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107 STAT. 1080 PUBLIC LAW 103-111—OCT. 21, 1993 wise contract with private debt collection agencies to collect delinquent payments from Farmers Home Administration borrowers. SEC. 717. None of the funds in this Act, or otherwise made available by this Act, shall be used to sell loans made by the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund. Further, Rural Development Insurance Fund loans offered for sale in fiscal year 1994 shall be first offered to the borrowers for prepayment. SEC. 718. None of the funds in this Act may be used to establish any new ofiEice, organization, or center for which funds have not been provided in advance in Appropriations Acts, except the Department may carry out planning activities. ^ SEC. 719. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay indirect costs on research grants awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research Service that exceed 14 per centum of total Federal funds provided under each award. SEC. 720. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994 shall remain available until expended to cover obligations made in fiscal years 1992, 1993, and 1994 for the following accounts: Rural Development Insurance Fund Program Account; Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account; the Rural Telephone Bank Program Account; the Rural Electrification and Telephone Loans Program Account; and the Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account: Provided, That hereafter, such appropriations are authorized to remain available until expended. SEC. 721. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not limitations. 7 USC 2006f SEC. 722. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, ^°*®- none of the funds in this Act may be used to operate the seven regional offices of the Rural Development Administration after April 1, 1994. SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries of personnel who carry out a Market Promotion Program pursuant to section 203 (7 U.S.C. 5623) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, with respect to tobacco or if the aggregate amount of funds and/or commodities under such program exceeds $100,000,000. SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll in excess of 75,000 acres in the fiscal year 1994 Wetlands Reserve Program, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to enroll additional acres in the Conservation Reserve Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3831- 3845. SEC. 726. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1994 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. SEC. 727. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH BUY AMERICAN ACT. —None of the funds made available in this Act may be expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in expending the funds the entity will comply with sections 2 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. lOa-lOc; popularly known as the "Buy American Act").