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Calendar No. 141 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 2744 

[Report No. 109–92] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 9, 2005 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 27, 2005 

Reported by MR. BENNETT, with an amendment 

[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 

programs 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 
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1 ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, 

2 namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

8 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep9 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

10 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

11 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

12 CHIEF ECONOMIST

13 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in14 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 

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

16 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

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

18 $10,539,000. 

19 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

20 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi21 sion, $14,524,000. 

22 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

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

2 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

3 Staff, $934,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

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

7 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

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

11 and Rural Development mission areas for information 

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

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

14 $855,000) (reduced by $21,000,000) to remain available 

15 until expended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared 

16 information technology systems, including services as au17 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421–28: 

18 Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be con19 sistent with the Department of Agriculture Service Center 

20 Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and 

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

22 Information Officer. 

23 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi25 nancial Officer, $5,874,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi-
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1 nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross2 servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro3 vided further, That no funds made available by this appro4 priation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A– 

5 76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and 

7 the Committee on Government Reform of the House of 

8 Representatives a report on the Department’s contracting 

9 out policies, including 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 

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

14 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

16 $20,109,000. 

17 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

18 ADMINISTRATION

19 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

21 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

22 PAYMENTS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu25 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
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1 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis2 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri3 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 

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

5 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

6 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con7 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

8 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im9 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili10 ties, and for related costs, $183,133,000, to remain avail11 able until expended, as follows: for payments to the Gen12 eral Services Administration and the Department of 

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

14 and for buildings operations and maintenance, 

15 $35,399,000: Provided, That amounts which are made 

16 available for space rental and related costs for the Depart17 ment of Agriculture in this Act may be transferred be18 tween such appropriations to cover the costs of additional, 

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

20 transmitted to the Appropriations Committees of both 

21 Houses of Congress. 

22 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri25 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
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1 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,644,000, to remain 

4 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 

5 and funds available herein to the Department for Haz6 ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 

7 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re8 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 

9 non-Federal lands. 

10 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

13 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

14 services to offices of the Department and for general ad15 ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

16 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro17 vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 

18 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

19 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

20 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

21 required 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 

5 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 

6 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro7 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 

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

9 these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart10 ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per11 sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 

12 made available by this appropriation may be obligated 

13 after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, un14 less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro15 priations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 

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

17 other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 

18 shall be available to the Department for support of activi19 ties of congressional relations. 

20 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

22 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

23 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

24 coordination of information, work, and programs author25 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,509,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 

2 farmers’ bulletins. 

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, $79,626,000, including such sums 

7 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange8 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

10 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden11 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform12 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

14 of Public Law 97–98. 

15 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

17 Counsel, $38,439,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

19 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

21 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco22 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

23 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul24 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 
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1 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex2 tension Service, $598,000. 

3 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

5 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as 

6 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $75,931,000. 

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, sta12 tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur13 veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 

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

15 $136,241,000, of which up to $29,115,000 shall be avail16 able until expended 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 eco23 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui24 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in25 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex-
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1 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 

2 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 

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

4 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 

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

6 of Federal ownership, $1,035,475,000: Provided, That ap7 propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

8 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

9 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

10 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

12 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro13 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

16 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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

18 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

19 of the current replacement value of the building or 

20 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

21 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

22 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

23 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria24 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

25 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 
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1 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

2 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

4 funds may be received from any State, other political sub5 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es6 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

7 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

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

9 Agricultural Research Service, or successor, is authorized 

10 to lease approximately 40 acres of land at the Central 

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

12 of Governors of the Colorado State University System, for 

13 its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station, on such 

14 terms and conditions as the Secretary deems in the public 

15 interest: Provided further, That the Secretary understands 

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

17 and educational buildings on the subject acreage and to 

18 conduct agricultural research and educational activities in 

19 these buildings: Provided further, That as consideration 

20 for a lease, the Secretary may accept the benefits of mu21 tual cooperative research to be conducted by the Colorado 

22 State University and the Government at the Shortgrass 

23 Steppe Biological Field Station: Provided further, That the 

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

25 a lease may be renewed at the option of the Secretary on 
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1 such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems in the 

2 public interest. 

3 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

4 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro5 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

6 products. 

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve9 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip10 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

11 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

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

13 available until expended. 

14 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

15 EXTENSION SERVICE

16 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

17 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

18 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

19 for other expenses, $661,691,000 (increased by 

20 $855,000), as follows: to carry out the provisions of the 

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

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

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

24 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 

25 West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
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1 $37,704,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 

2 only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 

3 receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for ag4 ricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $92,064,000; for 

5 special grants for agricultural research on improved pest 

6 control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,038,000; for competitive 

7 research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $214,634,000; for the 

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

9 3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 

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

11 for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Mate12 rials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,102,000, to remain 

13 available until expended; for the 1994 research grants pro14 gram for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of 

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

16 remain available until expended; for rangeland research 

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

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

19 $4,500,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 

20 2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 

21 3152(b)(1)), $5,500,000; for a higher education multicul22 tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, 

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

24 an education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institu25 tions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $5,645,000 (increased by 
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1 $855,000); for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of 

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

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

4 or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Ha5 waii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of 

6 Alaska and Hawaii, $2,997,000; for a secondary agri7 culture education program and 2-year post-secondary edu8 cation (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture 

9 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,968,000; for sustainable agri10 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 

11 $12,400,000; for a program of capacity building grants 

12 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 

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

14 328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 

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

16 expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 In17 stitutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 

18 103–382, $2,250,000; for resident instruction grants for 

19 insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agricul20 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

21 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $500,000; and for necessary ex22 penses of Research and Education Activities, 

23 $39,773,000, of which $2,750,000 for the Research, Edu24 cation, and Economics Information System and 
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1 $2,173,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, 

2 are to remain available until expended. 

3 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

4 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro5 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

6 products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 

7 to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in8 dustrial uses of tobacco. 

9 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

10 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

13 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

14 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

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

17 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

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

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

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

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

22 extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith23 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 

24 the nutrition and family education program for low-income 

25 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,409,000; pay-
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1 ments for the pest management program under section 

2 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for the farm safe3 ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; 

4 payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under 

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

6 research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 

7 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 

8 West Virginia State University, as authorized by section 

9 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), 

10 $16,777,000, to remain available until expended; pay11 ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 

12 Smith-Lever Act, $7,978,000; for youth farm safety edu13 cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 

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

15 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 

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

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

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

19 payments for sustainable agriculture programs under sec20 tion 3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for rural 

21 health and safety education as authorized by section 

22 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 

23 $1,965,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 

24 the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill 

25 Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University 
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1 and West Virginia State University, $33,868,000, of 

2 which $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the pur3 pose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less 

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

5 Activities, $16,531,000. 

6 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

7 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

8 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex9 penses, $15,513,000, as follows: for a competitive inter10 national science and education grants program authorized 

11 under section 1459A of the National Agricultural Re12 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

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

14 $1,000,000; for grants programs authorized under section 

15 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as amended, 

16 $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007 

17 for the critical issues program, and $1,513,000 for the re18 gional rural development centers program; and 

19 $12,000,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initia20 tive authorized under section 1484 of the National Agri21 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, 

22 to remain available until September 30, 2007. 

23 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

24 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 

25 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
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1 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,935,000 (increased by 

2 $1,875,000), to remain available until expended. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

4 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro7 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 

8 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

9 Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 

10 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; 

11 $724,000. 

