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title 5, United States Code, any period of enrollment under a health
benefits plan administered by the Farm Credit Administration prior to
the effective date of this Act shall be deemed to be a period of
enrollment in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of such title.
(b)(1) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is covered by a
health benefits plan administered by the Farm Credit Administration may
enroll in an approved health benefits plan described under section 8903
or 8903a of title 5, United States Code--
(A) either as an individual or for self and family, if such
individual is an employee, annuitant, or former spouse as defined
under section 8901 of such title; and
(B) for coverage effective on and after September 30, 1995.
(2) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is entitled to
continued coverage under a health benefits plan administered by the
Farm Credit Administration--
(A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued coverage under
section 8905a of title 5, United States Code, for the same period
that would have been permitted under the plan administered by the
Farm Credit Administration; and
(B) may enroll in an approved health benefits plan described
under sections 8903 or 8903a of such title in accordance with
section 8905A of such title for coverage effective on and after
September 30, 1995.
(3) An individual who, on September 30, 1995, is covered as an
unmarried dependent child under a health benefits plan administered by
the Farm Credit Administration and who is not a member of family as
defined under section 8901(5) of title 5, United States Code--
(A) shall be deemed to be entitled to continued coverage under
section 8905a of such title as though the individual had, on
September 30, 1995, ceased to meet the requirements for being
considered an unmarried dependent child under chapter 89 of such
title; and
(B) may enroll in an approved health benefits plan described
under section 8903 or 8903a of such title in accordance with
section 8905a for continued coverage on and after September 30,
1995.
(c) The Farm Credit Administration shall transfer to the Federal
Employees Health Benefits Fund established under section 8909 of title
5, United States Code, amounts determined by the Director of the Office
of Personnel Management, after consultation with the Farm Credit
Administration, to be necessary to reimburse the Fund for the cost of
providing benefits under this section not otherwise paid for by the
individuals covered by this section. The amount so transferred shall be
held in the Fund and used by the Office in addition to the amounts
available under section 8906(g)(1) of such title.
(d) The Office of Personnel Management--
(1) shall administer the provisions of this section to provide
for--
(A) a period of notice and open enrollment for individuals
affected by this section; and
(B) no lapse of health coverage for individuals who enroll
in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United
States Code, in accordance with this section; and
(2) may prescribe regulations to implement this section.

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appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of
Agriculture for the fiscal year 1996 under this Act shall be available
for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided for, of
not to exceed 665 passenger motor vehicles, of which 642 shall be for
replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.

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TITLE VII

-GENERAL PROVISIONS

Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).

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Department of Agriculture in this Act for research and service work
authorized by the Acts of August 14, 1946, and July 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C.
427, 1621-1629), and by chapter 63 of title 31, United States Code,
shall be available for contracting in accordance with said Acts and
chapter.

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Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for data services
and National Finance Center operations shall not exceed $2,000,000:
Provided, That no funds in this Act appropriated to an agency of the
Department shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the
approval of the agency administrator.

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appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b): Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the
contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, and integrated systems
acquisition project; Consolidated Farm Service Agency, salaries and
expenses funds made available to county committees; and Foreign
Agricultural Service, middle-income country training program.
New obligational authority for the boll weevil program; up to 10
percent of the screwworm program of the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field
automation and information management project; funds appropriated for
rental payments; funds for the Native American institutions endowment
fund in the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service, and funds for the competitive research grants (7 U.S.C.
450i(b)) shall remain available until expended.

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remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.

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the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide
appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to Public Law
94-449.

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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.

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commodities acquired by the Department in connection with Commodity
Credit Corporation and section 32 price support operations may be used,
as authorized by law (15 U.S.C. 714c and 7 U.S.C. 612c), to provide
commodities to individuals in cases of hardship as determined by the
Secretary of Agriculture.

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reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of space
rental and related costs in excess of the amounts specified in this
Act; nor shall this or any other provision of law require a reduction
in the level of rental space or services below that of fiscal year 1995
or prohibit an expansion of rental space or services with the use of
funds otherwise appropriated in this Act. Further, no agency of the
Department of Agriculture, from funds otherwise available, shall
reimburse the General Services Administration for payment of space
rental and related costs provided to such agency at a percentage rate
which is greater than is available in the case of funds appropriated in
this Act.

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restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to lease
space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of other agencies of
the Department of Agriculture when such space will be jointly occupied.

