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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2744 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2005 

Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

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 Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 

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

8 namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

6 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep7 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

8 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

9 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

10 CHIEF ECONOMIST

11 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in12 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 

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

14 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

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

16 $10,539,000. 

17 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

18 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi19 sion, $14,524,000. 

20 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

22 Program Analysis, $8,298,000. 

23 HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

24 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

25 Staff, $934,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In3 formation Officer, $16,462,000. 

4 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

5 For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com6 puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva7 tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, 

8 and Rural Development mission areas for information 

9 technology, systems, and services, $124,580,000 (reduced 

10 by $40,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) (reduced by 

11 $855,000) (reduced by $21,000,000) to remain available 

12 until expended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared 

13 information technology systems, including services as au14 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421–28: 

15 Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be con16 sistent with the Department of Agriculture Service Center 

17 Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and 

18 shall be with the concurrence of the Department’s Chief 

19 Information Officer. 

20 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi22 nancial Officer, $5,874,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi23 nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross24 servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro25 vided further, That no funds made available by this appro-
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1 priation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A– 

2 76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and 

4 the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 

5 Representatives a report on the Department’s contracting 

6 out policies, including agency budgets for contracting out. 

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

8 RIGHTS

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

11 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

13 $20,109,000. 

14 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

18 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

19 PAYMENTS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu22 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

23 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis24 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri25 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 
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1 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 

2 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

3 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con4 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

5 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im6 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili7 ties, and for related costs, $183,133,000, to remain avail8 able until expended, as follows: for payments to the Gen9 eral Services Administration and the Department of 

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

11 and for buildings operations and maintenance, 

12 $35,399,000: Provided, That amounts which are made 

13 available for space rental and related costs for the Depart14 ment of Agriculture in this Act may be transferred be15 tween such appropriations to cover the costs of additional, 

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

17 transmitted to the Appropriations Committees of both 

18 Houses of Congress. 

19 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri22 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

24 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

25 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,644,000, to remain 
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1 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 

2 and funds available herein to the Department for Haz3 ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 

4 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re5 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 

6 non-Federal lands. 

7 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

10 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

11 services to offices of the Department and for general ad12 ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

13 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro14 vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 

15 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

16 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

17 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

18 required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 

19 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

20 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

23 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 

24 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro25 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 
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1 within the executive branch, $3,821,000: Provided, That 

2 these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart3 ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per4 sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 

5 made available by this appropriation may be obligated 

6 after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, un7 less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro8 priations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 

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

10 other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 

11 shall be available to the Department for support of activi12 ties of congressional relations. 

13 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

14 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

15 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

16 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

17 coordination of information, work, and programs author18 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,509,000: Pro19 vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 

20 farmers’ bulletins. 

21 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

23 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, $79,626,000, including such sums 

25 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
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1 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

3 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden4 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform5 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

7 of Public Law 97–98. 

8 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

10 Counsel, $38,439,000. 

11 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

12 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

13 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

14 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco15 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

16 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul17 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 

18 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex19 tension Service, $598,000. 

20 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

21 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

22 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as 

23 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

24 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 (increased by 

14 $855,000), as follows: to carry out the provisions of the 

15 Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $178,807,000; for 

16 grants for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a 

17 through a–7), $22,255,000; for payments to the 1890 

18 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 

19 West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), 

20 $37,704,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 

21 only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 

22 receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for ag23 ricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $92,064,000; for 

24 special grants for agricultural research on improved pest 

25 control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,038,000; for competitive 
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1 research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $214,634,000; for the 

2 support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 

3 3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 

4 and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $1,187,000; for grants 

5 for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Mate6 rials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,102,000, to remain 

7 available until expended; for the 1994 research grants pro8 gram for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of 

9 Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,000,000, to 

10 remain available until expended; for rangeland research 

11 grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $1,000,000; for higher education 

12 graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), 

13 $4,500,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 

14 2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 

15 3152(b)(1)), $5,500,000; for a higher education multicul16 tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, 

17 to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for 

18 an education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institu19 tions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $5,645,000 (increased by 

20 $855,000); for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of 

21 carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 

22 of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible institutions 

23 or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Ha24 waii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of 

25 Alaska and Hawaii, $2,997,000; for a secondary agri-
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1 culture education program and 2-year post-secondary edu2 cation (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture 

3 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,968,000; for sustainable agri4 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 

5 $12,400,000; for a program of capacity building grants 

6 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 

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

8 328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 

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

10 expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 In11 stitutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 

12 103–382, $2,250,000; for resident instruction grants for 

13 insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agricul14 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

15 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $500,000; and for necessary ex16 penses of Research and Education Activities, 

17 $39,773,000, of which $2,750,000 for the Research, Edu18 cation, and Economics Information System and 

19 $2,173,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, 

20 are to remain available until expended. 

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: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 
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1 to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in2 dustrial uses of tobacco. 

3 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

4 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

7 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

8 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

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

11 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

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

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

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

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

16 extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith17 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 

18 the nutrition and family education program for low-income 

19 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,409,000; pay20 ments for the pest management program under section 

21 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for the farm safe22 ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; 

23 payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under 

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

25 research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 
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1 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 

2 West Virginia State University, as authorized by section 

3 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), 

4 $16,777,000, to remain available until expended; pay5 ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 

6 Smith-Lever Act, $7,978,000; for youth farm safety edu7 cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 

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

9 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 

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

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

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

13 payments for sustainable agriculture programs under sec14 tion 3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for rural 

15 health and safety education as authorized by section 

16 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 

17 $1,965,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 

18 the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill 

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

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

21 which $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the pur22 pose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less 

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

24 Activities, $16,531,000. 
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1 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

2 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

3 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex4 penses, $15,513,000, as follows: for a competitive inter5 national science and education grants program authorized 

6 under section 1459A of the National Agricultural Re7 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

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

9 $1,000,000; for grants programs authorized under section 

10 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as amended, 

11 $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007 

12 for the critical issues program, and $1,513,000 for the re13 gional rural development centers program; and 

14 $12,000,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initia15 tive authorized under section 1484 of the National Agri16 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, 

17 to remain available until September 30, 2007. 

18 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

19 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 

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

21 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,935,000 (increased by 

22 $1,875,000), to remain available until expended. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

2 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

4 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro5 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 

6 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

7 Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 

8 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; 

9 $724,000. 

10 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION 

11 SERVICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

15 to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and ani16 mal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and reg17 ulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as au18 thorized by law, $823,635,000 (increased by 

19 $18,885,000), of which $4,140,000 shall be available for 

20 the control of outbreaks of insects, plant diseases, animal 

21 diseases and for control of pest animals and birds to the 

22 extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 

23 $38,634,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication 

24 program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement 

25 for active eradication zones; of which $33,340,000 shall 
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1 be available for a National Animal Identification program: 

2 Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or ad3 minister a brucellosis eradication program for the current 

4 fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by 

5 the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That 

6 this appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

7 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

8 four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided 

9 further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten 

10 any segment of the agricultural production industry of this 

11 country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria12 tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations 

13 of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec14 essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

15 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

16 or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 

17 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani18 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 

19 sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 

20 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of 

21 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre22 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

23 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

24 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

25 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve-
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1 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 

2 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

3 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build4 ing. 

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

6 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist7 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

8 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

9 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

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

14 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro15 viding such assistance, goods, or services. 

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

17 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte18 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al19 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

21 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail22 able until expended. 
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1 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 

2 MARKETING SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out services related 

4 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis5 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au6 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination 

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

8 the wholesale market development program for the design 

9 and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities 

10 for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, 

11 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

12 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

13 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build14 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

15 the current replacement value of the building. 

16 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

18 U.S.C. 9701). 

19 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

21 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra22 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

24 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

25 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

26 Congress. 
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1 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

2 SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au5 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com6 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

8 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

10 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $16,055,000 

11 for formulation and administration of marketing agree12 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

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

14 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

15 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

16 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

17 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul18 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

19 $1,347,000. 

20 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND 

21 STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

24 of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin25 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying 
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1 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products, 

2 and the standardization activities related to grain under 

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

4 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu5 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

6 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

7 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

8 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build9 ing. 

10 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

11 EXPENSES

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

13 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

14 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac15 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

16 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

17 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

21 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the 

22 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In23 spection Service, $590,000. 
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1 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out services author4 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

5 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

7 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

9 $837,264,000, of which no less than $756,152,000 shall 

10 be available for Federal food safety inspection; and in ad11 dition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 

12 fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 

13 authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con14 servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Pro15 vided, That of the total amount made available under this 

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

17 regulatory and scientific training: Provided further, That 

18 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

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

20 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build21 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

22 the current replacement value of the building. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

2 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

4 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 

5 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for 

6 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv7 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 

8 Credit Corporation, $635,000. 

9 FARM SERVICE AGENCY 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis13 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

14 the Farm Service Agency, $1,023,738,000: Provided, That 

15 the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, 

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

17 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro18 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 

19 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

20 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac21 count. 

22 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

23 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul24 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

25 5106), $4,250,000. 
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1 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

4 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

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

6 remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro7 gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 

8 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri9 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra10 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 

11 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 

12 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

13 ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di16 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

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

18 tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll wee19 vil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in 

20 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 

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

22 $1,400,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans and 

23 $200,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, 

24 $2,116,256,000, of which $1,200,000,000 shall be for un25 subsidized guaranteed loans, $266,256,000 shall be for 
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1 subsidized guaranteed loans and $650,000,000 shall be for 

2 direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

3 $2,020,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 

4 $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem 

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

6 boll weevil eradication program 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: farm 

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

11 be for guaranteed loans, and $10,240,000 shall be for di12 rect loans; operating loans, $134,317,000, of which 

13 $36,360,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

14 $33,282,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 

15 $64,675,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian tribe 

16 land acquisition loans, $81,000. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

18 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

19 $305,127,000, of which $297,127,000 shall be transferred 

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

21 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

22 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

23 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership 

24 and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 

25 transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

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

3 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

5 For administrative and operating expenses, as au6 thorized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 

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

8 $77,806,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

9 be available for official reception and representation ex10 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

11 CORPORATIONS

12 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

13 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

14 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor15 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

16 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

17 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

18 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

20 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here21 inafter provided. 

22 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

23 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

25 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

3 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec4 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

5 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim6 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

7 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

8 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec9 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

10 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

11 Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 

12 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv13 ice for information resource management activities of the 

14 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com15 modity Credit Corporation business. 

16 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

17 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

18 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

20 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

21 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

22 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

24 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

25 and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
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1 TITLE II 

2 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

4 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ7 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for 

8 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva9 tion Service, $744,000. 

10 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 

11 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi13 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

14 including preparation of conservation plans and establish15 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

16 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas17 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

18 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con19 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva20 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

21 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

25 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-
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1 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build2 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

3 $793,640,000 (reduced by $20,000,000), to remain avail4 able until March 31, 2007, of which not less than 

5 $10,457,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, and 

6 not less than $10,547,000 is for operation and establish7 ment of the plant materials centers, and of which not less 

8 than $27,312,000 shall be for the grazing lands conserva9 tion initiative: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 

10 shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construc11 tion and improvement of buildings and public improve12 ments at plant materials centers, except that the cost of 

13 alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 

14 public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided 

15 further, That when buildings or other structures are erect16 ed on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land 

17 is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided fur18 ther, That this appropriation shall be available for tech19 nical assistance and related expenses to carry out pro20 grams authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colo21 rado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 

22 1592(c)): Provided further, That qualified local engineers 

23 may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform 

24 the technical planning work of the Service. 
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1 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

2 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves3 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa4 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan5 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 

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

7 $7,026,000. 

8 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

9 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas10 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op11 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

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

13 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

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

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

16 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re17 lating to the activities of the Department, $60,000,000, 

18 to remain available until expended; of which up to 

19 $10,000,000 may be available for the watersheds author20 ized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 

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

22 of this appropriation shall be available for technical assist23 ance: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of 

24 this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes 

25 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93– 
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1 205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated by 

2 that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to 

3 other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite 

4 project construction. 

5 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

7 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

8 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

9 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of 

10 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

11 $27,000,000 (increased by $20,000,000), to remain avail12 able until expended. 

13 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

14 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

15 projects for resource conservation and development and 

16 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

17 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 

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

19 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of 

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

21 3461), $51,360,000, to remain available until expended: 

22 Provided, That the Secretary shall enter into a cooperative 

23 or contribution agreement, within 45 days of enactment 

24 of this Act, with a national association regarding a Re25 source Conservation and Development program and such 
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1 agreement shall contain the same matching, contribution 

2 requirements, and funding level, set forth in a similar co3 operative or contribution agreement with a national asso4 ciation in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not to 

5 exceed $3,411,000 shall be available for national head6 quarters activities. 

7 TITLE III 

8 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

9 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

10 DEVELOPMENT

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

12 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer 

13 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

14 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 

15 Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department 

16 of Agriculture, $627,000. 