12 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION 

13 SERVICE 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

17 to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and ani18 mal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and reg19 ulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as au20 thorized by law, $823,635,000 (increased by 

21 $18,885,000), of which $4,140,000 shall be available for 

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

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

24 extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 

25 $38,634,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication 
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1 program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement 

2 for active eradication zones; of which $33,340,000 shall 

3 be available for a National Animal Identification program: 

4 Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate or ad5 minister a brucellosis eradication program for the current 

6 fiscal year that does not require minimum matching by 

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

8 this appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

9 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

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

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

12 any segment of the agricultural production industry of this 

13 country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria14 tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations 

15 of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec16 essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

17 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

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

19 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani20 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 

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

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

23 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre24 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

25 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
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1 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

2 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve3 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 

4 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

5 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build6 ing. 

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

8 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist9 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

10 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

11 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

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

16 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro17 viding such assistance, goods, or services. 

18 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

19 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte20 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al21 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

23 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail24 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– 

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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, $128,072,000, 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. 

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. 

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve16 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip17 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

18 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where 

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

20 until expended. 

21 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

22 EXTENSION SERVICE

23 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

24 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

25 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

26 for other expenses, $652,231,000, as follows: to carry out 
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1 the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a– 

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

3 (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $22,205,000; for payments 

4 to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Univer5 sity and West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), 

6 $37,477,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 

7 only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 

8 receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for agri9 cultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $110,281,000; for spe10 cial grants for agricultural research on improved pest con11 trol (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,158,000; for competitive re12 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $190,000,000; for the sup13 port of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 

14 3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 

15 and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $833,000; for grants for re16 search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act 

17 (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,102,000, to remain available until 

18 expended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994 

19 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103– 

20 382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,078,000, to remain available 

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

22 3333), $992,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 

23 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,976,000, to remain avail24 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a higher education 

25 agrosecurity education program (7 U.S.C. 3351), $750,000, 
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1 to remain available until expended; for higher education 

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

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

4 3152(b)(5)), $990,000, to remain available until expended 

5 (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for His6 panic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $5,600,000; for 

7 noncompetitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all 

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

9 106–78) to individual eligible institutions or consortia of 

10 eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds 

11 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha12 waii, $3,472,000; for a secondary agriculture education 

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

14 3152(j)), $992,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), 

15 $3,968,000; for sustainable agriculture research and edu16 cation (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,400,000; for a program of ca17 pacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eli18 gible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 

19 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee University 

20 and West Virginia State University, $12,312,000, to re21 main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for pay22 ments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 

23 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $2,232,000; and for nec24 essary expenses of Research and Education Activities, 

25 $38,193,000, of which $2,424,000 for the Research, Edu-
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1 cation, and Economics Information System and $1,928,000 

2 for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to re3 main available until expended. 

4 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

5 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro6 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

7 products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 

8 to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in9 dustrial uses of tobacco. 

10 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

11 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

14 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

15 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

16 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North17 ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $453,438,000, as fol18 lows: payments for cooperative extension work under the 

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

20 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law 

21 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs 

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

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

24 (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,247,000; payments for the nutri25 tion and family education program for low-income areas 

26 under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,909,000; payments for 
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1 the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 

2 $9,920,000; payments for the farm safety program under 

3 section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; payments for New Tech4 nologies for Ag Extension under Section 3(d) of the Act, 

5 $2,000,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and 

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

7 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 

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

9 U.S.C. 3222b), $16,777,000, to remain available until ex10 pended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 

11 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,478,000; for youth farm 

12 safety education and certification extension grants, to be 

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

14 $440,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 

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

16 1671 et seq.), $4,060,000; payments for Indian reservation 

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

18 $1,760,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs 

19 under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for 

20 rural health and safety education as authorized by section 

21 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 

22 $1,965,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the 

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

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

25 West Virginia State University, $33,643,000, of which 
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1 $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the purpose of 

2 ensuring that each institution shall receive no less than 

3 $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 

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

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

6 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

7 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

8 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex9 penses, $55,784,000, as follows: for competitive grants pro10 grams authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Re11 search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 

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

13 water quality program, $14,847,000 for the food safety pro14 gram, $4,167,000 for the regional pest management centers 

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

16 risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 

17 $1,389,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection 

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

19 transition program, and $1,874,000 for the organic transi20 tion program; for a competitive international science and 

21 education grants program authorized under section 1459A 

22 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

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

24 available until expended, $992,000; for grants programs au25 thorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as 

26 amended, $744,000, to remain available until September 
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1 30, 2007 for the critical issues program, and $1,334,000 

2 for the regional rural development centers program; and 

3 $10,000,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative 

4 authorized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural 

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

6 available until September 30, 2007. 

7 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

8 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of 

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

10 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,888,000, to remain available until ex11 pended. 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

13 REGULATORY PROGRAMS

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

15 Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs 

16 to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con17 gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; 

18 the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec19 tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $724,000. 

20 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 

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

25 diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu26 latory activities; and to protect the environment, as author-
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1 ized by law, $807,768,000, of which $4,140,000 shall be 

2 available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis3 eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 

4 birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; 

5 of which $39,900,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi6 cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retire7 ment for active eradication zones; of which $32,932,000 

8 shall be available for a National Animal Identification pro9 gram: Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate 

10 or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the cur11 rent fiscal year that does not require minimum matching 

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

13 this appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

14 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

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

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

17 any segment of the agricultural production industry of this 

18 country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria19 tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations of 

20 the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to 

21 be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and 

22 eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of 

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

24 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro25 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 
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1 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), 

2 and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 

3 emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 

4 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, 

5 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 

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

7 leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 

8 provided the cost of altering any one building during the 

9 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace10 ment value of the building. 

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

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

13 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub14 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 

15 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 

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

17 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv18 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 

19 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex20 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 

21 assistance, goods, or services. 

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

23 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte24 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al25 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

26 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
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1 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

4 MARKETING SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 

6 consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu7 tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author8 ized by law, and for administration and coordination of 

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

10 wholesale market development program for the design and 

11 development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for 

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

13 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

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

15 improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 

16 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur17 rent replacement value of the building. 

18 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

20 U.S.C. 9701). 

21 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

23 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 

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

25 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 
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1 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

3 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

4 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 

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

8 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 

9 operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart10 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

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

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

13 and administration of marketing agreements and orders 

14 pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 

15 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

16 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

17 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

18 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar19 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 

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

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

22 grant under this heading. 
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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

5 the United States Grain Standards Act, for the administra6 tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce7 dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the 

8 standardization activities related to grain under the Agri9 cultural Marketing Act of 1946, $38,443,000: Provided, 

10 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

11 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

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

13 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur14 rent replacement value of the building. 

15 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

16 EXPENSES

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

18 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 

19 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 

20 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un21 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 

22 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 

23 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

24 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

25 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

26 Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws en-
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1 acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 

2 Service, $602,000. 

3 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 

5 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 

6 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in7 cluding not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 

8 and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 

9 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $836,818,000, of which no 

10 less than $751,457,000 shall be available for Federal food 

11 safety inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred12 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of labora13 tory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

14 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 

15 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That no fewer than 63 full time 

16 equivalent positions above the fiscal year 2002 level shall 

17 be employed during fiscal year 2006 for purposes dedicated 

18 solely to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane 

19 Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That of the 

20 amount available under this heading, notwithstanding sec21 tion 704 of this Act $5,000,000, available until September 

22 30, 2007, shall be obligated to include the Humane Animal 

23 Tracking System as part of the Field Automation and In24 formation Management System following notification to the 

25 Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a de-
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1 tailed explanation of the components of such system: Pro2 vided further, That of the total amount made available 

3 under this heading, no less than $20,653,000 shall be obli4 gated for regulatory and scientific training: Provided fur5 ther, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 

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

7 buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any 

8 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per9 cent of the current replacement value of the building. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

11 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

13 Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Serv14 ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the 

15 Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the 

16 Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor17 poration, $635,000. 

