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108th Congress 
 1st Session            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                 Report
                                                                 108-10
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MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2003, AND 
                           FOR OTHER PURPOSES

                               __________

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                              to accompany

                              H.J. Res. 2

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   February 13 (legislative day, February 12), 2003.--Ordered to be 
                                printed






108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                     108-10
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MAKING FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2003, AND 
                           FOR OTHER PURPOSES

                                _______
                                

   February 13 (legislative day, February 12), 2003.--Ordered to be 
                                printed

                                _______
                                

 Mr. Young of Florida, from the committee of conference, submitted the 
                               following

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                       [To accompany H.J. Res. 2]

      The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the joint 
resolution (H.J. Res. 2), ``making further continuing 
appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, and for other 
purposes'', having met, after full and free conference, have 
agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses 
as follows:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment 
as follows:
      In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the 
Senate amendment, insert the following:

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
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. 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.

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

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 
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, 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, 
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.

                     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.

     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, $35,017,000.

  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, $69,123,000.

                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 and 2204g, and other laws, $139,354,000, 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, $1,052,770,000: 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.
    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, $119,480,000, 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, $620,827,000, as follows: to carry out the 
provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), 
$180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research (16 
U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $21,884,000; for payments to the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University (7 U.S.C. 
3222), $35,643,000, 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)), $112,264,000; for 
special grants for agricultural research on improved pest 
control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,264,000; for competitive 
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $167,131,000; 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), $1,196,000; for grants for research pursuant 
to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et 
seq.), $1,250,000, to remain available until expended; for 
research grants for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 
of Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,100,000, to 
remain available until expended; for higher education graduate 
fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,243,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher education 
challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,920,000; for a 
higher education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until expended (7 
U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-
serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $4,100,000; 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, $3,500,000; 
for a secondary agriculture education program and 2-year post-
secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for 
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $4,500,000; for sustainable 
agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 
$13,750,000; 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, $11,479,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); 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, $29,659,000.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph 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), 
$7,100,000.

                          EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

    For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, 
and American Samoa, $453,468,000, 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 PublicLaw 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, $281,218,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 
Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), 
$3,387,000; 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, $5,525,000; 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), $15,000,000, to remain available until expended; 
payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Smith-
Lever 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 (16 U.S.C. 
1671 et seq.), $4,546,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under 
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,996,000; payments for 
sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$4,875,000; payments for rural health and safety education as 
authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92-419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 
$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, $32,117,000, 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; for grants to youth 
organizations pursuant to section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, 
$3,000,000; and for necessary expenses of extension activities, 
$20,877,000.

                         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), $46,743,000, 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, $3,250,000; payments for the 
organic transition program, $2,125,000; payments for the 
international science and education grants program under 7 
U.S.C. 3291, to remain available until expended, $500,000; 
payments for the critical issues program under 7 U.S.C. 
450i(c): Provided, That of the funds made available under this 
heading, $500,000 shall be for payments for the critical issues 
program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) and $1,513,000 shall be for 
payments for the regional rural development centers program 
under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c).

              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), $3,493,000, to remain available until expended.

  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, necessary to 
prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal 
diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory 
activities; and to protect the environment, as authorized by 
law, $725,502,000, 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; of which 
$62,000,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication 
program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for 
active eradication zones: 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 sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health 
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 
442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and 
any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency 
purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such 
transferred amounts: Provided further, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 
for the repair and alteration of leased buildings and 
improvements, but unless otherwise provided the cost of 
altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 
building.
    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 
availableuntil 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, $9,989,000, 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: Provided, 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.
    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

    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 and/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, $39,950,000, of which $4,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for a packer concentration 
study: Provided, 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.

        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), $759,759,000, of which no less than 
$649,082,000 shall be available for Federal food safety 
inspection; and of which $5,000,000 shall be for enhanced 
inspection activities, to remain available through September 
30, 2004; 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 1327 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
138f): Provided, 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.