17 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

21 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N 

22 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

23 $657,389,000, to remain available until expended, of 

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

25 described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
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1 $531,162,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de2 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 

3 such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail4 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

5 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

6 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro7 gram described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 

8 $88,221,000 shall be for the rural business and coopera9 tive development programs described in sections 

10 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of 

11 the total amount appropriated in this account, 

12 $24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Fed13 erally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

14 grants for drinking water and waste disposal systems pur15 suant to section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 

16 shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 

17 colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Con18 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which 

19 $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified na20 tional organization to provide technical assistance for 

21 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop22 ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

23 for rural community programs, $6,200,000 shall be avail24 able for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Pro25 vided further, That such funds shall be used solely to de-
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1 velop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit commu2 nity-based housing and community development organiza3 tions, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog4 nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to im5 prove housing, community facilities, community and eco6 nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur7 ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 

8 private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 

9 proposing to carry out a program of financial and tech10 nical assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary 

11 organizations shall provide matching funds from other 

12 sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in 

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

14 That of the amount appropriated for the rural business 

15 and cooperative development programs, not to exceed 

16 $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 

17 national organization to provide technical assistance for 

18 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop19 ment; $1,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional 

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

21 this heading: Provided further, That of the amount appro22 priated for rural utilities programs, not to exceed 

23 $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems 

24 to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico 

25 border, including grants pursuant to section 306C of such 
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1 Act; not to exceed $17,500,000 shall be for technical as2 sistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursu3 ant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 

4 makes a determination of extreme need, of which 

5 $5,600,000 shall be for Rural Community Assistance Pro6 grams; and not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be for con7 tracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 

8 rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 

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

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

11 through June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment 

12 zones and enterprise communities and communities des13 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

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

15 the rural community programs described in section 

16 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which $12,000,000 shall be 

17 for the rural utilities programs described in section 

18 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which $8,300,000 shall 

19 be for the rural business and cooperative development pro20 grams described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Pro21 vided further, That any prior year balances for high cost 

22 energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Elec23 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be trans24 ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, 

25 High Energy Costs Grants Account’’. 
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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis5 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De6 velopment mission area, including activities with institu7 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul8 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

9 $152,623,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

10 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

11 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

12 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro13 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex14 pended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non15 USDA employees: Provided further, That any balances 

16 available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 

17 Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Coopera18 tive Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be trans19 ferred to and merged with this appropriation. 

20 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 

21 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di24 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

25 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 
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1 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,821,832,000 

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

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

4 loans, and of which $3,681,033,000 shall be for unsub5 sidized guaranteed loans; $35,969,000 for section 504 

6 housing repair loans; $100,000,000 for section 515 rental 

7 housing; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi8 family housing loans; $5,000,000 for section 524 site 

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

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

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

12 land development loans. 

13 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

16 502 loans, $170,837,000, of which $129,937,000 shall be 

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

18 available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaran19 teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $10,521,000; 

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

21 multi-family housing guaranteed loans, $5,420,000; multi22 family credit sales of acquired property, $681,000; and 

23 section 523 self-help housing and development loans, 

24 $52,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated 

25 in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be available through 
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1 June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment zones and en2 terprise communities and communities designated by the 

3 Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner4 ship Zones. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

6 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

7 $455,242,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

8 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

9 and Expenses’’. 

10 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

11 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re12 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

13 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

14 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

15 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $650,026,000; 

16 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au17 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 

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

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

20 Provided, That of this amount, $5,900,000 shall be avail21 able for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house22 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, 

23 and not to exceed $20,000 per project for advances to non24 profit organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs 

25 (other than purchase price) incurred in purchasing 
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1 projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Pro2 vided further, That agreements entered into or renewed 

3 during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a four4 year period: Provided further, That any unexpended bal5 ances remaining at the end of such four-year agreements 

6 may be transferred and used for the purposes of any debt 

7 reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any ex8 isting projects; preservation; and rental assistance activi9 ties authorized under title V of the Act. 

10 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

11 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

12 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

13 1490c), $34,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

14 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 

15 $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2006, for 

16 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu17 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag18 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

19 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

20 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

21 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

22 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

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

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

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
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1 total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available 

2 through June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment 

3 zones and enterprise communities and communities des4 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

5 Area Partnership Zones. 

6 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

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

9 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

10 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

11 contracts. 

12 RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE 

13 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author16 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

17 9812(a)), $34,212,000. 

18 For the cost of direct loans, $14,718,000, as author19 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

20 9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 

21 June 30, 2006, for Federally Recognized Native American 

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

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

24 1921 et seq.): Provided, That such costs, including the 

25 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
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1 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

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

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

4 direct loans for authorized empowerment zones and enter5 prise communities and communities designated by the Sec6 retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 

7 Zones. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

10 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop11 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

12 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

13 ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

15 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author16 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

17 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

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

20 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres21 sional Budget Act of 1974, $4,993,000, to remain avail22 able until expended. 

23 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

24 credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 

25 by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
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1 $18,877,000 shall not be obligated and $18,877,000 are 

2 rescinded. 

3 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

4 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

5 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 

6 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $24,000,000 (in7 creased by $40,000,000), of which $500,000 shall be for 

8 cooperative research agreements; and of which $2,500,000 

9 shall be for cooperative agreements for the appropriate 

10 technology transfer for rural areas program: Provided, 

11 That not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be for cooperatives 

12 or associations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to 

13 provide assistance to small, minority producers and whose 

14 governing board and/or membership is comprised of at 

15 least 75 percent minority; and of which not to exceed 

16 $15,500,000 (increased by $40,000,000), to remain avail17 able until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural 

18 product market development grants, as authorized by sec19 tion 6401 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

20 of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

21 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

22 COMMUNITY GRANTS

23 For grants in connection with second and third 

24 rounds of empowerment zones and enterprise commu25 nities, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
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1 for designated rural empowerment zones and rural enter2 prise communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief 

3 Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emer4 gency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 

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

6 $1,000,000 shall be made available to third round em7 powerment zones, as authorized by the Community Re8 newal Tax Relief Act (Public Law 106–554). 

9 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

10 For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guar11 antees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions 

12 as authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and 

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

14 $23,000,000 for direct and guaranteed renewable energy 

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

16 and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

17 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

19 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

20 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 

23 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

24 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica25 tion loans, $100,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 
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1 loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 

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

3 direct electric loans, $1,000,000,000; guaranteed under4 writing loans pursuant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000; 

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

6 cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

7 $424,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306 

8 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

9 $125,000,000. 

10 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con11 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi12 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 

13 sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

14 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural 

15 electric loans, $6,160,000, and the cost of telecommuni16 cations loans, $212,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

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

18 borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 

19 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

20 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

21 $38,907,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 

22 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

23 and Expenses’’. 
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1 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 

4 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail5 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make 

6 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

7 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern8 ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car9 rying out its authorized programs. 

10 For administrative expenses, including audits, nec11 essary to continue to service existing loans, $2,500,000, 

12 which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro13 priation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

14 Of the unobligated balances from the Rural Tele15 phone Bank Liquidating Account, $2,500,000 shall not be 

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

17 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

18 PROGRAM

19 For the principal amount of direct distance learning 

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

21 amount of direct broadband telecommunication loans, 

22 $463,860,000. 

23 For the cost of direct loans and grants for telemedi24 cine and distance learning services in rural areas, as au25 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $25,750,000, to re-
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1 main available until expended, of which $750,000 shall be 

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

3 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

4 Budget Act of 1974. 

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

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

7 expended: Provided, That the interest rate for such loans 

8 shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department of the 

9 Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: Provided 

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

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

12 In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans14 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

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

16 950aaa. 

17 TITLE IV 

18 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

20 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

22 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer 

23 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

24 for the Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000. 
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1 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 

2 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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

6 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

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

8 remain available through September 30, 2007, of which 

9 $7,224,406,000 is hereby appropriated and 

10 $5,187,621,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 

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

12 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the funds made 

13 available under this heading shall be used for studies and 

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

15 be available for independent verification of school food 

16 service claims. 

17 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

18 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup20 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

22 $5,257,000,000, to remain available through September 

23 30, 2007: Provided, That of the total amount available, 

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

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

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

3 be effective in 2006; including $14,000,000 for the pur4 poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i): Provided fur5 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

6 heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 

7 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail8 able to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics except 

9 those that have an announced policy of prohibiting smok10 ing within the space used to carry out the program: Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac12 count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 

13 except in accordance with the cost containment and com14 petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 

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

16 2005, or the date of enactment of this act, whichever is 

17 later, any individual seeking certification or recertification 

18 for benefits under the income eligibility provisions of sec19 tion 17(d)(2)(iii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall 

20 meet such eligibility requirements only if the income, as 

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

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

23 member is less than 250 percent of the applicable nonfarm 

24 income poverty guideline: Provided further, That none of 

25 the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 
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1 not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart2 ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 

3 Act. 

4 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

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

7 $3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 

8 30, 2007, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 

9 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 

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

11 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

12 studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds pro13 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 

14 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this 

15 appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 

16 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro17 vided further, That funds made available for Employment 

18 and Training under this heading shall remain available 

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

20 Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

21 section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, any addi22 tional payment received under chapter 5 of title 37, 

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

24 Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone shall 

25 be excluded from household income for the duration of the 
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1 member’s deployment if the additional pay is the result 

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

3 it was not received immediately prior to serving in the 

4 combat zone. 

5 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist7 ance and the commodity supplemental food program as 

8 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con9 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

10 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist11 ance (in a form determined by the Secretary of Agri12 culture) for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by 

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

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

15 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

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

17 $178,797,000, to remain available through September 30, 

18 2007: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail19 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

20 commodities donated to the program: Provided further, 

21 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective 

22 with funds made available in fiscal year 2006 to support 

23 the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as au24 thorized by section 4402 of Public Law 107–171, such 

25 funds shall remain available through September 30, 2007. 
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1 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes3 tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

4 $140,761,000. 

5 TITLE V 

6 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

10 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

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

12 activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi13 nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec14 tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 

15 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

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

17 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $148,224,000: Provided, That the Serv18 ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro19 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen20 cies, public and private organizations and institutions 

21 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 

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

23 the foreign assistance programs of the United States 

24 Agency for International Development. 
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1 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

2 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con5 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 

6 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

7 1954, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including 

8 the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 

9 $65,040,000, to remain available until expended. 

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– 

24 5902). 
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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 (increased by $40,000,000). 

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 (reduced by 

11 $13,000,000). 

12 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

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

16 $60,000,000 (reduced by $17,000,000). 

17 SEC. 743. 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 2503 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 

21 $83,500,000 (reduced by $10,000,000). 

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

23 fiscal year 2005, none of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

25 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. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

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

5 $60,000,000. 

6 SEC. 750. Agencies and offices of the Department of 

7 Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary funds 

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

9 preparation of, final agency decisions regarding com10 plaints of discrimination in employment or program activi11 ties arising within such agencies and offices. 

12 SEC. 751. Funds made available under section 1240I 

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

14 fiscal year 2006 shall remain available until expended to 

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

16 available for new obligations. 

17 SEC. 752. None of the funds made available under 

18 this Act shall be available to pay the administrative ex19 penses of a State agency that, after the date of enactment 

20 of this Act and prior to implementation of interim final 

21 regulations regarding vendor cost containment in accord22 ance with the provisions set forth in section 17(h)(11)(G) 

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

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

25 the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 
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1 Infants, and Children if it is expected that more than 50 

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

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

4 foods that are obtained with WIC food instruments, except 

5 that the Secretary may approve the authorization of such 

6 a vendor if the approval is necessary to assure participant 

7 access to program benefits or is in accordance with the 

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

9 Nutrition Act of 1966. 

10 SEC. 753. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

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

12 Livestock Expo Center in Springfield, Ohio. 

13 SEC. 754. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

16 an Agricultural Management Assistance Program as au17 thorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 

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

19 SEC. 755. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

22 a Biomass Research and Development Program in excess 

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

24 U.S.C. 7624 note). 
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1 SEC. 756. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 

2 572, the Secretary of Agriculture may sell the US Water 

3 Conservation Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona, and credit the 

4 net proceeds of such sale as offsetting collections to its 

5 Agricultural Research Service Buildings and Facilities ac6 count. Such funds shall be available until September 30, 

7 2007 to be used to replace these facilities and to improve 

8 other USDA-owned facilities. 

9 SEC. 757. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

10 be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement 

11 any regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertifi12 cation of rural status for each electric and telecommuni13 cations borrower for the Rural Electrification and Tele14 communication Loans program. 

15 SEC. 758. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act shall be used for the imple17 mentation of Country of Origin Labeling for meat or meat 

18 products. 

19 SEC. 759. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

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

21 the year 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall con22 sider— 

23 (1) the City of Bridgeton, New Jersey, the City 

24 of Kinston, North Carolina, and the City of Ports25 mouth, Ohio as rural areas for the purposes of 
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1 Rural Housing Service Community Facilities Pro2 gram loans and grants; 

3 (2) the Township of Bloomington, Illinois (in4 cluding individuals and entities with projects within 

5 the Township) eligible for Rural Housing Service 

6 Community Facilities Programs loans and grants; 

7 and 

8 (3) 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. 

12 SEC. 760. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 

13 $10,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor14 poration, to remain available until expended, to com15 pensate commercial citrus and lime growers in the State 

16 of Florida for tree replacement and for lost production 

17 with respect to trees removed to control citrus canker, and 

18 with respect to certified citrus nursery stocks within the 

19 citrus canker quarantine areas, as determined by the Sec20 retary. For a grower to receive assistance for a tree under 

21 this section, the tree must have been removed after Sep22 tember 30, 2001. 

23 SEC. 761. The counties of Burlington and Camden, 

24 New Jersey (including individuals and entities with 

25 projects within these counties) shall be eligible for loans 
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1 and grants under the Rural Community Advancement 

2 Program for fiscal year 2006 to the same extent they were 

3 eligible for such assistance during the fiscal year 2005 

4 under section 106 of Chapter 1 of Division B of Public 

5 Law 108–324 (188 Stat. 1236). 

6 SEC. 762. Of the unobligated balances available in 

7 the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 

8 Infants, and Children reserve account, $32,000,000 is 

9 hereby rescinded. 

10 SEC. 763. None of the funds provided by this Act 

11 shall be used to pay salaries and expenses and other costs 

12 associated with implementing or administering section 

13 508(e)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

14 1501 et seq.) for the 2006 reinsurance year. 

15 SEC. 764. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 

17 Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed18 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi19 vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 

20 within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole21 salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 

22 which complies with sections 501, 502, and 505. 

23 SEC. 765. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

24 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 

25 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
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1 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

2 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti3 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

4 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

5 funded by that executive branch agency. 