18 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis22 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

23 the Farm Service Agency, $1,043,555,000: Provided, That 

24 the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and 

25 authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 

26 Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
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1 administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 

2 funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities 

3 may be advanced to and merged with this account. 

4 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

5 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul6 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 

7 $4,250,000. 

8 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

9 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

10 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

11 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

12 $4,250,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

16 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

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

18 remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro19 gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 

20 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri21 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra22 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub23 lic Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
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1 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

7 land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil 

8 loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in the 

9 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm own10 ership loans, $1,608,000,000, of which $1,400,000,000 shall 

11 be for guaranteed loans and $208,000,000 shall be for direct 

12 loans; operating loans, $2,033,000,000, of which 

13 $1,100,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

14 $283,000,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and 

15 $650,000,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land 

16 acquisition loans, $2,000,000; and for boll weevil eradi17 cation program loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That the 

18 Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil 

19 for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

20 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

22 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm owner23 ship loans, $17,370,000, of which $6,720,000 shall be for 

24 guaranteed loans, and $10,650,000 shall be for direct loans; 

25 operating loans, $133,380,000, of which $33,330,000 shall 

26 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $35,375,000 shall be 
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1 for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $64,675,000 shall be 

2 for direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

3 $80,000. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

5 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

6 $317,137,000, of which $309,137,000 shall be transferred to 

7 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

8 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

9 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

10 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and 

11 operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans12 ferred among these programs: Provided, That the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are noti14 fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

15 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

16 For administrative and operating expenses, as author17 ized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reor18 ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $73,448,000: Pro19 vided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for offi20 cial reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 

21 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

22 CORPORATIONS 

23 The following corporations and agencies are hereby au24 thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 

25 and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 
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1 or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 

2 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 

3 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 

4 Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro5 grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

6 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

7 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

8 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed9 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 

10 be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

11 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

12 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

13 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec14 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

15 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 

16 pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 

17 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 

18 the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 

19 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C 

20 714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri21 cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 

22 and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa23 tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul24 tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor25 poration business. 
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1 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

2 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

3 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor4 poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in5 vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 

6 maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 

7 section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re8 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

9 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

11 TITLE II 

12 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

14 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

16 Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment 

17 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For18 est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

19 $744,000. 

20 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

21 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

23 the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 

24 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 

25 measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga26 tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 
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1 and water management as may be necessary to prevent 

2 floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul3 tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 

4 materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis5 semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 

6 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 

7 donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 

8 exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 

9 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 

10 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 

11 maintenance of aircraft, $819,561,000, to remain available 

12 until expended, of which not less than $11,000,000 is for 

13 snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 

14 $11,847,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant 

15 materials centers, and of which not less than $28,156,000 

16 shall be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: Pro17 vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

18 pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improve19 ment of buildings and public improvements at plant mate20 rials centers, except that the cost of alterations and im21 provements to other buildings and other public improve22 ments shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That 

23 when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Fed24 eral land, that the right to use such land is obtained as 

25 provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this 
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1 appropriation shall be available for technical assistance 

2 and related expenses to carry out programs authorized by 

3 section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salin4 ity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided fur5 ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em6 ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning 

7 work of the Service. 

8 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

9 For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga10 tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water11 ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning, 

12 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

13 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $5,141,000. 

14 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas16 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op17 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

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

19 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

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

21 provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a– 

22 f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 

23 to the activities of the Department, $60,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000 may 

25 be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 

26 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a): Pro-
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1 vided, That not to exceed $27,199,000 of this appropriation 

2 shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, 

3 That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is 

4 available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe5 cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), including coopera6 tive efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endan7 gered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may 

8 be necessary to expedite project construction. 

9 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

11 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

12 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 

13 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relat14 ing to the activities of the Department, $27,313,000, to re15 main available until expended. 

16 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

17 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

18 projects for resource conservation and development and for 

19 sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 

20 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 

21 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 

22 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture 

23 and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $51,228,000, 

24 to remain available until expended. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

4 DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

6 Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro7 grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural 

8 Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 

9 and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agri10 culture, $635,000. 

11 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

16 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

17 $705,106,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

18 $86,770,000 shall be for rural community programs de19 scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 

20 $528,115,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de21 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 

22 such Act, of which not to exceed $496,000 shall be available 

23 for the rural utilities program described in section 

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

25 $992,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

26 described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 
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1 $90,221,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 

2 development programs described in sections 381E(d)(3) and 

3 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the total amount 

4 appropriated in this account, $26,000,000 shall be for loans 

5 and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native Amer6 ican Tribes, including grants for drinking water and waste 

7 disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of such Act, of 

8 which $4,464,000 shall be available for community facilities 

9 grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) 

10 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 

11 of which $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a quali12 fied national organization to provide technical assistance 

13 for rural transportation in order to promote economic de14 velopment: Provided further, That of the amount appro15 priated for rural community programs, $6,500,000 shall be 

16 available for a Rural Community Development Initiative: 

17 Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to 

18 develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit com19 munity-based housing and community development organi20 zations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Rec21 ognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to 

22 improve housing, community facilities, community and eco23 nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur24 ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 

25 private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 
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1 proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

2 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga3 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

4 including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 

5 not less than funds provided: Provided further, That of the 

6 amount appropriated for the rural business and cooperative 

7 development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 

8 available for a grant to a qualified national organization 

9 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

10 order to promote economic development; $140,000 shall be 

11 made available to conduct a feasibility study; $3,000,000 

12 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 

13 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any purpose under this heading: 

14 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for 

15 rural utilities programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be 

16 for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias 

17 along the United States/Mexico border, including grants 

18 pursuant to section 306C of such Act; $26,000,000 shall be 

19 for water and waste disposal systems for rural and native 

20 villages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, 

21 with up to 2 percent available to administer the program 

22 and/or improve interagency coordination may be trans23 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural De24 velopment, Salaries and Expenses’’, of which $100,000 shall 

25 be provided to develop a regional system for centralized bill-
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1 ing, operation, and management of rural water and sewer 

2 utilities through regional cooperatives, of which 25 percent 

3 shall be provided for water and sewer projects in regional 

4 hubs, and the State of Alaska shall provide a 25 percent 

5 cost share, and grantees may use up to 5 percent of grant 

6 funds, not to exceed $35,000 per community, for the comple7 tion of comprehensive community safe water plans; not to 

8 exceed $18,250,000 shall be for technical assistance grants 

9 for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 

10 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,600,000 shall be for 

11 Rural Community Assistance Programs and not less than 

12 $850,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American 

13 organization to provide technical assistance for rural water 

14 systems for tribal communities; and not to exceed 

15 $13,500,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national 

16 organizations for a circuit rider program to provide tech17 nical assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, 

18 That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 

19 $21,367,000 shall be available through June 30, 2006, for 

20 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 

21 and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 

22 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which 

23 $1,067,000 shall be for the rural community programs de24 scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which 

25 $12,000,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
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1 scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which 

2 $8,300,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 

3 development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of 

4 such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appro5 priated for rural community programs, $20,000,000 shall 

6 be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with 

7 extreme unemployment and severe economic depression 

8 (Public Law 106–387), with 5 percent for administration 

9 and capacity building in the State rural development of10 fices: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 

11 $28,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

12 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac13 count’’ to provide grants authorized under section 19 of the 

14 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided 

15 further, That any prior year balances for high cost energy 

16 grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification 

17 Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and 

18 merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 

19 Costs Grants Account’’. 

20 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis23 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De24 velopment mission area, including activities with institu25 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
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1 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

2 $164,773,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

3 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

4 may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 

5 support the Rural Development mission area: Provided fur6 ther, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to pro7 vide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: 

8 Provided further, That any balances available from prior 

9 years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Serv10 ice, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries 

11 and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged 

12 with this appropriation. 

