[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 30, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11236-S11247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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

  On October 25, 2001, the Senate amended and passed H.R. 2330, as 
follows:

         Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives 
     (H.R. 2330) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for 
     Agriculture,

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     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2002, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the following 
     amendment:
       Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2002, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, $2,992,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 
     of this amount shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as 
     determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That none of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 
     of the Department of Agriculture to carry out section 
     793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104-127: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to 
     enforce section 793(d) of Public Law 104-127.

                          Executive Operations


                            chief economist

       For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including 
     economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, 
     energy and new uses, and the functions of the World 
     Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), and including 
     employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
     of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to 
     exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
     $7,648,000.


                       national appeals division

       For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
     including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
     section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of 
     which not to exceed $25,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, $12,766,000.


                 Office of Budget and Program Analysis

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis, including employment pursuant to the second 
     sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
     U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for employment 
     under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,978,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, including employment pursuant to the 
     second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 
     (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for 
     employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $10,261,000.


                      Common Computing Environment

       For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing 
     Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
     the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service and Rural 
     Development mission areas for information technology, 
     systems, and services, $59,369,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared 
     information technology systems, including services as 
     authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915-16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421-28: 
     Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be consistent 
     with the Department of Agriculture Service Center 
     Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be 
     with the concurrence of the Department's Chief Information 
     Officer.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence 
     of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
     of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, $5,335,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial 
     Officer shall actively market and expand cross-servicing 
     activities of the National Finance Center.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the 
     programs funded by this Act, $647,000.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
     Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
     delegation of authority from the Administrator of General 
     Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 
     486, for programs and activities of the Department which are 
     included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions 
     needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
     unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to 
     the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, 
     maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture 
     buildings, $187,581,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a 
     share of that agency's appropriation made available by this 
     Act to this appropriation, or may transfer a share of this 
     appropriation to that agency's appropriation to cover the 
     costs of new or replacement space for such agency, but such 
     transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds made 
     available for space rental and related costs to or from this 
     account.

                     Hazardous Materials Management


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
     comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
     Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., and 
     the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et 
     seq., $15,665,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That appropriations and funds available herein to 
     the Department for Hazardous Materials Management may be 
     transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
     meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on 
     Federal and non-Federal lands.

                      Departmental Administration


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For Departmental Administration, $37,079,000, to provide 
     for necessary expenses for management support services to 
     offices of the Department and for general administration and 
     disaster management of the Department, repairs and 
     alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
     not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 
     and efficient work of the Department, including employment 
     pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed 
     $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That 
     this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable 
     appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident to 
     the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551-558.


              Outreach for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the 
     Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
     U.S.C. 2279), $3,493,000, to remain available until expended.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 
     the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
     intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
     branch, $3,684,000: Provided, That these funds may be 
     transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
     funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: 
     Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the 
     Department by this Act shall be available to the Department 
     for support of activities of congressional relations.

                        Office of Communications

       For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to the 
     coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the 
     dissemination of agricultural information, and the 
     coordination of information, work, and programs authorized by 
     Congress in the Department, $8,894,000, including employment 
     pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
     Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed 
     $10,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
     3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers' 
     bulletins.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General, including employment pursuant to the second sentence 
     of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
     and the Inspector General Act of 1978, $70,839,000, including 
     such sums as may be necessary for contracting and other 
     arrangements with public agencies and private persons 
     pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 
     1978, including not to exceed $50,000 for employment under 5 
     U.S.C. 3109; and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain 
     confidential operational expenses, including the payment of 
     informants, to be expended under the direction of the 
     Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-452 and section 
     1337 of Public Law 97-98.

                     Office of the General Counsel

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
     Counsel, $32,627,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic 
     Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics 
     Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the 
     Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
     $573,000.

                       Economic Research Service

       For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
     conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by 
     the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) 
     and other laws, $67,200,000: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to 
     the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
     1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
     Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
     service work, including crop and livestock estimates, 
     statistical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys, 
     and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     1621-1627, Public Law 105-113, and other laws, $113,786,000, 
     of which up to $25,350,000 shall be available until expended 
     for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to 
     the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
     1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be 
     available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

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                     Agricultural Research Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research 
     Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration 
     relating to production, utilization, marketing, and 
     distribution (not otherwise provided for); home economics or 
     nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition, 
     preservation, and dissemination of agricultural information; 
     and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
     purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land 
     exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value 
     or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor 
     which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the 
     land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
     $999,438,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 
     be available for temporary employment pursuant to the second 
     sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
     U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be available 
     for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 
     and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
     one for replacement only: Provided further, That 
     appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
     U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of 
     buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, 
     the cost of constructing any one building shall not exceed 
     $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses which shall 
     each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 10 buildings to 
     be constructed or improved at a cost not to exceed $750,000 
     each, and the cost of altering any one building during the 
     fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
     replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is 
     greater: Provided further, That the limitations on 
     alterations contained in this Act shall not apply to 
     modernization or replacement of existing facilities at 
     Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the 
     Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including an 
     easement to the University of Maryland to construct the 
     Transgenic Animal Facility which upon completion shall be 
     accepted by the Secretary as a gift: Provided further, That 
     the foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of 
     buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 
     U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds may be received 
     from any State, other political subdivision, organization, or 
     individual for the purpose of establishing or operating any 
     research facility or research project of the Agricultural 
     Research Service, as authorized by law.
       None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be 
     available to carry out research related to the production, 
     processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
       In fiscal year 2002, the agency is authorized to charge 
     fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for any 
     permit, easement, lease, or other special use authorization 
     for the occupancy or use of land and facilities (including 
     land and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Research 
     Center) issued by the agency, as authorized by law, and such 
     fees shall be credited to this account, and shall remain 
     available until expended for authorized purposes.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
     extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or 
     facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
     research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where not 
     otherwise provided, $99,625,000, to remain available until 
     expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That funds may be 
     received from any State, other political subdivision, 
     organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing 
     any research facility of the Agricultural Research Service, 
     as authorized by law.

      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service


                   Research and Education Activities

       For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
     cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
     for other expenses, $542,842,000, as follows: to carry out 
     the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), 
     $180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 
     (16 U.S.C. 582a-a7), $21,884,000; for payments to the 1890 
     land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 
     3222), $34,604,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made 
     available only for the purpose of ensuring that each 
     institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for 
     special grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
     $84,850,000, of which $500,000 shall be for a grant for 
     Oklahoma State University and its industrial partners to 
     develop chemical and biological sensors, including chemical 
     food safety sensors based on micro-optoelectronic devices and 
     techniques (such as laser diode absorption and cavity-ring-
     down spectroscopy with active laser illumination), and of 
     which $500,000 is for the Environmental Biotechnology 
     Initiative at the University of Rhode Island; for special 
     grants for agricultural research on improved pest control (7 
     U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,691,000; for competitive research grants 
     (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $134,452,000; for the support of animal 
     health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,098,000; for 
     supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 
     3319d), $898,000; for grants for research pursuant to the 
     Critical Agricultural Materials Act of 1984 (7 U.S.C. 178) 
     and section 1472 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 3318), $800,000, to remain available until expended; 
     for the 1994 research program (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $998,000, 
     to remain available until expended; for higher education 
     graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,993,000, 
     to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for 
     higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 
     $4,340,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 
     program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available 
     until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants 
     program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), 
     $3,492,000; for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of 
     carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (Section 759 of 
     Public Law 106-78) to individual eligible institutions or 
     consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, 
     with funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska 
     and Hawaii, $3,000,000; for a secondary agriculture education 
     program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 
     3152(h)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), 
     $4,000,000; for sustainable agriculture research and 
     education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $13,000,000; for a program of 
     capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges 
     eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 
     U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), including Tuskegee University, 
     $9,479,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
     2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to 
     section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382, $1,549,000; and for 
     necessary expenses of Research and Education Activities, of 
     which not to exceed $100,000 shall be for employment under 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, $20,568,000.
       None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be 
     available to carry out research related to the production, 
     processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products: 
     Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply to research on 
     the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of 
     tobacco.


