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Union Calendar No. 255 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5384 

[Report No. 109–463] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2006 

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 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 

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1 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 

2 ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, 

3 namely: 

4 TITLE I 

5 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

6 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

9 of Agriculture, $5,499,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

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

12 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

13 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

14 CHIEF ECONOMIST

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

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

18 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

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

20 $11,226,000. 

21 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

22 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi23 sion, $14,795,000. 

24 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

26 Program Analysis, $8,479,000. 


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1 HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

2 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

3 Staff, $954,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In6 formation Officer, $16,936,000. 

7 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

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

11 and Rural Development mission areas for information 

12 technology, systems, and services, $68,971,000, of which 

13 $4,494,127 is for rural development-related activities, 

14 $14,494,273 is for Natural Resource Conservation Serv15 ice-related activities, and $49,982,600 is for Farm Service 

16 Agency-related activities, to remain available until ex17 pended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared informa18 tion technology systems, including services as authorized 

19 by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421–28: Provided, 

20 That obligation of these funds shall be consistent with the 

21 Department of Agriculture Service Center Modernization 

22 Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be with the 

23 concurrence of the Department’s Chief Information Offi24 cer: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 

25 this section, $410,000 shall be available to process data 


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1 to acquire fourband digital color infrared imagery of the 

2 entire State of New Mexico. 

3 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi5 nancial Officer, $5,991,000: Provided, That no funds 

6 made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 

7 FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary 

8 has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Govern10 ment Reform of the House of Representatives a report on 

11 the Department’s contracting out policies, including agen12 cy budgets for contracting out. 

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

14 RIGHTS

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

16 the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $836,000. 

17 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

19 $22,650,000. 

20 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

23 the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $736,000. 


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1 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

2 PAYMENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

6 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis7 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri8 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 

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

10 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

11 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con12 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

13 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im14 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili15 ties, and for related costs, $209,814,000, to remain avail16 able until expended, of which $155,851,000 shall be avail17 able for payments to the General Services Administration 

18 for rent and the Department of Homeland Security for 

19 building security: Provided, That amounts which are made 

20 available for space rental and related costs for the Depart21 ment of Agriculture in this Act may be transferred be22 tween such appropriations to cover the costs of additional, 

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

24 transmitted to the Appropriations Committees of both 

25 Houses of Congress. 


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1 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $12,020,000, to remain 

8 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 

9 and funds available herein to the Department for Haz10 ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 

11 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re12 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 

13 non-Federal lands. 

14 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For Departmental Administration, $24,114,000, to 

17 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

18 services to offices of the Department and for general ad19 ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

20 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro21 vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 

22 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

23 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

24 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

25 required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 


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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

5 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 

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

8 within the executive branch, $3,940,000: Provided, That 

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

12 made available by this appropriation may be obligated 

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

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

17 other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 

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

20 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

22 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

23 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

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1 vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 

2 farmers’ bulletins. 

3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

5 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, $82,493,000, including such sums 

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

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

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

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

14 of Public Law 97–98. 

15 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

17 Counsel, $40,455,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

19 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

23 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul24 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 


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1 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex2 tension Service, $651,000. 

3 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

5 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, 

6 $80,963,000. 

7 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

8 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

9 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 

10 service work, $148,719,000, of which up to $36,582,000 

11 shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri12 culture. 

13 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re16 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem17 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 

18 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco19 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui20 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in21 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex22 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 

23 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 

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

25 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 


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

2 of Federal ownership, $1,057,603,000, of which 

3 $2,350,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 

5 the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur6 chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided 

7 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

8 pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, 

9 and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless oth10 erwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 

11 shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or green12 houses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and ex13 cept for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a 

14 cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering 

15 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

16 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build17 ing or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, 

18 That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act 

19 shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 

20 facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That 

21 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

22 easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: 

23 Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not 

24 apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the 

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


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1 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the pur2 chase of land at Florence, South Carolina: Provided fur3 ther, That funds may be received from any State, other 

4 political subdivision, organization, or individual for the 

5 purpose of establishing or operating any research facility 

6 or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, 

7 as authorized by law: Provided further, That the Secretary, 

8 through the Agricultural Research Service, or successor, 

9 is authorized to lease approximately 40 acres of land at 

10 the Central Plains Experiment Station, Nunn, Colorado, 

11 to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State Univer12 sity System, for its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field 

13 Station, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 

14 deems in the public interest: Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary understands that it is the intent of the Univer16 sity to construct research and educational buildings on the 

17 subject acreage and to conduct agricultural research and 

18 educational activities in these buildings: Provided further, 

19 That as consideration for a lease, the Secretary may ac20 cept the benefits of mutual cooperative research to be con21 ducted by the Colorado State University and the Govern22 ment at the Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station: 

23 Provided further, That the term of any lease shall be for 

24 no more than 20 years, but a lease may be renewed at 

25 the option of the Secretary on such terms and conditions 


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1 as the Secretary deems in the public interest: Provided 

2 further, That the Agricultural Research Service may con3 vey all rights and title of the United States, to a parcel 

4 of land comprising 19 acres, more or less, located in Sec5 tion 2, Township 18 North, Range 14 East in Oktibbeha 

6 County, Mississippi, originally conveyed by the Board of 

7 Trustees of the Institution of Higher Learning of the 

8 State of Mississippi, and described in instruments re9 corded in Deed Book 306 at pages 553–554, Deed Book 

10 319 at page 219, and Deed Book 33 at page 115, of the 

11 public land records of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, in12 cluding facilities, and fixed equipment, to the Mississippi 

13 State University, Starkville, Mississippi, in their ‘‘as is’’ 

14 condition, when vacated by the Agricultural Research 

15 Service: Provided further, That none of the funds appro16 priated under this heading shall be available to carry out 

17 research related to the production, processing, or mar18 keting of tobacco or tobacco products. 

19 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

20 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve21 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip22 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

23 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

24 where not otherwise provided, $140,000,000, to remain 

25 available until expended. 


