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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2673

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 6, 2003

Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate 

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

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 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 Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 

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

8 namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

3 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

7 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep8 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

9 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

10 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

11 CHIEF ECONOMIST

12 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in13 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 

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

15 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

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

17 $8,716,000. 

18 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

19 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi20 sion, $13,670,000. 

21 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

23 Program Analysis, $7,749,000. 

24 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In26 formation Officer, $14,993,000. 
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1 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

2 For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com3 puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva4 tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, 

5 and the Rural Development mission areas for information 

6 technology, systems, and services, $133,155,000 (reduced 

7 by $8,656,000) (reduced by $3,500,000) (reduced by 

8 $20,000,000), to remain available until expended, for the 

9 capital asset acquisition of shared information technology 

10 systems, including services as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

11 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421–28: Provided, That obliga12 tion of these funds shall be consistent with the Depart13 ment of Agriculture Service Center Modernization Plan of 

14 the county-based agencies, and shall be with the concur15 rence of the Department’s Chief Information Officer. 

16 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi18 nancial Officer, $5,785,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi19 nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross20 servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro21 vided further, That no funds made available by this appro22 priation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A–

23 76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Com24 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 (in7 creased by $411,000). 

8 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

12 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

13 PAYMENTS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu16 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

17 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis18 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri19 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 

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

21 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

22 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con23 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

24 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im25 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
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1 ties, and for related costs, as follows: for payments to the 

2 General Services Administration, $124,332,000 (reduced 

3 by $800,000), for buildings operations and maintenance, 

4 $32,559,000, to remain available until expended: Pro5 vided, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts which are 

6 made available for space rental and related costs for the 

7 Department of Agriculture in this Act may be transferred 

8 between such appropriations to cover the costs of new or 

9 replacement space 15 days after notice thereof is trans10 mitted to the Appropriations Committees of both Houses 

11 of Congress. 

12 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri15 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

17 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

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

19 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 

20 and funds available herein to the Department for Haz21 ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 

22 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re23 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 

24 non-Federal lands. 
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For Departmental Administration, $38,592,000 (in4 creased by $2,005,000), to provide for necessary expenses 

5 for management support services to offices of the Depart6 ment and for general administration, security, repairs and 

7 alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 

8 not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical 

9 and efficient work of the Department: Provided, That this 

10 appropriation shall be reimbursed from applicable appro11 priations in this Act for travel expenses incident to the 

12 holding of hearings as 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 (increased by 

19 $800,000), including such sums as may be necessary for 

20 contracting and other arrangements with public agencies 

21 and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In22 spector General Act of 1978, and including not to exceed 

23 $125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses as 

24 well as the payment of informants, to be expended under 
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1 the direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public 

2 Law 95–452 and section 1337 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 (increased by $600,000) 

14 (increased by $2,000,000), as follows: to carry out the pro15 visions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), 

16 $180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 

17 (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $21,884,000; for payments 

18 to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Uni19 versity and West Virginia State College (7 U.S.C. 3222), 

20 $36,000,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 

21 only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 

22 receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for ag23 ricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $101,241,000; for 

24 special grants for agricultural research on improved pest 

25 control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,194,000; for competitive 
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1 research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $149,248,000; for the 

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

3 3195), $5,065,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 

4 and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $1,188,000; for the 1994 

5 research grants program for 1994 institutions pursuant 

6 to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 

7 note), $998,000, to remain available until expended; for 

8 rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $1,000,000; 

9 for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 

10 3152(b)(6)), $3,222,000, to remain available until ex11 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher education challenge 

12 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,888,000; for a higher 

13 education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 

14 3152(b)(5)), $992,000, to remain available until ex15 pended; for an education grants program for Hispanic16 serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $4,073,000 (in17 creased by $600,000); for noncompetitive grants for the 

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

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

20 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska 

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

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

23 agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 

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

25 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,996,000; for sustainable agri-
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1 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 

2 $13,661,000; for a program of capacity building grants 

3 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 

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

5 328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 

6 State College, $9,479,000 (increased by $2,000,000), to 

7 remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for pay8 ments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 

9 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $1,689,000; and for 

10 necessary expenses of Research and Education Activities, 

11 $36,815,000. 

12 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

13 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro14 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

15 products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 

16 to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in17 dustrial uses of tobacco. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

19 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

21 note), $9,000,000. 

22 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

23 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

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

26 (increased by $1,500,000), as follows: payments for coop-
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1 erative extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be 

2 distributed under sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and 

3 under section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471, for retire4 ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension 

5 agents, $275,940,000; payments for extension work at the 

6 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 

7 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and 

8 family education program for low-income areas under sec9 tion 3(d) of the Act, $58,185,000; payments for the pest 

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

11 $10,689,000; payments for the farm safety program under 

12 section 3(d) of the Act, $5,489,000; payments to upgrade 

13 research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 

14 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 

15 West Virginia State College, as authorized by section 1447 

16 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $13,500,000 (in17 creased by $1,500,000), to remain available until ex18 pended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under sec19 tion 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,426,000; for youth 

20 farm safety education and certification extension grants, 

21 to be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, 

22 $496,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 

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

24 1671 et seq.), $4,093,000; payments for Indian reserva25 tion agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 
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1 $1,983,000; payments for sustainable agriculture pro2 grams under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,843,000; pay3 ments for cooperative extension work by the colleges re4 ceiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 

5 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University and West Vir6 ginia State College, $31,908,000, of which $1,724,884 

7 shall be made available only for the purpose of ensuring 

8 that each institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; 

9 and for necessary expenses of extension activities, 

10 $19,417,000. 

11 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

12 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

13 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex14 penses, $62,942,000, as follows: for competitive grants 

15 programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 

16 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

17 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $43,942,000, including $12,887,000 for 

18 the water quality program, $14,870,000 for the food safe19 ty program, $4,501,000 for the regional pest management 

20 centers program, $4,857,000 for the Food Quality Protec21 tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys22 tems, $1,487,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 

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

24 bromide transition program, and $2,111,000 for the or25 ganic transition program; for a competitive international 

26 science and education grants program authorized under 
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1 section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex2 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

3 3292b), to remain available until expended, $1,000,000; 

4 for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) 

5 of Public Law 89–106, as amended, $2,000,000, including 

6 $497,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005 

7 for the critical issues program, and $1,503,000 for the re8 gional rural development centers program; and 

9 $16,000,000 for the homeland security program author10 ized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural Re11 search, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain 

12 available until September 30, 2005. 

13 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

14 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 

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

16 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,470,000 (increased by 

17 $5,000,000), to remain available until expended. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

19 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

21 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro22 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 

23 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

24 Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 

25 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; 

26 $725,000. 
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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

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 

26 of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec-
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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 

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

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

16 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

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

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

22 $11,124,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 

23 available under this paragraph by this or any other appro24 priations Act may be used to provide technical assistance 

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

26 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 
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1 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas3 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op4 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

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

6 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

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

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

9 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re10 lating to the activities of the Department, $90,000,000, 

11 to remain available until expended of which up to 

12 $10,000,000 shall be available for the watersheds author13 ized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 

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

15 of this appropriation shall be made available for technical 

16 assistance: Provided further, That not to exceed 

17 $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out 

18 the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Pub19 lic Law 93–205), including cooperative efforts as con20 templated by that Act to relocate endangered or threat21 ened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary 

22 to expedite project construction: Provided further, That 

23 the amount of federal funds that may be made available 

24 to an eligible local organization for construction of a par25 ticular rehabilitation project shall be equal to 65 percent 
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1 of the total rehabilitation costs, but not to exceed 100 per2 cent of actual construction costs incurred in the rehabilita3 tion: Provided further, That consistent with existing stat4 ute, rehabilitation assistance provided may not be used to 

5 perform operation and maintenance activities specified in 

6 the agreement for the covered water resource projects en7 tered into between the Secretary and the eligible local or8 ganization responsible for the works of improvement: Pro9 vided further, That none of the funds made available under 

10 this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act 

11 may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 

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

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

14 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

16 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

17 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as 

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

19 provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart20 ment, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That none of the funds made available under 

22 this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act 

23 may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 

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

25 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 
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1 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

3 projects for resource conservation and development and 

4 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

5 31 and 32(l) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Ten6 ant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of 

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

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

9 3451–3461), $52,894,000, to remain available until ex10 pended: Provided, That none of the funds made available 

11 under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations 

12 Act may be used to provide technical assistance with re13 spect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food 

14 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)): Provided fur15 ther, That a cooperative or contribution agreement with 

16 a national association regarding a Resource Conservation 

17 and Development program shall contain the same match18 ing, contribution requirements, and funding level, set forth 

19 in a similar cooperative or contribution agreement with a 

20 national association in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, 

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

22 the budget, shall be available for national headquarters ac23 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 

25 private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 
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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, 

25 2004, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
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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 (increased 

5 by $20,000,000) for direct renewable energy loans and 

6 grants: Provided, That the cost of direct loans and loan 

7 guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

8 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

9 Budget Act of 1974. 

10 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

11 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

12 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 

15 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

16 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica17 tion loans, $240,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 

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

19 306 of that Act, rural electric, $2,000,000,000; Treasury 

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

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

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

23 made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural tele24 communication loans, $120,000,000. 

25 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con26 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
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1 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 

2 sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

3 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural 

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

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

6 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, bor7 rower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

9 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

10 $38,166,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 

11 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

12 and Expenses’’. 

13 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 

16 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail17 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make 

18 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

19 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern20 ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car21 rying out its authorized programs. 

22 For administrative expenses, including audits, nec23 essary to carry out the loan programs and continue to 

24 service existing loans, $3,182,000, to be derived by trans25 fer from the shareholder’s equity, contained in the unobli26 gated balances in the Rural Telephone Bank Liquidating 
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1 Account, which shall be transferred to and merged with 

2 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

3 Expenses’’. 

4 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

5 PROGRAM

6 For the principal amount of direct distance learning 

7 and telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the prin8 cipal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, 

9 $336,000,000. 

10 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

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

13 For the cost of direct and guaranteed broadband 

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

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

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

17 In addition, $8,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans19 mission in areas that meet the definition of ‘‘rural area’’ 

20 used for the Broadband Loan Program authorized by 7 

21 U.S.C. 901. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 

7 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

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

9 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

10 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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

14 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

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

16 remain available through September 30, 2005, of which 

17 $6,718,780,000 is hereby appropriated and 

18 $4,699,661,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 

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

20 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, that $6,000,000 shall be avail21 able for the Food and Nutrition Service to conduct a study 

22 of certification error and its effect on expenditures in the 

23 National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs 

24 and an assessment of the feasibility of using income data 

25 matching in those Programs: Provided further, that except 

26 as specifically provided under this heading, none of the 
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1 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

2 studies and evaluations: Provided further, That up to 

3 $5,235,000 shall be available for independent verification 

4 of school food service claims. 

5 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

6 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup8 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

10 $4,588,310,000, to remain available through September 

11 30, 2005, of which $20,000,000 shall be for a 

12 breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activities 

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

14 a management information system initiative; and 

15 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

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

17 such manner, as the Secretary determines necessary, not18 withstanding section 17(i) of the Child Nutrition Act, to 

19 provide funds to support participation, should costs or 

20 participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That not21 withstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, 

22 $14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes specified 

23 in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further, That notwith24 standing section 17(g)(5) of such Act, $4,000,000 shall 

25 be available for pilot projects to prevent childhood obesity: 

26 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
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1 under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua2 tions: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 

3 shall be available to pay administrative expenses of WIC 

4 clinics except those that have an announced policy of pro5 hibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the 

6 program: Provided further, That none of the funds pro7 vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 

8 of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con9 tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 

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

11 the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 

12 not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart13 ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 

14 Act. 

15 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

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

18 $2,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in 

19 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 

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

21 the funds made available under this heading shall be used 

22 for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds 

23 provided herein shall be expended in accordance with sec24 tion 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That 

25 this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration 

26 or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro-
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1 vided further, That funds made available for Employment 

2 and Training under this heading shall remain available 

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

4 Food Stamp Act. 

5 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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

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

10 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist11 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec12 tion 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act 

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

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

15 of 1966, $166,072,000, to remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2005: Provided, That none of these funds shall 

17 be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora18 tion for commodities donated to the program. 