              Native American Institutions Endowment Fund

       For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund 
     authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
     $7,100,000.


                          Extension Activities

       For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
     Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern 
     Marianas, and American Samoa, $433,546,000, as follows: 
     payments for cooperative extension work under the Smith-Lever 
     Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said 
     Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471, for 
     retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension 
     agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative 
     extension agents and State extension directors, $275,940,000, 
     of which $3,600,000 may be used to carry out Public Law 107-
     19; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions 
     under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; 
     payments for the nutrition and family education program for 
     low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,566,000; 
     payments for the pest management program under section 3(d) 
     of the Act, $10,759,000; payments for the farm safety program 
     under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,700,000; payments to 
     upgrade research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 
     1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University, as 
     authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95-113 (7 U.S.C. 
     3222b), $13,500,000, to remain available until expended; 
     payments for the rural development centers under section 3(d) 
     of the Act, $1,000,000; payments for youth-at-risk programs 
     under section 3(d) of the Act, $8,481,000; for youth farm 
     safety education and certification extension grants, to be 
     awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, 
     $499,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 
     Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978, $5,000,000; 
     payments for Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of 
     the Act, $1,996,000; payments for sustainable agriculture 
     programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,500,000; payments 
     for rural health and safety education as authorized by 
     section 2390 of Public Law 101-624 (7 U.S.C. 2661 note, 
     2662), $2,622,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 
     the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328) and Tuskegee University, 
     $31,181,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available only 
     for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
     receive no less than $1,000,000; and for Federal 
     administration and coordination including administration of 
     the Smith-Lever Act, and the Act of September 29, 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 341-349), and section 1361(c) of the Act of October 3, 
     1980 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), and to coordinate and provide 
     program leadership for the extension work of the Department 
     and the several States and insular possessions, $11,529,000: 
     Provided, That funds hereby appropriated pursuant to section 
     3(c) of the Act of June 26, 1953, and section 506 of the Act 
     of June 23, 1972, shall not be paid to any State, the 
     District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin 
     Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa 
     prior to availability of an equal sum from non-Federal 
     sources for expenditure during the current fiscal year.


                         Integrated Activities

       For the integrated research, education, and extension 
     competitive grants programs, including necessary 
     administrative expenses, as authorized under section 406 of 
     the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 
     Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $42,350,000, as follows: 
     payments for the water quality program, $12,971,000; payments 
     for the food safety program, $14,967,000; payments for the 
     national agriculture pesticide impact assessment program, 
     $4,531,000; payments for the Food Quality Protection Act risk 
     mitigation program for major food crop systems, $4,889,000; 
     payments for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection 
     Act implementation, $1,497,000; payments for the methyl 
     bromide transition program, $2,495,000; and payments for the 
     organic transition program, $1,000,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to 
     administer programs

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     under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal and 
     Plant Health Inspection Service; the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service; and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
     Administration; $654,000.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, including those 
     pursuant to the Act of February 28, 1947 (21 U.S.C. 114b-c), 
     necessary to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant 
     and animal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and 
     regulatory activities; to discharge the authorities of the 
     Secretary of Agriculture under the Acts of March 2, 1931 (46 
     Stat. 1468) and December 22, 1987 (101 Stat. 1329-1331) (7 
     U.S.C. 426-426c); and to protect the environment, as 
     authorized by law, $602,754,000, of which $4,096,000 shall be 
     available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
     diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 
     birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; 
     of which $79,157,000 shall be used for the boll weevil 
     eradication program for cost share purposes or for debt 
     retirement for active eradication zones: Provided, That no 
     funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 
     eradication program for the current fiscal year that does not 
     require minimum matching by the States of at least 40 
     percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
     available for field employment pursuant to the second 
     sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
     U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available 
     for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
     this appropriation shall be available for the operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
     four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided 
     further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any 
     segment of the agricultural production industry of this 
     country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropriations 
     or funds available to the agencies or corporations of the 
     Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be 
     available only in such emergencies for the arrest and 
     eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of 
     animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 
     with the Act of February 28, 1947, and section 102 of the Act 
     of September 21, 1944, and any unexpended balances of funds 
     transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding 
     fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: 
     Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
     available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and 
     alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 
     otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.
       In fiscal year 2002, the agency is authorized to collect 
     fees to cover the total costs of providing technical 
     assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other 
     political subdivisions, domestic and international 
     organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided 
     that such fees are structured such that any entity's 
     liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
     assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the 
     agency, and such fees shall be credited to this account, to 
     remain available until expended, without further 
     appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
     services.
       Of the total amount available under this heading in fiscal 
     year 2002, $84,813,000 shall be derived from user fees 
     deposited in the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection User Fee 
     Account.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
     environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, 
     and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as authorized by 7 
     U.S.C. 428a, $5,189,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           Marketing Services

       For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 
     consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, 
     transportation, and regulatory programs, as authorized by 
     law, and for administration and coordination of payments to 
     States, including field employment pursuant to the second 
     sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
     U.S.C. 2225) and not to exceed $90,000 for employment under 5 
     U.S.C. 3109, $71,430,000, including funds for the wholesale 
     market development program for the design and development of 
     wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major 
     metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
     2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.
       Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
     activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
     U.S.C. 9701).


                 limitation on administrative expenses

       Not to exceed $60,596,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
     expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or 
     other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this 
     limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.


    Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply (Section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
     program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
     operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
     Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
     Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
     this Act; and (3) not more than $13,874,000 for formulation 
     and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
     pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 
     and the Agricultural Act of 1961.


                   Payments to States and Possessions

       For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
     departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing 
     activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $1,347,000.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     United States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of 
     the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures 
     used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the 
     standardization activities related to grain under the 
     Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, including field 
     employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
     of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
     $25,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $34,000,000: 
     Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 
     to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
     buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
     building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
     of the current replacement value of the building.


        Limitation on Inspection and Weighing Services Expenses

       Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
     weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
     require additional supervision and oversight, or other 
     uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
     by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws 
     enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 
     Service, $476,000.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

       For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by 
     the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
     Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, 
     including not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 
     and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
     August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $715,747,000, of which no 
     less than $608,730,000 shall be available for Federal food 
     inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to 
     this account from fees collected for the cost of laboratory 
     accreditation as authorized by section 1017 of Public Law 
     102-237: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available 
     for field employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
     section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
     and not to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment 
     under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
     2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to 
     administer the laws enacted by Congress for the Farm Service 
     Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the Risk Management 
     Agency, and the Commodity Credit Corporation, $606,000.

                          Farm Service Agency


                         Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs administered by the Farm 
     Service Agency, $939,030,000: Provided, That the Secretary is 
     authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities 
     (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     make program payments for all programs administered by the 
     Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available to 
     the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
     merged with this account: Provided further, That these funds 
     shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
     sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
     U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available 
     for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.


                         State Mediation Grants

       For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $3,993,000.