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Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, Public Law 97-219, as
amended (15 U.S.C. 638), none of the funds in this Act shall be
available to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded
competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and
Extension Service that exceed 14 percent of total Federal funds
provided under each award.

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loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not
limitations.

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cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal year 1996
shall remain available until expended to cover obligations made in
fiscal year 1996 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; and
the rural economic development loans program account.

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raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the
levels appropriated in this Act.

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made available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the
entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with
sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c;
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
(b) Sense of Congress; Requirement Regarding Notice.--
(1) Purchase of american-made equipment and products.--In the
case of any equipment or product that may be authorized to be
purchased with financial assistance provided using funds made
available in this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that
entities receiving the assistance should, in expending the
assistance, purchase only American-made equipment and products.
(2) Notice to recipients of assistance.--In providing financial
assistance using funds made available in this Act, the head of each
Federal agency shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a
notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) by the
Congress.
(c) Prohibition of Contracts With Persons Falsely Labeling Products
as Made in America.--If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is
not made in the United States, the person shall be ineligible to
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds made available in
this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code
of Federal Regulations.

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Agreement Act, marketing services of the Agricultural Marketing Service
may use cooperative agreements to reflect a relationship between
Agricultural Marketing Service and a State or Cooperator to carry out
agricultural marketing programs.

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Forfeitures.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, none of
the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be
used by the Secretary of Agriculture to provide for a total amount of
payments and/or total amount of loan forfeitures to a person to support
the price of honey under section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1446h) and section 405A of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1425a) in excess
of zero dollars in the 1994, 1995, and 1996 crop years.

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than 5% of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank.

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available by this Act may be used to provide benefits to households
whose benefits are calculated using a standard deduction greater than
the standard deduction in effect for fiscal year 1995.

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for any program, project, or activity when it is made known to the
Federal entity or official to which the funds are made available that
the program, project, or activity is not in compliance with any
applicable Federal law relating to risk assessment, the protection of
private property rights, or unfunded mandates.

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used to increase, from the fiscal year 1995 level, the level of Full
Time Equivalency Positions (whether through new hires or by
transferring full time equivalents from other offices) in any of the
following Food and Drug Administration offices: Office of the
Commissioner, Office of Policy, Office of External Affairs (Immediate
Office, as well as Office of Health Affairs, Office of Legislative
Affairs, Office of Consumer Affairs, and Office of Public Affairs), and
the Office of Management and Systems (Immediate Office, as well as
Office of Planning and Evaluation and Office of Management).

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to provide assistance to, or to pay the salaries of personnel who carry
out a market promotion program pursuant to section 203 of the
Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623) that provides assistance
to, the U.S. Mink Export Development Council or any mink industry trade
association.

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available by this Act shall be used to enroll in excess of 100,000
acres in the fiscal year 1996 wetlands reserve program, as authorized
by 16 U.S.C. 3837.

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available by this Act shall be used to enroll additional acres in the
Conservation Reserve Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831-3845:
Provided, That 1,579,000 new acres shall be enrolled in the program in
the year beginning January 1, 1997.

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available by this Act may be used to develop compliance guidelines,
implement or enforce a regulation promulgated by the Food Safety and
Inspection Service on August 25, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 44396): Provided,
That this regulation shall take effect only if legislation is enacted
into law which directs the Secretary of Agriculture to promulgate such
regulation, or the House Committee on Agriculture and the Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry receive and approve a
proposed revised regulation submitted by the Secretary of Agriculture.

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Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to operate the
Board of Tea Experts.

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any action, including the development or assertion of any position or
recommendation by or on behalf of the Forest Service, that directly or
indirectly results in the loss of or restriction on the diversion and
use of water from existing water supply facilities located on National
Forest lands by the owners of such facilities, or result in a material
increase in the cost of such yield to the owners of the water supply:
Provided, That nothing in this section shall preclude a mutual
agreement between any agency of the Department of Agriculture and a
State or local governmental entity or private entity or individual.

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Agriculture shall not enforce Federal regulation 36 CFR Part 223
promulgated on September 8, 1995, for a period of no less than 120
days: Provided, That during such time the Secretary shall take notice
and public comment on the regulations and make the necessary revisions
to reflect public comment. Any fines assessed pursuant to 36 CFR Part
223, from the effective date of said regulation to the date of
enactment of this Act, shall be null and void. During the 120 day
period, the interim regulatory guidelines published pursuant to 55 CFR
48572 and 56 CFR 65834 shall remain in effect.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
1996''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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Agriculture FY96 Appropriations bill — HR. 1976

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