19 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

20 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes21 tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

22 $140,512,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 

23 for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight24 ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 

25 and assisting in the prevention, identification, and pros26 ecution of fraud and other violations of law and of which 
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1 not less than $7,500,000 shall be available to improve in2 tegrity in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs. 

3 TITLE V 

4 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

5 PROGRAMS 

6 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

10 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

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

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

15 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

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

17 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $133,924,000: Provided, That the Serv18 ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro19 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen20 cies, public and private organizations and institutions 

21 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 

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

23 the foreign assistance programs of the United States 

24 Agency for International Development. 
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1 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con4 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 

5 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

6 1954, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including 

7 the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 

8 $103,887,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

11 Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro12 priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $4,041,000, 

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

14 with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 

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

16 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

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

18 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL

19 GRANTS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment 

22 of agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricul23 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 

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

25 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

26 made available for the cost of agreements under title I 
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1 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

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

3 used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 

4 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

5 Houses of Congress. 

6 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

7 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth8 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in9 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De10 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 

11 supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 

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

13 expended. 

14 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

15 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest18 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $56,874,000, to 

19 remain available until expended. 

20 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

21 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com24 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

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

26 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
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1 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

3 $3,327,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 

4 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

5 and Expenses’’, and of which $985,000 may be trans6 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

7 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

8 TITLE VI 

9 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

10 ADMINISTRATION 

11 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

12 SERVICES 

13 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad17 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

18 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

20 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

22 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

23 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author24 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

26 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 
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1 107–188; $1,668,249,000: Provided, That of the amount 

2 provided under this heading, $249,825,000 shall be de3 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

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

6 derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

7 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re8 main available until expended: Provided further, That fees 

9 derived from prescription drug and medical device applica10 tions received during fiscal year 2004 shall be subject to 

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

12 prescription drug or medical device user fee collected in 

13 fiscal year 2004 that exceeds this limitation shall be cred14 ited to this account and remain available until expended, 

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

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

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

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

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

20 for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and 

21 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

22 (2) $478,650,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua23 tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 

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

25 shall be available for grants and contracts awarded under 
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1 section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) 

2 $168,836,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua3 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

4 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $84,646,000 shall be for 

5 the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 

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

7 $209,285,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra8 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of9 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $39,887,000 shall be for 

10 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

11 $40,851,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other 

12 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis13 tration for rent; (8) $119,795,000 shall be for payments 

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

15 $113,837,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

16 Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and 

17 Systems; the Office of External Relations; the Office of 

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

19 Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one 

20 specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con22 gress. 

23 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

24 42 U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain 

25 available until expended. 
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1 In addition, export certification user fees authorized 

2 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re3 main available until expended. 

4 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

5 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten6 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili7 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

8 where not otherwise provided, $6,000,000 to remain avail9 able until expended. 

10 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

11 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in14 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

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

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

18 representation expenses. 

19 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

20 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

21 Not to exceed $40,900,000 (from assessments col22 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 

23 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

24 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

25 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
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1 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re2 ceiverships. 

3 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

5 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart6 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

8 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 398 passenger 

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

10 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

11 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart12 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al13 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

14 5902). 

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

16 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 

17 of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Or18 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

19 SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

20 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

21 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 

22 balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 

23 Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 

24 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis25 trative, and information technology services of primary 
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1 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 

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

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

4 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad5 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 

6 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

7 section shall be available for obligation without the prior 

8 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress. 

10 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 

11 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

12 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec13 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con14 ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 

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

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

17 and Inspection Service, field automation and information 

18 management project; Cooperative State Research, Edu19 cation, and Extension Service, funds for competitive re20 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, 

21 Education, and Economics Information System (REEIS), 

22 and funds for the Native American Institutions Endow23 ment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses 

24 funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agri25 cultural Service, middle-income country training program 
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1 and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service 

2 appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctua3 tions in international currency exchange rates, subject to 

4 documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 

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

6 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

7 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

8 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria9 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this 

10 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation 

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

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

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

14 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

15 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

16 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu17 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

18 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar19 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

20 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro21 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

22 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com23 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro24 priations are provided in this Act. 
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1 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail2 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit 

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

4 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri5 culture when such space will be jointly occupied. 

6 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail7 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri8 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 

9 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

10 Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 

11 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith12 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re13 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

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

15 awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 

16 Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 

17 full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 

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

19 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid21 ered estimates, not limitations. 

22 SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri23 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

24 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

25 until expended to cover obligations made in the current 
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1 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop2 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone 

3 Bank program account, the Rural Electrification and 

4 Telecommunication Loans program account, the Rural 

5 Housing Insurance Fund program account, and the Rural 

6 Economic Development Loans program account. 

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

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

9 Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub10 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele11 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 

12 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

13 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 

14 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans15 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any 

16 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele17 phone liquidating account which is in excess of current 

18 requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set 

19 forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed20 eral Credit Reform Act of 1990. 

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

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

23 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

24 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

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

3 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

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

7 SEC. 716. No employee of the Department of Agri8 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

12 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 

13 of the employee for the period of assignment. 

14 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture 

16 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to 

17 any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or 

18 responses to questions that are a result of information re19 quested for the appropriations hearing process. 

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

21 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac22 quire new information technology systems or significant 

23 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor24 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa25 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
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1 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

2 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

3 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

4 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa5 tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 

6 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

8 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen9 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

11 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

12 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

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

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

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

17 project or activity for which funds have been denied or 

18 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga19 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out 

20 or privatizes any functions or activities presently per21 formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on 

22 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 

23 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

24 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro25 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
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1 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

2 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

3 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

4 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

6 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram7 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which8 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 

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

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

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

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

13 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro14 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un15 less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

16 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re17 programming of funds. 

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

19 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com20 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be22 fore implementing a program or activity not carried out 

23 during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac24 tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

25 other Act. 
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1 SEC. 720. With the exception of funds needed to ad2 minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob3 ligations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 

4 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria12 tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis13 sion to the Congress of the United States for programs 

14 under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit15 tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

16 Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes reve17 nues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due 

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

19 prior to the submission of the Budget unless such Budget 

20 submission identifies which additional spending reductions 

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

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

23 of conference for the fiscal year 2005 appropriations Act. 

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

25 Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a 
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1 state Rural Development office unless or until cost effec2 tiveness and enhancement of program delivery have been 

3 determined. 

4 SEC. 723. In addition to amounts otherwise appro5 priated or made available by this Act, $3,000,000 is ap6 propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

7 Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, as authorized by sec8 tion 4404 of Public Law 107–171 (2 U.S.C. 1161). 

9 SEC. 724. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri10 cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 

11 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title 

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

13 and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail14 able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 

15 carry out title II of such Act. 

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

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

18 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$26,499,000’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘$26,998,000’’. 

20 SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service may pro22 vide financial and technical assistance through the Water23 shed and Flood Prevention Operations program for the 

24 Ditch 26 project in Arkansas. 
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1 SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, the Secretary shall consider the County of Lawrence, 

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

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

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

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

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

8 as meeting the eligibility requirements for loans and 

9 grants programs in the Rural Development mission area. 

10 SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro12 vide financial and technical assistance to the DuPage 

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

14 available for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Oper15 ations program, not to exceed $1,600,000 and Rockhouse 

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

17 $1,000,000. 

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

19 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in20 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

21 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro22 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

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

24 Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and ex25 penses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Coun-
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1 sel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 

2 related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies 

3 and offices in the resolution of complaints by employees 

4 or applicants for employment, and in cases and other mat5 ters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity 

6 Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or 

7 the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior ap8 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress. 

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

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

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

13 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

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

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

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

17 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

18 the Rural Strategic Investment Program authorized by 

19 subtitle I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop20 ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7) in excess of 

21 $2,000,000. 

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

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

24 expenses of personnel to carry out the Rural Firefighters 
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1 and Emergency Personnel Grant Program authorized by 

2 section 6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 

3 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

5 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the provi6 sions of sections 7404(a)(1) and 7404(c)(1) of Public Law 

7 107–171. 

8 SEC. 735. The Agricultural Marketing Service and 

9 the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administra10 tion, that have statutory authority to purchase interest 

11 bearing investments outside of the Treasury, are not re12 quired to establish obligations and outlays for those invest13 ments, provided those investments are insured by the Fed14 eral Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized 

15 at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the 

16 Federal Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the 

17 United States Department of the Treasury. 

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

19 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

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

21 associated with the distribution of commodities. 

22 SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

24 salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of 
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1 200,000 acres in the calendar year 2004 wetlands reserve 

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

3 SEC. 738. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

5 salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out an envi6 ronmental quality incentives program authorized by chap7 ter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 

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

9 $975,000,000. 

10 SEC. 739. The Administrator of the Agricultural Re11 search Service may make available by outlease agreements 

12 with other Federal agencies or non-Federal public or pri13 vate entities any unused or underused portion or interest 

14 of or interest in any agency real and related personal prop15 erty, and may retain and use the proceeds of such agree16 ments in carrying out the programs of the agency. Prop17 erty proposed for outlease must not be property otherwise 

18 required to be reported excess under the Federal Property 

19 and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. 

20 Outleases shall be made competitively, and be based on 

21 the fair market value of the property. 

22 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

24 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 
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1 9006 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security and 

2 Rural Investment Act of 2002. 

3 SEC. 741. 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 6103 of Public Law 107–171. 

7 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

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

11 and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 

12 SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act shall be used for the imple14 mentation of Country of Origin Labeling for meat or meat 

15 products. 

16 SEC. 744. Any unobligated balances in the Alter17 native Agricultural Research and Commercialization Re18 volving Fund are hereby rescinded. 

19 SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act shall be used to carry out 

21 a Conservation Security Program authorized in section 

22 1241(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

23 3841(a)(3)). 

24 SEC. 746. Section 726 of division A of Public Law 

25 108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘, as authorized by section 
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1 4404 of Public Law 107–171 (2 U.S.C. 1161)’’ and in2 serting ‘‘through the Congressional Hunger Center’’. 

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

4 LOSSES.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 

5 $5,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor6 poration to provide assistance under the Tree Assistance 

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

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

9 to tree-fruit growers located in a federally declared dis10 aster area in the State of New York who suffered tree 

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

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

13 under the heading ‘‘RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT

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

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

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

17 1724(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘and Committee’’ and 

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

19 Committee’’. 

20 SEC. 749. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 

22 Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed23 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi24 vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 

25 within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole-
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1 salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 

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

3 SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available in this Act shall be expended to violate 

5 Public Law 105–264. 

6 SEC. 751. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this Act may be used to issue a 

8 final rule in Docket No. 02–06201 ‘‘Cost-Sharing for Ani9 mal and Plant Health Emergency Programs’’, 68 Fed. 

10 Reg. 40541–40553 (July 8, 2003). 

11 SEC. 752. No funds appropriated or made available 

12 by this Act may be used to identify by photograph on a 

13 department’s or agency’s website any Member of the 

14 House of Representatives or the Senate within 60 days 

15 before a Federal general election. 

16 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De17 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

18 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004’’.

19 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

20 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag21 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra22 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end23 ing September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

3 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

6 of Agriculture, $10,046,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

7 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep8 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

9 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

10 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

11 CHIEF ECONOMIST

12 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, includ13 ing economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit anal14 ysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the World 

15 Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricul16 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $8,707,000. 

