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110 STAT. 1600 PUBLIC LAW 104-180—AUG. 6, 1996 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to pay the salaries of employees of the Department of Agriculture who make pa3nnents pursuant to a production flexibility contract entered into under section 111 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-127; 7 U.S.C. 7211) when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the land covered by that production flexibility contract is not being used for the production of an agricultural commodity or is not devoted to a conserving use, unless it is also made known to that Federal official that the lack of agricultural production or the lack of a conserving use is a consequence of drought, flood, or other natural disaster. SEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to extend any existing or expiring contract in the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831-3845. SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated in this Act may be used to carry out the provisions of section 918 of Public Law 104-127, the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act. 7 USC 2272a. SEC. 729. Hereafter, funds appropriated to the Department of Agriculture may be used for incidental expenses such as transportation, uniforms, lodging, and subsistence for volunteers serving under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2272, when such volunteers are engaged in the work of the United States Department of Agriculture; and for promotional items of nominal value relating to the United States Department of Agriculture Volunteer Programs. SEC. 730. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office ftinded by this Act to any other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days luiless the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment. SEC. 731. Section 747 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement Ante, p. 1125. and Reform Act of 1996 is amended by inserting, "effective October 1, 1996," following "The Secretary shall make grants" in section 310B(e)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Effective date. Provided, That this section shall take effect upon enactment of this Act into law. SEC. 732. LABELING OF RAW POULTRY PRODUCTS. — (a) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding giny other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to implement or enforce the final rule related to the labeling of raw poultry products promulgated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service on August 25, 1995 (60 Fed. Reg. 44395), and the final rule shall not be effective during fiscal year 1997. (b) FINAL RULE. —Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue a revised final rule related to the labeling of raw poultry products that— (1) maintains the standard that the term "fresh" may be used only for raw poultry products the internal core temperature of which has not fallen below 26° Fahrenheit; (2) deletes the requirement that poultry products the internal core temperature of which has ever been less than 26° Fahrenheit, but more than 0° Fahrenheit, be labeled as "hard chilled" or "previously hard chilled", except that—