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1 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

2 EXTENSION SERVICE

3 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

4 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

5 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

6 for other expenses, $651,606,000, as follows: to carry out 

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

8 i), $183,275,000; for grants for cooperative forestry re9 search (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $22,668,000; for 

10 payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 

11 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University 

12 (7 U.S.C. 3222), $38,331,000, of which $1,507,496 shall 

13 be made available only for the purpose of ensuring that 

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

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

16 $103,471,000; for special grants for agricultural research 

17 on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,952,000; 

18 for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), 

19 $190,000,000; for the support of animal health and dis20 ease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,006,000; for supple21 mental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 

22 3319d), $1,175,000; for grants for research pursuant to 

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

24 seq.), $1,091,000, to remain available until expended; for 

25 the 1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions 


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

2 301 note), $1,250,000, to remain available until expended; 

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

4 $1,000,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 

5 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $4,455,000, to remain 

6 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher edu7 cation challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 

8 $5,445,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 

9 program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $988,000 to remain avail10 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 

11 grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 

12 U.S.C. 3241), $5,940,000; for a secondary agriculture 

13 education program and 2-year post-secondary education 

14 (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $990,000; for aquaculture grants (7 

15 U.S.C. 3322), $3,956,000; for sustainable agriculture re16 search and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,196,000; for 

17 a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 

18 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds under the 

19 Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), in20 cluding Tuskegee University and West Virginia State Uni21 versity, $12,375,000, to remain available until expended 

22 (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions 

23 pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, 

24 $3,000,000; for resident instruction grants for insular 

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1 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

2 U.S.C. 3363), $500,000; and for necessary expenses of 

3 Research and Education Activities, $39,542,000, of which 

4 $2,723,000 for the Research, Education, and Economics 

5 Information System and $2,151,000 for the Electronic 

6 Grants Information System, are to remain available until 

7 expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 

8 under this heading shall be available to carry out research 

9 related to the production, processing, or marketing of to10 bacco or tobacco products: Provided further, That this 

11 paragraph shall not apply to research on the medical, bio12 technological, food, and industrial uses of tobacco. 

13 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

14 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

16 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 

17 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

18 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

20 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $457,042,000, 

21 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

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

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

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

25 costs for extension agents, $281,429,000; payments for 

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1 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 

2 the nutrition and family education program for low-income 

3 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,634,000; pay4 ments for the pest management program under section 

5 3(d) of the Act, $10,152,000; payments for the farm safe6 ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,517,000; 

7 payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under 

8 Section 3(d) of the Act, $1,985,000; payments to upgrade 

9 research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 

10 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 

11 West Virginia State University, as authorized by section 

12 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), 

13 $16,777,000, to remain available until expended; pay14 ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 

15 Smith-Lever Act, $8,396,000; for youth farm safety edu16 cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 

17 competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $494,000; 

18 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 

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

20 seq.), $4,052,000; payments for federally-recognized 

21 Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the 

22 Smith-Lever Act, $3,000,000; payments for sustainable 

23 agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act, 

24 $4,067,000; payments for rural health and safety edu25 cation as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92– 


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1 419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,945,000; payments for cooper2 ative extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits 

3 of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) 

4 and Tuskegee University and West Virginia State Univer5 sity, $34,073,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made 

6 available only for the purpose of ensuring that each insti7 tution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for grants 

8 to youth organizations pursuant to section 7630 of title 

9 7, United States Code, $2,000,000; and for necessary ex10 penses of Extension Activities, $18,248,000. 

11 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

12 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

13 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex14 penses, $55,234,000, 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), $45,792,000, including $11,278,000 for 

18 the water quality program, $12,997,000 for the food safe19 ty program, $3,890,000 for the regional pest management 

20 centers program, $4,219,000 for the Food Quality Protec21 tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys22 tems, $1,275,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 

23 Protection Act implementation, $3,075,000 for the methyl 

24 bromide transition program, and $1,855,000 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, $990,000; for 

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

5 Public Law 89–106, as amended, $1,000,000, to remain 

6 available until September 30, 2008 for the critical issues 

7 program; and $1,378,000, for the regional rural develop8 ment centers program; $2,277,000 for asian soybean rust; 

9 and $11,000,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense 

10 Initiative authorized under section 1484 of the National 

11 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 

12 1977, to remain available until September 30, 2008. 

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), $6,930,000, to remain available 

17 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 $741,000. 


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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, $898,116,000, of which $4,127,000 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 $40,269,000 shall be used for the Cotton 

13 Pests program for cost share purposes or for debt retire14 ment for active eradication zones; of which $33,107,000 

15 shall be available for a National Animal Identification pro16 gram; of which $47,205,000 shall be used to conduct a 

17 surveillance and preparedness program for highly patho18 genic avian influenza: Provided, That no funds shall be 

19 used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 

20 program for the current fiscal year that does not require 

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

22 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

23 under this heading for the National Animal Identification 

24 program may be obligated until the Committee on Appro25 priations of the House of Representatives receives from 

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1 tional Animal Identification System, including, but not 

2 limited to, proposed legislative changes, cost estimates, 

3 and means of program evaluation, and such plan is pub4 lished as an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in 

5 the Federal Register for comment by interested parties: 

6 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

7 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur8 chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for re9 placement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 

10 emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricul11 tural production industry of this country, the Secretary 

12 may transfer from other appropriations or funds available 

13 to the agencies or corporations of the Department such 

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

15 in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con16 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 

17 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 

18 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act 

19 (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of 

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

21 any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 

22 emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 

23 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, 

24 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 

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


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1 leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 

2 provided the cost of altering any one building during the 

3 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current re4 placement value of the building. 

5 In fiscal year 2007, the agency is authorized to collect 

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

8 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

9 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

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

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

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

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

21 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $5,946,000, to remain avail22 able until expended. 