    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 (7 U.S.C. 5102(b)), $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 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 farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and 
operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land 
acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil loans (7 
U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans, 
$1,130,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for guaranteed 
loans and $130,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating 
loans, $2,705,000,000, of which $1,700,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $400,000,000 shall be for 
subsidized guaranteed loans and $605,000,000 shall be for 
direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $2,000,000; 
and for boll weevil eradication program loans, $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, $22,593,000, of which $7,500,000 shall be for guaranteed 
loans, and $15,093,000 shall be for direct loans; operating 
loans, $205,513,000, of which $53,890,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $47,200,000 shall be for 
subsidized guaranteed loans, and $104,423,000 shall be for 
direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
$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 
section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization 
Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $70,708,000: 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 (7 U.S.C. 1516), 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, 
$825,004,000, 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 $23,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands 
conservation initiative: Provided, That appropriations 
hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7U.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: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations 
Act may be used to provide technical assistance with respect to 
programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841(a)).

                     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 (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 (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 (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.

                    WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

    For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), 
and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
activities of the Department, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                 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 sections 31 and 32 
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 
subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 
(16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $51,000,000, 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 and 381N of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act, $907,737,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which $96,800,000 shall be for rural 
community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; 
of which $723,217,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs 
described in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of such 
Act; and of which $87,720,000 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, $7,000,000 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 of the amount appropriated for the Rural 
Community Development Initiative, not less than $1,000,000 
shall be available until expended to carry out a demonstration 
program on Replicating and Creating Rural Cooperative Home 
Based Health Care: Provided further, That of the $1,000,000 
made available, not less than $200,000 shall be in the form of 
predevelopment planning grants, not to exceed $50,000 each, 
with the balance for low-interest revolving loans to be used 
for capital and other related expenses, and made available to 
nonprofit based community development organizations: Provided 
further, That such organizations should demonstrate experience 
in the administration of revolving loan programs and providing 
technical assistance to cooperatives: 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 the Delta 
Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): 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 $30,000,000 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 $18,333,000 shall be for technical 
assistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to 
section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,513,000 shall be 
for Rural Community Assistance Programs; not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be in the form of predevelopmentplanning 
grants, not to exceed $50,000 each; 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 
$37,624,000 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 $1,163,000 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 of the amount appropriated for rural 
community programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be to provide 
grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment 
and severe economic depression (Public Law 106-387), with 5 percent for 
administration and capacity building in the State rural development 
offices: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, $30,000,000 
shall be transferred to and merged with the ``Rural Utilities Service, 
High Energy Cost Grants Account'' to provide grants authorized under 
section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 
Provided further, That any remaining funds specifically appropriated in 
fiscal year 2002 for rural communities with extremely high energy costs 
under the Rural Community Advancement Program shall be merged and 
transferred into the Account: Provided further, That any funds in the 
Account shall be used to provide grants authorized under section 19 of 
that Act.

                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: $5,572,000,000 for loans to section 
502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which 
$1,044,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which 
$4,528,000,000 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, $234,950,000, of which $202,350,000 shall be for direct 
loans, and of which $32,600,000, to remain available until 
expended, 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, $432,374,000, 
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, $726,000,000; 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 $20,000 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 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 preservationmade 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, $36,307,000, 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: 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 and whose governing board and/or membership is 
comprised of at least 75 percent minority.

       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, 
$121,103,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
rural electric, $2,600,000,000; Treasury rate direct electric 
loans, $1,150,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications 
loans, $75,029,000; cost of money rural telecommunications 
loans, $300,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural telecommunications loans, $120,000,000; and for 
guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, 
$1,000,000,000.
    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 $174,615,000.
    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., $56,941,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be available for loans and grants for telemedicine 
and distance learning services in rural areas: Provided, That 
$10,000,000 may be available for grants 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; $10,580,169,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2004, of which $5,834,506,000 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 none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be used for studies and 
evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $3,300,000 shall be for a School Breakfast 
Program startup grant pilot program, of which no less than 
$1,000,000 is for the State of Wisconsin: Provided further, 
That $200,000 shall be for the Common Roots Program: Provided 
further, That $500,000 shall be for the Child Nutrition Archive 
Resource Center: Provided further, That up to $5,080,000 shall 
be 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), 
$4,696,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2004, 
of which $125,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to remain 
available until expended, for use in only such amounts, and in 
such manner, as the Secretary determines necessary, 
notwithstanding section 17(i) of the Child Nutrition Act, to 
provide funds to support participation, should costs or 
participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, 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 no other 
funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
studies and evaluations: 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 (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 of the funds made available under this 
heading and not already appropriated to the Food Distribution 
Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) established under 
section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), 
not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat 
for the FDPIR from Native American bison producers as well as 
from producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Provided 
further, That funds provided herein shall be expended in 
accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp 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 the Food Stamp 
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, 
$164,500,000, 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 Compacts 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, $136,560,000, 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$7,500,000 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. 1761-1769), market development activities abroad, and 
for enabling the Secretary 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), 
$129,948,000: 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 in 
the foregoing paragraph 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, $116,171,000, 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, $25,159,000, 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.

