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Union Calendar No. 99

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2673

[Report No. 108–193] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2003

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for 

other purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

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

2 ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, 

3 namely: 

4 TITLE I 

5 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

6 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

9 of Agriculture, $3,468,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

10 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep11 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

12 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

13 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

14 CHIEF ECONOMIST

15 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in16 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 

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

18 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

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

20 $8,716,000. 

21 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

22 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi23 sion, $13,670,000. 

24 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

26 Program Analysis, $7,749,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In3 formation Officer, $14,993,000. 

4 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

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

8 and the Rural Development mission areas for information 

9 technology, systems, and services, $133,155,000, to re10 main available until expended, for the capital asset acqui11 sition of shared information technology systems, including 

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

13 1421–28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall 

14 be consistent with the Department of Agriculture Service 

15 Center Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, 

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

17 Chief Information Officer. 

18 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi20 nancial Officer, $5,785,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi21 nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross22 servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro23 vided further, That no funds made available by this appro24 priation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A–

25 76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Com26 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
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1 report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in2 cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 

3 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

4 RIGHTS

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $397,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

10 the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $678,000. 

11 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

12 PAYMENTS

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu15 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

16 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis17 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri18 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 

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

20 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

21 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con22 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

23 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im24 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili25 ties, and for related costs, as follows: for payments to the 
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1 General Services Administration, $124,332,000, for build2 ings operations and maintenance, $32,559,000, to remain 

3 available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 5 

4 percent of amounts which are made available for space 

5 rental and related costs for the Department of Agriculture 

6 in this Act may be transferred between such appropria7 tions to cover the costs of new or replacement space 15 

8 days after notice thereof is transmitted to the Appropria9 tions Committees of both Houses of Congress. 

10 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri13 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

15 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,713,000, to remain 

17 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 

18 and funds available herein to the Department for Haz19 ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 

20 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re21 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 

22 non-Federal lands. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For Departmental Administration, $38,592,000, to 

4 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

5 services to offices of the Department and for general ad6 ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

7 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro8 vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 

9 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

10 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

11 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

12 required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

14 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

17 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 

18 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro19 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 

20 within the executive branch, $3,796,000: Provided, That 

21 these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart22 ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per23 sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 

24 made available by this appropriation may be obligated 

25 after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, un-
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1 less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro2 priations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 

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

4 other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 

5 shall be available to the Department for support of activi6 ties of congressional relations. 

7 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

8 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

9 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

10 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

11 coordination of information, work, and programs author12 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,245,000: Pro13 vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 

14 farmers’ bulletins. 

15 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

17 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978, $77,314,000, including such sums 

19 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange20 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

22 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden23 tial operational expenses as well as the payment of inform24 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 
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1 General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 

2 of Public Law 97–98. 

3 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

5 Counsel, $34,700,000. 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

7 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

9 the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Eco10 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

11 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul12 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 

13 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex14 tension Service, $597,000. 

15 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

16 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

17 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as 

18 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

19 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $71,402,000. 

20 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

21 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

22 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 

23 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta24 tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur25 veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 
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1 U.S.C. 1621–1627 and 2204g, and other laws, 

2 $129,800,000, of which up to $25,279,000 shall be avail3 able until expended for the Census of Agriculture. 

4 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re7 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem8 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 

9 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco10 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui11 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in12 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex13 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 

14 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 

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

16 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 

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

18 of Federal ownership, $1,014,000,000: Provided, That ap19 propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

20 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

21 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

22 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

24 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro25 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 
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1 exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 

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

3 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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

5 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

6 of the current replacement value of the building or 

7 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

8 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

9 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

10 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria11 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

12 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

13 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

14 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

16 funds may be received from any State, other political sub17 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es18 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

19 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

20 by law. 

21 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

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

24 products. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

5 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

6 where not otherwise provided, $35,900,000, to remain 

7 available until expended. 

8 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

9 EXTENSION SERVICE

10 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

11 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

12 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

13 for other expenses, $594,772,000, as follows: to carry out 

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

15 i), $180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry re16 search (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $21,884,000; for 

17 payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 

18 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State College (7 

19 U.S.C. 3222), $36,000,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be 

20 made available only for the purpose of ensuring that each 

21 institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for spe22 cial grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 

23 $101,241,000; for special grants for agricultural research 

24 on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,194,000; 

25 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), 
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1 $149,248,000; for the support of animal health and dis2 ease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,065,000; for supple3 mental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 

4 3319d), $1,188,000; for the 1994 research grants pro5 gram for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of 

6 Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $998,000, to 

7 remain available until expended; for rangeland research 

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

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

10 $3,222,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 

11 2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 

12 3152(b)(1)), $4,888,000; for a higher education multicul13 tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $992,000, 

14 to remain available until expended; for an education 

15 grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 

16 U.S.C. 3241), $4,073,000; for noncompetitive grants for 

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

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

19 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska 

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

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

22 agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 

23 education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $994,000; for aquaculture 

24 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,996,000; for sustainable agri25 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 
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1 $13,661,000; for a program of capacity building grants 

2 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 

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

4 328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 

5 State College, $9,479,000, to remain available until ex6 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Insti7 tutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–

8 382, $1,689,000; and for necessary expenses of Research 

9 and Education Activities, $36,815,000. 