23 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

24 MARKETING SERVICES

25 For necessary expenses to carry out services related 

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1 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au2 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination 

3 of payments to States, $77,269,000, including funds for 

4 the wholesale market development program for the design 

5 and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities 

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

7 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

8 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

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

11 the current replacement value of the building. 

12 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

14 U.S.C. 9701). 

15 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

16 Not to exceed $62,211,000 (from fees collected) shall 

17 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra18 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

20 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

22 Congress. 


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1 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

2 SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

7 related operating expenses, including not less than 

8 $9,900,000 for replacement of a system to support com9 modity purchases, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart10 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

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

12 in this Act; and (3) not more than $16,425,000 for formu13 lation and administration of marketing agreements and 

14 orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 

15 Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

16 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

17 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

18 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

19 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul20 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

21 $1,334,000. 

22 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

23 ADMINISTRATION

24 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

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1 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying 

2 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products, 

3 and the standardization activities related to grain under 

4 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $39,737,000: 

5 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu6 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

7 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

8 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

9 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build10 ing. 

11 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

12 EXPENSES

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

14 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

15 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac16 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

17 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

18 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

22 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the 

23 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In24 spection Service, $656,000. 


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1 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses to carry out services author3 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

4 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

6 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

8 $853,249,000, of which no less than $766,290,000 shall 

9 be available for Federal food safety and inspection; and 

10 in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account 

11 from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation 

12 as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, 

13 Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Pro14 vided, That of the total amount made available under this 

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

16 regulatory and scientific training: Provided further, That 

17 not to exceed $565,000 is for construction of a laboratory 

18 sample receiving facility at the Russell Research Center 

19 in Athens, Georgia: Provided further, That this appropria20 tion shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 

21 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve22 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during 

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

24 replacement value of the building. 


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1 FARM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

2 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

3 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

5 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 

6 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for 

7 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv8 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 

9 Credit Corporation, $691,000. 

10 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis14 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

15 the Farm Service Agency, $1,053,760,000: Provided, That 

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

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

18 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro19 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 

20 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

21 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac22 count: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

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

24 expenses of any officer or employee of the Department of 

25 Agriculture to close any local or county office of the Farm 

26 Service Agency unless the Secretary of Agriculture, not 


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1 later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary 

2 proposed the closure, holds a public meeting about the 

3 proposed closure in the county in which the local or county 

4 office is located, and, after the public meeting but not later 

5 than 120 days before the date on which the Secretary ap6 proves the closure, notifies the Committee on Agriculture 

7 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

8 Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri9 tion, and Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations 

10 of the Senate, and the members of Congress from the 

11 State in which the local or county office is located of the 

12 proposed closure. 

13 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

14 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul15 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

16 5106), $4,208,000. 

17 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

19 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

21 $3,713,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

25 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

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


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1 remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro2 gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 

3 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri4 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra5 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 

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

7 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di11 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

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

13 tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll wee14 vil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in 

15 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 

16 ownership loans, $1,422,750,000, of which 

17 $1,200,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

18 loans and $222,750,000 shall be for direct loans; oper19 ating loans, $2,065,754,000, of which $1,150,000,000 

20 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $272,254,000 

21 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $643,500,000 

22 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 

23 loans, $3,960,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

24 loans, $59,400,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

25 deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 

26 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 


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1 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

4 ownership loans, $16,293,000, of which $6,960,000 shall 

5 be for guaranteed loans, and $9,333,000 shall be for direct 

6 loans; operating loans, $131,046,000, of which 

7 $28,405,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

8 $27,416,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 

9 $75,225,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land 

10 acquisition loans, $838,000; and for boll weevil eradication 

11 program loans, $1,129,000. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $315,258,000, of which $307,338,000 shall be transferred 

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

16 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

17 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

18 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership 

19 and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 

20 transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

22 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: 

23 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 

24 otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay 

25 the salaries and expenses of personnel to collect from the 


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1 lender an annual fee on unsubsidized guaranteed oper2 ating loans, a guarantee fee of more than one percent of 

3 the principal obligation of guaranteed unsubsidized oper4 ating or ownership loans, or a guarantee fee on subsidized 

5 guaranteed operating loans administered by the Farm 

6 Service Agency. 

7 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

8 For administrative and operating expenses, as au9 thorized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 

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

11 $77,197,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

12 be available for official reception and representation ex13 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

14 CORPORATIONS 

15 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

16 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

17 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor18 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

19 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

20 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

21 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

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1 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

2 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

5 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

6 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

7 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec8 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

9 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim10 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

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

12 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec13 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

14 (15 U.S.C 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

16 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv17 ice for information resource management activities of the 

18 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com19 modity Credit Corporation business. 

20 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

21 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

22 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

24 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

25 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

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

2 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

4 TITLE II 

5 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

7 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

9 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ10 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for 

11 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva12 tion Service, $810,000. 

13 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

14 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

15 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi16 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

17 including preparation of conservation plans and establish18 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

19 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas20 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

21 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con22 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva23 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

24 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

3 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter4 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build5 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

6 $791,498,000, to remain available until March 31, 2008, 

7 of which not less than $10,588,000 is for snow survey and 

8 water forecasting, and not less than $10,678,000 is for 

9 operation and establishment of the plant materials cen10 ters, and of which not less than $27,225,000 shall be for 

11 the grazing lands conservation initiative: Provided, That 

12 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

13 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build14 ings and public improvements at plant materials centers, 

15 except that the cost of alterations and improvements to 

16 other buildings and other public improvements shall not 

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

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

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

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

21 shall be available for technical assistance and related ex22 penses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c) 

23 of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

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

25 qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at 


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1 per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of 

2 the Service. 

3 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

4 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves5 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa6 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan7 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 

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

9 $6,022,000. 