6 SEC. 766. In addition to other amounts appropriated 

7 or otherwise made available by this Act, there is hereby 

8 appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $7,000,000, 

9 of which not to exceed 5 percent may be available for ad10 ministrative expenses, to remain available until expended, 

11 to make specialty crop block grants under section 101 of 

12 the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public 

13 Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

14 SEC. 767. It is the sense of Congress that the Sec15 retary of Agriculture should use the transfer authority 

16 provided by section 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 

17 U.S.C. 7772) to implement the strategic plan developed 

18 by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for 

19 the eradication of Emerald Ash Borer in the States of 

20 Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. 

21 SEC. 768. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be used— 

23 (1) to grant a waiver of a financial conflict of 

24 interest requirement pursuant to section 505(n)(4) 

25 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for 
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1 any voting member of an advisory committee or 

2 panel of the Food and Drug Administration; or 

3 (2) to make a certification under section 

4 208(b)(3) of title 18, United States Code, for any 

5 such voting member. 

6 SEC. 769. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per8 sonnel to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal 

9 Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603) or under the guide10 lines issued under section 903 the Federal Agriculture Im11 provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; 

12 Public Law 104–127). 

13 SEC. 770. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act to the Secretary of Agriculture may be used, after De15 cember 31, 2005, to purchase chickens, including chicken 

16 products, under the Richard B. Russell National School 

17 Lunch Act or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, unless the 

18 Secretary shall take into account whether such purchases 

19 are in compliance with standards relating to the whole20 someness of food for human consumption, pursuant to sec21 tion 14(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

22 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a(d)). 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De24 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

25 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag3 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra4 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end5 ing September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 

6 TITLE I 

7 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

8 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

9 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

12 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep13 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

14 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

15 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

16 CHIEF ECONOMIST

17 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, includ18 ing economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit anal19 ysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the World 

20 Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricul21 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $10,539,000. 

22 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

23 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi24 sion, $14,524,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro3 gram Analysis, $8,298,000. 

4 HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

5 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

6 Staff, $1,166,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor9 mation Officer, $16,726,000. 

10 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

11 For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com12 puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva13 tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, 

14 and Rural Development mission areas for information tech15 nology, systems, and services, $118,072,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, for the capital asset acquisition 

17 of shared information technology systems, including services 

18 as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421– 

19 28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be con20 sistent with the Department of Agriculture Service Center 

21 Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall 

22 be with the concurrence of the Department’s Chief Informa23 tion Officer. 

24 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan26 cial Officer, $5,874,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial 
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1 Officer shall actively market and expand cross-servicing ac2 tivities of the National Finance Center: Provided further, 

3 That no funds made available by this appropriation may 

4 be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until 

5 the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on Appro6 priations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee on 

7 Government Reform of the House of Representatives a re8 port on the Department’s contracting out policies, including 

9 agency budgets for contracting out. 

10 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

11 RIGHTS

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

13 Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $821,000. 

14 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

17 $20,109,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

19 ADMINISTRATION

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Assistant Secretary for Administration, $676,000. 
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1 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

2 PAYMENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu5 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

6 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 

7 of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 

8 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the Depart9 ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 

10 and other actions needed for the Department and its agen11 cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit12 able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 

13 and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re14 pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 

15 costs, $187,734,000, to remain available until expended, as 

16 follows: for payments to the General Services Administra17 tion and the Department of Homeland Security for build18 ing security, $147,734,000, and for buildings operations 

19 and maintenance, $40,000,000: Provided, That amounts 

20 which are made available for space rental and related costs 

21 for the Department of Agriculture in this Act may be trans22 ferred between such appropriations to cover the costs of ad23 ditional, new, or replacement space 15 days after notice 

24 thereof is transmitted to the Appropriations Committees of 

25 both Houses of Congress. 
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1 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri4 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

6 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $12,000,000, to remain avail8 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

9 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

10 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

11 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

12 pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 

13 lands. 

14 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

17 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

18 services to offices of the Department and for general admin19 istration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis20 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for 

21 and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the 

22 Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be re23 imbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for 

24 travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re25 quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

5 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 

6 the programs funded by this Act, including programs in7 volving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the ex8 ecutive branch, $3,846,000: Provided, That these funds may 

9 be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

10 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

11 level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 

12 this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the 

13 date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has noti14 fied the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

15 Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: 

16 Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the 

17 Department by this Act shall be available to the Depart18 ment for support of activities of congressional relations. 

19 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

20 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

21 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

22 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

23 coordination of information, work, and programs author24 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,509,000: Provided, 
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1 That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bul2 letins. 

3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

5 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, $81,045,000, including such sums as 

7 may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements 

8 with public agencies and private persons pursuant to sec9 tion 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and in10 cluding not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper11 ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to 

12 be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 

13 pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public 

14 Law 97–98. 

15 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

17 Counsel, $40,263,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

19 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics 

22 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Eco23 nomic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statis24 tics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Co-
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1 operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv2 ice, $598,000. 

3 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv5 ice in conducting economic research and analysis, as au6 thorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $78,549,000. 

8 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

9 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

10 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 

11 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statis12 tical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys, 

13 and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

14 1621–1627 and 2204g, and other laws, $145,159,000, of 

15 which up to $29,115,000 shall be available until expended 

16 for the Census of Agriculture. 

17 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re20 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem21 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 

22 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home econom23 ics or nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition, 

24 preservation, and dissemination of agricultural informa25 tion; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
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1 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 

2 land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 

3 value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 

4 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 

5 of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 

6 $1,109,981,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 

7 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air8 craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 

9 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

10 be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, 

11 alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

12 unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 

13 building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses 

14 or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, 

15 and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved 

16 at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of alter17 ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

18 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building 

19 or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That 

20 the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 

21 not apply to modernization or replacement of existing fa22 cilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That ap23 propriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease24 ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Pro25 vided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 
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1 to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

3 the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase 

4 of land at Florence, South Carolina: Provided further, That 

5 funds may be received from any State, other political sub6 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es7 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

8 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

9 by law: Provided further, That the Secretary, through the 

10 Agricultural Research Service, or successor, may lease ap11 proximately 40 acres of land at the Central Plains Experi12 ment Station, Nunn, Colorado, to the Board of Governors 

13 of the Colorado State University System, for its Shortgrass 

14 Steppe Biological Field Station, on such terms and condi15 tions as the Secretary deems in the public interest: Provided 

16 further, That the Secretary understands that it is the intent 

17 of the University to construct research and educational 

18 buildings on the subject acreage and to conduct agricultural 

19 research and educational activities in these buildings: Pro20 vided further, That as consideration for a lease, the Sec21 retary may accept the benefits of mutual cooperative re22 search to be conducted by the Colorado State University and 

23 the Government at the Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field 

24 Station: Provided further, That the term of any lease shall 

25 be for no more than 20 years, but a lease may be renewed 
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1 at the option of the Secretary on such terms and conditions 

2 as the Secretary deems in the public interest: Provided fur3 ther, That the Agricultural Research Service may convey 

4 all rights and title of the United States, to a parcel of land 

5 comprising 19 acres, more or less, located in Section 2, 

6 Township 18 North, Range 14 East in Oktibbeha County, 

7 Mississippi, originally conveyed by the Board of Trustees 

8 of the Institution of Higher Learning of the State of Mis9 sissippi, and described in instruments recorded in Deed 

10 Book 306 at pages 553–554, Deed Book 319 at page 219, 

11 and Deed Book 33 at page 115, of the public land records 

12 of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, including facilities, and 

13 fixed equipment, to the Mississippi State University, 

14 Starkville, Mississippi, in their ‘‘as is’’ condition, when va15 cated by the Agricultural Research Service. 

16 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

17 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro18 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

19 products. 

20 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

21 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve22 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip23 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

24 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where 

25 not otherwise provided, $160,645,000, to remain available 

26 until expended. 
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1 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

2 EXTENSION SERVICE

3 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

4 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

5 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

6 for other expenses, $652,231,000, as follows: to carry out 

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

8 i), $178,707,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 

9 (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $22,205,000; for payments 

10 to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Univer11 sity and West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), 

12 $37,477,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 

13 only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 

14 receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for agri15 cultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $110,281,000; for spe16 cial grants for agricultural research on improved pest con17 trol (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,158,000; for competitive re18 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $190,000,000; for the sup19 port of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 

20 3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 

21 and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $833,000; for grants for re22 search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act 

23 (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,102,000, to remain available until 

24 expended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994 

25 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103– 
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1 382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,078,000, to remain available 

2 until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 

3 3333), $992,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 

4 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,976,000, to remain avail5 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a higher education 

6 agrosecurity education program (7 U.S.C. 3351), $750,000, 

7 to remain available until expended; for higher education 

8 challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,456,000; for a 

9 higher education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 

10 3152(b)(5)), $990,000, to remain available until expended 

11 (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for His12 panic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $5,600,000; for 

13 noncompetitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all 

14 provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of Public Law 

15 106–78) to individual eligible institutions or consortia of 

16 eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds 

17 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha18 waii, $3,472,000; for a secondary agriculture education 

19 program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 

20 3152(j)), $992,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), 

21 $3,968,000; for sustainable agriculture research and edu22 cation (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,400,000; for a program of ca23 pacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eli24 gible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 

25 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee University 
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1 and West Virginia State University, $12,312,000, to re2 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for pay3 ments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 

4 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $2,232,000; and for nec5 essary expenses of Research and Education Activities, 

6 $38,193,000, of which $2,424,000 for the Research, Edu7 cation, and Economics Information System and $1,928,000 

8 for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to re9 main available until expended. 

10 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

11 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro12 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

13 products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 

14 to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in15 dustrial uses of tobacco. 

16 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

17 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

20 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

21 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

22 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North23 ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $453,438,000, as fol24 lows: payments for cooperative extension work under the 

25 Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 

26 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law 
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1 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs 

2 for extension agents, $275,520,000; payments for extension 

3 work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act 

4 (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,247,000; payments for the nutri5 tion and family education program for low-income areas 

6 under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,909,000; payments for 

7 the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 

8 $9,920,000; payments for the farm safety program under 

9 section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; payments for New Tech10 nologies for Ag Extension under Section 3(d) of the Act, 

11 $2,000,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and 

12 teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 

13 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 

14 as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 

15 U.S.C. 3222b), $16,777,000, to remain available until ex16 pended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 

17 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,478,000; for youth farm 

18 safety education and certification extension grants, to be 

19 awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, 

20 $440,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 

21 Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 

22 1671 et seq.), $4,060,000; payments for Indian reservation 

23 agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 

24 $1,760,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs 

25 under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for 
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1 rural health and safety education as authorized by section 

2 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 

3 $1,965,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the 

4 colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 

5 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University and 

6 West Virginia State University, $33,643,000, of which 

7 $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the purpose of 

8 ensuring that each institution shall receive no less than 

9 $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 

10 section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, $2,646,000; and 

11 for necessary expenses of Extension Activities, $22,443,000. 

12 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

13 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

14 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex15 penses, $55,784,000, as follows: for competitive grants pro16 grams authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Re17 search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 

18 U.S.C. 7626), $45,784,000, including $12,867,000 for the 

19 water quality program, $14,847,000 for the food safety pro20 gram, $4,167,000 for the regional pest management centers 

21 program, $4,464,000 for the Food Quality Protection Act 

22 risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 

23 $1,389,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection 

24 Act implementation, $3,106,000 for the methyl bromide 

25 transition program, and $1,874,000 for the organic transi26 tion program; for a competitive international science and 
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1 education grants program authorized under section 1459A 

2 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

3 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain 

4 available until expended, $992,000; for grants programs au5 thorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as 

6 amended, $744,000, to remain available until September 

7 30, 2007 for the critical issues program, and $1,334,000 

8 for the regional rural development centers program; and 

9 $10,000,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative 

10 authorized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural 

11 Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain 

12 available until September 30, 2007. 

13 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

14 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of 

15 the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 

16 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,888,000, to remain available until ex17 pended. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

19 REGULATORY PROGRAMS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs 

22 to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con23 gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; 

24 the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec25 tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $724,000. 
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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 

5 prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal 

6 diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu7 latory activities; and to protect the environment, as author8 ized by law, $807,768,000, of which $4,140,000 shall be 

9 available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis10 eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 

11 birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; 

12 of which $39,900,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi13 cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retire14 ment for active eradication zones; of which $32,932,000 

15 shall be available for a National Animal Identification pro16 gram: Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate 

17 or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the cur18 rent fiscal year that does not require minimum matching 

19 by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That 

20 this appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

21 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

22 four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided 

23 further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten 

24 any segment of the agricultural production industry of this 

25 country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria26 tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations of 
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1 the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to 

2 be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and 

3 eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of 

4 animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

5 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro6 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 

7 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), 

8 and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 

9 emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 

10 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, 

11 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 

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

13 leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 

14 provided the cost of altering any one building during the 

15 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace16 ment value of the building: Provided further, That none of 

17 the funds may be used to demolish or dismantle the Hawaii 

18 Fruit Fly Production Facility in Waimanalo, Hawaii. 

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

20 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 

21 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub22 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 

23 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 

24 structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 

25 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
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1 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 

2 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex3 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 

4 assistance, goods, or services. 

5 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

6 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte7 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al8 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

10 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail11 able until expended. 

12 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

13 MARKETING SERVICES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 

15 consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu16 tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author17 ized by law, and for administration and coordination of 

18 payments to States, $76,643,000, including funds for the 

19 wholesale market development program for the design and 

20 development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for 

21 the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That 

22 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

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

24 improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 

25 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur26 rent replacement value of the building. 
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1 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

3 U.S.C. 9701). 

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

6 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 

7 expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/ 

8 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 

9 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

11 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

12 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 

15 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 

16 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 

17 operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart18 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

19 Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 

20 this Act; and (3) not more than $16,055,000 for formulation 

21 and administration of marketing agreements and orders 

22 pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 

23 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

24 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

25 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

26 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
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1 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 

2 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $3,847,000, of 

3 which not less than $2,500,000 shall be used to make a 

4 grant under this heading. 