10 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

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

13 products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 

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

16 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

17 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

19 note), $9,000,000. 

20 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

21 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

23 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $438,242,000, 

24 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

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

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

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

3 extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith4 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 

5 the nutrition and family education program for low-income 

6 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,185,000; pay7 ments for the pest management program under section 

8 3(d) of the Act, $10,689,000; payments for the farm safe9 ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $5,489,000; 

10 payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching fa11 cilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 

12 University and West Virginia State College, as authorized 

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

14 $13,500,000, to remain available until expended; pay15 ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 

16 Smith-Lever Act, $8,426,000; for youth farm safety edu17 cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 

18 competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $496,000; 

19 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 

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

21 seq.), $4,093,000; payments for Indian reservation agents 

22 under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,983,000; 

23 payments for sustainable agriculture programs under sec24 tion 3(d) of the Act, $4,843,000; payments for cooperative 

25 extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the 
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1 second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and 

2 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State College, 

3 $31,908,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available 

4 only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 

5 receive no less than $1,000,000; and for necessary ex6 penses of extension activities, $19,417,000. 

7 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

8 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

9 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex10 penses, $62,942,000, as follows: for competitive grants 

11 programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 

12 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

13 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $43,942,000, including $12,887,000 for 

14 the water quality program, $14,870,000 for the food safe15 ty program, $4,501,000 for the regional pest management 

16 centers program, $4,857,000 for the Food Quality Protec17 tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys18 tems, $1,487,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 

19 Protection Act implementation, $3,229,000 for the methyl 

20 bromide transition program, and $2,111,000 for the or21 ganic transition program; for a competitive international 

22 science and education grants program authorized under 

23 section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex24 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

25 3292b), to remain available until expended, $1,000,000; 

26 for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) 
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1 of Public Law 89–106, as amended, $2,000,000, including 

2 $497,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005 

3 for the critical issues program, and $1,503,000 for the re4 gional rural development centers program; and 

5 $16,000,000 for the homeland security program author6 ized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural Re7 search, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain 

8 available until September 30, 2005. 

9 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

10 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 

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

12 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,470,000, to remain available 

13 until expended. 

14 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

15 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

17 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro18 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 

19 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

20 Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 

21 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; 

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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

5 to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and ani6 mal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and reg7 ulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as au8 thorized by law, $725,502,000, of which $4,139,000 shall 

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

10 diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals 

11 and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency con12 ditions; of which $51,000,000 shall be used for the boll 

13 weevil eradication program for cost share purposes or for 

14 debt retirement for active eradication zones: Provided, 

15 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 

16 a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 

17 year that does not require minimum matching by the 

18 States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this 

19 appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

20 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

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

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

23 any segment of the agricultural production industry of this 

24 country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria25 tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations 

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1 essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

2 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

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

4 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani5 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 

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

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

8 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre9 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

10 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

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

12 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve13 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 

14 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

15 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build16 ing. 

17 In fiscal year 2004, the agency is authorized to collect 

18 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist19 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

20 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

21 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

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1 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro2 viding such assistance, goods, or services. 

3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

4 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte5 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al6 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

8 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

11 MARKETING SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out services related 

13 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis14 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au15 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination 

16 of payments to States, $75,953,000, including funds for 

17 the wholesale market development program for the design 

18 and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities 

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

20 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

21 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

22 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build23 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

24 the current replacement value of the building. 
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1 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

3 U.S.C. 9701). 

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 Not to exceed $62,577,000 (from fees collected) shall 

6 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra7 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

9 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

11 Congress. 

12 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

13 SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au16 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com17 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

19 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

21 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $15,392,000 

22 for formulation and administration of marketing agree23 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

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1 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

2 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

3 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

4 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul5 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

6 $1,347,000. 

7 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

11 of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin12 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying 

13 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products, 

14 and the standardization activities related to grain under 

15 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $39,690,000: 

16 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu17 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

18 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

19 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

20 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build21 ing. 

22 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

23 EXPENSES

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

25 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

26 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
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1 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

2 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

3 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

7 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the 

8 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In9 spection Service, $599,000. 

