[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H9368-H9378]
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                     CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 3603

  Mr. SKEEN submitted the following conference report and statement on 
the bill (H.R. 3603) making appropriations for agriculture, rural 
development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other 
purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 104-726)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     3603) ``making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     1997, and for 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 5, 8, 
     17, 18, 19, 21, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 
     40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 50, 51, 53, 55, 57, 61, 71, 72, 73, 79, 
     87, 97, 102, 107, 109, 110, 112, 116, 118, 119, 124, 128, 
     129, 132, 134, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, and 143.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 
     20, 22, 23, 27, 52, 54, 63, 65, 66, 68, 69, 78, 84, 85, 89, 
     90, 93, 94, 95, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 108, 113, 114, 
     115, 117, 120, 121, 122, 123, 127, 130, 138, 144, 146, 147, 
     and agree 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:
       Restore the matter stricken, amended to read as follows: : 
     Provided, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries 
     and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to 
     carry out section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104-127; and 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: 
     $23,505,000; 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: 
     $144,053,000; 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: 
     $716,826,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 11:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 11, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $69,100,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 15:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 15, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $49,767,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 16:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 16, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $94,203,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 24:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 24, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $10,249,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 25:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 25, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $421,504,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 26:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 26, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $61,591,000; 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 named in said amendment, insert: 
     $2,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 44:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 44, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $12,066,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 45:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 45, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $425,520,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 46:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate number 46, and agree to the same with 
     an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $434,909,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 48:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate number 48, and agree to the same with 
     an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $38,507,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 49:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate number 49, and agree to the same with 
     an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $23,128,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 56:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate number 56, and agree to the same with 
     an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $34,653,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 58:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate number 58, and agree to the same with 
     an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $499,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 59:

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       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate number 59, and agree to the same with 
     an amendment, as follows:
       Delete the matter proposed and restore the matter stricken 
     by said amendment, amended as follows:
       In lieu of the first sum named in the matter restored, 
     insert: $64,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 60:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate number 60, and agree to the same with 
     an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $619,742,000; 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: 
     $12,381,000; 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: 
     130,433,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 67:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 67, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $60,743,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 70:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 70, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $7,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 74:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 74, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, a follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $9,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 75:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 75, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $566,935,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 76:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 76, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $5,200,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 77:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 77, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $8,750,000; 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 named in said amendment, insert: 
     $8,653,297,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 81:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 81, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $3,219,544,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 82:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 82, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $1,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 83:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 83, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: : Provided further, That once the amount 
     of fiscal year 1996 carryover funds has been determined by 
     the Secretary, any fund in excess of $100,000,000 may be 
     transferred by the Secretary of Agriculture to the Rural 
     Utilities Assistance Program and/or to the Rural Housing 
     Insurance Fund for the cost of direct section 502 loans, 
     including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 86:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 86, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum named in said amendment, insert: 
     $27,618,029,000; 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 named in said amendment, insert: 
     $3,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 91:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 91, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $106,128,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 92:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 92, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $135,561,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 96:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 96, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $226,900,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 98:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 98, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $185,589,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 99:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 99, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $1,780,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 111:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 111, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       After ``2249'' insert: : Provided, That this limitation 
     shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships; 
     and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 125:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 125, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 735. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
     be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by 
     this Act to any other agency or office of the Department for 
     more than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or 
     office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 
     for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of 
     assignment; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 126:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 126, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 736. Section 747 of the Federal Agriculture 
     Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 is amended by inserting, 
     ``effective October 1, 1996,'' following ``The Secretary 
     shall make grants'' in section 310B(e)(2) of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided, That this section 
     shall take effect upon enactment of this Act into law; and 
     the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 131:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 131, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

     SEC. 741. RURAL HOUSING PROGRAM EXTENSIONS.

       (a) Extension of Multifamily Rural Housing Loan Program.--
       (1) Authority to make loans.--Section 515(b)(4) of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(b)(4)) is amended by 
     striking ``September 30, 1996'' and inserting ``September 30, 
     1997''.
       (2) Set-aside for nonprofit entities.--The first sentence 
     of section 515(w)(1) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
     1485(w)(1)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 1996'' and 
     inserting ``fiscal year 1997''.
       (b) Extension of Housing in Underserved Areas Program.--The 
     first sentence of section 509(f)(4)(A) of the Housing Act of 
     1949 (42 U.S.C. 1479(f)(4)(A)) is amended by striking 
     ``fiscal year 1996'' and inserting ``fiscal year 1997''.
       (c) Reforms for Multifamily Rural Housing Loan Program.--
       (1) Limitation on project transfers.--Section 515 of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485) is amended by inserting 
     after subsection (g) the following new subsection:
       ``(h) Project Transfers.--After the date of the enactment 
     of the Act entitled `An Act making appropriations for 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1997, and for other purposes', the ownership or 
     control of a project for which a loan is made or insured 
     under this section may be transferred only if the Secretary 
     determines that such transfer would further the provision of 
     housing and related facilities for low-income families or 
     persons and would be in the best interests of residents and 
     the Federal Government.''.

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       (2) Equity loans.--Section 515(t) of the Housing Act of 
     1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(t)) is amended--
       (A) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5); and
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (8) as 
     paragraphs (4) through (6), respectively.
       (3) Equity takeout loans to extend low-income use.--
       (A) Authority and limitation.--Section 502(c)(4)(B)(iv) of 
     the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(c)(4)(B)(iv)) is 
     amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``or under paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
     514(j), except that an equity loan referred to in this clause 
     may not be made available after the date of the enactment of 
     the Act entitled `An Act making appropriations for 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1997, and for other purposes', unless the 
     Secretary determines that the other incentives available 
     under this subparagraph are not adequate to provide a fair 
     return on the investment of the borrower, to prevent 
     prepayment of the loan insured under section 514 or 515, or 
     to prevent the displacement of tenants of the housing for 
     which the loan was made''.
       (B) Approval of assistance.--Section 502(c)(4)(C) of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(c)(4)(C)) is amended by 
     striking ``(C)'' and all that follows through ``provided--'' 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(C) Approval of assistance.--The Secretary may approve 
     assistance under subparagraph (B) for assisted housing only 
     if the restrictive period has expired for any loan for the 
     housing made or insured under section 514 or 515 pursuant to 
     a contract entered into after December 21, 1979, but before 
     the date of the enactment of the Department of Housing and 
     Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, and the Secretary 
     determines that the combination of assistance provided--''.
       (C) Technical correction.--Section 515(c)(1) of the Housing 
     Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
     ``December 21, 1979'' and inserting ``December 15, 1989''.
       (d) Reform of Section 515.--Section 515 of the Housing Act 
     of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (r) and inserting the following:
       ``(r)(1) The Secretary--
       ``(A) may require that the initial operating reserve under 
     this section may be in the form of an irrevocable letter of 
     credit; and
       ``(B) except as provided in paragraph (2), may require not 
     more than a 3 percent contribution to equity, except that the 
     Secretary shall require a 5 percent contribution in the case 
     of a project that is allocated a low-income housing tax 
     credit pursuant to section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986.
       ``(2) The Secretary may adjust the amount of equity 
     contribution to ensure that assistance provided is not more 
     than is necessary to provide affordable housing after taking 
     account of assistance from all Federal, State, and local 
     sources.
       ``(3) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     the Act entitled `An Act making appropriations for 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 1997, and for other purposes', the Secretary 
     shall issue regulations to implement subsection (r)(2) in 
     accordance with the negotiated rulemaking procedures set 
     forth in subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 5, United 
     States Code: Provided, That if the negotiated rulemaking is 
     not completed within the designated time, the Secretary shall 
     proceed to promulgate regulations under the rulemaking 
     authority contained in 5 U.S.C. 557.''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (z).
       (e) Equity Skimming Penalties.--
       (1) Insurance of loans for the provision of housing and 
     related facilities for domestic farm labor.--Section 514 of 
     the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(j) Equity Skimming Penalty.--Whoever, as an owner, 
     agent, or manager, or who is otherwise in custody, control, 
     or possession of property that is security for a loan made or 
     insured under this section willfully uses, or authorizes the 
     use, of any part of the rents, assets, proceeds, income, or 
     other funds derived from such property, for any purpose other 
     than to meet actual or necessary expenses of the property, or 
     for any other purpose not authorized by this title or the 
     regulations adopted pursuant to this title, shall be fined 
     not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, 
     or both.''.
       (2) Direct and insured loans to provide housing and related 
     facilities for elderly persons and families in rural areas.--
     Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485), as 
     amended by subsection (d)(2) of this section, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(z) Equity Skimming Penalty.--Whoever, as an owner, 
     agent, or manager, or who is otherwise in custody, control, 
     or possession of property that is security for a loan made or 
     insured under this section willfully uses, or authorizes the 
     use, of any part of the rents, assets, proceeds, income, or 
     other funds derived from such property, for any purpose other 
     than to meet actual or necessary expenses of the property, or 
     for any other purpose not authorized by this title or the 
     regulations adopted pursuant to this title, shall be fined 
     not more than $250,000 or imprisoned not more than 5 years, 
     or both.''.
       (f) Prioritization of Assistance.--Section 532 of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490l) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The Secretary'' and 
     inserting ``Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), 
     the Secretary''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Prioritization of Section 515 Housing Assistance.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make assistance 
     under section 515 available pursuant to an objective 
     procedure established by the Secretary, under which the 
     Secretary shall identify counties and communities having the 
     greatest need for such assistance and designate such counties 
     and communities to receive such assistance.
       ``(2) Objective measures.--The Secretary shall use the 
     following objective measures to determine the need for rental 
     housing assistance under paragraph (1):
       ``(A) The incidence of poverty.
       ``(B) The lack of affordable housing and the existence of 
     substandard housing.
       ``(C) The lack of mortgage credit.
       ``(D) The rural characteristics of the location.
       ``(E) Other factors as determined by the Secretary, 
     demonstrating the need for affordable housing.
       ``(3) Information.--In administering this subsection, the 
     Secretary shall use information from the most recent 
     decennial census of the United States, relevant comprehensive 
     affordable housing strategies under section 105 of the 
     Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, and other 
     reliable sources obtained by the Secretary which demonstrate 
     the need for affordable housing in rural areas.
       ``(4) Designation.--A designation under this subsection 
     shall not be effective for a period of more than 3 years, but 
     may be renewed by the Secretary in accordance with the 
     procedure set forth in this subsection. The Secretary shall 
     take such other reasonable actions as the Secretary considers 
     to be appropriate to notify the public of such 
     designations.''.; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 133:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 133, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed by said amendment, amended as 
     follows:
       On page 38, line 14, of the Senate engrossed amendments, 
     insert after ``chapter 83''; or chapter 84; and the Senate 
     agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 145:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 145, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the first sum named in said amendment, insert 
     the following: $32,244,000.
       In lieu of the second sum named in said amendment, insert 
     the following: $110,000,000; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
     Joe Skeen,
     John T. Myers,
     James T. Walsh,
     Jay Dickey,
     Jack Kingston,
     Frank Riggs,
     George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
     Bob Livingston,
     Richard J. Durbin,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Ray Thornton,
     Vic Fazio,
     David R. Obey,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.
     Thad Cochran,
     Christopher Bond,
     Slade Gorton,
     Mitch McConnell,
     Conrad Burns,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Dale Bumpers,
     Tom Harkin,
     J. Robert Kerrey,
     J. Bennett Johnston,
     Herb Kohl,
     Robert C. Byrd,
                               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. 3603) making 
     appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other 
     purposes, submit the following joint statement to the House 
     and Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed 
     upon 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

