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 'i&ifSS-' PUBLIC LAW 105-174—MAY 1, 1998 112 STAT. 79 $25,000,000 shall be available for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $105,000,000, of which $35,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $18,814,000. For the additional 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, $3,356,000, of which $967,000 shall be for guaranteed loans; operating loans, $7,973,000, of which $3,374,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans; and for boll weevil eradication program loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1989, $222,000. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM Of the amounts made available under this heading in Public Law 105-86, funds for employment and training shall remain available until expended as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES For an additional amount for ''Salaries and expenses" from fees collected pursuant to section 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, not to exceed $25,918,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That fees derived from applications received during fiscal year 1998 shall be credited to the appropriation current in the year in which fees are collected and subject to the fiscal year 1998 limitation. GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER SEC. 1001. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, permanent employees of county committees employed during fiscal year 1998 pursuant to 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)) shall be considered as having Federal Civil Service status only for the purpose of applying for United States Department of Agriculture Civil Service vacancies. SEC. 1002. Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding a competitive research, education, or extension grant program of the Department of Agriculture, the Secretary may use grant program funds, as necessary, to supplement funds otherwise available for program administration, to pay for the costs associated with peer review of grant proposals under the program. CHAPTER 2 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION Such additional amounts as necessary, not to exceed $5,408,000, to cover increases in the estimated amount of cost of Work For Others notwithstanding the provisions of the Anti-Deficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1511 et seq.): Provided, That such increases in cost

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