10 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

11 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas12 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op13 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

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

15 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

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

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

18 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re19 lating to the activities of the Department, $40,000,000, 

20 to remain available until expended; of which up to 

21 $10,000,000 may be available for the watersheds author22 ized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 

23 U.S.C. 1006a): Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 

24 of this appropriation shall be available for technical assist25 ance: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of 

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

2 205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated by 

3 that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to 

4 other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite 

5 project construction. 

6 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

7 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

8 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

9 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

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

11 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

12 $31,245,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

14 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

15 projects for resource conservation and development and 

16 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

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

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

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

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

21 3461), $50,787,000, to remain available until expended: 

22 Provided, That the Secretary shall enter into a cooperative 

23 or contribution agreement, within 45 days of enactment 

24 of this Act, with a national association regarding a Re25 source Conservation and Development program and such 

26 agreement shall contain the same matching, contribution 


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1 requirements, and funding level, set forth in a similar co2 operative or contribution agreement with a national asso3 ciation in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not to 

4 exceed $3,411,000 shall be available for national head5 quarters activities. 

6 TITLE III 

7 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

9 DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

11 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer 

12 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

13 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 

14 Service, and the Rural Utilities Service, $692,000. 

15 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

19 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N 

20 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

21 $699,893,000, to remain available until expended, of 

22 which $49,477,000 shall be for rural community programs 

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

24 $561,252,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de25 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 

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1 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

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

3 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro4 gram described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 

5 $89,164,000 shall be for the rural business and coopera6 tive development programs described in sections 

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

8 the total amount appropriated in this account, 

9 $24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Fed10 erally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

11 grants for drinking water and waste disposal systems pur12 suant to section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 

13 shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 

14 colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Con15 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which 

16 $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified na17 tional organization to provide technical assistance for 

18 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop19 ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

20 for the rural business and cooperative development pro21 grams, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 

22 a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 

23 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 

24 promote economic development; $3,000,000 shall be for 

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1 et seq.) for any purpose under this heading: Provided fur2 ther, That of the amount appropriated for rural utilities 

3 programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water 

4 and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along 

5 the United States/Mexico border, including grants pursu6 ant to section 306C of such Act; $16,215,000 shall be for 

7 technical assistance grants for rural water and waste sys8 tems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which 

9 $5,600,000 shall be for Rural Community Assistance Pro10 grams; and not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be for con11 tracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 

12 rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 

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

14 appropriated, not to exceed $22,800,000 shall be available 

15 through June 30, 2007, for authorized empowerment 

16 zones and enterprise communities and communities des17 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

18 Area Partnership Zones; of which $1,100,000 shall be for 

19 the rural community programs described in section 

20 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which $13,400,000 shall be 

21 for the rural utilities programs described in section 

22 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which $8,300,000 shall 

23 be for the rural business and cooperative development pro24 grams described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Pro25 vided further, That any prior year balances for high cost 


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1 energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Elec2 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be trans3 ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, 

4 High Energy Costs Grants Account’’. 

5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis8 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De9 velopment mission area, including activities with institu10 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul11 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

12 $182,860,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

14 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

15 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro16 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex17 pended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non18 USDA employees: Provided further, That any balances 

19 available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 

20 Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Coopera21 tive Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be trans22 ferred 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: $4,801,736,000 

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

9 Secretary, of which $1,237,498,000 shall be for direct 

10 loans, and of which $3,564,238,000 shall be for unsub11 sidized guaranteed loans; $36,382,000 for section 504 

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

13 housing; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi14 family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 site 

15 loans; $11,482,000 for credit sales of acquired property, 

16 of which up to $1,482,000 may be for multi-family credit 

17 sales; and $4,980,000 for section 523 self-help housing 

18 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, $131,893,000, of which $124,121,000 shall be 

23 for direct loans, and of which $7,772,000, to remain avail24 able until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

25 loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $10,751,000; re26 pair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 


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1 rental housing, $45,670,000; section 538 multi-family 

2 housing guaranteed loans, $7,740,000; credit sales of ac3 quired property, $720,000; and section 523 self-help hous4 ing land development loans, $123,000: Provided, That of 

5 the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, 

6 $1,500,000 shall be available through June 30, 2007, for 

7 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu8 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag9 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Pro10 vided further, That any obligated balances for a dem11 onstration program for the preservation and revitalization 

12 of the section 515 multi-family rental housing properties 

13 as authorized in Public Law 109–97 shall be transferred 

14 to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi15 family Housing Revitalization Program Account’’. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

17 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

18 $430,080,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

19 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

20 and Expenses’’. 

21 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

22 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re23 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

24 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

25 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

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1 to remain available through September 30, 2008; and, in 

2 addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized 

3 by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 

4 prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 

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

6 That of this amount, up to $5,900,000 shall be available 

7 for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households 

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

9 to exceed $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit 

10 organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs 

11 (other than purchase price) incurred in purchasing 

12 projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Pro13 vided further, That agreements entered into or renewed 

14 during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a one15 year period: Provided further, That any unexpended bal16 ances remaining at the end of such one-year agreements 

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

18 reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any ex19 isting projects; preservation; and rental assistance activi20 ties authorized under title V of the Act: Provided further, 

21 That rental assistance that is recovered from projects that 

22 are subject to prepayment shall be deobligated and reallo23 cated for vouchers and debt forgiveness or payments con24 sistent with the requirements of this Act for purposes au25 thorized under section 542 and section 502(c)(5)(D) of 


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1 the Housing Act of 1949, as amended: Provided further, 

2 That up to $4,190,000 may be used for the purpose of 

3 reimbursing funds used for rental assistance agreements 

4 entered into or renewed pursuant to the authority under 

5 section 521(a)(2) of the Act for emergency needs related 

6 to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 

7 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

8 ACCOUNT

9 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

10 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (without 

11 regard to section 542(b)), for the cost to conduct a hous12 ing demonstration program to provide revolving loans for 

13 the preservation of low-income multi-family housing 

14 projects, and for additional costs to conduct a demonstra15 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

16 section 515 multi-family rental housing properties, 

17 $28,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro18 vided, That of the funds made available under this head19 ing, $16,000,000 shall be available for rural housing 