       Amendment No. 1: Deletes House language limiting the detail 
     or assignment of personnel to any Under Secretary or 
     Assistant Secretary office to not more than 30 days. The

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     Senate bill and the conference agreement address this issue 
     in Amendment No. 125. The conference agreement also removes a 
     restriction on the amount of funding for rural housing that 
     may be made available from the Fund for Rural America.


        agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments

       Amendment No. 2: Provides $23,505,000 for repairs, 
     renovations, and construction of USDA buildings and 
     facilities instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $23,505,400 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 3: Appropriates $144,053,000 for Agriculture 
     Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments instead of 
     $125,548,000 as proposed by the House and $144,053,400 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


                      departmental administration

       Amendment No. 4: Appropriates $30,529,000 for Departmental 
     Administration as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $28,304,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 5: Deletes Senate language earmarking not 
     less than $11,774,000 of the amount appropriated for 
     Departmental Administration for civil rights enforcement. The 
     conferees expect that not less than $11,774,000 of the amount 
     appropriated will be directed to civil rights enforcement.


     OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

       Amendment No. 6: Appropriates $3,668,000 for the Office of 
     the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $3,728,000 as proposed by 
     the House.


                       ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

       Amendment No. 7: Appropriates $53,109,000 for the Economic 
     Research Service as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $54,176,000 as proposed by the House.


                NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

       Amendment No. 8: Appropriates $100,221,000 for the National 
     Agricultural Statistics Service as proposed by the House 
     instead of $98,121,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                     AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

       Amendment No. 9: Appropriates $716,826,000 for the 
     Agricultural Research Service instead of $702,831,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $722,839,600 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

                                            [In thousands of dollars]                                           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    Conference  
                                                   1997 request     House bill      Senate bill      agreement  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FY 1996 appropriation...........................        710,000         710,000         710,000         710,000 
Transfer: working capital fund..................             55              55              55              55 
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
Adjusted fiscal year 1996 appropriation.........        709,945         709,945         709,945         709,945 
Food safety research............................          7,500           4,000           7,500           5,500 
Genetic resources & biodiversity................          2,400             500             500             500 
Integrated pest management, biocontrol of pests.          6,932           3,000      3,000 (\1\)     3,000 (\2\)
Alternatives to methyl bromide..................          1,000           1,000           1,000           1,000 
Integrated farming systems......................          3,500             500           1,000           1,000 
Waste management................................          2,000   ..............            500   ..............
South Florida everglades ecosystem..............          2,000          (2,000)         (2,000)         (2,000)
Biomass (electricity generation)................          2,000   ..............          2,000   ..............
Binational agricultural research and development                                                                
 (BARD).........................................          2,500   ..............  ..............  ..............
Operational requirements (pay costs, retirement,                                                                
 adm. O/H reduction)............................          6,576   ..............  ..............  ..............
Termination/reduction of ongoing projects.......       (-14,353)       (-10,224)      (-7,864.8)      (-3,646.8)
General reduction...............................        (-5,647)        (-7,140)      (-1,265.6)      (-5,647.2)
Budget amendment (program support of aquaculture                                                                
 facilities at Stuttgart, AR and Marion, AL)....          2,500   ..............  ..............  ..............
Alfalfa, Manhattan, KS..........................  ..............  ..............            300             250 
Aquaculture, Pine Bluff, AR.....................  ..............  ..............            250             150 
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR...  ..............            100             425             500 
Club Wheat, Pullman, OR.........................  ..............  ..............            450             350 
Emerging infectious diseases....................  ..............            300   ..............            300 
Fish farming experiment lab, Stuttgart, AR......  ..............  ..............            250             150 
Floriculture/horticulture.......................  ..............            200   ..............            200 
Lower MS delta nutrition initiative.............  ..............  ..............          2,000             750 
NW small fruits research, Corvallis, OR.........  ..............            200             450             325 
Peanuts, Stillwater, OR.........................  ..............  ..............            250             150 
Phytoestrogens, New Orleans, LA.................  ..............            450   ..............            350 
Plant stress, Lubbock, TX.......................  ..............  ..............            150   ..............
Poultry disease (PEMS) research.................  ..............  ..............            200             100 
Sugarcane (biotechnology), Houma, LA............  ..............  ..............            500             400 
Warmwater aquaculture, MS.......................  ..............  ..............          1,300           1,200 
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
      Total fiscal year 1997 appropriation......        728,853         702,831       722,839.6         716,826 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ 400 for tamarisks-NV.                                                                                       
\2\ No earmarks.                                                                                                

       The conferees provide continued funding at the fiscal year 
     1996 level for the following areas of research; management 
     systems to emeliorate soils stress, Auburn, AL ($406,000); 
     yellow star thistle integrated pest management, Albany, CA 
     ($93,900); sugar beet research, Ft. Collins, CO ($626,700); 
     global change research, Ft. Collins, CO ($1,000,000); 
     management of termites as urban pests in the American 
     Pacific, Gainesville, FL ($145,500); manage diseases in 
     forage and turf ecosystems, Tifton, GA ($141,000); 
     aquaculture productivity reassert, Hilo, HI ($1,628,900); 
     nontoxic control methods of fruit fly, Hilo, HI ($316,500); 
     development and use of molecular techniques in oat 
     enhancement, Aberdeen, ID ($162,300); animal health 
     consortium, Peoria, IL ($929,300); forage research, Ames, IA 
     ($172,800); genetic characterization of soybean germplasm, 
     Ames, IA ($180,700); genetic engineering of fungal phytase to 
     reduce groundwater contamination, New Orleans, LA ($597,000); 
     lyme disease research, Beltsville, MD ($172,900); apple 
     research, Beltsville, MD ($841,200); remote sensing and 
     associated technologies for production, Beltsville, MD 
     ($206,000); production and evaluation of tissue-cultured 
     fruit crops, Beltsville, MD ($240,400); National Turfgrass 
     Evaluation Program, Beltsville, MD ($55,800); wild rice 
     research, St. Paul, MN ($150,300); herbicide research to 
     improve weed control and crop productivity, St. Paul, MN 
     ($196,600); optimization of bacterial fibrolytic activity in 
     heat animals, Clay Center, NE ($236,800); influence of 
     gastrointestinal neuroendocrine peptides on food intake and 
     growth of swine, Clay Center, NE ($210,600); genetic 
     improvement of perennial grass germplasm, Lincoln, NE 
     ($270,100); biocontrol agents of pest insects of agricultural 
     crops, Ithaca, NY ($50,100); texture control of sweet potato 
     products, Raleigh, NC ($219,400); role of molybdenum-
     independent nitrogenases in nature, Raleigh, NC ($235,000); 
     development of soybean germplasm and production systems for 
     high yield and drought-prone environments, Wooster, OH 
     ($212,300); development of efficient kenal production 
     systems, Lane, OK ($152,300); partitioning of photosynthate, 
     Corvallis, OR ($177,600); characterization of environment and 
     nutritional induced cytokinin changes in wheat, Corvallis, OR 
     ($217,000); biology, ecology, and control of plant parasitic 
     nematodes in field and range plants, Logan, UT ($149,800); 
     and processing of forages to increase values, Madison, WI 
     ($311,500).
       Amendment No. 10: Retains language proposed by the Senate 
     transferring the property known as the National Agricultural 
     Water Quality Laboratory in Durant, Oklahoma, to Southeastern 
     Oklahoma State University. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.