       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 and to be 
accounted for solely on the Secretary's certificate, not to 
exceed $25,000; $1,630,727,000, of which not to exceed 
$222,900,000 to be derived from prescription drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, 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; and of which not to exceed $25,125,000 to be derived 
from device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j shall be 
credited to this appropriation, to 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 not to exceed $2,300,000 of the total amount 
appropriated shall be for activities related to legislative 
affairs: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated: (1) $413,347,000 shall be for the Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $426,671,000 shall be for 
the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no 
less than $13,357,000 shall be available for grants and 
contracts awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 
U.S.C. 360ee); (3) $199,699,000 shall be for the Center for 
Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $88,972,000 
shall be for the Center for VeterinaryMedicine and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $208,685,000 
shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 
$40,688,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological 
Research; (7) $36,914,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, 
other than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration; (8) 
$108,269,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
Administration for rent and related costs; and (9) $107,482,000 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; 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. 
263b 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, $85,985,000, 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. 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. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
unobligated balances of funds appropriated by this Act or other 
available unobligated 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: 
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 the prior approval 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, fruit fly program, 
emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, up to 25 percent of 
the screwworm program; 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 spaceon 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, 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 the prior approval 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) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission 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 in prior fiscal years, 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, 1999; or to changethe 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 fees 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 fees 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, $3,000,000 is appropriated for the 
purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger 
Fellowships, as authorized by section 4404 of Public Law 107-
171 (2 U.S.C. 1161).
    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 ``$26,499,000''.
    Sec. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
City of Coachella, California; the City of Dunkirk, New York; 
the City of Starkville, Mississippi; the City of Shawnee, 
Oklahoma; and the City of Berlin, New Hampshire, 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 Cities of Hollister, Salinas, and 
Watsonville, California; the City of Caldwell, Idaho; the City 
of Casa Grande, Arizona; the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota; 
and 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. 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. 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. 734. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or 
relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug 
Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. 
Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits of St. 
Louis, Missouri.
    Sec. 735. Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)(B)) is amended 
by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2003''.
    Sec. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial 
and technical assistance for projects in the Embarras River 
Basin, Lake County Watersheds, and DuPage County, Illinois, 
from funds made available for Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations by Public Law 107-76.
    Sec. 737. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
the funds made available in this Act for competitive research 
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may useup to 20 
percent of the amount provided to carry out a competitive grants 
program under the same terms and conditions as those provided in 
section 401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education 
Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621).
    Sec. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial 
and technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations program to carry out the Upper Tygart 
Valley Watershed project, West Virginia: Provided, That the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service is authorized to provide 
100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75 percent cost 
share for installation of the water supply component of this 
project.
    Sec. 739. Agencies and offices of the Department of 
Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and expenses 
funds to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel for 
salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other related 
expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and offices in 
the resolution of complaints by employees or applicants for 
employment, and in cases and other matters pending before the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Labor 
Relations Authority, or the Merit Systems Protection Board with 
the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 740. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
    Sec. 741. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act, or any other Act, may be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd 
through dd-7).
    Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out section 6405 of Public Law 107-171 (7 
U.S.C. 2655).
    Sec. 743. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out section 9010 of Public Law 107-171 (7 
U.S.C. 8108) that exceed 77 percent of the payment that would 
otherwise be paid to eligible producers.
    Sec. 744. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial 
and technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations program for the Kuhn Bayou (Point Remove) 
project in Arkansas and the Matanuska River erosion control 
project in Alaska.
    Sec. 745. The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1736o) is amended--
            (1) in subsections (c) and (g), by striking ``may'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``shall''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Private Voluntary Organizations and Other Private 
Entities.--In entering into agreements described in subsection 