20 vouchers to any low-income household (including those not 

21 receiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed 

22 with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after Sep23 tember 30, 2005: Provided further, That the amount of 

24 such voucher shall be the difference between comparable 

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1 rent for such unit: Provided further, That funds made 

2 available for such vouchers, shall be subject to the avail3 ability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That 

4 the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 

5 administer such vouchers with current regulations and ad6 ministrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing 

7 vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department 

8 of Housing and Urban Development (including the ability 

9 to pay administrative costs related to delivery of the 

10 voucher funds): Provided further, That of the funds made 

11 available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be available 

12 for loans to private non-profit organizations, or such non13 profit organizations’ affiliate loan funds and State and 

14 local housing finance agencies, to carry out a housing 

15 demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the 

16 preservation of low-income multi-family housing projects: 

17 Provided further, That loans under such demonstration 

18 program shall have an interest rate of not more than 1 

19 percent direct loan to the recipient: Provided further, That 

20 the Secretary may defer the interest and principal pay21 ment to the Rural Housing Service for up to 3 years and 

22 the term of such loans shall not exceed 30 years: Provided 

23 further, That of the funds made available under this head24 ing, $9,000,000 shall be available for a demonstration pro25 gram for the preservation and revitalization of the section 


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1 515 multi-family rental housing properties to restructure 

2 existing section 515 loans, as the Secretary deems appro3 priate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 

4 has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur5 pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in6 come residents including reducing or eliminating interest; 

7 deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re8 amortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance in9 cluding advances and incentives required by the Secretary: 

10 Provide further, That if Congess enacts legislation to per11 manently authorize a section 515 multi-family rental hous12 ing loan restructuring program similar to the demonstra13 tion program described herein, the Secretary may use 

14 funds made available for the demonstration program 

15 under this heading to carry out such legislation with the 

16 prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

17 both Houses of Congress. 

18 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

19 carry out the direct loan program, $990,000, which shall 

20 be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

21 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’, which shall 

22 be made available for the Secretary to contract with third 

23 parties to acquire the necessary automation and technical 

24 services needed to restructure section 515 mortgages. 


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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

3 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1490c), $37,620,000, to remain available until expended: 

5 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 

6 $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2007, for 

7 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu8 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag9 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

10 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

11 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

12 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

13 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

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

15 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $40,590,000, 

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

17 total amount appropriated, $1,188,000 shall be available 

18 through June 30, 2007, for authorized empowerment 

19 zones and enterprise communities and communities des20 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

21 Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any bal22 ances to carry out a housing demonstration program to 

23 provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 

24 multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law 

25 108–447 and Public Law 109–97 shall be transferred to 


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1 and merged with ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multifamily 

2 Housing Revitalization Program Account’’. 

3 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

5 as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $47,525,000, 

6 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

7 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

8 contracts. 

9 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

10 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author13 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

14 9812(a)), $33,925,000. 

15 For the cost of direct loans, $14,951,000, as author16 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

17 9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 

18 June 30, 2007, for Federally Recognized Native American 

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

20 June 30, 2007, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

21 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro22 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

23 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con24 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of 

25 the total amount appropriated, $880,000 shall be available 

26 through June 30, 2007, for the cost of direct loans for 


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1 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu2 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag3 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

5 the direct loan programs, $4,780,000 shall be transferred 

6 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop7 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

8 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author12 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

13 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

14 and job creation projects, $34,652,000. 

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

16 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres17 sional Budget Act of 1974, $7,568,000, to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

20 credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 

21 Electrification Act of 1936, $78,514,000 shall not be obli22 gated and $78,514,000 are rescinded. 

23 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

24 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

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1 which $500,000 shall be for a cooperative research agree2 ment with a qualified academic institution to conduct re3 search on the national economic impact of all types of co4 operatives; and of which $3,000,000 shall be for coopera5 tive agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 

6 for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed 

7 $1,485,000 shall be for cooperatives or associations of co8 operatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to 

9 small, minority producers and whose governing board and/ 

10 or membership is comprised of at least 75 percent minor11 ity. 

12 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

13 COMMUNITIES GRANTS

14 For grants in connection with second and third 

15 rounds of empowerment zones and enterprise commu16 nities, $11,088,000, to remain available until expended, 

17 for designated rural empowerment zones and rural enter18 prise communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief 

19 Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emer20 gency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 

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

22 $1,000,000 shall be made available to third round em23 powerment zones, as authorized by the Community Re24 newal Tax Relief Act (Public Law 106–554). 


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1 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

2 For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guar3 antees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions 

4 as authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and 

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

6 $20,000,000 for direct and guaranteed renewable energy 

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

8 and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

9 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

11 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

12 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

13 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 

16 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

17 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica18 tion loans, $99,018,000; municipal rate rural electric 

19 loans, $99,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 

20 of that Act, rural electric loans, $3,000,000,000; Treasury 

21 rate direct electric loans, $990,000,000; guaranteed un22 derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 

23 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, $143,513,000; 

24 cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

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1 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

2 $299,000,000. 

3 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con4 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi5 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 

6 sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

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

8 electric loans, $3,614,000, and the cost of telecommuni9 cations loans, $605,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 

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

11 borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $39,101,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 

15 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

16 and Expenses’’. 

17 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

18 PROGRAM

19 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni20 cation loans, $503,535,000. 

21 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

23 et seq., $24,750,000, to remain available until expended. 

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

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1 September 30, 2008: Provided, That the interest rate for 

2 such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Depart3 ment of the Treasury for obligations of comparable matu4 rity: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall 

5 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

6 Act of 1974. 

7 In addition, $8,910,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans9 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

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

11 950aaa. 

12 TITLE IV 

13 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

14 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

15 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

17 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer 

18 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

19 for the Food and Nutrition Service, $652,000. 

