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Union Calendar No. 57 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2744 

[Report No. 109–102] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 2, 2005 

Mr. BONILLA, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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1 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 

2 ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, 

3 namely: 

4 TITLE I 

5 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

8 of Agriculture, $5,127,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

9 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep10 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

11 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

12 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

13 CHIEF ECONOMIST

14 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in15 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 

16 analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the 

17 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

18 Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), 

19 $10,539,000. 

20 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

21 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi22 sion, $14,524,000. 

23 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

25 Program Analysis, $8,298,000. 
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1 HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

2 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

3 Staff, $934,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In6 formation Officer, $16,462,000. 

7 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

8 For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com9 puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva10 tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, 

11 and Rural Development mission areas for information 

12 technology, systems, and services, $124,580,000, to re13 main available until expended, for the capital asset acqui14 sition of shared information technology systems, including 

15 services as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 

16 1421–28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall 

17 be consistent with the Department of Agriculture Service 

18 Center Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, 

19 and shall be with the concurrence of the Department’s 

20 Chief Information Officer. 

21 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi23 nancial Officer, $5,874,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi24 nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross25 servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro-
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1 vided further, That no funds made available by this appro2 priation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A– 

3 76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and 

5 the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 

6 Representatives a report on the Department’s contracting 

7 out policies, including agency budgets for contracting out. 

8 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

9 RIGHTS

10 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

11 the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $811,000. 

12 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

14 $20,109,000. 

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

16 ADMINISTRATION

17 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

18 the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $676,000. 

19 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

20 PAYMENTS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu23 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

24 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis25 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
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1 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 

2 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 

3 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

4 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con5 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

6 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im7 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili8 ties, and for related costs, $183,133,000, to remain avail9 able until expended, as follows: for payments to the Gen10 eral Services Administration and the Department of 

11 Homeland Security for building security, $147,734,000, 

12 and for buildings operations and maintenance, 

13 $35,399,000: Provided, That amounts which are made 

14 available for space rental and related costs for the Depart15 ment of Agriculture in this Act may be transferred be16 tween such appropriations to cover the costs of additional, 

17 new, or replacement space 15 days after notice thereof is 

18 transmitted to the Appropriations Committees of both 

19 Houses of Congress. 

20 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri23 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

24 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,644,000, to remain 

2 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 

3 and funds available herein to the Department for Haz4 ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 

5 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re6 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 

7 non-Federal lands. 

8 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For Departmental Administration, $23,103,000, to 

11 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

12 services to offices of the Department and for general ad13 ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

14 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro15 vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 

16 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

17 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

18 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

19 required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 

20 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

21 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

24 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 

25 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro-
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1 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 

2 within the executive branch, $3,821,000: Provided, That 

3 these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart4 ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per5 sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 

6 made available by this appropriation may be obligated 

7 after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, un8 less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro9 priations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 

10 these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That no 

11 other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 

12 shall be available to the Department for support of activi13 ties of congressional relations. 

14 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

16 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

17 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

18 coordination of information, work, and programs author19 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,509,000: Pro20 vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 

21 farmers’ bulletins. 

22 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

24 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

25 General Act of 1978, $79,626,000, including such sums 
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1 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange2 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

3 to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

4 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden5 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform6 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

7 General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 

8 of Public Law 97–98. 

9 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

11 Counsel, $38,439,000. 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

13 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

15 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco16 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

17 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul18 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 

19 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex20 tension Service, $598,000. 

21 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

22 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

23 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as 

24 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

25 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $75,931,000. 
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1 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

3 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 

4 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta5 tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur6 veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 

7 U.S.C. 1621–1627 and 2204g, and other laws, 

8 $136,241,000, of which up to $29,115,000 shall be avail9 able until expended for the Census of Agriculture. 

10 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re13 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem14 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 

15 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco16 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui17 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in18 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex19 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 

20 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 

21 be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of 

22 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 

23 of the total value of the land or interests transferred out 

24 of Federal ownership, $1,035,475,000: Provided, That ap25 propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 
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1 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

2 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

3 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

4 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 

5 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro6 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

7 exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 

8 which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 

9 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

10 to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 

11 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

12 of the current replacement value of the building or 

13 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

14 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

15 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

16 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria17 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

18 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

19 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

20 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

21 April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 

22 funds may be received from any State, other political sub23 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es24 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

25 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
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1 by law: Provided further, That the Secretary, through the 

2 Agricultural Research Service, or successor, is authorized 

3 to lease approximately 40 acres of land at the Central 

4 Plains Experiment Station, Nunn, Colorado, to the Board 

5 of Governors of the Colorado State University System, for 

6 its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station, on such 

7 terms and conditions as the Secretary deems in the public 

8 interest: Provided further, That the Secretary understands 

9 that it is the intent of the University to construct research 

10 and educational buildings on the subject acreage and to 

11 conduct agricultural research and educational activities in 

12 these buildings: Provided further, That as consideration 

13 for a lease, the Secretary may accept the benefits of mu14 tual cooperative research to be conducted by the Colorado 

15 State University and the Government at the Shortgrass 

16 Steppe Biological Field Station: Provided further, That the 

17 term of any lease shall be for no more than 20 years, but 

18 a lease may be renewed at the option of the Secretary on 

19 such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems in the 

20 public interest. 

21 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

22 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro23 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

24 products. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve3 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip4 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

5 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

6 where not otherwise provided, $87,300,000, to remain 

7 available until expended. 

8 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

9 EXTENSION SERVICE

10 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

11 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

12 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

13 for other expenses, $661,691,000, as follows: to carry out 

14 the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a– 

15 i), $178,807,000; for grants for cooperative forestry re16 search (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $22,255,000; for 

17 payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 

18 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University 

19 (7 U.S.C. 3222), $37,704,000, of which $1,507,496 shall 

20 be made available only for the purpose of ensuring that 

21 each institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for 

22 special grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 

23 $92,064,000; for special grants for agricultural research 

24 on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,038,000; 

25 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), 
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1 $214,634,000; for the support of animal health and dis2 ease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,057,000; for supple3 mental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 

4 3319d), $1,187,000; for grants for research pursuant to 

5 the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et 

6 seq.), $1,102,000, to remain available until expended; for 

7 the 1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions 

8 pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 

9 301 note), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended; 

10 for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), 

11 $1,000,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 

12 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $4,500,000, to remain 

13 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher edu14 cation challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 

15 $5,500,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 

16 program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain 

17 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an edu18 cation grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 

19 U.S.C. 3241), $5,645,000; for noncompetitive grants for 

20 the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 

21 (section 759 of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible 

22 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska 

23 and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each of the 

24 States of Alaska and Hawaii, $2,997,000; for a secondary 

25 agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 
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1 education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture 

2 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,968,000; for sustainable agri3 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 

4 $12,400,000; for a program of capacity building grants 

5 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 

6 under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 

7 328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 

8 State University, $12,312,000, to remain available until 

9 expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 In10 stitutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 

11 103–382, $2,250,000; for resident instruction grants for 

12 insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agricul13 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

14 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $500,000; and for necessary ex15 penses of Research and Education Activities, 

16 $39,773,000, of which $2,750,000 for the Research, Edu17 cation, and Economics Information System and 

18 $2,173,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, 

19 are to remain available until expended. 

20 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

21 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro22 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

23 products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 

24 to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in25 dustrial uses of tobacco. 
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

2 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

3 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 

4 note), $12,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

6 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

7 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, 

8 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $444,871,000, 

9 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

10 the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 

11 and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public 

12 Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 

13 costs for extension agents, $275,940,000; payments for 

14 extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith15 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 

16 the nutrition and family education program for low-income 

17 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,409,000; pay18 ments for the pest management program under section 

19 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for the farm safe20 ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; 

21 payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under 

22 section 3(d) of the Act, $1,000,000; payments to upgrade 

23 research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 

24 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 

25 West Virginia State University, as authorized by section 
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1 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), 

2 $16,777,000, to remain available until expended; pay3 ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 

4 Smith-Lever Act, $7,978,000; for youth farm safety edu5 cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 

6 competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $444,000; 

7 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 

8 Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 

9 seq.), $4,060,000; payments for Indian reservation agents 

10 under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,996,000; 

11 payments for sustainable agriculture programs under sec12 tion 3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for rural 

13 health and safety education as authorized by section 

14 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 

15 $1,965,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 

16 the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill 

17 Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University 

18 and West Virginia State University, $33,868,000, of 

19 which $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the pur20 pose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less 

21 than $1,000,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension 

22 Activities, $16,531,000. 

23 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

24 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

25 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
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1 penses, $15,513,000, as follows: for a competitive inter2 national science and education grants program authorized 

3 under section 1459A of the National Agricultural Re4 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

5 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain available until expended, 

6 $1,000,000; for grants programs authorized under section 

7 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as amended, 

8 $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007 

9 for the critical issues program, and $1,513,000 for the re10 gional rural development centers program; and 

11 $12,000,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initia12 tive authorized under section 1484 of the National Agri13 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, 

14 to remain available until September 30, 2007. 

15 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

16 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 

17 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 

18 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,935,000, to remain available 

19 until expended. 

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

21 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

23 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro24 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 

25 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
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1 Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 

2 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; 

3 $724,000. 

4 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION 

5 SERVICE 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

9 to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and ani10 mal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and reg11 ulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as au12 thorized by law, $823,635,000, of which $4,140,000 shall 

13 be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 

14 diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals 

15 and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency con16 ditions; of which $38,634,000 shall be used for the boll 

17 weevil eradication program for cost share purposes or for 

18 debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which 

19 $33,340,000 shall be available for a National Animal 

20 Identification program: Provided, That no funds shall be 

21 used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 

22 program for the current fiscal year that does not require 

23 minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: 

24 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

25 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
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1 chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for re2 placement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 

3 emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricul4 tural production industry of this country, the Secretary 

5 may transfer from other appropriations or funds available 

6 to the agencies or corporations of the Department such 

7 sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available only 

8 in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con9 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 

10 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 

11 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act 

12 (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of 

13 the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and 

14 any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 

15 emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 

16 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, 

17 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 

18 to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of 

19 leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 

20 provided the cost of altering any one building during the 

21 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current re22 placement value of the building: 

23 In fiscal year 2006, the agency is authorized to collect 

24 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist25 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 
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1 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

2 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

3 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 

4 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 

5 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 

6 fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available 

7 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro8 viding such assistance, goods, or services. 

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte11 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al12 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

13 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 

14 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail15 able until expended. 

16 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 

17 MARKETING SERVICES

18 For necessary expenses to carry out services related 

19 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis20 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au21 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination 

22 of payments to States, $78,032,000, including funds for 

23 the wholesale market development program for the design 

24 and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities 

25 for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, 
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1 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

2 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

3 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build4 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

5 the current replacement value of the building. 

6 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

7 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 

8 U.S.C. 9701). 

9 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

10 Not to exceed $65,667,000 (from fees collected) shall 

11 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra12 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

13 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 

14 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

15 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

16 Congress. 

17 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

18 SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au21 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com22 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

23 related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 

24 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

25 Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise 

26 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $16,055,000 
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1 for formulation and administration of marketing agree2 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

3 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

4 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

5 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

6 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

7 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul8 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

9 $1,347,000. 

10 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND 

11 STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

14 of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin15 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying 

16 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products, 

17 and the standardization activities related to grain under 

18 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $38,400,000: 

19 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu20 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

21 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

22 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

23 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build24 ing. 
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1 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 EXPENSES

3 Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall 

4 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

5 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac6 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

7 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

8 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

12 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the 

13 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In14 spection Service, $590,000. 