                        Dairy Indemnity Program

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
     payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such 
     milk and manufacturers of dairy products who have been 
     directed to remove their milk or dairy products from 
     commercial markets because it contained residues of chemicals 
     registered and approved for use by the Federal Government, 
     and in making indemnity payments for milk, or cows producing 
     such milk, at a fair market value to any dairy farmer who is 
     directed to remove his milk from commercial markets because 
     of: (1) the presence of products of nuclear radiation or 
     fallout if such contamination is not due to the fault of the 
     farmer; or

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     (2) residues of chemicals or toxic substances not included 
     under the first sentence of the Act of August 13, 1968 (7 
     U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic substances were not 
     used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations or 
     labeling instructions provided at the time of use and the 
     contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer, 
     $100,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
     2209b): Provided, That none of the funds contained in this 
     Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer 
     whose milk was removed from commercial markets as a result of 
     the farmer's willful failure to follow procedures prescribed 
     by the Federal Government: Provided further, That this amount 
     shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit Corporation: 
     Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to utilize 
     the services, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation for the purpose of making dairy indemnity 
     disbursements.


           Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1928-1929, to 
     be available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
     Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans, $1,146,996,000, of 
     which $1,000,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating 
     loans, $2,616,729,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall be for 
     unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $505,531,000 shall be for 
     subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 
     loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $2,000,000; for 
     emergency insured loans, $25,000,000 to meet the needs 
     resulting from natural disasters; and for boll weevil 
     eradication program loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, 
     $100,000,000.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership 
     loans, $8,366,000, of which $4,500,000 shall be for 
     guaranteed loans; operating loans, $175,780,000, of which 
     $52,650,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
     $68,550,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian 
     tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, 
     $118,400; and for emergency insured loans, $3,362,500 to meet 
     the needs resulting from natural disasters.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $280,595,000, of 
     which $272,595,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
     the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.
       Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit 
     Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and operating 
     direct loans and guaranteed loans may be transferred among 
     these programs with the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                         Risk Management Agency

       For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by 
     the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
     U.S.C. 6933), $73,752,000: Provided, That not to exceed $700 
     shall be available for official reception and representation 
     expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                              CORPORATIONS

       The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
     authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
     and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
     forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
     corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

       For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal 
     Crop Insurance Act, such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
     available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund


                 reimbursement for net realized losses

       For fiscal year 2002, such sums as may be necessary to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized 
     losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to 
     section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).


       operations and maintenance for hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

       For fiscal year 2002, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation 
     and cleanup expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses 
     to comply with the requirement of section 107(g) of the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001 of the 
     Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961.

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest 
     Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
     $730,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        Conservation Operations

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of 
     the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including 
     preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
     measures to conserve soil and water (including farm 
     irrigation and land drainage and such special measures for 
     soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
     floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control 
     agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
     plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; 
     dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, water, 
     and interests therein for use in the plant materials program 
     by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
     exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
     428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of 
     permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
     maintenance of aircraft, $807,454,000, to remain available 
     until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than 
     $8,515,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, and not 
     less than $9,849,000 is for operation and establishment of 
     the plant materials centers: Provided, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
     construction and improvement of buildings and public 
     improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 
     of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 
     public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided 
     further, That when buildings or other structures are erected 
     on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is 
     obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 
     That this appropriation shall be available for technical 
     assistance and related expenses to carry out programs 
     authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado 
     River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): 
     Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
     for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
     706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to 
     exceed $25,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
     U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That qualified local engineers 
     may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the 
     technical planning work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e-2): 
     Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be available to carry 
     out a pilot program in cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife 
     Service of the Department of the Interior to determine 
     migratory bird harvest, including population monitoring, 
     harvest information, and field operations.


                     Watershed Surveys and Planning

       For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, 
     and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and 
     for small watershed investigations and planning, in 
     accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
     Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001-1009), 
     $10,960,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
     available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
     section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
     and not to exceed $110,000 shall be available for employment 
     under 5 U.S.C. 3109.


               Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
     including but not limited to research, engineering 
     operations, methods of cultivation, the growing of 
     vegetation, rehabilitation of existing works and changes in 
     use of land, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 
     Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001-
     1005 and 1007-1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 
     1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), and in accordance with the 
     provisions of laws relating to the activities of the 
     Department, $100,413,000, to remain available until expended 
     (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $15,000,000 may be available 
     for the watersheds authorized under the Flood Control Act 
     approved June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): 
     Provided, That not to exceed $45,514,000 of this 
     appropriation shall be available for technical assistance: 
     Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
     for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
     706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to 
     exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
     U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 
     of this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes 
     of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), 
     including cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act to 
     relocate endangered or threatened species to other suitable 
     habitats as may be necessary to expedite project 
     construction.


                    WATERSHED REHABILITATION Program

       For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
     structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
     Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 
     4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), as amended by section 313 
     of Public Law 106-472, November 9, 2000 (16 U.S.C. 1012), and 
     in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
     activities of the Department, $10,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


                 Resource Conservation and Development

       For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 
     projects for resource conservation and development and for 
     sound land use pursuant to the provisions of section 32(e) of 
     title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1010-1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 
     U.S.C. 590a-f); and the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 
     U.S.C. 3451-3461), $48,048,000, to remain available until 
     expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That this appropriation 
     shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
     sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
     U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available 
     for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.


                      Forestry Incentives Program

       For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to 
     carry out the program of forestry incentives, as authorized 
     by the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
     2101), including technical assistance and related expenses, 
     $7,811,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized 
     by that Act.

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                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs 
     under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing 
     Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the 
     Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture, 
     $623,000.


                  Rural Community Advancement Program

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, 
     as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 
     1932, except for sections 381E-H, 381N, and 381O of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $1,004,125,000, 
     to remain available until expended, of which $83,903,000 
     shall be for rural community programs described in section 
     381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which $842,254,000 shall be for 
     the rural utilities programs described in sections 
     381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which 
     $77,968,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
     development programs described in sections 381E(d)(3) and 
     310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the total amount 
     appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 shall be for loans 
     and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American 
     Tribes, of which $1,000,000 shall be available for rural 
     business opportunity grants under section 306(a)(11) of that 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)); $4,000,000 shall be available for 
     community facilities grants for tribal college improvements 
     under section 306(a)(19) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)); 
     $16,000,000 shall be available for grants for drinking water 
     and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of such 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(c)) to benefit Federally Recognized Native 
     American Tribes that are not eligible to receive funds under 
     any other rural utilities program set-aside under the rural 
     community advancement program; and $3,000,000 shall be 
     available for rural business enterprise grants under section 
     310B(c) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)), of which $250,000 
     shall be available for a grant to a qualified national 
     organization to provide technical assistance for rural 
     transportation in order to promote economic development: 
     Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for rural 
     community programs, $6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural 
     Community Development Initiative: Provided further, That such 
     funds shall be used solely to develop the capacity and 
     ability of private, nonprofit community-based housing and 
     community development organizations, low-income rural 
     communities, and Federally Recognized Native American tribes 
     to undertake projects to improve housing, community 
     facilities, community and economic development projects in 
     rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be made 
     available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
     intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a program 
     of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
     such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds 
     from other sources, including Federal funds for related 
     activities, in an amount not less than funds provided: 
     Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for the 
     rural business and cooperative development programs, not to 
     exceed $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a 
     qualified national organization to provide technical 
     assistance for rural transportation in order to promote 
     economic development; and $2,000,000 shall be for grants to 
     Mississippi Delta Region counties: Provided further, That of 
     the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, not to 
     exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal 
     systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States/
     Mexico borders, including grants pursuant to section 306C of 
     such Act; not to exceed $24,000,000 shall be for water and 
     waste disposal systems for rural and native villages in 
     Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with up to one 
     percent available to administer the program and up to one 
     percent available to improve interagency coordination may be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural 
     Development, Salaries and Expenses''; not to exceed 
     $17,215,000 shall be for technical assistance grants for 
     rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) 
     of such Act; and not to exceed $9,500,000 shall be for 
     contracting with qualified national organizations for a 
     circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for 
     rural water systems: Provided further, That of the total 
     amount appropriated, not to exceed $37,624,000 shall be 
     available through June 30, 2002, for authorized empowerment 
     zones and enterprise communities and communities designated 
     by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
     Partnership Zones, of which $1,163,000 shall be for the rural 
     community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such 
     Act, of which $27,431,000 shall be for the rural utilities 
     programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of 
     which $9,030,000 shall be for the rural business and 
     cooperative development programs described in section 
     381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated for rural community programs, not to exceed 
     $25,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in 
     rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe 
     economic depression (P.L. 106-387), with five percent for 
     administration and capacity building in the State rural 
     development offices: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated $30,000,000 shall be to provide grants in rural 
     communities with extremely high energy costs: Provided 
     further, That any prior year balances for high cost energy 
     grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification 
     Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the ``Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs 
     Grants'' account: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act to the Rural Community Advancement 
     Program for guaranteed business and industry loans, funds may 
     be transferred to direct business and industry loans as 
     deemed necessary by the Secretary and with prior approval of 
     the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.