13 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

14 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di17 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

19 housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,927,581,000 for loans 

20 to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, 

21 of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of 

22 which $3,681,033,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

23 loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 

24 $90,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 

25 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 

26 $5,000,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit 
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1 sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,500,000 may 

2 be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,048,000 for section 

3 523 self-help housing land development loans. 

4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

7 502 loans, $154,800,000, of which $113,900,000 shall be for 

8 direct loans, and of which $40,900,000, to remain available 

9 until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 

10 section 504 housing repair loans, $10,238,000; repair, reha11 bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental hous12 ing, $41,292,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaran13 teed loans, $5,420,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired 

14 property, $681,000; section 523 self-help housing and devel15 opment loans, $52,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

16 appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be avail17 able through June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment 

18 zones and enterprise communities and communities des19 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

20 Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any funds 

21 under this paragraph initially allocated by the Secretary 

22 for housing projects in the State of Alaska that are not obli23 gated by September 30, 2006, shall be carried over until 

24 September 30, 2007, and made available for such housing 

25 projects only in the State of Alaska. 
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1 For additional costs to conduct a demonstration pro2 gram for the preservation and revitalization of the section 

3 515 multi-family rental housing properties, $16,500,000, to 

4 remain available until expended: Provided, That funding 

5 made available under this heading shall be used to restruc6 ture existing section 515 loans, as the Secretary deems ap7 propriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 

8 has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur9 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in10 come residents including reducing or eliminating interest; 

11 deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re12 amortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance includ13 ing advances and incentives required by the Secretary. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

15 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

16 $465,886,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

17 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

18 and Expenses’’. 

19 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

20 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re21 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

22 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

23 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

24 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $653,102,000; 

25 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author26 ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 
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1 prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 

2 program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 

3 of this amount, no less than $8,976,000 shall be available 

4 for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 

5 authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to 

6 exceed $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi7 zations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than 

8 purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant 

9 to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That 

10 agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 

11 year shall be funded for a four-year period: Provided fur12 ther, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end 

13 of such four-year agreements may be transferred and used 

14 for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, 

15 or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 

16 rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 

17 Act: Provided further, That rental assistance that is recov18 ered from projects that are subject to prepayment shall be 

19 deobligated and reallocated for vouchers and debt forgive20 ness or payments consistent with the requirements of this 

21 Act for purposes authorized under section 542 and section 

22 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. 

23 RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM

24 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

25 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (without re26 gard to section 542(b)), $16,000,000, to remain available 
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1 until expended: Provided, That such vouchers shall be avail2 able to any low-income household (including those not re3 ceiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed 

4 with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after Sep5 tember 30, 2005: Provided further, That the amount of the 

6 voucher shall be the difference between comparable market 

7 rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for 

8 such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 

9 such vouchers, shall be subject to the availability of annual 

10 appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

11 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouch12 ers with current regulations and administrative guidance 

13 applicable for section 8 housing vouchers administered by 

14 the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban De15 velopment (including the ability to pay administrative 

16 costs related to delivery of the voucher funds). 

17 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

18 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

19 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 

20 $34,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

21 That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be 

22 available through June 30, 2005, for authorized empower23 ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 

24 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco25 nomic Area Partnership Zones. 
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1 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

3 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

4 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

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

6 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $43,976,000, to 

7 remain available until expended: Provided, That 

8 $2,976,000 shall be made available for loans to private non9 profit organizations, or such non-profit organizations’ affil10 iate loan funds and State and local housing finance agen11 cies, to carry out a housing demonstration program to pro12 vide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 

13 multi-family housing projects: Provided further, That loans 

14 under such demonstration program shall have an interest 

15 rate of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: 

16 Provided further, That the Secretary may defer the interest 

17 and principal payment to the Rural Housing Service for 

18 up to 3 years and the term of such loans shall not exceed 

19 30 years: Provided further, That of the total amount appro20 priated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 

21 2006, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 

22 communities and communities designated by the Secretary 

23 of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

24 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

25 For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 

26 authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $29,607,000, to 
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1 remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous2 ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con3 tracts. 

4 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

8 by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 

9 $34,212,000. 

10 For the cost of direct loans, $14,718,000, as authorized 

11 by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 

12 of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 

13 2006, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 

14 of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 

15 2006, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined 

16 in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Provided, That 

17 of such amount made available, the Secretary may provide 

18 up to $1,500,000 for the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 

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

20 the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec21 tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

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

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

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

2 Zones. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

4 the direct loan programs, $6,656,000 shall be transferred 

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

7 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

10 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

11 under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 

12 purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 

13 creation projects, $25,003,000. 

14 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi15 fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

16 Budget Act of 1974, $4,993,000, to remain available until 

17 expended. 

18 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

19 credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 

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

21 $4,993,000 shall not be obligated and $4,993,000 are re22 scinded. 

23 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

24 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

26 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $24,988,000, of which 
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1 $500,000 shall be for a cooperative research agreement with 

2 a qualified academic institution to conduct research on the 

3 national economic impact of all types of cooperatives; and 

4 of which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

5 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro6 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,488,000 shall be for 

7 cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary 

8 focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers 

9 and whose governing board and/or membership is com10 prised of at least 75 percent minority; and of which 

11 $15,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

12 for value-added agricultural product market development 

13 grants, as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Security 

14 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

15 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

16 COMMUNITY GRANTS

17 For grants in connection with second and third rounds 

18 of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, 

19 $12,400,000, to remain available until expended, for des20 ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise com21 munities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 

22 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple23 mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277): 

24 Provided, That of the funds appropriated, $1,000,000 shall 

25 be made available to third round empowerment zones, as 
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1 authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act 

2 (Public Law 106–554). 

3 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

4 For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guaran5 tees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions as 

6 authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural 

7 Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $23,000,000 for 

8 direct and guaranteed renewable energy loans and grants: 

9 Provided, That the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, 

10 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de11 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

12 1974. 

13 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

14 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

15 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 

18 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall 

19 be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 

20 $100,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 

21 $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 

22 Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000; Treasury rate direct 

23 electric loans, $1,000,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 

24 loans pursuant to section 313A, $1,500,000,000; 5 percent 

25 rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of 

26 money rural telecommunications loans, $425,000,000; and 
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1 for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural 

2 telecommunications loans, $125,000,000. 

3 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres4 sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying 

5 loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by sections 

6 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural electric loans, 

8 $6,160,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans, 

9 $212,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

10 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower 

11 interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $39,933,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with 

15 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

16 Expenses’’. 

17 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 

20 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available 

21 to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such 

22 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

23 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

24 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

25 out its authorized programs. 
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1 For administrative expenses, including audits, nec2 essary to continue to service existing loans, $2,500,000, 

3 which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro4 priation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

6 PROGRAM

7 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni8 cation loans, $550,000,000. 

9 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv10 ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 

11 seq., $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That $10,000,000 shall be made available to convert 

13 analog to digital operation those noncommercial edu14 cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas 

15 and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the 

16 Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) 

17 of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated 

18 translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their 

19 main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equip20 ment to allow local control over digital content and pro21 gramming through the use of high-definition broadcast, 

22 multi-casting and datacasting technologies. 

