HR 5263 RH
Union Calendar No. 374
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5263
[Report No. 107-623]
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 26, 2002
Mr. BONILLA, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, 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, 2003, 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,
$31,629,000, of which $28,250,000, to remain available until expended, is for
building security and other terrorism prevention costs: 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.
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), $8,566,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, $13,759,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis,
$7,358,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information Officer,
$15,251,000.
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, $133,155,000, 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: Provided further, That these funds shall
be available for obligation only upon the appointment of the Chief Information
Officer for the Department of Agriculture.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer,
$5,572,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall actively
market and expand cross-servicing activities of the National Finance
Center.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For the acquisition of plant and capital equipment necessary for
financial, administrative, and information technology services of primary
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, $41,000,000, to
remain available until expended.
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,
$664,000.
Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments
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 and
facilities, and for related costs, as follows: for payments to the General
Services Administration, $130,266,000; for buildings operations and
maintenance, $31,657,000; and for repairs, renovations, and construction,
$33,977,000: Provided, That these funds shall remain available until
expended.
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.), $15,685,000, 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, $38,095,000, 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: 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), $8,243,000,
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, $3,821,000: 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 out 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, $9,140,000: Provided, That
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 Inspector General Act of 1978, $74,097,000,
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, 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,
$34,446,000.
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, $588,000.
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, $73,329,000.
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, $137,858,000, of which up to $41,274,000
shall be available until expended for the Census of Agriculture.
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, $1,002,193,000: Provided, 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:
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.
In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, none of the funds appropriated under
this heading shall be available to carry out research related to the
production, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, 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, $95,280,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That, in fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, 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, $572,616,000, as
follows: to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act (7 U.S.C. 361a-i),
$182,000,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C.
582a-a7), $23,000,000; for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including
Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $36,000,000, 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)), $102,754,000; for special grants for agricultural research
on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,521,000; for competitive
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $130,000,000; 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), $1,043,000; for the 1994
research program (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,200,000, to remain available until
expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $2,250,000; for
higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,500,000,
to remain available until expended; for higher education challenge grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,500,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until expended;
for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C.
3241), $4,500,000; 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, $2,997,000; 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), $3,996,000; for sustainable agriculture
research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,500,000; 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, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended; for
payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law
103-382, $1,700,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and Education
Activities, $27,059,000.
In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, none of the funds appropriated under
this heading 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), $9,000,000.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the
Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American Samoa,
$441,821,000, 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, $277,000,000;
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, $5,800,000; 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), $14,000,000,
to remain available until expended; 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, $4,750,000;
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,
$32,000,000, 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, $17,075,000:
Provided, That funds 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), $47,868,000, as follows: payments for the water
quality program, $12,971,000; payments for the food safety program,
$14,967,000; payments for the regional pest management centers 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, $3,500,000; payments for the
organic transition program, $2,500,000; payments for the international science
and education grants program under 7 U.S.C. 3291, to remain available until
expended, $1,000,000; payments for the critical issues program under 7 U.S.C.
450i(c), $500,000; and payments for the regional rural development centers
program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c), $1,513,000.
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 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; $730,000.
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, $735,937,000, of which $4,103,000 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: 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 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:
In fiscal year 2003, 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.
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, $13,189,000, 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, $75,702,000, 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.
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 LEVEL
Not to exceed $61,619,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated during
the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided, That
if crop size is understated 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 $14,910,000 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, $44,746,000.
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, $603,000.
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), $755,793,000, of which no less than $679,067,000 shall be
available for Federal food safety and 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.
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, $622,000.
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,
$976,738,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture 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.
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of
1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $4,000,000.
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to dairy
farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy indemnity program,
$100,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That such
program is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy
indemnity program described in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law
106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-12).
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,
$1,100,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans and
$100,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $2,600,000,000, of
which $1,700,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $300,000,000
shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $600,000,000 shall be for direct
loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488,
$2,000,000; 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, $19,110,000, of which $7,500,000 shall
be for guaranteed loans and $11,610,000 shall be for direct loans; operating
loans, $192,850,000, of which $53,890,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans, $35,400,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $103,560,000
shall be for direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans as
authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $179,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the direct
and guaranteed loan programs, $287,176,000, of which $279,176,000 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: Provided, That the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified at least
15 days in advance of any transfer.
