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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106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4461


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2000

    Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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                                 AN ACT


 
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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
(1)<DELETED>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, 2001, and for other 
purposes, namely:

                       <DELETED>TITLE I</DELETED>

                <DELETED>AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS</DELETED>

        <DELETED>Production, Processing, and Marketing</DELETED>

               <DELETED>Office of the Secretary</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, $2,836,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this amount, 
along with any unobligated balances of representation funds in the 
Foreign Agricultural Service, shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 
by the Secretary: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
section 793(c)(1)(C) of Public Law 104-127: Provided further, That none 
of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enforce section 
793(d) of Public Law 104-127.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Executive Operations</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>chief economist</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including 
economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, energy and 
new uses, and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook Board, as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), 
and including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to 
exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$6,408,000.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>national appeals division</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
including employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) 
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed 
$25,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $11,718,000.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>office of budget and program analysis</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not 
to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$6,581,000.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Office of the Chief Information Officer</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, including employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$10,051,000.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>Office of the Chief Financial Officer</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Financial Officer, including employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which 
not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
$4,783,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall actively 
market cross-servicing activities of the National Finance 
Center.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Common Computing Environment</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, 
$25,000,000, 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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the programs funded 
by this Act, $613,000.</DELETED>

       <DELETED>Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental 
                           Payments</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    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 
the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture 
buildings, $150,343,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That in the event an agency within the Department should require 
modification of space needs, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
a share of that agency's appropriation made available by this Act to 
this appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropriation to 
that agency's appropriation, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 
percent of the funds made available for space rental and related costs 
to or from this account.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Hazardous Materials Management</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    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. 9601 et seq., $15,700,000, 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.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>Departmental Administration</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    For Departmental Administration, $34,708,000, to provide 
for necessary expenses for management support services to offices of 
the Department and for general administration and disaster management 
of the Department, repairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous 
supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 
practical and efficient work of the Department, including employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employment 
under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel 
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
551-558.</DELETED>

     <DELETED>outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers</DELETED>

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

     <DELETED>Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional 
                          Relations</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    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, 
$3,568,000: Provided, That no other funds appropriated to the 
Department by this Act shall be available to the Department for support 
of activities of congressional relations: Provided further, That not 
less than $2,241,000 shall be transferred to agencies funded by this 
Act to maintain personnel at the agency level.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Office of Communications</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to 
the coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the 
dissemination of agricultural information, and the coordination of 
information, work, and programs authorized by Congress in the 
Department, $8,138,000, including employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under 
5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers' 
bulletins.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Office of the Inspector General</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and the 
Inspector General Act of 1978, $65,097,000, 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, including not to exceed $50,000 for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including not to exceed $125,000 
for certain confidential operational expenses, including the payment of 
informants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
pursuant to Public Law 95-452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97-
98.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Office of the General Counsel</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $29,194,000.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and 
                          Economics</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $540,000.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Economic Research Service</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, 
$66,419,000: 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).</DELETED>

      <DELETED>National Agricultural Statistics Service</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, 
$100,851,000, of which up to $15,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second 
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), 
and not to exceed $40,000 shall be available for employment under 5 
U.S.C. 3109.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Agricultural Research Service</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $850,384,000 (reduced by $6,800,000): Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for temporary employment 
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be available for 
employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available for the operation and maintenance of 
aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: 
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost 
of constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for 
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, 
and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 
to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: 
Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this 
Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at 
the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, including an easement to 
the University of Maryland to construct the Transgenic Animal Facility 
which upon completion shall be accepted by the Secretary as a gift: 
Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 
replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 
(21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That the foregoing limitations on 
purchase of land shall not apply to the purchase of land at Corvallis, 
Oregon; Parlier, California; and Florence, South Carolina: Provided 
further, That funds may be received from any State, other political 
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of 

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