                        buildings and facilities

       Amendment No. 11: Appropriates $69,100,000 for Agricultural 
     Research Service, Buildings and Facilities instead of 
     $59,600,000 as proposed by the House and $59,200,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

                                            [In thousands of dollars]                                           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  1997                                          
                                                                request       House        Senate     Conference
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
California:                                                                                                     
    U.S. Horticultural Crop and Water Management Research                                                       
     Laboratory, Parlier....................................       22,000  ...........       11,000  ...........
    Western Regional Research Center, Albany................        4,600        4,000  ...........        4,000
Florida:                                                                                                        
    Horticultural Research Laboratory, Fort Pierce..........       29,800       27,000       14,900       27,000
    Melaleuca Research and Quarantine Facility, Fort                                                            
     Lauderdale.............................................        4,000  ...........  ...........  ...........

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Illinois:                                                                                                       
    National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research,                                                      
     Peoria.................................................        1,500        1,500        1,500        1,500
    Ethanol pilot plant.....................................  ...........        1,500  ...........        1,500
Kansas:                                                                                                         
    U.S. Grain Marketing Research Laboratory, Manhattan.....  ...........  ...........          500          500
Maryland:                                                                                                       
    Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville................        4,500        4,500        4,500        4,500
New York:                                                                                                       
    Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Greenport............        5,000        5,000        5,000        5,000
Pennsylvania:                                                                                                   
    Eastern Regional Research Center, Philadelphia..........        4,700        4,000        4,700        4,000
South Carolina:                                                                                                 
    U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston...................  ...........  ...........        3,000        3,000
Texas:                                                                                                          
    Plant Stress and Water Conservation Laboratory, Lubbock.  ...........        8,100        8,100        8,100
    Subtropical Agricultural Research Laboratory, Weslaco...        4,000        4,000  ...........        4,000
West Virginia:                                                                                                  
    National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture,                                                        
     Leetown................................................  ...........  ...........        6,000        6,000
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
      Total, ARS, B&F.......................................       80,100       59,600       59,200       69,100
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service


                   research and education activities

       Amendment No. 12: Provides $168,734,000 for payments under 
     the Hatch Act as proposed by the State instead of 
     $163,671,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 13: Provides $20,497,000 for cooperative 
     forestry research as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $19,882,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 14: Provides $27,735,000 for payments to 1890 
     land-grant colleges and Tuskegee University as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $26,902,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 15: Provides $49,767,000 for special research 
     grants instead of $44,235,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $47,080,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 16: Provides $94,203,000 for competitive 
     research grants instead of $96,735,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $93,935,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 17: Provides $4,775,000 for animal and health 
     disease programs as proposed by the House instead of 
     $5,051,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 18: Provides $650,000 for supplemental and 
     alternative crops as proposed by the House instead of 
     $500,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 
     includes $500,000 for canola research and $150,000 for 
     hesperaloe research.
       Amendment No. 19: Provides $500,000 for the Critical 
     Agricultural Materials Act as proposed by the House instead 
     of $700,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 20: Provides $1,500,000 for education grants 
     for Hispanic-serving Institutions as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 21: Provides $8,000,000 for the sustainable 
     agriculture research and education as proposed by the House 
     instead of $8,100,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendments No. 22 and 23: Insert and delete a U.S. Code 
     citation for capacity building grants for 1890 land-grant 
     colleges as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 24: Provides $10,249,000 for Federal 
     administration instead of $9,605,000 as proposed the House 
     and $10,644,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 25: Appropriates $421,504,000 for Cooperative 
     State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research 
     and Education Activities instead of $411,849,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $419,370,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                          SCIENCE AND EDUCATION                         
                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            House    Senate   Conference
                                            bill      bill     agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    COOPERATE STATE RESEARCH SERVICE                                    
                                                                        
    Payments Under Hatch Act............   163,671   168,734    168,634 
    Cooperative forestry research                                       
     (McIntire-Stennis).................    19,882    20,497     20,497 
    Payments to 1890 colleges and                                       
     Tuskegee...........................    26,902    27,735     27,735 
Special Research Grants (P.L. 89-106):                                  
    Aflatoxin (IL)......................       113  ........        113 
    Agricultural diversification (HI)...       131       131        131 
    Alliance for food protection (NE,                                   
     GA)................................       300       300        300 
    Alternative cropping systems                                        
     (Southeast)........................  ........       232  ..........
    Alternative crops (ND)..............       550       550        550 
    Alternative crops for arid lands                                    
     (TX)...............................        85  ........         85 
    Alternative Marine and Fresh Water                                  
     Species (MS).......................       308       308        308 
    Apple fire blight (NY, MI)..........       325       350        325 
    Aquaculture (IL)....................       169       169        169 
    Aquaculture (LA)....................       330       330        330 
    Aquaculture (MS)....................       592       592        592 
    Aquaculture (NC)....................       150  ........        150 
    Aquaculture marketing (RI, AR)......  ........       250  ..........
    Asian Products lab (OR).............       212  ........  ..........
    Babcock Institute (WI)..............  ........       312        312 
    Barley feed for rangeland cattle                                    
     (MT)...............................       250       500        500 
    Binational agriculture research and                                 
     development........................     2,500     2,500      2,000 
    Biodiesel research (MO).............       150       152        152 
    Biotechnology (OR)..................       217       250        250 
    Broom snakeweed (NM)................       175       169        175 
    Canola (KS).........................        85        85         85 
    Center for animal health and                                        
     productivity (PA)..................       113  ........        113 
    Center for innovative food                                          
     technology (OH)....................       181  ........        181 
    Center for rural studies (VT).......  ........        32         32 
    Chesapeake Bay aquaculture..........       370       370        370 
    Coastal cultivars...................       200  ........        200 
    Competitiveness of agricultural                                     
     products (WA)......................       677       677        677 
    Cool season legume research (ID, WA)       329       329        329 
    Cranberry/blueberry disease and                                     
     breeding (NJ)......................       220       220        220 
    Dairy and meat goat research (TX)...  ........        63         63 
    Delta rural revitalization (MS).....       148       148        148 
    Drought mitigation (NE).............       200       200        200 
    Environmental research (NY).........       486  ........        486 
    Environmental risk factors/cancer                                   
     (NY)...............................       100  ........        100 
    Expanded wheat pasture (OK).........       285       285        285 
    Farm and rural business finance (IL,                                
     AR)................................       106       106        106 
    Floriculture (HI)...................  ........       250        250 
    Food and Agriculture Policy                                         
     Institute (IA, MO).................       800       850        800 
    Food irradiation (IA)...............  ........       201        201 
    Food marketing policy center (CT)...       332       332        332 
    Food processing center (NE).........  ........        42         42 
    Food safety consortium (AR, KS, IA).     1,690     1,743      1,690 
    Food systems research group (WI)....       221       221        221 
    Forestry (AR).......................       523       723        523 
    Fruit and vegetable market analysis                                 
     (AZ, MO)...........................       296  ........        296 
    Generic commodity promotion research                                
     and evaluation (NY)................       212  ........        212 
    Global change.......................     1,567     1,615      1,567 
    Global marketing support service                                    
     (AR)...............................  ........        92         92 
    Grain sorghum (KA)..................  ........       106        106 
    Grass seed cropping systems for a                                   
     sustainable agriculture (WA, OR,                                   
     ID)................................  ........       423        423 
    Human nutrition (AR)................       425  ........  ..........
    Human nutrition (IA)................       473       473        473 
    Human nutrition (LA)................       752       752        752 
    Human nutrition (NY)................       622  ........        622 
    Illinois-Missouri Alliance for                                      
     Biotechnology......................     1,316     1,357      1,316 
    Improved dairy management practices                                 
     (PA)...............................       296  ........        296 
    Improved fruit practices (MI).......       445       445        445 
    Institute for Food Science and                                      
     Engineering (AR)...................       750       750        750 
    Integrated production systems (OK)..       161       161        161 
    International arid lands consortium.       329  ........        329 
    Iowa biotechnology consortium.......  ........     1,792      1,738 
    Jointed goatgrass (WA)..............       296       296        296 
    Landscaping for water quality (GA)..       300       300        300 
    Livestock and dairy policy (NY, TX).       445       445        445 
    Lowbush blueberry research (ME).....       220       220        220 
    Maple research (VT).................  ........        84         84 
    Michigan biotechnology consortium...       750       750        750 
    Midwest advanced food manufacturing                                 
     alliance...........................       423       423        423 
    Midwest agricultural products (IA)..       592       592        592 
    Milk safety (PA)....................  ........       268        268 
    Minor use animal drug...............       550       550        550 
    Molluscan shellfish (OR)............       300       400        400 
    Multi-commodity research (OR).......  ........       264        364 
    Multi-cropping strategies for                                       
     aquaculture (HI)...................  ........       127        127 
    National biological impact                                          
     assessment.........................       254       254        254 
    Nematode resistance genetic                                         
     engineering (NM)...................       127       127        127 
    Non-food agricultural products (NE).  ........        64         64 
    North central biotechnology                                         
     initiative.........................     1,940  ........      1,940 
    Oil resources from desert plants                                    
     (NM)...............................       175       169        175 
    Organic waste utilization (NM)......       100  ........        100 
    Pasture and forage research (UT)....  ........       200        200 
    Peach tree short life (SC)..........  ........       162        162 
    Pest control alternatives (SC)......  ........       106        106 
    Phytophthora root rot (NM)..........       127       127        127 
    Postharvest rice straws (CA)........       100  ........        100 
    Potato cultivars (AK)...............  ........       120        120 
    Potato research.....................     1,214     1,214      1,214 
    Preharvest food safety (KS).........       212       212        212 
    Preservation and processing research                                
     (OK)...............................       226  ........        226 
    Red River Corridor (NM, ND).........  ........       169        169 
    Regional barley gene mapping project       348       348        348 
    Regionalized implications of farm                                   
     programs (MO, TX)..................       294       294        294 
    Rice Modeling (AR)..................       395       395        395 
    Rural development centers (PA, IA                                   
     (ND), MS, OR)......................       423       423        423 
    Rural policies institute (NE, MO)...       644       644        644 
    Russian wheat aphid (WA, OR, CO, CA,                                
     ID)................................  ........       455  ..........
    Seafood and aquaculture harvesting,                                 
     processing, and marketing (MS).....       305       305        305 
    Small fruit research (OR, WA, ID)...       212       212        212 
    Southwest consortium for plant                                      
     genetics and water resources.......       338       338        338 
    Soybean cyst nematode (MO)..........       303       303        303 
    Spatial technologies for agriculture                                
     (MS)...............................  ........       500        350 
    STEEP II--water quality in Northwest       500       500        500 
    Sunflower insects (ND)..............  ........       127  ..........
    Sustainable agriculture (MI)........       445       445        445 
    Sustainable agriculture and natural                                 
     resources (PA).....................  ........        94         94 
    Sustainable agriculture systems (NE)  ........        59         59 
    Sustainable pest management for                                     
     dryland wheat (MT).................  ........       350        200 
    Swine waste management (NC).........       150       280        215 
    Tillage, silviculture, waste                                        
     management (LA)....................       212       212        212 
    Tropical and subtropical............     2,724     2,809      2,724 
    Urban pests (GA)....................        64        64         64 
    Viticulture consortium (NY, CA).....       500       500        500 
    Water conservation (KS).............        79        79         79 
    Water quality.......................     2,757     2,757      2,757 
    Weed control (ND)...................  ........       423        423 
    Wheat genetic research (KS).........       176       176        176 