5 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

6 ADMINISTRATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

9 the United States Grain Standards Act, for the administra10 tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce11 dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the 

12 standardization activities related to grain under the Agri13 cultural Marketing Act of 1946, $38,443,000: Provided, 

14 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

15 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

16 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 

17 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur18 rent replacement value of the building. 

19 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

20 EXPENSES

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

22 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 

23 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 

24 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un25 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
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1 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

5 Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws en6 acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 

7 Service, $602,000. 

8 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

9 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 

10 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 

11 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in12 cluding not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 

13 and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 

14 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $836,818,000, of which no 

15 less than $751,457,000 shall be available for Federal food 

16 safety inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred17 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of labora18 tory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

19 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 

20 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That no fewer than 63 full time 

21 equivalent positions above the fiscal year 2002 level shall 

22 be employed during fiscal year 2006 for purposes dedicated 

23 solely to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane 

24 Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That of the 

25 amount available under this heading, notwithstanding sec-
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1 tion 704 of this Act $5,000,000, available until September 

2 30, 2007, shall be obligated to include the Humane Animal 

3 Tracking System as part of the Field Automation and In4 formation Management System following notification to the 

5 Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a de6 tailed explanation of the components of such system: Pro7 vided further, That of the total amount made available 

8 under this heading, no less than $20,653,000 shall be obli9 gated for regulatory and scientific training: Provided fur10 ther, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 

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

12 buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any 

13 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per14 cent of the current replacement value of the building. 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

16 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

17 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

18 Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Serv19 ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the 

20 Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the 

21 Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor22 poration, $635,000. 
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1 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis5 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

6 the Farm Service Agency, $1,043,555,000: Provided, That 

7 the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and 

8 authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 

9 Corporation to make program payments for all programs 

10 administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 

11 funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities 

12 may be advanced to and merged with this account. 

13 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

14 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul15 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 

16 $4,250,000. 

17 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

19 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

20 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

21 $4,250,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

25 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

26 products under a dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to 
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1 remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro2 gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 

3 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri4 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra5 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub6 lic Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 

7 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di11 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 

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

13 land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil 

14 loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in the 

15 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm own16 ership loans, $1,608,000,000, of which $1,400,000,000 shall 

17 be for guaranteed loans and $208,000,000 shall be for direct 

18 loans; operating loans, $2,033,000,000, of which 

19 $1,100,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

20 $283,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and 

21 $650,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land 

22 acquisition loans, $2,000,000; and for boll weevil eradi23 cation program loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That the 

24 Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil 

25 for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 
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1 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

3 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm owner4 ship loans, $17,370,000, of which $6,720,000 shall be for 

5 guaranteed loans, and $10,650,000 shall be for direct loans; 

6 operating loans, $133,380,000, of which $33,330,000 shall 

7 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $35,375,000 shall be 

8 for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $64,675,000 shall be 

9 for direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

10 $80,000. 

11 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

12 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

13 $317,137,000, of which $309,137,000 shall be transferred to 

14 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

15 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

16 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

17 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and 

18 operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans19 ferred among these programs: Provided, That the Commit20 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are noti21 fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

22 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

23 For administrative and operating expenses, as author24 ized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reor25 ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $73,448,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for offi2 cial reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 

3 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

4 CORPORATIONS 

5 The following corporations and agencies are hereby au6 thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 

7 and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 

8 or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 

9 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 

10 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 

11 Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro12 grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

13 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

14 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

15 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed16 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 

17 be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

18 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

19 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

20 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec21 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

22 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 

23 pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 

24 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 

25 the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
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1 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C 

2 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri3 cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 

4 and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa5 tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul6 tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor7 poration business. 

8 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

9 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

10 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor11 poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in12 vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 

13 maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 

14 section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re15 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

18 TITLE II 

19 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

21 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

23 Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment 

24 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For25 est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

26 $744,000. 
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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

4 the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 

5 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 

6 measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga7 tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 

8 and water management as may be necessary to prevent 

9 floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul10 tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 

11 materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis12 semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 

13 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 

14 donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 

15 exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 

16 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 

17 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 

18 maintenance of aircraft, $819,561,000, to remain available 

19 until expended, of which not less than $11,000,000 is for 

20 snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 

21 $11,847,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant 

22 materials centers, and of which not less than $28,156,000 

23 shall be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: Pro24 vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

25 pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improve-
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1 ment of buildings and public improvements at plant mate2 rials centers, except that the cost of alterations and im3 provements to other buildings and other public improve4 ments shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That 

5 when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Fed6 eral land, that the right to use such land is obtained as 

7 provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this 

8 appropriation shall be available for technical assistance 

9 and related expenses to carry out programs authorized by 

10 section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salin11 ity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided fur12 ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em13 ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning 

14 work of the Service. 

15 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

16 For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga17 tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water18 ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning, 

19 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

20 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $5,141,000. 

21 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

22 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas23 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op24 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

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

26 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
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1 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the 

2 provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a– 

3 f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 

4 to the activities of the Department, $60,000,000, to remain 

5 available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000 may 

6 be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 

7 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a): Pro8 vided, That not to exceed $27,199,000 of this appropriation 

9 shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, 

10 That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is 

11 available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe12 cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), including coopera13 tive efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endan14 gered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may 

15 be necessary to expedite project construction. 

16 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

18 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

19 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 

20 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relat21 ing to the activities of the Department, $27,313,000, to re22 main available until expended. 

23 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

24 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

25 projects for resource conservation and development and for 

26 sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 
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1 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 

2 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 

3 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture 

4 and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $51,228,000, 

5 to remain available until expended. 

6 TITLE III 

7 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

9 DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

11 Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro12 grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural 

13 Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 

14 and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agri15 culture, $635,000. 

16 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

20 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N of 

21 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

22 $705,106,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

23 $86,770,000 shall be for rural community programs de24 scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 

25 $528,115,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de26 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 
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1 such Act, of which not to exceed $496,000 shall be available 

2 for the rural utilities program described in section 

3 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

4 $992,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

5 described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 

6 $90,221,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 

7 development programs described in sections 381E(d)(3) and 

8 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the total amount 

9 appropriated in this account, $26,000,000 shall be for loans 

10 and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native Amer11 ican Tribes, including grants for drinking water and waste 

12 disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of such Act, of 

13 which $4,464,000 shall be available for community facilities 

14 grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) 

15 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 

16 of which $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a quali17 fied national organization to provide technical assistance 

18 for rural transportation in order to promote economic de19 velopment: Provided further, That of the amount appro20 priated for rural community programs, $6,500,000 shall be 

21 available for a Rural Community Development Initiative: 

22 Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to 

23 develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit com24 munity-based housing and community development organi25 zations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Rec-
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1 ognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to 

2 improve housing, community facilities, community and eco3 nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur4 ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 

5 private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 

6 proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

7 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga8 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

9 including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 

10 not less than funds provided: Provided further, That of the 

11 amount appropriated for the rural business and cooperative 

12 development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 

13 available for a grant to a qualified national organization 

14 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

15 order to promote economic development; $140,000 shall be 

16 made available to conduct a feasibility study; $3,000,000 

17 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 

18 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any purpose under this heading: 

19 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for 

20 rural utilities programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be 

21 for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias 

22 along the United States/Mexico border, including grants 

23 pursuant to section 306C of such Act; $26,000,000 shall be 

24 for water and waste disposal systems for rural and native 

25 villages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, 
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1 with up to 2 percent available to administer the program 

2 and/or improve interagency coordination may be trans3 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural De4 velopment, Salaries and Expenses’’, of which $100,000 shall 

5 be provided to develop a regional system for centralized bill6 ing, operation, and management of rural water and sewer 

7 utilities through regional cooperatives, of which 25 percent 

8 shall be provided for water and sewer projects in regional 

9 hubs, and the State of Alaska shall provide a 25 percent 

10 cost share, and grantees may use up to 5 percent of grant 

11 funds, not to exceed $35,000 per community, for the comple12 tion of comprehensive community safe water plans; not to 

13 exceed $18,250,000 shall be for technical assistance grants 

14 for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 

15 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,600,000 shall be for 

16 Rural Community Assistance Programs and not less than 

17 $850,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American 

18 organization to provide technical assistance for rural water 

19 systems for tribal communities; and not to exceed 

20 $13,500,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national 

21 organizations for a circuit rider program to provide tech22 nical assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, 

23 That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 

24 $21,367,000 shall be available through June 30, 2006, for 

25 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 
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1 and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 

2 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which 

3 $1,067,000 shall be for the rural community programs de4 scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which 

5 $12,000,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de6 scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which 

7 $8,300,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 

8 development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of 

9 such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appro10 priated for rural community programs, $20,000,000 shall 

11 be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with 

12 extreme unemployment and severe economic depression 

13 (Public Law 106–387), with 5 percent for administration 

14 and capacity building in the State rural development of15 fices: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 

16 $28,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

17 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac18 count’’ to provide grants authorized under section 19 of the 

19 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided 

20 further, That any prior year balances for high cost energy 

21 grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification 

22 Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and 

23 merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 

24 Costs Grants Account’’. 
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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis4 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De5 velopment mission area, including activities with institu6 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul7 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

8 $164,773,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

9 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

10 may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 

11 support the Rural Development mission area: Provided fur12 ther, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to pro13 vide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: 

14 Provided further, That any balances available from prior 

15 years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Serv16 ice, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries 

17 and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged 

18 with this appropriation. 

19 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

20 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di23 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

25 housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,927,581,000 for loans 

26 to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, 
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1 of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of 

2 which $3,681,033,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

3 loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 

4 $90,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 

5 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 

6 $5,000,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit 

7 sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,500,000 may 

8 be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,048,000 for section 

9 523 self-help housing land development loans. 

10 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

13 502 loans, $154,800,000, of which $113,900,000 shall be for 

14 direct loans, and of which $40,900,000, to remain available 

15 until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 

16 section 504 housing repair loans, $10,238,000; repair, reha17 bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental hous18 ing, $41,292,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaran19 teed loans, $5,420,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired 

20 property, $681,000; section 523 self-help housing and devel21 opment loans, $52,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

22 appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be avail23 able through June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment 

24 zones and enterprise communities and communities des25 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
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1 Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any funds 

2 under this paragraph initially allocated by the Secretary 

3 for housing projects in the State of Alaska that are not obli4 gated by September 30, 2006, shall be carried over until 

5 September 30, 2007, and made available for such housing 

6 projects only in the State of Alaska. 

7 For additional costs to conduct a demonstration pro8 gram for the preservation and revitalization of the section 

9 515 multi-family rental housing properties, $16,500,000, to 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That funding 

11 made available under this heading shall be used to restruc12 ture existing section 515 loans, as the Secretary deems ap13 propriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 

14 has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur15 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in16 come residents including reducing or eliminating interest; 

17 deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re18 amortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance includ19 ing advances and incentives required by the Secretary. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

21 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

22 $465,886,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

23 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

24 and Expenses’’. 
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1 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re3 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

4 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

5 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

6 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $653,102,000; 

7 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author8 ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 

9 prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 

10 program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 

11 of this amount, no less than $8,976,000 shall be available 

12 for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 

13 authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to 

14 exceed $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi15 zations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than 

16 purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant 

17 to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That 

18 agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 

19 year shall be funded for a four-year period: Provided fur20 ther, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end 

21 of such four-year agreements may be transferred and used 

22 for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, 

23 or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 

24 rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 

25 Act: Provided further, That rental assistance that is recov-
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1 ered from projects that are subject to prepayment shall be 

2 deobligated and reallocated for vouchers and debt forgive3 ness or payments consistent with the requirements of this 

4 Act for purposes authorized under section 542 and section 

5 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. 

6 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM

7 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

8 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (without re9 gard to section 542(b)), $16,000,000, to remain available 

10 until expended: Provided, That such vouchers shall be avail11 able to any low-income household (including those not re12 ceiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed 

13 with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after Sep14 tember 30, 2005: Provided further, That the amount of the 

15 voucher shall be the difference between comparable market 

16 rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for 

17 such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 

18 such vouchers, shall be subject to the availability of annual 

19 appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

20 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouch21 ers with current regulations and administrative guidance 

22 applicable for section 8 housing vouchers administered by 

23 the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban De24 velopment (including the ability to pay administrative 

25 costs related to delivery of the voucher funds). 
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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

3 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 

4 $34,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

5 That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be 

6 available through June 30, 2005, for authorized empower7 ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 

8 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco9 nomic Area Partnership Zones. 

10 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

11 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

12 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

13 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

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

15 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $43,976,000, to 

16 remain available until expended: Provided, That 

17 $2,976,000 shall be made available for loans to private non18 profit organizations, or such non-profit organizations’ affil19 iate loan funds and State and local housing finance agen20 cies, to carry out a housing demonstration program to pro21 vide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 

22 multi-family housing projects: Provided further, That loans 

23 under such demonstration program shall have an interest 

24 rate of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: 

25 Provided further, That the Secretary may defer the interest 

26 and principal payment to the Rural Housing Service for 
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1 up to 3 years and the term of such loans shall not exceed 

2 30 years: Provided further, That of the total amount appro3 priated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 

4 2006, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 

5 communities and communities designated by the Secretary 

6 of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

7 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 

9 authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $29,607,000, to 

10 remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous11 ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con12 tracts. 

13 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

14 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

17 by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 

18 $34,212,000. 

19 For the cost of direct loans, $14,718,000, as authorized 

20 by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 

21 of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 

22 2006, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 

23 of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 

24 2006, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined 

25 in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Provided, That 

26 of such amount made available, the Secretary may provide 
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1 up to $1,500,000 for the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 

2 1921 et seq.): Provided further, That such costs, including 

3 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec4 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

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

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

7 direct loans for authorized empowerment zones and enter8 prise communities and communities designated by the Sec9 retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 

10 Zones. 

11 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

12 the direct loan programs, $6,656,000 shall be transferred 

13 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop14 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

15 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

18 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

19 under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 

20 purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 

21 creation projects, $25,003,000. 