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

24 U.S.C. 901 et seq., $11,825,000, to remain available until 

25 September 30, 2007: Provided, That the interest rate for 

26 such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department 
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1 of the Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: 

2 Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as 

3 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

4 1974. 

5 In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans7 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

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

9 950aaa. 

10 TITLE IV 

11 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

13 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

15 Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv16 ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

17 Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000. 

18 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

19 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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

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

24 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $12,412,027,000, to re25 main available through September 30, 2007, of which 

26 $7,224,406,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,187,621,000 
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1 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec2 tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro3 vided, That none of the funds made available under this 

4 heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 

5 further, That up to $5,235,000 shall be available for inde6 pendent verification of school food service claims. 

7 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

8 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple10 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 

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

12 $5,257,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

13 2007, of which such sums as are necessary to restore the 

14 contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed in re15 serve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated 

16 as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 

17 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or 

18 participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That of the 

19 total amount available, the Secretary shall obligate not less 

20 than $15,000,000 for a breastfeeding support initiative in 

21 addition to the activities specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): 

22 Provided further, That only the provisions of section 

23 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall be effec24 tive in 2006; including $14,000,000 for the purposes speci25 fied in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and $20,000,000 for the pur26 poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further, 
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1 That none of the funds made available under this heading 

2 shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further, 

3 That none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 

4 administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that 

5 have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within 

6 the space used to carry out the program: Provided further, 

7 That none of the funds provided in this account shall be 

8 available for the purchase of infant formula except in ac9 cordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 

10 requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 

11 further, That none of the funds provided shall be available 

12 for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal 

13 Government departments or agencies unless authorized by 

14 section 17 of such Act. 

15 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

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

18 $3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 

19 2007, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 

20 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 

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

22 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

23 studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds 

24 made available under this heading and not already appro25 priated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian Res26 ervations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the 
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1 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed 

2 $4,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the 

3 FDPIR from Native American bison producers as well as 

4 from producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Pro5 vided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

6 in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Pro7 vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to 

8 any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 

9 required by law: Provided further, That funds made avail10 able for Employment and Training under this heading 

11 shall remain available until expended, as authorized by sec12 tion 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That 

13 notwithstanding section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 

14 1977, any additional payment received under chapter 5 of 

15 title 37, United States Code, by a member of the United 

16 States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone 

17 shall be excluded from household income for the duration 

18 of the member’s deployment if the additional pay is the re19 sult of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone, 

20 and it was not received immediately prior to serving in 

21 the combat zone. 

22 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 

24 and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au25 thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 

26 Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); The Emergency 
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1 Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance (in a form 

2 determined by the Secretary of Agriculture) for the nuclear 

3 affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the 

4 Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 

5 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition 

6 Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri7 tion Act of 1966, $179,935,000, to remain available through 

8 September 30, 2007: Provided, That none of these funds 

9 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor10 poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 

11 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2006 to 

13 support the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as 

14 authorized by section 4402 of Public Law 107–171, such 

15 funds shall remain available through September 30, 2007: 

16 Provided further, That of the funds made available under 

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

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

19 associated with the distribution of commodities. 

20 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

21 For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic 

22 nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

23 $140,761,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 

24 for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight25 ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 
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1 and assisting in the prevention, identification, and prosecu2 tion of fraud and other violations of law. 

3 TITLE V 

4 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

5 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

9 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

10 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development ac11 tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate 

12 and integrate activities of the Department in connection 

13 with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 

14 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

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

16 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $147,868,000: Provided, That the Service 

17 may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria18 tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, 

19 public and private organizations and institutions under 

20 agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro21 duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for22 eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 

23 International Development. 
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1 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR

2 PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul6 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and 

7 the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 

8 modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 

9 $65,040,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

10 That the Secretary of Agriculture may implement a com11 modity monetization program under existing provisions of 

12 the Food for Progress Act of 1985 to provide no less than 

13 $5,000,000 in local-currency funding support for rural elec14 trification development overseas. 

15 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

17 Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro18 priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $3,385,000, of 

19 which $168,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 

20 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

21 and Expenses’’, and of which $3,217,000 may be transferred 

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

23 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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1 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL

2 GRANTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 

5 agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural 

6 Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under 

7 the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $11,940,000, to remain 

8 available until expended: Provided, That funds made avail9 able for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricul10 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 

11 for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter12 changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to 

13 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con14 gress. 

15 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

16 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other17 wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ18 ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop19 ment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities supplied 

20 in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 

21 Act, $1,150,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

23 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com26 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 
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1 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,279,000; to cover common over2 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 

3 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 

4 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,440,000 

5 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

6 for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 

7 and of which $1,839,000 may be transferred to and merged 

8 with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 

9 and Expenses’’. 

10 MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

11 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

13 section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

14 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to remain 

15 available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 

16 Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa17 cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 

18 such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro19 vided herein. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

5 SERVICES 

6 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis9 tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve10 hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu11 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 

12 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 

13 this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 

14 of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency 

15 expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved 

16 by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Sec17 retary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwith18 standing section 521 of Public Law 107–188; 

19 $1,841,959,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

20 under this heading, $305,332,000 shall be derived from pre21 scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, shall 

22 be credited to this account and remain available until ex23 pended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 

24 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2007 

25 but collected in fiscal year 2006; $40,300,000 shall be de-
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1 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

2 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

3 available until expended; and $11,318,000 shall be derived 

4 from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, 

5 and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

6 until expended: Provided further, That fees derived from 

7 prescription drug, medical device, and animal drug assess8 ments received during fiscal year 2006, including any such 

9 fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited 

10 during the current year, shall be subject to the fiscal year 

11 2006 limitation: Provided further, That none of these funds 

12 shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program 

13 of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, 

14 That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $450,179,000 

15 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutri16 tion and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 

17 Affairs; (2) $515,430,000 shall be for the Center for Drug 

18 Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the 

19 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $178,714,000 shall be for 

20 the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for 

21 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

22 (4) $99,787,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi23 cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu24 latory Affairs; (5) $245,770,000 shall be for the Center for 

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1 tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,152,000 

2 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; 

3 (7) $58,515,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, 

4 other than the amounts paid to the General Services Ad5 ministration for rent; (8) $134,853,000 shall be for pay6 ments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 

7 (9) $117,559,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

8 Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management; the 

9 Office of External Relations; the Office of Policy and Plan10 ning; and central services for these offices: Provided further, 

11 That funds may be transferred from one specified activity 

12 to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

14 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 

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

16 available until expended. 

17 In addition, export certification user fees authorized 

18 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

21 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten22 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili23 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where 

24 not otherwise provided, $7,000,000, to remain available 

25 until expended. 
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

2 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

4 the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 

5 the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 

6 rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the Dis7 trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $98,386,000, including not 

8 to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 

9 expenses. 

