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``(a) IN GENERAL.--Except as provided in subsection (d) and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Secretary shall provide equitable relief to an owner or operator
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``(b) TYPES OF RELIEF.--The Secretary shall--
``(1) to the extent the Secretary determines that an owner or operator has been injured by good faith reliance described in subsection (a), allow the owner or operator to do any one or more of the following--
``(A) to retain payments received under the contract;
``(B) to continue to receive payments under the contract;
``(C) to keep all or part of the land covered by the contract enrolled in the applicable program under this chapter;
``(D) to reenroll all or part of the land covered by the contract in the applicable program under this chapter; or
``(E) or any other equitable relief the Secretary deems appropriate; and
``(2) require the owner or operator to take such actions as are necessary to remedy any failure to comply with the contract.
``(c) RELATION TO OTHER LAW.--The authority to provide relief under this section shall be in addition to any other authority provided in this or any other Act.
``(d) EXCEPTION.--This section shall not apply to a pattern of conduct in which an authorized representative of the Secretary takes actions or provides advice with respect to an owner or operator that the representative and the owner or operator know are inconsistent with applicable law (including regulations).
``(e) APPLICABILITY OF RELIEF.--Relief under this section shall be available for contracts in effect on January 1, 2000 and for all subsequent contracts.''.
SEC. 756. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ``$20,000,000'' and inserting ``$25,000,000''.
SEC. 757. 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. 758. The Act of August 19, 1958 (7 U.S.C. 1431 note) is amended--
(1) by striking ``clause (3) or (4) of'' the first place it appears and inserting ``the Food for Progress Act of 1985,'';
(2) by striking ``clause (3) or (4) of such'' and inserting ``the Food for Progress Act of 1985, such''; and
(3) by striking ``to the President''.
SEC. 759. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sea Island Health Clinic located on Johns Island, South Carolina, shall remain eligible for assistance and funding from the Rural Development community facilities programs administered by the Department of Agriculture until such time new population data is available from the 2000 Census.
SEC. 760. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the area bounded by West 197th Avenue, North S.W. 232nd Street, East U.S. Highway 1 and S.W. 360th Street in Dade County, Florida, shall continue to be eligible to receive business and industry guaranteed loans under section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932) until such time that population data is available from the 2000 decennial Census.
SEC. 761. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City of Kewanee and the City of Jacksonville, Illinois, as meeting the requirements of a rural area contained in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490).
SEC. 762. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide funds, within discretionary amounts available, to pay the balance of the amount due pursuant to the settlement of claims associated with the Chuquatonchee Watershed Project in Mississippi to close out this project.
SEC. 763. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Konocti Water District, California, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by the Rural Utilities Service.
SEC. 764. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Jefferson County, Kentucky, shall be considered to be a rural area for the purposes of the business and industry direct and guaranteed loan program authorized by the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.).
SEC. 765. The Secretary of Agriculture may convey, under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property consisting of approximately one acre located within the Sunnyside Subdivision in Prince George's County, Maryland, for the purpose of resolving land title claims and encroachments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and for promoting public access on Sunnyside Avenue. Any funds received by the Secretary as a result of the conveyance shall be credited to and merged with the appropriations available to operate the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center and shall be available, without further appropriation, for the same purposes and for the same time period as such appropriations.
SEC. 766. Of the funds provided to carry out section 211(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 2820 note; Public Law 106-224), up to $500,000 shall be used solely for the State of California.
SEC. 767. The first section of the Act of March 2, 1931 (7 U.S.C. 426) is amended to read as follows:
``SECTION 1. PREDATORY AND OTHER WILD ANIMALS.
``The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a program of wildlife services with respect to injurious animal species and take any action the Secretary considers necessary in conducting the program. The Secretary shall administer the program in a manner consistent with all of the wildlife services authorities in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001.''.
SEC. 768. Section 412(d) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736f(d)) is amended by striking ``title I of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.)'' and inserting ``dairy price support operations''.
SEC. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of Coachella, California, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by the rural development mission areas of the Department of Agriculture.
SEC. 770. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, as meeting the requirements of a rural area in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490).
SEC. 771. 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. 772. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking, to promulgate a proposed rule, or to otherwise change or modify the definition of ``animal'' in existing regulations pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act.
SEC. 773. Section 306(a)(19)(A) of the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 is amended by inserting after ``nonprofit corporations'' the following new phrase: ``, Indian tribes (as such term is defined under section 4(e) of Public Law 93-638, as amended),''.
SEC. 774. Section 2101 of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-246; 114 Stat. 541) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or prior'' after ``such outstanding''; and
(2) by inserting ``and subsequently repaid'' after ``placed under loan''.
SEC. 775. For purposes of administering Title IX of this Act, the term ``agricultural commodity'' shall also include fertilizer and organic fertilizer, except to the extent provided pursuant to Section 904 of that title.