20 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

21 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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

25 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

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1 remain available through September 30, 2008, of which 

2 $7,610,897,000 is hereby appropriated and 

3 $5,734,590,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 

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

5 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That up to $5,335,000 shall 

6 be available for independent verification of school food 

7 service claims. 

8 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

9 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup11 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

13 $5,244,000,000, to remain available through September 

14 30, 2008, of which such sums as are necessary to restore 

15 the contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed 

16 in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allo17 cated as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding 

18 section 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should 

19 cost or participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, 

20 That amounts over $125,000,000 in the contingency re21 serve shall be treated as general WIC appropriated funds 

22 rather than contingency reserve funds: Provided further, 

23 That of the total amount available, the Secretary shall ob24 ligate not less than $15,000,000 for a breastfeeding sup25 port initiative in addition to the activities specified in secVerDate Aug 31 2005 01:24 May 13, 2006 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5384.RH H5384

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1 tion 17(h)(3)(A): Provided further, That notwithstanding 

2 section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, only the provisions of 

3 section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall 

4 be effective in 2007; including $14,000,000 for the pur5 poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and 

6 $20,000,000 for the purposes specified in section 

7 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further, That funds made avail8 able for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) 

9 shall only be made available upon a determination by the 

10 Secretary that funds are available to meet caseload re11 quirements without the use of the contingency reserve 

12 funds: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

13 available under this heading shall be used for studies and 

14 evaluations: Provided further, That none of the funds in 

15 this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses 

16 of WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy 

17 of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out 

18 the program: Provided further, That none of the funds pro19 vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 

20 of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con21 tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 

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

23 the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 

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1 ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 

2 Act. 

3 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

5 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $37,865,231,000, of which 

6 $3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 

7 30, 2008, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 

8 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 

9 carry out program operations: Provided, That funds pro10 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 

11 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this 

12 appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 

13 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro14 vided further, That funds made available for Employment 

15 and Training under this heading shall remain available 

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

17 Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

18 section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, any addi19 tional payment received under chapter 5 of title 37, 

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

21 Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone shall 

22 be excluded from household income for the duration of the 

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

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

25 it was not received immediately prior to serving in the 

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1 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist3 ance and the commodity supplemental food program, as 

4 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con5 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

6 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist7 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec8 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend9 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm10 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

11 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $189,370,000, 

12 to remain available through September 30, 2008: Pro13 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim14 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

15 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith16 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

17 made available in fiscal year 2007 to support the Seniors 

18 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), as au19 thorized by section 4402 of Public Law 107–171, such 

20 funds shall remain available through September 30, 2008: 

21 Provided further, That no funds available for SFMNP in 

22 fiscal year 2007 shall be used to pay State or local sales 

23 taxes on food purchased with SFMNP coupons or checks: 

24 Provided further, That the value of assistance provided by 

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1 for any purposes under any Federal, State or local laws 

2 related to taxation, welfare and public assistance pro3 grams: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

4 under section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 

5 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the Secretary may use up to 

6 $10,000,000 for costs associated with the distribution of 

7 commodities. 

8 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes10 tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

11 $142,314,000. 

12 TITLE V 

13 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

14 PROGRAMS 

15 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

19 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

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

21 activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi22 nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec23 tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 

24 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

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

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1 ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro2 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen3 cies, public and private organizations and institutions 

4 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 

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

6 the foreign assistance programs of the United States 

7 Agency for International Development. 

8 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR

9 PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

12 program of title I, Public Law 83–480, $2,651,000, to be 

13 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

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

15 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

16 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth17 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in18 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De19 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 

20 supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 

21 II of said Act, $1,223,100,000, to remain available until 

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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

2 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com5 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

6 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,331,000; to cover common 

7 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com8 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

10 $4,985,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 

11 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

12 and Expenses’’, including $775,000 to be made available 

13 for debt recovery, and of which $346,000 may be trans14 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

15 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

16 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

17 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

19 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest20 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to 

21 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com22 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

23 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im24 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

5 SERVICES 

6 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad9 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

10 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

12 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

14 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

15 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author16 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

18 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

19 107–188; $1,914,382,000: Provided, That of the amount 

20 provided under this heading, $320,600,000 shall be de21 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

23 available until expended, and shall not include any fees 

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

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1 $43,726,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 

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

3 account and remain available until expended; and 

4 $11,604,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

6 account and remain available until expended: Provided fur7 ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de8 vice, and animal drug assessments received during fiscal 

9 year 2007, including any such fees assessed prior to the 

10 current fiscal year but credited during the current year, 

11 shall be subject to the fiscal year 2007 limitation: Provided 

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

13 establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized 

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

15 amount appropriated: (1) $454,006,000 shall be for the 

16 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

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

18 $545,938,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 

19 and Research and related field activities in the Office of 

20 Regulatory Affairs; (3) $194,637,000 shall be for the Cen21 ter for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related 

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

23 $105,595,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi24 cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu25 latory Affairs; (5) $253,789,000 shall be for the Center 


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1 for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field 

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

3 $34,118,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi4 cological Research; (7) $62,007,000 shall be for Rent and 

5 Related activities, of which $25,552,000 is for White Oak 

6 Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 

7 Services Administration for rent; (8) $146,013,000 shall 

8 be for payments to the General Services Administration 

9 for rent; and (9) $118,279,000 shall be for other activi10 ties, including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office 

11 of Management; the Office of External Relations; the Of12 fice of Policy and Planning; and central services for these 

13 offices: Provided further, That funds may be transferred 

14 from one specified activity to another with the prior ap15 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

16 Houses of Congress. 

17 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

18 42 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 re22 main 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, 


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1 where not otherwise provided, $4,950,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

4 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in7 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

9 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $109,402,000, 

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

11 representation expenses. 

12 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

13 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

14 Not to exceed $44,250,000 (from assessments col15 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 

16 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

17 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

19 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re20 ceiverships. 