10 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

11 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

12 Not to exceed $44,250,000 (from assessments collected 

13 from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul14 tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the 

15 current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author16 ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation 

17 shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships: 

18 Provided further, That up to an additional 5 percent of 

19 the amount of this limitation may be expended for expenses 

20 associated with unforeseen termination applications, upon 

21 a finding of extraordinary circumstances by the Federal 

22 Credit Administration Board. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

4 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart5 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

7 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 320 passenger 

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

9 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

10 SEC. 702. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any 

11 other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the 

12 Forest Service) shall be available for uniforms or allowances 

13 as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

14 SEC. 703. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any 

15 other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the 

16 Forest Service) shall be available for employment pursuant 

17 to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Department 

18 of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 

19 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

20 SEC. 704. New obligational authority provided for the 

21 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

22 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec23 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi24 tions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly pro25 gram, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, low patho-
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1 gen avian influenza program, up to $32,932,000 in animal 

2 health monitoring and surveillance for the animal identi3 fication system, up to $2,993,000 in the emergency manage4 ment systems program for the vaccine bank, up to 

5 $1,000,000 for wildlife services methods development, up to 

6 $1,000,000 of the wildlife services operations program for 

7 aviation safety, and up to 25 percent of the screwworm pro8 gram; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field automation 

9 and information management project; Cooperative State 

10 Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds for com11 petitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the 

12 Research, Education, and Economics Information System, 

13 and funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment 

14 Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds 

15 made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural 

16 Service, middle-income country training program, and up 

17 to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appro18 priation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 

19 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu20 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 

21 SEC. 705. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

22 transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appro23 priated by this or any other Act or other available unobli24 gated discretionary balances of the Department of Agri25 culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 
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1 plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 

2 financial, administrative, and information technology serv3 ices of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 

4 of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made 

5 available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred 

6 to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval 

7 of the agency administrator: Provided further, That none 

8 of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pur9 suant to this section shall be available for obligation with10 out the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of both Houses of Congress. 

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

13 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

14 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

15 SEC. 707. Hereafter, not to exceed $50,000 of the funds 

16 appropriated by this or any other Act to the Department 

17 of Agriculture (excluding the Forest Service) shall be avail18 able to provide appropriate orientation and language train19 ing pursuant to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 1954 

20 (7 U.S.C. 1766b). 

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

22 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

23 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

24 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu25 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 
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1 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange2 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 

3 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay4 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 

5 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 

6 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 

7 provided in this Act. 

8 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail9 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri10 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 

11 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

12 Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 

13 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith14 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re15 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

16 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award17 ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu18 cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full 

19 allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec20 tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 

21 SEC. 710. Hereafter, loan levels provided in this or any 

22 other Act to the Department of Agriculture shall be consid23 ered estimates, not limitations. 

24 SEC. 711. Appropriations to the Department of Agri25 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
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1 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

2 until expended to cover obligations made in the current fis3 cal year for the following accounts: the Rural Development 

4 Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone Bank 

5 program account, the Rural Electrification and Tele6 communication Loans program account, and the Rural 

7 Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

8 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 

9 more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex10 penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan11 els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri12 culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 

13 rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 

14 awarded grants. 

15 SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

17 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry 

18 Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

19 SEC. 714. No employee of the Department of Agri20 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 

21 funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De22 partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em23 ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving 

24 agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 

25 for the period of assignment. 
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1 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be 

3 used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non4 Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses 

5 to questions that are a result of information requested for 

6 the appropriations hearing process. 

7 SEC. 716. None of the funds made available to the De8 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 

9 new information technology systems or significant up10 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 

11 Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi12 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech13 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith14 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap15 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 

16 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 

17 without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro18 priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That 

19 none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture 

20 for information technology shall be obligated for projects 

21 over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the 

22 Chief Information Officer. 

23 SEC. 717. (a) Hereafter, none of the funds appro24 priated by this or any other Act to the agencies funded by 

25 this Act, or provided from accounts in the Treasury of the 
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1 United States derived by the collection of fees available to 

2 the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga3 tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 

4 which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, 

5 project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any 

6 means for any project or activity for which funds have been 

7 denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) 

8 reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts 

9 out or privatizes any functions or activities presently per10 formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on Ap11 propriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days 

12 in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

13 (b) Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this 

14 or any other Act to the agencies funded by this Act, or pro15 vided from accounts in the Treasury of the United States 

16 derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies 

17 funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex18 penditure for activities, programs, or projects through a re19 programming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 

20 whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 

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

22 any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of 

23 personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) 

24 results from any general savings from a reduction in per25 sonnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
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1 activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

3 are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 

4 funds. 

5 (c) Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec6 retary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman 

7 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall notify 

8 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con9 gress before implementing a program or activity not carried 

10 out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or 

11 activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

12 other Act. 

13 SEC. 718. With the exception of funds needed to ad14 minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obli15 gations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 

16 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

17 other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 

18 personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of Pub19 lic Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and 

20 Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621). 

21 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

22 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 

23 of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan24 guage as part of the President’s Budget submission to the 

25 Congress of the United States for programs under the juris-
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1 diction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri2 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra3 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects 

4 a reduction from the previous year due to user fees pro5 posals that have not been enacted into law prior to the sub6 mission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identi7 fies which additional spending reductions should occur in 

8 the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to 

9 the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

10 the fiscal year 2006 appropriations Act. 

11 SEC. 720. None of the funds made available by this 

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

13 Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 

14 and enhancement of program delivery have been deter15 mined. 

16 SEC. 721. In addition to amounts otherwise appro17 priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is appro18 priated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

19 Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres20 sional Hunger Center. 

21 SEC. 722. Hereafter, notwithstanding section 412 of 

22 the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

23 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out 

24 title III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, 

25 and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail-
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1 able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to carry 

2 out title II of such Act. 

3 SEC. 723. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 

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

5 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$27,998,000’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘$29,998,000’’. 

7 SEC. 724. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 and until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010, 

9 the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City of Butte/ 

10 Silverbow, Montana and the designated Census track areas 

11 for the Upper Kanawha Valley Enterprise Community, 

12 rural areas for purposes of eligibility for rural development 

13 programs. 

14 SEC. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 the Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide fi16 nancial and technical assistance through the Watershed and 

17 Flood Prevention Operations program for the Matanuska 

18 River erosion control project in Alaska, Little Otter Creek 

19 project in Missouri, the Manoa Watershed project in Ha20 waii, the West Tarkio project in Iowa, and the Coal Creek 

21 project in Utah. 

22 SEC. 726. Hereafter, none of the funds made available 

23 in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, 

24 or instrumentality of the United States Government, except 
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1 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro2 vided in, this or any other appropriation Act. 

3 SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 of the funds made available in this Act for competitive re5 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up 

6 to 20 percent of the amount provided to carry out a com7 petitive grants program under the same terms and condi8 tions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricultural 

9 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

10 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 

11 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

13 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

14 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 

15 Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 

16 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available to the Food 

17 and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close 

18 or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and 

19 Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis 

20 in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits 

21 of St. Louis, Missouri. 

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

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

24 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I 
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1 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

2 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7). 

3 SEC. 731. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Depart4 ment of Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries 

5 and expenses funds to reimburse the Office of the General 

6 Counsel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 

7 related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and 

8 offices in the resolution of complaints by employees or ap9 plicants for employment, and in cases and other matters 

10 pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Com11 mission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or the 

12 Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior approval 

13 of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con14 gress. 

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

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

17 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 6405 

18 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 

19 SEC. 733. Hereafter, the Agricultural Marketing Serv20 ice and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Ad21 ministration, that have statutory authority to purchase in22 terest bearing investments outside of the Treasury, are not 

23 required to establish obligations and outlays for those in24 vestments, provided those investments are insured by the 

25 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized 
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1 at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the Fed2 eral Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the United 

3 States Department of the Treasury. 

4 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

5 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

6 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess 

7 of 150,000 acres in the calendar year 2006 wetlands reserve 

8 program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 

9 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

10 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

11 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out 

12 an environmental quality incentives program authorized by 

13 chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 

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

15 $1,017,000,000. 

16 SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

18 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 

19 $23,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the Farm 

20 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

21 8106(f)). 

22 SEC. 737. With the exception of funds provided in fis23 cal year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

24 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

25 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 
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1 $50,000,000 made available by section 601(j)(1)(A) of the 

2 Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)). 