15 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses to carry out services author18 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

19 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

20 Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation 

21 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

22 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

23 $837,264,000, of which no less than $756,152,000 shall 

24 be available for Federal food safety inspection; and in ad25 dition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 
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1 fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 

2 authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con3 servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Pro4 vided, That of the total amount made available under this 

5 heading, no less than $20,653,000 shall be obligated for 

6 regulatory and scientific training: Provided further, That 

7 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

8 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

9 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build10 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

11 the current replacement value of the building. 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

13 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

15 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 

16 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for 

17 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv18 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 

19 Credit Corporation, $635,000. 

20 FARM SERVICE AGENCY 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis24 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

25 the Farm Service Agency, $1,023,738,000: Provided, That 
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1 the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, 

2 and authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity 

3 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro4 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 

5 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

6 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac7 count. 

8 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

9 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul10 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

11 5106), $4,250,000. 

12 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

15 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

16 products under a dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to 

17 remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro18 gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 

19 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri20 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra21 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 

22 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
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1 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

6 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian 

7 tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll wee8 vil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in 

9 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 

10 ownership loans, $1,600,000,000, of which 

11 $1,400,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans and 

12 $200,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, 

13 $2,116,256,000, of which $1,200,000,000 shall be for un14 subsidized guaranteed loans, $266,256,000 shall be for 

15 subsidized guaranteed loans and $650,000,000 shall be for 

16 direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

17 $2,020,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 

18 $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem 

19 the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of 

20 boll weevil eradication program loans. 

21 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

22 the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of 

23 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm 

24 ownership loans, $16,960,000, of which $6,720,000 shall 

25 be for guaranteed loans, and $10,240,000 shall be for di-
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1 rect loans; operating loans, $134,317,000, of which 

2 $36,360,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

3 $33,282,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 

4 $64,675,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian tribe 

5 land acquisition loans, $81,000. 

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

7 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

8 $305,127,000, of which $297,127,000 shall be transferred 

9 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

10 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

11 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

12 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership 

13 and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 

14 transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

16 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

17 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

19 For administrative and operating expenses, as au20 thorized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 

21 Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), 

22 $77,806,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

23 be available for official reception and representation ex24 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
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1 CORPORATIONS

2 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

3 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

4 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor5 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

6 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

7 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

8 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

9 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 

10 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here11 inafter provided. 

12 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

13 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

14 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 

15 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

16 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

17 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

18 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec19 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

20 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim21 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

22 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

23 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec24 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

25 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 
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1 Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 

2 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv3 ice for information resource management activities of the 

4 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com5 modity Credit Corporation business. 

6 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

7 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

8 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

9 Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 

10 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

11 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

12 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

13 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

15 and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 

16 TITLE II 

17 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

19 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

21 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ22 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for 

23 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva24 tion Service, $744,000. 
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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi4 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

5 including preparation of conservation plans and establish6 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

7 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas8 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

9 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con10 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva11 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

12 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

13 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 

14 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 

15 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 

16 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter17 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build18 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

19 $793,640,000, to remain available until March 31, 2007, 

20 of which not less than $10,457,000 is for snow survey and 

21 water forecasting, and not less than $10,547,000 is for 

22 operation and establishment of the plant materials cen23 ters, and of which not less than $27,312,000 shall be for 

24 the grazing lands conservation initiative: Provided, That 

25 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
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1 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build2 ings and public improvements at plant materials centers, 

3 except that the cost of alterations and improvements to 

4 other buildings and other public improvements shall not 

5 exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings 

6 or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that 

7 the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 

8 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this appropriation 

9 shall be available for technical assistance and related ex10 penses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c) 

11 of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

12 Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further, That 

13 qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at 

14 per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of 

15 the Service. 

16 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

17 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves18 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa19 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan20 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 

21 Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), 

22 $7,026,000. 

23 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

24 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas25 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
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1 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

2 rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, 

3 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

4 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009), 

5 the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 

6 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re7 lating to the activities of the Department, $60,000,000, 

8 to remain available until expended; of which up to 

9 $10,000,000 may be available for the watersheds author10 ized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 

11 U.S.C. 1006a): Provided, That not to exceed $25,000,000 

12 of this appropriation shall be available for technical assist13 ance: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of 

14 this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes 

15 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93– 

16 205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated by 

17 that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to 

18 other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite 

19 project construction. 

20 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

21 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

22 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

23 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

24 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of 
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1 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

2 $27,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

3 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

4 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

5 projects for resource conservation and development and 

6 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

7 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 

8 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 

9 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of 

10 the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451– 

11 3461), $51,360,000, to remain available until expended: 

12 Provided, That the Secretary shall enter into a cooperative 

13 or contribution agreement, within 45 days of enactment 

14 of this Act, with a national association regarding a Re15 source Conservation and Development program and such 

16 agreement shall contain the same matching, contribution 

17 requirements, and funding level, set forth in a similar co18 operative or contribution agreement with a national asso19 ciation in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not to 

20 exceed $3,411,000 shall be available for national head21 quarters activities. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

4 DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer 

7 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

8 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 

9 Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department 

10 of Agriculture, $627,000. 

11 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 

14 grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 

15 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N 

16 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

17 $657,389,000, to remain available until expended, of 

18 which $38,006,000 shall be for rural community programs 

19 described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 

20 $531,162,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de21 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 

22 such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail23 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

24 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

25 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro-
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1 gram described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 

2 $88,221,000 shall be for the rural business and coopera3 tive development programs described in sections 

4 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of 

5 the total amount appropriated in this account, 

6 $24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Fed7 erally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

8 grants for drinking water and waste disposal systems pur9 suant to section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 

10 shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 

11 colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Con12 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which 

13 $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified na14 tional organization to provide technical assistance for 

15 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop16 ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

17 for rural community programs, $6,200,000 shall be avail18 able for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Pro19 vided further, That such funds shall be used solely to de20 velop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit commu21 nity-based housing and community development organiza22 tions, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog23 nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to im24 prove housing, community facilities, community and eco25 nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 

2 private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 

3 proposing to carry out a program of financial and tech4 nical assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary 

5 organizations shall provide matching funds from other 

6 sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in 

7 an amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

8 That of the amount appropriated for the rural business 

9 and cooperative development programs, not to exceed 

10 $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 

11 national organization to provide technical assistance for 

12 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop13 ment; $1,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional 