22 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi23 fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

24 Budget Act of 1974, $4,993,000, to remain available until 

25 expended. 
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1 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

2 credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 

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

4 $4,993,000 shall not be obligated and $4,993,000 are re5 scinded. 

6 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

7 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

8 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

9 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $24,988,000, of which 

10 $500,000 shall be for a cooperative research agreement with 

11 a qualified academic institution to conduct research on the 

12 national economic impact of all types of cooperatives; and 

13 of which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

14 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro15 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,488,000 shall be for 

16 cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary 

17 focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers 

18 and whose governing board and/or membership is com19 prised of at least 75 percent minority; and of which 

20 $15,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

21 for value-added agricultural product market development 

22 grants, as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Security 

23 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
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1 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

2 COMMUNITY GRANTS

3 For grants in connection with second and third rounds 

4 of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, 

5 $12,400,000, to remain available until expended, for des6 ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise com7 munities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 

8 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple9 mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277): 

10 Provided, That of the funds appropriated, $1,000,000 shall 

11 be made available to third round empowerment zones, as 

12 authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act 

13 (Public Law 106–554). 

14 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

15 For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guaran16 tees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions as 

17 authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural 

18 Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $23,000,000 for 

19 direct and guaranteed renewable energy loans and grants: 

20 Provided, That the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, 

21 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de22 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974. 
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1 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

2 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

3 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 

6 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall 

7 be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 

8 $100,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 

9 $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 

10 Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000; Treasury rate direct 

11 electric loans, $1,000,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 

12 loans pursuant to section 313A, $1,500,000,000; 5 percent 

13 rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of 

14 money rural telecommunications loans, $425,000,000; and 

15 for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural 

16 telecommunications loans, $125,000,000. 

17 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying 

19 loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by sections 

20 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

21 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural electric loans, 

22 $6,160,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans, 

23 $212,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

24 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower 

25 interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $39,933,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with 

4 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

5 Expenses’’. 

6 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 

9 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available 

10 to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such 

11 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

12 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

13 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

14 out its authorized programs. 

15 For administrative expenses, including audits, nec16 essary to continue to service existing loans, $2,500,000, 

17 which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro18 priation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

19 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

20 PROGRAM

21 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni22 cation loans, $550,000,000. 

23 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv24 ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 

25 seq., $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro26 vided, That $10,000,000 shall be made available to convert 
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1 analog to digital operation those noncommercial edu2 cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas 

3 and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the 

4 Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) 

5 of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated 

6 translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their 

7 main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equip8 ment to allow local control over digital content and pro9 gramming through the use of high-definition broadcast, 

10 multi-casting and datacasting technologies. 

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

12 U.S.C. 901 et seq., $11,825,000, to remain available until 

13 September 30, 2007: Provided, That the interest rate for 

14 such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department 

15 of the Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: 

16 Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as 

17 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

18 1974. 

19 In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans21 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

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

23 950aaa. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

6 Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv7 ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

8 Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000. 

9 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

10 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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

14 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

15 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $12,422,027,000, to re16 main available through September 30, 2007, of which 

17 $7,234,406,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,187,621,000 

18 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec19 tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro20 vided, That none of the funds made available under this 

21 heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 

22 further, That up to $5,235,000 shall be available for inde23 pendent verification of school food service claims: Provided 

24 further, That not less than $20,025,000 shall be available 

25 to implement and administer Team Nutrition programs of 

26 the Department of Agriculture. 
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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple4 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 

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

6 $5,257,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

7 2007, of which such sums as are necessary to restore the 

8 contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed in re9 serve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated 

10 as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 

11 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or 

12 participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That of the 

13 total amount available, the Secretary shall obligate not less 

14 than $15,000,000 for a breastfeeding support initiative in 

15 addition to the activities specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): 

16 Provided further, That only the provisions of section 

17 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall be effec18 tive in 2006; including $14,000,000 for the purposes speci19 fied in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and $20,000,000 for the pur20 poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further, 

21 That none of the funds made available under this heading 

22 shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further, 

23 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 

24 administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that 

25 have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within 
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1 the space used to carry out the program: Provided further, 

2 That none of the funds provided in this account shall be 

3 available for the purchase of infant formula except in ac4 cordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 

5 requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 

6 further, That none of the funds provided shall be available 

7 for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal 

8 Government departments or agencies unless authorized by 

9 section 17 of such Act. 

10 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

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

13 $3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 

14 2007, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 

15 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 

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

17 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

18 studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds 

19 made available under this heading and not already appro20 priated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian Res21 ervations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the 

22 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed 

23 $4,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the 

24 FDPIR from Native American bison producers as well as 

25 from producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Pro26 vided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended 
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1 in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Pro2 vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to 

3 any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 

4 required by law: Provided further, That funds made avail5 able for Employment and Training under this heading 

6 shall remain available until expended, as authorized by sec7 tion 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That 

8 notwithstanding section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 

9 1977, any additional payment received under chapter 5 of 

10 title 37, United States Code, by a member of the United 

11 States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone 

12 shall be excluded from household income for the duration 

13 of the member’s deployment if the additional pay is the re14 sult of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone, 

15 and it was not received immediately prior to serving in 

16 the combat zone. 

17 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 

19 and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au20 thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 

21 Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); The Emergency 

22 Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance (in a form 

23 determined by the Secretary of Agriculture) for the nuclear 

24 affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the 

25 Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 

26 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition 
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1 Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri2 tion Act of 1966, $179,935,000, to remain available through 

3 September 30, 2007: Provided, That none of these funds 

4 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor5 poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 

6 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

7 effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2006 to 

8 support the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as 

9 authorized by section 4402 of Public Law 107–171, such 

10 funds shall remain available through September 30, 2007: 

11 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

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

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

14 associated with the distribution of commodities. 

15 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic 

17 nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

18 $140,761,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 

19 for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight20 ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 

21 and assisting in the prevention, identification, and prosecu22 tion of fraud and other violations of law. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

3 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

7 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

8 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development ac9 tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate 

10 and integrate activities of the Department in connection 

11 with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 

12 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

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

14 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $147,868,000: Provided, That the Service 

15 may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria16 tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, 

17 public and private organizations and institutions under 

18 agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro19 duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for20 eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 

21 International Development. 

22 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR

23 PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres26 sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul-
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1 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and 

2 the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 

3 modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 

4 $65,040,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

5 That the Secretary of Agriculture may implement a com6 modity monetization program under existing provisions of 

7 the Food for Progress Act of 1985 to provide no less than 

8 $5,000,000 in local-currency funding support for rural elec9 trification 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, of 

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

15 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

16 and Expenses’’, and of which $3,217,000 may be transferred 

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

18 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

19 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL

20 GRANTS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 

23 agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural 

24 Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under 

25 the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $11,940,000, to remain 

26 available until expended: Provided, That funds made avail-
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1 able for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricul2 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 

3 for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter4 changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to 

5 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con6 gress. 

7 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

8 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other9 wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ10 ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop11 ment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities supplied 

12 in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 

13 Act, $1,150,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

14 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com18 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

19 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,279,000; to cover common over20 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 

21 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 

22 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,440,000 

23 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

24 for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 

25 and of which $1,839,000 may be transferred to and merged 
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1 with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 

2 and Expenses’’. 

3 MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

4 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

6 section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

7 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to remain 

8 available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 

9 Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa10 cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 

11 such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro12 vided herein. 

13 TITLE VI 

14 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

15 ADMINISTRATION 

16 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

17 SERVICES 

18 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis21 tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve22 hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu23 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 

24 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 

25 this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 

26 of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency 
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1 expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved 

2 by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Sec3 retary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwith4 standing section 521 of Public Law 107–188; 

5 $1,841,959,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

6 under this heading, $305,332,000 shall be derived from pre7 scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, shall 

8 be credited to this account and remain available until ex9 pended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 

10 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2007 

11 but collected in fiscal year 2006; $40,300,000 shall be de12 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

13 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

14 available until expended; and $11,318,000 shall be derived 

15 from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, 

16 and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

17 until expended: Provided further, That fees derived from 

18 prescription drug, medical device, and animal drug assess19 ments received during fiscal year 2006, including any such 

20 fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited 

21 during the current year, shall be subject to the fiscal year 

22 2006 limitation: Provided further, That none of these funds 

23 shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program 

24 of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, 

25 That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $450,179,000 
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1 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutri2 tion and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 

3 Affairs; (2) $515,430,000 shall be for the Center for Drug 

4 Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the 

5 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $178,714,000 shall be for 

6 the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for 

7 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

8 (4) $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) $245,770,000 shall be for the Center for 

11 Devices and Radiological Health and for related field ac12 tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,152,000 

13 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; 

14 (7) $58,515,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, 

15 other than the amounts paid to the General Services Ad16 ministration for rent; (8) $134,853,000 shall be for pay17 ments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 

18 (9) $117,559,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

19 Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management; the 

20 Office of External Relations; the Office of Policy and Plan21 ning; and central services for these offices: Provided further, 

22 That funds may be transferred from one specified activity 

23 to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 

24 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 

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

3 available until expended. 

4 In addition, export certification user fees authorized 

5 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain 

6 available until expended. 

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten9 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili10 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where 

11 not otherwise provided, $7,000,000, to remain available 

12 until expended. 

13 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

14 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

16 the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 

17 the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 

18 rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the Dis19 trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $98,386,000, including not 

20 to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 

21 expenses. 

22 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

23 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

24 Not to exceed $44,250,000 (from assessments collected 

25 from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul26 tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the 
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1 current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author2 ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation 

3 shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships: 

4 Provided further, That up to an additional 5 percent of 

5 the amount of this limitation may be expended for expenses 

6 associated with unforeseen termination applications, upon 

7 a finding of extraordinary circumstances by the Federal 

8 Credit Administration Board. 

9 TITLE VII 

10 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

12 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart13 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

15 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 320 passenger 

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

17 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

18 SEC. 702. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any 

19 other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the 

20 Forest Service) shall be available for uniforms or allowances 

21 as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

22 SEC. 703. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any 

23 other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the 

24 Forest Service) shall be available for employment pursuant 

25 to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Department 
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1 of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 

2 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

3 SEC. 704. New obligational authority provided for the 

4 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

5 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec6 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi7 tions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly pro8 gram, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, low patho9 gen avian influenza program, up to $32,932,000 in animal 

10 health monitoring and surveillance for the animal identi11 fication system, up to $2,993,000 in the emergency manage12 ment systems program for the vaccine bank, up to 

13 $1,000,000 for wildlife services methods development, up to 

14 $1,000,000 of the wildlife services operations program for 

15 aviation safety, and up to 25 percent of the screwworm pro16 gram; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field automation 

17 and information management project; Cooperative State 

18 Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds for com19 petitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the 

20 Research, Education, and Economics Information System, 

21 and funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment 

22 Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds 

23 made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural 

24 Service, middle-income country training program, and up 

25 to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appro-
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1 priation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 

2 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu3 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 

4 SEC. 705. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

5 transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appro6 priated by this or any other Act or other available unobli7 gated discretionary balances of the Department of Agri8 culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 

9 plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 

10 financial, administrative, and information technology serv11 ices of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 

12 of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made 

13 available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred 

14 to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval 

15 of the agency administrator: Provided further, That none 

16 of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pur17 suant to this section shall be available for obligation with18 out the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

19 of both Houses of Congress. 

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

21 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

22 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

23 SEC. 707. Hereafter, not to exceed $50,000 of the funds 

24 appropriated by this or any other Act to the Department 

25 of Agriculture (excluding the Forest Service) shall be avail-
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1 able to provide appropriate orientation and language train2 ing pursuant to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 1954 

3 (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 the 

9 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange10 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 

11 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay12 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 

13 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 

14 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 

15 provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail17 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri18 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 

19 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

20 Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 

21 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith22 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re23 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

24 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award25 ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
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1 cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full 

2 allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec3 tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 

4 SEC. 710. Hereafter, loan levels provided in this or any 

5 other Act to the Department of Agriculture shall be consid6 ered estimates, not limitations. 

7 SEC. 711. Appropriations to the Department of Agri8 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

9 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

10 until expended to cover obligations made in the current fis11 cal year for the following accounts: the Rural Development 

12 Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone Bank 

13 program account, the Rural Electrification and Tele14 communication Loans program account, and the Rural 

15 Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

16 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 

17 more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex18 penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan19 els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri20 culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 

21 rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 

22 awarded grants. 

23 SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

24 may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
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1 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry 

2 Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

3 SEC. 714. No employee of the Department of Agri4 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 

5 funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De6 partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em7 ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving 

8 agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 

9 for the period of assignment. 

10 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

11 made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be 

12 used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non13 Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses 

14 to questions that are a result of information requested for 

15 the appropriations hearing process. 

16 SEC. 716. None of the funds made available to the De17 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 

18 new information technology systems or significant up19 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 

20 Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi21 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech22 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith23 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap24 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 

25 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 
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1 without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro2 priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That 

3 none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture 

4 for information technology shall be obligated for projects 

5 over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the 

6 Chief Information Officer. 

7 SEC. 717. (a) Hereafter, none of the funds appro8 priated by this or any other Act to the agencies funded by 

9 this Act, or provided from accounts in the Treasury of the 

10 United States derived by the collection of fees available to 

11 the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga12 tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 

13 which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, 

14 project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any 

15 means for any project or activity for which funds have been 

16 denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) 

17 reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts 

18 out or privatizes any functions or activities presently per19 formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on Ap20 propriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days 

21 in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

22 (b) Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this 

23 or any other Act to the agencies funded by this Act, or pro24 vided from accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

25 derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 
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1 funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex2 penditure for activities, programs, or projects through a re3 programming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 

4 whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 

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

6 any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of 

7 personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) 

8 results from any general savings from a reduction in per9 sonnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 

10 activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the 

11 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

12 are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 

13 funds. 