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

4 year 2006 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized 

5 under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 

6 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 

7 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora8 tion for the release of eligible commodities under section 

9 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act 

10 (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any such funds made 

11 available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 

12 shall only be used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of 

13 the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 

14 SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

15 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

16 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 

17 $120,000,000 made available by section 6401(a) of Public 

18 Law 107–171. 

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

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

21 940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 

22 Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, 

23 structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not 

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

25 term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail-
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1 able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under that 

2 section. 

3 SEC. 741. 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 sec6 tion 2502 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $47,000,000. 

7 SEC. 742. Of the unobligated balances available in the 

8 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In9 fants, and Children reserve account, $32,000,000 is hereby 

10 rescinded. 

11 SEC. 743. Not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 

12 2006 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 

13 by this or any other Act shall be used to carry out section 

14 6029 of Public Law 107–171. 

15 SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

17 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a 

18 ground and surface water conservation program authorized 

19 by section 2301 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 

20 $51,000,000. 

21 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

24 for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 
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1 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 

2 July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. Reg. 40541). 

3 SEC. 746. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

6 specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a 

7 competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri8 culture, including support personnel of the Department of 

9 Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 

10 programs. 

11 SEC. 747. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi12 sion of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appro13 priations available to the Secretary for activities authorized 

14 under sections 426–426c of title 7, United States Code, 

15 under this or any other Act, to enter into cooperative agree16 ments, with a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, 

17 a public or private agency, organization, or any other per18 son, to lease aircraft if the Secretary determines that the 

19 objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest 

20 of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs 

21 administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

22 Service, Wildlife Services; and (2) all parties will con23 tribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives; 

24 award of a cooperative agreement authorized by the Sec-
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1 retary may be made for an initial term not to exceed 5 

2 years. 

3 SEC. 748. 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 sec6 tion 9010 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $60,000,000. 

7 SEC. 749. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Depart8 ment of Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary 

9 funds to cover the costs of preparing, or contracting for the 

10 preparation of, final agency decisions regarding complaints 

11 of discrimination in employment or program activities 

12 arising within such agencies and offices. 

13 SEC. 750. Funds made available under section 1240I 

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

15 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex16 pended to cover obligations made in the current fiscal year, 

17 and are not available for new obligations. 

18 SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,500,000, to 

19 remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis20 sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 

21 which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup22 plies. 

23 SEC. 752. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

24 law— 
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1 (1)(A) the Alaska Department of Community 

2 and Economic Development shall be eligible to receive 

3 a water and waste disposal grant under section 

4 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop5 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that is 

6 equal to not more than 75 percent of the total cost of 

7 providing water and sewer service to the proposed 

8 hospital in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska; 

9 and 

10 (B) the Alaska Department of Community and 

11 Economic Development shall be allowed to pass the 

12 grant funds through to the local government entity 

13 that will provide water and sewer service to the hos14 pital; 

15 (2) or any percentage of cost limitation in cur16 rent law or regulations, the construction projects 

17 known as the Tri-Valley Community Center addition 

18 in Healy, Alaska; the Cold Climate Housing Research 

19 Center in Fairbanks, Alaska; and the University of 

20 Alaska-Fairbanks Allied Health Learning Center skill 

21 labs/classrooms shall be eligible to receive Community 

22 Facilities grants in amounts that are equal to not 

23 more than 75 percent of the total facility costs: Pro24 vided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the 
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1 Cold Climate Housing Research Center is designated 

2 an ‘‘essential community facility’’ for rural Alaska; 

3 (3) for any fiscal year and hereafter, in the case 

4 of a high cost isolated rural area in Alaska that is 

5 not connected to a road system, the maximum level 

6 for the single family housing assistance shall be 150 

7 percent of the median household income level in the 

8 nonmetropolitan areas of the State and 115 percent 

9 of all other eligible areas of the State; 

10 (4)(A) the Natural Resources Conservation Serv11 ice shall provide financial and technical assistance 

12 through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Oper13 ations program to carry out the East Locust Creek 

14 Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri; and 

15 (B) the Natural Resources Conservation Service 

16 is authorized to provide 100 percent of the engineer17 ing assistance and 75 percent cost share for construc18 tion cost of the project; and 

19 (5) any former RUS borrower that has repaid or 

20 prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under 

21 the Rural Electrification Act, or any not-for-profit 

22 utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct 

23 loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 

24 under Section 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same 

25 manner as a borrower under such Act. 
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1 SEC. 753. Hereafter, notwithstanding the provisions of 

2 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (in3 cluding the associated regulations) governing the Commu4 nity Facilities Program, the Secretary may allow all Com5 munity Facility Program facility borrowers and grantees 

6 to enter into contracts with not-for-profit third parties for 

7 services consistent with the requirements of the Program, 

8 grant, and/or loan: Provided, That the contracts protect the 

9 interests of the Government regarding cost, liability, main10 tenance, and administrative fees. 

11 SEC. 754. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi12 sion of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to 

13 make funding and other assistance available through the 

14 emergency watershed protection program under section 403 

15 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to 

16 repair and prevent damage to non-Federal land in water17 sheds that have been impaired by fires initiated by the Fed18 eral Government and shall waive cost sharing requirements 

19 for the funding and assistance. 

20 SEC. 755. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

21 be used for salaries and expenses to carry out any regula22 tion or rule insofar as it would make ineligible for enroll23 ment in the conservation reserve program established under 

24 subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 

25 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) land 
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1 that is planted to hardwood trees as of the date of enactment 

2 of this Act and was enrolled in the conservation reserve pro3 gram under a contract that expired prior to calendar year 

4 2002. 

5 SEC. 756. None of the funds made available under this 

6 Act shall be available to pay the administrative expenses 

7 of a State agency that, after the date of enactment of this 

8 Act, authorizes any new for-profit vendor(s) to transact food 

9 instruments under the Special Supplemental Nutrition 

10 Program for Women, Infants, and Children if it is expected 

11 that more than 50 percent of the annual revenue of the ven12 dor from the sale of food items will be derived from the sale 

13 of supplemental foods that are obtained with WIC food in14 struments, except that the Secretary may approve the au15 thorization of such a vendor if the approval is necessary 

16 to assure participant access to program benefits. 

17 SEC. 757. The Secretary of Agriculture may use any 

18 unobligated carryover funds made available for any pro19 gram administered by the Rural Utilities Service (not in20 cluding funds made available under the heading ‘‘Rural 

21 Community Advancement Program’’ in any Act of appro22 priation) to carry out section 315 of the Rural Electrifica23 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940e). 
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1 SEC. 758. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 

2 remain available until expended, to carry out provisions 

3 of section 751 of division A of Public Law 108–7. 

4 SEC. 759. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 for 

5 a grant to Alaska Village Initiatives for the purpose of ad6 ministering a private lands wildlife management program 

7 in Alaska. 

8 SEC. 760. There is hereby appropriated $2,250,000, to 

9 remain available until expended, for a grant to the Wis10 consin Federation of Cooperatives for pilot Wisconsin-Min11 nesota health care cooperative purchasing alliances. 

12 SEC. 761. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi13 sion of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal 

14 year 2004 to States administering the Child and Adult Care 

15 Food Program, for the purpose of conducting audits of par16 ticipating institutions, funds identified by the Secretary as 

17 having been unused during the initial fiscal year of avail18 ability may be recovered and reallocated by the Secretary: 

19 Provided, That States may use the reallocated funds until 

20 expended for the purpose of conducting audits of partici21 pating institutions. 