14 Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any purpose under 

15 this heading: Provided further, That of the amount appro16 priated for rural utilities programs, not to exceed 

17 $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems 

18 to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico 

19 border, including grants pursuant to section 306C of such 

20 Act; not to exceed $17,500,000 shall be for technical as21 sistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursu22 ant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 

23 makes a determination of extreme need, of which 

24 $5,600,000 shall be for Rural Community Assistance Pro25 grams; and not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be for con-
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1 tracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 

2 rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 

3 water systems: Provided further, That of the total amount 

4 appropriated, not to exceed $21,367,000 shall be available 

5 through June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment 

6 zones and enterprise communities and communities des7 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

8 Area Partnership Zones; of which $1,067,000 shall be for 

9 the rural community programs described in section 

10 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which $12,000,000 shall be 

11 for the rural utilities programs described in section 

12 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which $8,300,000 shall 

13 be for the rural business and cooperative development pro14 grams described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Pro15 vided further, That any prior year balances for high cost 

16 energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Elec17 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be trans18 ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, 

19 High Energy Costs Grants Account’’. 

20 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis24 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De25 velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
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1 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul2 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

3 $152,623,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

4 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

5 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

6 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro7 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex8 pended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non9 USDA employees: Provided further, That any balances 

10 available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 

11 Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Coopera12 tive Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be trans13 ferred to and merged with this appropriation. 

14 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 

15 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di18 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

19 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 

20 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,821,832,000 

21 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the 

22 Secretary, of which $1,140,799,000 shall be for direct 

23 loans, and of which $3,681,033,000 shall be for unsub24 sidized guaranteed loans; $35,969,000 for section 504 

25 housing repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 515 rental 
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1 housing; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi2 family housing loans; $5,000,000 for section 524 site 

3 loans; $11,500,000 for credit sales of acquired property, 

4 of which up to $1,500,000 may be for multi-family credit 

5 sales; and $5,048,000 for section 523 self-help housing 

6 land development loans. 

7 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

8 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 

9 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 

10 502 loans, $170,837,000, of which $129,937,000 shall be 

11 for direct loans, and of which $40,900,000, to remain 

12 available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaran13 teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $10,521,000; 

14 section 515 rental housing, $45,880,000; section 538 

15 multi-family housing guaranteed loans, $5,420,000; multi16 family credit sales of acquired property, $681,000; and 

17 section 523 self-help housing and development loans, 

18 $52,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated 

19 in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be available through 

20 June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment zones and en21 terprise communities and communities designated by the 

22 Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner23 ship Zones. 

24 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

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1 $455,242,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

2 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

3 and Expenses’’. 

4 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

5 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re6 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

7 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

8 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

9 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $650,026,000; 

10 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au11 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 

12 incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 

13 assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: 

14 Provided, That of this amount, $5,900,000 shall be avail15 able for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house16 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, 

17 and not to exceed $20,000 per project for advances to non18 profit organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs 

19 (other than purchase price) incurred in purchasing 

20 projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Pro21 vided further, That agreements entered into or renewed 

22 during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a four23 year period: Provided further, That any unexpended bal24 ances remaining at the end of such four-year agreements 

25 may be transferred and used for the purposes of any debt 
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1 reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any ex2 isting projects; preservation; and rental assistance activi3 ties authorized under title V of the Act. 

4 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

5 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

6 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

7 1490c), $34,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

8 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 

9 $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2006, for 

10 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu11 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag12 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

13 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

14 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

15 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

16 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

17 made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 

18 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $41,000,000, 

19 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

20 total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available 

21 through June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment 

22 zones and enterprise communities and communities des23 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

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1 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 

3 as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $32,728,000, 

4 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

5 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

6 contracts. 

7 RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE 

8 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author11 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

12 9812(a)), $34,212,000. 

13 For the cost of direct loans, $14,718,000, as author14 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

15 9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 

16 June 30, 2006, for Federally Recognized Native American 

17 Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available through 

18 June 30, 2006, for the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 

19 1921 et seq.): Provided, That such costs, including the 

20 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

21 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

22 further, That of the total amount appropriated, $887,000 

23 shall be available through June 30, 2006, for the cost of 

24 direct loans for authorized empowerment zones and enter25 prise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
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1 retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 

2 Zones. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

4 the direct loan programs, $4,719,000 shall be transferred 

5 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop6 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

7 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author11 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

12 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

13 and job creation projects, $25,003,000. 

14 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 

15 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres16 sional Budget Act of 1974, $4,993,000, to remain avail17 able until expended. 

18 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

19 credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 

20 by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 

21 $18,877,000 shall not be obligated and $18,877,000 are 

22 rescinded. 

23 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

24 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

25 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
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1 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $24,000,000, of 

2 which $500,000 shall be for cooperative research agree3 ments; and of which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative 

4 agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for 

5 rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed 

6 $1,000,000 shall be for cooperatives or associations of co7 operatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to 

8 small, minority producers and whose governing board and/ 

9 or membership is comprised of at least 75 percent minor10 ity; and of which not to exceed $15,500,000, to remain 

11 available until expended, shall be for value-added agricul12 tural product market development grants, as authorized 

13 by section 6401 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest14 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

15 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

16 COMMUNITY GRANTS

17 For grants in connection with second and third 

18 rounds of empowerment zones and enterprise commu19 nities, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

20 for designated rural empowerment zones and rural enter21 prise communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief 

22 Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emer23 gency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 

24 Law 105–277): Provided, That of the funds appropriated, 

25 $1,000,000 shall be made available to third round em-
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1 powerment zones, as authorized by the Community Re2 newal Tax Relief Act (Public Law 106–554). 

3 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

4 For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guar5 antees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions 

6 as authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and 

7 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), 

8 $23,000,000 for direct and guaranteed renewable energy 

9 loans and grants: Provided, That the cost of direct loans 

10 and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

11 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

13 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

14 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 

17 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

18 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica19 tion loans, $100,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 

20 loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 

21 of that Act, rural electric, $2,100,000,000; Treasury rate 

22 direct electric loans, $1,000,000,000; guaranteed under23 writing loans pursuant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000; 

24 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; 

25 cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 
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1 $424,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306 

2 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

3 $125,000,000. 