21 TITLE VII 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

23 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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1 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

3 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 292 passenger 

4 motor vehicles, of which 290 shall be for replacement only, 

5 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

6 SEC. 702. New obligational authority provided for the 

7 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

8 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec9 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con10 ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 

11 program, emerging plant pests, cotton pests program, low 

12 pathogen avian influenza program, high pathogen avian 

13 influenza program, up to $33,107,000 in animal health 

14 monitoring and surveillance for the animal identification 

15 system, up to $682,000 in the brucellosis program for in16 demnities, up to $2,888,000 in the chronic wasting disease 

17 program for indemnities, up to $3,934,000 in the scrapie 

18 program for indemnities, up to $2,387,000 in the tuber19 culosis program for indemnities, up to $4,900,000 in the 

20 emergency management systems program for the vaccine 

21 bank, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife services methods devel22 opment, up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife services oper23 ations program for aviation safety, and up to 25 percent 

24 of the screwworm program; Food Safety and Inspection 

25 Service, field automation and information management 


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1 project; Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex2 tension Service, funds for competitive research grants (7 

3 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Education, and 

4 Economics Information System, and funds for the Native 

5 American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service 

6 Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to 

7 county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle8 income country training program, and up to $2,000,000 

9 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely 

10 for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international 

11 currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the 

12 Foreign Agricultural Service. 

13 SEC. 703. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

14 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

15 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 

16 balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 

17 Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 

18 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, financial 

19 management modernization initiative, administrative, and 

20 information technology services of primary benefit to the 

21 agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, That 

22 none of the funds made available by this Act or any other 

23 Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 

24 without the prior approval of the agency administrator: 

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1 the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall 

2 be available for obligation without the prior approval of 

3 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con4 gress. 

5 SEC. 704. 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. 705. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

9 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

10 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

11 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu12 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

13 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar14 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

15 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro16 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

17 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com18 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro19 priations are provided in this Act. 

20 SEC. 706. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri22 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 

23 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

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1 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re2 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

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

4 awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 

5 Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 

6 full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 

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

8 SEC. 707. Appropriations to the Department of Agri9 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

10 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

11 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

12 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop13 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica14 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

15 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

16 SEC. 708. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

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

18 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

19 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

20 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego21 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi22 tively awarded grants. 

23 SEC. 709. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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


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1 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul2 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

3 SEC. 710. No employee of the Department of Agri4 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

6 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi7 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 

8 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 

9 of the employee for the period of assignment. 

10 SEC. 711. None of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 

12 the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans13 mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 

14 of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 

15 Services employee questions or responses to questions that 

16 are a result of information requested for the appropria17 tions hearing process. 

18 SEC. 712. None of the funds made available to the 

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

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

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1 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

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

4 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 

5 further, That none of the funds available to the Depart6 ment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 

7 obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ8 ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 

9 SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

10 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen11 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

13 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

14 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

16 through a reprogramming of funds which— 

17 (1) creates new programs; 

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

19 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

20 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

21 denied or restricted; 

22 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

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1 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

2 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

3 unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 

4 Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 

5 of such reprogramming of funds. 

6 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro7 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

8 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

9 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

10 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

11 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

13 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram14 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which15 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 

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

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

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

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

20 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro21 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un22 less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

23 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re24 programming of funds. 


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

2 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com3 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be5 fore implementing a program or activity not carried out 

6 during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac7 tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

8 other Act. 

9 SEC. 714. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

10 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex11 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

13 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

14 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri15 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra16 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re17 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

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

19 submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 

20 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

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

22 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con23 ference for the fiscal year 2008 Appropriations Act. 

24 SEC. 715. None of the funds made available by this 

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


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1 Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 

2 and enhancement of program delivery have been deter3 mined. 

4 SEC. 716. In addition to amounts otherwise appro5 priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is ap6 propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

7 Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres8 sional Hunger Center. 

9 SEC. 717. There is hereby appropriated $250,000 for 

10 a grant to the National Sheep Industry Improvement Cen11 ter, to remain available until expended. 

12 SEC. 718. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

15 up to 30 percent of the amount provided to carry out a 

16 competitive grants program under the same terms and 

17 conditions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricul18 tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 

19 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 

20 SEC. 719. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

21 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

22 or administer the program authorized by section 14(h)(1) 

23 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

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


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1 SEC. 720. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

2 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

3 or administer the calendar year 2007 wetlands reserve 

4 program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837 in excess of 

5 144,776 acres. 

6 SEC. 721. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

7 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

8 or administer an environmental quality incentives program 

9 authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the 

10 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) 

11 in excess of $1,087,000,000. 

12 SEC. 722. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

13 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

14 or administer a program authorized by section 601(j)(1) 

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

16 950bb(j)(1)). 

17 SEC. 723. None of the funds made available in fiscal 

18 year 2006 or preceding fiscal years for programs author19 ized under the Agricultural Trade Development and As20 sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess 

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

22 Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities 

23 under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humani24 tarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any 

25 such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity 


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1 Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 

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

3 Act. 

4 SEC. 724. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

5 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

6 or administer a program authorized by section 6401 of 

7 Public Law 107–171, in excess of $28,000,000. 

8 SEC. 725. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) 

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

10 940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 

11 Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, 

12 structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not 

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

14 term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail15 able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under 

16 that section. 

17 SEC. 726. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

18 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

19 or administer a conservation security program authorized 

20 by 16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq., in excess of $280,173,000. 

21 SEC. 727. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

22 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

23 or administer a program authorized by section 2502 of 

24 Public Law 107–171, in excess of $55,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 728. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

2 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

3 or administer a program authorized by section 2503 of 

4 Public Law 107–171, in excess of $50,000,000. 

5 SEC. 729. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

6 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

7 or administer a ground and surface water conservation 

8 program authorized by section 2301 of Public Law 107– 

9 171, in excess of $51,000,000. 

10 SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

13 for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 

14 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 

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

16 40541). 