14 (c) Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec15 retary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman 

16 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall notify 

17 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con18 gress before implementing a program or activity not carried 

19 out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or 

20 activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

21 other Act. 

22 SEC. 718. With the exception of funds needed to ad23 minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obli24 gations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 

25 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
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1 other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

2 personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of Pub3 lic Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and 

4 Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621). 

5 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

6 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

7 of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan8 guage as part of the President’s Budget submission to the 

9 Congress of the United States for programs under the juris10 diction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri11 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra12 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects 

13 a reduction from the previous year due to user fees pro14 posals that have not been enacted into law prior to the sub15 mission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identi16 fies which additional spending reductions should occur in 

17 the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to 

18 the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

19 the fiscal year 2006 appropriations Act. 

20 SEC. 720. None of the funds made available by this 

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

22 Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 

23 and enhancement of program delivery have been deter24 mined. 
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1 SEC. 721. In addition to amounts otherwise appro2 priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is appro3 priated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

4 Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres5 sional Hunger Center. 

6 SEC. 722. Hereafter, notwithstanding section 412 of 

7 the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

8 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out 

9 title III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, 

10 and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail11 able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to carry 

12 out title II of such Act. 

13 SEC. 723. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 

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

15 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$27,998,000’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘$29,998,000’’. 

17 SEC. 724. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 and until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010, 

19 the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City of Butte/ 

20 Silverbow, Montana, Cleburne County, Arkansas, and the 

21 designated Census track areas for the Upper Kanawha Val22 ley Enterprise Community, rural areas for purposes of eli23 gibility for rural development programs. 

24 SEC. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

25 the Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide fi-
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1 nancial and technical assistance through the Watershed and 

2 Flood Prevention Operations program for the Matanuska 

3 River erosion control project in Alaska, Little Otter Creek 

4 project in Missouri, the Manoa Watershed project in Ha5 waii, the West Tarkio project in Iowa, the Steeple Run and 

6 West Branch DuPage River Watershed projects in DuPage 

7 County, Illinois, and the Coal Creek project in Utah. 

8 SEC. 726. Hereafter, none of the funds made available 

9 in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, 

10 or instrumentality of the United States Government, except 

11 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro12 vided in, this or any other appropriation Act. 

13 SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

14 of the funds made available in this Act for competitive re15 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up 

16 to 20 percent of the amount provided to carry out a com17 petitive grants program under the same terms and condi18 tions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricultural 

19 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

20 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 

21 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

23 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

24 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 

25 Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 
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1 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available to the Food 

2 and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close 

3 or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and 

4 Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis 

5 in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits 

6 of St. Louis, Missouri. 

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

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

9 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I 

10 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

11 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7). 

12 SEC. 731. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Depart13 ment of Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries 

14 and expenses funds to reimburse the Office of the General 

15 Counsel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 

16 related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and 

17 offices in the resolution of complaints by employees or ap18 plicants for employment, and in cases and other matters 

19 pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Com20 mission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or the 

21 Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior approval 

22 of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con23 gress. 

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

25 available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the 
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1 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 6405 

2 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 

3 SEC. 733. Hereafter, the Agricultural Marketing Serv4 ice and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Ad5 ministration, that have statutory authority to purchase in6 terest bearing investments outside of the Treasury, are not 

7 required to establish obligations and outlays for those in8 vestments, provided those investments are insured by the 

9 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized 

10 at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the Fed11 eral Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the United 

12 States Department of the Treasury. 

13 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

15 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess 

16 of 150,000 acres in the calendar year 2006 wetlands reserve 

17 program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 

18 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

19 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

20 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out 

21 an environmental quality incentives program authorized by 

22 chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 

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

24 $1,017,000,000. 
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1 SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

3 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 

4 $23,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the Farm 

5 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

6 8106(f)). 

7 SEC. 737. With the exception of funds provided in fis8 cal year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

9 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

10 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 

11 $50,000,000 made available by section 601(j)(1)(A) of the 

12 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)). 

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

14 year 2006 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized 

15 under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 

16 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 

17 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora18 tion for the release of eligible commodities under section 

19 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act 

20 (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any such funds made 

21 available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 

22 shall only be used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of 

23 the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 

24 SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

25 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
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1 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 

2 $120,000,000 made available by section 6401(a) of Public 

3 Law 107–171. 

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

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

6 940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 

7 Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, 

8 structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not 

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

10 term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail11 able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under that 

12 section. 

13 SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

15 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out sec16 tion 2502 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $47,000,000. 

17 SEC. 742. Of the unobligated balances available in the 

18 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In19 fants, and Children reserve account, $32,000,000 is hereby 

20 rescinded. 

21 SEC. 743. Not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 

22 2006 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

23 by this or any other Act shall be used to carry out section 

24 6029 of Public Law 107–171. 
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1 SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

3 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a 

4 ground and surface water conservation program authorized 

5 by section 2301 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 

6 $51,000,000. 

7 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

10 for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 

11 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 

12 July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. Reg. 40541). 

13 SEC. 746. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

16 specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a 

17 competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri18 culture, including support personnel of the Department of 

19 Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 

20 programs or for reimbursement of administrative costs 

21 under section 16(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 

22 U.S.C. 2025(a)) to a State agency for which more than 10 

23 percent of the costs (other than costs for issuance of benefits 

24 or nutrition education) are obtained under contract. 
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1 SEC. 747. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi2 sion of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appro3 priations available to the Secretary for activities authorized 

4 under sections 426–426c of title 7, United States Code, 

5 under this or any other Act, to enter into cooperative agree6 ments, with a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, 

7 a public or private agency, organization, or any other per8 son, to lease aircraft if the Secretary determines that the 

9 objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest 

10 of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs 

11 administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

12 Service, Wildlife Services; and (2) all parties will con13 tribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives; 

14 award of a cooperative agreement authorized by the Sec15 retary may be made for an initial term not to exceed 5 

16 years. 

17 SEC. 748. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

18 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

19 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out sec20 tion 9010 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $60,000,000. 

21 SEC. 749. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Depart22 ment of Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary 

23 funds to cover the costs of preparing, or contracting for the 

24 preparation of, final agency decisions regarding complaints 
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1 of discrimination in employment or program activities 

2 arising within such agencies and offices. 

3 SEC. 750. Funds made available under section 1240I 

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

5 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex6 pended to cover obligations made in the current fiscal year, 

7 and are not available for new obligations. 

8 SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,500,000, to 

9 remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis10 sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 

11 which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup12 plies. 

13 SEC. 752. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 law— 

15 (1)(A) the Alaska Department of Community 

16 and Economic Development shall be eligible to receive 

17 a water and waste disposal grant under section 

18 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop19 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that is 

20 equal to not more than 75 percent of the total cost of 

21 providing water and sewer service to the proposed 

22 hospital in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska; 

23 and 

24 (B) the Alaska Department of Community and 

25 Economic Development shall be allowed to pass the 
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1 grant funds through to the local government entity 

2 that will provide water and sewer service to the hos3 pital; 

4 (2) or any percentage of cost limitation in cur5 rent law or regulations, the construction projects 

6 known as the Tri-Valley Community Center addition 

7 in Healy, Alaska; the Cold Climate Housing Research 

8 Center in Fairbanks, Alaska; and the University of 

9 Alaska-Fairbanks Allied Health Learning Center skill 

10 labs/classrooms shall be eligible to receive Community 

11 Facilities grants in amounts that are equal to not 

12 more than 75 percent of the total facility costs: Pro13 vided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the 

14 Cold Climate Housing Research Center is designated 

15 an ‘‘essential community facility’’ for rural Alaska; 

16 (3) for any fiscal year and hereafter, in the case 

17 of a high cost isolated rural area in Alaska that is 

18 not connected to a road system, the maximum level 

19 for the single family housing assistance shall be 150 

20 percent of the median household income level in the 

21 nonmetropolitan areas of the State and 115 percent 

22 of all other eligible areas of the State; 

23 (4)(A) the Natural Resources Conservation Serv24 ice shall provide financial and technical assistance 

25 through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Oper-
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1 ations program to carry out the East Locust Creek 

2 Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri; and 

3 (B) the Natural Resources Conservation Service 

4 is authorized to provide 100 percent of the engineer5 ing assistance and 75 percent cost share for construc6 tion cost of the project; and 

7 (5) any former RUS borrower that has repaid or 

8 prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under 

9 the Rural Electrification Act, or any not-for-profit 

10 utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct 

11 loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 

12 under Section 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same 

13 manner as a borrower under such Act. 

14 SEC. 753. Hereafter, notwithstanding the provisions of 

15 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (in16 cluding the associated regulations) governing the Commu17 nity Facilities Program, the Secretary may allow all Com18 munity Facility Program facility borrowers and grantees 

19 to enter into contracts with not-for-profit third parties for 

20 services consistent with the requirements of the Program, 

21 grant, and/or loan: Provided, That the contracts protect the 

22 interests of the Government regarding cost, liability, main23 tenance, and administrative fees. 

24 SEC. 754. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 
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1 make funding and other assistance available through the 

2 emergency watershed protection program under section 403 

3 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to 

4 repair and prevent damage to non-Federal land in water5 sheds that have been impaired by fires initiated by the Fed6 eral Government and shall waive cost sharing requirements 

7 for the funding and assistance. 

8 SEC. 755. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

9 be used for salaries and expenses to carry out any regula10 tion or rule insofar as it would make ineligible for enroll11 ment in the conservation reserve program established under 

12 subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 

13 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) land 

14 that is planted to hardwood trees as of the date of enactment 

15 of this Act and was enrolled in the conservation reserve pro16 gram under a contract that expired prior to calendar year 

17 2002. 

18 SEC. 756. None of the funds made available under this 

19 Act shall be available to pay the administrative expenses 

20 of a State agency that, after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, authorizes any new for-profit vendor(s) to transact food 

22 instruments under the Special Supplemental Nutrition 

23 Program for Women, Infants, and Children if it is expected 

24 that more than 50 percent of the annual revenue of the ven25 dor from the sale of food items will be derived from the sale 
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1 of supplemental foods that are obtained with WIC food in2 struments, except that the Secretary may approve the au3 thorization of such a vendor if the approval is necessary 

4 to assure participant access to program benefits. 

5 SEC. 757. The Secretary of Agriculture may use any 

6 unobligated carryover funds made available for any pro7 gram administered by the Rural Utilities Service (not in8 cluding funds made available under the heading ‘‘Rural 

9 Community Advancement Program’’ in any Act of appro10 priation) to carry out section 315 of the Rural Electrifica11 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940e). 

12 SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 

13 remain available until expended, to carry out provisions 

14 of section 751 of division A of Public Law 108–7. 

15 SEC. 759. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 for 

16 a grant to Alaska Village Initiatives for the purpose of ad17 ministering a private lands wildlife management program 

18 in Alaska. 

19 SEC. 760. There is hereby appropriated $2,250,000, to 

20 remain available until expended, for a grant to the Wis21 consin Federation of Cooperatives for pilot Wisconsin-Min22 nesota health care cooperative purchasing alliances. 

23 SEC. 761. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi24 sion of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal 

25 year 2004 to States administering the Child and Adult Care 
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1 Food Program, for the purpose of conducting audits of par2 ticipating institutions, funds identified by the Secretary as 

3 having been unused during the initial fiscal year of avail4 ability may be recovered and reallocated by the Secretary: 

5 Provided, That States may use the reallocated funds until 

6 expended for the purpose of conducting audits of partici7 pating institutions. 

8 SEC. 762. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 

9 and directed to quitclaim to the City of Elkhart, Kansas, 

10 all rights, title and interests of the United States in that 

11 tract of land comprising 151.7 acres, more or less, located 

12 in Morton County, Kansas, and more specifically described 

13 in a deed dated March 11, 1958, from the United States 

14 of America to the City of Elkhart, State of Kansas, and 

15 filed of record April 4, 1958 at Book 34 at Page 520 in 

16 the office of the Register of Deeds of Morton County, Kansas. 

17 SEC. 763. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to 

18 carry out the Healthy Forests Reserve Program authorized 

19 under Title V of Public Law 108–148 (16 U.S.C. 6571– 

20 6578). 

21 SEC. 764. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

22 be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement any 

23 regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertification 

24 of rural status for each electric and telecommunications bor-
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1 rower for the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication 

2 Loans program. 

3 SEC. 765. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

4 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

5 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a 

6 Biomass Research and Development Program in excess of 

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

8 U.S.C. 7624 note). 

9 SEC. 766. The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 is 

10 amended by inserting after section 315 (7 U.S.C. 940e) the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 316. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF EXISTING

13 GUARANTEE. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations in this 

15 section and the provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act 

16 of 1990, as amended, a borrower of a loan made by the 

17 Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed under this Act 

18 may request an extension of the final maturity of the out19 standing principal balance of such loan or any loan ad20 vance thereunder. If the Secretary and the Federal Financ21 ing Bank approve such an extension, then the period of the 

22 existing guarantee shall also be considered extended. 

23 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) FEASIBILITY AND SECURITY.—Extensions 

25 under this section shall not be made unless the Sec-
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1 retary first finds and certifies that, after giving effect 

2 to the extension, in his judgment the security for all 

3 loans to the borrower made or guaranteed under this 

4 Act is reasonably adequate and that all such loans 

5 will be repaid within the time agreed. 

6 ‘‘(2) EXTENSION OF USEFUL LIFE OR COLLAT7 ERAL.—Extensions under this section shall not be 

8 granted unless the borrower first submits with its re9 quest either— 

10 ‘‘(A) evidence satisfactory to the Secretary 

11 that a Federal or State agency with jurisdiction 

12 and expertise has made an official determina13 tion, such as through a licensing proceeding, ex14 tending the useful life of a generating plant or 

15 transmission line pledged as collateral to or be16 yond the new final maturity date being requested 

17 by the borrower, or 

18 ‘‘(B) a certificate from an independent li19 censed engineer concluding, on the basis of a 

20 thorough engineering analysis satisfactory to the 

21 Secretary, that the useful life of the generating 

22 plant or transmission line pledged as collateral 

23 extends to or beyond the new final maturity date 

24 being requested by the borrower. 
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1 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT ELIGIBLE FOR EXTENSION.—Ex2 tensions under this section shall not be granted if the 

3 principal balance extended exceeds the appraised 

4 value of the generating plant or transmission line re5 ferred to in subsection paragraph (2). 

