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,Accountability * Integrity* Reliability
United States General Accounting Office
Washington, DC 20548







         B-291241

         October 8, 2002

         The Honorable Herb Kohl
         Chairman
         The Honorable Thad Cochran
         Ranking Minority Member
         Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural
         Development, & Related Agencies
         Committee on Appropriations
         United States Senate

         The Honorable Henry Bonilla
         Chairman, Subcommittee on Agriculture,
         Rural Development, FDA & Related Agencies
         Committee on Appropriations
         House of Representatives

         Subject: Funding for Technical Assistance for Conservation Programs Enumerated in
                 Section 2701 of the 2002 Farm Bill

         This responds to your letters of August 30, 2002 (from Chairman Bonilla) and
         September 16, 2002 (from Chairman Kohl and Ranking Minority Member Cochran)
         requesting our opinion on several issues relating to funding technical assistance for
         the wetlands reserve program (WRP) and the farmland protection program (FPP).
         You asked for our views on the following issues:

                (1) Does the annual limit on fund transfers imposed by 15 U.S.C. § 714i (known
                as the section 11 cap) apply to Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds
                used for technical assistance provided the WRP and FPP as authorized by the
                Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill)?

                (2) Is the Department of Agriculture's Conservation Operations appropriation
                available for technical assistance for the WRP and the FPP? and

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