22 SEC. 762. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 

23 and directed to quitclaim to the City of Elkhart, Kansas, 

24 all rights, title and interests of the United States in that 

25 tract of land comprising 151.7 acres, more or less, located 
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1 in Morton County, Kansas, and more specifically described 

2 in a deed dated March 11, 1958, from the United States 

3 of America to the City of Elkhart, State of Kansas, and 

4 filed of record April 4, 1958 at Book 34 at Page 520 in 

5 the office of the Register of Deeds of Morton County, Kansas. 

6 SEC. 763. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to 

7 carry out the Healthy Forests Reserve Program authorized 

8 under Title V of Public Law 108–148 (16 U.S.C. 6571– 

9 6578). 

10 SEC. 764. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

11 be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement any 

12 regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertification 

13 of rural status for each electric and telecommunications bor14 rower for the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication 

15 Loans program. 

16 SEC. 765. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

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

19 Biomass Research and Development Program in excess of 

20 $12,000,000, as authorized by Public Law 106–224 (7 

21 U.S.C. 7624 note). 

22 SEC. 766. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations 

23 in this section and the provisions of the Federal Credit Re24 form Act of 1990, as amended, a borrower of a loan made 

25 by the Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed under this 
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1 Act may request an extension of the final maturity of the 

2 outstanding principal balance of such loan or any loan ad3 vance thereunder. If the Secretary and the Federal Financ4 ing Bank approve such an extension, then the period of the 

5 existing guarantee shall also be considered extended. 

6 (b) LIMITATIONS.— 

7 (1) FEASIBILITY AND SECURITY.—Extensions 

8 under this section shall not be made unless the Sec9 retary first finds and certifies that, after giving effect 

10 to the extension, in his judgment the security for all 

11 loans to the borrower made or guaranteed under this 

12 Act is reasonably adequate and that all such loans 

13 will be repaid within the time agreed. 

14 (2) EXTENSION OF USEFUL LIFE OF COLLAT15 ERAL.—Extensions under this section shall not be 

16 granted unless the borrower first submits with its re17 quest either— 

18 (A) Evidence satisfactory to the Secretary 

19 that a Federal or State agency with jurisdiction 

20 and expertise has made an official determina21 tion, such as through a licensing proceeding, ex22 tending the useful life of a generating plant or 

23 transmission line pledged as collateral to or be24 yond the new final maturity date being requested 

25 by the borrower, or 
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1 (B) A certificate from an independent li2 censed engineer concluding, on the basis of a 

3 thorough engineering analysis satisfactory to the 

4 Secretary, that the useful life of the generating 

5 plant or transmission line pledged as collateral 

6 extends to or beyond the new final maturity date 

7 being requested by the borrower. 

8 (3) AMOUNT ELIGIBLE FOR EXTENSION.—Exten9 sions under this section shall not be granted if the 

10 principal balance extended exceeds the appraised 

11 value of the generating plant or transmission line re12 ferred to in subsection (2). 

13 (4) PERIOD OF EXTENSION.—Extensions under 

14 this section shall in no case result in a final maturity 

15 greater than 55 years from the time of original dis16 bursement and shall in no case result in a final ma17 turity greater than the useful life of the plant. 

18 (5) NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS.—Extensions under 

19 this section shall not be granted more than once per 

20 loan advance. 

21 (c) FEES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—A borrower that receives an 

23 extension under this section shall pay a fee to the Sec24 retary which shall be credited to the Rural Elec25 trification and Telecommunications Loans Program 
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1 account. Such fees shall remain available without fis2 cal year limitation to pay the modification costs for 

3 extensions. 

4 (2) AMOUNT.—The amount of the fee paid shall 

5 be equal to the modification cost, calculated in ac6 cordance with section 502 of the Federal Credit Re7 form Act of 1990, as amended, of such extension. 

8 (3) PAYMENT.—The borrower shall pay the fee 

9 required under this section at the time the existing 

10 guarantee is extended by making a payment in the 

11 amount of the required fee. 

12 SEC. 767. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

13 to provide for consistent regulation of consumer contact 

14 lenses, no funds appropriated in this or any other Act may 

15 be used in this and each fiscal year hereafter for the ap16 proval for sale in the United States of any contact lens pro17 duced by a manufacturer unless that manufacturer certifies 

18 that it does not discriminate in the distribution of, or re19 strict consumer access to, any contact lenses it produces, 

20 markets, distributes, or sells, and makes any such lenses 

21 available in a commercially reasonable and non-discrimi22 natory manner directly to and generally within all alter23 native channels of distribution: Provided, That for the pur24 poses of this section, the term ‘‘alternative channels of dis25 tribution’’ means any mail order company, Internet re-
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1 tailer, pharmacy, buying club, department store, mass mer2 chandise outlet or other distribution alternative without re3 gard to whether it is associated with a prescriber, and the 

4 term ‘‘manufacturer’’ means the manufacturer and its par5 ents, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns. 

6 SEC. 768. (a) IN GENERAL.—Hereafter, the Secretary 

7 of Health and Human Services, on behalf of the United 

8 States may, whenever the Secretary deems desirable, relin9 quish to the State of Arkansas all or part of the jurisdiction 

10 of the United States over the lands and properties encom11 passing the Jefferson Labs campus in the State of Arkansas 

12 that are under the supervision or control of the Secretary. 

13 (b) TERMS.—Relinquishment of jurisdiction under 

14 this section may be accomplished, under terms and condi15 tions that the Secretary deems advisable, 

16 (1) by filing with the Governor of the State of 

17 Arkansas a notice of relinquishment to take effect 

18 upon acceptance thereof; or 

19 (2) as the laws of such State may otherwise pro20 vide. 

21 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Jefferson 

22 Labs campus’’ means the lands and properties of the Na23 tional Center for Toxicological Research and the Arkansas 

24 Regional Laboratory. 
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1 SEC. 769. Section 204(b)(3)(A) of the Child Nutrition 

2 and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 781; 42 

3 U.S.C. 1751 note) is amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2006’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2005’’. 

5 SEC. 770. (a) Section 18(f)(1)(B) of the Richard B. 

6 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

7 1769(f)(1)(B)) is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘April 2004’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘June 2005’’; and 

10 (2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘66.67’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘75’’. 

12 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect 

13 on January 1, 2006. 

14 SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $1,250,000 to 

15 the National Agricultural Imagery Program to acquire one 

16 meter natural color digital ortho-imagery of the entire state 

17 of Utah. 

18 SEC. 772. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 for eligibility to participate in the Environmental Quality 

20 Incentives Program (EQIP), a producer is deemed to have 

21 an interest in a farming or ranching operation whether the 

22 source of income for that operation is derived from crops 

23 or livestock owned by that producer, or owned by another 

24 and raised by that producer. 
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1 SEC. 773. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

2 to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the 

3 Rural Telephone Bank, except in the event of liquidation 

4 or dissolution of the telephone bank during fiscal year 2006, 

5 pursuant to section 411 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

6 1936, as amended, or to maintain any account or sub7 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele8 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 

9 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

10 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 

11 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans12 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any 

13 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone 

14 liquidating account which is in excess of current require15 ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth 

16 for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred17 it Reform Act of 1990. 

18 SEC. 774. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 to 

19 carry out Section 120 of Public Law 108–265 in Utah and 

20 Wisconsin. 

21 SEC. 775. There is hereby appropriated $700,000 to 

22 provide administrative support for a world food hunger or23 ganization: Provided, That none of the funds may be used 

24 for a monetary award to an individual. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De2 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’. 

Calendar No. 141 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 2744 

[Report No. 109–92] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2006, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JUNE 9, 2005 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 27, 2005 

Reported with an amendment