6 ‘‘(4) PERIOD OF EXTENSION.—Extensions under 

7 this section shall in no case result in a final maturity 

8 greater than 55 years from the time of original dis9 bursement and shall in no case result in a final ma10 turity greater than the useful life of the plant. 

11 ‘‘(5) NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS.—Extensions 

12 under this section shall not be granted more than once 

13 per loan advance. 

14 ‘‘(c) FEES.— 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A borrower that receives an 

16 extension under this section shall pay a fee to the Sec17 retary which shall be credited to the Rural Elec18 trification and Telecommunications Loans Program 

19 account. Such fees shall remain available without fis20 cal year limitation to pay the modification costs for 

21 extensions. 

22 ‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of the fee paid shall 

23 be equal to the modification cost, calculated in ac24 cordance with section 502 of the Federal Credit Re25 form Act of 1990, as amended, of such extension. 
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1 ‘‘(3) PAYMENT.—The borrower shall pay the fee 

2 required under this section at the time the existing 

3 guarantee is extended by making a payment in the 

4 amount of the required fee.’’. 

5 SEC. 767. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 none of the funds provided for in this or any other Act may 

7 be used in this and each fiscal year hereafter for the review, 

8 clearance, or approval for sale in the United States of any 

9 contact lens unless the manufacturer certifies that it makes 

10 any contact lens it produces, markets, distributes, or sells 

11 available in a commercially reasonable and non-discrimi12 natory manner directly to and generally within all alter13 native channels of distribution: Provided, That for the pur14 poses of this section, the term ‘manufacturer’ includes the 

15 manufacturer and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, suc16 cessors and assigns, and ‘alternative channels of distribu17 tion’ means any mail order company, Internet retailer, 

18 pharmacy, buying club, department store, mass merchan19 dise outlet or other appropriate distribution alternative 

20 without regard to whether it is associated with a prescriber: 

21 Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be inter22 preted as waiving any obligation of a seller under 15 U.S.C. 

23 7603: Provided further, That to facilitate compliance with 

24 this section, 15 U.S.C. 7605 is amended by inserting after 

25 the period: ‘‘A manufacturer shall make any contact lens 
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1 it produces, markets, distributes or sells available in a com2 mercially reasonable and non-discriminatory manner di3 rectly to and generally within all alternative channels of 

4 distribution; provided that, for the purposes of this section, 

5 the term ‘alternative channels of distribution’ means any 

6 mail order company, Internet retailer, pharmacy, buying 

7 club, department store, mass merchandise outlet or other 

8 appropriate distribution alternative without regard to 

9 whether it is associated with a prescriber; the term ‘manu10 facturer’ includes the manufacturer and its parents, sub11 sidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns; and any rule 

12 prescribed under this section shall take effect not later than 

13 60 days after the date of enactment.’’ 

14 SEC. 768. (a) IN GENERAL.—Hereafter, the Secretary 

15 of Health and Human Services, on behalf of the United 

16 States may, whenever the Secretary deems desirable, relin17 quish to the State of Arkansas all or part of the jurisdiction 

18 of the United States over the lands and properties encom19 passing the Jefferson Labs campus in the State of Arkansas 

20 that are under the supervision or control of the Secretary. 

21 (b) TERMS.—Relinquishment of jurisdiction under 

22 this section may be accomplished, under terms and condi23 tions that the Secretary deems advisable, 
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1 (1) by filing with the Governor of the State of 

2 Arkansas a notice of relinquishment to take effect 

3 upon acceptance thereof; or 

4 (2) as the laws of such State may otherwise pro5 vide. 

6 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Jefferson 

7 Labs campus’’ means the lands and properties of the Na8 tional Center for Toxicological Research and the Arkansas 

9 Regional Laboratory. 

10 SEC. 769. Section 204(b)(3)(A) of the Child Nutrition 

11 and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 781; 42 

12 U.S.C. 1751 note) is amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2006’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2005’’. 

14 SEC. 770. (a) Section 18(f)(1)(B) of the Richard B. 

15 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 1769(f)(1)(B)) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘April 2004’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘June 2005’’; and 

19 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘66.67’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘75’’. 

21 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect 

22 on January 1, 2006. 

23 SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $1,250,000 to 

24 the National Agricultural Imagery Program to acquire one 
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1 meter natural color digital ortho-imagery of the entire state 

2 of Utah. 

3 SEC. 772. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 for eligibility to participate in the Environmental Quality 

5 Incentives Program (EQIP), a producer is deemed to have 

6 an interest in a farming or ranching operation whether the 

7 source of income for that operation is derived from crops 

8 or livestock owned by that producer, or owned by another 

9 and raised by that producer. 

10 SEC. 773. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

11 to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the 

12 Rural Telephone Bank, except in the event of liquidation 

13 or dissolution of the telephone bank during fiscal year 2006, 

14 pursuant to section 411 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

15 1936, as amended, or to maintain any account or sub16 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele17 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 

18 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 

20 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans21 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any 

22 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone 

23 liquidating account which is in excess of current require24 ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth 
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1 for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred2 it Reform Act of 1990. 

3 SEC. 774. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 to 

4 carry out Section 120 of Public Law 108–265 in Utah and 

5 Wisconsin. 

6 SEC. 775. There is hereby appropriated $700,000 to 

7 provide administrative support for a world food hunger or8 ganization: Provided, That none of the funds may be used 

9 for a monetary award to an individual. 

10 SEC. 776. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 the Secretary of Agriculture may consider the Municipality 

12 of Carolina, Puerto Rico, as meeting the eligibility require13 ments for loans and grants programs in the Rural Develop14 ment mission area. 

15 SEC. 777. It is the sense of the Senate that the United 

16 States Government should not permit the importation into 

17 the United States of beef from Japan until the Government 

18 of Japan takes appropriate actions to permit the importa19 tion into Japan of beef from the United States. 

20 SEC. 778. None of the funds made available under this 

21 Act shall be used by the Secretary of Agriculture for the 

22 purpose of developing a final rule relating to the proposed 

23 rule entitled ‘‘Importation of Whole Cuts of Boneless Beef 

24 from Japan’’, dated August 18, 2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 48494), 

25 to allow the importation of beef from Japan, unless the 
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1 President certifies to Congress that Japan has granted open 

2 access to Japanese markets for beef and beef products pro3 duced in the United States. 

4 SEC. 779. (a) Section 8c(5) of the Agricultural Adjust5 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(5)), reenacted with amendments 

6 by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(M) MINIMUM MILK PRICES FOR HAN9 DLERS.— 

10 ‘‘(i) APPLICATION OF MINIMUM PRICE

11 REQUIREMENTS.—Notwithstanding any 

12 other provision of this section, a milk han13 dler described in clause (ii) shall be subject 

14 to all of the minimum and uniform price 

15 requirements of a Federal milk marketing 

16 order issued pursuant to this section appli17 cable to the county in which the plant of the 

18 handler is located, at Federal order class 

19 prices, if the handler has packaged fluid 

20 milk product route dispositions, or sales of 

21 packaged fluid milk products to other 

22 plants, in a marketing area located in a 

23 State that requires handlers to pay min24 imum prices for raw milk purchases. 
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1 ‘‘(ii) COVERED MILK HANDLERS.—Ex2 cept as provided in clause (iv), clause (i) 

3 applies to a handler of Class I milk prod4 ucts (including a producer-handler or pro5 ducer operating as a handler) that— 

6 ‘‘(I) operates a plant that is lo7 cated within the boundaries of a Fed8 eral order milk marketing area (as 

9 those boundaries are in effect on the 

10 date of enactment of this subpara11 graph); 

12 ‘‘(II) has packaged fluid milk 

13 product route dispositions, or sales of 

14 packaged fluid milk products to other 

15 plants, in a milk marketing area lo16 cated in a State that requires handlers 

17 to pay minimum prices for raw milk 

18 purchases; and 

19 ‘‘(III) is not otherwise obligated 

20 by a Federal milk marketing order, or 

21 a regulated milk pricing plan operated 

22 by a State, to pay minimum class 

23 prices for the raw milk that is used for 

24 the milk dispositions or sales. 
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1 ‘‘(iii) OBLIGATION TO PAY MINIMUM

2 CLASS PRICES.—For the purpose of clause 

3 (ii)(III), the Secretary may not consider a 

4 handler of Class I milk products to be obli5 gated by a Federal milk marketing order to 

6 pay minimum class prices for raw milk un7 less the handler operates the plant as a fully 

8 regulated fluid milk distributing plant 

9 under a Federal milk marketing order. 

10 ‘‘(iv) CERTAIN HANDLERS EXEMPT11 ED.—Clause (i) does not apply to— 

12 ‘‘(I) a handler (otherwise de13 scribed in clause (ii)) that operates a 

14 nonpool plant (as defined in section 

15 1000.8(e) of title 7, Code of Federal 

16 Regulations (as in effect on the date of 

17 enactment of this subparagraph)); 

18 ‘‘(II) a producer-handler (other19 wise described in clause (ii)) for any 

20 month during which the producer-han21 dler has route dispositions, and sales to 

22 other plants, of packaged fluid milk 

23 products equaling less than 3,000,000 

24 pounds of milk; or 
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1 ‘‘(III) a handler (otherwise de2 scribed in clause (ii)) for any month 

3 during which— 

4 ‘‘(aa) less than 25 percent of 

5 the total quantity of fluid milk 

6 products physically received at the 

7 plant of the handler (excluding 

8 concentrated milk received from 

9 another plant by agreement for 

10 other than Class I use) is disposed 

11 of as route disposition or is trans12 ferred in the form of packaged 

13 fluid milk products to other 

14 plants; or 

15 ‘‘(bb) less than 25 percent in 

16 aggregate of the route disposition 

17 or transfers are in a marketing 

18 area or areas located in 1 or more 

19 States that require handlers to 

20 pay minimum prices for raw milk 

21 purchases. 

22 ‘‘(N) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN MILK HAN23 DLERS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 this section, no handler with distribution of 

25 Class I milk products in the Arizona-Las Vegas 
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1 marketing area (Order No. 131) shall be exempt 

2 during any month from any minimum milk 

3 price requirement established by the Secretary 

4 under this subsection if the total distribution of 

5 Class I products during the preceding month of 

6 any such handler’s own farm production that ex7 ceeds 3,000,000 pounds.’’. 

8 (b) Section 8c(11) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act 

9 (7 U.S.C. 608c(11)), reenacted with amendments by the Ag10 ricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended— 

11 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking the last 

12 sentence; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(D) EXCLUSION OF NEVADA FROM FED15 ERAL MILK MARKETING ORDERS.—In the case of 

16 milk and its products, no county or other polit17 ical subdivision located in the State of Nevada 

18 shall be within a marketing area covered by any 

19 order issued under this section.’’. 

20 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section 

21 or the amendments made by this section, a milk handler 

22 (including a producer-handler or producer operating as a 

23 handler) that is subject to regulation under this section or 

24 an amendment made by this section shall comply with any 

25 requirement under section 1000.27 of title 7, Code of Fed-
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1 eral Regulations (or a successor regulation) relating to re2 sponsibility of handlers for records or facilities. 

3 (d)(1) This section and the amendments made by this 

4 section take effect on the first day of the first month begin5 ning more than 15 days after the date of enactment of this 

6 Act. 

7 (2) To accomplish the expedited implementation sched8 ule for the amendment made by subsection (a), effective on 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri10 culture shall ensure that the pool distributing plant provi11 sions of each Federal milk marketing order issued under 

12 section 8c(5)(B) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 

13 U.S.C. 608c(5)(B)), reenacted with amendments by the Ag14 ricultural Marketing Agreement of 1937, provides that a 

15 handler described in section 8c(5)(M) of the Agricultural 

16 Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricul17 tural Marketing Agreement of 1937 (as added by subsection 

18 (a))), will be fully regulated by the order in which the dis19 tributing plant of the handler is located. 

20 (3) Implementation of this section and the amend21 ments made by this section shall not be subject to a ref22 erendum under section 8c(19) of the Agricultural Adjust23 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(19)), reenacted with amendments 

24 by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. 
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1 SEC. 780. (a) Subject to subsection (b), none of the 

2 funds made available in this Act may be used to— 

3 (1) grant a waiver of a financial conflict of in4 terest requirement pursuant to section 505(n)(4) of 

5 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

6 355(n)(4)) for any voting member of an advisory 

7 committee or panel of the Food and Drug Adminis8 tration; or 

9 (2) make a certification under section 208(b)(3) 

10 of title 18, United States Code, for any such voting 

11 member. 

12 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a waiver or cer13 tification if— 

14 (1) not later than 15 days prior to a meeting of 

15 an advisory committee or panel to which such waiver 

16 or certification applies, the Secretary of Health and 

17 Human Services discloses on the Internet website of 

18 the Food and Drug Administration— 

19 (A) the nature of the conflict of interest at 

20 issue; and 

21 (B) the nature and basis of such waiver or 

22 certification (other than information exempted 

23 from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, 

24 United States Code (popularly known as the 

25 Freedom of Information Act)); or 
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1 (2) in the case of a conflict of interest that be2 comes known to the Secretary less than 15 days prior 

3 to a meeting to which such waiver or certification ap4 plies, the Secretary shall make such public disclosure 

5 as soon as possible thereafter, but in no event later 

6 than the date of such meeting. 

7 (c) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

8 be used to make a new appointment to an advisory com9 mittee or panel of the Food and Drug Administration un10 less the Commissioner of Food and Drugs submits a con11 fidential report to the Inspector General of the Department 

12 of Health and Human Services of the efforts made to iden13 tify qualified persons for such appointment with minimal 

14 or no potential conflicts of interest. 