                Rural Development Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs in the Rural Development 
     mission area, including activities with institutions 
     concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
     cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $133,722,000: 
     Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for 
     employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
     of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
     $1,000,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: 
     Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended 
     to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: 
     Provided further, That any balances available from prior 
     years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, 
     and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and 
     expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 
     this account.

                         Rural Housing Service


              Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
     and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing 
     Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing 
     insurance fund, as follows: $4,233,014,000 for loans to 
     section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of 
     which $3,137,968,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
     loans; $32,324,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
     $99,770,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing 
     loans; $114,068,000 for section 515 rental housing; 
     $5,090,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,778,000 for credit 
     sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,778,000 may be 
     for multi-family credit sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 
     self-help housing land development loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 
     loans, $184,274,000 of which $40,166,000 shall be for 
     unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair 
     loans, $10,386,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
     guaranteed loans, $3,921,000; section 515 rental housing, 
     $48,274,000; section 524 site loans, $28,000; multi-family 
     credit sales of acquired property, $750,000; and section 523 
     self-help housing land development loans, $254,000: Provided, 
     That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, 
     $11,656,000 shall be available through June 30, 2002, for 
     authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and 
     communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $422,241,000, 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.


                       Rental Assistance Program

       For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 
     pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or 
     agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
     payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
     502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $708,504,000; and, 
     in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by 
     section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior 
     to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
     program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of 
     this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available for 
     debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
     authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to 
     exceed $10,000 per project for advances to nonprofit 
     organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other 
     than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant 
     to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That 
     agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2002 
     shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life of any 
     such agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts 
     obligated.


                  Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $35,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, 
     That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be 
     available through June 30, 2002, for authorized empowerment 
     zones and enterprise communities and communities designated 
     by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
     Partnership Zones.


                    Rural Housing Assistance Grants

       For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
     repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
     for construction defects, and rural housing preservation made 
     by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $38,914,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 
     2002, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
     communities and communities designated by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.


                       Farm Labor Program Account

       For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
     authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486,

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     $28,431,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 
     farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 
     grants and contracts.

                   Rural Business-Cooperative Service


              Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, $16,494,000, as authorized by 
     the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which 
     $1,724,000 shall be for Federally Recognized Native American 
     Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be for Mississippi Delta 
     Region counties (as defined by Public Law 100-460): Provided, 
     That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
     available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans of $38,171,000: Provided further, That 
     of the total amount appropriated, $2,730,000 shall be 
     available through June 30, 2002, for the cost of direct loans 
     for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 
     and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     direct loan programs, $3,733,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.


            Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account

                    (including rescission of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
     under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
     purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
     creation projects, $14,966,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
     modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,616,000.
       Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
     payments in fiscal year 2002, as authorized by section 313 of 
     the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $3,616,000 shall not 
     be obligated and $3,616,000 are rescinded.


                  Rural Cooperative Development Grants

       For rural cooperative development grants authorized under 
     section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $8,000,000, of which 
     $2,000,000 shall be available for cooperative agreements for 
     the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $1,497,000 of the total amount 
     appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or 
     associations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to 
     provide assistance to small, minority producers and whose 
     governing board and/or membership is comprised of at least 75 
     percent minority.


       RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES GRANTS

       For grants in connection with a second round of empowerment 
     zones and enterprise communities, $14,967,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for designated rural empowerment 
     zones and rural enterprise communities, as authorized by the 
     Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and 
     Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 
     105-277).

                        Rural Utilities Service


   Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of 
     the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be 
     made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 
     $121,107,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, 
     $74,827,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 
     $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 
     $500,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
     Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000 and rural 
     telecommunications, $120,000,000; and $750,000,000 for 
     Treasury rate direct electric loans.
       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of 
     modifying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 
     the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), 
     as follows: cost of rural electric loans, $3,689,000, and the 
     cost of telecommunication loans, $2,036,000: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may 
     exceed 7 percent per year.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $36,000,000, 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.


                  Rural Telephone Bank Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
     expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such 
     corporation in accord with law, and to make such contracts 
     and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized 
     programs. During fiscal year 2002 and within the resources 
     and authority available, gross obligations for the principal 
     amount of direct loans shall be $174,615,000.
       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of 
     modifying loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $3,737,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses, including audits, 
     necessary to carry out the loan programs, $3,082,000, which 
     shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.


               Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program

       For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 
     U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $51,941,000, to remain available until 
     expended, to be available for loans and grants for 
     telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas: 
     Provided, That, $25,000,000 may be available for the 
     continuation of a pilot project for a loan and grant program 
     to finance broadband transmission and local dial-up Internet 
     service in areas that meet the definition of ``rural area'' 
     used for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program 
     authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa: Provided further, That the 
     cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 
     the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.


            LOCAL TELEVISION LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM Account

       For gross obligations for the principal amount of 
     guaranteed loans, as authorized by Title X of Public Law 106-
     553 for the purpose of facilitating access to signals of 
     local television stations for households located in nonserved 
     areas and underserved areas, $322,580,000.
       For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
     modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $25,000,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the guaranteed loan program, $2,000,000, which shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural 
     Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE IV

                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS

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

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and 
     Nutrition Service, $587,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service


                        child nutrition programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 
     except sections 17 and 21; $10,087,246,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2003, of which $4,746,538,000 
     is hereby appropriated and $5,340,708,000 shall be derived by 
     transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 
     August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
     studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading, $500,000 shall be for a 
     School Breakfast Program startup grant pilot program for the 
     State of Wisconsin: Provided further, That up to $4,507,000 
     shall be available for independent verification of school 
     food service claims.


Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 
                                 (WIC)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $4,247,086,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2003: Provided, That none of the funds made available under 
     this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount available, the 
     Secretary shall obligate $20,000,000 for the farmers' market 
     nutrition program within 45 days of the enactment of this 
     Act, and an additional $5,000,000 for the farmers' market 
     nutrition program upon a determination by the Secretary that 
     funds are available to meet caseload requirements: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such 
     Act, up to $14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes 
     specified in section 17(h)(10)(B), no less than $6,000,000 of 
     which shall be used for the development of electronic benefit 
     transfer systems: Provided further, That none of the funds in 
     this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses of 
     WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy of 
     prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the 
     program: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 
     this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 
     formula except in accordance with the cost containment and 
     competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
     such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
     shall be available for activities that are not fully 
     reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
     agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: 
     Provided further, That once the amount for fiscal year 2001 
     carryover funds has been determined by the Secretary, any 
     funds in excess of $110,000,000 may be transferred by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture to the Rural Community Advancement 
     Program and shall remain available until expended.