(c), the President (acting through the Secretary)--
            ``(1) shall enter into agreements with eligible 
        entities described in subparagraphs (C) and (F) of 
        subsection (b)(5); and
            ``(2) shall not discriminate against such eligible 
        entities.''.
    Sec. 746. Of the unobligated balances of funds made 
available under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service, Buildings and Facilities appropriation in 
Public Law 104-180, $795,400 are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 747. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
2003 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized under 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 shall be used 
to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for the release 
of eligible commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill 
Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f-1): Provided, 
That any such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 
302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.
    Sec. 748. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial 
and technical assistance to the Dry Creek/Neff's Grove project, 
Utah, and the Jefferson River Watershed, Montana.
    Sec. 749. Section 307 of Title III--Denali Commission of 
Division C--Other Matters of Public Law 105-277, as amended, is 
further amended by adding a new subsection at the end thereof 
as follows:
    ``(d) Solid Waste.--The Secretary of Agriculture is 
authorized to make direct lump sum payments which shall remain 
available until expended to the Denali Commission to address 
deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites which threaten to 
contaminate rural drinking water supplies.''.
    Sec. 750. 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 heading ``Agricultural 
Stabilization and Conservation Service--Rural Clean Water 
Program'' in Public Law 96-108 (93 Stat. 835) and Public Law 
96-528 (95 Stat. 3111) are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 751. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
make loans and grants to expand the state of Alaska's dairy 
industry and related milk processing and packaging facilities. 
There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to carry out 
this section for each fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
    Sec. 752. The Secretary, if presented with a complete and 
fully compliant application, including an approved third party 
to hold the development easement, to protect the 33.8 acre farm 
formerly operated by American Airlines Captain John Ogonowski 
from development through the Farmland Protection Program, shall 
waive the matching fund requirements of the program, if 
necessary. Farmland Protection Program funds provided shall not 
exceed the appraised fair market value of the land, as 
determined consistent with program requirements. Any additional 
funding provided to carry out thisproject shall not come at the 
expense of an allocation to any other State.
    Sec. 753. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
permit employees of the United States Department of Agriculture 
to carry and use firearms for personal protection while 
conducting field work in remote locations in the performance of 
their official duties.
    Sec. 754. 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. 755. 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. 756. 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. 757. 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. 758. 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. 759. 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. 760. 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. 761. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) of 
section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 940c(c) 
and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that Act, the 
Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, structure the 
schedule for payment of the annual fee, not to exceed an 
average of 30 basis points per year for the term of the loan, 
to ensure that sufficient funds are available to pay the 
subsidy costs for note guarantees under that section.
    Sec. 762. In addition to amounts appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ``Public Law 480 Title II Grants'', there is 
appropriated $250,000,000 for assistance for emergency relief 
activities: Provided, That the amount appropriated under this 
section shall remain available through September 30, 2004.
    Sec. 763. (a) Section 1001(9) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901(9)) is amended by 
inserting ``crambe, sesame seed,'' after ``mustard seed,''.
    (b) Section 1202 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7932) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (10) 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0960 per 
        pound for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
                    ``(A) Sunflower seed.
                    ``(B) Rapeseed.
                    ``(C) Canola.
                    ``(D) Safflower.
                    ``(E) Flaxseed.
                    ``(F) Mustard seed.
                    ``(G) Crambe.
                    ``(H) Sesame seed.
                    ``(I) Other oilseeds designated by the 
                Secretary.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (10) 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0930 per 
        pound for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
                    ``(A) Sunflower seed.
                    ``(B) Rapeseed.
                    ``(C) Canola.
                    ``(D) Safflower.
                    ``(E) Flaxseed.
                    ``(F) Mustard seed.
                    ``(G) Crambe.
                    ``(H) Sesame seed.
                    ``(I) Other oilseeds designated by the 
                Secretary.'';
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Single County Loan Rate for Other Oilseeds.--The 
Secretary shall establish a single loan rate in each county for 
each kind of other oilseeds described in subsections (a)(10) 
and (b)(10).
    ``(d) Quality Grades for Dry Peas, Lentils, and Small 
Chickpeas.--The loan rate for dry peas, lentils, and small 
chickpeas shall be based on--
            ``(1) in the case of dry peas, United States feed 
        peas;
            ``(2) in the case of lentils, United States number 
        3 lentils; and
            ``(3) in the case of small chickpeas, United States 
        number 3 small chickpeas that drop below a 20/64 
        screen.''.
    (c) Section 1204 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7934) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and extra long 
        staple cotton'' and inserting ``extra long staple 
        cotton, and confectionery and each other kind of 
        sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed)'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection 
        (h); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the 
        following:
    ``(f) Repayment Rates for Confectionery and Other Kinds of 
Sunflower Seeds.--The Secretary shall permit the producers on a 
farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 
for confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other 