10 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

11 For necessary expenses to carry out services author12 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

13 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

15 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

17 $785,261,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred18 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab19 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

20 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

21 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That this appropriation shall 

22 be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter23 ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 

24 cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
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1 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

2 value of the building. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 

7 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for 

8 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv9 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 

10 Credit Corporation, $636,000. 

11 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis15 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

16 the Farm Service Agency, $1,016,836,000: Provided, That 

17 the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to use the serv18 ices, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 

19 Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay20 ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro21 vided further, That other funds made available to the 

22 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 

23 merged with this account. 
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1 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

2 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul3 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

4 5106), $3,974,000. 

5 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

8 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

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

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro11 gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 

12 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri13 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra14 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 

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

16 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

17 ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di20 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

21 1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural 

22 Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans, 

23 $1,083,143,000, of which $950,000,000 shall be for guar24 anteed loans and $133,143,000 shall be for direct loans; 

25 operating loans, $2,200,440,000, of which $1,330,000,000 

26 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $252,937,000 
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1 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $617,503,000 

2 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 

3 loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $2,000,000; and 

4 for boll weevil eradication program loans as authorized by 

5 7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000. 

6 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

9 ownership loans, $34,528,000, of which $5,130,000 shall 

10 be for guaranteed loans, and $29,398,000 shall be for di11 rect loans; operating loans, $165,633,000, of which 

12 $44,289,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

13 $32,300,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 

14 $89,044,000 shall be for direct loans. 

15 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

16 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

17 $298,136,000, of which $290,136,000 shall be transferred 

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

19 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

20 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

21 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership 

22 and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 

23 transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

25 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 For administrative and operating expenses, as au3 thorized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 

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

5 $71,509,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

6 be available for official reception and representation ex7 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

8 CORPORATIONS 

9 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

10 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

11 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor12 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

13 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

14 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

15 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

17 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here18 inafter provided. 

19 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

20 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

22 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). 

8 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

9 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

10 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

12 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

13 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

14 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

15 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 

16 9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

17 and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961. 

18 TITLE II 

19 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

21 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

23 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ24 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for 

25 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva26 tion Service, $745,000. 
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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

12 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

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

19 $850,004,000, to remain available until expended (7 

20 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than $9,215,000 is for 

21 snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 

22 $11,722,000 is for operation and establishment of the 

23 plant materials centers, and of which not less than 

24 $23,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands conservation 

25 initiative: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 
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1 be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction 

2 and improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

3 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

4 and improvements to other buildings and other public im5 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

6 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

7 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob8 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 

9 That this appropriation shall be available for technical as10 sistance and related expenses to carry out programs au11 thorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River 

12 Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): 

13 Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be 

14 temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the 

15 technical planning work of the Service: Provided further, 

16 That none of the funds made available under this para17 graph by this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

18 to provide technical assistance with respect to programs 

19 listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 

20 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).

21 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

22 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves23 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa24 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan25 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 

26 Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), 
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1 $11,124,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 

2 available under this paragraph by this or any other appro3 priations Act may be used to provide technical assistance 

4 with respect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the 

5 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 

6 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas8 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op9 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

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

11 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

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

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

14 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re15 lating to the activities of the Department, $90,000,000, 

16 to remain available until expended of which up to 

17 $10,000,000 shall be available for the watersheds author18 ized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 

19 U.S.C. 1006a): Provided, That not to exceed $40,000,000 

20 of this appropriation shall be made available for technical 

21 assistance: Provided further, That not to exceed 

22 $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out 

23 the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Pub24 lic Law 93–205), including cooperative efforts as con25 templated by that Act to relocate endangered or threat26 ened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary 
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1 to expedite project construction: Provided further, That 

2 the amount of federal funds that may be made available 

3 to an eligible local organization for construction of a par4 ticular rehabilitation project shall be equal to 65 percent 

5 of the total rehabilitation costs, but not to exceed 100 per6 cent of actual construction costs incurred in the rehabilita7 tion: Provided further, That consistent with existing stat8 ute, rehabilitation assistance provided may not be used to 

9 perform operation and maintenance activities specified in 

10 the agreement for the covered water resource projects en11 tered into between the Secretary and the eligible local or12 ganization responsible for the works of improvement: Pro13 vided further, That none of the funds made available under 

14 this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act 

15 may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 

16 to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security 

17 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 

18 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

20 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

21 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as 

22 amended, (16 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the 

23 provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart24 ment, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

25 Provided, That none of the funds made available under 

26 this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act 
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1 may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 

2 to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security 

3 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 

4 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

6 projects for resource conservation and development and 

7 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

8 31 and 32(l) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Ten9 ant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of 

10 April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title 

11 XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 

12 3451–3461), $52,894,000, to remain available until ex13 pended: Provided, That none of the funds made available 

14 under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations 

15 Act may be used to provide technical assistance with re16 spect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food 

17 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)): Provided fur18 ther, That a cooperative or contribution agreement with 

19 a national association regarding a Resource Conservation 

20 and Development program shall contain the same match21 ing, contribution requirements, and funding level, set forth 

22 in a similar cooperative or contribution agreement with a 

23 national association in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, 

24 That not to exceed $3,504,300, the same amount as in 

25 the budget, shall be available for national headquarters ac26 tivities. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

4 DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer 

7 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

8 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 

9 Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department 

10 of Agriculture, $636,000. 