                           Food Stamp Program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 
     U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $22,991,986,000, of which 
     $2,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in 
     such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 
     carry out program operations: Provided, That of the funds 
     made available under this heading and not already 
     appropriated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
     Reservations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the 
     Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed 
     $3,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the FDPIR 
     from producer-owned cooperative organizations: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this 
     heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 
     further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in 
     accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided 
     further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 
     registration or workfare

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     requirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 
     That of funds that may be reserved by the Secretary for 
     allocation to State agencies under section 16(h)(1) of such 
     Act to carry out Employment and Training programs, not more 
     than $145,000,000 made available in previous years may be 
     obligated in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That funds 
     made available for Employment and Training under this heading 
     shall remain available until expended, as authorized by 
     section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, 
     That funds provided under this heading may be used to procure 
     food coupons necessary for program operations in this or 
     subsequent fiscal years until electronic benefit transfer 
     implementation is complete.


                      Commodity Assistance Program

                         (including rescission)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity 
     supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a) of 
     the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 
     612c note) and the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, 
     $139,991,000, to remain available through September 30, 2003: 
     Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
     reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
     donated to the program: Provided further, That $5,300,000 of 
     unobligated balances available at the beginning of fiscal 
     year 2002 are hereby rescinded.


                        Food Donations Programs

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the 
     Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; special 
     assistance for the nuclear affected islands as authorized by 
     section 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act of 
     1985, as amended; and section 311 of the Older Americans Act 
     of 1965, $150,749,000, to remain available through September 
     30, 2003.


                      Food Program Administration

       For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food 
     programs funded under this Act, $127,546,000, of which 
     $5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying 
     procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening regulations, 
     improving food stamp benefit delivery, and assisting in the 
     prevention, identification, and prosecution of fraud and 
     other violations of law and of which not less than $6,500,000 
     shall be available to improve integrity in the Food Stamp and 
     Child Nutrition programs: Provided, That this appropriation 
     shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
     sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 
     U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $150,000 shall be available 
     for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.

                                TITLE V

                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

                      Foreign Agricultural Service


                         Salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 
     including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 
     1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761-1768), market development activities 
     abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate and 
     integrate activities of the Department in connection with 
     foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed $158,000 
     for representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 
     section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
     $121,563,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances 
     of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures 
     made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private 
     organizations and institutions under agreements executed 
     pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance 
     programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs 
     of the United States Agency for International Development.
       None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be 
     available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco 
     products.


                 Public Law 480 Title I Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 
     Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
     and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 
     modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, $130,218,000, 
     to remain available until expended.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     credit program of title I, Public Law 83-480, and the Food 
     for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appropriated 
     for Public Law 83-480 are utilized, $2,005,000, of which 
     $1,033,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
     and Expenses'', and of which $972,000 may be transferred to 
     and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.


        Public Law 480 Title I Ocean Freight Differential Grants

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development 
     and Assistance Act of 1954, $20,277,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for ocean freight differential costs for the 
     shipment of agricultural commodities under title I of said 
     Act: Provided, That funds made available for the cost of 
     title I agreements and for title I ocean freight differential 
     may be used interchangeably between the two accounts with 
     prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress.


                     Public Law 480 Title II Grants

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development 
     and Assistance Act of 1954, $850,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for commodities supplied in connection with 
     dispositions abroad under title II of said Act.


       Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and 
     GSM 103, $4,014,000; to cover common overhead expenses as 
     permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990, of which $3,224,000 may be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $790,000 may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                TITLE VI

           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                      Food and Drug Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration, 
     including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for 
     payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to Public 
     Law 92-313 for programs and activities of the Food and Drug 
     Administration which are included in this Act; for rental of 
     special purpose space in the District of Columbia or 
     elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emergency expenses of 
     enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
     Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
     certificate, not to exceed $25,000; $1,345,386,000, of which 
     not to exceed $161,716,000 to be derived from prescription 
     drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379(h), including any 
     such fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but 
     credited during the current year, in accordance with section 
     736(g)(4), shall be credited to this appropriation and remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That fees derived from 
     applications received during fiscal year 2002 shall be 
     subject to the fiscal year 2002 limitation: Provided further, 
     That none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, 
     or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 
     9701: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated: (1) $311,926,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 
     $350,578,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and 
     Research and related field activities in the Office of 
     Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $14,207,000 shall 
     be available for grants and contracts awarded under section 5 
     of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee), and of which not 
     less than $500,000 shall be available for a generic drug 
     public education campaign; (3) $155,431,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related 
     field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
     $81,182,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine 
     and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (5) $178,761,000 shall be for the Center for Devices 
     and Radiological Health and for related field activities in 
     the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $36,984,000 shall be 
     for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
     $31,798,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other 
     than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration, 
     of which $6,000,000 for costs related to occupancy of new 
     facilities at White Oak, Maryland shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2003; (8) $105,116,000 shall be for 
     payments to the General Services Administration for rent and 
     related costs; and (9) $93,610,000 shall be for other 
     activities, including the Office of the Commissioner; the 
     Office of Management and Systems; the Office of the Senior 
     Associate Commissioner; the Office of International and 
     Constituent Relations; the Office of Policy, Legislation, and 
     Planning; and central services for these offices: Provided 
     further, That $1,000,000 to the Center for Food Safety and 
     Nutrition to enhance enforcement of requirements under the 
     Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 related 
     to the accuracy of product labeling, and the truthfulness and 
     substantiation of claims: Provided further, That funds may be 
     transferred from one specified activity to another with the 
     prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress.
       In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     263(b) may be credited to this account, to remain available 
     until expended.
       In addition, export certification user fees authorized by 
     21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain 
     available until expended.


                        buildings and facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of 
     or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not 
     otherwise provided, $34,281,000, to remain available until 
     expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b).

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the 
     purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles; the rental of 
     space (to include multiple year leases) in the District of 
     Columbia and elsewhere; and not to exceed $25,000 for 
     employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $70,400,000, including not to 
     exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       Not to exceed $36,700,000 (from assessments collected from 
     farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural 
     Mortgage Corporation)