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    Wood utilization research (OR, MS,                                  
     NC, MN, ME, MI)....................     3,536     3,758      3,536 
    Wool research (TX, MT, WY)..........       212       212        212 
                                         -------------------------------
        Total, Special Research Grants..    44,235    47,080     49,767 
                                         ===============================
Improved pest control:                                                  
    Critical issues.....................       200       200        200 
    Emerging pest and disease issues....     1,623     1,623      1,623 
    Expert IPM and decision support                                     
     issues.............................       177       177        177 
    Integrated pest management..........     2,731     2,731      2,731 
    Pesticide clearance (IR-4)..........     5,711     5,711      5,711 
    Pesticide impact assessment.........     1,327     1,327      1,327 
                                         -------------------------------
        Total, Improved pest control....    11,769    11,769     11,769 
                                         ===============================
Competitive research grants:                                            
    Plant systems.......................    37,000    35,744     36,044 
    Animal systems......................    23,750    23,136     23,104 
    Nutrition, food quality and health..     7,400     7,209      7,209 
    Natural resources and the                                           
     environment........................    17,650    17,194     17,194 
    Processes and new products..........     6,935     6,755      6,755 
    Markets, trade and policy...........     4,000     3,897      3,897 
                                         -------------------------------
        Total, Competitive research                                     
         grants.........................    96,735    93,935     94,203 
                                         ===============================
    Animal Health and Disease (Sec.                                     
     1433)..............................     4,775     5,051      4,775 
    Critical Agricultural Materials Act.       500       700        500 
    Aquaculture Centers (Sec. 1475).....     4,000     4,000      4,000 
    Rangeland Research Grants (Sec.                                     
     1480)..............................       475       475        475 
    Alternative Crops...................       650       500        650 
    Low-input agriculture...............     8,000     8,100      8,000 
    Capacity building grants............     9,200     9,200      9,200 
    Payments to the 1994 Institutions...     1,450     1,450      1,450 
    Graduate fellowship grants..........     3,000     3,000      3,000 
    Institution challenge grants........     4,000     4,000      4,000 
    Multicultural scholars program......     1,000     1,000      1,000 
    Hispanic-serving institutions.......     2,000     1,500      1,500 
Federal Administration:                                                 
    Agriculture development in American                                 
     Pacific............................       564       564        564 
    Alternative fuels characterization                                  
     lab (ND)...........................       218       218        218 
    Center for Agricultural and Rural                                   
     Development (IA)...................       655       655        355 
    Center for North American Studies                                   
     (TX)...............................        87        87         87 
    Data information system.............       400       400        400 
    Geographic information system.......       750       939        844 
    Mississippi Valley State University.       583       583        583 
    Nat'l Education Ctr for Agricultural                                
     Safety (IA)........................  ........       300        300 
    Office of grants and program systems       310       310        310 
    Pay costs and FERS (prior)..........       833       833        833 
    Peer panels.........................       350       350        350 
    PM-10 study (CA, WA)................       873       873        873 
    Rural partnership (NE)..............  ........       250        250 
    Shrimp aquaculture (AZ, HI, MS, MA,                                 
     SC)................................     3,054     3,354      3,354 
    Water quality (IL)..................       492       492        492 
    Water quality (ND)..................       436       436        436 
                                         -------------------------------
        Total, Federal Administration...     9,605    10,644     10,249 
                                         ===============================
        Total, Cooperative State                                        
         Research Service...............   411,849   419,370    421,504 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


       Potato research.--The conferees expect the Department to 
     ensure that funds provided to CSREES for potato research are 
     utilized for varietal development/testing. Further, these 
     funds are to be awarded competitively after review by the 
     USDA Potato Industry Working Group.
       Corn genome mapping.--The conference agreement provides no 
     specific earmark for corn genome mapping but the conferees 
     urge the Department to provide increased attention to this 
     effort and develop a long-term approach for corn genome 
     mapping.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       Amendment No. 26: Appropriates $61,591,000 for Cooperative 
     State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Buildings 
     and Facilities instead of $30,449,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $55,668,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       As stated in the fiscal year 1996 conference report, the 
     conferees, within available resources, would provide for 
     completion of as many university facilities as possible 
     during fiscal year 1997. Fourteen facilities are completed by 
     this appropriation. The conferees expect any unfinished 
     university project to obtain additional funding from other 
     than Federal sources. The Department should not release 
     additional funds to incomplete projects until all funding for 
     completion is in place. The conferees expect universities to 
     obtain funding within three years. It is anticipated that all 
     unused funds would be rescinded. The conferees also agree 
     with the reprogramming of funds as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

                          SCIENCE AND EDUCATION                         
                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             House    Senate  Conference
                                              bill     bill    agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
         BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES                                       
                                                                        
Alabama:                                                                
  Poultry science facility, Auburn                                      
   University.............................  .......    4,140      4,140 
California:                                                             
  Alternative Pest Control Containment and                              
   Quarantine Facility, University of                                   
   California.............................    5,000  .......      3,500 
Colorado:                                                               
  Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology                                 
   Laboratory, Colorado State University..    1,100    1,100      1,100 
Connecticut:                                                            
  Agricultural biotechnology building,                                  
   University of Connecticut..............  .......    4,000      2,000 
Idaho:                                                                  
  Biotechnology facility, University of                                 
   Idaho..................................  .......    3,544      3,544 
Illinois:                                                               
  Biotechnology Center, Northwestern                                    
   University.............................    1,000    5,464      2,000 
  Science facility, DePaul University.....    2,000  .......      4,565 
Maryland:                                                               
  Institute for Natural Resources and                                   
   Environmental Science, University of                                 
   Maryland...............................    2,288    2,288      2,288 
Massachusetts:                                                          
  Center for Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition                              
   Policy, Tuffs University...............  .......    1,641        820 
Missouri:                                                               
  Center for Plant Biodiversity, St. Louis      500    3,161      3,161 
New Jersey:                                                             
  Plant Bioscience Facility, Rutgers                                    
   University.............................    3,850    1,000      1,000 
New Mexico:                                                             
  Center for Arid Land Studies, New Mexico                              
   State University.......................    7,318    5,044      5,044 
North Carolina:                                                         
  Bowman-Gray Center, Wake Forest.........    1,000    1,000      1,000 
Ohio:                                                                   
  Lake Erie Soil and Water Research and                                 
   Education Center.......................    2,308  .......      2,308 
Oregon:                                                                 
  Forest Ecosystem Research Lab, Oregon                                 
   State University.......................  .......    5,000      5,000 
South Dakota:                                                           
  Animal Resource Wing, South Dakota State                              
   University.............................  .......    2,700      2,700 
Tennessee:                                                              
  Agricultural, Biological and                                          
   Environmental Research Complex,                                      
   University of Tennessee in Knoxville...  .......    3,500      2,750 
  Horse Science and Teaching Center,                                    
   Middle Tennessee State University......    2,585  .......      2,585 
Texas:                                                                  
  Southern crop improvement, Texas A&M....  .......    4,508      4,508 
Washington:                                                             
  Animal Disease Biotechnology Facility,                                
   Washington State University............    1,500    7,578      7,578 
                                           -----------------------------
    Total, Buildings and facilities.......   30,449   55,668     61,591 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          extension activities

       Amendment No. 27: Provides $268,493,000 for section 3(b) 
     and 3(c) of the Smith-Lever Act as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $260,438,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 28: Provides $2,000,000 for extension work at 
     the 1994 Institutions instead of $2,500,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 29: Provides $58,695,000 for the expanded 
     food and nutrition education program (EFNEP) as proposed by 
     the House instead of $60,510,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 30: Provides $2,855,000 for farm safety as 
     proposed by the House instead of $2,943,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. The conference agreement earmarks $1,910,000 of 
     the total for the AgrAbility project.
       Amendment No. 31: Provides $3,214,000 for pesticide impact 
     assessment as proposed by the House instead of $3,313,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 32: Provides $7,549,000 for 1890 facilities 
     grants as proposed by the House instead of $7,782,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 33: Deletes Senate language providing 
     $1,700,000 for 1994 Institutions facilities grants. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 34: Provides $908,000 for rural development 
     centers as proposed by the House instead of $936,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 35: Provides $10,733,000 for water quality as 
     proposed by the House instead of $11,065,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       Amendment No. 36: Provides $1,167,000 for agricultural 
     telecommunications as proposed by the House instead of 
     $1,203,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 37: Provides $9,554,000 for youth-at-risk 
     programs as proposed by the House instead of $9,850,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 38: Provides $2,365,000 for food safety as 
     proposed by the House instead of $2,438,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       Amendment No. 39: Provides $3,192,000 for the Renewable 
     Resources Extension Act as proposed by the House instead of 
     $3,291,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 40; Provides $1,672,000 for Indian 
     reservation agents as proposed by the House instead of 
     $1,724,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 41: Provides $3,309,000 for sustainable 
     agriculture programs as proposed by the House instead of 
     $3,411,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 42: Provides $2,628,000 for rural health and 
     safety education as proposed by the House instead of 
     $2,709,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement earmarks $2,150,000 of the total for the rural 
     health program in Mississippi and $478,000 for the rural 
     health and outreach initiative in Louisiana.
       Amendment No. 43: Provides $24,337,000 for the 1890 
     colleges and Tuskegee University as proposed by the House 
     instead of $25,090,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 44: Provides $12,066,000 for Federal 
     administration of Extension Activities instead of $6,271,000 
     as proposed by the House and $11,381,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 45: Appropriates $425,520,000 for Extension 
     Activities instead of $409,670,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $431,122,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

                          SCIENCE AND EDUCATION                         
                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            House    Senate   Conference
                                            bill      bill     agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
          EXTENSION ACTIVITIES                                          
                                                                        
Smith Lever 3(b) & 3(c).................   260,438   268,493    268,493 
Smith Lever: 3(d):                                                      
    Pest management.....................    10,783    10,783     10,783 
    Water quality.......................    10,733    11,065     10,733 
    Farm safety.........................     2,855     2,943      2,855 
    Food and nutrition education (EFNEP)    58,695    60,510     58,695 
    Pesticide impact assessment.........     3,214     3,313      3,214 
    Rural development centers...........       908       936        908 
    Sustainable agriculture.............     3,309     3,411      3,309 
    Food safety.........................     2,365     2,438      2,365 
    Youth at risk.......................     9,554     9,850      9,554 
    Indian reservation agents...........     1,672     1,724      1,672 
1890's Colleges and Tuskegee............    24,337    25,090     24,337 
1890's facilities grants................     7,549     7,782      7,549 
1994 institutions facilities grants.....  ........     1,700  ..........
Renewable Resources Extension Act.......     3,192     3,291      3,192 
Agricultural telecommunications.........     1,167     1,203      1,167 
Rural health and safety education.......     2,628     2,709      2,628 

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Extension services at the 1994                                          
 institutions...........................  ........     2,500      2,000 
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal..........................   403,399   419,741    413,454 
                                         ===============================
Federal Administration and special                                      
 grants:                                                                
    General administration..............     4,995     5,162      4,995 
    Pilot tech. transfer (OK, MS).......  ........       326        326 
    Pilot tech. transfer (WI)...........       163  ........        163 
    Rural rehabilitation (GA)...........  ........       246        246 
    Income enhancement demonstration                                    
     (OH)...............................       246  ........        246 
    Rural development (NM)..............       227       227        227 
    Rural development (NE)..............  ........       386        386 
    Rural development (OK)..............  ........       296        296 
    Beef producers' improvement (AR)....  ........       197        197 
    Integrated cow/calf resources                                       
     management (IA)....................  ........       345        345 
    Extension specialist (AR)...........  ........        99         99 
    Extension specialist (MS)...........  ........        50         50 
    Rural center for the study and                                      
     promotion of HIV/STD prevention                                    
     (IN)...............................       246  ........        246 
    Delta teachers academy..............  ........     3,850      3,850 
    Wood biomass as an alternative farm                                 
     product (NY).......................       197  ........        197 
    Range improvement (NM)..............       197       197        197 
                                         -------------------------------
      Total, Federal Administration.....     6,271    11,381     12,066 
                                         ===============================
      Total, Extension Activities.......   409,670   431,122    425,520 
------------------------------------------------------------------------



               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 46: Appropriates $434,909,000 for Animal and 
     Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses 
     instead of $435,428,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $432,103,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $500,000 for increased 
     domestic agricultural quarantine inspection services in 
     Hawaii instead of $700,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes $455,000 to maintain 
     pesticide data program personnel at the Gulfport, 
     Mississippi, Laboratory.
       The conference agreement includes $200,000, the same as the 
     fiscal year 1996 level, for ongoing work at the University of 
     Arkansas at Monticello for fire ant control methods and 
     dissemination of information to the public.
       The conference agreement also includes increases of 
     $100,000 for the wolf reintroduction program; $100,000 for 
     ADC activities in the Western region; $125,000 for beaver 
     damage control in Mississippi; and $100,000 for goatsrue 
     eradication in Utah.
       Amendment No. 47: Provides $4,500,000 for the contingency 
     fund of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service as 
     proposed by the House instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

                        [In thousands of dollars]                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                 FY 1996    House    Senate   Conference
                                 enacted    bill      bill     agreement
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  PEST AND DISEASE EXCLUSION                                            
                                                                        
Agricultural quarantine                                                 
 inspection...................    24,914    26,047    26,747     26,547 
User fees.....................   100,254    98,000    98,000     98,000 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Agricultural                                            
       quarantine inspection..   125,168   124,047   124,747    124,547 
Cattle ticks..................     4,537     4,537     4,537      4,537 
Foot-and-mouth disease........     3,991     3,991     3,991      3,991 
Import-export inspection......     6,528     6,847     6,847      6,847 
International programs........     6,100     6,643     6,643      6,643 
Fruit fly exclusion and                                                 
 detection....................    16,151    21,161    21,161     21,161 
Screwworm.....................    33,969    31,713    31,713     31,713 
Tropical bont tick............       452       452       452        452 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, Pest and disease                                           
       exclusion..............   196,896   199,391   200,091    199,891 
                               =========================================
    PLANT AND ANIMAL HEALTH                                             
          MONITORING                                                    
                                                                        
Animal health monitoring and                                            
 surveillance.................    59,276    60,831    60,831     60,831 
Animal and plant health                                                 
 regulatory enforcement.......     5,855     5,855     5,855      5,855 
Pest detection................     4,202     4,202     4,202      4,202 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, Plant and animal                                           
       health monitoring......    69,333    70,888    70,888     70,888 
                               =========================================
  PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT                                           
           PROGRAMS                                                     
                                                                        
Animal damage control--                                                 
 operations...................    26,642    26,842    26,842     26,967 
Aquaculture...................       470       571       571        571 
Biocontrol....................     6,290     6,290     6,290      6,290 
Boll weevil...................    18,084    16,209    16,209     16,209 
Brucellosis eradication.......    23,360    23,360    19,962     21,661 
Golden nematode...............       435       444       444        444 
Grasshopper and Mormon cricket  ........  ........  ........  ..........
Gypsy moth....................     4,367     4,367     4,367      4,367 
Imported fire ant.............     1,000     1,000       800      1,000 
Miscellaneous plant diseases..     1,516     1,516     1,516      1,516 
Noxious weeds.................       338       304       404        404 
Pink bollworm.................     1,069     1,069     1,069      1,069 
Pseudorabies..................     4,543     4,518     4,518      4,518 
Scrapie.......................     2,967     2,967     2,967      2,967 
Sweet potato whitefly.........     2,398     1,888     1,888      1,888 
Tuberculosis..................     4,609     4,948     4,609      4,948 
Witchweed.....................     1,663     1,662     1,662      1,662 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, Pest and disease                                           
       management programs....    99,751    97,955    94,118     96,481 
                               =========================================
          ANIMAL CARE                                                   
                                                                        
Animal welfare................     9,185     9,185     9,185      9,185 
Horse protection..............       362       360       360        360 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, Animal care......     9,547     9,545     9,545      9,545 
                               =========================================
   SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL                                             
           SERVICES                                                     
                                                                        
ADC methods development.......     9,665    10,591    10,591     10,591 
Biotechnology/environmental                                             
 protection...................     7,677     7,677     7,677      8,132 
Integrated systems acquisition                                          
 project......................     4,055     4,000     4,000      4,000 
Plant methods development                                               
 laboratories.................     5,053     5,048     5,048      5,048 
Veterinary biologics..........    10,360    10,360    10,360     10,360 
Veterinary diagnostics........    14,785    15,473    14,785     15,473 
                               -----------------------------------------
      Total, Scientific and                                             
       technical services.....    51,595    53,149    52,461     53,604 
                               =========================================
Contingency fund..............     4,799     4,500     5,000      4,500 
                               =========================================
      Total, Salaries and                                               
       expenses...............   431,921   435,428   432,103    434,909 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           Marketing Services

       Amendment No. 48: Appropriates $38,507,000 for Agricultural 
     Marketing Service, Marketing Services instead of $37,592,000 
     as proposed by the House and $46,767,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conference agreement does not include funds to 
     continue the Pesticide Data program. Funds have been included 
     to provide an orderly shutdown of the program.


