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110 STAT. 1321-311 PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996 Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1996. Certification. President. TITLE II—SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 CHAPTER 1 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE Of the funds appropriated by Public Law 104-37 or otherwise made available to the Food Safety and Inspection Service for fiscal year 1996, not less than $363,000,000 shall be available for salaries and benefits of in-plant personnel: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply if the Secretary of Agriculture certifies to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations that a lesser amount will be adequate to fully meet in-plant inspection requirements for the fiscal year. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS For an additional amount for "Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations" to repair damages to waterways and watersheds resulting from flooding in the Pacific Northwest, the Northeast blizzards and floods, and other natural disasters, $80,514,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That if the Secretary determines that the cost of land and farm structures restoration exceeds the fair market value of an affected cropland, the Secretary may use sufficient amounts, not to exceed $7,288,000, from funds provided under this heading to accept bids from willing sellers to provide conservation easements for such cropland inundated by floods as provided for by the Wetlands Reserve Program, authorized by subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837): Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an official budget request for $80,514,000, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to Congress: Provided further. That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. CONSOLIDATED FARM SERVICE AGENCY EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM For necessary expenses to carry into effect the program authorized in sections 401, 402, and 404 of title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201-2205) for expenses resulting from floods in the Pacific Northwest and other natural disasters, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 2204: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended.