110 STAT. 1184 PUBLIC LAW 104-127—APR. 4, 1996 (1) the Department of Agriculture should continue to make methyl bromide alternative research and extension activities a high priority of the Department; and (2) the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, producer and processor organizations, environmental organizations, and State agencies should continue their dialogue on the risks and benefits of extending the 2001 phaseout deadline. Subtitle E—Research Authority After Fiscal Year 1997 SEC. 897. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. Subject to section 898, there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 1998 through 2002 such sums as are necessary to carry out the agricultural research, extension, and education activities and initiatives of the Department of Agriculture. SEC. 898. ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO AViOLABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS. During each of fiscal years 1998 through 2002, the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct only those agricultural research, extension, and education activities and initiatives of the Department of Agriculture for which funds are specifically provided for the fiscal year in an appropriation Act. TITLE—MISCELLANEOUS 7 USC 1901 note Subtltlc A—Commercial Transportation of Equine for Slaughter SEC. 901. FINDINGS. Because of the unique and special needs of equine being transported to slaughter. Congress finds that it is appropriate for the Secretary of Agriculture to issue guidelines for the regulation of the commercial transportation of equine for slaughter by persons regularly engaged in that activity within the United States. SEC. 902. DEFINITIONS. In this subtitle: (1) COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION. — The term "commercial transportation" means the regular operation for profit of a transport business that uses trucks, tractors, trailers, or semitrailers, or any combination thereof, propelled or drawn by mechanical power on any highway or public road. (2) EQUINE FOR SLAUGHTER.—The term "equine for slaughter" means any member of the Equidae family being transferred to a slaughter facility, including an assembly point, feedlot, or stockyard. (3) PERSON. — The term "person"— (A) means any individual, partnership, corporation, or cooperative association that regularly engages in the commercial transportation of equine for slaughter; but (B) does not include any individual or other entity referred to in subparagraph (A) that occasionally transports
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