17 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

18 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi19 sion, $13,997,000. 

20 OFFICE OF BUDGETAND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro22 gram Analysis, $7,544,000. 

23 HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

24 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

25 Staff, $910,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor3 mation Officer, $15,710,000. 

4 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

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

8 and Rural Development mission areas for information tech9 nology, systems, and services, $118,789,000, to remain 

10 available until expended, for the capital asset acquisition 

11 of shared information technology systems, including services 

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

13 28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be con14 sistent with the Department of Agriculture Service Center 

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

16 be with the concurrence of the Department’s Chief Informa17 tion Officer. 

18 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan20 cial Officer, $5,496,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial 

21 Officer shall actively market and expand cross-servicing ac22 tivities of the National Finance Center. 

23 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

24 RIGHTS

25 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

26 Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $794,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

3 $15,445,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

5 ADMINISTRATION

6 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

7 Assistant Secretary for Administration, $673,000. 

8 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

9 PAYMENTS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu12 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

13 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 

14 of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 

15 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the Depart16 ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 

17 and other actions needed for the Department and its agen18 cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit19 able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 

20 and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re21 pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 

22 costs, $187,022,000, to remain available until expended: 

23 Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

24 a share of that agency’s appropriation made available by 

25 this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer a share of 
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1 this appropriation to that agency’s appropriation to cover 

2 the costs of new or replacement space for such agency, but 

3 such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds made 

4 available for space rental and related costs to or from this 

5 account. 

6 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri9 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

11 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,611,000, to remain avail13 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

14 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

15 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

16 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

18 lands. 

19 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For Departmental Administration, $23,031,000, to 

22 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

23 services to offices of the Department and for general admin24 istration security, repairs and alterations, and other mis25 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for 
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1 and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the 

2 Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be re3 imbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for 

4 travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re5 quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That of such 

6 amount, sufficient funds shall be available for the Secretary 

7 of Agriculture, not later than 60 days after the last day 

8 of the fiscal year, to submit to Congress a report on the 

9 amount of acquisitions made by the Department of Agri10 culture during such fiscal year of articles, materials, or sup11 plies that were manufactured outside the United States. 

12 Such report shall separately indicate the dollar value of any 

13 articles, materials, or supplies purchased by the Depart14 ment of Agriculture that were manufactured outside the 

15 United States, an itemized list of all waivers under the Buy 

16 American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) that were granted 

17 with respect to such articles, materials, or supplies, and a 

18 summary of total procurement funds spent on goods manu19 factured in the United States versus funds spent on goods 

20 manufactured outside of the United States. The Secretary 

21 of Agriculture shall make the report publicly available by 

22 posting the report on an Internet website. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

5 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 

6 the programs funded by this Act, including programs in7 volving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the ex8 ecutive branch, $3,825,000: Provided, That these funds may 

9 be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

10 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

11 level: Provided further, That no other funds appropriated 

12 to the Department by this Act shall be available to the De13 partment for support of activities of congressional relations. 

14 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

15 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

16 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

17 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

18 coordination of information, work, and programs author19 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,228,000: Provided, 

20 That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bul21 letins. 

22 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

24 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

25 General Act of 1978, $75,781,000, including such sums as 
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1 may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements 

2 with public agencies and private persons pursuant to sec3 tion 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and in4 cluding not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper5 ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to 

6 be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 

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

8 Law 97–98. 

9 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

11 Counsel, $35,343,000. 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

13 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

15 Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics 

16 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Eco17 nomic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statis18 tics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Co19 operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv20 ice, $596,000. 

21 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

22 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv23 ice in conducting economic research and analysis, as au24 thorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

25 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $69,902,000. 
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1 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

3 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 

4 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statis5 tical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys, 

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

7 1621–1627 and 2204g, and other laws, $128,922,000, of 

8 which up to $25,279,000 shall be available until expended 

9 for the Census of Agriculture. 

10 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

15 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home econom16 ics or nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition, 

17 preservation, and dissemination of agricultural informa18 tion; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 

19 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 

20 land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 

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

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

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

24 $1,045,533,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 

25 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air-
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1 craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 

2 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

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

4 alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

5 unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 

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

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

8 and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved 

9 at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of alter10 ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

11 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building 

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

13 the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 

14 not apply to modernization or replacement of existing fa15 cilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That ap16 propriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease17 ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Pro18 vided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 

19 to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

21 funds may be received from any State, other political sub22 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es23 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

24 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

25 by law: Provided further, That all rights and title of the 
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1 United States in the 1.0664-acre parcel of land including 

2 improvements, as recorded at Book 1320, Page 253, records 

3 of Larimer County, State of Colorado, shall be conveyed to 

4 the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University 

5 for the benefit of Colorado State University. 

6 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

7 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro8 duction, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod9 ucts. 

10 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

11 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve12 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip13 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

14 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where 

15 not otherwise provided, $46,000,000, to remain available 

16 until expended. 

17 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

18 EXTENSION SERVICE

19 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

20 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

21 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

22 for other expenses, $617,575,000, as follows: to carry out 

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

24 i), $178,977,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 

25 (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $21,742,000; for payments 

26 to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Univer-
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1 sity and West Virginia State College (7 U.S.C. 3222), 

2 $35,411,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 

3 only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 

4 receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for agri5 cultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $101,637,000; for spe6 cial grants for agricultural research on improved pest con7 trol (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,976,000; for competitive re8 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $180,000,000; for the sup9 port of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 

10 3195), $5,065,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 

11 and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $840,000; for grants for re12 search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act 

13 (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,242,000, to remain available until 

14 expended; for research grants for 1994 institutions pursuant 

15 to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 

16 $1,093,000, to remain available until expended; for higher 

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

18 $3,222,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 

19 2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 

20 3152(b)(1)), $4,888,000; for a higher education multicul21 tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $992,000, to 

22 remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an 

23 education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions 

24 (7 U.S.C. 3241), $4,073,000; for noncompetitive grants for 

25 the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 
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1 (section 759 of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible 

2 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska 

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

4 States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,500,000; for a secondary 

5 agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 

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

7 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $4,471,000; for sustainable agri8 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 

9 $13,661,000; for a program of capacity building grants (7 

10 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds under 

11 the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), 

12 including Tuskegee University and West Virginia State 

13 College, $11,404,000, to remain available until expended (7 

14 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursu15 ant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, 

16 $1,689,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and 

17 Education Activities, $26,698,000. 

18 None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be 

19 available to carry out research related to the production, 

20 processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products: Pro21 vided, That this paragraph shall not apply to research on 

22 the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of 

23 tobacco. 
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

2 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

4 note), $9,000,000. 

5 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

6 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

7 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North8 ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $450,084,000, as fol9 lows: payments for cooperative extension work under the 

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

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

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

13 for extension agents and for costs of penalty mail for cooper14 ative extension agents and State extension directors, 

15 $279,390,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 In16 stitutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), 

17 $3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu18 cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of 

19 the Act, $58,185,000; payments for the pest management 

20 program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,689,000; pay21 ments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of 

22 the Act, $5,489,000; payments to upgrade research, exten23 sion, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, 

24 including Tuskegee University and West Virginia State 

25 College, as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–

26 113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $14,903,000, to remain available 
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1 until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under 

2 section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,426,000; for youth 

3 farm safety education and certification extension grants, to 

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

5 $496,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 

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

7 1671 et seq.), $4,516,000; payments for Indian reservation 

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

9 $1,983,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs 

10 under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,843,000; payments for 

11 rural health and safety education as authorized by section 

12 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 

13 $2,605,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the 

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

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

16 West Virginia State College, $31,908,000, of which 

17 $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the purpose of 

18 ensuring that each institution shall receive no less than 

19 $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 

20 section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, $2,981,000; and 

21 for necessary expenses of extension activities, $20,397,000. 

22 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

23 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

24 competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis25 trative expenses, as authorized under section 406 of the Ag26 ricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 
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1 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $46,711,000, as follows: payments 

2 for the water quality program, $12,887,000; payments for 

3 the food safety program, $14,870,000; payments for the re4 gional pest management centers program, $4,502,000; pay5 ments for the Food Quality Protection Act risk mitigation 

6 program for major food crop systems, $4,857,000; payments 

7 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act imple8 mentation, $1,487,000; payments for the methyl bromide 

9 transition program, $3,500,000; payments for the organic 

10 transition program, $2,111,000; payments for the inter11 national science and education grants program under 7 

12 U.S.C. 3291, to remain available until expended, $497,000; 

13 payments for the critical issues program under 7 U.S.C. 

14 450i(c): Provided, That of the funds made available under 

15 this heading, $497,000 shall be for payments for the critical 

16 issues program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) and $1,503,000 shall 

17 be for payments for the regional rural development centers 

18 program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c). 

19 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

20 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of 

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

22 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,470,000, to remain available until ex23 pended. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

2 REGULATORY PROGRAMS

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

4 Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs 

5 to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con6 gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; 

7 the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec8 tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $736,000. 

9 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 

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

14 diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu15 latory activities; and to protect the environment, as author16 ized by law, $705,552,000, of which $4,112,000 shall be 

17 available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis18 eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 

19 birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; 

20 of which $51,720,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi21 cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retire22 ment for active eradication zones; and of which not less 

23 than $1,500,000 (in addition to any other funds made 

24 available for eradication or containment) shall be used by 

25 the Emerald Ash Borer Task Force for the removal of trees 

26 that have been adversely affected by the emerald ash borer, 
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1 with a priority for the removal of trees on public property 

2 or that threaten public safety; and of which up to $275,000 

3 may be used to control or alleviate the cormorant problem 

4 in the State of Michigan: Provided, That no funds shall 

5 be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 

6 program for the current fiscal year that does not require 

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

8 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

9 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur10 chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for replace11 ment only: Provided further, That, in addition, in emer12 gencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural pro13 duction industry of this country, the Secretary may trans14 fer from other appropriations or funds available to the 

15 agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as 

16 may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emer17 gencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infec18 tious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and 

19 for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 

20 of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 

21 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act 

22 (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances 

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

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

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

4 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per5 cent of the current replacement value of the building. 

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

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

8 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub9 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 

10 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 

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

12 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv13 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 

14 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex15 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 

16 assistance, goods, or services. 

17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

18 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte19 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al20 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

22 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail23 able until expended. 
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1 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

2 MARKETING SERVICES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 

4 consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu5 tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author6 ized by law, and for administration and coordination of 

7 payments to States, $75,263,000, including funds for the 

8 wholesale market development program for the design and 

9 development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for 

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

11 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

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

13 improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 

14 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur15 rent replacement value of the building: Provided further, 

16 That, in the case of the term of protection for the variety 

17 for which certificate number 8200179 was issued, on the 

18 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 

19 shall issue a new certificate for a term of protection of 10 

20 years for the variety, except that the Secretary may termi21 nate the certificate (at the end of any calendar year that 

22 is more than 5 years after the date of issuance of the certifi23 cate) if the Secretary determines that a new variety of seed 

24 (that is substantially based on the genetics of the variety 

25 for which the certificate was issued) is commercially viable 
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1 and available in sufficient quantities to meet market de2 mands. 

3 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

5 U.S.C. 9701). 

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

8 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 

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

10 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 

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

12 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

13 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

14 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 

17 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 

18 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 

19 operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart20 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

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

22 this Act; and (3) not more than $15,392,000 for formulation 

23 and administration of marketing agreements and orders 

24 pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 

25 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 
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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 mar4 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 

5 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $3,338,000, of 

6 which not less than $2,000,000 shall be used to make non7 competitive grants under this heading. 

8 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

9 ADMINISTRATION

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

12 the United States Grain Standards Act, for the administra13 tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce14 dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the 

15 standardization activities related to grain under the Agri16 cultural Marketing Act of 1946, $35,638,000: Provided, 

17 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

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

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

20 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur21 rent replacement value of the building. 

22 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

23 EXPENSES

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

25 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 

26 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
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1 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un2 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 

3 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 

4 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 the 

7 Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws en8 acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 

9 Service, $611,000. 

10 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

11 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 

12 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 

13 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in14 cluding not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 

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

16 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $783,761,000, of which no 

17 less than $701,103,000 shall be available for Federal food 

18 safety inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred19 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of labora20 tory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

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

22 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That no fewer than 50 full time 

23 equivalent positions above the fiscal year 2002 level shall 

24 be employed during fiscal year 2004 for purposes dedicated 

25 solely to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane 
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1 Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That this ap2 propriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 

3 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im4 provements, but the cost of altering any one building during 

5 the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 

6 replacement value of the building. 

7 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

8 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

10 Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Serv11 ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the 

12 Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the 

13 Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor14 poration, $635,000. 

15 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis19 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

20 the Farm Service Agency, $988,768,000: Provided, That the 

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

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

23 Corporation to make program payments for all programs 

24 administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 

25 funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities 

26 may be advanced to and 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. 5101–5106), 

4 $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 Public Law 

13 106–387 (114 Stat. 1549A–12). 

14 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

15 ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di18 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 

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

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

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

22 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm own23 ership loans, $1,079,158,000, of which $950,000,000 shall 

24 be for guaranteed loans and $129,158,000 shall be for direct 

25 loans; operating loans, $2,067,317,000, of which 

26 $1,200,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 
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1 $266,249,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and 

2 $601,068,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land 

3 acquisition loans, $2,000,000; and for boll weevil eradi4 cation program loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That the 

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

6 for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

7 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

9 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm owner10 ship loans, $33,648,000, of which $5,130,000 shall be for 

11 guaranteed loans, and $28,518,000 shall be for direct loans; 

12 operating loans, $160,634,000, of which $39,960,000 shall 

13 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $34,000,000 shall be 

14 for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $86,674,000 shall be 

15 for direct loans. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

17 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

18 $290,968,000, of which $283,020,000 shall be transferred to 

19 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

20 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

21 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

22 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and 

23 operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans24 ferred among these programs: Provided, That the Commit-
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1 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are noti2 fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

3 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

4 For administrative and operating expenses, as author5 ized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reor6 ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $71,422,000: Pro7 vided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for offi8 cial reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 

9 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

10 CORPORATIONS 

11 The following corporations and agencies are hereby au12 thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 

13 and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 

14 or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 

15 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 

16 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 

17 Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro18 grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

19 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

20 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

21 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed22 eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 

23 be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENTFOR NETREALIZED 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 reimbursed, 

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

7 U.S.C. 713a–11). 

8 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

9 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

10 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor11 poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in12 vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 

13 maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 

14 section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re15 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

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

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

18 TITLE II 

19 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

21 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

23 Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment 

24 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For25 est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

26 $761,000. 
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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions 

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

5 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 

6 measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga7 tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 

8 and water management as may be necessary to prevent 

9 floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul10 tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 

11 materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis12 semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 

13 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 

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

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

16 428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 

17 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 

18 maintenance of aircraft, $826,635,000, to remain available 

19 until expended, of which not less than $9,500,000 is for 

20 snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 

21 $11,269,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant 

22 materials centers, and of which not less than $23,500,000 

23 shall be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: Pro24 vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

25 pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improve-
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1 ment of buildings and public improvements at plant mate2 rials centers, except that the cost of alterations and im3 provements to other buildings and other public improve4 ments shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That 

5 when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Fed6 eral land, that the right to use such land is obtained as 

7 provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this 

8 appropriation shall be available for technical assistance 

9 and related expenses to carry out programs authorized by 

10 section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salin11 ity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided fur12 ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em13 ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning 

14 work of the Service: Provided further, That none of the 

15 funds made available under this paragraph by this or any 

16 other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical 

17 assistance with respect to programs listed in section 

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

19 3841(a)). 

20 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

21 For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga22 tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water23 ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning, 

24 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

25 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $10,000,000: Pro26 vided, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily 
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1 employed at per diem rates to perform the technical plan2 ning work of the Service: Provided further, That none of 

3 the funds made available under this paragraph by this or 

4 any other appropriations Act may be used to provide tech5 nical assistance with respect to programs listed in section 

6 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

7 3841(a)). 

8 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

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

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

13 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

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

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

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

17 to the activities of the Department, $55,000,000, to remain 

18 available until expended (of which up to $5,000,000 may 

19 be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 

20 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Pro21 vided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 of this appropriation 

22 shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, 

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

24 available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe25 cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), including coopera26 tive efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endan-
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1 gered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may 

2 be necessary to expedite project construction: Provided fur3 ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em4 ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning 

5 work of the Service: Provided further, That none of the 

6 funds made available under this paragraph by this or any 

7 other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical 

8 assistance with respect to programs listed in section 

9 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

10 3841(a)). 

11 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

12 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

13 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

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

15 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relat16 ing to the activities of the Department, $29,805,000, to re17 main available until expended: Provided, That qualified 

18 local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem 

19 rates to perform the technical planning work of the Service: 

20 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

21 under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations 

22 Act may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 

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

24 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 
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1 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

2 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

3 projects for resource conservation and development and for 

4 sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 

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

6 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 

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

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

9 to remain available until expended. 

10 TITLE III 

11 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

13 DEVELOPMENT

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

15 Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro16 grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural 

17 Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 

18 and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agri19 culture, $651,000. 

20 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

24 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N of 

25 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

26 $767,479,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
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1 $79,838,000 shall be for rural community programs de2 scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 

3 $610,641,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de4 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 

5 such Act; and of which $79,000,000 shall be for the rural 

6 business and cooperative development programs described 

7 in sections 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, 

8 That of the amount appropriated for rural business and 

9 cooperative development programs, $100,000 shall be for a 

10 pilot program in the State of Alaska to assist communities 

11 with community planning: Provided further, That of the 

12 total amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 

13 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Federally Recognized 

14 Native American Tribes, including grants for drinking 

15 water and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 306C 

16 of such Act, of which $4,000,000 shall be available for com17 munity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 

18 section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De19 velopment Act, and of which $250,000 shall be available for 

20 a grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech21 nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro22 mote economic development: Provided further, That of the 

23 amount appropriated for rural community programs, 

24 $6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Community De25 velopment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds 
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1 shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of 

2 private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu3 nity development organizations, low-income rural commu4 nities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 

5 to undertake projects to improve housing, community facili6 ties, community and economic development projects in 

7 rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 

8 made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 

9 intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro10 gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur11 ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 

12 matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds 

13 for related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro14 vided: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

15 for the rural business and cooperative development pro16 grams, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 

17 a grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech18 nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro19 mote economic development; $2,000,000 shall be for grants 

20 to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.); 

21 and not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for grants 

22 in accordance with section 310B(f) of the Consolidated 

23 Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 

24 of the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, 

25 not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste dis-
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1 posal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United 

2 States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to section 

3 306C of such Act; not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for 

4 water and waste disposal systems for rural and native vil5 lages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with 

6 up to 1 percent available to administer the program and 

7 up to 1 percent available to improve interagency coordina8 tion may be transferred to and merged with the appropria9 tion for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’, of 

10 which 25 percent shall be provided for water and sewer 

11 projects in regional hubs and $100,000 shall be provided 

12 to develop a regional system for centralized billing, oper13 ation, and management of rural water and sewer utilities 

14 through regional cooperatives, and the State of Alaska shall 

15 provide a 25 percent cost share; not to exceed $18,000,000 

16 shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and 

17 waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, 

18 of which $5,513,000 shall be for Rural Community Assist19 ance Programs; and not to exceed $13,000,000 shall be for 

20 contracting with qualified national organizations for a cir21 cuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 

22 water systems: Provided further, That of the amount appro23 priated for the circuit rider program, Alaska shall receive 

24 no less than five percent and not less than $750,000 shall 

25 be for contracting with qualified national organizations to 
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1 establish a Native American circuit rider program to pro2 vide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 

3 further, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be available to 

4 carry out Section 6012 of Public Law 107–171: Provided 

5 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex6 ceed $22,132,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, 

7 for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu8 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agri9 culture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of 

10 which $1,000,000 shall be for the rural community pro11 grams described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which 

12 $12,582,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de13 scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which 

14 $8,550,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 

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

16 such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appro17 priated for rural community programs, not to exceed 

18 $23,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

19 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco20 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 5 percent for 

21 administration and capacity building in the State rural 

22 development offices: Provided further, That of the amount 

23 appropriated, $30,000,000 shall be transferred to and 

24 merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 

25 Grants Account’’ to provide grants authorized under section 
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1 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 

2 Provided further, That of the amount made available for 

3 high energy cost grants, up to $3,000,000 shall be available 

4 to a not-for-profit consumer-owned cooperative utility pro5 vider serving an island community in a non-contiguous 

6 State for the purpose of defraying transaction, transition, 

7 organizational, and other fair and reasonable costs, as de8 termined by the Secretary, incurred during the period July 

9 1, 1999 through December 31, 2002, and directly related 

10 to the successful acquisition by such provider of the investor11 owned electric utility facilities (including generation, trans12 mission, distribution, and other related assets) formerly 

13 serving ratepayers on the island: Provided further, That 

14 any prior year balances for high cost energy grants author15 ized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 

16 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and merged with 

17 the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants’’ 

18 account. 

19 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis22 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De23 velopment mission area, including activities with institu24 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul25 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
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1 $140,922,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

3 may be used for advertising and promotional campaigns, 

4 including souvenirs, that support activities conducted by 

5 agencies of the Rural Development mission area: Provided 

6 further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to 

7 provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employ8 ees: Provided further, That any balances available from 

9 prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing 

10 Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service sala11 ries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and 

12 merged with this appropriation. 

13 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

14 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

19 housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,084,589,000 for loans 

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

21 of which $1,359,417,000 shall be for direct loans, and of 

22 which $2,725,172,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

23 loans; $35,004,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 

24 $115,052,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 

25 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 

26 $5,045,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit 
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1 sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,500,000 may 

2 be for multi-family credit sales; and $1,623,000 for section 

3 523 self-help housing land development loans. 

4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

7 502 loans, $165,921,000, of which $126,018,000 shall be for 

8 direct loans, and of which $39,903,000, to remain available 

9 until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 

10 section 504 housing repair loans, $9,612,000; section 515 

11 rental housing, $49,484,000; section 538 multi-family hous12 ing guaranteed loans, $5,950,000; multi-family credit sales 

13 of acquired property, $663,000; and section 523 self-help 

14 housing land development loans, $50,000: Provided, That 

15 of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, 

16 $7,100,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, for 

17 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 

18 and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 

19 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

21 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

22 $439,453,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

23 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

24 and Expenses’’. 
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1 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re3 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

4 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

5 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

6 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $721,281,000; 

7 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author8 ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 

9 prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 

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

11 of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available 

12 for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 

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

14 exceed $20,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi15 zations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than 

16 purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant 

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

18 agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 

19 year shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life 

20 of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize 

21 amounts obligated. 

22 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

23 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

24 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 

25 $34,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

26 That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be 
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1 available through June 30, 2004, for authorized empower2 ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 

3 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco4 nomic Area Partnership Zones. 

5 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

7 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

8 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

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

10 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $46,222,000, to 

11 remain available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall 

12 be available for a processing and/or fishery workers housing 

13 demonstration project in Alaska, Mississippi, Utah, and 

14 Wisconsin: Provided, That of the total amount appro15 priated, $1,800,000 shall be available through June 30, 

16 2004, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 

17 communities and communities designated by the Secretary 

18 of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

19 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

21 authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $33,015,000, to 

22 remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous23 ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con24 tracts. 
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1 HISTORIC BARN PRESERVATION PROGRAM

2 For the historic barn preservation program established 

3 under section 379A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

4 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008o), $2,000,000. 

