Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988

Rural Development, Agriculture, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 - Title I: Agricultural Programs - Appropriates funds for FY 1988 for the following programs and services: (1) Office of the Secretary of Agriculture; (2) Office of the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; (3) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration; (4) rental payments; (5) building operations and maintenance; (6) advisory committees; (7) hazardous waste management; (8) departmental administration; (9) Working Capital Fund; (10) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Governmental and Public Affairs; (11) Office of the Inspector General; (12) Office of the General Counsel; (13) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economics; (14) Economic Research Service; (15) National Agricultural Statistics Service; (16) World Agricultural Outlook Board; (17) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Science and Education; (18) Agricultural Research Service; (19) Cooperative State Research Service; (20) Extension Service; (21) National Agricultural Library; (22) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services; (23) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (24) Food Safety and Inspection Service; (25) Federal Grain Inspection Service; (26) Agricultural Cooperative Service; (27) Agricultural Marketing Service; (28) Packers and Stockyards Administration; (29) Office of the Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity Programs; (30) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; (31) Dairy Indemnity Program; (32) Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; and (33) Commodity Credit Corporation.

Authorizes specified amounts to be transferred from the Commodity Credit Corporation to support the General Sales Manager in expanding commodity sales abroad.

Directs the Commodity Credit Corporation to make specified amounts available for short-term and intermediate export credit.

Title II: Rural Development Programs - Appropriates funds for rural development assistance as follows: (1) Office of the Under Secretary for Small Community and Rural Development; (2) Farmers Home Administration; (3) Rural Electrification Administration; (4) Soil Conservation Service; and (5) Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.

Title III: Domestic Food Programs - Appropriates funds for the: (1) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Food and Consumer Services; (2) Food and Nutrition Service; and (3) Human Nutrition Information Service.

Title IV: International Programs - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Foreign Agricultural Service; (2) Public Law 480 (financing the sale of agricultural commodities for convertible foreign currencies); (3) the Office of International Cooperation and Development; and (4) scientific activities overseas.

Title V: Related Agencies - Appropriates funds for the: (1) Food and Drug Administration; (2) Commodity Futures Trading Commission; and (3) Farm Credit Administration.

Title VI: General Provisions - Limits the expenditures of appropriations for consulting service through procurement contract to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection.

Authorizes the use of funds for replacement passenger motor vehicles and uniforms and allowances.

Limits the availability of funds for contracting for research and service work.

Prohibits the use of funds for production payments to recipients who harvest marihuana or other prohibited drug-producing plants for illegal use.

Limits the amount of transfers to the Working Capital Fund for the purpose of accumulating growth capital for data services and National Finance Center operations.

Prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant to any resolution of disapproval.

Provides that the certificates of beneficial ownership sold by the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) in connection with specified insurance funds shall not be less than 65 percent of the value of loans closed during the fiscal year.

Prohibits the use of funds to carry out any activity related to phasing out the Resource Conservation and Development Program.

Prohibits the use of funds to prevent or interfere with the right and obligation of the Commodity Credit Corporation to sell surplus agricultural commodities in world trade at competitive prices.

Authorizes the provision of specified commodities to individuals in cases of hardship.

Prohibits the payment of any funds out of the Treasury to any private individual or corporation in satisfaction of a loan guarantee entered into by a Federal agency or corporation with respect to loans made and credits extended to the Polish People's Republic, unless: (1) the Republic has been declared to be in default of its debt to such individual or corporation; or (2) the President has provided a monthly written report to specified congressional leaders justifying any such payments during the previous month.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to initiate construction on not less than 20 new projects under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act and not less than five new projects under the Flood Control Act.

Prohibits the use of funds under any Act to relocate the Hawaii State Office of the Farmers Home Administration from Hilo, Hawaii, to Honolulu, Hawaii.

Exempts Department of Agriculture veterinarians from personal service contract restrictions with respect to taking animal blood samples, testing and vaccinating animals, and performing branding and tagging activities on a fee-for-service basis.

Prohibits employee reductions below specified levels for the FmHA, the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, the Rural Electrification Administration, and the Soil Conservation Service.

Authorizes the use of funds for a one-year contract which is to be performed in two fiscal years if such contract's total amount is obligated in the same year for which the funds are appropriated.

States that appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made, unless otherwise provided by law.

Prohibits the use of funds to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to lease jointly-occupied space for its own use or on behalf of other Department of Agriculture agencies.

Prohibits the use of funds to release information acquired from certain handlers under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.

Prohibits the use of funds by the FmHA to employ or otherwise contract with private debt collection agencies to collect delinquent payments from FmHA borrowers.

Allows each district office of the FmHA to exempt any existing dwelling from living area footage limitations established for eligibility for a loan under the Housing Act of 1949.

Permits the prepayment of Federal financing bank loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems.

Prohibits the use of funds to alter the method of computing normalized prices for agricultural commodities that was in effect as of January 1, 1987.

Prohibits the use of funds to sell loans made by the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund.

Authorizes the use of funds to assist an international organization to meet the costs of employing Federal personnel who transfer to it, or of other well-qualified citizens, for the performance of activities that contribute to increased understanding of international agricultural issues.