        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

       Amendment No. 49: Appropriates $23,128,000 for the Grain 
     Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration instead of 
     $22,728,000 as proposed by the House and $23,928,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes 
     $400,000 to carryout recommendations of the Agricultural 
     Concentration Committee.


                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       Amendment No. 50: Appropriates $574,000,000 for the Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service as proposed by the House 
     instead of $557,697,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees have recently become aware that, in planning 
     for the location of field offices for the Food Safety and 
     Inspection Service, a decision on the location of offices in 
     Pennsylvania was reversed based on criteria other than the 
     implementation of food safety standards and economies of 
     operation. The conferees expect the Department to reconsider 
     this decision.
       The following table reflects the conference agreement:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Budget request      Senate           House        Conference  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Slaughter Inspection............................    $325,283,000    $322,218,000  ..............    $325,283,000
Processing Inspection...........................     135,771,000     134,400,000  ..............     135,771,000
Egg Products Inspection.........................      11,272,000      11,272,000  ..............  ..............
Import/Export Inspection........................      12,674,000      12,674,000  ..............      12,674,000
Laboratory Services.............................      19,845,000      19,845,000  ..............      19,845,000
Pathogen Reduction Program......................      18,902,000      15,560,000  ..............      18,902,000
Field Automation and Information Management                                                                     
 Project........................................       8,525,000  ..............  ..............       8,525,000
Grants to States................................      41,728,000      41,728,000  ..............      41,728,000
                                                                                                                
                                                    $574,000,000    $557,697,000    $574,000,000    $574,000,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

       Amendment No. 51: Deletes Senate language earmarking up to 
     $1,500,000 to establish a National Farm Identification Pilot 
     Program for dairy cows to be conducted jointly by the Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Animal and Plant 
     Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The conferees expect such 
     a pilot program to be established with not to exceed 
     $1,500,000 of the funds appropriated to the FSIS account.
       The conferees have provided the full budget request for 
     FSIS and expect the agency to manage its resources in such a 
     way as to eliminate the need for supplemental funding.

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

       Amendment No. 52: Makes a technical correction as proposed 
     by the Senate to correct the official name of the Farm 
     Service Agency. The conferees concur with the Senate report 
     language relating to the criteria to be used for acreage bids 
     and rebids into the Conservation Reserve Program.

                          Farm Service Agency


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 53: Appropriates $746,440,000 for Farm 
     Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses as proposed by the 
     House instead of $725,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


                         state mediation grants

       Amendment No. 54: Appropriates $2,000,000 for State 
     Mediation Grants as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.


           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

       Amendment No. 55: Provides a total of $25,000,000 for 
     emergency insured loans as

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     proposed by the House instead of $75,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       Amendment No. 56: Provides a loan level of $34,653,000 for 
     a pilot program for boll weevil eradication instead of 
     $15,384,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees believe 
     this program has merit and provides potential to reduce long-
     term costs associated with the boll weevil eradication 
     efforts. The conference agreement provides a small amount of 
     startup funding and will evaluate the effectiveness of the 
     loan program during fiscal year 1997. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 57: Appropriates $6,365,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of emergency insured loans as proposed by the House 
     instead of $19,095,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 58: Appropriates $499,000 for the subsidy 
     cost of boll weevil eradication loans instead of $2,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.

                       Office of Risk Management

       Amendment No. 59: Restores and amends House language for 
     the Office of Risk Management appropriating $64,000,000 
     instead of $62,198,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $70,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The Senate proposed 
     language making the funds available subject to an official 
     budget request.

                    TITLE II--CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        conservation operations

       Amendment No. 60: Appropriates $619,742,000 for Natural 
     Resources Conservation Service, Conservation Operations 
     instead of $619,392,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $638,954,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement includes a total funding level of 
     $350,000 for the Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil and 
     Erosion Sediment Control; $550,000 for design and technical 
     assistance in Franklin County, Mississippi; $125,000 for 
     Golden Meadows, Louisiana, Plant Materials Center; and 
     $350,000 for technical assistance to the Embarras River 
     watershed project.
       The conferees expect the Department to construct the plant 
     materials center in Monroe County, West Virginia, from funds 
     earmarked for this purpose in previous appropriations.
       The conferees expect progress to continue to complete the 
     Upper Trinity River Basin cooperative study from funds 
     available in the Watershed Surveys and Planning account.
       The conference agreement includes $200,000 under 
     Conservation Operations, the same as the fiscal year 1996 
     amount, for technical assistance of the Multi-year Rural 
     Recycling and Water Resources Protection Initiative in the 
     Mississippi Delta. Funding for the water quality incentives 
     program is now included under the environmental quality 
     incentives program is now included under the environmental 
     quality incentives program. The conferees direct that 
     $2,800,000 of this program, the same as the fiscal year 1996 
     amount, be provided for financial assistance of the Multi-
     year Rural Recycling and Water Resources Protection 
     Initiative in the Mississippi Delta.
       The conferees agree that funds provided for Conservation 
     Operations are not to supplant use of Commodity Credit 
     Corporation funds for the full implementation of the Wetlands 
     Reserve Program and the Conservation Reserve Program. Both 
     the Wetlands Reserve Program and the Conservation Reserve 
     Program were previously funded through appropriated accounts, 
     but the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act 
     provides that these programs now be administered through 
     funds provided directly from the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation.
       Amendment No. 61: Deletes Senate language earmarking up to 
     $250,000 for the National Natural Resources Conservation 
     Foundation. The House bill contained no similar provision.


                     watershed surveys and planning

       Amendment No. 62: Appropriates $12,381,000 for Watershed 
     Surveys and Planning instead of $10,762,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $14,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conferees expect NRCS to complete innovative community-
     based comprehensive resource management plans for communities 
     devastated by the 1996 historical floods in West Virginia.


               watershed and flood prevention operations

       The conferees encourage the Department to give 
     consideration to the outstanding watershed needs of 26 
     Mississippi counties when allocating funds to the states.

      TITLE III--RURAL ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

                         Rural Housing Service


              rural housing insurance fund program account

       Amendment No. 63: Deletes House language providing that no 
     funds for new construction for section 515 rental housing be 
     available in fiscal year 1997 as proposed by the Senate.


                    rural housing assistance program

       Amendment No. 64: Appropriates $130,433,000 for the Rural 
     Housing Assistance Program instead of $73,190,000 as proposed 
     by the House and $136,435,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 65: Adds Senate language including new 
     construction of section 515 rental housing as eligible for 
     program funds. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 66: Deletes House language providing that no 
     funds for new construction of section 515 rental housing be 
     available in fiscal year 1997 as proposed by the Senate.


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 67: Appropriates $60,743,000 for Rural 
     Housing Service, Salaries and Expenses instead of $53,889,000 
     as proposed by the House and $66,354,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.

                   Rural Business-Cooperative Service


              rural development loan fund program account

       Amendment No. 68: Appropriates a subsidy cost of 
     $17,270,000 for the Rural Development Loan Fund Program 
     Account as proposed by the Senate instead of $18,400,000 as 
     proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 69: Provides for a loan level of $37,544,000 
     for Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account as proposed 
     by the Senate instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the 
     House.


 alternative agricultural research and commercialization revolving fund

       Amendment No. 70: Appropriates $7,000,000 for the 
     Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization 
     Revolving Fund instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.


             rural business-cooperative assistance program

       Amendment No. 71: Appropriates a subsidy cost of 
     $51,400,000 for the Rural Business-Cooperative Assistance 
     Program as proposed by the House instead of $53,750,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of the total amount appropriated, the 
     conference agreement provides not to exceed $1,300,000 
     through a cooperative Agreement for the Appropriate 
     Technology Transfer for Rural Areas program; not to exceed 
     $3,000,000 for cooperative development, as authorized under 
     section 747 of Public Law 104-127; $250,000 through a 
     cooperative agreement for an agribusiness and cooperative 
     development program at Mississippi State University; and not 
     less than $2,000,000 for grants in accordance with section 
     310B(f) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
       The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
     (Public Law 104-127) authorizes a demonstration using Federal 
     business and industry loan guarantees to attract venture 
     funds to rural areas. The Conferees urge the Secretary to 
     allocate the necessary resources to implement this 
     demonstration and to designate at least 10 percent of the 
     funds to venture projects which already receive support from 
     the Department's venture capital entity.
       Amendment No. 72: Deletes Senate language making funds 
     available for cooperative development subject to provisions 
     of Public Law 104-127. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 73: Deletes Senate language earmarking 
     $1,300,000 for the Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural 
     Areas program and $2,000,000 for grants in accordance with 
     section 310B(f) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.