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), $70,726,000:
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.
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES
For fiscal year 2003, 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).
hazardous waste management
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)
For fiscal year 2003, 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, $750,000.
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,
$843,553,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less than
$9,162,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than
$10,701,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant materials centers,
and of which not less than $21,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands
conservation initiative: 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 qualified local engineers
may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical
planning work of the Service.
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),
$11,197,000.
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, $110,000,000,
to remain available until expended (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 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.
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), $55,079,000, to
remain available until expended.
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,
$640,000.
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,
$950,298,000, to remain available until expended, of which $42,000,000 shall
be for rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act;
of which $814,935,155 shall be for the rural utilities programs described in
sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which
$93,362,845 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, including grants for drinking water and waste disposal
systems pursuant to section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 shall be
available for community facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by
section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 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 $25,000,000 shall be for water and
waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States-Mexico
border, 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 1 percent
available to administer the program and up to 1 percent available to improve
interagency coordination may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for `Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses'; not to exceed
$17,465,000 shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste
systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,250,000 shall
be for Rural Community Assistance Programs; and not to exceed $12,100,000
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 $37,648,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, for authorized
empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which
$1,187,000 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 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 notification 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; $145,736,000:
Provided, 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
appropriation.
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: $4,278,595,000 for
loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which
$1,084,151,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $3,194,444,000 shall be
for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair
loans; $115,805,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 for section
538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,046,000 for section 524 site
loans; $12,000,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which up to
$2,000,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,011,000 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, $233,000,000, of which $210,000,000 shall
be for direct loans, and of which $23,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized
guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $10,857,000; section 515
rental housing, $54,000,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed
loans, $4,500,000; section 524 site loans, $55,000; multi-family credit sales
of acquired property, $934,000; and section 523 self-help housing land
development loans, $221,000: Provided, That of the total amount
appropriated in this paragraph, $11,656,000 shall be available through June
30, 2003, 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, $434,980,000, 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) of the Housing Act of 1949 or agreements
entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households
as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of such Act, $722,000,000; and, in
addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of
such Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out
the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of such 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 such 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 such Act: Provided further, That
agreements entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2003 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: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000
shall be available through June 30, 2003, 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, $42,498,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,200,000
shall be available through June 30, 2003, 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, $38,000,000, 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 TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by the Rural
Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), $40,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $19,304,000, as authorized by the Rural
Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be
available through June 30, 2003, for federally recognized Native American
tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, 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 of the total amount appropriated,
$2,730,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, 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, $4,190,000 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, $14,967,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,197,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit payments in
fiscal year 2003, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural Electrification
Act of 1936, $3,197,000 shall not be obligated and $3,197,000 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),
$9,000,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the
appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program, and of which not to
exceed $1,500,000 shall be for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives
whose primary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers.
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 TRANSFER 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; municipal rate rural electric
loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural
electric, $2,700,000,000; Treasury rate direct electric loans, $1,100,000,000;
5 percent rural telecommunications loans, $75,029,000; cost of money rural
telecommunications loans, $300,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306
of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, $120,000,000.
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, $11,025,000, and the cost of
telecommunication loans, $1,433,000: 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, $37,833,000, which shall be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for `Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses'.
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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 2003 and within the resources and authority available, gross
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be $174,638,000.
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), $2,410,000.
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 principal amount of direct distance learning and telemedicine
loans, $300,000,000; and for the principal amount of broadband
telecommunication loans, $80,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa
et seq., $44,128,000, to remain available until expended, to be available for
loans and grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas: Provided, That $9,128,000 may be available for the
continuation of a 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.
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, $603,000.
Food and Nutrition Service
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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; $10,576,169,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2004, of which $5,830,506,000 is hereby
appropriated and $4,745,663,000 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 except as specifically provided under this heading,
none of the funds made available under this heading shall be used for studies
and evaluations: Provided further, That up to $5,080,000 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), $4,776,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2004,
of which $150,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use in only such amounts,
and in such manner, as the Secretary of Agriculture determines necessary,
notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act, to provide funds to support
participation, should costs or participation exceed budget estimates:
Provided, That except as specifically provided under this heading,
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 $25,000,000 for the farmers' market
nutrition program: Provided further, That notwithstanding section
17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, $14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes
specified in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further, That $2,000,000
shall be available for the Food and Nutrition Service to conduct a study of
WIC vendor practices: 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.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq.), $26,313,692,000, 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 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 such Act: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or workfare
requirements as may be required by law: 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 such Act.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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, $170,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2004:
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to reimburse
the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the program.
FOOD DONATIONS PROGRAMS
For necessary expenses to carry out section 4(a) of the Agriculture and
Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and special assistance for the nuclear
affected islands as authorized by section 103(h)(2) of the Compact of Free
Association Act of 1985, $1,081,000, to remain available through September 30,
2004.
FOOD PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic food programs funded
under this Act, $134,397,000, 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 $8,500,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the
Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs.
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 of
Agriculture 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), $129,964,000: 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.
In fiscal year 2003 and thereafter, none of the funds appropriated under
this heading 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, $127,000,000, 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, $2,059,000, of
which $1,033,000 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for
`Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses', and of which $1,026,000
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 TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of agricultural
commodities under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance
Act of 1954 and under the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $28,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That funds made available
for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development
and Assistance Act of 1954 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, $1,200,000,000, to
remain available until expended, for commodities supplied in connection with
dispositions abroad under title II of said Act: Provided, That
$350,000,000 of the total amount shall not become available until the
Secretary of Agriculture submits to the Committees on Appropriations a plan
for the use of such funds.
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, $4,058,000; 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 $834,000 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 of Health and Human Services and to be accounted for
solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to exceed $25,000; $1,599,602,000,
of which not to exceed $222,900,000 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 2003 shall be subject to the fiscal
year 2003 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) $148,112,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition; (2) $330,766,000 shall be for the Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research; (3) $163,663,000 shall be for the Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research; (4) $57,875,000 shall be for the Center for
Veterinary Medicine; (5) $137,420,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and
Radiological Health; (6) $473,346,000 shall be for the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (7) $40,688,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological
Research; (8) $36,498,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other than
the amounts paid to the General Services Administration; (9) $106,678,000
shall be for payments to the General Services Administration for rent and
related costs; and (10) $104,556,000 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; the
Office of Chief Counsel; and central services for these offices: 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, $8,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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, and the rental of space (to include multiple year
leases) in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $79,884,000, including not
to exceed $2,000 for official reception and representation expenses.
Farm Credit Administration
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $38,400,000 (from assessments collected from farm credit
institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) 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 2003
under this Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 374 passenger motor vehicles, of
which 372 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 discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other available unobligated
discretionary 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, to remain
available until November 8, 2003: 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 prior notification 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, information technology infrastructure, boll weevil program, up to
25 percent of the screwworm program, and up to $2,000,000 for costs associated
with collocating regional offices; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards
Administration, packer concentration study; 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).
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 2003 shall remain
available until expended to cover obligations made in fiscal year 2003 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 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 hereafter 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 prior
notification 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 2003, 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 2003, 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.
(c) Agencies shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both 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 November 28,
2001, 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 the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105-185, the Initiative
for Future Agriculture and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
SEC. 722. 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, 2000; 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. 723. 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, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a
reduction from the previous year due to user fee 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 fee proposals are not enacted prior to the date of the
convening of a committee of conference for the fiscal year 2004 appropriations
Act.
SEC. 724. 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. 725. 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. 726. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or made available
by this Act, $4,000,000 is appropriated for the purpose of providing Bill
Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, as authorized by section 4404 of
Public Law 107-171.
SEC. 727. 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. 728. 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 `$26,000,000'
and inserting `$27,000,000'.
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of
Coachella, California, shall be eligible for loans and grants provided through
the Rural Community Advancement Program.
SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
consider the City of Casa Grande, Arizona, as meeting the requirements of a
rural area in section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490).
SEC. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical
assistance to the DuPage County, Illinois, Waynewood Drainage Improvement
Project, from funds available for the Watershed and Flood Prevention
Operations program, not to exceed $1,600,000.
SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from the funds
appropriated to the Rural Utilities Service by this Act, any current Rural
Utilities Service borrower within 100 miles of New York City shall be eligible
for additional financing, refinancing, collateral flexibility, and deferrals
on an expedited basis without regard to population limitations for any
financially feasible telecommunications, energy, or water project that assists
endeavors related to the rehabilitation, prevention, relocation, site
preparation, or relief efforts resulting from the terrorist events of
September 11, 2001.
SEC. 733. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or made available
by this Act, $100,000,000 is appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture, to
remain available until expended, for the purpose of making payments for
livestock losses to producers for 2002 losses in a county which has received
an emergency designation by the President or the Secretary after January 1,
2002.
SEC. 734. None of the funds made available in this Act may be transferred
to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government,
except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this
Act or any other appropriation Act.
SEC. 735. Of the funds made available for the Export Enhancement Program,
pursuant to section 301(e) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amended
by Public Law 104-127, not more than $28,000,000 shall be available in fiscal
year 2003.
SEC. 736. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Department of
Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 737. Funds appropriated by this Act to the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, Salaries and Expenses; Agricultural Marketing Service,
Marketing Services; Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration,
Salaries and Expenses; and Food Safety and Inspection Service shall be
available pursuant to 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.
SEC. 738. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation, not to exceed $18,200,000, to remain available until
expended, to compensate Florida commercial citrus and lime growers for lost
production with respect to trees removed to control citrus canker, and
certified citrus nursery stocks within the Citrus Canker quarantine areas, as
determined by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided, That to receive
assistance under this section, a tree must have been removed after September
30, 2001.
SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to
release information that may be used by individuals or terrorist organizations
for the purpose of targeting biomedical or agricultural research facilities or
personnel employed in biomedical or agricultural research.
SEC. 740. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Municipality of
Carolina, Puerto Rico, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by
the Rural Utilities Service.
SEC. 741. 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 the provisions of section 7404 of Public Law 107-171.
SEC. 742. The Agricultural Marketing Service and the Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration, that have statutory authority to
purchase interest bearing investments outside of Treasury, are not required to
establish obligations and outlays for those investments, provided those
investments are insured by FDIC or are collateralized at the Federal Reserve
with securities approved by the Federal Reserve, operating under the
guidelines of the U.S. Treasury.
SEC. 743. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of
Starkville, Mississippi, shall be eligible for loans and grants provided
through the Rural Community Advancement Program.
SEC. 744. 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
$10,000,000 for costs associated with the distribution of commodities.
SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll
in excess of 245,833 acres in the calendar year 2003 wetlands reserve program
as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry
out an environmental quality incentives program authorized by chapter 4 of
subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et
seq.) in excess of $695,000,000.
SEC. 747. 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 the provisions of the Conservation Security Program (subtitle D of title
XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, chapter 2 (16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.)), if
such program extends beyond the State of Iowa.
SEC. 748. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Hollister, Salinas,
and Watsonville, California, shall be eligible to participate in rural housing
programs administered by the Rural Housing Service.
SEC. 749. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to
consolidate the Food and Drug Administration Office of Public Affairs and
Office of Legislation at the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
SEC. 750. Section 844 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into
law by Public Law 106-387 and amended by section 101(9) of Public Law 106-554,
the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001), is amended by striking, in
subsection (a)(2)(B), `other' the first place it appears.
SEC. 751. 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. 752. The $5,000,000 of unobligated balances available at the
beginning of fiscal year 2003 for the experimental Rural Clean Water Program
authorized under the headings `AGRICULTURAL STABILIZATION AND CONSERVATION
SERVICE--RURAL CLEAN WATER PROGRAM' in Public Law 96-108 (93 Stat. 835) and
Public Law 96-528 (94 Stat. 3111) are hereby rescinded.
SEC. 753. (a) LIMITATION- None of the funds made available in this Act or
any other Act may be obligated for payment on any new contract to a subsidiary
of a publicly traded corporation if the corporation is incorporated in a tax
haven country but the United States is the principal market for the public
trading of the corporation's stock.
(b) DEFINITION- For purposes of subsection (a), the term `tax haven
country' means each of the following: Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin
Islands, Cayman Islands, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Isle
of Man, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Principality of Monaco, and the
Republic of the Seychelles.
(c) WAIVER- The President may waive subsection (a) with respect to any
specific contract if the President certifies to the Appropriations Committees
that the waiver is required in the interest of national security.
This Act may be cited as the `Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003'.
Union Calendar No. 374
107th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5263
[Report No. 107-623]
A BILL
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
July 26, 2002
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
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