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     shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
     administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: 
     Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses 
     associated with receiverships.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
     appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
     Agriculture for fiscal year 2002 under this Act shall be 
     available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically 
     provided for, of not to exceed 379 passenger motor vehicles, 
     of which 378 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire 
     of such vehicles.
       Sec. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of 
     Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
     therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
       Sec. 703. Not less than $1,500,000 of the appropriations of 
     the Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and 
     service work authorized by sections 1 and 10 of the Act of 
     June 29, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 427, 427i; commonly known as the 
     Bankhead-Jones Act), subtitle A of title II and section 302 
     of the Act of August 14, 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.), and 
     chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 
     available for contracting in accordance with such Acts and 
     chapter.
       Sec. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
     unobligated balances of funds appropriated by this Act or 
     other available unobligated balances of the Department of 
     Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition 
     of plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 
     financial, administrative, and information technology 
     services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 
     of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred 
     to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the 
     agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
     this section shall be available for obligation without the 
     prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 
     following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 
     available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, 
     fruit fly program, integrated systems acquisition project, 
     boll weevil program, up to 25 percent of the screwworm 
     program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs associated with 
     colocating regional offices; Food Safety and Inspection 
     Service, field automation and information management project; 
     Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
     funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), 
     funds for the Research, Education and Economics Information 
     System (REEIS), and funds for the Native American 
     Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries 
     and expenses funds made available to county committees; 
     Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income country training 
     program and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
     Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 
     fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, 
     subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
       Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations 
     available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall 
     be available to provide appropriate orientation and language 
     training pursuant to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 
     1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b; commonly known as the Agricultural Act 
     of 1954).
       Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
     pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
     or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
     of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 
     percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the 
     purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out 
     programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
     does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on 
     grants and contracts with such institutions when such 
     indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all 
     agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.
       Sec. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to lease space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of 
     other agencies of the Department of Agriculture when such 
     space will be jointly occupied.
       Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to pay indirect costs charged against competitive 
     agricultural research, education, or extension grant awards 
     issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
     Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal 
     funds provided under each award: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agricultural 
     Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
     U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants awarded 
     competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Education, 
     and Extension Service shall be available to pay full 
     allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under section 
     9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
       Sec. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered 
     estimates, not limitations.
       Sec. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     fiscal year 2002 shall remain available until expended to 
     cover obligations made in fiscal year 2002 for the following 
     accounts: the rural development loan fund program account; 
     the Rural Telephone Bank program account; the rural 
     electrification and telecommunications loans program account; 
     the local television loan guarantee program; the Rural 
     Housing Insurance Fund Program Account; and the rural 
     economic development loans program account.
       Sec. 713. Notwithstanding chapter 63 of title 31, United 
     States Code, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
     Administration; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service; and the food safety activities of the Food Safety 
     and Inspection Service may use cooperative agreements to 
     reflect a relationship between the Agricultural Marketing 
     Service; the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 
     Administration; the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service; or the Food Safety and Inspection Service and a 
     state or cooperator to carry out agricultural marketing 
     programs, to carry out programs to protect the nation's 
     animal and plant resources, or to carry out educational 
     programs or special studies to improve the safety of the 
     nation's food supply.
       Sec. 714. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural 
     Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or subaccount 
     within the accounting records of the Rural Telephone Bank the 
     creation of which has not specifically been authorized by 
     statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury 
     or to the Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of 
     the Rural Telephone Bank telephone liquidating account which 
     is in excess of current requirements and such balance shall 
     receive interest as set forth for financial accounts in 
     section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
       Sec. 715. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more 
     than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of 
     activities related to all advisory committees, panels, 
     commissions, and task forces of the Department of 
     Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
     rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
     awarded grants.
       Sec. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
     Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products 
     Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
       Sec. 717. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may 
     be detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by 
     this Act to any other agency or office of the Department for 
     more than 30 days unless the individual's employing agency or 
     office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office 
     for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of 
     assignment.
       Sec. 718. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to 
     transmit or otherwise make available to any non-Department of 
     Agriculture employee questions or responses to questions that 
     are a result of information requested for the appropriations 
     hearing process.
       Sec. 719. None of the funds made available to the 
     Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
     new information technology systems or significant upgrades, 
     as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
     without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the 
     concurrence of the Executive Information Technology 
     Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to 
     the Office of the Chief Information Officer without the prior 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress.
       Sec. 720. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or 
     provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
     funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
     expenditure in fiscal year 2002, or provided from any 
     accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
     collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
     Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
     a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) 
     eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
     funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity 
     for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates 
     an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or 
     activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions 
     or activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
     unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming of funds.
       (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by 
     previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this 
     Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in 
     fiscal year 2002, or provided from any accounts in the 
     Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of 
     fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 
     available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 
     programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in 
     excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: 
     (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; (2) 
     reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
     project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
     as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
     savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a 
     change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 
     approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance of 
     such reprogramming of funds.
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     Houses of Congress before implementing a program or activity 
     not carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the 
     program or activity is funded by this Act or specifically 
     funded by any other Act.
       Sec. 721. With the exception of funds needed to administer 
     and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations 
     incurred prior to enactment of this Act, none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
     Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 
     to carry out section 793 of Public Law 104-127, the Fund for 
     Rural America (7 U.S.C. 2204f).
       Sec. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the transfer 
     or obligation of fiscal year 2002 funds under the provisions 
     of section 401 of Public Law 105-185, the Initiative for 
     Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
       Sec. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out a conservation farm option 
     program, as authorized by section 1240M of the Food Security 
     Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb).
       Sec. 724. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or 
     relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug 
     Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. 
     Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits of St. 
     Louis, Missouri.
       Sec. 725. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to reduce the 
     Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District 
     Office below the operating and full-time equivalent staffing 