4 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi6 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 

7 sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

8 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural 

9 electric loans, $6,160,000, and the cost of telecommuni10 cations loans, $212,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

11 section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 

12 borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 

13 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

14 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

15 $38,907,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 

16 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

17 and Expenses’’. 

18 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 

21 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail22 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make 

23 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

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1 ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car2 rying out its authorized programs. 

3 For administrative expenses, including audits, nec4 essary to continue to service existing loans, $2,500,000, 

5 which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro6 priation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

7 Of the unobligated balances from the Rural Tele8 phone Bank Liquidating Account, $2,500,000 shall not be 

9 obligated and $2,500,000 are rescinded. 

10 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

11 PROGRAM

12 For the principal amount of direct distance learning 

13 and telemedicine loans, $50,000,000; and for the principal 

14 amount of direct broadband telecommunication loans, 

15 $463,860,000. 

16 For the cost of direct loans and grants for telemedi17 cine and distance learning services in rural areas, as au18 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $25,750,000, to re19 main available until expended, of which $750,000 shall be 

20 for direct loans: Provided, That the cost of direct loans 

21 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

22 Budget Act of 1974. 

23 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7 

24 U.S.C. 901 et seq., $9,973,000, to remain available until 

25 expended: Provided, That the interest rate for such loans 
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1 shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department of the 

2 Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: Provided 

3 further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined 

4 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

5 In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans7 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

8 Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

9 950aaa. 

10 TITLE IV 

11 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

13 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

15 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer 

16 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

17 for the Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000. 

18 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 

19 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

22 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 

23 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

24 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $12,412,027,000, to 

25 remain available through September 30, 2007, of which 
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1 $7,224,406,000 is hereby appropriated and 

2 $5,187,621,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 

3 available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 

4 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the funds made 

5 available under this heading shall be used for studies and 

6 evaluations: Provided further, That up to $5,235,000 shall 

7 be available for independent verification of school food 

8 service claims. 

9 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

10 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup12 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

13 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

14 $5,257,000,000, to remain available through September 

15 30, 2007: Provided, That of the total amount available, 

16 the Secretary shall obligate not less than $15,000,000 for 

17 a breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activi18 ties specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): Provided further, 

19 That only the provisions of section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) shall 

20 be effective in 2006; including $14,000,000 for the pur21 poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i): Provided fur22 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

23 heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 

24 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail25 able to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics except 
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1 those that have an announced policy of prohibiting smok2 ing within the space used to carry out the program: Pro3 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac4 count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 

5 except in accordance with the cost containment and com6 petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 

7 such Act: Provided further, That on or after October 1, 

8 2005, or the date of enactment of this act, whichever is 

9 later, any individual seeking certification or recertification 

10 for benefits under the income eligibility provisions of sec11 tion 17(d)(2)(iii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall 

12 meet such eligibility requirements only if the income, as 

13 determined under title XIX of the Social Security Act, of 

14 the individual or the family of which the individual is a 

15 member is less than 250 percent of the applicable nonfarm 

16 income poverty guideline: Provided further, That none of 

17 the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 

18 not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart19 ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 

20 Act. 

21 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

23 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $40,711,395,000, of which 

24 $3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 

25 30, 2007, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
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1 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 

2 carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the 

3 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

4 studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds pro5 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 

6 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this 

7 appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 

8 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro9 vided further, That funds made available for Employment 

10 and Training under this heading shall remain available 

11 until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the 

12 Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

13 section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, any addi14 tional payment received under chapter 5 of title 37, 

15 United States Code, by a member of the United States 

16 Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone shall 

17 be excluded from household income for the duration of the 

18 member’s deployment if the additional pay is the result 

19 of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone, and 

20 it was not received immediately prior to serving in the 

21 combat zone. 

22 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist24 ance and the commodity supplemental food program as 

25 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
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1 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

2 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist3 ance (in a form determined by the Secretary of Agri4 culture) for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by 

5 section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association 

6 Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the 

7 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

8 section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 

9 $178,797,000, to remain available through September 30, 

10 2007: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail11 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

12 commodities donated to the program: Provided further, 

13 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective 

14 with funds made available in fiscal year 2006 to support 

15 the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as au16 thorized by section 4402 of Public Law 107–171, such 

17 funds shall remain available through September 30, 2007. 

18 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes20 tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

21 $140,761,000. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

6 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

7 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development 

8 activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi9 nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec10 tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 

11 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

12 pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 

13 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $148,224,000: Provided, That the Serv14 ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro15 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen16 cies, public and private organizations and institutions 

17 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 

18 food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and 

19 the foreign assistance programs of the United States 

20 Agency for International Development. 

21 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

22 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con25 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 
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1 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

2 1954, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including 

3 the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 

4 $65,040,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may implement 

6 a commodity monetization program under existing provi7 sions of the Food for Progress Act of 1985 to provide no 

8 less than $5,000,000 in local-currency funding support for 

9 rural electrification development overseas. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

11 the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the 

12 Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro13 priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $3,385,000, 

14 of which $168,000 may be transferred to and merged with 

15 the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Sala16 ries and Expenses’’, and of which $3,217,000 may be 

17 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

18 ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

19 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT

20 DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment 

23 of agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricul24 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 

25 under the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $11,940,000, 
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1 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

2 made available for the cost of agreements under title I 

3 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

4 of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be 

5 used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 

6 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress. 

8 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

9 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth10 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in11 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De12 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 

13 supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 

14 II of said Act, $1,107,094,000, to remain available until 

15 expended. 

16 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

17 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com20 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

21 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,279,000; to cover common 

22 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com23 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

24 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 

25 $3,440,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
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1 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

2 and Expenses’’, and of which $1,839,000 may be trans3 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

4 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR

6 EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

8 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest9 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com11 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

12 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im13 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

14 amounts provided herein. 