11 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

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

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

14 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N 

15 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

16 $706,006,000, to remain available until expended, of 

17 which $27,000,000 shall be for rural community programs 

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

19 $605,006,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de20 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 

21 such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail22 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

23 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

24 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro25 gram described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 

26 $74,000,000 shall be for the rural business and coopera-
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1 tive development programs described in sections 

2 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of 

3 the total amount appropriated in this account, 

4 $13,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Fed5 erally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

6 grants for drinking water and waste disposal systems pur7 suant to section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 

8 shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 

9 colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Con10 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which 

11 $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified na12 tional organization to provide technical assistance for 

13 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop14 ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

15 for rural community programs, $6,000,000 shall be avail16 able for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Pro17 vided further, That such funds shall be used solely to de18 velop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit commu19 nity-based housing and community development organiza20 tions, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog21 nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to im22 prove housing, community facilities, community and eco23 nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur24 ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 

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1 proposing to carry out a program of financial and tech2 nical assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary 

3 organizations shall provide matching funds from other 

4 sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in 

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

6 That of the amount appropriated for the rural business 

7 and cooperative development programs, not to exceed 

8 $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 

9 national organization to provide technical assistance for 

10 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop11 ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

12 for rural utilities programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 

13 shall be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit 

14 the Colonias along the United States/Mexico border, in15 cluding grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not 

16 to exceed $17,465,000 shall be for technical assistance 

17 grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to sec18 tion 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,513,000 shall 

19 be for Rural Community Assistance Programs and not to 

20 exceed $13,000,000 shall be for contracting with qualified 

21 national organizations for a circuit rider program to pro22 vide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 

23 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex24 ceed $22,132,000 shall be available through June 30, 

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1 communities and communities designated by the Secretary 

2 of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 

3 Zones; of which $1,000,000 shall be for the rural commu4 nity programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such 

5 Act, of which $12,582,000 shall be for the rural utilities 

6 programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, 

7 and of which $8,550,000 shall be for the rural business 

8 and cooperative development programs described in sec9 tion 381E(d)(3) of such Act. 

10 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis13 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De14 velopment mission area, including activities with institu15 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul16 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

17 $146,495,000: Provided, That not more than $10,000 

18 may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards 

19 to non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any bal20 ances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities 

21 Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business22 Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall 

23 be transferred to and merged with this appropriation. 
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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

7 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,091,634,000 

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

9 Secretary, of which $1,366,462,000 shall be for direct 

10 loans, and of which not more than $2,725,172,000 shall 

11 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,003,000 for 

12 section 504 housing repair loans; $116,545,000 for section 

13 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaran14 teed multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 

15 524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit sales of acquired 

16 property, of which up to $1,500,000 may be for multi17 family credit sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self18 help housing land development loans. 

19 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

22 502 loans, $165,921,000, of which $126,018,000 shall be 

23 for direct loans, and of which $39,903,000, to remain 

24 available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaran25 teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $9,612,000; 

26 section 515 rental housing, $50,126,000 of which 
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1 $20,086,400 shall be for repair and rehabilitation, and 

2 $30,039,600 shall be for new construction; section 538 

3 multi-family housing guaranteed loans, $5,950,000; multi4 family credit sales of acquired property, $663,000; and 

5 section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 

6 $154,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro7 priated in this paragraph, $7,100,000 shall be available 

8 through June 30, 2004, for authorized empowerment 

9 zones and enterprise communities and communities des10 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

11 Area Partnership Zones. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $447,151,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

15 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

16 and Expenses’’. 

17 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

18 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re19 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

20 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

21 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

22 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $731,000,000; 

23 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au24 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 

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

26 assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: 
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1 Provided, That of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 

2 shall be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eli3 gible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of 

4 the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for ad5 vances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to 

6 cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in 

7 purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of 

8 the Act: Provided further, That agreements entered into 

9 or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded 

10 for a 5–year period, although the life of any such agree11 ment may be extended to fully utilize amounts obligated. 