5 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

6 RURAL DEVELOPMENTLOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

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

10 $40,000,000. 

11 For the cost of direct loans, $17,308,000, as authorized 

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

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

14 2004, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 

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

16 2004, for Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): 

17 Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

18 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the 

20 total amount appropriated, $2,447,000 shall be available 

21 through June 30, 2004, for the cost of direct loans for au22 thorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 

23 and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 

24 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

25 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

26 the direct loan programs, $4,283,000 shall be transferred 
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1 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop2 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

3 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTLOANS PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

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

8 purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 

9 creation projects, $15,002,000. 

10 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi11 fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

12 Budget Act of 1974, $2,792,000. 

13 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

14 credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 

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

16 $3,000,000 shall not be obligated and $3,000,000 are re17 scinded. 

18 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

19 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

21 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $8,967,000, of which 

22 $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap23 propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro24 vided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the total amount 

25 appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or as26 sociations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide 
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1 assistance to small, minority producers and whose gov2 erning board and/or membership is comprised of at least 

3 75 percent minority. 

4 RURAL EMPOWERMENTZONES AND ENTERPRISE

5 COMMUNITIES GRANTS

6 For grants in connection with second and third rounds 

7 of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, 

8 $14,370,000, to remain available until expended, for des9 ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise com10 munities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 

11 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple12 mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277): 

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

14 be made available to third round empowerment zones, as 

15 authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act 

16 (Public Law 106–554). 

17 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

18 For the cost of a program of direct loans and grants, 

19 under the same terms and conditions as authorized by sec20 tion 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

21 of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $23,000,000 for direct renewable 

22 energy loans and grants: Provided, That the cost of direct 

23 loans and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 

24 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres25 sional Budget Act of 1974. 
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1 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

2 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

3 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 

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

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

8 $240,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 

9 $1,000,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 

10 Act, rural electric, $2,000,000,000; Treasury rate direct 

11 electric loans, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni12 cations loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural tele13 communications loans, $250,000,000; loans made pursuant 

14 to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

15 $120,000,000; and for guaranteed underwriting loans pur16 suant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000. 

17 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying 

19 loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by sections 

20 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

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

22 $60,000, and the cost of telecommunication loans, $125,000: 

23 Provided, That notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the 

24 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates 

25 may exceed 7 percent per year. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $37,920,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with 

4 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

5 Expenses’’. 

6 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 

9 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available 

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

11 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

12 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

13 Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 

14 out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2004 and 

15 within the resources and authority available, gross obliga16 tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall be 

17 $173,503,000. 

18 In addition, for administrative expenses, including 

19 audits, necessary to carry out the loan programs, 

20 $3,182,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with 

21 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

22 Expenses’’. 

23 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

24 PROGRAM

25 For the principal amount of direct distance learning 

26 and telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the principal 
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1 amount of broadband telecommunications loans, 

2 $647,000,000. 

3 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv4 ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 

5 seq., $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That $15,000,000 shall be made available to convert 

7 analog to digital operation those noncommercial edu8 cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas 

9 and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the 

10 Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) 

11 of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated 

12 translators, repeaters, and studio-to-transmitter links. 

13 For the cost of direct and guaranteed broadband loans, 

14 as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 901, et seq., $15,116,000: Pro15 vided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in 

16 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

17 In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans19 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

20 Telemedicne Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

21 950aaa. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

6 Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv7 ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

8 Food and Nutrition Service, $611,000. 

9 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

10 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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

14 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

15 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $11,418,441,000, to re16 main available through September 30, 2005, of which 

17 $6,718,780,000 is hereby appropriated and $4,699,661,000 

18 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec19 tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro20 vided, That none of the funds made available under this 

21 heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 

22 further, That up to $5,235,000 shall be available for inde23 pendent verification of school food service claims. 
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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple4 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 

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

6 $4,639,232,000, to remain available through September 30, 

7 2005, of which $10,000,000 shall be for a breastfeeding sup8 port initiative in addition to the activities specified in sec9 tion 17(h)(3)(A) and $30,000,000 shall be for a manage10 ment information system initiative: Provided, That of the 

11 total amount available, the Secretary shall obligate 

12 $25,000,000 for the farmers’ market nutrition program: 

13 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 

14 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, $14,000,000 shall be available for 

15 the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided fur16 ther, That notwithstanding section 17(g)(5) of such Act, 

17 $5,000,000 shall be available for pilot projects to prevent 

18 childhood obesity: Provided further, That none of the funds 

19 in this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses 

20 of WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy 

21 of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out 

22 the program: Provided further, That none of the funds pro23 vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 

24 of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con25 tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified in 
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1 section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the 

2 funds provided shall be available for activities that are not 

3 fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments 

4 or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act. 

5 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

7 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $29,945,981,000, of which 

8 $2,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in 

9 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 

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

11 the funds made available under this heading shall be used 

12 for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the 

13 funds made available under this heading and not already 

14 appropriated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian 

15 Reservations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the 

16 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed 

17 $4,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the 

18 FDPIR from Native American bison producers as well as 

19 from producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Pro20 vided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

21 in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Pro22 vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to 

23 any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 

24 required by law: Provided further, That funds made avail25 able for Employment and Training under this heading 
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1 shall remain available until expended, as authorized by sec2 tion 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act. 

3 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 

5 and the commodity supplemental food program as author6 ized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Pro7 tection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 

8 Food Assistance Act of 1983; and special assistance (in a 

9 form determined by the Secretary of Agriculture) for the 

10 nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(h)(2) 

11 of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 

12 1903(h)(2)) (or a successor law), $145,740,000, to remain 

13 available through September 30, 2005: Provided, That none 

14 of these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity 

15 Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the pro16 gram. 

17 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

18 For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic 

19 nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

20 $138,304,000, 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 prosecu24 tion of fraud and other violations of law; and of which not 

25 less than $4,000,000 shall be available to improve integrity 

26 in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

3 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

7 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

8 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1769), market development ac9 tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate 

10 and integrate activities of the Department in connection 

11 with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 

12 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

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

14 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $131,648,000: Provided, That the Service 

15 may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria16 tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, 

17 public and private organizations and institutions under 

18 agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro19 duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for20 eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 

21 International Development. 

22 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres25 sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul26 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and 
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1 the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 

2 modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 

3 $103,887,000, to remain available until expended. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

6 Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro7 priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $2,134,000, of 

8 which $1,075,000 may be transferred to and merged with 

9 the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Sala10 ries and Expenses’’, and of which $1,059,000 may be trans11 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

12 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

13 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL

14 GRANTS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 

17 agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural 

18 Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under 

19 the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $28,000,000, to remain 

20 available until expended: Provided, That funds made avail21 able for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricul22 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 

23 for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter24 changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to 

25 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con26 gress. 
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1 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

2 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other3 wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ4 ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop5 ment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities supplied 

6 in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 

7 Act, $1,192,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

9 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

11 section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

12 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $25,000,000, to remain 

13 available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 

14 Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa15 cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 

16 such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro17 vided herein. 

18 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

19 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com22 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

23 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,152,000; to cover common over24 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 

25 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 

26 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,306,000 
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1 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

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

3 and of which $846,000 may be transferred to and merged 

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

5 and Expenses’’. 

6 TITLE VI 

7 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

8 ADMINISTRATION 

9 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

10 SERVICES 

11 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis14 tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve15 hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu16 ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 

17 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 

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

19 of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emer20 gency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and ap21 proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on 

22 the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; 

23 $1,663,228,000, of which not to exceed $249,825,000 to be 

24 derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

25 U.S.C. 379h, including any such fees assessed prior to the 
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1 current fiscal year but credited during the current year, in 

2 accordance with section 736(g)(4), shall be credited to this 

3 appropriation and remain available until expended; and 

4 of which not to exceed $29,190,000 to be derived from med5 ical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j shall be 

6 credited to this appropriation, to remain available until ex7 pended: Provided, That fees derived from applications re8 ceived during fiscal year 2004 shall be subject to the fiscal 

9 year 2004 limitation: Provided further, That none of these 

10 funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any pro11 gram of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided 

12 further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 

13 $412,020,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 

14 Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 

15 of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $475,655,000 shall be for the Cen16 ter for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field ac17 tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less 

18 than $13,270,000 shall be available for grants and contracts 

19 awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 

20 360ee) and of which no less than $52,845,000 shall be avail21 able for the generic drugs program; (3) $168,836,000 shall 

22 be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and 

23 for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af24 fairs; (4) $84,646,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 

25 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Reg-
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1 ulatory Affairs; (5) $207,686,000 shall be for the Center for 

2 Devices and Radiological Health and for related field ac3 tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $39,887,000 

4 shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; 

5 (7) $40,851,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, 

6 other than the amounts paid to the General Services Ad7 ministration for rent; (8) $119,152,000 shall be for pay8 ments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 

9 (9) $114,495,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

10 Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and 

11 Systems; the Office of External Relations; the Office of Pol12 icy, Legislation, and Planning; and central services for 

13 these offices: Provided further, That funds may be trans14 ferred from one specified activity to another with the prior 

15 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

16 Houses of Congress. 

17 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 

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

19 available until expended. 

20 In addition, export certification user fees authorized 

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

22 available until expended. 

23 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

24 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten25 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili26 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where 
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1 not otherwise provided, $7,948,000, to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

4 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

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

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

8 rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the Dis9 trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $88,435,000, including not 

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

11 expenses. 

12 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

13 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $40,900,000 (from assessments collected 

15 from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul16 tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the 

17 current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author18 ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation 

19 shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships. 

20 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

22 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart23 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

25 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 398 passenger 
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1 motor vehicles, of which 396 shall be for replacement only, 

2 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

3 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart4 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allow5 ances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 

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

7 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 

8 of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 

9 Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

10 SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

11 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

12 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary bal13 ances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Cap14 ital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equip15 ment necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, 

16 and information technology services of primary benefit to 

17 the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, 

18 That none of the funds made available by this Act or any 

19 other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 

20 without the prior approval of the agency administrator: 

21 Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to the 

22 Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be 

23 available for obligation without the prior approval of the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 

2 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

3 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec4 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi5 tions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly pro6 gram, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, and up 

7 to 25 percent of the screwworm program; Food Safety and 

8 Inspection Service, field automation and information man9 agement project; Cooperative State Research, Education, 

10 and Extension Service, funds for competitive research 

11 grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Edu12 cation and Economics Information System (REEIS), and 

13 funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment 

14 Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds 

15 made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural 

16 Service, middle-income country training program and up 

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

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

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

22 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

23 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

24 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations 

25 available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall 
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1 be available to provide appropriate orientation and lan2 guage training pursuant to section 606C of the Act of Au3 gust 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b). 

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

5 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

6 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

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

9 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange10 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 

11 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay12 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 

13 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 

14 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 

15 provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail17 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Cor18 poration to lease space for its own use or to lease space 

19 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

20 when such space will be jointly occupied. 

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

24 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

25 Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal 
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1 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith2 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re3 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

4 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award5 ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu6 cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full 

7 allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec8 tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 

9 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

10 Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered 

11 estimates, not limitations. 

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

14 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

15 until expended to cover obligations made in the current fis16 cal year for the following accounts: the Rural Development 

17 Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone Bank 

18 program account, the Rural Electrification and Tele19 communications Loans program account, the Rural Hous20 ing Insurance Fund program account, and the Rural Eco21 nomic Development Loans program account. 

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

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

24 Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub25 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
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1 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 

2 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

3 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 

4 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans5 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any 

6 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone 

7 liquidating account which is in excess of current require8 ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth 

9 for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred10 it Reform Act of 1990. 

