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 PUBLIC LAW 106-387 —APPENDIX 114 STAT. 1549A-45 before the date of the enactment of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001.". SEC. 768. Section 412(d) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736fld)) is amended by striking "title I of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.)" and inserting "dairy price support operations". SEC. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of Coachella, California, shall be eligible for grants and loans administered by the rural development mission areas of the Department of Agriculture. SEC. 770. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider 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. 771. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service shall use the authorities provided in the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to finance the acquisition of existing generation, transmission and distribution systems and facilities serving high cost, predominantly rural areas by entities ca^pable of and dedicated to providing or improving service in such areas in an efficient and cost effective manner. SEC. 772. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking, to promulgate a proposed rule, or to otherwise change or modify the definition of "animal" in existing regulations pursuant to the Animal Welfare Act. SEC. 773. Section 306(a)(19)(A) of the ConsoUdated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 is amended by inserting after "nonprofit corporations" the following new phrase: ", Indian tribes (as such term is defined under section 4(e) of Public Law 93- 638, as amended),". SEC. 774. Section 2101 of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-246; 114 Stat. 541) is amended— (1) by inserting "or prior" after "such outstanding"; and (2) by inserting "and subsequently repaid" after "placed under loan". SEC. 775. For purposes of administering title IX of this Act, the term "agricultural commodity" shall also include fertilizer and organic fertilizer, except to the extent provided pursuant to section 904 of that title. SEC. 776. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; HAMILTON GRANGE, NEW YORK. (a) Congress finds that— (1) Alexander Hamilton, assisted by James Madison and George Washington, was the principal drafter of the Constitution of the United States; (2) Hamilton was General Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolutionary War, and, given command by Washington of the New York and Connecticut light infantry battalion, led the successful assault on British redoubt number 10 at Yorktown; (3) after serving as Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton founded the Bank of New York and the New York Post; (4) the only home Hamilton ever owned, commonly known as "the Grange", is a fine example of Federal period architecture

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