12 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

13 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

14 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

15 1490c), $34,772,000, to remain available until expended: 

16 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 

17 $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, for 

18 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu19 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag20 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

21 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

22 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

23 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

24 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

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

26 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $42,222,000, 
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1 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

2 total amount appropriated, $1,800,000 shall be available 

3 through June 30, 2004, for authorized empowerment 

4 zones and enterprise communities and communities des5 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

6 Area Partnership Zones. 

7 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

9 as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $36,307,000, 

10 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

11 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

12 contracts. 

13 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

14 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author17 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

18 9812(a)), $40,000,000. 

19 For the cost of direct loans, $17,308,000, as author20 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

21 9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 

22 June 30, 2004, for Federally Recognized Native American 

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

24 June 30, 2004, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

25 defined by Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such 

26 costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be 
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1 as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 

2 of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appro3 priated, $2,447,000 shall be available through June 30, 

4 2004, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empower5 ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 

6 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco7 nomic Area Partnership Zones. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

9 the direct loan programs, $4,283,000 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, $16,120,000. 

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, $3,000,000. 

22 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

23 credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 

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

25 $3,000,000 shall not be obligated and $3,000,000 are re26 scinded. 
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1 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

2 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

4 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $13,000,000, of 

5 which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

6 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro7 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be 

8 for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri9 mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro10 ducers, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be for coop11 erative research agreements; and of which not to exceed 

12 $4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

13 for value-added agricultural product market development 

14 grants, as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Secu15 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 

16 note). 

17 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

18 COMMUNITIES GRANTS

19 For grants in connection with a second round of em20 powerment zones and enterprise communities, 

21 $10,967,000, to remain available until expended, for des22 ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise 

23 communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 

24 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup25 plemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–

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1 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

2 For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized 

3 by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest4 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $3,000,000 for direct 

5 renewable energy loans and grants: Provided, That the 

6 cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, including the cost 

7 of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

8 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

9 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

10 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

11 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 

14 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

15 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica16 tion loans, $240,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 

17 loans, $1,000,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 

18 306 of that Act, rural electric, $2,000,000,000; Treasury 

19 rate direct electric loans, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural 

20 telecommunication loans, $145,000,000; cost of money 

21 rural telecommunication loans, $300,000,000; and loans 

22 made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural tele23 communication loans, $120,000,000. 

24 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con25 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi26 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 
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1 sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

2 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural 

3 electric loans, $60,000, and the cost of telecommunication 

4 loans, $125,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

5 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, bor6 rower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 

7 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

8 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

9 $38,166,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 

10 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

11 and Expenses’’. 

12 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 

15 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail16 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make 

17 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

18 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern19 ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car20 rying out its authorized programs. 

21 For administrative expenses, including audits, nec22 essary to carry out the loan programs and continue to 

23 service existing loans, $3,182,000, to be derived by trans24 fer from the shareholder’s equity, contained in the unobli25 gated balances in the Rural Telephone Bank Liquidating 

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1 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

2 Expenses’’. 

3 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

4 PROGRAM

5 For the principal amount of direct distance learning 

6 and telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the prin7 cipal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, 

8 $336,000,000. 

9 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

10 services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 

11 et seq., $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

12 For the cost of direct and guaranteed broadband 

13 loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 901, et seq., $9,116,000: 

14 Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined 

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

16 In addition, $8,000,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans18 mission in areas that meet the definition of ‘‘rural area’’ 

19 used for the Broadband Loan Program authorized by 7 

20 U.S.C. 901. 

21 TITLE IV 

22 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

23 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

24 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

25 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

26 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 
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1 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

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

3 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

4 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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

8 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

9 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $11,418,441,000, to 

10 remain available through September 30, 2005, of which 

11 $6,718,780,000 is hereby appropriated and 

12 $4,699,661,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 

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

14 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, that $6,000,000 shall be avail15 able for the Food and Nutrition Service to conduct a study 

16 of certification error and its effect on expenditures in the 

17 National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs 

18 and an assessment of the feasibility of using income data 

19 matching in those Programs: Provided further, that except 

20 as specifically provided under this heading, none of the 

21 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

22 studies and evaluations: Provided further, That up to 

23 $5,235,000 shall be available for independent verification 

24 of school food service claims. 
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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup4 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

6 $4,588,310,000, to remain available through September 

7 30, 2005, of which $20,000,000 shall be for a 

8 breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activities 

9 specified in section 17(h)(3)(A); $25,000,000 shall be for 

10 a management information system initiative; and 

11 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

12 placed in reserve for use in only such amounts, and in 

13 such manner, as the Secretary determines necessary, not14 withstanding section 17(i) of the Child Nutrition Act, to 

15 provide funds to support participation, should costs or 

16 participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That not17 withstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, 

