exceeding $93,200,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. In addition, the conference agreement transfers 
     unobligated fiscal year 1994 funds from the Wetlands Reserve 
     Program to the Conservation Operations Account of the Soil 
     Conservation Service instead of allowing the funds to be used 
     for enrolling additional acres in the Wetlands Reserve 
     Program as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained 
     no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 92: Restores House language, deleted by the 
     Senate, regarding compliance with the Buy American Act.
       Amendment No. 93: Restores House language, deleted by the 
     Senate, allowing the Agricultural Marketing Service to enter 
     into cooperative agreements with a State or a Cooperator.
       Amendment No. 94: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert: 
     $25,650,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement restores House language and limits 
     the sunflower and cottonseed oil export program to 
     $25,650,000 in fiscal year 1995 instead of $27,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and no limitation as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 95: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which 
     deletes House language regarding honey and inserts Senate 
     language eliminating price supports and payments for loan 
     forfeitures.
       Amendment No. 96: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which 
     deletes House language prohibiting payment of Morrill-Nelson 
     funds in fiscal year 1995 and appropriating an additional 
     $2,850,000 for higher education challenge grants, and inserts 
     Senate language permanently prohibiting payments under 
     Morrill-Nelson. Amendment No. 12 includes an additional 
     $2,850,000 for higher education challenge grants.
       Amendment No. 97: Deletes House language, as proposed by 
     the Senate, providing that certain funds cannot be used in 
     violation of the law.
       Amendment No. 98: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       Delete the matter inserted by said amendment, and on page 
     61, line 12, of the House engrossed bill strike 
     ``$94,500,000'' and insert in lieu thereof $84,500,000, and 
     on page 79, line 18, of the House engrossed bill strike 
     ``$850,000,000'' and insert in lieu thereof $800,000,000
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement deletes Senate language reducing 
     27 accounts and providing $90,000,000 for the Market 
     Promotion Program. The funding level for the Market Promotion 
     Program is set in Amendment No. 90.
       The conference agreement makes the following changes to the 
     House and Senate passed bills: (1) the Commodity Supplemental 
     Food Program is reduced from $94,500,000 to $84,500,000; and 
     (2) the limitation on the Export Enhancement Program is 
     reduced from $850,000,000 to $800,000,000.
       Amendment No. 99: Deletes Senate language entitled ``Ending 
     the Use of Taxpayer Funds to Encourage Employees to Accept 
     Homosexuality as a Legitimate or Normal Lifestyle.'' The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 100: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert:
       Sec. 725. The Secretary shall take reasonable steps to 
     ensure that no funds made available under this Act be used to 
     provide any direct individual Federal benefit or assistance 
     to any individual applying for such benefit or assistance 
     unless said individual meets all eligibility criteria for the 
     benefit or assistance.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement changes the section number and 
     amends Senate language regarding payment of funds in the Act 
     to an individual unless such individual meets all eligibility 
     criteria for the benefit or assistance.
       Amendment No. 101: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate which 
     provides the following disaster appropriations which are 
     declared emergencies by Congress and are subject to a 
     Presidential emergency designation:

1. Emergency Community Water Assistance Grants..............$10,000,000
2. Very Low-Income Housing Repair Grants.....................15,000,000
3. Emergency Loans, Subsidy...................................7,670,000

       The conference agreement also transfers $23,000,000 
     appropriated in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act 
     of 1994, Public Law 103-211, from Watershed and Flood 
     Prevention Operations to the Emergency Conservation Program. 
     The House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 102: Reported in technical disagreement. The 
     managers on the part of the House will offer a motion to 
     recede and concur in the amendment of the Senate with an 
     amendment as follows:
       In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert:
       Sec. 727. Repayment of Deficiency Payments.--In any case in 
     which the Secretary of Agriculture finds that the farming, 
     ranching, or aquaculture operations of producers on a farm 
     have been substantially affected by a natural disaster in the 
     United States or by a major disaster or emergency designated 
     by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
     and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall not require any repayment 
     under subparagraph (G) or (H) of section 114(a)(2) of the 
     Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445j(a)(2)) for the 1993 
     crop of a commodity prior to March 1, 1995.
       The managers on the part of the Senate will move to concur 
     in the amendment of the House to the amendment of the Senate.
       The conference agreement changes the section number and 
     amends Senate language requiring the Secretary to waive the 
     repayment of advanced deficiency payments for the 1993 crop 
     of a commodity, for individuals substantially affected by a 
     natural disaster, until March 1, 1995. The Senate amendment 
     delayed repayment of advanced deficiency payments on 1994 
     crops until January 1, 1995. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1994 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1994 budget estimates, 
     and the House and Senate bills for 1994 follow:

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1994.....
House bill, fiscal year 1994...........................................
Senate bill, fiscal year 1994...............................$32,670,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1994.......................32,670,000
Conference agreement compared with:
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal+32,670,000
    House bill, fiscal year 1994............................+32,670,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 1994......................................

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1995 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1994 amount, the 1995 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1995 
     follow:

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1994...$70,844,571,000
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 68,465,923,000
House bill, fiscal year 1995.............................67,925,662,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 1995............................67,913,971,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 1995...................68,004,746,000
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1994-2,839,825,000
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fisca-461,177,000
    House bill, fiscal year 1995............................+79,084,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 1995...........................+90,775,000

     Richard J. Durbin,
     Jamie L. Whitten,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Ray Thornton,
     Rosa L. DeLauro,
     Pete Peterson,
     Ed Pastor,
     Neal Smith,
     David R. Obey,
     Joe Skeen,
     John T. Myers,
     Barbara F. Vucanovich,
     James T. Walsh,
     Joseph M. McDade,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Dale Bumpers,
     Tom Harkin,
     J. Robert Kerrey,
       (except for amendment 33 ``ornamental fish'')
     J. Bennett Johnston,
     Herb Kohl,
     Dianne Feinstein,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Thad Cochran,
     Arlen Specter,
     Christopher S. Bond,
     Phil Gramm,
     Slade Gorton,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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