                        Rural Utilities Service


               distance learning and medical link program

       Amendment No. 74: Appropriates $9,000,000 for the Distance 
     Learning and Medical Link Program instead of $7,500,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $10,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.


                   rural utilities assistance program

       Amendment No. 75: Appropriates a subsidy cost of 
     $566,935,000 for the Rural Utilities Assistance Program 
     instead of $496,868,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $656,742,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 76: Provides $5,200,000 of the total amount 
     appropriated for the Rural Utilities Assistance Program for a 
     circuit rider program instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $5,400,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 77: Provides $8,750,000 of the total amount 
     appropriated for the Rural Utilities Assistance Program for 
     water and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 757 of 
     Public Law 104-127 instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 78: Inserts Senate language providing that 
     Berlin, New Hampshire, is eligible for Rural Utilities 
     Assistance Program grants.

                   TITLE IV.--DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

       Amendment No. 79: Appropriates $454,000 for the Office of 
     the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services 
     as proposed by the House instead of $554,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.


                        child nutrition programs

       Amendment No. 80: Provides a total of $8,653,297,000 for 
     Child Nutrition Programs instead of $8,652,597,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $8,654,797,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 81: Provides that $3,219,544,000 for Child 
     Nutrition Programs is hereby appropriated instead of 
     $3,218,844,000 as proposed by the House and $3,221,044,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

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       Amendment No. 82: Provides that not to exceed $1,000,000 of 
     the Child Nutrition Program funds shall be used for studies 
     and evaluations instead of $2,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House bill provided no funds for new studies and 
     evaluations.
       The conference agreement provides for the Child Nutrition 
     Programs at the following annual rates:

                                          TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY                                          
                                            [In thousands of dollars]                                           
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                FY 1996                               Conference
                                                                enacted     House bill  Senate bill   agreement 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Child Nutrition Programs:                                                                                       
    School lunch program....................................   $4,547,201   $4,922,926   $4,922,926   $4,922,926
    School breakfast program................................    1,160,218    1,264,949    1,264,949    1,264,949
    State administrative expenses...........................       98,468      108,874      108,874      108,874
    Summer food service program.............................      264,558      288,920      288,920      288,920
    Child and adult care food program.......................    1,578,112    1,739,767    1,739,767    1,739,767
    Commodity procurement, processing, and computer support.      278,841      312,830      312,830      312,830
    Nutrition studies and surveys...........................        4,162  ...........        2,000        1,000
    Coordinated review system...............................        3,964        4,031        4,031        4,031
    School meals initiative.................................       10,500       10,300       10,500       10,000
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       The conference agreement provides $10,000,000 for the 
     school meals initiative. Included in this amount is 
     $4,000,000 for food service training grants to states; 
     $2,500,000 for in-school education materials; $2,300,000 for 
     technical assistance materials; $800,000 for NFSMI 
     cooperative agreements for Food service; and $400,000 for 
     print and electronic food service resource systems.


SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN 
                                 (WIC)

       Amendment No. 83: Inserts language to allow any fiscal year 
     1996 carryover funds in excess of $100,000,000 to be 
     transferred to the Rural Housing Service section 502 program 
     and/or the Rural Utilities Assistance Program. The House bill 
     allowed fiscal year 1996 carryover funds in excess of 
     $100,000,000 to be transferred to any program in the 
     Department, excluding the Forest Service, with prior 
     notification to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees. The Senate bill allowed for fiscal year 1996 
     carryover funds in excess of $100,000,000 to be used for any 
     loan program of the Department and/or to make available up to 
     $10,000,000 for the WIC farmers' market nutrition program.
       Amendment No. 84: Adds Senate language requiring state 
     agencies to award infant formula purchase contracts to the 
     company offering the lowest net price, unless the state 
     agency demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that 
     the weighted average retail price for different brands of 
     infant formula in the state does not vary by more than five 
     percent. The House bill contained no similar provision.


                           FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

       Amendment No. 85: Makes a technical change to the U.S. code 
     citation as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 86: Appropriates $27,618,029,000 for the Food 
     Stamp Program instead of $27,615,029,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $28,521,029,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 87: Provides $100,000,000 for a food stamp 
     contingency reserve as proposed by the House instead of 
     $1,000,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 88: Provides that not to exceed $3,000,000 of 
     the Food Stamp Program funds shall be used for studies and 
     evaluations instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
     The House bill provided no funds for new studies and 
     evaluations.


              FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS FOR SELECTED GROUPS

       Amendment No. 89: Deletes the statutory citation for the 
     food distribution program on Indian reservations as proposed 
     by the Senate. The conferees note that authority for the 
     program exists under the Food Stamp Program authorization.
       Amendment No. 90: Appropriates $141,250,000 for the Food 
     Donations Programs for Selected Groups as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $205,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                      Food Program Administration

       Amendment No. 91: Appropriates $106,128,000 for Food 
     Program Administration instead of $104,487,000 as proposed by 
     the House and $107,769,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conference agreement includes not more than $2,218,000 for 
     the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
       The conference agreement provides a reduction from the 
     budget request for studies and evaluations under the Child 
     Nutrition Programs and the Food Stamp Program. The conferees 
     direct the Department to devote additional staff time to 
     working directly with states to reduce error rates in the 
     Food Stamp Program and, thereby, reduce the amount budgeted 
     for erroneous benefits.

           TITLE V.--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

         Foreign Agricultural Service and General Sales Manager

       Amendment No. 92: Appropriates $135,561,000 for the Foreign 
     Agricultural Service and General Sales Manager instead of 
     $128,005,000 as proposed by the House and $138,561,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement includes 
     $27,500,000 for the cooperator program; the full request for 
     international cooperation and development; $2,428,000 for the 
     Cochran Fellowship Program; and $1,500,000 for expansion of 
     offices overseas. The conferees direct the Department to give 
     priority to posts serving expanding markets in Asia and Latin 
     America in budgeting for overseas expansion. The conference 
     agreement does not provide funding for the proposed 
     Distributor Development Program.
       Amendment No. 93: Provides for a transfer of $3,231,000 
     from the Export Loan Program Account as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $2,792,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 94: Provides for a transfer of $1,035,000 
     from the Public Law 480 Program Account as proposed by the 
     Senate instead of $1,005,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 95: Deletes House language establishing 
     competitive bidding in the award of cooperator/foreign market 
     development program funds. The conferees expect the 
     Department to develop procedures and criteria for a 
     competitive bidding process for consideration by appropriate 
     committees of the Congress.


               Public Law 480 Program and Grant Accounts

       Amendment No. 96: Provides $226,900,000 for Public Law 480 
     title I programs instead of $216,400,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $218,944,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 97: Appropriates $29,500,000 for Public Law 
     480 title III programs as proposed by the House instead of 
     $40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 98: Appropriates $185,589,000 for credit 
     modification costs of Public Law 480 programs instead of 
     $177,000,000 as proposed by the House and $179,082,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 99: Appropriates $1,780,000 for 
     administrative expenses of Public Law 480 programs instead of 
     $1,750,000 as proposed by the House and $1,818,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.


       Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program Account

       Amendment No. 100: Appropriates $3,820,000 for 
     administrative expenses of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Export Loans Program Account as proposed by the Senate 
     instead of $3,381,000 as proposed by the House.
       Amendment No. 101: Provides for a transfer of $3,231,000 of 
     the total amount appropriated for the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Export Loans Program Account to the Foreign 
     Agricultural Service as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $2,792,000 as proposed by the House.

      TITLE VI.--RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration


                         salaries and expenses

       Amendment No. 102: Deletes Senate language providing that 
     funds be used to ensure compliance with statutory deadlines 
     set forth in section 505(j)(4)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
     and Cosmetic Act. The FDA is directed to use available funds 
     to ensure compliance with its 180 day statutory review period 
     for generic drug applications. The conferees agree with the 
     Senate proposals for reprogramming and allocations for FDA 
     offices and activities as set forth in the Senate report.
       Amendment No. 103: Deletes House language restricting a 
     proposed rule entitled, ``The Prescription Drug Product 
     Labeling; Medication Guide Requirements,'' as proposed by the 
     Senate. The Senate bill addressed this same issue in 
     Amendment No. 105.


                           General Provisions

       Amendment No. 104: Adds the heading ``General Provisions'' 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.
       Amendment No. 105: Inserts Senate language providing that 
     all relevant parties in industry and government develop a set 
     of effective medication guides for prescription drug use.
       Amendments No. 106 and 107: Add a new section number as 
     proposed by the Senate and provide for an extension on a 
     moratorium related to the use of saccharin until May 1, 2002, 
     as proposed by the House instead of May 1, 1998, as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 108: Makes technical changes to the Imports 
     for Exports Program of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics 
     Act as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.