11 SEC. 714. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 

12 more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex13 penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan14 els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri15 culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 

16 rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 

17 awarded grants. 

18 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

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

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

22 SEC. 716. No employee of the Department of Agri23 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 

24 funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De25 partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
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1 ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving 

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

3 for the period of assignment. 

4 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

5 made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be 

6 used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non7 Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses 

8 to questions that are a result of information requested for 

9 the appropriations hearing process. 

10 SEC. 718. None of the funds made available to the De11 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 

12 new information technology systems or significant up13 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 

14 Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi15 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech16 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith17 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap18 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 

19 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 

20 without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro21 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

23 or provided 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 any 
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1 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

2 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 

3 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 

4 a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; 

5 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 

6 funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity 

7 for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates 

8 an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or 

9 activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions 

10 or activities presently performed by Federal employees; un11 less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

12 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re13 programming of funds. 

14 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

15 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

16 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 

17 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

18 in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec19 tion of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 

20 shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activi21 ties, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 

22 funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

23 that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 

24 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

25 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 
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1 as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 

2 savings from a reduction in personnel which would result 

3 in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 

4 approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropria5 tions of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in 

6 advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

8 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com9 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before 

11 implementing a program or activity not carried out during 

12 the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is 

13 funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 

14 SEC. 720. With the exception of funds needed to ad15 minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obli16 gations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 

17 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

19 personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of Pub20 lic Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and 

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

22 SEC. 721. None of the funds made available to the Food 

23 and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to re24 duce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration 

25 District Office below the operating and full-time equivalent 
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1 staffing level of July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit Dis2 trict Office to a station, residence post or similarly modified 

3 office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to the Detroit 

4 District Office: Provided, That this section shall not apply 

5 to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory facilities 

6 or operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except 

7 that field laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations 

8 in the general vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to 

9 cooperative agreements between the Food and Drug Admin10 istration and other laboratory facilities associated with the 

11 State of Michigan. 

12 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

13 or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex14 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

16 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

17 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri18 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra19 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects 

20 a reduction from the previous year due to user fees pro21 posals that have not been enacted into law prior to the sub22 mission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identi23 fies which additional spending reductions should occur in 

24 the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to 
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1 the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

2 the fiscal year 2005 appropriations Act. 

3 SEC. 723. None of the funds made available by this 

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

5 State Rural Development office unless or until cost effective6 ness and enhancement of program delivery have been deter7 mined. 

8 SEC. 724. Of any shipments of commodities made pur9 suant to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 

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

11 extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value to not 

12 more than $25,000,000 shall be made available to foreign 

13 countries to assist in mitigating the effects of the Human 

14 Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency 

15 Syndrome on communities, including the provision of—

16 (1) agricultural commodities to—

17 (A) individuals with Human Immuno18 deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Deficiency 

19 Syndrome in the communities; and 

20 (B) households in the communities, particu21 larly individuals caring for orphaned children; 

22 and 

23 (2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro24 vide other assistance (including assistance under 

25 microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create 
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1 or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals 

2 in the communities, particularly individuals caring 

3 for orphaned children. 

4 SEC. 725. In addition to amounts otherwise appro5 priated or made available by this Act, $2,981,000 is appro6 priated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

7 Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the Congres8 sional Hunger Center. 

9 SEC. 726. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agricul10 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 

11 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title III 

12 of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, and 

13 any recoveries and reimbursements that become available 

14 to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to carry 

15 out title II of such Act. 

16 SEC. 727. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 

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

18 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$26,499,000’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘$26,998,000’’. 

20 SEC. 728. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in22 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur23 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

24 in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
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1 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available to the Food 

2 and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close 

3 or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and 

4 Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis 

5 in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits 

6 of St. Louis, Missouri. 

7 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

8 of the funds made available in this Act for competitive re9 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up 

10 to 20 percent of the amount provided to carry out a com11 petitive grants program under the same terms and condi12 tions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricultural 

13 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

14 (7 U.S.C. 7621), including requests for proposals for grants 

15 for critical emerging issues described in section 401(c)(1) 

16 of that Act for which the Secretary has not issued requests 

17 for proposals for grants in fiscal year 2002 or 2003. 

18 SEC. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 

20 financial and technical assistance through the Watershed 

21 and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry out the 

22 Upper Tygart Valley Watershed project, West Virginia: 

23 Provided, That the Natural Resources Conservation Service 

24 is authorized to provide 100 percent of the engineering as-
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1 sistance and 75 percent cost share for installation of the 

2 water supply component of this project. 

3 SEC. 732. Agencies and offices of the Department of 

4 Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and ex5 penses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel 

6 for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other related 

7 expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and offices 

8 in the resolution of complaints by employees or applicants 

9 for employment, and in cases and other matters pending 

10 before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 

11 the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or the Merit Sys12 tems Protection Board with the prior approval of the Com13 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

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

16 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

17 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 

18 Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 

19 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

21 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle 

22 I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

23 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7). 

24 SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

2 6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 

3 SEC. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 the Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide fi5 nancial and technical assistance through the Watershed and 

6 Flood Prevention Operations program for the Kuhn Bayou 

7 and Ditch 26 Improvement projects in Arkansas, the 

8 Matanuska River erosion control project in Alaska, the 

9 DuPage County Sawmill Creek Watershed project in Illi10 nois, and the Coal Creek project in Utah, and four flood 

11 control structures in Marmaton, Kansas. 

12 SEC. 737. None of the funds made available in fiscal 

13 year 2004 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized 

14 under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 

15 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 

16 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora17 tion for the release of eligible commodities under section 

18 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act 

19 (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any such funds made 

20 available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 

21 shall only be used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of 

22 the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 

23 SEC. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 the Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide 
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1 from appropriated funds financial and technical assistance 

2 to the Dry Creek project, Utah. 

3 SEC. 739. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 

4 to permit employees of the United States Department of Ag5 riculture to carry and use firearms for personal protection 

6 while conducting field work in remote locations in the per7 formance of their official duties. 

8 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

9 made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries 

10 and expenses of personnel to carry out the provisions of sec11 tions 7404(a)(1) and 7404(c)(1) of Public Law 107–171. 

12 SEC. 741. Of the funds made available under section 

13 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

14 seq.), the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs as15 sociated with the distribution of commodities. 

16 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used 

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

19 excess of 189,144 acres in the calendar year 2004 wetlands 

20 reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 

21 SEC. 743. (a) Notwithstanding subsections (c) and 

22 (e)(2) of section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 

23 U.S.C. 940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A 

24 of that Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lend25 er, structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, 
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1 not to exceed an average of 30 basis points per year for 

2 the term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are 

3 available to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under 

4 that section; and 

5 (b) The Secretary shall publish a proposed rule to 

6 carry out section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 

7 1936 within 60 days of enactment of this Act. 

8 SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

9 made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used 

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

11 a ground and surface water conservation program author12 ized by section 2301 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Se13 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of 

14 $51,000,000. 

15 SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

16 made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used 

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

18 section 2502 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 

19 and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of $42,000,000. 

20 SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

21 made available by this Act or any other Act shall be used 

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

23 section 2503 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 

24 and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of 

25 $112,044,000. 
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1 SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 to 

2 carry out section 6028 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm 

3 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002: Provided, That 

4 notwithstanding section 383B(g)(1) of the Consolidated 

5 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009bb–

6 1(g)(1)), the Federal share of the administrative expenses 

7 of the Northern Great Plains Regional Authority for fiscal 

8 year 2004 shall be 100 percent. 

9 SEC. 748. None of the funds appropriated or made 

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

11 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

12 6029 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security and Rural 

13 Investment Act of 2002: Provided, That this section shall 

14 not apply to activities related to the promulgation of regu15 lations or the receipt and review of applications for the 

16 Rural Business Investment Program. 

17 SEC. 749. ACCESS TO BROADBAND TELECOMMUNI18 CATIONS SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS. None of the funds ap19 propriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 

20 Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per21 sonnel to expend the $20,000,000 made available by section 

22 601(j)(1)(A) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

23 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)) for fiscal year 2004. 

24 SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

25 made available by this Act 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 9006 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 

3 and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 

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

5 Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary funds 

6 to cover the costs of preparing, or contracting for the prepa7 ration of, final agency decisions regarding complaints of 

8 discrimination in employment or program activities aris9 ing within such agencies and offices. 

10 SEC. 752. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

11 for any fiscal year, in the case of a high cost isolated rural 

12 area that is not connected to a road system in Alaska, the 

13 maximum level for the single family housing assistance 

14 shall be 150 percent of the average income level in the met15 ropolitan areas of the State and 115 percent of all other 

16 eligible areas of the State. 

17 SEC. 753. Any unobligated balances in the Alternative 

18 Agricultural Research and Commercialization Revolving 

19 Fund are hereby rescinded. 

20 SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to 

21 remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis22 sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 

23 which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup24 plies. 
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1 SEC. 755. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

2 the Secretary shall consider the City of Vicksburg, Mis3 sissippi; the City of Aberdeen, South Dakota; and the City 

4 of Starkville, Mississippi as meeting the requirements of a 

5 rural area contained in section 520 of the Housing Act of 

6 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490) until receipt of the decennial Census 

7 for the year 2010. 

8 SEC. 756. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

9 the Secretary shall consider the City of Berlin, New Hamp10 shire; the City of Guymon, Oklahoma; the City of Shawnee, 

11 Oklahoma; and the City of Altus, Oklahoma, to be eligible 

12 for loans and grants provided through the Rural Commu13 nity Advancement Program until receipt of the decennial 

14 Census in the year 2010. 

15 SEC. 757. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act or any other Act may be used to study or enter into 

17 a contract with a private party to carry out, without spe18 cific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a com19 petitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agriculture, 

20 including support personnel of the Department of Agri21 culture, relating to rural development or farm loan pro22 grams, animal disease research, or grant review or manage23 ment activities. 
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1 SEC. 758. Section 501(b)(5)(B) of the Housing Act of 

2 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471(b)(5)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘for 

3 fiscal years 2002 and 2003,’’. 

4 SEC. 759. AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. 

5 Section 524(b)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 

6 U.S.C. 1542(b)(4)(B)) is amended—

7 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’; and 

9 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(iii) CERTAIN USES.—Of the amounts 

11 made available to carry out this subsection 

12 for each fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

13 Corporation shall use not less than—

14 ‘‘(I) $15,000,000 to carry out sub15 paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of para16 graph (2) through the Natural Re17 sources Conservation Service; and 

18 ‘‘(II) $2,000,000 to provide or19 ganic certification cost share assistance 

20 through the Agricultural Marketing 

21 Service.’’. 

22 SEC. 760. TRAVEL RELATING TO COMMERCIAL SALES

23 OF AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL GOODS. Section 910(a) 

24 of the Trade Sanctions Reform And Export Enhancement 
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1 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(a)) is amended to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAVEL RELATING TO COM4 MERCIAL SALES OF AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL

5 GOODS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate 

6 regulations under which the travel-related transactions list7 ed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code of 

8 Federal Regulations, are authorized by general license for 

9 travel to, from, or within Cuba for the purpose of confer10 ring, exhibiting, marketing, planning, sales negotiation, de11 livery, expediting, facilitating, or servicing commercial ex12 port sale of agricultural and medical goods pursuant to the 

13 provisions of this title.’’. 

14 SEC. 761. PROTECTION OF DOWNED ANIMALS. None 

15 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

16 this Act to pay the salaries or expenses of employees or 

17 agents of the Department of Agriculture may be used to ap18 prove for human consumption under the Federal Meat In19 spection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) any cattle, sheep, swine, 

20 goats, horses, mules, or other equines that are unable to 

21 stand or walk unassisted at an establishment subject to in22 spection at the point of examination and inspection, as re23 quired by section 3(a) of that Act (21 U.S.C. 603(a)). 

