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Public Law 108-7
108th Congress

                            Joint Resolution


 
Making consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 
 30, 2003, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Feb. 20, 2003 -  [H.J. Res. 
                                  2]>> 

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003.>> 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This joint resolution may be cited as the ``Consolidated 
Appropriations Resolution, 2003''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this joint resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
   ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions

  DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                      AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Justice
Title II--Department of Commerce and Related Agencies
Title III--The Judiciary
Title IV--Department of State and Related Agency
Title V--Related Agencies
Title VI--General Provisions
Title VII--Rescissions

          DIVISION C--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Federal Funds
Title II--District of Columbia Funds
Title III--General Provisions

      DIVISION D--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Defense--Civil: Department of the Army
Title II--Department of the Interior
Title III--Department of Energy
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

 DIVISION E--FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                          APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Export and Investment Assistance

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Title II--Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title III--Military Assistance
Title IV--Multilateral Economic Assistance
Title V--General Provisions

     DIVISION F--INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of the Interior
Title II--Related Agencies
Title III--General Provisions
Title IV--T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area
Title V--National Forest Organizational Camp Fee Improvement Act of 2003

DIVISION G--LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                      AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Labor
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services
Title III--Department of Education
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

           DIVISION H--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Legislative Branch Appropriations
Title II--General Provisions

  DIVISION I--TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Transportation
Title II--Related Agencies
Title III--General Provisions

    DIVISION J--TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of the Treasury
Title II--Postal Service
Title III--Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to 
           the President
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions--This Act
Title VI--General Provisions--Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

  DIVISION K--VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

Title I--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Independent Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions

          DIVISION L--HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002 AMENDMENTS

                       DIVISION M--DEFENSE MATTERS

                DIVISION N--EMERGENCY RELIEF AND OFFSETS

Title I--Election Reform
Title II--Agricultural Assistance
Title III--Wildland Fire Emergency
Title IV--TANF and Medicare
Title V--Fisheries Disasters
Title VI--Offsets
Title VII--Bonneville Power Administration Borrowing Authority

                DIVISION O--PRICE-ANDERSON ACT AMENDMENTS

 DIVISION P--UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 1 USC 1 note.>> REFERENCES.

    Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ``this 
Act'' contained in any division of this joint resolution shall be 
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.

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     DIVISION <<NOTE: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
  Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.>> A--
   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2003

                            Joint Resolution


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.

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, $3,412,000: 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

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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.

                  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 remote mirroring backup technology of the 
National Finance Center's data, $12,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, <<NOTE: Study.>> That none of these funds may be 
obligated until the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have 
approved a feasibility study to be submitted by the Secretary of 
Agriculture: Provided further, <<NOTE: Deadline.>> That if the study is 
not approved within 30 days of its submission, the funds appropriated 
shall be available for the authorized uses of the Working Capital Fund.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $400,000.

          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

                     (including transfers of funds)

    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, $196,781,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That 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 to cover the costs of new or replacement space for such 
agency, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds made 
available for space rental and related costs to or from this account.

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                     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 

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