15 SEC. 781. (a) Hereafter, none of the funds made avail16 able by this Act or any other Act may be used to publish, 

17 disseminate, or distribute Agriculture Information Bulletin 

18 Number 787. 

19 (b) Of the funds provided to the Economic Research 

20 Service, the Secretary of Agriculture shall enter into an 

21 agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to con22 duct a comprehensive report on the economic development 

23 and current status of the sheep industry in the United 

24 States. 
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1 SEC. 782. The Secretary of Agriculture may establish 

2 a demonstration intermediate relending program for the 

3 construction and rehabilitation of housing for the Mis4 sissippi Band of Choctaw Indians: Provided, That the in5 terest rate for direct loans shall be 1 percent: Provided fur6 ther, That no later than one year after the establishment 

7 of this program the Secretary shall provide the Committees 

8 on Appropriations with a report providing information on 

9 the program structure, management, and general demo10 graphic information on the loan recipients. 

11 SEC. 783. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to provide funding to a research facility 

13 that purchases animals from a dealer that holds a Class 

14 B license under the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et 

15 seq.). 

16 SEC. 784. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to approve for human consumption under 

18 the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) any 

19 cattle, sheep, swine, or goats, or horses, mules, or other 

20 equines that are unable to stand or walk unassisted at a 

21 slaughtering, packing, meat-canning, rendering, or similar 

22 establishment subject to inspection at the point of examina23 tion and inspection under section 3(a) of that Act (21 

24 U.S.C. 603(a)). 
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1 SEC. 785. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a county 

3 or local Farm Service Agency office unless or until the Sec4 retary of Agriculture has determined the cost effectiveness 

5 and enhancement of program delivery of the closure or relo6 cation, and report to the House and Senate Committees on 

7 Agriculture and Appropriations. 

8 SEC. 786. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel 

10 to inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat Inspec11 tion Act (21 U.S.C. 603) or under the guidelines issued 

12 under section 903 the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 

13 Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104– 

14 127). 

15 SEC. 787. Section 508(a)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop In16 surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(4)(B)) is amended by insert17 ing ‘‘or similar commodities’’ after ‘‘the commodity’’. 

18 SEC. 788. 90 days before initiating any structural 

19 change in a mission area of the Department, the Secretary 

20 of Agriculture shall provide notice of the change to the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

22 Representatives. 

23 SEC. 789. (a) Notwithstanding subtitles B and C of 

24 the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 

25 4501 et seq.), during fiscal year 2006, the National Dairy 
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1 Promotion and Research Board may obligate and expend 

2 funds for any activity to improve the environment and pub3 lic health. 

4 (b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall review the im5 pact of any expenditures under subsection (a) and include 

6 the review in the 2007 report of the Secretary to Congress 

7 on the dairy promotion program established under subtitle 

8 B of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 

9 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 

10 SEC. 790. Section 274(a)(1) of the Immigration and 

11 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)) is amended by add12 ing at the end the following: ‘‘(C) It is not a violation of 

13 clauses (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A), or of clause (iv) 

14 of subparagraph (A) except where a person encourages or 

15 induces an alien to come to or enter the United States, for 

16 a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, reli17 gious organization in the United States, or the agents or 

18 officers of such denomination or organization, to encourage, 

19 invite, call, allow, or enable an alien who is present in the 

20 United States to perform the vocation of a minister or mis21 sionary for the denomination or organization in the United 

22 States as a volunteer who is not compensated as an em23 ployee, notwithstanding the provision of room, board, trav24 el, medical assistance, and other basic living expenses, pro-
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1 vided the minister or missionary has been a member of the 

2 denomination for at least one year.’’ 

3 SEC. 791. The Federal facility located at the South 

4 Mississippi Branch Experiment Station in Poplarville, 

5 Mississippi, and known as the ‘‘Southern Horticultural 

6 Laboratory’’, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Thad 

7 Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory’’: Provided, 

8 That any reference in law, map, regulation, document, 

9 paper, or other record of the United States to such Federal 

10 facility shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Thad Coch11 ran Southern Horticultural Laboratory’’. 

12 SEC. 792. As soon as practicable after the Agricultural 

13 Research Service operations at the Western Cotton Research 

14 Laboratory located at 4135 East Broadway Road in Phoe15 nix, Arizona, have ceased, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

16 convey, without consideration, to the Arizona Cotton Grow17 ers Association and Supima all right, title, and interest of 

18 the United States in and to the real property at that loca19 tion, including improvements. 

20 SEC. 793. The Secretary of Agriculture shall— 

21 (1) as soon as practicable after the date of enact22 ment of this Act, conduct an evaluation of any im23 pacts of the court decision in Harvey v. Veneman, 

24 396 F.3d 28 (1st Cir. Me. 2005); and 
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1 (2) not later than 90 days after the date of en2 actment of this Act, submit to Congress a report 

3 that— 

4 (A) describes the results of the evaluation 

5 conducted under paragraph (1); 

6 (B) includes a determination by the Sec7 retary on whether restoring the National Organic 

8 Program, as in effect on the day before the date 

9 of the court decision described in paragraph (1), 

10 would adversely affect organic farmers, organic 

11 food processors, and consumers; 

12 (C) analyzes issues regarding the use of syn13 thetic ingredients in processing and handling; 

14 (D) analyzes the utility of expedited peti15 tions for commercially unavailable agricultural 

16 commodities and products; and 

17 (E) considers the use of crops and forage 

18 from land included in the organic system plan 

19 of dairy farms that are in the third year of or20 ganic management. 

21 SEC. 794. (a) Not later than 90 days after the date 

22 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Animal 

23 and Plant Health Inspection Service (referred to in this sec24 tion as the ‘‘Administrator’’) shall publish in the Federal 
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1 Register uniform methods and rules for addressing chronic 

2 wasting disease. 

3 (b) If the Administrator does not publish the uniform 

4 methods and rules by the deadline specified in subsection 

5 (a), not later than 30 days after the deadline and every 

6 30 days thereafter until the uniform methods and rules are 

7 published in accordance with that subsection, the Adminis8 trator shall submit to Congress a report that— 

9 (1) describes the status of the uniform methods 

10 and rules; and 

11 (2) provides an estimated completion date for the 

12 uniform methods and rules. 

13 SEC. 795. (a) In carrying out a livestock assistance, 

14 compensation, or feed program, the Secretary of Agriculture 

15 shall include horses within the definition of ‘‘livestock’’ cov16 ered by the program. 

17 (b)(1) Section 602(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 

18 (7 U.S.C. 1471(2)) is amended— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘horses’’, after ‘‘bison’’; and 

20 (B) by striking ‘‘equine animals used for food or 

21 in the production of food,’’. 

22 (2) Section 806 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 

23 Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap24 propriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 
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1 1549A–51) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including losses to 

2 elk, reindeer, bison, and horses)’’ after ‘‘livestock losses’’. 

3 (3) Section 10104(a) of the Farm Security and Rural 

4 Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1472(a)) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘and bison’’ and inserting ‘‘bison, and horses’’. 

6 (4) Section 203(d)(2) of the Agricultural Assistance 

7 Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 541) is amended 

8 by striking ‘‘and bison’’ and inserting ‘‘bison, and horses’’. 

9 (c)(1) This section and the amendments made by this 

10 section apply to losses resulting from a disaster that occurs 

11 on or after July 28, 2005. 

12 (2) This section and the amendments made by this sec13 tion do not apply to losses resulting from a disaster that 

14 occurred before July 28, 2005. 

15 SEC. 796. With respect to the sale of the Thermo 

16 Pressed Laminates building in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the 

17 Secretary of Agriculture may allow the Klamath County 

18 Economic Development Corporation to establish a revolving 

19 economic development loan fund with the funds that other20 wise would be required to be repaid to the Secretary in ac21 cordance with the rural business enterprise grant under sec22 tion 310B(c)(1)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

23 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)). 

24 SEC. 797. SENSE OF THE SENATE.—(a) FINDINGS.— 

25 The Senate finds the following: 
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1 (1) In a time of national catastrophe, it is the 

2 responsibility of Congress and the Executive Branch 

3 to take quick and decisive action to help those in 

4 need. 

5 (2) The size, scope, and complexity of Hurricane 

6 Katrina are unprecedented, and the emergency re7 sponse and long-term recovery efforts will be extensive 

8 and require significant resources. 

9 (3) It is the responsibility of Congress and the 

10 Executive Branch to ensure the financial stability of 

11 the nation by being good stewards of Americans’ 

12 hard-earned tax dollars. 

13 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen14 ate that any funding directive contained in this Act, or its 

15 accompanying report, that is not specifically authorized in 

16 any Federal law as of the date of enactment of this section, 

17 or Act or resolution passed by the Senate during the 1st 

18 Session of the 109th Congress prior to such date, or pro19 posed in pursuance to an estimate submitted in accordance 

20 with law, that is for the benefit of an identifiable program, 

21 project, activity, entity, or jurisdiction and is not directly 

22 related to the impact of Hurricane Katrina, may be redi23 rected to recovery efforts if the appropriate head of an agen24 cy or department determines, after consultation with appro25 priate Congressional Committees, that the funding directive 
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1 is not of national significance or is not in the public inter2 est. 

3 SEC. 798. (a) The Senate finds the following: 

4 (1) Research and development have been critical 

5 components of the prosperity of the United States. 

6 (2) The United States is entering an increas7 ingly competitive world in the 21st century. 

8 (3) The National Academy of Sciences has found 

9 that public agricultural research and development ex10 penditures in the United States were the lowest of 

11 any developed country in the world. 

12 (4) The Nation needs to ensure that public 

13 spending for agricultural research is commensurate 

14 with the importance of agriculture to the long-term 

15 economic health of the Nation. 

16 (5) Research and development is critical to en17 suring that American agriculture remains strong and 

18 vital in the coming decades. 

19 (b) It is the sense of the Senate that, in order for the 

20 United States to remain competitive, the President and the 

21 Department of Agriculture should increase public sector 

22 funding of agricultural research and development. 

23 SEC. 799. It is the sense of the Senate that— 

24 (1) the Senate— 
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1 (A) encourages expanded efforts to alleviate 

2 hunger throughout developing countries; and 

3 (B) pledges to continue to support inter4 national hunger relief efforts; 

5 (2) the United States Government should use fi6 nancial and diplomatic resources to work with other 

7 donors to ensure that food aid programs receive all 

8 necessary funding and supplies; and 

9 (3) food aid should be provided in conjunction 

10 with measures to alleviate hunger, malnutrition, and 

11 poverty. 

12 SEC. 800. Amounts made available for the Plant Mate13 rials Center in Fallon, Nevada, under the heading ‘‘CON14 SERVATION OPERATIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘NATURAL RE15 SOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE’’ of title II of the Agri16 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra17 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Pub18 lic Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2823) shall remain available 

19 until expended. 

20 SEC. 801. Not later than 90 days after the date of en21 actment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in co22 operation with the Secretary of Energy, shall provide to the 

23 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com24 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

25 a report that describes the impact of increased prices of gas, 
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1 natural gas, and diesel on agricultural producers, ranchers, 

2 and rural communities. 

3 SEC. 802. The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in 

4 this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall prepare a report for 

5 submission by the President to Congress, along with the fis6 cal year 2007 budget request under section 1105 of title 31, 

7 United States Code, that— 

8 (1) identifies measures to address bark beetle in9 festation and the impacts of bark beetle infestation as 

10 the first priority for assistance under the Healthy 

11 Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6501 et 

12 seq.); 

13 (2) describes activities that will be conducted by 

14 the Secretary to address bark beetle infestations and 

15 the impacts of bark beetle infestations; 

16 (3) describes the financial and technical re17 sources that will be dedicated by the Secretary to 

18 measures to address bark beetle infestations and the 

19 impacts of the infestations; and 

20 (4) describes the manner in which the Secretary 

21 will coordinate with the Secretary of the Interior and 

22 State and local governments in conducting the activi23 ties under paragraph (2). 

24 SEC. 803. Any limitation, directive, or earmarking 

25 contained in either the House of Representatives or Senate 
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1 report accompanying H.R. 2744 shall also be included in 

2 the conference report or joint statement accompanying H.R. 

3 2744 in order to be considered as having been approved by 

4 both Houses of Congress. 

5 SEC. 804. (a) Congress makes the following findings: 

6 (1) Consumers need clear and consistent infor7 mation about the risks associated with exposure to the 

8 sun, and the protection offered by over-the-counter 

9 sunscreen products. 

10 (2) The Food and Drug Administration (referred 

11 to in this section as the ‘‘FDA’’) began developing a 

12 monograph for over-the-counter sunscreen products in 

13 1978. 

14 (3) In 2002, after 23 years, the FDA issued the 

15 final monograph for such sunscreen products. 

16 (4) One of the most critical aspects of sunscreen 

17 is how to measure protection against UVA rays, 

18 which cause skin cancer. 

19 (5) The final sunscreen monograph failed to ad20 dress this critical aspect and, accordingly, the mono21 graph was stayed shortly after being issued until 

22 issuance of a comprehensive monograph. 

23 (6) Skin cancer rates continue to rise, especially 

24 in younger adults and women. 
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1 (7) Pursuant to section 751 of the Federal Food, 

2 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379r), a Federal 

3 rule on sunscreen labeling would preempt any related 

4 State labeling requirements. 

5 (8) The absence of a Federal rule could lead to 

6 a patchwork of State labeling requirements that 

7 would be confusing to consumers and unnecessarily 

8 burdensome to manufacturers. 

9 (b) It is the sense of Congress that the FDA should, 

10 not later than one year after the date of enactment of this 

11 Act, issue a comprehensive final monograph for over-the12 counter sunscreen products, including UVA and UVB label13 ing requirements, in order to provide consumers with all 

14 the necessary information regarding the dangers of skin 

15 cancer and the importance of wearing sunscreen. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De17 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

18 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2005. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk. 

Passed the Senate September 22, 2005. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.