18 $14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes specified 

19 in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further, That notwith20 standing section 17(g)(5) of such Act, $4,000,000 shall 

21 be available for pilot projects to prevent childhood obesity: 

22 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

23 under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua24 tions: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 

25 shall be available to pay administrative expenses of WIC 
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1 clinics except those that have an announced policy of pro2 hibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the 

3 program: Provided further, That none of the funds pro4 vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 

5 of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con6 tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 

7 in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of 

8 the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 

9 not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart10 ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 

11 Act. 

12 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

14 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $27,745,981,000, of which 

15 $2,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in 

16 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 

17 to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of 

18 the funds made available under this heading shall be used 

19 for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds 

20 provided herein shall be expended in accordance with sec21 tion 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That 

22 this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration 

23 or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro24 vided further, That funds made available for Employment 

25 and Training under this heading shall remain available 
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1 until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the 

2 Food Stamp Act. 

3 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist5 ance and the commodity supplemental food program as 

6 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con7 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

8 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist9 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec10 tion 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act 

11 of 1985; and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as 

12 authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act 

13 of 1966, $166,072,000, to remain available through Sep14 tember 30, 2005: Provided, That none of these funds shall 

15 be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora16 tion for commodities donated to the program. 

17 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes19 tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

20 $140,512,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 

21 for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight22 ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 

23 and assisting in the prevention, identification, and pros24 ecution of fraud and other violations of law and of which 

25 not less than $7,500,000 shall be available to improve in26 tegrity in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

8 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

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

10 activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi11 nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec12 tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 

13 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

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

15 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $133,924,000: Provided, That the Serv16 ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro17 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen18 cies, public and private organizations and institutions 

19 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 

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

21 the foreign assistance programs of the United States 

22 Agency for International Development. 

23 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con26 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 
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1 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

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

3 the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 

4 $103,887,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

7 Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro8 priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $4,041,000, 

9 of which $1,066,000 may be transferred to and merged 

10 with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 

11 Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $2,975,000 may be 

12 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

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

14 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL

15 GRANTS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment 

18 of agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricul19 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 

20 under the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $28,000,000, 

21 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

22 made available for the cost of agreements under title I 

23 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

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

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1 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

2 Houses of Congress. 

3 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

4 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth5 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in6 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De7 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 

8 supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 

9 II of said Act, $1,192,000,000, to remain available until 

10 expended. 

11 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

12 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

14 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest15 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $56,874,000, to 

16 remain available until expended. 

17 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

18 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com21 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

22 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,312,000; to cover common 

23 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com24 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

26 $3,327,000 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 $985,000 may be trans3 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

4 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 TITLE VI 

6 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

7 ADMINISTRATION 

8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

9 SERVICES 

10 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad14 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

15 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

17 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

19 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

20 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author21 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

23 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

24 107–188; $1,668,249,000: Provided, That of the amount 

25 provided under this heading, $249,825,000 shall be de26 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
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1 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 

2 remain available until expended, and $29,190,000 shall be 

3 derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

4 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re5 main available until expended: Provided further, That fees 

6 derived from prescription drug and medical device applica7 tions received during fiscal year 2004 shall be subject to 

8 the fiscal year 2004 limitation: Provided further, That any 

9 prescription drug or medical device user fee collected in 

10 fiscal year 2004 that exceeds this limitation shall be cred11 ited to this account and remain available until expended, 

12 in accordance with 21 U.S.C. 379h(g)(4) and 379j(h)(4): 

13 Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 

14 to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees 

15 authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of 

16 the total amount appropriated: (1) $412,462,000 shall be 

17 for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and 

18 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

19 (2) $478,650,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua20 tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 

21 of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $13,357,000 

22 shall be available for grants and contracts awarded under 

23 section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) 

24 $168,836,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua25 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 
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1 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $84,646,000 shall be for 

2 the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 

3 activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 

4 $209,285,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra5 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of6 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $39,887,000 shall be for 

7 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

8 $40,851,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other 

9 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis10 tration for rent; (8) $119,795,000 shall be for payments 

11 to the General Services Administration for rent; and (9) 

12 $113,837,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

13 Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and 

14 Systems; the Office of External Relations; the Office of 

15 Policy and Planning; and central services for these offices: 

16 Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one 

17 specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 

18 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con19 gress. 

20 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

21 42 U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain 

22 available until expended. 

23 In addition, export certification user fees authorized 

24 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re25 main available until expended. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten3 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili4 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

5 where not otherwise provided, $6,000,000 to remain avail6 able until expended. 

7 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

8 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

10 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in11 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

13 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $88,435,000, 

14 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

15 representation expenses. 