15 TITLE VI 

16 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad19 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

20 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

21 costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 

22 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

23 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 

24 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

25 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
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1 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

2 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 

3 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

4 107–188; $1,837,928,000: Provided, That of the amount 

5 provided under this heading, $305,332,000 shall be de6 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

7 U.S.C. 379h, shall be credited to this account and remain 

8 available until expended, and shall not include any fees 

9 pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for 

10 fiscal year 2007 but collected in fiscal year 2006; 

11 $40,300,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 

12 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 

13 account and remain available until expended; and 

14 $11,318,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

15 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 

16 account and remain available until expended: Provided fur17 ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de18 vice, and animal drug assessments received during fiscal 

19 year 2006, including any such fees assessed prior to the 

20 current fiscal year but credited during the current year, 

21 shall be subject to the fiscal year 2006 limitation: Provided 

22 further, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, 

23 establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized 

24 by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 

25 amount appropriated: (1) $444,095,000 shall be for the 
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1 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

2 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 

3 $519,814,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 

4 and Research and related field activities in the Office of 

5 Regulatory Affairs; (3) $178,713,000 shall be for the Cen6 ter for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related 

7 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 

8 $99,787,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi9 cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu10 latory Affairs; (5) $243,939,000 shall be for the Center 

11 for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field 

12 activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 

13 $41,152,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi14 cological Research; (7) $58,515,000 shall be for Rent and 

15 Related activities, of which $21,974,000 is for White Oak 

16 Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 

17 Services Administration for rent; (8) $134,853,000 shall 

18 be for payments to the General Services Administration 

19 for rent; and (9) $117,060,000 shall be for other activi20 ties, including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office 

21 of Management; the Office of External Relations; the Of22 fice of Policy and Planning; and central services for these 

23 offices: Provided further, That of the funds provided herein 

24 for other activities, $5,853,000 may not be obligated until 

25 the Commissioner or Acting Commissioner has presented 
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1 public testimony on the President’s 2006 budget request 

2 before the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

3 Representatives: Provided further, That funds may be 

4 transferred from one specified activity to another with the 

5 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

6 both Houses of Congress. 

7 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

8 42 U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain 

9 available until expended. 

10 In addition, export certification user fees authorized 

11 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re12 main available until expended. 

13 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten15 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili16 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

17 where not otherwise provided, $5,000,000 to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

20 COMMODITY FUTURE TRADING COMMISSION

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in23 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

24 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 

25 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $98,386,000, 
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1 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

2 representation expenses. 

3 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 Not to exceed $44,250,000 (from assessments col6 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 

7 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

8 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

9 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 

10 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re11 ceiverships. 

12 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

13 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

14 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 

15 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart16 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

17 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 

18 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 320 passenger 

19 motor vehicles, of which 320 shall be for replacement only, 

20 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

21 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart22 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al23 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

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1 SEC. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 

2 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 

3 of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Or4 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

5 SEC. 704. New obligational authority provided for the 

6 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

7 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec8 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con9 ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 

10 program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, up 

11 to $8,000,000 in the low pathogen avian influenza pro12 gram for indemnities, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie pro13 gram for indemnities, up to $33,340,000 in animal health 

14 monitoring and surveillance for the animal identification 

15 system, up to $3,009,000 in the emergency management 

16 systems program for the vaccine bank, up to $1,000,000 

17 of the wildlife services operations program for aviation 

18 safety, and up to 25 percent of the screwworm program; 

19 Food Safety and Inspection Service, field automation and 

20 information management project; Cooperative State Re21 search, Education, and Extension Service, funds for com22 petitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); Farm Service 

23 Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to 

24 county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle25 income country training program, and up to $1,565,000 
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1 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely 

2 for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international 

3 currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the 

4 Foreign Agricultural Service. 

5 SEC. 705. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

6 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

7 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 

8 balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 

9 Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 

10 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis11 trative, and information technology services of primary 

12 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 

13 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 

14 Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 

15 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad16 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 

17 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

18 section shall be available for obligation without the prior 

19 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

20 Houses of Congress. 

21 SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in 

22 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

23 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

24 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria25 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this 
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1 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation 

2 and language training pursuant to section 606C of the Act 

3 of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b). 

4 SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

5 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

6 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

7 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu8 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

9 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar10 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

11 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro12 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

13 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com14 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro15 priations are provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail17 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit 

18 Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space 

19 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri20 culture when such space will be jointly occupied. 

21 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail22 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri23 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 

24 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

25 Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 
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1 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith2 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re3 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

4 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants 

5 awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 

6 Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 

7 full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 

8 section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 

9 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid11 ered estimates, not limitations. 

12 SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri13 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

14 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

15 until expended to cover obligations made in the current 

16 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop17 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica18 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

19 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

20 SEC. 713. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

21 not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary 

22 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

23 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

24 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
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1 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi2 tively awarded grants. 

3 SEC. 714. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

4 may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 

5 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul6 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

7 SEC. 715. No employee of the Department of Agri8 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

9 office funded by this Act to any other agency or office 

10 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi11 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 

12 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 

13 of the employee for the period of assignment. 

14 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 

16 the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans17 mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 

18 of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 

19 Services employee questions or responses to questions that 

20 are a result of information requested for the appropria21 tions hearing process. 

22 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available to the 

23 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac24 quire new information technology systems or significant 

25 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
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1 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa2 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa3 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

4 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

5 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

6 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa7 tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 

8 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 

9 further, That none of the funds available to the Depart10 ment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 

11 obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ12 ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 

13 SEC. 718. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

14 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen15 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

16 or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

17 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

18 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

19 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

20 through a reprogramming of funds which: 

21 (1) creates new programs; 

22 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

23 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

24 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

25 denied or restricted; 
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1 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

2 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 

3 or 

4 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

5 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

6 unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 

8 of such reprogramming of funds. 

9 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro10 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

11 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

12 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

13 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

14 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

15 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

16 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram17 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which18 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 

19 projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 

20 for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 

21 of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

22 (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 

23 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro24 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un25 less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
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1 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re2 programming of funds. 