than oil sunflower seed) at a rate that is the lesser of--
            ``(1) the loan rate established for the commodity 
        under section 1202, plus interest (determined in 
        accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
        Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or
            ``(2) the repayment rate established for oil 
        sunflower seed.
    ``(g) Quality Grades for Dry Peas, Lentils, and Small 
Chickpeas.--The loan repayment rate for dry peas, lentils, and 
small chickpeas shall be based on the quality grades for the 
applicable commodity specified in section 1202(d).''.
    (d) This section and the amendments made by this section 
apply beginning with the 2003 crop of other oilseeds (as 
defined in section 1001 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901)), dry peas, lentils, and 
small chickpeas.
    Sec. 764. Of the amount of funds that are made available to 
producers in the State of Vermont under section 524 of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524) for fiscal year 
2003, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a grant of 
$200,000 to the Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship at 
the University of Vermont to support value-added projects that 
contribute to agricultural diversification in the State, to 
remain available until expended.
    Sec. 765. (a) Section 319(e) of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314e(e)) is amended in the fifth 
sentence--
            (1) by striking ``: Provided, That'' and inserting 
        ``, except that (1)''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, (2) the total quantity of all 
        adjustments under this sentence for all farms for any 
        crop year may not exceed 10 percent of the national 
        basic quota for the preceding crop year, and (3) this 
        sentence shall not apply to the establishment of a 
        marketing quota for the 2003 marketing year''.
    (b) During the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act and ending on the last day of the 2002 marketing year 
for the kind of tobacco involved, the Secretary of Agriculture 
may waive the application of section 1464.2(b)(2) of title 7, 
Code of Federal Regulations.
    (c) Regulations.--
            (1) The Secretary of Agriculture may promulgate 
        such regulations as are necessary to implement this 
        section and the amendments made by this section.
            (2) The promulgation of the regulations and 
        administration of this section and the amendments made 
        by this section shall be made without regard to--
                    (A) the notice and comment provisions of 
                section 553 of title 5, United States Code;
                    (B) the Statement of Policy of the 
                Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 
                1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices 
                of proposed rulemaking and public participation 
                in rulemaking; and
                    (C) chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
                Code (commonly known as the ``Paperwork 
                Reduction Act'').
            (3) In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary 
        shall use the authority provided under section 808 of 
        title 5, United States Code.
    Sec. 766. Title III of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2001, is amended in the first paragraph 
under the heading ``rural housing insurance fund program 
account (including transfer of funds)'' under the heading 
``Rural Housing Service'' (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-19) by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ``: 
Provided further, That after September 30, 2002, any funds 
remaining for the demonstration program may be used, within the 
State in which the demonstration program is carried out, for 
fiscal year 2003 and subsequent fiscal years to make grants, 
and to cover the costs (as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 
U.S.C. 661a)) of loans authorized, under section 504 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1474)''.
    Sec. 767. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
for purposes of administering sections 1101 and 1102 of Public 
Law 107-171, acreage planted to, or prevented from being 
planted to, popcorn shall be considered as acreage planted to, 
or prevented from being planted to, corn: Provided, That if a 
farm program payment yield for corn is otherwise established 
for a farm under such section 1102, the same yield shall be 
used for the acreage on the farm planted to, or prevented from 
being planted to, popcorn: Provided further, That with respect 
to all other farms, the farm program payment yield for such 
popcorn acreage shall be established by the Secretary on a fair 
and equitable basis to reflect the farm program payment yields 
for corn on similar farms in the area.
    (b) This section shall take effect on October 1, 2003.
    Sec. 768. Of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2002 
and prior years for grants and contracts to carry out section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490c(b)(1)(A)), $11,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
the $4,696,000,000 provided for the Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) shall 
be exempt from the across-the-board rescission under section 
601 of division N.
      Sec. 770. During the 180-day period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act, none of the funds made available by 
this Act or any other Act shall be available to the Secretary 
of Agriculture to pay the salaries of any personnel--
            (1) to amend the terms of a licensing agreement for 
        a grain warehouse (excluding rice) under the United 
        States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C. 241 et seq.); or
            (2) to issue a new license for a grain warehouse 
        (excluding rice) under that Act unless--
                    (A) the warehouse does not hold (as of the 
                date of enactment of this Act) a Federal or 
                State license for the operation of the 
                warehouse; and
                    (B) the licensing agreement accompanying 
                the new license conforms to the licensing 
                requirements of the Secretary in effect on 
                January 1, 2003.
      Sec. 771. None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to require that a farm satisfy section 2110(c)(1) 
of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
6509(c)(1)) in order to be certified under such Act as an 
organic farm with respect to the livestock produced on the farm 
unless the report prepared by the Secretary of Agriculture 
pursuant to the recommendations contained in the joint 
explanatory statement of the Managers on the part of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate to accompany Public Law 107-
171 (House Conference Report 107-424, pages 672-673) confirms 
the commercial availability of organically produced feed, at 
not more than twice the cost of conventionally produced feed, 
to meet current market demands.
    This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