16 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

17 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

18 Not to exceed $40,900,000 (from assessments col19 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 

20 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

21 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

23 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re24 ceiverships. 
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1 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

3 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart4 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

6 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 398 passenger 

7 motor vehicles, of which 396 shall be for replacement only, 

8 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

9 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart10 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al11 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

12 5902). 

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

14 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 

15 of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Or16 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

17 SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

18 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

19 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 

20 balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 

21 Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 

22 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis23 trative, and information technology services of primary 

24 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 

25 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 
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1 Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 

2 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad3 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 

4 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

5 section shall be available for obligation without the prior 

6 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress. 

8 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 

9 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

10 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec11 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con12 ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 

13 program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, and 

14 up to 25 percent of the screwworm program; Food Safety 

15 and Inspection Service, field automation and information 

16 management project; Cooperative State Research, Edu17 cation, and Extension Service, funds for competitive re18 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, 

19 Education, and Economics Information System (REEIS), 

20 and funds for the Native American Institutions Endow21 ment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses 

22 funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agri23 cultural Service, middle-income country training program 

24 and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service 

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1 tions in international currency exchange rates, subject to 

2 documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 

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

4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

6 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria7 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this 

8 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation 

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

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

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

12 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

13 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

14 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu15 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

16 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar17 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

18 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro19 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

20 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com21 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro22 priations are provided in this Act. 

23 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail24 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit 

25 Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space 
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1 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri2 culture when such space will be jointly occupied. 

3 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail4 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri5 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 

6 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

7 Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 

8 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith9 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re10 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

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

12 awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 

13 Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 

14 full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 

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

16 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid18 ered estimates, not limitations. 

19 SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri20 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

21 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

22 until expended to cover obligations made in the current 

23 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop24 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone 

25 Bank program account, the Rural Electrification and 
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1 Telecommunication Loans program account, the Rural 

2 Housing Insurance Fund program account, and the Rural 

3 Economic Development Loans program account. 

4 SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

5 to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the 

6 Rural Telephone Bank 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 tele14 phone liquidating account which is in excess of current 

15 requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set 

16 forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed17 eral Credit Reform Act of 1990. 

18 SEC. 714. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

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

20 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

21 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

22 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego23 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi24 tively awarded grants. 
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1 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

3 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul4 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

5 SEC. 716. No employee of the Department of Agri6 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

8 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi9 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 

10 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 

11 of the employee for the period of assignment. 

12 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture 

14 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to 

15 any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or 

16 responses to questions that are a result of information re17 quested for the appropriations hearing process. 

18 SEC. 718. None of the funds made available to the 

19 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac20 quire new information technology systems or significant 

21 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor22 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa23 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa24 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

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1 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

2 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa3 tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 

4 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

5 SEC. 719. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

6 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen7 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

9 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

10 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

12 through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new 

13 programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

14 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 

15 project or activity for which funds have been denied or 

16 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga17 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out 

18 or privatizes any functions or activities presently per19 formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on 

20 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 

21 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

22 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro23 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

24 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

25 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
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1 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

2 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

4 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram5 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which6 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 

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

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

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

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

11 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro12 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un13 less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

14 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re15 programming of funds. 

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

17 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com18 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be20 fore implementing a program or activity not carried out 

21 during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac22 tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

23 other Act. 

24 SEC. 720. With the exception of funds needed to ad25 minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob-
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1 ligations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 

2 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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

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

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

7 SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

8 or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 

9 expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria10 tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis11 sion to the Congress of the United States for programs 

12 under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit13 tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

14 Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes reve15 nues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due 

16 to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law 

17 prior to the submission of the Budget unless such Budget 

18 submission identifies which additional spending reductions 

19 should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not 

20 enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee 

21 of conference for the fiscal year 2005 appropriations Act. 

22 SEC. 722. None of the funds made available by this 

23 Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a 

24 state Rural Development office unless or until cost effec-
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1 tiveness and enhancement of program delivery have been 

2 determined. 

3 SEC. 723. In addition to amounts otherwise appro4 priated or made available by this Act, $3,000,000 is ap5 propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

6 Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, as authorized by sec7 tion 4404 of Public Law 107–171 (2 U.S.C. 1161). 

8 SEC. 724. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri9 cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 

10 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title 

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

12 and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail13 able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 

14 carry out title II of such Act. 

15 SEC. 725. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 

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

17 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$26,499,000’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘$26,998,000’’. 

19 SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service may pro21 vide financial and technical assistance through the Water22 shed and Flood Prevention Operations program for the 

23 Ditch 26 project in Arkansas. 

24 SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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1 Ohio; the City of Havelock, North Carolina; the City of 

2 Portsmouth, Ohio; the City of Atascadero, California; the 

3 City of Binghamton, New York; the Town of Vestal, New 

4 York; the City of Ithaca, New York; the City of Casa 

5 Grande, Arizona; and the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, 

6 as meeting the eligibility requirements for loans and 

7 grants programs in the Rural Development mission area. 