Sec. 776. HAMILTON GRANGE, NEW YORK.
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.--Congress finds that--
(1) Alexander Hamilton, assisted by James Madison and George Washington, was the principal drafter of the Constitution of the United States;
(2) Hamilton was General Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War, and, given command by Washington of the New York and Connecticut light infantry battalion, led the successful assault on British redoubt number 10 at Yorktown;
(3) after serving as Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton founded the Bank of New York and the New York Post;
(4) the only home Hamilton ever owned, commonly known as ``the Grange'', is a fine example of Federal period architecture designed by New York architect John McComb, Jr., and was built in upper Manhattan in 1803;
(5) the New York State Assembly enacted a law in 1908 authorizing New York City to acquire the Grange and move it to nearby St. Nicholas Park, part of the original Hamilton estate, but no action was taken;
(6) in 1962, the National Park Service took over management of the Grange, by then wedged on Convent Avenue within inches between an apartment house on the north side and a church on the south side;
(7) the 1962 designation of the Grange as a national memorial was contingent on the acquisition by the National Park Service of a site to which the building could be relocated;
(8) the New York State legislature enacted a law in 1998 that granted approval for New York City to transfer land in St. Nicholas Park to the National Park Service, causing renovations to the Grange to be postponed; and
(9) no obelisk, monument, or classical temple along the national mall has been constructed to honor the man who more than any other designed the Government of the United States, Hamilton should at least be remembered by restoring his home in a sylvan setting.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Alexander Hamilton made an immense contribution to the United States by serving as a principal drafter of the Constitution; and
(2).the National Park Service should expeditiously--
(A) proceed to relocate the Grange to St. Nicholas Park; and
(B) restore the Grange to a state befitting the memory of Alexander Hamilton.
SECTION 777. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LAND ACQUISITION FOR FALLEN TIMBERS BATTLEFIELD AND FORT MIAMIS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE.
(a) IN GENERAL.--Section 4 of the Fallen Timbers Battlefield and Fort Miamis National Historic Site Act of 1999 (Public Law 106-164; 16
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``(d) LAND ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE.--
``(1) IN GENERAL.--The Secretary may provide financial assistance to the management entity for acquiring lands or interests in lands within the boundaries of the historic site under subsection (b).
``(2) COST SHARING.--Financial assistance under this subsection may not be used to pay more than 50 percent of the cost of any acquisition made with the assistance.
``(3) CONDITION.--The Secretary shall require, as a condition of any assistance under this subsection, that any interest in land acquired with assistance under this subsection shall be included in and managed as part of the historic site.''.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.--Section 6 of such Act is amended by inserting ``(a) IN GENERAL.-- before ``There is authorized'', and by adding at the end the following:
``(b) LAND ACQUISITION ASSISTANCE.--There is authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000 to carry out section 4(d).''
TITLE VIII
NATURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND OTHER EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Chief Information Officer
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For an additional amount for ``Common Computing Environment,'' $19,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $19,500,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Departmental Administration
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for Departmental Administration, $200,000: Provided, That this amount shall be transferred to the Small Business Administration to support two advocacy staffers to review rules and regulations relating to disasters to determine the impact of their implementation on small business entities: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for $200,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Farm Service Agency
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', $50,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $50,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM
For an additional amount for ``Emergency Conservation Program,'' for expenses resulting from natural disasters, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for $80,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund
For an additional amount for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund, up to $13,000,000, to provide premium discounts to purchasers of crop insurance reinsured by the Corporation (except for catastrophic risk protection coverage), as authorized under section 1102(g)(2) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277): Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.
Natural Resources Conservation Service
watershed and flood prevention operations
For an additional amount for ``Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations'', to repair damages to the waterways and watersheds, including the purchase of floodplain easements, resulting from natural disasters, $110,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the amount made available in this section, the Secretary may use up to $2,000,000 to replace, repair and improve snow telemetry equipment impacted by fire, winds, and fire fighting efforts in order to protect watersheds: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for $110,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
Rural Community Advancement Program
For an additional amount for the Rural Community Advancement Program, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the additional amount appropriated, $50,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment and severe economic depression: Provided further, That of the additional amount appropriated, $30,000,000 shall be to provide grants in rural communities with extremely high energy costs: Provided further, That of the additional amount appropriated, $50,000,000 shall be for rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d), of which $25,000,000 shall be to provide assistance to areas in the State of North Carolina subject to a declaration of a major disaster as a result of Hurricane Floyd, Hurricane Dennis, or Hurricane Irene: Provided further, That of the additional amount appropriated, $70,000,000 shall be for the cost of direct loans and grants of the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d) for distribution through the national reserve, of which $30,000,000 may be used in counties which have received an emergency designation by the President or the Secretary after January 1, 2001, for applications responding to water shortages resulting from the designated emergency: Provided further, That the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $200,000,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act.
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