     level of July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit District 
     Office to a station, residence post or similarly modified 
     office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to the 
     Detroit District Office: Provided, That this section shall 
     not apply to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory 
     facilities or operations currently located in Detroit, 
     Michigan, except that field laboratory personnel shall be 
     assigned to locations in the general vicinity of Detroit, 
     Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements between the Food 
     and Drug Administration and other laboratory facilities 
     associated with the State of Michigan.
       Sec. 726. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any 
     other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
     personnel who prepare or submit appropriations language as 
     part of the President's Budget submission to the Congress of 
     the United States for programs under the jurisdiction of the 
     Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or 
     reflects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 
     proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
     submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 
     identifies which additional spending reductions should occur 
     in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to 
     the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
     the fiscal year 2003 appropriations Act.
       Sec. 727. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
     any other Act may be used to close or relocate a state Rural 
     Development office unless or until cost effectiveness and 
     enhancement of program delivery have been determined.
       Sec. 728. Of any shipments of commodities made pursuant to 
     section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
     1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent 
     practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value to not more 
     than $25,000,000 shall be made available to foreign countries 
     to assist in mitigating the effects of the Human 
     Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency 
     Syndrome on communities, including the provision of--
       (1) agricultural commodities to--
       (A) individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus or 
     Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the communities, and
       (B) households in the communities, particularly individuals 
     caring for orphaned children; and
       (2) agricultural commodities monetized to provide other 
     assistance (including assistance under microcredit and 
     microenterprise programs) to create or restore sustainable 
     livelihoods among individuals in the communities, 
     particularly individuals caring for orphaned children.
       Sec. 729. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or 
     made available by this Act, $1,996,000 is appropriated for 
     the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland 
     Hunger Fellowships through the Congressional Hunger Center.
       Sec. 730. Refunds or rebates received on an on-going basis 
     from a credit card services provider under the Department of 
     Agriculture's charge card programs may be deposited to and 
     retained without fiscal year limitation in the Departmental 
     Working Capital Fund established under 7 U.S.C. 2235 and used 
     to fund management initiatives of general benefit to the 
     Department of Agriculture bureaus and offices as determined 
     by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary's designee.
       Sec. 731. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736f) 
     any balances available to carry out title III of such Act as 
     of the date of enactment of this Act, and any recoveries and 
     reimbursements that become available to carry out title III 
     of such Act, may be used to carry out title II of such Act.
       Sec. 732. Of the funds made available under section 27(a) 
     of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the 
     Secretary may use up to $5,000,000 for administrative costs 
     associated with the distribution of commodities.
       Sec. 733. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary may transfer up to $26,000,000 in funds provided 
     for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program authorized 
     by Chapter 4, Subtitle D, Title XII of the Food Security Act 
     of 1985, for technical assistance to implement the 
     Conservation Reserve Program authorized by subchapter B, 
     Chapter 1, Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, with 
     funds to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may 
     elect to enroll no more than 340,000 acres for continuous 
     signup, conservation reserve enhancement, or wetland pilot 
     purposes and no acres for regular enrollment into the 
     Conservation Reserve Program authorized by subchapter B, 
     Chapter 1, Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, during 
     fiscal year 2002 and any savings derived from such action may 
     be transferred, not to exceed $18,000,000, for technical 
     assistance to implement the Conservation Reserve Program, 
     with funds to remain available until expended.
       Sec. 734. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     City of St. Joseph, Missouri, shall be eligible for grants 
     and loans administered by the rural development mission area 
     of the Department of Agriculture relating to an application 
     submitted to the Department by a farmer-owned cooperative, a 
     majority of whose members reside in a rural area, as 
     determined by the Secretary, and for the purchase and 
     operation of a facility beneficial to the purpose of the 
     cooperative.
       Sec. 735. Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)(B)) is 
     amended by striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2002''.
       Sec. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 
     financial and technical assistance in the amount of $150,000 
     to the Mallard Pointe project in Madison County, Mississippi.
       Sec. 737. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall, in cooperation with the State 
     of Illinois, develop and implement a pilot project utilizing 
     conservation programs of the Department of Agriculture for 
     soil, water, wetlands, and wildlife habitat enhancement in 
     the Illinois River Basin: Provided, That no funds shall be 
     made available to carry out this section unless they are 
     expressly provided for a program in this Act or any other Act 
     for obligation in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That 
     any conservation reserve program enrollments made pursuant to 
     this section shall be subject to section 734 of this Act.
       Sec. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide $450,000 
     for a wetlands restoration and water conservation project in 
     the vicinity of Jamestown, Rhode Island.
       Sec. 739. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     $3,000,000 shall be made available from funds under the rural 
     business and cooperative development programs of the Rural 
     Community Advancement Program for a grant for an integrated 
     ethanol plant, feedlot, and animal waste digestion unit, to 
     the extent matching funds from the Department of Energy are 
     provided if a commitment for such matching funds is made 
     prior to July 1, 2002: Provided, That such funds shall be 
     released to the project after the farmer-owned cooperative 
     equity is in place, and a formally executed commitment from a 
     qualified lender based upon receipt of necessary permits, 
     contract, and other appropriate documentation has been 
     secured by the project.
       Sec. 740. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service shall 
     use the authorities provided in the Rural Electrification Act 
     of 1936 to finance the acquisition of existing generation, 
     transmission and distribution systems and facilities serving 
     high cost, predominantly rural areas by entities capable of 
     and dedicated to providing or improving service in such areas 
     in an efficient and cost effective manner.
       Sec. 741. Notwithstanding subsection (f) of section 156 of 
     the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)), 
     any assessment imposed under that subsection for marketings 
     of raw cane sugar or beet sugar for the 2002 fiscal year 
     shall not be required to be remitted to the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation before September 2, 2002.
       Sec. 742. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Natural 
     Resources Conservation Service, shall provide financial 
     assistance from available funds from the Emergency Watershed 
     Protection Program in Arkansas, in an amount not to exceed 
     $400,000 for completion of the current construction phase of 
     the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) Project.
       Sec. 743. (a) Temporary Use of Existing Payments to States 
     Table.--Notwithstanding section 101(a)(1) of the Secure Rural 
     Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public 
     Law 106-393; 16 U.S.C. 500 note), for the purpose of making 
     the first fiscal year's payments under section 102 of such 
     Act to eligible States and eligible counties, the full 
     payment amount for each eligible State and eligible county 
     shall be deemed to be equal to the full payment amount 
     calculated for that eligible State or eligible county in the 
     Forest Service document entitled ``P.L. 106-393, Secure Rural 
     Schools and Community Self-Determination Act'', dated July 
     31, 2001.
       (b) Revision of Table.--For the purpose of making payments 
     under section 102 of such Act to eligible States and eligible 
     counties of subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall provide for the revision of the table 
     referred to in subsection (a) to accurately reflect the 
     average of the three highest 25-percent payments and safety 
     net payments made to eligible States for the fiscal years of 
     the eligibility period, as required by section 101(a)(1) of 
     such Act. If the revisions are not completed by the time 
     payments under section 102 of such Act are due to be made for 
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     table referred to in subsection (a) shall again be used for 
     the purpose of making the payments for that fiscal year. The 
     Forest Service shall provide the Senate Energy and Natural 
     Resources Committee and the House of Representatives 
     Agriculture Committee with a report on the progress of the 
     correction by March 1, 2002.
       (c) Additional Opt-Out Option.--Notwithstanding section 
     102(b)(2) of Public Law 106-393, if the revision of the table 
     referred to in subsection (a) results in a lower full payment 
     amount to a county that has elected under section 102(a)(2) 
     the full payment amount, then that county may revisit their 
     election under section 102(b)(1).
       (d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``eligible 
     State'', ``eligible county'', ``eligibility period'', ``25-
     period payment'', and ``safety net payments'' have the 
     meanings given such terms in section 3 of such Act.
       (e) Treatment of Certain Mineral Leasing Receipts.--An 
     eligible county that elects under section 102(b) to receive 
     its share of an eligible State's full payment amount shall 
     continue to receive its share of any payments made to that 
     State from a lease for mineral resources issued by the 
     Secretary of the Interior under the last paragraph under the 
     heading ``FOREST SERVICE'' in the Act of March 4, 1917 
     (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 520).
       (f) Mineral Payments.--Section 6(b) of the Mineral Leasing 
     Act for Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 355(b)) is amended by 
     inserting after the first sentence, the following new 
     sentence: ``The preceeding sentence shall also apply to any 
     payment to a State derived from a lease for mineral resources 
     issued by the Secretary of the Interior under the last 
     paragraph under the heading `FOREST SERVICE' in the Act of 
     March 4, 1917 (Chapter 179; 16 U.S.C. 520).''.
       Sec. 744. Alaska Permanent Fund. Section 501(b) of the 
     Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471) is amended in paragraph 
     (5)--
       (1) by striking ``(5)'' and inserting ``(5)(A)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) For purposes of this title, for fiscal years 2002 and 
     2003, the term `income' does not include dividends received 
     from the Alaska Permanent Fund by a person who was under the 
     age of 18 years when that person qualified for the 
     dividend.''.
       Sec. 745. Hereafter, any provision of any Act of Congress 