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       Amendment No. 109: Deletes Senate language directing the 
     Food and Drug Administration to do a feasibility study 
     related to crab meat. The conferees expect the Commissioner 
     to report to the appropriate committees of the Congress on 
     the feasibility of applying DNA or other suitable testing 
     procedures to determine both the wholesomeness of crab meat 
     and the need to differentiate between types of crab meat 
     offered for sale in the United States. The conferees also 
     expect the Commissioner to report on the feasibility of 
     developing a database of imported crab in order to better aid 
     enforcement and public health.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

       Amendment No. 110: Appropriates $55,101,000 for the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission as proposed by the House 
     instead of $56,601,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       Amendment No. 111: Restores and amends House language 
     limiting expenses of the Farm Credit Administration not to 
     exceed $37,478,000, with an exemption for expenses for 
     receiverships.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Amendment No. 112: Restores House language making 
     obligational authority for the Food Safety and Inspection 
     Service field automation and information management project 
     available until expended.
       Amendment No. 113: Retains Senate language prohibiting the 
     use of funds to transfer from the Rural Telephone Bank to the 
     Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any unobligated 
     balance of the liquidating account in excess of current 
     requirements and requiring that such balance received 
     interest.
       Amendment No. 114: Inserts a provision limiting acreage in 
     excess of 130,000 acres to be enrolled in the wetlands 
     reserve program, but allowing additional acreage to be 
     enrolled in the program to the extent that non-Federal funds 
     available to the Secretary are used to compensate these 
     additional enrollments as proposed by the Senate and limits 
     the number of acres to be enrolled through temporary 
     easements to at least 31,667 acres before permanent easement 
     agreements can be entered into. The conference agreement 
     deletes House language that just limited enrollment to 
     130,000 acres.
       Amendment No. 115: Inserts Senate language adding ``and 
     panels used to evaluate competitively awarded grants'' to 
     exceed the limitation on necessary expenses for advisory 
     committees. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 116: Restores House language limiting funds 
     available in fiscal year 1997 to not more than $2,000,000 for 
     a farmland protection program.
       Amendment No. 117: Deletes House language prohibiting funds 
     in this Act to pay personnel who carry out a wildlife habitat 
     incentives program as proposed by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 118: Restores House language limiting funds 
     available in fiscal year 1997 to not more than $2,000,000 for 
     a conservation farm option program.
       Amendment No. 119: Restores House language regarding the 
     use of agricultural lands and production flexibility contract 
     payments. The conference agreement prohibits the use of funds 
     provided by this Act to pay to salaries and expenses of 
     employees of the Department of Agriculture who make payments 
     pursuant to a production flexibility contract under section 
     111 of Public Law 104-127 if the land covered by that 
     production flexibility contract is not being used for the 
     production of an agricultural commodity or is not devoted to 
     a conserving use, unless it is determined that the lack of 
     agricultural production or the lack of a conserving use is a 
     consequence of drought, flood, or other natural disaster. It 
     is not intended for this provision to be interpreted in a way 
     which would require additional regulations to USDA 
     regulations amending 7 CFR part 2 et al., as published on 
     July 18, 1996. It also is not intended for this provision to 
     require amendments to the procedures for implementing the 
     Agricultural Market Transition Program contained in FSA 
     Handbook 1-PF, as published on May 21, 1996. Further, this 
     provision is not to be interpreted in a way which results in 
     additional reporting or certification procedures for owners, 
     producers, or the Secretary.
       Amendment No. 120: Deletes House language providing a cap 
     on the price of raw cane sugar. The Secretary shall report to 
     the House and Senate Appropriations Committees biannually 
     during fiscal year 1997 as to whether the prices of raw cane 
     and beet sugar are sufficient to prevent forfeitures, and 
     that the stock/use ratio is sufficient to ensure stable and 
     adequate supplies to consumers and refiners with 
     consideration of its impact on growers, producers, 
     processors, and users.
       Amendment No. 121: Deletes House language extending that 
     patent for a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug as proposed 
     by the Senate.
       Amendment No. 122: Inserts Senate language providing that 
     the use of appropriated funds for incidental expenses for 
     USDA volunteers is permanent law.
       Amendment No. 123: Deletes House language providing a sense 
     of the Congress for a detailed plan for compensating wheat 
     farmers and handlers affected by the karnal bunt quarantine 
     in certain California counties as proposed by the Senate. The 
     conferees agree that the Department should develop a 
     consistent compensation plan for karnal bunt-infected areas 
     of the country.
       Amendment No. 124: Deletes Senate language providing for 
     the transfer of not to exceed 10 percent of amounts made 
     available among rural assistance programs. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 125: Provides language restricting the use of 
     assignments of Department of Agriculture personnel beyond 30 
     days without reimbursement to the employee's agency or 
     office. The House bill addressed this issue in Amendment No. 
     1.
       Amendment No. 126: Inserts and amends language proposed by 
     the Senate to delay the authority of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture to make rural cooperative development grants 
     until October 1, 1996, effective upon the date of enactment 
     of this Act into law. The House bill contained no similar 
     provision.
       Amendment No. 127: Inserts a provision prohibiting the use 
     of funds to implement or enforce the final rule on the 
     labeling of raw poultry products promulgated by the Food 
     Safety and Inspection Service on August 25, 1995, and 
     prohibiting the final rule from being in effect during fiscal 
     year 1997 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement 
     also requires the Secretary of Agriculture to issue a revised 
     final rule regarding the labeling of raw poultry products not 
     later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 128: Deletes Senate language regarding the 
     replacement of lost benefits related to the Food Stamp 
     Program electronic benefit transfer program.
       Amendment No. 129: Deletes Senate language amending the 
     United States Warehouse Act.
       Amendment No. 130: Inserts Senate language which makes 
     permanent a provision to provide that the inspection of fish 
     products should be in compliance with the Food and Drug 
     Administration standards as proposed by the Senate. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 131: Inserts and amends Senate language 
     extending authority to make multifamily rural housing loans 
     until September 30, 1997. The conference agreement provides a 
     set-aside for nonprofit entities; extends the authorization 
     for housing in underserved areas through fiscal year 1997; 
     makes certain reforms in the multifamily rural housing loan 
     program; and provides for penalties for misuse of funds 
     related to the program. The conference agreement includes 
     language which gives the Secretary of Agriculture authority 
     regarding operating reserves and prioritization of 
     assistance. The conference agreement also requires the 
     Secretary to issue regulations, subject to negotiated 
     rulemaking procedures, on certain of these provisions within 
     60 days of enactment of this Act.
       Amendment No. 132: Deletes Senate language which 
     reauthorized the National Aquaculture Act of 1980. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 133: Inserts a provision providing the 
     Department of Agriculture the authority to make voluntary 
     separation incentive payments as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 134: Deletes Senate language regarding the 
     seasonal base plan for milk marketing orders expiration. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 135: Deletes Senate language providing a 
     sense of the Senate requiring the Comptroller General to 
     review the effectiveness of the H-2A nonimmigrant worker 
     program. The House bill contained no similar provision. The 
     conferees agree that the Comptroller General should review 
     the H-2A nonimmigrant worker program to ensure that the 
     program provides a workable safety valve in the event of 
     future shortages of domestic workers after enactment of this 
     Act.
       Amendment No. 136: Deletes Senate language which authorized 
     a Northern Forest Stewardship Program. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 137: Deletes Senate language providing 
     additional funds for barley payments. The conferees encourage 
     the House and Senate authorizing committees to revisit the 
     barley payment discrepancy and instruct the Secretary to use 
     means within the USDA to address the current inequity. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 138: Provides Senate language for a two-month 
     extension of an interim moratorium on bypass flows. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 139: Deletes Senate language prohibiting the 
     use of funds to establish certain easements on inventoried 
     property. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 140: Deletes Senate language providing that 
     grants for precision agricultural technologies be eligible 
     for funding under provisions of Public Law 104-127. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 141: Deletes the Senate language providing a 
     sense of the Congress that the United States Trade 
     Representative (USTR) should monitor the export of wheat and 
     barley from western Canada to the United States. The House 
     bill contained no similar provision. The conferees agree that 
     the USTR should monitor Canadian grain policy

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     changes and be prepared to enforce appropriate trade laws if 
     action by the Canadian government, acting through the 
     Canadian Wheat Board, leads to unfair and injurious exports 
     of Canadian grain to the United States.
       Amendment No. 142: Deletes Senate language regarding the 
     planting of fruits and vegetables on contract acreage. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 143: Deletes Senate language regarding the 
     payment of funds related to wild rice crops. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.

 TITLE VIII--SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS AND RESCISSION FOR THE FISCAL 
                     YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996

       Amendment No. 144: Inserts a new heading for supplemental 
     appropriations as proposed by the Senate. The House bill 
     contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 145: Amends language proposed by the Senate 
     providing a loan level of $110,000,000 and a subsidy level of 
     $32,244,000 for emergency disaster loans. The Senate bill 
     proposed $85,208,000 in loans and $25,000,000 in subsidy. The 
     House bill contained no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 146: Inserts a provision appropriating an 
     additional $12,011,000 for Salaries and Expenses of the 
     Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and rescinding 
     $16,500,000 from the Internal Revenue, Information Systems 
     account as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained 
     no similar provision.
       Amendment No. 147: Inserts a provision that this Act may be 
     cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     1997'' as proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no 
     similar provision.

                  Conference Total.--With Comparisons

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 1996 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1995 amount, the 1996 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 1996 
     follow:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 199$63,323,678,000
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fis58,317,314,000
    House bill, fiscal year 1996.........................53,052,037,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 1996........................54,296,303,000
    Conference agreement, fiscal year 1996...............53,279,873,000
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 199-10,043,805,000
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fis-5,037,441,000
    House bill, fiscal year 1996...........................+227,836,000
    Senate bill, fiscal year 1996........................-1,016,430,000
     Joe Skeen,
     John T. Myers,
     James T. Walsh,
     Jay Dickey,
     Jack Kingston,
     Frank Riggs,
     George R. Nethercutt, Jr.,
     Bob Livingston,
     Richard J. Durbin,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     Ray Thornton,
     Vic Fazio,
     David R. Obey,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Thad Cochran,
     Christopher Bond,
     Slade Gorton,
     Mitch McConnell,
     Conrad Burns,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Dale Bumpers,
     Tom Harkin,
     J. Robert Kerrey,
     J. Bennett Johnston,
     Herb Kohl,
     Robert C. Byrd,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.
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