3 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

4 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com5 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be7 fore implementing a program or activity not carried out 

8 during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac9 tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

10 other Act. 

11 SEC. 719. With the exception of funds needed to ad12 minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob13 ligations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 

14 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

15 other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

16 of personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of 

17 Public Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture 

18 and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621). 

19 SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

20 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex21 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

22 language as part of the President’s Budget submission to 

23 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

24 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri25 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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1 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re2 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

3 proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 

4 submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 

5 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

6 occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted 

7 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con8 ference for the fiscal year 2007 appropriations Act. 

9 SEC. 721. None of the funds made available by this 

10 or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a State 

11 Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 

12 and enhancement of program delivery have been deter13 mined. 

14 SEC. 722. In addition to amounts otherwise appro15 priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is ap16 propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

17 Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres18 sional Hunger Center. 

19 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri20 cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 

21 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title 

22 III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, 

23 and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail24 able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 

25 carry out title II of such Act. 
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1 SEC. 724. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 

2 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

3 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$27,998,000’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘$28,498,000’’. 

5 SEC. 725. Of any shipments of commodities made 

6 pursuant to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 

7 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to 

8 the extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value 

9 to not more than $25,000,000 shall be made available to 

10 foreign countries to assist in mitigating the effects of the 

11 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune 

12 Deficiency Syndrome on communities, including the provi13 sion of— 

14 (1) agricultural commodities to— 

15 (A) individuals with Human Immuno16 deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Defi17 ciency Syndrome in the communities; and 

18 (B) households in the communities, par19 ticularly individuals caring for orphaned chil20 dren; and 

21 (2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro22 vide other assistance (including assistance under 

23 microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create 

24 or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals 
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1 in the communities, particularly individuals caring 

2 for orphaned children. 

3 SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro5 vide financial and technical assistance to the Kane Coun6 ty, Illinois, Indian Creek Watershed Flood Prevention 

7 Project, from funds available for the Watershed and Flood 

8 Prevention Operations program, not to exceed $1,000,000 

9 and Hickory Creek Special Drainage District, Bureau 

10 County, Illinois, not to exceed $50,000. 

11 SEC. 727. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in13 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

14 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro15 vided in, this or any other appropriation Act. 

16 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, of the funds made available in this Act for competitive 

18 research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use 

19 up to 22 percent of the amount provided to carry out a 

20 competitive grants program under the same terms and 

21 conditions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricul22 tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 

23 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 

24 SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or made 

25 available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 
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1 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

2 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven3 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 

4 SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated or made 

5 available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 

6 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle 

7 I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

8 (7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7). 

9 SEC. 731. Agencies and offices of the Department of 

10 Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and ex11 penses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Coun12 sel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 

13 related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies 

14 and offices in the resolution of complaints by employees 

15 or applicants for employment, and in cases and other mat16 ters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity 

17 Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or 

18 the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior ap19 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

20 Houses of Congress. 

21 SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made 

22 available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 

23 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

24 6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 
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1 SEC. 733. Of the funds made available under section 

2 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

3 seq.), the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs 

4 associated with the distribution of commodities. 

5 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

7 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in 

8 excess of 154,500 acres in the calendar year 2006 wet9 lands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 

10 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

12 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry 

13 out an environmental quality incentives program author14 ized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 

15 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess 

16 of $1,012,000,000. 

17 SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

19 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend 

20 the $23,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the 

21 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

22 U.S.C. 8106(f)). 

23 SEC. 737. With the exception of funds provided in 

24 fiscal year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
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1 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend 

2 the $50,000,000 made available by section 601(j)(1)(A) 

3 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

4 950bb(j)(1)(A)). 

5 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in fiscal 

6 year 2005 or preceding fiscal years for programs author7 ized under the Agricultural Trade Development and As8 sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess 

9 of $20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity 

10 Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities 

11 under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humani12 tarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any 

13 such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity 

14 Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 

15 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 

16 Act. 

17 SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

19 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend 

20 the $120,000,000 made available by section 6401(a) of 

21 Public Law 107–171. 

22 SEC. 740. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) 

23 of section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 

24 940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 

25 Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, 
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1 structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not 

2 to exceed an average of 30 basis points per year for the 

3 term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail4 able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under 

5 that section. 

6 SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

8 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

9 a Conservation Security Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 

10 3838 et seq., in excess of $258,000,000. 

11 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

13 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

14 section 2502 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 

15 $60,000,000. 

16 SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

18 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

19 section 2503 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 

20 $83,500,000. 

21 SEC. 744. With the exception of funds provided in 

22 fiscal year 2005, none of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

24 to carry out section 6029 of Public Law 107–171. 
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1 SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in this Act shall be expended to violate 

3 Public Law 105–264. 

4 SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

6 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

7 a ground and surface water conservation program author8 ized by section 2301 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 

9 $51,000,000. 

10 SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act may be used to issue a final rule in furtherance of, 

12 or otherwise implement, the proposed rule on cost-sharing 

13 for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 

14 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 

15 July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. Reg. 

16 40541). 

17 SEC. 748. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used to study, complete a study of, or enter 

19 into a contract with a private party to carry out, without 

20 specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a 

21 competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri22 culture, including support personnel of the Department of 

23 Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 

24 programs. 
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1 SEC. 749. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro2 vision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appro3 priations available to the Secretary for activities author4 ized under sections 426–426c of title 7, United States 

5 Code, under this or any other Act, to enter into coopera6 tive agreements, with a State, political subdivision, or 

7 agency thereof, a public or private agency, organization, 

8 or any other person, to lease aircraft if the Secretary de9 termines that the objectives of the agreement will: (1) 

10 serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agreement 

11 in carrying out the programs administered by the Animal 

12 and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services; 

13 and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accom14 plishment of these objectives; award of a cooperative 

15 agreement authorized by the Secretary may be made for 

16 an initial term not to exceed 5 years. 