     relating to colleges and universities eligible to receive 
     funds under the Act of August 30, 1890, including Tuskegee 
     University, shall apply to West Virginia State College at 
     Institute, West Virginia: Provided, That the Secretary may 
     waive the matching funds' requirement under section 1449 of 
     the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
     Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222d) for fiscal year 2002 for 
     West Virginia State College if the Secretary determines the 
     State of West Virginia will be unlikely to satisfy the 
     matching requirement.
       Sec. 746. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation 
     Service, shall provide financial and technical assistance 
     relating to the Tanana River bordering the Big Delta State 
     Historical Park.
       Sec. 747. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act to the Food and Drug Administration 
     shall be used to allow admission of fish or fish products 
     labeled wholly or in part as ``catfish'' unless the products 
     are taxonomically from the family Ictaluridae.
       Sec. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
     accept any unused funds transferred to the Alaska Railroad 
     Corporation for avalanche control and retransfer up to 
     $499,000 of such funds as a direct lump sum payment to the 
     City of Valdez to construct an avalanche control wall to 
     protect a public school.
       Sec. 749. Of funds previously appropriated to the Bureau of 
     Land Management under the heading ``Wildland Fire 
     Management'', up to $5,000,000 is transferred to the 
     Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency, for 
     reimbursement for crop damage resulting from the Bureau's use 
     of herbicides in the State of Idaho: Provided, That nothing 
     in this section shall be construed to constitute an admission 
     of liability in any subsequent litigation with respect to the 
     Bureau's use of such herbicides.
       Sec. 750. Pilot Program for Enrollment of Wetland and 
     Buffer Acreage in Conservation Reserve. (a) In General.--
     Section 1231(h)(4)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
     U.S.C. 3831(h)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting ``(which may 
     include emerging vegetation in water)'' after ``vegetative 
     cover''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1232(a)(4) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(4)) is amended by 
     inserting ``(which may include emerging vegetation in 
     water)'' after ``vegetative cover''.
       Sec. 751. Specialty Crops. (a) Grading of Price-Support 
     Tobacco.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than March 31, 2002, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Secretary'') shall conduct a referendum among producers of 
     each kind of tobacco that is eligible for price support under 
     the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) to 
     determine whether the producers favor the mandatory grading 
     of the tobacco by the Secretary.
       (2) Mandatory grading.--If the Secretary determines that 
     mandatory grading of each kind of tobacco described in 
     paragraph (1) is favored by a majority of the producers 
     voting in the referendum, effective for the 2002 and 
     subsequent marketing years, the Secretary shall ensure that 
     all kinds of the tobacco are graded at the time of sale.
       (3) Judicial review.--A determination by the Secretary 
     under this subsection shall not be subject to judicial 
     review.
       (b) Quota Reduction for Conservation Reserve Acreage.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1236 of the Food Security Act of 
     1985 (16 U.S.C. 3836) is amended--
       (A) by striking subsection (a);
       (B) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as 
     subsections (a), (b), and (c), respectively;
       (C) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), by striking 
     ``subsection (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)''; and
       (D) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking 
     ``subsection (c)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1232(a)(5) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(5)) is amended by 
     striking ``section 1236(d)'' and inserting ``section 
     1236(c)''.
       (3) Application.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall apply beginning with the 2002 crop.
       (c) Horse Breeder Loans.--
       (1) Definition of horse breeder.--In this subsection, the 
     term ``horse breeder'' means a person that, as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act, derives more than 70 percent of the 
     income of the person from the business of breeding, boarding, 
     raising, training, or selling horses, during the shorter of--
       (A) the 5-year period ending on January 1, 2001; or
       (B) the period the person has been engaged in such 
     business.
       (2) Loan authorization.--The Secretary shall make loans to 
     eligible horse breeders to assist the horse breeders for 
     losses suffered as a result of mare reproductive loss 
     syndrome.
       (3) Eligibility.--A horse breeder shall be eligible for a 
     loan under this subsection if the Secretary determines that, 
     as a result of mare reproductive loss syndrome--
       (A) during the period beginning January 1 and ending 
     October 1 of any of calendar years 2000, 2001, or 2002--
       (i) 30 percent or more of the mares owned by the horse 
     breeder failed to conceive, miscarried, aborted, or otherwise 
     failed to produce a live healthy foal; or
       (ii) 30 percent or more of the mares boarded on a farm 
     owned, operated, or leased by the horse breeder failed to 
     conceive, miscarried, aborted, or otherwise failed to produce 
     a live healthy foal;
       (B) the horse breeder is unable to meet the financial 
     obligations, or pay the ordinary and necessary expenses, of 
     the horse breeder incurred in connection with breeding, 
     boarding, raising, training, or selling horses; and
       (C) the horse breeder is not able to obtain sufficient 
     credit elsewhere, in accordance with subtitle C of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et 
     seq.).
       (4) Amount.--
       (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the amount of 
     a loan made to a horse breeder under this subsection shall be 
     determined by the Secretary on the basis of the amount of 
     losses suffered by the horse breeder, and the financial needs 
     of the horse breeder, as a result of mare reproductive loss 
     syndrome.
       (B) Maximum amount.--The amount of a loan made to a horse 
     breeder under this subsection shall not exceed the maximum 
     amount of an emergency loan under section 324(a) of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1964(a)).
       (5) Term.--
       (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the term for 
     repayment of a loan made to a horse breeder under this 
     subsection shall be determined by the Secretary based on the 
     ability of the horse breeder to repay the loan.
       (B) Maximum term.--The term of a loan made to a horse 
     breeder under this subsection shall not exceed 20 years.
       (6) Interest rate.--The interest rate for a loan made to a 
     horse breeder under this subsection shall be the interest 
     rate for emergency loans prescribed under section 324(b)(1) 
     of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
     1964(b)(1)).
       (7) Security.--A loan to a horse breeder under this 
     subsection shall be made on the security required for 
     emergency loans under section 324(d) of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1964(d)).
       (8) Application.--To be eligible to obtain a loan under 
     this subsection, a horse breeder shall submit an application 
     for the loan to the Secretary not later than September 30, 
     2002.
       (9) Funding.--The Secretary shall carry out this subsection 
     using funds made available to make emergency loans under 
     subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
     (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.).
       (10) Termination.--The authority provided by this 
     subsection to make a loan terminates effective September 30, 
     2003.
       Sec. 752. During fiscal year 2002, subsection (a)(2) of 
     section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) 
     shall be applied as though the term ``and potatoes'' read as 
     follows: ``, potatoes, and sweet potatoes''.
       Sec. 753. Within 30 days of the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a 
     reprogramming request to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees to address the $21,700,000 in tornado damages 
     incurred at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural 
     Research Center.
       Sec. 754. Citrus Canker Eradication. (a) In General.--
     Section 810 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (114 Stat. 1549A-52) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``The'' and inserting 
     ``Subject to subsection (e), the''; and
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2002''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments in subsection (a) shall 
     take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2001.
       Sec. 755. From the amount appropriated to the Animal and 
     Plant Health Inspection Service, $300,000 shall be provided 
     to monitor and prevent Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome in 
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       Sec. 756. Section 306(a)(20) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(20)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) Rural broadband.--The Secretary may make grants to 
     regulatory commissions in States with communities without 
     dial-up internet access to establish a competitively neutral 
     grant program to telecommunications carriers that establish 
     facilities and services which, in the commission's 
     determination, will result in the long-term availability to 
     rural communities in such States of affordable broadband 
     telecommunications services which can be used for the 
     provision of high speed internet access.''.
       Sec. 757. In accordance with the Farmland Protection 
     Program, a total of $720,000 shall be made available to 
     purchase conservation easements or other interests in land, 
     not to exceed 235 acres, in Adair, Green, and Taylor 
     Counties, Kentucky: Provided, That $490,000 of this amount 
     shall be from funds made available to the Conservation 
     Reserve Enhancement Program for the State of Kentucky.
       Sec. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     City of Caldwell, Idaho, shall be eligible for grants and 
     loans administered by the Rural Housing Service of the United 
     States Department of Agriculture for a period not to exceed 
     one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 759. Section 8c(1) of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Agreement Act of 1937 is amended by adding the following 
     provision at the end of the penultimate sentence:

     ``The Secretary is authorized to implement a producer 
     allotment program and a handler withholding program under the 
     cranberry marketing order in the same crop year through 
     informal rulemaking based on a recommendation and supporting 
     economic analysis submitted by the Cranberry Marketing 
     Committee. Such recommendation and analysis shall be 
     submitted by the Committee no later than March 1 of each 
     year.''.
       Sec. 760. Section 11(f) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(f)) is amended by--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(E), by striking ``2001'' and inserting 
     ``2003''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
     and Forestry of the Senate--
       ``(i) not later than January 1, 2003, an interim report on 
     the activities of the State agencies receiving grants under 
     this subsection; and
       ``(ii) not later than January 1, 2004, a final report on 
     the activities of the State agencies receiving grants under 
     this subsection.''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``report'' and 
     inserting ``reports''.
       Sec. 761. From the amount appropriated to the Animal and 
     Plant Health Inspection Service, $300,000 shall be provided 
     for activities regarding West Nile Virus, in cooperation with 
     the University of Illinois.
       Sec. 762. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     City of Mt. Vernon, Washington, shall be eligible for grants 
     and loans administered by the Rural Housing Service of the 
     United States Department of Agriculture for a period not to 
     exceed one year from the date of enactment of this Act.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002''.

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