24 SEC. 762. PROHIBITION OF ENERGY MARKET MANIPU25 LATION. (a) PROHIBITION.—Part II of the Federal Power 
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1 Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.) is amended by adding at the 

2 end the following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 215. PROHIBITION OF MARKET MANIPULATION. 

4 ‘‘It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indi5 rectly, to use or employ, in connection with the purchase 

6 or sale of electric energy or the purchase or sale of trans7 mission services subject to the jurisdiction of the Commis8 sion, any manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance 

9 in contravention of such regulations as the Commission 

10 may promulgate as appropriate in the public interest or 

11 for the protection of electric ratepayers.’’. 

12 (b) RATES RESULTING FROM MARKET MANIPULA13 TION.—Section 205(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

14 824d(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘not just and rea15 sonable’’ the following: ‘‘or that result from a manipulative 

16 or deceptive device or contrivance’’. 

17 SEC. 763. Hereafter, no funds provided in this or any 

18 other Act shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture 

19 acting through the Foreign Agricultural Service to promote 

20 the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products. 

21 SEC. 764. IN GENERAL.—Section 3(o)(4) of the Food 

22 Stamp Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)(4), is 

23 amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol24 lowing: ‘‘, and except that on October 1, 2003, in the case 

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1 may not reduce the cost of such diet in effect on September 

2 30, 2002’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub4 section (a) shall be effective beginning on September 30, 

5 2003. 

6 SEC. 765. MODIFICATION OF BOUNDARIES OF AROOS7 TOOK COUNTY AND GRIGGS-STEELE EMPOWERMENT

8 ZONES. (a) AROOSTOOK COUNTY EMPOWERMENT ZONE.—

9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Aroostook 

10 County empowerment zone shall include for the period such 

11 empowerment zone remains designated, in addition to the 

12 area designated as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 

13 the remaining area of the county not included in such des14 ignation. 

15 (b) GRIGGS-STEELE EMPOWERMENT ZONE.—Notwith16 standing any other provision of law, the Griggs-Steele em17 powerment zone shall include for the period such empower18 ment zone remains designated, in addition to the area des19 ignated as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the re20 maining area of Griggs County not included in such des21 ignation. 

22 SEC. 766. COST-SHARING FOR ANIMAL AND PLANT

23 HEALTH EMERGENCY PROGRAMS. None of the funds made 

24 available by this Act may be used to issue a final rule in 

25 furtherance of, or otherwise implement, the proposed rule 
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1 on cost-sharing for animal and plant health emergency pro2 grams of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 

3 published on July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. 

4 Reg. 40541). 

5 SEC. 767. Section 601(b)(2) of the Rural Electrifica6 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(b)(2)) is amended to read 

7 as follows: 

8 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE RURAL COMMUNITY.—The term 

9 ‘eligible rural community’ means any area of the 

10 United States that is not contained in an incor11 porated city or town with a population in excess of 

12 20,000 inhabitants.’’. 

13 SEC. 768. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

14 for all activities under programs of the Rural Development 

15 Mission Area within the County of Honolulu, Hawaii, the 

16 Secretary may designate any portion of the county as a 

17 rural area or eligible rural community that the Secretary 

18 determines is not urban in character. 

19 SEC. 769. The first sentence of section 306(g)(1) of the 

20 National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)(1)) is amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘or title V of the Housing Act of 

22 1949’’; and 

23 (2) by inserting after ‘‘1944’’ the following: ‘‘, 

24 title V of the Housing Act of 1949,’’. 
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1 SEC. 770. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Con2 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (including the 

3 associated regulations) governing the Community Facilities 

4 Program, the Secretary shall allow all Community Facility 

5 Program facility borrowers and grantees to enter into con6 tracts with not-for-profit third parties for services con7 sistent with the requirements of the Program, grant, and/

8 or loan: Provided, That the contracts protect the interests 

9 of the Government regarding cost, liability, maintenance, 

10 and administrative fees. 

11 SEC. 771. EQIP PAYMENT LIMIT. None of the funds 

12 made available under this Act or any other Act shall be 

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

14 out chapter 4 of subtitle D of the Food Security Act of 1985 

15 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) to make payments to an indi16 vidual, entity, or agricultural operation, directly or indi17 rectly, in excess of an aggregate of $300,000 for all contracts 

18 entered into by the individual, entity, or agricultural oper19 ation during the period of fiscal years 2002 through 2007. 

20 SEC. 772. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

21 the Secretary of Agriculture may use appropriations avail22 able to the Secretary for activities authorized under sections 

23 426–426c of title 7, United States Code, under this or any 

24 other Act, to enter into cooperative agreements, with a 

25 State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, a public or 
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1 private agency, organization, or any other person, to lease 

2 aircraft if the Secretary determines that the objectives of 

3 the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest of the parties 

4 to the agreement in carrying out the programs administered 

5 by the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife 

6 Service; and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the 

7 accomplishment of these objectives; award of a cooperative 

8 agreement authorized by the Secretary may be made for an 

9 initial term not to exceed 5 years. 

10 SEC. 773. CITRUS CANKER ASSISTANCE. Section 211 

11 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 545) 

12 is amended—

13 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘TREE

14 REPLACEMENT AND’’ after ‘‘FOR’’; and 

15 (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘tree replace16 ment and’’ after ‘‘Florida for’’. 

17 SEC. 774. RURAL ELECTRIFICATION. For fiscal year 

18 2004, the Secretary of Agriculture may use any unobligated 

19 carryover funds made available for any program adminis20 tered by the Rural Utilities Service (not including funds 

21 made available under the heading ‘‘RURAL COMMUNITY AD22 VANCEMENT PROGRAM’’ in any Act of appropriation) to 

23 carry out section 315 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

24 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940e). 
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1 SEC. 775. The Commissioner of the Food and Drug 

2 Administration shall provide no less than $250,000, from 

3 within funds appropriated or otherwise made available in 

4 this Act for the Food and Drug Administration, to process 

5 comments submitted in response to Docket No. 95N–0304 

6 published in the Federal Register on March 5, 2003 (68FR 

7 10417): Provided further, That the Commissioner should ex8 pedite and complete review of available scientific evidence 

9 of ephedra’s pharmacology and mechanism of action. 

10 SEC. 776. WORKLOAD ANALYSIS OF FARM SERVICE

11 AGENCY. None of the funds made available by this Act may 

be used to pay more than 1 12 ⁄2 of the salary of the Under 

13 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services after 

14 January 31, 2004, unless and until the Secretary of Agri15 culture provides to the Committee on Agriculture of House 

16 of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu17 trition, and Forestry of the Senate a workload analysis of 

18 employees of the Farm Service Agency for each of fiscal 

19 years 2001, 2002, and 2003 (including an analysis of the 

20 number of workload items and required man-years, by 

21 State). 

22 SEC. 777. SUN GRANT RESEARCH INITIATIVE. (a) 

23 SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Sun 

24 Grant Research Initiative Act of 2003’’. 
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1 (b) RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATIONAL PRO2 GRAMS ON BIOBASED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND PROD3 UCTS.—Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Invest4 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 9011. RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATIONAL 

7 PROGRAMS ON BIOBASED ENERGY TECH8 NOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS. 

9 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the programs estab10 lished under this section are—

11 ‘‘(1) to enhance national energy security through 

12 the development, distribution, and implementation of 

13 biobased energy technologies; 

14 ‘‘(2) to promote diversification in, and the envi15 ronmental sustainability of, agricultural production 

16 in the United States through biobased energy and 

17 product technologies; 

18 ‘‘(3) to promote economic diversification in rural 

19 areas of the United States through biobased energy 

20 and product technologies; and 

21 ‘‘(4) to enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and 

22 biomass research and development programs through 

23 improved coordination and collaboration between the 

24 Department of Agriculture, the Department of En25 ergy, and the land-grant colleges and universities. 
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1 ‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 ‘‘(1) LAND-GRANTCOLLEGES AND UNIVER3 SITIES.—The term ‘land-grant colleges and univer4 sities’ means—

5 ‘‘(A) 1862 Institutions (as defined in sec6 tion 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 

7 and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 

8 7601)); 

9 ‘‘(B) 1890 Institutions (as defined in sec10 tion 2 of that Act) and West Virginia State Col11 lege; and 

12 ‘‘(C) 1994 Institutions (as defined in sec13 tion 2 of that Act). 

14 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

15 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

16 ‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT.—To carry out the purposes de17 scribed in subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish pro18 grams under which—

19 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall provide grants to sun 

20 grant centers specified in subsection (d); and 

21 ‘‘(2) the sun grant centers shall use the grants in 

22 accordance with this section. 

23 ‘‘(d) GRANTS TO CENTERS.—The Secretary shall use 

24 amounts made available for a fiscal year under subsection 
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1 (j) to provide a grants in equal amounts to each of the fol2 lowing sun grant centers: 

3 ‘‘(1) NORTH-CENTRAL CENTER.—A north-central 

4 sun grant center at South Dakota State University 

5 for the region composed of the States of Illinois, Indi6 ana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Da7 kota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. 

8 ‘‘(2) SOUTHEASTERN CENTER.—A southeastern 

9 sun grant center at the University of Tennessee at 

10 Knoxville for the region composed of—

11 ‘‘(A) the States of Alabama, Florida, Geor12 gia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, 

13 South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia; 

14 ‘‘(B) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(C) the United States Virgin Islands. 

17 ‘‘(3) SOUTH-CENTRAL CENTER.—A south-central 

18 sun grant center at Oklahoma State University for 

19 the region composed of the States of Arkansas, Colo20 rado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, 

21 Oklahoma, and Texas. 

22 ‘‘(4) WESTERN CENTER.—A western sun grant 

23 center at Oregon State University for the region com24 posed of—
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1 ‘‘(A) the States of Alaska, Arizona, Cali2 fornia, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, 

3 and Washington; and 

4 ‘‘(B) territories and possessions of the 

5 United States (other than the territories referred 

6 to in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph 

7 (2)). 

8 ‘‘(5) NORTHEASTERN CENTER.—A northeastern 

9 sun grant center at Cornell University for the region 

10 composed of the States of Connecticut, Delaware, Mas11 sachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Hamp12 shire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 

13 Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia. 

14 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—

15 ‘‘(1) CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.—Of the amount 

16 of funds that are made available for a fiscal year to 

17 a sun grant center under subsection (d), the center 

18 shall use not more than 25 percent of the amount for 

19 administration to support excellence in science, engi20 neering, and economics at the center to promote the 

21 purposes described in subsection (a) through the State 

22 agricultural experiment station, cooperative extension 

23 services, and relevant educational programs of the 

24 university. 
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1 ‘‘(2) GRANTS TO LAND-GRANTCOLLEGES AND

2 UNIVERSITIES.—

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The sun grant center 

4 established for a region shall use the funds that 

5 remain available for a fiscal year after expendi6 tures made under paragraph (1) to provide com7 petitive grants to land-grant colleges and univer8 sities in the region of the sun grant center to 

9 conduct, consistent with the purposes described 

10 in subsection (a), multiinstitutional and 

11 multistate—

12 ‘‘(i) research, extension, and edu13 cational programs on technology develop14 ment; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) integrated research, extension, 

16 and educational programs on technology 

17 implementation. 

18 ‘‘(B) PROGRAMS.—Of the amount of funds 

19 that are used to provide grants for a fiscal year 

20 under subparagraph (A), the center shall use—

21 ‘‘(i) not less than 30 percent of the 

22 funds to carry out programs described in 

23 subparagraph (A)(i); and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) not less than 30 percent of the 

2 funds to carry out programs described in 

3 subparagraph (A)(ii). 

4 ‘‘(3) INDIRECTCOSTS.—A sun grant center may 

5 not recover the indirect costs of making grants under 

6 paragraph (2) to other land-grant colleges and uni7 versities. 