17 SEC. 731. Funds made available under section 1240I 

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

19 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex20 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

21 year, and are not available for new obligations. Funds 

22 made available under section 524(b) of the Federal Crop 

23 Insurance Act, 7 U.S.C. 1524(b), in fiscal years 2004, 

24 2005, and 2006 shall remain available until expended to 

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1 2006, respectively, and are not available for new obliga2 tions. 

3 SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, Rural Development shall provide grants from funds 

5 available for the Rural Community Advancement Program 

6 for the Ohio Livestock Expo Center in Springfield, Ohio, 

7 in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000. 

8 SEC. 733. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

9 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

10 or administer an agricultural management assistance pro11 gram authorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insur12 ance Act, in excess of $6,000,000 (7 U.S.C. 1524). 

13 SEC. 734. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

14 be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement 

15 any regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertifi16 cation of rural status for each electric and telecommuni17 cations borrower for the Rural Electrification and Tele18 communication Loans program. 

19 SEC. 735. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

21 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre22 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

23 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti24 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 


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1 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

2 funded by that executive branch agency. 

3 SEC. 736. In addition to other amounts appropriated 

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

5 appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $15,600,000, 

6 of which not to exceed 5 percent may be available for ad7 ministrative expenses, to remain available until expended, 

8 to make specialty crop block grants under section 101 of 

9 the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public 

10 Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

11 SEC. 737. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 

12 expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 

13 or administer a program authorized by section 

14 18(g)(6)(B)(i) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

15 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(6)(B)(i)). 

16 SEC. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, there is hereby appropriated $25,000,000, of which 

18 not to exceed 5 percent may be available for administrative 

19 expenses, to carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. 

20 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g) 

21 in each State and on Indian reservations. 

22 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

25 specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a 


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1 competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri2 culture, including support personnel of the Department of 

3 Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 

4 programs. 

5 SEC. 740. Of the unobligated balances under section 

6 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $9,900,000 are hereby 

7 rescinded. 

8 SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay sala10 ries and expenses of personnel who implement or admin11 ister section 508(e)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 

12 (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(3)) or any regulation, bulletin, policy 

13 or agency guidance issued pursuant to section 508(e)(3) 

14 of such Act for the 2007 and the 2008 reinsurance years, 

15 except that funds are available to administer section 

16 508(e)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act for policies 

17 in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 742. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act may be used— 

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

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

22 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for 

23 any voting member of an advisory committee or 

24 panel of the Food and Drug Administration; or 


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1 (2) to make a certification under section 

2 208(b)(3) of title 18, United States Code, for any 

3 such voting member. 

4 SEC. 743. Section 739 of the Agriculture, Rural De5 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

6 Agencies Appropriation Act, 2001 (H.R. 5426 as enacted 

7 by Public Law 106–387, 115 Stat. 1549A–34) is amended 

8 by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘3 percent’’. 

9 SEC. 744. Of the unobligated balances available in 

10 the High Energy Cost Grants account, $25,265,000 is 

11 hereby rescinded. 

12 SEC. 745. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, for the purposes of title V of the Housing Act of 1949 

14 (42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture 

15 shall consider the City of Atascadero, California, the City 

16 of Paso Robles, California, the City of Freeport, Illinois, 

17 and Kitsap County (except the City of Bremerton), Wash18 ington, as meeting the requirements of a rural area con19 tained in section 520 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490) until 

20 the receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010. 

21 SEC. 746. Of the appropriations available for pay22 ments for the nutrition and family education program for 

23 low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever 

24 Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d)), if the payment allocation pursuant 

25 to section 1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, 


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1 Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

2 3175(c)) would be less than $100,000 for any institution 

3 eligible under section 3(d)(2) of the Smith-Lever Act, the 

4 Secretary shall adjust payment allocations under section 

5 1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 

6 and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to ensure that each insti7 tution receives a payment of not less than $100,000. 

8 SEC. 747. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used to implement the final rule published by 

10 the Secretary of Agriculture on April 24, 2006, amending 

11 part 381 of title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations to 

12 add the People’s Republic of China to the list of countries 

13 eligible to export poultry products to the United States. 

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

15 Act may be used to prohibit the use of non-government 

16 electronic certification forms that verify properly certified 

17 results of equine infectious anemia testing for the purpose 

18 of interstate or international shipment of tested animals. 

19 SEC. 749. (a) Section 1307(a)(6) of the Farm Secu20 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

21 7957(a)(6)) is amended— 

22 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘2006’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘2007’’; and 

24 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘2007’’ 

25 and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 


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1 (b) The authority provided by section 1307(a)(6) of 

2 the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

3 U.S.C. 7957(a)(6)), as amended by subsection (a), shall 

4 terminate beginning with the 2008 crop of peanuts, and 

5 shall be considered to have terminated notwithstanding 

6 section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def7 icit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907). 

8 SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 

10 Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed11 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi12 vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 

13 within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole14 salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 

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

16 SEC. 751. The Secretary of Health and Human Serv17 ices may require the holder of an approved application for 

18 a drug under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

19 Cosmetic Act to conduct one or more studies to confirm 

20 or refute an empirical or theoretical hypothesis of a sig21 nificant safety issue with the drug (whether raised with 

22 respect to the product directly or with respect to the class 

23 of the product) that has been identified by the Secretary. 

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1 actment of this Act as a condition of the approval of an 

2 application under such section), the Secretary may, after 

3 notice and an opportunity for a hearing, consider the drug 

4 to be misbranded under section 502 of the Federal Food, 

5 Drug, and Cosmetic Act. 

6 SEC. 752. Section 1502(c)(3) of the Farm Security 

7 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7982(c)(3)) 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara10 graph (A); 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘August 

12 31, 2007, 34 percent; and’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep13 tember 30, 2007, 34 percent.’’; and 

14 (3) by striking subparagraph (C). 

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De16 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

17 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 255 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5384 

[Report No. 109

–463] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Detember 30, 2007, and for other purposes. Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

MAY 12, 2006 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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