Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, Volume 5

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Page 506 - Provided, That none of the funds contained in this Act shall be used to make indemnity payments to any farmer whose milk was removed from commercial markets as a result of his willful failure to follow procedures prescribed by the Federal Government: Provided, That this amount shall be transferred to the Commodity Credit Corporation; Provided further.
Page 336 - No assistance may be provided under this part to the government of any country which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights...
Page 666 - Department was reorganized under the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 USC 6901 note).
Page 755 - That this appropriation shall be available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 USC 2225), and not to exceed...
Page 478 - USC 590o), except that no participant in the agricultural conservation program shall receive more than S3, 500 per year, except where the participants from two or more farms or ranches join to carry out approved practices designed to conserve or improve the agricultural resources of the community...
Page 416 - This activity includes all functions dealing with the administration of programs carried out through the farmer committee system, including (a) developing program regulations and procedures; (b) holding meetings with employees and producers to discuss new programs or changes in existing programs; (c) collecting and compiling basic data for individual farms; (d) establishing individual farm allotments...
Page 407 - Expenses of acquisition, operation, maintenance. Improvement, or disposition of property which the Corporation owns or in which it has an Interest have been treated as program rather than administrative expenses. Such expenses Include inspection, classing, and grading work performed on a fee basis by Federal employees or Federal- or State-licensed Inspectors and work performed on a contract or fee basis by Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committees.
Page 406 - PL 100-202, increased the statutory borrowing authority to $30 billion. The Corporation reserves a sufficient amount of the borrowing authority to purchase at any time all loans and other obligations held by financial institutions, if any, under the Corporation's programs.
Page 769 - Current activities: 1 . Technical and financial assistance for construction includes: a. Land treatment measures: Assurance that a program of proper land use and treatment will be carried out is a basic requirement for assistance in the development of flood prevention subwatersheds or watershed projects.

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