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

  Making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 
 State, the Judiciary, and related agencies 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 the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes, namely:

                     TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

                         General Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For expenses necessary for the administration of the 
Department of Justice, $100,579,000, of which not to exceed 
$3,137,000 is for the Facilities Program 2000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 43 
permanent positions and 44 full-time equivalent workyears and 
$10,172,000 shall be expended for the Department Leadership 
Program exclusive of augmentation that occurred in these 
offices in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not to 
exceed 31 permanent positions, 33 full-time equivalent 
workyears and $3,464,000 shall be expended for the Office of 
Legislative Affairs: Provided further, That not to exceed 15 
permanent positions, 20 full-time equivalent workyears and 
$1,875,000 shall be expended for the Office of Public Affairs: 
Provided further, That the latter two aforementioned offices 
may utilize non-reimbursable details of career employees within 
the caps described in the preceding two provisos: Provided 
further, That the Attorney General is authorized to transfer, 
under such terms and conditions as the Attorney General shall 
specify, forfeited real or personal property of limited or 
marginal value, as such value is determined by guidelines 
established by the Attorney General, to a State or local 
government agency, or its designated contractor or transferee, 
for use to support drug abuse treatment, drug and crime 
prevention and education, housing, job skills, and other 
community-based public health and safety programs: Provided 
further, That any transfer under the preceding proviso shall 
not create or confer any private right of action in any person 
against the United States, and shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 605 of this Act.

                     joint automated booking system

    For expenses necessary for the nationwide deployment of a 
Joint Automated Booking System including automated capability 
to transmit fingerprint and image data, $15,973,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2004.

    AUTOMATED BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM/INTEGRATED AUTOMATED 
                   IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM INTEGRATION

    For expenses necessary for the planning, development, and 
deployment of an integrated fingerprint identification system, 
including automated capability to transmit fingerprint and 
image data, $9,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2004.

                   LEGAL ACTIVITIES OFFICE AUTOMATION

    For necessary expenses related to the design, development, 
engineering, acquisition, and implementation of office 
automation systems for the organizations funded under the 
headings ``Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities'', 
and ``General Administration, Salaries and Expenses'', and the 
United States Attorneys, the United States Marshals Service, 
the Antitrust Division, the United States Trustee Program, the 
Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Community 
Relations Service, the Bureau of Prisons, and the Office of 
Justice Programs, $15,942,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004.

                       NARROWBAND COMMUNICATIONS

    For the costs of conversion to narrowband communications, 
including the cost for operation and maintenance of Land Mobile 
Radio legacy systems, $81,354,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2004: Provided, That the Attorney General shall 
transfer to the ``Narrowband Communications'' account all funds 
made available to the Department of Justice for the purchase of 
portable and mobile radios: Provided further, That any 
transfers made under this proviso shall be subject to section 
605 of this Act.