8 ‘‘(f) PLAN.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 

10 funds under subsection (j), in cooperation with other 

11 land-grant colleges and universities and private in12 dustry in accordance with paragraph (2), the sun 

13 grant centers shall jointly develop and submit to the 

14 Secretary, for approval, a plan for addressing at the 

15 State and regional levels the bioenergy, biomass, and 

16 gasification research priorities of the Department of 

17 Agriculture and the Department of Energy for the 

18 making of grants under paragraphs (1) and (2) of 

19 subsection (e). 

20 ‘‘(2) GASIFICATION COORDINATION.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In developing the plan 

22 under paragraph (1) with respect to gasification 

23 research, the sun grant centers identified in 

24 paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) shall 

25 coordinate with land grant colleges and univer-
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1 sities in their respective regions that have ongo2 ing research activities with respect to the re3 search. 

4 ‘‘(B) FUNDING.—Funds made available 

5 under subsection (d) to the sun grant center 

6 identified in subsection (e)(2) shall be available 

7 to carry out planning coordination under para8 graph (1) of this subsection. 

9 ‘‘(g) GRANTS TO OTHER LAND-GRANT COLLEGES AND

10 UNIVERSITIES.—

11 ‘‘(1) PRIORITY FOR GRANTS.—In making grants 

12 under subsection (e)(2), a sun grant center shall give 

13 a higher priority to programs that are consistent with 

14 the plan approved by the Secretary under subsection 

15 (f). 

16 ‘‘(2) TERM OF GRANTS.—The term of a grant 

17 provided by a sun grant center under subsection 

18 (e)(2) shall not exceed 5 years. 

19 ‘‘(h) GRANT INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER.—The 

20 sun grant centers shall maintain a Sun Grant Information 

21 Analysis Center at the sun grant center specified in sub22 section (d)(1) to provide sun grant centers analysis and 

23 data management support. 

24 ‘‘(i) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 90 days after 

25 the end of a year for which a sun grant center receives a 
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1 grant under subsection (d), the sun grant center shall sub2 mit to the Secretary a report that describes the policies, pri3 orities, and operations of the program carried out by the 

4 center during the year, including a description of progress 

5 made in facilitating the priorities described in subsection 

6 (f). 

7 ‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 

9 appropriated to carry out this section—

10 ‘‘(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

11 ‘‘(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 

12 ‘‘(C) $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

13 2007 through 2010. 

14 ‘‘(2) GRANT INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER.—

15 Of amounts made available under paragraph (1), not 

16 more than $4,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be 

17 made available to carry out subsection (h).’’. 

18 SEC. 778. DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. The Commissioner 

19 of Food and Drugs shall provide not less than $11,400,000 

20 from within funds appropriated or otherwise made avail21 able by this Act for regulation by the Food and Drug Ad22 ministration of dietary supplements. 

23 SEC. 779. SENSE OF SENATE ON IMPORTATION OF

24 CATTLE WITH BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY. 

25 (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
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1 (1) the United States beef industry is the single 

2 largest segment of United States agriculture; 

3 (2) the United States has never allowed the im4 portation of live cattle from a country that has been 

5 found to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy (re6 ferred to in this section as ‘‘BSE’’); 

7 (3) the importation of live cattle known to have 

8 BSE could put the entire United States cattle indus9 try at unnecessary risk; 

10 (4) food safety is a top priority for the people of 

11 the United States; and 

12 (5) the importation of beef and beef products 

13 from a country known to have BSE could undermine 

14 consumer confidence in the integrity of the food sup15 ply and present a possible danger to human health. 

16 (b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 

17 that the Secretary of Agriculture—

18 (1) should not allow the importation of live cat19 tle from any country known to have BSE unless the 

20 country complies with the animal health guidelines 

21 established by the World Organization for Animal 

22 Health; and 

23 (2) should abide by international standards for 

24 the continued health and safety of the United States 

25 livestock industry. 
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1 SEC. 780. REDUCTION IN TRAVEL AMOUNTS. (a) IN

2 GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

3 Act, each amount provided by this Act for travel expenses 

4 is reduced by the pro rata percentage required to reduce 

5 the total amount provided by this Act for such expenses by 

6 $6,000,000. 

7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 

8 of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man9 agement and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Ap10 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

11 a listing of the amounts by account of the reductions made 

12 pursuant to subsection (a). 

13 SEC. 781. LIMITATION ON ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE

14 PRICES FOR BUTTER AND NONFAT DRY MILK. None of the 

15 funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the 

16 salaries or expenses of employees of the Department of Agri17 culture to allocate the rate of price support between the pur18 chase prices for nonfat dry milk and butter in a manner 

19 does not support the price of milk in accordance with sec20 tion 1501(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

21 Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7981(b)). 

22 SEC. 782. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING COUNTRY OF

23 ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS. It is the sense of the 

24 Senate that the conferees on the part of the Senate on this 

25 bill shall insist that no limits on the use of funds to enforce 
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1 country of origin labeling requirements for meat or meat 

2 products be included in the conference report accompanying 

3 the bill. 

4 SEC. 783. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION

5 PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

6 Secretary of Agriculture is authorized hereafter to make 

7 funding and other assistance available through the emer8 gency watershed protection program under section 403 of 

9 the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to 

10 repair and prevent damage to non-Federal land in water11 sheds that have been impaired by fires initiated by the Fed12 eral Government and to waive cost sharing requirements 

13 for the funding and assistance. 

14 SEC. 784. The Secretary may waive the requirements 

15 regarding small and emerging rural business as authorized 

16 under the Rural Business Enterprise Grant program for 

17 the purpose of a lease for the Oakridge Oregon Industrial 

18 Park. 

19 SEC. 785. WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTTO

20 THE ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC

21 DEVELOPMENT. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law—

23 (1) the Alaska Department of Community and 

24 Economic Development may be eligible to receive a 

25 water and waste disposal grant under section 306(a) 
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1 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

2 (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that is up to 75 

3 percent of the total cost of providing water and sewer 

4 service to the proposed hospital in the Matanuska5 Susitna Borough, Alaska; and 

6 (2) the Alaska Department of Community and 

7 Economic Development may be allowed to pass the 

8 grant funds through to the local government entity 

9 that will provide water and sewer service to the hos10 pital. 

11 SEC. 786. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM. Land 

12 shall be considered eligible land under section 1231(b) of 

13 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) for pur14 poses of enrollment into the conservation reserve program 

15 established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D 

16 of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

17 3831 et seq.) if the land—

18 (1) is planted to hardwood trees as of the date 

19 of enactment of this Act; and 

20 (2) was enrolled in the conservation reserve pro21 gram under a contract that expired before the date of 

22 enactment of this Act. 

23 SEC. 787. PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS TO PUR24 CHASE CHICKEN TREATED WITH FLUOROQUINOLONE. After 

25 December 31, 2003, none of the funds made available by 
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1 this Act may be used to purchase chickens or the products 

2 of chickens for use in any program under the Child Nutri3 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) or the Richard 

4 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 

5 seq.), unless the supplier provides certification that the sup6 plier does not feed or administer fluoroquinolone to chickens 

7 produced by the supplier. 

8 SEC. 788. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM LOAN GUAR9 ANTEES. Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Invest10 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is amended by 

11 adding the following new section: 

12 ‘‘SEC. 9011. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM LOAN GUARAN13 TEES. 

14 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF SUBSIDY COSTS.—In this section, 

15 the term ‘subsidy costs’ has the meaning given the term 

16 ‘cost’ in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 

17 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a). 

18 ‘‘(b) PROJECTS.—Section 9006(c)(1) shall not apply 

19 to a loan guarantee made under this subsection to carry 

20 out a project if—

21 ‘‘(1) the loan will be used—

22 ‘‘(A) to purchase a renewable energy system 

23 that has, as one of its principal purposes, the 

24 commercial production of an agricultural com25 modity; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) to promote a solution to an environ2 mental problem in a rural area of the State in 

3 which the project will be carried out; 

4 ‘‘(2) the lender of the loan exercises due diligence 

5 with respect to the borrower of the loan; 

6 ‘‘(3) the borrower of the loan pays in full, before 

7 the guarantee is issued, a guarantee fee in the amount 

8 of the estimated subsidy cost of the guarantee, as de9 termined by the Director of the Office of Management 

10 and Budget; 

11 ‘‘(4) except as provided in paragraph (5), the 

12 principal amount of the loan is not more than 

13 $25,000,000; 

14 ‘‘(5) the principal amount of the loan is more 

15 than $25,000,000, but is not more than $75,000,000, 

16 if the Secretary—

17 ‘‘(A) approves the loan application; and 

18 ‘‘(B) does not delegate the authority de19 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

20 ‘‘(6) the project requires no Federal or State fi21 nancial assistance, other than the loan guarantee pro22 vided under this subsection; and 

23 ‘‘(7) the project complies with all necessary per24 mits, licenses, and approvals required under the laws 

25 of the State. 
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1 ‘‘(c) COST SHARING.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of a loan guar3 antee under this section for a project described in sub4 section (b) shall not exceed 80 percent of the total 

5 project cost. 

6 ‘‘(2) SUBORDINATION.—Any financing for the 

7 non-Federal share of the total project cost shall be 

8 subordinated to the federally guaranteed portion of 

9 the total project cost. 

10 ‘‘(d) LOAN GUARANTEE LIMITS.—The loan guarantee 

11 limitations applicable to the business and industry guar12 antee loan program authorized under section 310B of the 

13 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

14 1932) shall apply to loan guarantees made under this sec15 tion. 

16 ‘‘(e) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—

17 ‘‘(1) INDIVIDUAL LOANS.—The amount of prin18 cipal for a loan under this section for a project de19 scribed in subsection (b) shall not exceed $75,000,000. 

20 ‘‘(2) ALL LOANS.—The total outstanding amount 

21 of principal for loans under this section for all 

22 projects described in subsection (b) shall not exceed 

23 $500,000,000. 
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1 ‘‘(f) PROPOSED RULE.—The Secretary shall publish a 

2 proposed rule to carry out this section within 120 days of 

3 enactment of this Act.’’. 

4 SEC. 789. WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANTTO

5 THE CITY OF POSTVILLE, IOWA. Notwithstanding any other 

6 provision of law, the city of Postville, Iowa, shall be eligible 

7 to receive a water and waste disposal grant under section 

8 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

9 Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that is equal to not 

10 more than 75 percent of the total cost of providing water 

11 and sewer service in the city. 

12 SEC. 790. TEXAS RICE SAFEGUARD INITIATIVE. (a) IN

13 GENERAL.—In order to provide a safeguard against the fur14 ther decline of the rice industry and wildlife habitat in 

15 Texas, and to provide information to the Congress in an16 ticipation of and preparation for the 2007 farm bill, the 

17 Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct the initiative re18 quired under this section. 

19 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS.—As an integral 

20 part of the safeguard initiative the Secretary of Agriculture 

21 shall review the administration and enhance the enforce22 ment of section 1105(a)(1)(E) of Public Law 107–171 as 

23 it relates to and is applied to the control of noxious weeds 

24 and the proper application and implementation of the con25 serving use requirements on rice base acreage in Texas. 
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1 (c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall re2 view and evaluate the costs, benefits and effects of the safe3 guard initiative on rice producers, including tenant rice 

4 producers, the rice milling and processing industry, wildlife 

5 habitat, and the economies of rice farming areas in Texas, 

6 detailed by each of these affected interests and by the pro7 gram variables involved in the safeguard initiative under 

8 subsection (b), including whether or not producers on a 

9 farm have qualified plantings. The Secretary shall provide 

10 to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

11 of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 

12 House of Representatives an annual report detailing the 

13 progress and findings of the initiative not later than Feb14 ruary 1 of each of the years 2005 through 2007. 

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De16 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

17 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2003. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.

Passed the Senate November 6, 2003. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.