H.R. 4461 (rh) 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. [Reported in House] ...

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<DELETED>    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, 
$446,000.</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Food Safety and Inspection Service</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $673,790,000, of which no less 
than $585,258,000 shall be available for Federal food inspection, and 
in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from fees 
collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as authorized by 
section 1017 of Public Law 102-237: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be available for field employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not 
to exceed $75,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building: Provided further, That the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service may expend funds appropriated for, or 
otherwise made available during fiscal year 2001 to liquidate 
overobligations and overexpenditures incurred in fiscal years 1997 and 
1998.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign 
                    Agricultural Services</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $572,000.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>Farm Service Agency</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

           <DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of programs administered by the Farm Service Agency, 
$828,385,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the 
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made 
available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to 
and merged with this account: Provided further, That these funds shall 
be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>state mediation grants</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), 
$3,000,000.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>dairy indemnity program</DELETED>

           <DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers for milk or cows producing such milk and 
manufacturers of dairy products who have been directed to remove their 
milk or dairy products from commercial markets because it contained 
residues of chemicals registered and approved for use by the Federal 
Government, and in making indemnity payments for milk, or cows 
producing such milk, at a fair market value to any dairy farmer who is 
directed to remove his milk from commercial markets because of: (1) the 
presence of products of nuclear radiation or fallout if such 
contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer; or (2) residues of 
chemicals or toxic substances not included under the first sentence of 
the Act of August 13, 1968 (7 U.S.C. 450j), if such chemicals or toxic 
substances were not used in a manner contrary to applicable regulations 
or labeling instructions provided at the time of use and the 
contamination is not due to the fault of the farmer, $450,000, to 
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b): Provided, That none 
of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to make indemnity 
payments to any farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets 
as a result of the farmer's willful failure to follow procedures 
prescribed by the Federal Government: Provided further, That this 
amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit Corporation: 
Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to utilize the 
services, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation for the purpose of making dairy indemnity 
disbursements.</DELETED>

 <DELETED>agricultural credit insurance fund program account</DELETED>

           <DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $1,128,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 
shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $3,177,868,000, of 
which $2,000,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and 
$477,868,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $2,006,000; for 
emergency insured loans, $150,064,000 to meet the needs resulting from 
natural disasters; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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, $18,886,000, of 
which $5,100,000, shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, 
$129,534,000, of which $27,400,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans and $38,994,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; Indian 
tribe land acquisition loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $323,000; 
and for emergency insured loans, $36,811,000 to meet the needs 
resulting from natural disasters.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $269,454,000, of 
which $265,315,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
Expenses''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit 
Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct loans 
and guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs with the 
prior approval of the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>Risk Management Agency</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized 
by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
6933), $67,700,000: Provided, That not to exceed $700 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).</DELETED>

                    <DELETED>Corporations</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund</DELETED>

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

          <DELETED>Commodity Credit Corporation Fund</DELETED>

        <DELETED>reimbursement for net realized losses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For fiscal year 2001, such sums as may be necessary to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses 
sustained, but not previously reimbursed (estimated to be 
$27,771,007,000 in the President's fiscal year 2001 Budget Request (H. 
Doc. 106-162)), but not to exceed $27,771,007,000, pursuant to section 
2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).</DELETED>

        <DELETED>operations and maintenance for hazardous waste 
                          management</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For fiscal year 2001, 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, as amended, 42 
U.S.C. 9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and 
Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6961.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provision</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Any limitation established in this title on funds to carry 
out research related to the production, processing, or marketing of 
tobacco or tobacco products shall not apply to research on the medical, 
biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco.</DELETED>

                      <DELETED>TITLE II</DELETED>

                <DELETED>CONSERVATION PROGRAMS</DELETED>

   <DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and 
                         Environment</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $0.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Natural Resources Conservation Service</DELETED>

               <DELETED>conservation operations</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, 
$676,812,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of 
which not less than $5,990,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting 
and not less than $9,125,000 is for operation and establishment of the 
plant materials centers: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement 
of buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, except 
that the cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and 
other public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 
That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act shall be used to carry out any activity related to urban resources 
partnership: Provided further, That when buildings or other structures 
are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is 
obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for technical assistance and related 
expenses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c) of title II 
of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 
1592(c)): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $25,000 shall be 
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates 
to perform the technical planning work of the Service (16 U.S.C. 590e-
2).</DELETED>

           <DELETED>watershed surveys and planning</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, 
and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small 
watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act approved August 4, 1954 (16 U.S.C. 
1001-1009), $10,868,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed 
$110,000 shall be available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>watershed and flood prevention operations</DELETED>

           <DELETED>(including transfers of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $83,423,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b) (of which up to $12,000,000 
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 $44,423,000 of this appropriation shall be 
available for technical assistance: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $200,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this 
appropriation is available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), including cooperative efforts 
as contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened 
species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite 
project construction: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, of the funds available for Emergency Watershed 
Protection activities, $1,045,000 shall be available for DuPage County, 
Illinois for financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
up to $4,170,000 is for the costs of loans, as authorized by the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1006a), for 
rehabilitation of small, upstream dams built under the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. et seq.), section 13 of 
the Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78-534; 58 Stat. 905), and the 
pilot watershed program authorized under the heading ``Flood 
Prevention'' of the Department of Agriculture Appropriations Act, 1954 
(Public Law 83-156; 67 Stat. 214): Provided further, 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 none of the costs for such rehabilitation activities (including 
any technical assistance costs such as planning, design, and 
engineering costs) shall be borne by the Department of Agriculture: 
Provided further, That the Department may provide technical assistance 
for such rehabilitation projects to the extent that the costs of such 
assistance shall be reimbursed by the borrower, and such reimbursements 
shall be deposited into the accounts that incurred such costs and shall 
be available until expended without further appropriation. In addition, 
for expenses necessary to administer the loans, such sums as may be 
necessary shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>resource conservation and development</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

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