8 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro10 vide financial and technical assistance to the DuPage 

11 County, Illinois, Kress Creek Watershed Plan, from funds 

12 available for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Oper13 ations program, not to exceed $1,600,000 and Rockhouse 

14 Creek Watershed, Leslie County, Kentucky, not to exceed 

15 $1,000,000. 

16 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in18 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

19 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro20 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

21 SEC. 730. Agencies and offices of the Department of 

22 Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and ex23 penses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Coun24 sel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 

25 related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies 
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1 and offices in the resolution of complaints by employees 

2 or applicants for employment, and in cases and other mat3 ters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity 

4 Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or 

5 the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior ap6 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

7 Houses of Congress. 

8 SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or made 

9 available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and 

10 expenses of personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the 

11 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

12 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 

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

14 available by this Act, or any other Act, may be used to 

15 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

16 the Rural Strategic Investment Program authorized by 

17 subtitle I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop18 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7) in excess of 

19 $2,000,000. 

20 SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated or made 

21 available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and 

22 expenses of personnel to carry out the Rural Firefighters 

23 and Emergency Personnel Grant Program authorized by 

24 section 6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 
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1 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

3 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the provi4 sions of sections 7404(a)(1) and 7404(c)(1) of Public Law 

5 107–171. 

6 SEC. 735. The Agricultural Marketing Service and 

7 the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administra8 tion, that have statutory authority to purchase interest 

9 bearing investments outside of Treasury, are not required 

10 to establish obligations and outlays for those investments, 

11 provided those investments are insured by FDIC or are 

12 collateralized at the Federal Reserve with securities ap13 proved by the Federal Reserve, operating under the guide14 lines of the U.S. Treasury. 

15 SEC. 736. Of the funds made available under section 

16 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

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

18 associated with the distribution of commodities. 

19 SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

21 salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of 

22 200,000 acres in the calendar year 2004 wetlands reserve 

23 program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 

24 SEC. 738. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 
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1 salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out an envi2 ronmental quality incentives program authorized by chap3 ter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 

4 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of 

5 $975,000,000. 

6 SEC. 739. The Administrator of the Agricultural Re7 search Service may make available by outlease agreements 

8 with other Federal agencies or non-Federal public or pri9 vate entities any unused or underused portion or interest 

10 of or interest in any agency real and related personal prop11 erty, and may retain and use the proceeds of such agree12 ments in carrying out the programs of the agency. Prop13 erty proposed for outlease must not be property otherwise 

14 required to be reported excess under the Federal Property 

15 and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. 

16 Outleases shall be made competitively, and be based on 

17 the fair market value of the property. 

18 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

20 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

21 9006 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security and 

22 Rural Investment Act of 2002. 

23 SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other24 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 carry out 

2 section 6103 of Public Law 107–171. 

3 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

6 section 6401 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 

7 and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 

8 SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act shall be used for the imple10 mentation of Country of Origin Labeling for meat or meat 

11 products. 

12 SEC. 744. Any unobligated balances in the Alter13 native Agricultural Research and Commercialization Re14 volving Fund are hereby rescinded. 

15 SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this Act shall be used to carry out 

17 a Conservation Security Program authorized in section 

18 1241(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

19 3841(a)(3)). 

20 SEC. 746. Section 726 of Division A of Public Law 

21 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘, as authorized by section 

22 4404 of Public Law 107–171 (2 U.S.C. 1161)’’ and in23 serting ‘‘through the Congressional Hunger Center’’. 

24 SEC. 747. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR COMMERCIAL TREE

25 LOSSES.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 
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1 $5,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor2 poration to provide assistance under the Tree Assistance 

3 Program, subtitle C of title X of the Farm Security and 

4 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), 

5 to tree-fruit growers located in a federally declared dis6 aster area in the State of New York who suffered tree 

7 losses in 2003 as a result of an April 4–6, 2003, icestorm. 

8 (b) OFFSET.—The amount appropriated by this Act 

9 under the heading ‘‘RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT

10 PROGRAM’’ is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 

11 SEC. 748. Section 204(a)(3) of the Agricultural 

12 Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 

13 1724(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘and Committee’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 

15 Committee’’. 

16 SEC. 749. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 

18 Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed19 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi20 vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 

21 within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole22 salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 

23 which complies with sections 501, 502, and 505. 
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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, 2004’’. 
Union Calendar No. 99

108th CONGRESS 

1st Session H.R. 2673

[Report No. 108–193] 

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 

JULY 9, 2003

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed