H.R. 4461 (eh) Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes. [Engrossed in House] ...

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enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing Service, the Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the 
Department of Agriculture, $605,000.

                  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 (7 U.S.C. 2009f), $759,284,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $53,225,000 shall be for rural community 
programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
$644,360,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs described in 
sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act; and of which 
$61,699,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative development 
programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided, That of 
the total amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 shall be for 
loans and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes, of which (1) $1,000,000 shall be available for rural business 
opportunity grants under section 306(a)(11) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926(a)(11)), (2) $5,000,000 shall be available for community 
facilities grants for tribal college improvements under section 
306(a)(19) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)), (3) $15,000,000 shall be 
available for grants for drinking water and waste disposal systems 
under section 306C of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1926c) to Federally Recognized 
Native American Tribes that are not eligible to receive funds under any 
other rural utilities program set-aside under the rural community 
advancement program, and (4) $3,000,000 shall be available for rural 
business enterprise grants under section 310B(c) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932(c)): 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, and 
low-income rural communities 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 and public (including tribal) intermediary 
organizations proposing to carry out a program of technical assistance: 
Provided further, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 
matching funds from other sources in an amount not less than funds 
provided: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for the 
rural business and cooperative development programs, not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified national 
organization to provide technical assistance for rural transportation 
in order to promote economic development; and $2,000,000 shall be for 
grants to Mississippi Delta Region counties: Provided further, That of 
the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, not to exceed 
$20,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit 
the Colonias along the United States/Mexico borders, including grants 
pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to exceed $20,000,000 shall 
be for water and waste disposal systems for rural and native villages 
in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with up to one percent 
available to administer the program and up to one percent available to 
improve interagency coordination; not to exceed $16,215,000 shall be 
for technical assistance grants for rural waste systems pursuant to 
section 306(a)(14) of such Act; and not to exceed $9,500,000 shall be 
for contracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 
rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$42,574,650 shall be available through June 30, 2001, for authorized 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones; of which $34,704,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs 
described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act; and of which $8,435,000 
shall be for the rural business and cooperative development programs 
described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act.

                rural development salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of administering Rural Development programs 
as authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936; the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; title V of the Housing Act 
of 1949; section 1323 of the Food Security Act of 1985; the Cooperative 
Marketing Act of 1926 for activities related to marketing aspects of 
cooperatives, including economic research findings, authorized by the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946; for activities with institutions 
concerning the development and operation of agricultural cooperatives; 
and for cooperative agreements: $130,371,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $1,000,000 may be used for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to 
provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided 
further, That any balances available from prior years for the Rural 
Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred 
to and merged with this account.

                         Rural Housing Service

              Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 
to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance fund, as 
follows: $4,300,000,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as 
determined by the Secretary, of which $3,200,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $32,396,000 for section 504 housing 
repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family 
housing loans; $114,321,000 for section 515 rental housing; $5,152,000 
for section 524 site loans; $7,503,000 for credit sales of acquired 
property, of which up to $1,250,000 may be for multi-family credit 
sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land 
development loans.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $215,060,000, of which 
$38,400,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 
housing repair loans, $11,481,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
guaranteed loans, $1,520,000; section 515 rental housing, $56,326,000; 
multi-family credit sales of acquired property, $613,000; and section 
523 self-help housing land development loans, $279,000: Provided, That 
of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $13,832,000 shall 
be available through June 30, 2001, 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, $409,233,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                       rental assistance program

    For rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed pursuant 
to the authority under section 521(a)(2) or agreements entered into in 
lieu of debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 
$680,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as 
authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance program 
under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of this amount, not 
more than $5,900,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) 
of the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for advances to 
nonprofit organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other 
than purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to 
section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agreements 
entered into or renewed during fiscal year 2001 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), $34,000,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, 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, 
$44,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $5,000,000 shall be for a housing 
demonstration program for agriculture, aquaculture, and seafood 
processor workers: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 2001, 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, $28,750,000, to remain available until 
expended for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor 
housing grants and contracts.

                   Rural Business-Cooperative Service

              rural development loan fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, $19,476,000, as authorized by the 
Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), of which $2,036,000 
shall be for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; and of which 
$4,072,000 shall be for the Mississippi Delta Region Counties (as 
defined by Public Law 100-460): Provided, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these 
funds are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans of $38,256,000: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $3,216,000 shall be available through June 
30, 2001, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empowerment zones 
and enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $3,640,000 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, 
$15,000,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
$3,911,000.
    Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments in fiscal year 2001, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, $3,911,000 shall not be obligated and 
$3,911,000 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), $6,000,000, of which $1,500,000 shall be available for 
cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for 
rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the 
total amount appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or 
associations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide 
assistance to small, minority producers.

                        Rural Utilities Service

   rural electrification and telecommunications loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made as follows: 5 
percent rural electrification loans, $121,500,000; 5 percent rural 
telecommunications loans, $75,000,000; cost of money rural 
telecommunications loans, $300,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 
loans, $295,000,000; and loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural electric, $1,700,000,000 and rural telecommunications, 
$120,000,000; and $500,000,000 for Treasury rate direct electric loans.
    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and 
guaranteed loans authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of direct loans, $19,871,000; and 
cost of municipal rate loans, $20,503,000: 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, $34,716,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

                  rural telephone bank program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such corporation 
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out 
its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2001 and within the 
resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans shall be $175,000,000.
    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct loans 
authorized by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), 
$2,590,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
loan programs, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses''.

               distance learning and telemedicine program

    For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950aaa et seq., $27,000,000, to remain available until expended, to be 
available for loans and grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, of which not more than $3,000,000 may be used 
to make grants to rural entities to promote employment of rural 
residents through teleworking, including to provide employment-related 
services, such as outreach to employers, training, and job placement, 
and to pay expenses relating to providing high-speed communications 
services, and of which $2,000,000 may be available for a pilot program 
to finance broadband transmission and local dial-up Internet service in 
areas that meet the definition of ``rural area'' contained in section 
203(b) of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 924(b)): Provided, 
That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

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