                         COUNTERTERRORISM FUND

    For necessary expenses, as determined by the Attorney 
General, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
reimburse any Department of Justice organization for: (1) the 
costs incurred in reestablishing the operational capability of 
an office or facility which has been damaged or destroyed as a 
result of any domestic or international terrorist incident; and 
(2) the costs of providing support to counter, investigate or 
prosecute domestic or international terrorism, including 
payment of rewards in connection with these activities: 
Provided, That any Federal agency may be reimbursed for the 
costs of detaining in foreign countries individuals accused of 
acts of terrorism that violate the laws of the United States: 
Provided further, That funds provided under this paragraph 
shall be available only after the Attorney General notifies the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate in accordance with section 605 of this Act.

                   ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND APPEALS

    For expenses necessary for the administration of pardon and 
clemency petitions and immigration-related activities, 
$191,535,000.

                           DETENTION TRUSTEE

    For necessary expenses of the Federal Detention Trustee who 
shall exercise all power and functions authorized by law 
relating to the detention of Federal prisoners in non-Federal 
institutions or otherwise in the custody of the United States 
Marshals Service; and the detention of aliens in the custody of 
the Immigration and Naturalization Service, $1,366,591,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Trustee 
shall be responsible for managing the Justice Prisoner and 
Alien Transportation System and for overseeing housing related 
to such detention; the management of funds appropriated to the 
Department for the exercise of any detention functions; and the 
direction of the United States Marshals Service and Immigration 
and Naturalization Service with respect to the exercise of 
detention policy setting and operations for the Department: 
Provided further, That any unobligated balances available in 
prior years from the funds appropriated under the heading 
``Federal Prisoner Detention'' shall be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation under the heading ``Detention 
Trustee'' and shall be available until expended: Provided 
further, That the Trustee, working in consultation with the 
Bureau of Prisons, shall submit a plan for collecting 
information related to evaluating the health and safety of 
Federal prisoners in non-Federal institutions no later than 180 
days following the enactment of this Act.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, 
$57,937,000; including not to exceed $10,000 to meet unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under 
the direction of, and to be accounted for solely under the 
certificate of, the Attorney General; and for the acquisition, 
lease, maintenance, and operation of motor vehicles, without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year.

                    United States Parole Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the United States Parole 
Commission as authorized, $10,488,000.

                            Legal Activities

            SALARIES AND EXPENSES, GENERAL LEGAL ACTIVITIES

    For expenses necessary for the legal activities of the 
Department of Justice, not otherwise provided for, including 
not to exceed $20,000 for expenses of collecting evidence, to 
be expended under the direction of, and to beaccounted for 
solely under the certificate of, the Attorney General; and rent of 
private or Government-owned space in the District of Columbia, 
$611,325,000, of which not to exceed $10,000,000 for litigation support 
contracts shall remain available until expended, and of which not less 
than $1,996,000 shall be available for necessary administrative 
expenses in accordance with the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed $1,000 
shall be available to the United States National Central Bureau, 
INTERPOL, for official reception and representation expenses: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a 
determination by the Attorney General that emergent circumstances 
require additional funding for litigation activities of the Civil 
Division, the Attorney General may transfer such amounts to ``Salaries 
and Expenses, General Legal Activities'' from available appropriations 
for the current fiscal year for the Department of Justice, as may be 
necessary to respond to such circumstances: Provided further, That any 
transfer pursuant to the previous proviso shall be treated as a 
reprogramming under section 605 of this Act and shall not be available 
for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures 
set forth in that section.
    In addition, for reimbursement of expenses of the 
Department of Justice associated with processing cases under 
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, as amended, 
not to exceed $4,028,000, to be appropriated from the Vaccine 
Injury Compensation Trust Fund.

               salaries and expenses, antitrust division

    For expenses necessary for the enforcement of antitrust and 
kindred laws, $133,133,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not to exceed $133,133,000 of 
offsetting collections derived from fees collected for 
premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino 
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a), regardless 
of the year of collection, shall be retained and used for 
necessary expenses in this appropriation, and shall remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the sum herein 
appropriated from the general fund shall be reduced as such 
offsetting collections are received during fiscal year 2003, so 
as to result in a final fiscal year 2003 appropriation from the 
general fund estimated at not