17 SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

19 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

20 section 9010 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 

21 $60,000,000. 

22 SEC. 751. Agencies and offices of the Department of 

23 Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary funds 

24 to cover the costs of preparing, or contracting for the 

25 preparation of, final agency decisions regarding com-
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1 plaints of discrimination in employment or program activi2 ties arising within such agencies and offices. 

3 SEC. 752. Funds made available under section 1240I 

4 and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 in 

5 fiscal year 2006 shall remain available until expended to 

6 cover obligations made in fiscal year 2006, and are not 

7 available for new obligations. 

8 SEC. 753. None of the funds made available under 

9 this Act shall be available to pay the administrative ex10 penses of a State agency that, after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act and prior to implementation of interim final 

12 regulations regarding vendor cost containment in accord13 ance with the provisions set forth in section 17(h)(11)(G) 

14 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, authorizes any new 

15 for-profit vendor(s) to transact food instruments under 

16 the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 

17 Infants, and Children if it is expected that more than 50 

18 percent of the annual revenue of the vendor from the sale 

19 of food items will be derived from the sale of supplemental 

20 foods that are obtained with WIC food instruments, except 

21 that the Secretary may approve the authorization of such 

22 a vendor if the approval is necessary to assure participant 

23 access to program benefits or is in accordance with the 

24 provisions set forth in section 17(h)(11)(E) of the Child 

25 Nutrition Act of 1966. 
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1 SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

2 to remain available until expended, for a grant to the Ohio 

3 Livestock Expo Center in Springfield, Ohio. 

4 SEC. 755. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

6 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

7 an Agricultural Management Assistance Program as au8 thorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 

9 in excess of $6,000,000 (7 U.S.C. 1524). 

10 SEC. 756. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

12 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

13 a Biomass Research and Development Program in excess 

14 of $12,000,000, as authorized by Public Law 106–224 (7 

15 U.S.C. 7624 note). 

16 SEC. 757. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 

17 572, the Secretary of Agriculture may sell the US Water 

18 Conservation Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona, and the West19 ern Cotton Research Center, Phoenix, Arizona, and credit 

20 the net proceeds of such sales as offsetting collections to 

21 its Agricultural Research Service Buildings and Facilities 

22 account. Such funds shall be available until September 30, 

23 2007 to be used to replace these facilities and to improve 

24 other USDA-owned facilities. 
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1 SEC. 758. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

2 be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement 

3 any regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertifi4 cation of rural status for each electric and telecommuni5 cations borrower for the Rural Electrification and Tele6 communication Loans program. 

7 SEC. 759. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act shall be used for the imple9 mentation of Country of Origin Labeling for meat or meat 

10 products. 

11 SEC. 760. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

12 of law, and until the receipt of the decennial Census in 

13 the year 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall con14 sider— 

15 (1) the City of Bridgeton, New Jersey, the City 

16 of Kinston, North Carolina, and the City of Ports17 mouth, Ohio as rural areas for the purposes of 

18 Rural Housing Service Community Facilities Pro19 gram loans and grants; 

20 (2) the Township of Bloomington, Illinois (in21 cluding individuals and entities with projects within 

22 the Township) eligible for Rural Housing Service 

23 Community Facilities Programs loans and grants; 
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1 (3) the City of Hidalgo, Texas as a rural area 

2 for the purposes of the Rural Business-Cooperative 

3 Service Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program; 

4 (4) the City of Elgin, Oklahoma (including indi5 viduals and entities with projects within the city) eli6 gible for Rural Utilities Service water and waste 

7 water loans and grants; 

8 (5) the City of Lone Grove, Oklahoma (includ9 ing individuals and entities with projects within the 

10 city) eligible for Rural Housing Service Community 

11 Facilities Program loans and grants; and 

12 (6) the Municipalities of Vega Baja, Manati, 

13 Guayama, Fajardo, Humacao, and Naguabo (includ14 ing individuals and entities with projects within the 

15 Municipalities) eligible for Rural Community Ad16 vancement Program loans and grants and inter17 mediate relending programs. 

18 SEC. 761. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 

19 $10,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor20 poration, to remain available until expended, to com21 pensate commercial citrus and lime growers in the State 

22 of Florida for tree replacement and for lost production 

23 with respect to trees removed to control citrus canker, and 

24 with respect to certified citrus nursery stocks within the 

25 citrus canker quarantine areas, as determined by the Sec-
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1 retary. For a grower to receive assistance for a tree under 

2 this section, the tree must have been removed after Sep3 tember 30, 2001. 

4 SEC. 762. The counties of Burlington and Camden, 

5 New Jersey (including individuals and entities with 

6 projects within these counties) shall be eligible for loans 

7 and grants under the Rural Community Advancement 

8 Program for fiscal year 2006 to the same extent they were 

9 eligible for such assistance during the fiscal year 2005 

10 under section 106 of Chapter 1 of Division B of Public 

11 Law 108–324 (188 Stat. 1236). 

12 SEC. 763. Of the unobligated balances available in 

13 the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 

14 Infants, and Children reserve account, $32,000,000 is 

15 hereby rescinded. 

16 SEC. 764. None of the funds provided by this Act 

17 shall be used to pay salaries and expenses and other costs 

18 associated with implementing or administering section 

19 508(e)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

20 1501 et seq.) for the 2006 reinsurance year. 

21 SEC. 765. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 

23 Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed24 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi25 vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 
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1 within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole2 salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 

3 which complies with sections 501, 502, and 505. 

4 SEC. 766. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

5 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 

6 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre7 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

8 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti9 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

10 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

11 funded by that executive branch agency. 

12 SEC. 767. In addition to other amounts appropriated 

13 or otherwise made available by this Act, there is hereby 

14 appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $7,000,000, 

15 of which not to exceed 5 percent may be available for ad16 ministrative expenses, to remain available until expended, 

17 to make specialty crop block grants under section 101 of 

18 the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public 

19 Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De21 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

22 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
Union Calendar No. 57 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2744 

[Report No. 109–102] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Detember 30, 2006, and for other purposes. Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JUNE 2, 2005 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed