Calendar No. 477 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 5384 

[Report No. 109–266] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 24, 2006 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 22, 2006 

Reported by MR. BENNETT, with an amendment 

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

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 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 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
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1 ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, 

2 namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

9 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep10 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

11 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

12 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

13 CHIEF ECONOMIST

14 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in15 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 

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

17 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

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

19 $11,226,000. 

20 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

21 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi22 sion, $14,795,000. 

23 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

25 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 (reduced 

13 by $5,000,000) (reduced by $25,576,000), of which 

14 $4,494,127 (reduced by $1,666,523) is for rural develop15 ment-related activities, $14,494,273 (reduced by 

16 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,374,803) is for Natural Re17 source Conservation Service-related activities, and 

18 $49,982,600 (reduced by $18,534,674) is for Farm Serv19 ice Agency-related activities, to remain available until ex20 pended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared informa21 tion technology systems, including services as authorized 

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

23 That obligation of these funds shall be consistent with the 

24 Department of Agriculture Service Center Modernization 

25 Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be with the 
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1 concurrence of the Department’s Chief Information Offi2 cer: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 

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

4 to acquire fourband digital color infrared imagery of the 

5 entire State of New Mexico. 

6 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi8 nancial Officer, $5,991,000: Provided, That no funds 

9 made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 

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

11 has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

12 both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Govern13 ment Reform of the House of Representatives a report on 

14 the Department’s contracting out policies, including agen15 cy budgets for contracting out. 

16 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

17 RIGHTS

18 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

20 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

22 $22,650,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

5 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

6 PAYMENTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu9 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

10 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis11 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri12 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 

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

14 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

15 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con16 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

17 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im18 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili19 ties, and for related costs, $209,814,000 (reduced by 

20 $3,145,000), to remain available until expended, of which 

21 $155,851,000 shall be available for payments to the Gen22 eral Services Administration for rent and the Department 

23 of Homeland Security for building security: Provided, 

24 That amounts which are made available for space rental 

25 and related costs for the Department of Agriculture in this 
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1 Act may be transferred between such appropriations to 

2 cover the costs of additional, new, or replacement space 

3 15 days after notice thereof is transmitted to the Appro4 priations Committees of both Houses of Congress. 

5 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri8 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

10 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

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

12 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 

13 and funds available herein to the Department for Haz14 ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 

15 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re16 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 

17 non-Federal lands. 

18 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

21 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

22 services to offices of the Department and for general ad23 ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

24 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro25 vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 
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1 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

2 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

3 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

4 required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 

5 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

6 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

9 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 

10 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro11 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 

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

13 these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart14 ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per15 sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 

16 made available by this appropriation may be obligated 

17 after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, un18 less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro19 priations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 

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

21 other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 

22 shall be available to the Department for support of activi23 ties of congressional relations. 
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1 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

3 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

4 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

5 coordination of information, work, and programs author6 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,695,000: Pro7 vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 

8 farmers’ bulletins. 

9 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

11 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

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

13 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange14 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

16 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden17 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform18 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

20 of Public Law 97–98. 

21 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

23 Counsel, $40,455,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

2 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

3 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

4 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco5 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

6 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul7 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 

8 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex9 tension Service, $651,000. 

10 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

11 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

12 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, 

13 $80,963,000. 

14 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

15 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

16 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 

17 service work, $148,719,000 (reduced by $500,000), of 

18 which up to $36,582,000 shall be available until expended 

19 for the Census of Agriculture. 

20 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re23 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem24 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 

25 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco-
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1 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui2 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in3 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex4 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 

5 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 

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

7 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 

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

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

10 $2,350,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro11 vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 

12 the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur13 chase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided 

14 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

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

16 and repair of buildings and improvements, but unless oth17 erwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 

18 shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or green19 houses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and ex20 cept for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a 

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

22 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

23 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build24 ing or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, 

25 That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act 
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1 shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 

2 facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That 

3 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

4 easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: 

5 Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not 

6 apply to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the 

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

8 That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the pur9 chase of land at Florence, South Carolina: Provided fur10 ther, That funds may be received from any State, other 

11 political subdivision, organization, or individual for the 

12 purpose of establishing or operating any research facility 

13 or research project of the Agricultural Research Service, 

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

15 through the Agricultural Research Service, or successor, 

16 is authorized to lease approximately 40 acres of land at 

17 the Central Plains Experiment Station, Nunn, Colorado, 

18 to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State Univer19 sity System, for its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field 

20 Station, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 

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

22 Secretary understands that it is the intent of the Univer23 sity to construct research and educational buildings on the 

24 subject acreage and to conduct agricultural research and 

25 educational activities in these buildings: Provided further, 
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1 That as consideration for a lease, the Secretary may ac2 cept the benefits of mutual cooperative research to be con3 ducted by the Colorado State University and the Govern4 ment at the Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station: 

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

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

7 the option of the Secretary on such terms and conditions 

8 as the Secretary deems in the public interest: Provided 

9 further, That the Agricultural Research Service may con10 vey all rights and title of the United States, to a parcel 

11 of land comprising 19 acres, more or less, located in Sec12 tion 2, Township 18 North, Range 14 East in Oktibbeha 

13 County, Mississippi, originally conveyed by the Board of 

14 Trustees of the Institution of Higher Learning of the 

15 State of Mississippi, and described in instruments re16 corded in Deed Book 306 at pages 553–554, Deed Book 

17 319 at page 219, and Deed Book 33 at page 115, of the 

18 public land records of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, in19 cluding facilities, and fixed equipment, to the Mississippi 

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

21 condition, when vacated by the Agricultural Research 

22 Service: Provided further, That none of the funds appro23 priated under this heading shall be available to carry out 

24 research related to the production, processing, or mar25 keting of tobacco or tobacco products. 
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1 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

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

5 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

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

7 available until expended. 

8 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

9 EXTENSION SERVICE

10 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

11 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

12 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

13 for other expenses, $651,606,000 (reduced by $100,000), 

14 as follows: to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act 

15 of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $183,275,000; for grants for 

16 cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a– 

17 7), $22,668,000; for payments to the 1890 land-grant col18 leges, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 

19 State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $38,331,000, of which 

20 $1,507,496 shall be made available only for the purpose 

21 of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less than 

22 $1,000,000; for special grants for agricultural research (7 

23 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $103,471,000; for special grants for agri24 cultural research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 

25 450i(c)), $14,952,000; for competitive research grants (7 
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1 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $190,000,000 (reduced by $800,000) (re2 duced by $200,000); for the support of animal health and 

3 disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,006,000; for sup4 plemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 

5 3319d), $1,175,000; for grants for research pursuant to 

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

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

8 the 1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions 

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

10 301 note), $1,250,000, to remain available until expended; 

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

12 $1,000,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 

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

14 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher edu15 cation challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 

16 $5,445,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 

17 program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $988,000 to remain avail18 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 

19 grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 

20 U.S.C. 3241), $5,940,000 (increased by $700,000); for a 

21 secondary agriculture education program and 2-year post22 secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $990,000; for 

23 aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,956,000; for sus24 tainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 

25 5811), $12,196,000; for a program of capacity building 
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1 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive 

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

3 326 and 328), including Tuskegee University and West 

4 Virginia State University, $12,375,000, to remain avail5 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 

6 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public 

7 Law 103–382, $3,000,000; for resident instruction grants 

8 for insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agri9 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

10 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $500,000 (increased by $200,000); 

11 and for necessary expenses of Research and Education Ac12 tivities, $39,542,000, of which $2,723,000 for the Re13 search, Education, and Economics Information System 

14 and $2,151,000 for the Electronic Grants Information 

15 System, are to remain available until expended: Provided, 

16 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

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

19 products: Provided further, That this paragraph shall not 

20 apply to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, 

21 and industrial uses of tobacco. 

22 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

23 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

25 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

2 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

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

5 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

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

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

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

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

10 extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith11 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 

12 the nutrition and family education program for low-income 

13 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,634,000; pay14 ments for the pest management program under section 

15 3(d) of the Act, $10,152,000; payments for the farm safe16 ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,517,000; 

17 payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under 

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

19 research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 

20 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 

21 West Virginia State University, as authorized by section 

22 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), 

23 $16,777,000, to remain available until expended; pay24 ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 

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

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

3 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 

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

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

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

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

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

9 $4,067,000; payments for rural health and safety edu10 cation as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92– 

11 419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,945,000; payments for cooper12 ative extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits 

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

14 and Tuskegee University and West Virginia State Univer15 sity, $34,073,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made 

16 available only for the purpose of ensuring that each insti17 tution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for grants 

18 to youth organizations pursuant to section 7630 of title 

19 7, United States Code, $2,000,000; and for necessary ex20 penses of Extension Activities, $18,248,000. 

21 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

22 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

23 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex24 penses, $55,234,000 (increased by $3,145,000), as fol25 lows: for competitive grants programs authorized under 

26 section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
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1 Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), 

2 $45,792,000, including $11,278,000 for the water quality 

3 program, $12,997,000 for the food safety program, 

4 $3,890,000 for the regional pest management centers pro5 gram, $4,219,000 for the Food Quality Protection Act 

6 risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 

7 $1,275,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protec8 tion Act implementation, $3,075,000 for the methyl bro9 mide transition program, and $1,855,000 (increased by 

10 $3,145,000) for the organic transition program; for a 

11 competitive international science and education grants 

12 program authorized under section 1459A of the National 

13 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 

14 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain available until 

15 expended, $990,000; for grants programs authorized 

16 under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as 

17 amended, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 

18 30, 2008 for the critical issues program; and $1,378,000, 

19 for the regional rural development centers program; 

20 $2,277,000 for asian soybean rust; and $11,000,000 for 

21 the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized 

22 under section 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, 

23 Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available 

24 until September 30, 2008. 
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1 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 

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

4 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $6,930,000 (increased by 

5 $100,000), to remain available until expended. 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

7 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

9 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro10 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 

11 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

12 Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 

13 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; 

14 $741,000. 

15 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

19 to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and ani20 mal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and reg21 ulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as au22 thorized by law, $898,116,000 (increased by $23,000,000) 

23 (increased by $500,000), of which $4,127,000 shall be 

24 available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis25 eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 

26 birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency condi-
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1 tions; of which $40,269,000 shall be used for the Cotton 

2 Pests program for cost share purposes or for debt retire3 ment for active eradication zones; of which $33,107,000 

4 shall be available for a National Animal Identification pro5 gram; of which $47,205,000 shall be used to conduct a 

6 surveillance and preparedness program for highly patho7 genic avian influenza: Provided, That no funds shall be 

8 used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 

9 program for the current fiscal year that does not require 

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

11 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

12 under this heading for the National Animal Identification 

13 program may be obligated until the Committee on Appro14 priations of the House of Representatives receives from 

15 the Secretary a complete and detailed plan for the Na16 tional Animal Identification System, including, but not 

17 limited to, proposed legislative changes, cost estimates, 

18 and means of program evaluation, and such plan is pub19 lished as an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in 

20 the Federal Register for comment by interested parties: 

21 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

22 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur23 chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for re24 placement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 

25 emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricul-
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1 tural production industry of this country, the Secretary 

2 may transfer from other appropriations or funds available 

3 to the agencies or corporations of the Department such 

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

5 in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con6 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 

7 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 

8 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act 

9 (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of 

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

11 any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 

12 emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 

13 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, 

14 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 

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

16 leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 

17 provided the cost of altering any one building during the 

18 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current re19 placement value of the building. 

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

21 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist22 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

23 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

24 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

25 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 
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1 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 

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

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

4 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro5 viding such assistance, goods, or services. 

6 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

7 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte8 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al9 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

11 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $5,946,000, to remain avail12 able until expended. 

13 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

14 MARKETING SERVICES

15 For necessary expenses to carry out services related 

16 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis17 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au18 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination 

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

20 the wholesale market development program for the design 

21 and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities 

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

23 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

24 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

25 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
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1 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

2 the current replacement value of the building. 

3 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

5 U.S.C. 9701). 

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

8 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra9 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

11 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

13 Congress. 

14 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

15 SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au18 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com19 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

20 related operating expenses, including not less than 

21 $9,900,000 for replacement of a system to support com22 modity purchases, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart23 ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 

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

25 in this Act; and (3) not more than $16,425,000 for formu26 lation and administration of marketing agreements and 
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1 orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 

2 Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

3 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

4 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

5 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

6 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul7 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

8 $1,334,000. 

9 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin14 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying 

15 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products, 

16 and the standardization activities related to grain under 

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

18 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu19 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

20 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

21 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

22 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build23 ing. 
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1 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 EXPENSES

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

4 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

5 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac6 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

7 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

8 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

12 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the 

13 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In14 spection Service, $656,000. 

15 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

16 For necessary expenses to carry out services author17 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

18 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

20 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

22 $853,249,000, of which no less than $766,290,000 shall 

23 be available for Federal food safety and inspection; and 

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

25 from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation 
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1 as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, 

2 Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Pro3 vided, That of the total amount made available under this 

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

5 regulatory and scientific training: Provided further, That 

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

7 sample receiving facility at the Russell Research Center 

8 in Athens, Georgia: Provided further, That this appropria9 tion shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) 

10 for the alteration and repair of buildings and improve11 ments, but the cost of altering any one building during 

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

13 replacement value of the building. 

14 FARM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

16 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

17 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

18 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 

19 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for 

20 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv21 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 

22 Credit Corporation, $691,000. 
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1 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis5 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

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

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

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

9 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro10 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 

11 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

12 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac13 count: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

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

15 expenses of any officer or employee of the Department of 

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

17 Service Agency unless the Secretary of Agriculture, not 

18 later than 30 days before the date on which the Secretary 

19 proposed the closure, holds a public meeting about the 

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

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

22 than 120 days before the date on which the Secretary ap23 proves the closure, notifies the Committee on Agriculture 

24 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

25 Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri26 tion, and Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations 
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1 of the Senate, and the members of Congress from the 

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

3 proposed closure. 

4 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

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

7 5106), $4,208,000. 

8 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

9 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

10 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

12 $3,713,000, to remain available until expended. 

13 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

16 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

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

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

20 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri21 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra22 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 

23 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
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1 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

7 tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll wee8 vil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in 

9 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 

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

11 $1,200,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

12 loans and $222,750,000 shall be for direct loans; oper13 ating loans, $2,065,754,000, of which $1,150,000,000 

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

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

16 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 

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

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

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

20 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

21 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

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

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

26 loans; operating loans, $131,046,000, of which 
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1 $28,405,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

2 $27,416,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 

3 $75,225,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land 

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

5 program loans, $1,129,000. 

6 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

7 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

8 $315,258,000, of which $307,338,000 shall be transferred 

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

10 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

11 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

12 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership 

13 and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 

14 transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

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

17 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 

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

19 the salaries and expenses of personnel to collect from the 

20 lender an annual fee on unsubsidized guaranteed oper21 ating loans, a guarantee fee of more than one percent of 

22 the principal obligation of guaranteed unsubsidized oper23 ating or ownership loans, or a guarantee fee on subsidized 

24 guaranteed operating loans administered by the Farm 

25 Service Agency. 
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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

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

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

5 $77,197,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

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

8 CORPORATIONS 

9 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

10 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

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

13 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

14 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

15 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

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

19 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

20 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

17 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

18 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

20 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

21 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

22 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

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

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

2 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

4 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

8 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva9 tion Service, $810,000 (reduced by $810,000). 

10 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

11 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

21 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

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

3 $791,498,000, to remain available until March 31, 2008, 

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

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

6 operation and establishment of the plant materials cen7 ters, and of which not less than $27,225,000 shall be for 

8 the grazing lands conservation initiative: Provided, That 

9 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

10 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build11 ings and public improvements at plant materials centers, 

12 except that the cost of alterations and improvements to 

13 other buildings and other public improvements shall not 

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

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

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

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

18 shall be available for technical assistance and related ex19 penses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c) 

20 of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

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

22 qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at 

23 per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of 

24 the Service. 
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1 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

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

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

7 $6,022,000. 

8 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

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

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

13 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

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

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

16 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re17 lating to the activities of the Department, $40,000,000, 

18 to remain available until expended; of which up to 

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

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

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

24 this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes 

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

26 205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated by 
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1 that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to 

2 other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite 

3 project construction. 

4 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

6 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

7 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

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

9 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

10 $31,245,000, to remain available until expended. 

11 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

12 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

13 projects for resource conservation and development and 

14 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

15 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 

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

17 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of 

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

19 3461), $50,787,000, to remain available until expended: 

20 Provided, That the Secretary shall enter into a cooperative 

21 or contribution agreement, within 45 days of enactment 

22 of this Act, with a national association regarding a Re23 source Conservation and Development program and such 

24 agreement shall contain the same matching, contribution 

25 requirements, and funding level, set forth in a similar co26 operative or contribution agreement with a national asso-
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1 ciation in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not to 

2 exceed $3,411,000 shall be available for national head3 quarters activities. 

4 TITLE III 

5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

7 DEVELOPMENT

8 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

9 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer 

10 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

11 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 

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

13 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

17 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N 

18 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

19 $699,893,000 (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 

20 $1,500,000) (reduced by $1,500,000), to remain available 

21 until expended, of which $49,477,000 (increased by 

22 $5,000,000) shall be for rural community programs de23 scribed 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 

26 such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail-
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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 

25 grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 
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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 

26 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $335,400,000, 
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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 

25 market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid 
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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 Congress 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 

26 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $9,913,000, of 
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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, 

25 $246,666,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306 
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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 

25 U.S.C. 901 et seq., $10,826,000, to remain available until 
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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 

26 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $13,345,487,000, to 
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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 sec26 tion 17(h)(3)(A): Provided further, That notwithstanding 
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1 section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, only the provisions of 

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

3 be effective in 2007; including $14,000,000 for the pur4 poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and 

5 $20,000,000 for the purposes specified in section 

6 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further, That funds made avail7 able for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) 

8 shall only be made available upon a determination by the 

9 Secretary that funds are available to meet caseload re10 quirements without the use of the contingency reserve 

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

12 available under this heading shall be used for studies and 

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

14 this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses 

15 of WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy 

16 of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out 

17 the program: Provided further, That none of the funds pro18 vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 

19 of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con20 tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 

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

22 the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 

23 not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart24 ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 

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1 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

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

4 $3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 

5 30, 2008, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 

6 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 

7 carry out program operations: Provided, That funds pro8 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 

9 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this 

10 appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 

11 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro12 vided further, That funds made available for Employment 

13 and Training under this heading shall remain available 

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

15 Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

16 section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, any addi17 tional payment received under chapter 5 of title 37, 

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

19 Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone shall 

20 be excluded from household income for the duration of the 

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

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

23 it was not received immediately prior to serving in the 

24 combat zone. 
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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 

25 the SFMNP shall not be considered income or resources 
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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 

26 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $156,486,000: Provided, That the Serv-
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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 

25 amounts provided herein. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

5 SERVICES 

6 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug 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 

25 fiscal year 2008 but collected in fiscal year 2007; 
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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, 

25 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
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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: 

25 Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to 
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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 

24 Extension Service that exceed 22 percent of total Federal 

25 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
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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 

25 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
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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; 

24 or 
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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 

25 disburse obligations made in fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 
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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. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 

21 Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed22 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi23 vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 

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

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

3 SEC. 750. The limitation in section 721 shall not 

4 apply below a program level of $1,127,000,000. 

5 SEC. 751. None of the funds provided by this Act 

6 for the Agricultural Research Service may be obligated or 

7 expended to reprogram programs and resources currently 

8 operating at Lane, Oklahoma. 

9 SEC. 752. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act shall be used in contravention of the Federal buildings 

11 performance and reporting requirements of Executive 

12 Order No. 13123, the National Energy Conservation Pol13 icy Act, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 

14 SEC. 753. Not more than $3,600,000 of the funds 

15 made available in this Act under section 522(e) of the 

16 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be 

17 used for program compliance integrity under section 515 

18 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1515). 

19 SEC. 754. None of the funds made available in this 

20 Act may be used in contravention of section 303 of the 

21 Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212). 

22 SEC. 755. Of the total amount made available in title 

23 VI in the first undesignated paragraph under the heading 

24 ‘‘FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION—SALARIES AND EX25 PENSES’’, $1,000,000 is available to the Center for Veteri-
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1 nary Medicine for application review activities to assure 

2 the safety of animal drugs with respect to antimicrobial 

3 resistance, pursuant to section 512 of the Federal Food, 

4 Drug and Cosmetic Act, in addition to all other allocations 

5 for such purpose made from such total amount. 

6 SEC. 756. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend8 ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart9 ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 

10 the United States. 

11 SEC. 757. None of the funds provided under the 

12 heading ‘‘TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS13 -FOOD STAMP PROGRAM’’ shall be expended in contraven14 tion of section 213a of the Immigration and Nationality 

15 Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a). 

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

18 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

19 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

20 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag21 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra22 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year end23 ing September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

3 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

4 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

6 of Agriculture, $10,515,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

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

9 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

10 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

11 CHIEF ECONOMIST

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

15 Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricul16 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $11,226,000. 

17 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

18 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi19 sion, $14,795,000. 

20 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro22 gram Analysis, $8,479,000. 

23 HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

24 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

25 Staff, $954,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor3 mation Officer, $16,936,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan6 cial Officer, $11,667,000, of which $5,676,000 shall be 

7 available until expended: Provided, That no funds made 

8 available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR 

9 Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary has sub10 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

11 of Congress a report on the Department’s contracting out 

12 policies, including agency budgets for contracting out. 

13 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

14 RIGHTS

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

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

17 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

20 $22,650,000. 

21 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

22 ADMINISTRATION

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

24 Assistant Secretary for Administration, $681,000. 
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1 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

2 PAYMENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

6 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 

7 of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 

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

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

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

15 costs, $209,814,000, to remain available until expended, of 

16 which $155,851,000 shall be available for payments to the 

17 General Services Administration for rent and the Depart18 ment of Homeland Security for building security: Provided, 

19 That amounts which are made available for space rental 

20 and related costs for the Department of Agriculture in this 

21 Act may be transferred between such appropriations to 

22 cover the costs of additional, new, or replacement space 15 

23 days after notice thereof is transmitted to the Appropria24 tions Committees of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $12,020,000, to remain avail8 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

9 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

10 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

11 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

13 lands. 

14 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

17 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

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

21 and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the 

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

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

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

5 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 

6 the programs funded by this Act, including programs in7 volving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the ex8 ecutive branch, $3,830,000: Provided, That these funds may 

9 be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

10 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

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

12 this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the 

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

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

16 Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the 

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

19 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

20 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

21 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

22 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

23 coordination of information, work, and programs author24 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,695,000: Provided, 
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1 That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bul2 letins. 

3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

5 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

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

7 may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements 

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

12 be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 

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

14 Law 97–98. 

15 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

17 Counsel, $40,647,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

19 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics 

22 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Eco23 nomic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statis24 tics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Co-
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1 operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv2 ice, $605,000. 

3 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv5 ice in conducting economic research and analysis, 

6 $75,963,000. 

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 econom19 ics or nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition, 

20 preservation, and dissemination of agricultural informa21 tion; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 

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

23 land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 

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

25 grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 
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1 of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 

2 $1,127,553,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 

3 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air4 craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 

5 only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 

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

7 alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

8 unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 

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

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

11 and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved 

12 at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of alter13 ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

14 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building 

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

16 the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 

17 not apply to modernization or replacement of existing fa18 cilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That ap19 propriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease20 ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Pro21 vided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 

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

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

24 the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase 

25 of land at Florence, South Carolina: Provided further, That 
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1 funds may be received from any State, other political sub2 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es3 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

4 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

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

6 Agricultural Research Service, or successor, is authorized 

7 to lease approximately 40 acres of land at the Central 

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

9 of Governors of the Colorado State University System, for 

10 its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station, on such 

11 terms and conditions as the Secretary deems in the public 

12 interest: Provided further, That the Secretary understands 

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

14 and educational buildings on the subject acreage and to con15 duct agricultural research and educational activities in 

16 these buildings: Provided further, That as consideration for 

17 a lease, the Secretary may accept the benefits of mutual co18 operative research to be conducted by the Colorado State 

19 University and the Government at the Shortgrass Steppe 

20 Biological Field Station: Provided further, That the term 

21 of any lease shall be for no more than 20 years, but a lease 

22 may be renewed at the option of the Secretary on such terms 

23 and conditions as the Secretary deems in the public inter24 est: Provided further, That the Agricultural Research Serv25 ice may convey all rights and title of the United States, 
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1 to a parcel of land comprising 19 acres, more or less, located 

2 in Section 2, Township 18 North, Range 14 East in 

3 Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, originally conveyed by the 

4 Board of Trustees of the Institution of Higher Learning of 

5 the State of Mississippi, and described in instruments re6 corded in Deed Book 306 at pages 553–554, Deed Book 319 

7 at page 219, and Deed Book 33 at page 115, of the public 

8 land records of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, including 

9 facilities, and fixed equipment, to the Mississippi State 

10 University, Starkville, Mississippi, in their ‘‘as is’’ condi11 tion, when vacated by the Agricultural Research Service: 

12 Provided further, That hereafter none of the funds appro13 priated under this heading shall be available to carry out 

14 research related to the production, processing, or marketing 

15 of tobacco or tobacco products. 

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

17 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve18 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip19 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

20 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where 

21 not otherwise provided, $83,400,000, to remain available 

22 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, $678,089,000, as follows: to carry out 

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

8 i), $185,817,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 

9 (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $23,318,000; for payments 

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

12 $39,076,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 

13 only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 

14 receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for agri15 cultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $119,341,000; for spe16 cial grants for agricultural research on improved pest con17 trol (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,650,000; for competitive re18 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $190,229,000; for the sup19 port of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 

20 3195), $5,006,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 

21 and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $825,000; for grants for re22 search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act 

23 (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,091,000, to remain available until 

24 expended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994 

25 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103– 
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1 382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $2,058,000, to remain available 

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

3 3333), $990,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 

4 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,701,000, to remain avail5 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a veterinary med6 icine loan repayment program pursuant to section 1415A 

7 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

8 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), 

9 $750,000, to remain available until expended; for higher 

10 education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 

11 $5,423,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 

12 program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $988,000, to remain avail13 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 

14 grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 

15 3241), $6,237,000; for noncompetitive grants for the pur16 pose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 

17 759 of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible institu18 tions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in 

19 Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States 

20 of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,218,000; for a secondary agri21 culture education program and 2-year post-secondary edu22 cation (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $990,000; for aquaculture grants 

23 (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,928,000; for sustainable agriculture re24 search and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,276,000; for a 

25 program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) 
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1 to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 

2 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee 

3 University and West Virginia State University, 

4 $12,375,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 

5 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to 

6 section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $4,456,000; and 

7 for necessary expenses of Research and Education Activi8 ties, $41,346,000, of which $2,723,000 for the Research, 

9 Education, and Economics Information System and 

10 $2,151,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, 

11 are to remain available until expended: Provided, That 

12 hereafter none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

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

15 products: Provided further, That hereafter this paragraph 

16 shall not apply to research on the medical, biotechnological, 

17 food, and industrial uses of tobacco. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

19 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

22 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

23 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

24 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North25 ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $467,102,000, as fol26 lows: payments for cooperative extension work under the 
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1 Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 

2 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law 

3 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs 

4 for extension agents, $286,622,000; payments for extension 

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

6 (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,402,000; payments for the nutri7 tion and family education program for low-income areas 

8 under section 3(d) of the Act, $63,538,000; payments for 

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

10 $9,860,000; payments for the farm safety program under 

11 section 3(d) of the Act, $4,517,000; payments for New Tech12 nologies for Ag Extension under Section 3(d) of the Act, 

13 $1,985,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and 

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

15 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 

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

17 U.S.C. 3222b), $16,609,000, to remain available until ex18 pended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 

19 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,651,000; for youth farm 

20 safety education and certification extension grants, to be 

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

22 $440,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 

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

24 1671 et seq.), $4,220,000; payments for federally-recognized 

25 Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith- 
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1 Lever Act, $1,976,000; payments for sustainable agriculture 

2 programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,026,000; pay3 ments for rural health and safety education as authorized 

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

5 $1,946,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the 

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

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

8 West Virginia State University, $35,205,000, of which 

9 $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the purpose of 

10 ensuring that each institution shall receive no less than 

11 $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 

12 section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, $1,980,000; and 

13 for necessary expenses of Extension Activities, $23,125,000. 

14 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

15 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

16 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex17 penses, $58,704,000, as follows: for competitive grants pro18 grams authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Re19 search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 

20 U.S.C. 7626), $43,369,000, including $12,738,000 for the 

21 water quality program, $14,699,000 for the food safety pro22 gram, $4,125,000 for the regional pest management centers 

23 program, $4,419,000 for the Food Quality Protection Act 

24 risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 

25 $1,375,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection 

26 Act implementation, $3,075,000 for the methyl bromide 
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1 transition program, and $1,948,000 for the organic transi2 tion program; for a competitive international science and 

3 education grants program authorized under section 1459A 

4 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

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

6 available until expended, $990,000; for grants programs au7 thorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as 

8 amended, $737,000, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2008 for the critical issues program; and $1,321,000 

10 for the regional rural development centers program; 

11 $2,277,000 for asian soybean rust; and $11,000,000 for the 

12 Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under 

13 section 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten14 sion, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2008. 

16 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

17 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of 

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

19 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,940,000, to remain available until ex20 pended. 

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

22 REGULATORY PROGRAMS

23 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

24 Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs 

25 to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con26 gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; 
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1 the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec2 tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $731,000. 

3 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 

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

8 diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu9 latory activities; and to protect the environment, as author10 ized by law, $900,423,000, of which $4,127,000 shall be 

11 available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis12 eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 

13 birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; 

14 of which $38,200,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi15 cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retire16 ment for active eradication zones; of which $33,107,000 

17 shall be available for a National Animal Identification pro18 gram; of which $56,730,000 shall be used to conduct a sur19 veillance and preparedness program for highly pathogenic 

20 avian influenza: Provided, That no funds shall be used to 

21 formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program 

22 for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 

23 matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided fur24 ther, That this appropriation shall be available for the oper25 ation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not 

26 to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only: 
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1 Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which 

2 threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus3 try of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 

4 appropriations or funds available to the agencies or cor5 porations of the Department such sums as may be deemed 

6 necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

7 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

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

9 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal 

10 Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sec11 tions 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 

12 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds 

13 transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding 

14 fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: 

15 Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

16 available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair 

17 and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but 

18 unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one build19 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

20 the current replacement value of the building. 

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

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

23 goods, or services requested by States, other political sub24 divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 

25 governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 
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1 structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 

2 reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv3 ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 

4 be credited to this account, to remain available until ex5 pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 

6 assistance, goods, or services. 

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte9 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al10 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

12 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $5,946,000, to remain avail13 able until expended. 

14 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

15 MARKETING SERVICES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 

17 consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu18 tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author19 ized by law, and for administration and coordination of 

20 payments to States, $71,170,000, including funds for the 

21 wholesale market development program for the design and 

22 development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for 

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

24 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

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

26 improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
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1 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur2 rent replacement value of the building. 

3 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

5 U.S.C. 9701). 

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

8 obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 

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

10 or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 

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

12 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

13 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

14 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 

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

18 program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 

19 operating expenses, including not less than $10,000,000 for 

20 replacement of a system to support commodity purchases, 

21 except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as 

22 authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; 

23 (2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not 

24 more than $16,425,000 for formulation and administration 

25 of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agri-
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1 cultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricul2 tural Act of 1961. 

3 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

4 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

5 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar6 keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 

7 Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $3,834,000, of 

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

9 grant under this heading. 

10 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

14 the United States Grain Standards Act, for the administra15 tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce16 dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the 

17 standardization activities related to grain under the Agri18 cultural Marketing Act of 1946, $38,737,000: Provided, 

19 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

20 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

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

22 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur23 rent replacement value of the building. 
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1 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

2 EXPENSES

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

4 obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 

5 weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 

6 require additional supervision and oversight, or other un7 controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 

8 by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 

9 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

12 Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws en13 acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 

14 Service, $607,000. 

15 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

16 For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 

17 by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 

18 Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in19 cluding not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 

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

21 August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $865,905,000, of which no 

22 less than $777,189,000 shall be available for Federal food 

23 safety inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred24 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of labora25 tory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
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1 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 

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

3 equivalent positions above the fiscal year 2002 level shall 

4 be employed during fiscal year 2007 for purposes dedicated 

5 solely to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane 

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

7 amount available under this heading, notwithstanding sec8 tion 704 of this Act $3,000,000, available until September 

9 30, 2008, shall be obligated to maintain the Humane Ani10 mal Tracking System as part of the Field Automation and 

11 Information Management System: Provided further, That 

12 of the total amount made available under this heading, no 

13 less than $20,653,000 shall be obligated for regulatory and 

14 scientific training: Provided further, That this appropria15 tion shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 

16 the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, 

17 but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 

18 year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

19 value of the building. 

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

21 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

22 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

23 Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Serv24 ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the 

25 Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the 
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1 Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor2 poration, $640,000. 

3 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis7 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

8 the Farm Service Agency, $1,151,779,000: Provided, That 

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

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

11 Corporation to make program payments for all programs 

12 administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 

13 funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities 

14 may be advanced to and merged with this account. 

15 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

16 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul17 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 

18 $4,208,000. 

19 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

20 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

21 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

23 $3,713,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

4 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

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

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

8 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri9 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra10 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub11 lic Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 

12 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

13 ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

20 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm own21 ership loans, $1,422,750,000, of which $1,200,000,000 shall 

22 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $222,750,000 

23 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $1,941,360,000, 

24 of which $1,025,610,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran25 teed loans, $272,250,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed 

26 loans and $643,500,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian 
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1 tribe land acquisition loans, $3,960,000; and for boll weevil 

2 eradication program loans, $59,400,000: Provided, That the 

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

4 for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

5 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

7 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm owner8 ship loans, $16,293,000, of which $6,960,000 shall be for 

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

10 operating loans, $127,973,000, of which $25,332,000 shall 

11 be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $27,416,000 shall be 

12 for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $75,225,000 shall be 

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

14 $838,000; and boll weevil eradication program loans, 

15 $1,129,000. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

17 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

18 $319,657,000, of which $311,737,000 shall be transferred to 

19 and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

20 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

21 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

22 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and 

23 operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans24 ferred among these programs: Provided, That the Commit25 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are noti-
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1 fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Provided 

2 further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

3 made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries 

4 and expenses of personnel to collect from the lender an an5 nual fee on unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans, a 

6 guarantee fee of more than one percent of the principal obli7 gation of guaranteed unsubsidized operating or ownership 

8 loans, or a guarantee fee on subsidized guaranteed oper9 ating loans administered by the Farm Service Agency. 

10 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

11 For administrative and operating expenses, as author12 ized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reor13 ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $78,477,000: Pro14 vided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may use an 

15 amount not to exceed $3,600,000 of unobligated funds made 

16 available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insur17 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) for program integrity purposes, 

18 including the data mining project: Provided further, That 

19 not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception 

20 and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 

21 1506(i). 

22 CORPORATIONS 

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

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

2 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 

3 as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 

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

6 such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 

7 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

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

10 be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

11 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

12 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

15 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 

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

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

18 the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 

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

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

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

2 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

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

6 maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 

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

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

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

11 FARM STORAGE FACILITY LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 

13 Farm Storage and Sugar Storage Facility Loan Programs, 

14 $4,560,000, to be transferred to and merged with the appro15 priation for Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses. 

16 TITLE II 

17 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

19 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment 

22 to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For23 est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

24 $752,000. 
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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions 

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

5 preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 

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

8 and water management as may be necessary to prevent 

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

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

13 interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 

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

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

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

17 of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 

18 maintenance of aircraft, $835,331,000, to remain available 

19 until September 30, 2008, of which not less than 

20 $10,698,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, and 

21 not less than $10,678,000 is for operation and establishment 

22 of the plant materials centers, and of which not less than 

23 $27,255,000 shall be for the grazing lands conservation ini24 tiative: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

25 available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 
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1 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

2 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

3 and improvements to other buildings and other public im4 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

5 That when buildings or other structures are erected on non6 Federal land, that the right to use such land is obtained 

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

8 appropriation shall be available for technical assistance 

9 and related expenses to carry out programs authorized by 

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

14 work of the Service. 

15 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

16 For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga17 tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water18 ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning, 

19 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

20 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $6,022,000. 

21 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

22 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas23 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op24 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

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

26 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
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1 Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the 

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

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

4 to the activities of the Department, $62,070,000, to remain 

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

6 be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 

7 Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a): Pro8 vided, That not to exceed $30,000,000 of this appropriation 

9 shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, 

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

11 available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe12 cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), including coopera13 tive efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endan14 gered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may 

15 be necessary to expedite project construction. 

16 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

18 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

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

20 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relat21 ing to the activities of the Department, $31,245,000, to re22 main available until expended. 

23 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

24 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

25 projects for resource conservation and development and for 

26 sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 
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1 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 

2 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 

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

4 and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $50,787,000, 

5 to remain available until expended. 

6 HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the Healthy For8 ests Reserve Program authorized under title V of Public 

9 Law 108–148 (16 U.S.C. 6571–6578), $5,000,000, to re10 main available until expended. 

11 TITLE III 

12 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

14 DEVELOPMENT

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

16 Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro17 grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural 

18 Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 

19 and the Rural Utilities Service, $640,000. 

20 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

25 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

26 $714,958,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
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1 $101,764,000 shall be for rural community programs de2 scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 

3 $524,960,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de4 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 

5 such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available 

6 for the rural utilities program described in section 

7 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

8 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

9 described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 

10 $88,234,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 

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

12 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

14 and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native Amer15 ican Tribes, including grants for drinking water and waste 

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

17 which $5,000,000 shall be available for community facilities 

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

19 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 

20 of which $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a quali21 fied national organization to provide technical assistance 

22 for rural transportation in order to promote economic de23 velopment: Provided further, That of the amount appro24 priated for rural community programs, $6,287,000 shall be 

25 available for a Rural Community Development Initiative: 
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1 Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to 

2 develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit com3 munity-based housing and community development organi4 zations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Rec5 ognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to 

6 improve housing, community facilities, community and eco7 nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur8 ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 

9 private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 

10 proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

11 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga12 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

13 including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 

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

15 amount appropriated for the rural business and cooperative 

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

17 available for a grant to a qualified national organization 

18 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

19 order to promote economic development; $2,500,000 shall be 

20 for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 

21 et seq.) for any purpose under this heading, of which not 

22 more than five percent may be used for administrative ex23 penses, including conferences: Provided further, That of the 

24 amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, not to 

25 exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal 
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1 systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mex2 ico border, including grants pursuant to section 306C of 

3 such Act; $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal 

4 systems for rural and native villages in Alaska pursuant 

5 to section 306D of such Act, with up to 2 percent available 

6 to administer the program and/or improve interagency co7 ordination may be transferred to and merged with the ap8 propriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex9 penses’’, of which $100,000 shall be provided to develop a 

10 regional system for centralized billing, operation, and man11 agement of rural water and sewer utilities through regional 

12 cooperatives, of which 25 percent shall be provided for water 

13 and sewer projects in regional hubs, and the State of Alaska 

14 shall provide a 25 percent cost share, and grantees may 

15 use up to 5 percent of grant funds, not to exceed $35,000 

16 per community, for the completion of comprehensive com17 munity safe water plans; not to exceed $19,000,000 shall 

18 be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste 

19 systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless 

20 the Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, of 

21 which $5,600,000 shall be for Rural Community Assistance 

22 Programs and not less than $850,000 shall be for a quali23 fied national Native American organization to provide tech24 nical assistance for rural water systems for tribal commu25 nities; and not to exceed $13,750,000 shall be for con-
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1 tracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 

2 rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 

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

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

5 through June 30, 2007, for authorized empowerment zones 

6 and enterprise communities and communities designated by 

7 the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part8 nership Zones; of which $1,067,000 shall be for the rural 

9 community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of 

10 such Act, of which $12,000,000 shall be for the rural utili11 ties programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, 

12 and of which $8,300,000 shall be for the rural business and 

13 cooperative development programs described in section 

14 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That of the 

15 amount appropriated for rural community programs, 

16 $21,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

17 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco18 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 5 percent for 

19 administration and capacity building in the State rural 

20 development offices: Provided further, That of the amount 

21 appropriated, $26,000,000 shall be transferred to and 

22 merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 

23 Grants Account’’ to provide grants authorized under section 

24 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 

25 Provided 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 $176,522,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

14 may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 

15 support the Rural Development mission area: Provided fur16 ther, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to pro17 vide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: 

18 Provided further, That any balances available from prior 

19 years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Serv20 ice, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries 

21 and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged 

22 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 rural 

7 housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,773,614,000 for loans 

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

9 of which $1,129,391,000 shall be for direct loans, and of 

10 which $3,644,223,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 

11 loans; $34,652,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 

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

13 for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 

14 $5,000,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,482,000 for credit 

15 sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,482,000 may 

16 be for multi-family credit sales; and $4,980,000 for section 

17 523 self-help housing land development loans. 

18 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

21 502 loans, $155,919,000, of which $113,278,000 shall be for 

22 direct loans, and of which $42,641,000, to remain available 

23 until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 

24 section 504 housing repair loans, $10,240,000; repair, reha25 bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental hous26 ing, $45,880,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaran-
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1 teed loans, $7,740,000; credit sales of acquired property, 

2 $720,000; and section 523 self-help housing and develop3 ment loans, $123,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

4 appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be avail5 able through June 30, 2007, for authorized empowerment 

6 zones and enterprise communities and communities des7 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

8 Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any funds 

9 under this paragraph initially allocated by the Secretary 

10 for housing projects in the State of Alaska that are not obli11 gated by September 30, 2007, shall be carried over until 

12 September 30, 2008, and made available for such housing 

13 projects only in the State of Alaska: Provided further, That 

14 any obligated balances for a demonstration program for the 

15 preservation and revitalization of the section 515 multi16 family rental housing properties as authorized in Public 

17 Law 109–97 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

18 ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multifamily Housing Revitaliza19 tion Program Account’’. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

21 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

22 $455,776,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

23 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

24 and Expenses’’, of which not less than $1,000,000 shall be 

25 made available for the Secretary to contract with third par-
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1 ties to acquire the necessary automation and technical serv2 ices needed to restructure section 515 mortgages. 

3 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re5 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

6 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

7 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

8 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $335,400,000, to 

9 remain available through September 30, 2008; and, in ad10 dition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by 

11 section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior 

12 to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance pro13 gram under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 

14 of this amount, up to $5,900,000 shall be available for debt 

15 forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized 

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

17 $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organizations 

18 or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than purchase 

19 price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant to section 

20 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That agreements 

21 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall 

22 be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That any 

23 unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-year 

24 agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes 

25 of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilita26 tion of any existing projects; preservation; and rental as-
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1 sistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro2 vided further, That rental assistance that is recovered from 

3 projects that are subject to prepayment shall be deobligated 

4 and reallocated for vouchers and debt forgiveness or pay5 ments consistent with the requirements of this Act for pur6 poses authorized under section 542 and section 502(c)(5)(D) 

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

8 That up to $4,190,000 may be used for the purpose of reim9 bursing funds used for rental assistance agreements entered 

10 into or renewed pursuant to the authority under section 

11 521(a)(2) of the Act for emergency needs related to Hurri12 canes Katrina and Rita: Provided further, That rental as13 sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 

14 fiscal year 2007 for a section 514/516 project may not be 

15 recaptured for use in another project until such assistance 

16 has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, 

17 if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such 

18 assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible ten19 ants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur20 ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the 

21 extent practicable, be applied to another section 514/516 

22 project. 

23 MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

24 ACCOUNT

25 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

26 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (without re-
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1 gard to section 542(b)), for the cost to conduct a housing 

2 demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the 

3 preservation of low-income multi-family housing projects, 

4 and for additional costs to conduct a demonstration pro5 gram for the preservation and revitalization of the section 

6 515 multi-family rental housing properties, $28,000,000, to 

7 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

8 funds made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 

9 be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income 

10 household (including those not receiving rental assistance) 

11 residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan 

12 which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided 

13 further, That the amount of such voucher shall be the dif14 ference between comparable market rent for the section 515 

15 unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided fur16 ther, That funds made available for such vouchers, shall be 

17 subject to the availability of annual appropriations: Pro18 vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum 

19 extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 

20 regulations and administrative guidance applicable to sec21 tion 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of 

22 the Department of Housing and Urban Development (in23 cluding the ability to pay administrative costs related to 

24 delivery of the voucher funds): Provided further, That if the 

25 Secretary determines that the amount made available for 
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1 vouchers in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, 

2 the Secretary may use such funds for the demonstration 

3 programs for the preservation and revitalization of the sec4 tion 515 multifamily rental housing properties described in 

5 this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds made 

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

7 for loans to private non-profit organizations, or such non8 profit organizations’ affiliate loan funds and State and 

9 local housing finance agencies, to carry out a housing dem10 onstration program to provide revolving loans for the pres11 ervation of low-income multi-family housing projects: Pro12 vided further, That loans under such demonstration pro13 gram shall have an interest rate of not more than 1 percent 

14 direct loan to the recipient: Provided further, That the Sec15 retary may defer the interest and principal payment to the 

16 Rural Housing Service for up to 3 years and the term of 

17 such loans shall not exceed 30 years: Provided further, That 

18 of the funds made available under this heading, $15,000,000 

19 shall be available for a demonstration program for the pres20 ervation and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family 

21 rental housing properties to restructure existing section 515 

22 loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the 

23 purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 

24 preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and 

25 affordable housing for low-income residents including re-
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1 ducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, 

2 subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and 

3 other financial assistance including advances and incen4 tives required by the Secretary: Provided further, That if 

5 the Secretary determines that additional funds for vouchers 

6 described in this paragraph are needed, funds for the preser7 vation and revitalization demonstration program may be 

8 used for such vouchers: Provided further, That if Congress 

9 enacts legislation to permanently authorize a section 515 

10 multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program 

11 similar to the demonstration program described herein, the 

12 Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstra13 tion program under this heading to carry out such legisla14 tion with the prior approval of the Committees on Appro15 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

16 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

17 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

18 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 

19 $33,660,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

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

21 available through June 30, 2007, for authorized empower22 ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 

23 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco24 nomic Area Partnership Zones. 
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1 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

3 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

4 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

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

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

7 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 

8 amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through 

9 June 30, 2007, for authorized empowerment zones and en10 terprise communities and communities designated by the 

11 Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner12 ship Zones. 

13 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

15 authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $30,643,000, to 

16 remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous17 ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con18 tracts. 

19 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

20 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

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

24 $33,925,000. 

25 For the cost of direct loans, $14,951,000, as authorized 

26 by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
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1 of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 

2 2007, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 

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

4 2007, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined 

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

6 such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 

7 be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 

8 Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount ap9 propriated, $887,000 shall be available through June 30, 

10 2007, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empower11 ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 

12 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco13 nomic Area Partnership Zones. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

15 the direct loan programs, $4,950,000 shall be transferred 

16 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop17 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

18 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

21 For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 

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

23 purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 

24 creation projects, $34,652,000. 

25 For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi26 fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
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1 Budget Act of 1974, $7,568,000, to remain available until 

2 expended. 

3 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

4 credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 

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

6 $78,514,000 shall not be obligated and $78,514,000 are re7 scinded. 

8 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

9 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

11 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $29,500,000, of which 

12 $500,000 shall be for a cooperative research agreement with 

13 a qualified academic institution to conduct research on the 

14 national economic impact of all types of cooperatives; and 

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

16 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro17 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be for 

18 cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary 

19 focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers 

20 and whose governing board and/or membership is com21 prised of at least 75 percent minority; and of which 

22 $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

23 for value-added agricultural product market development 

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

25 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
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1 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

2 COMMUNITY GRANTS

3 For grants in connection with second and third rounds 

4 of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, 

5 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for des6 ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise com7 munities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 

8 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple9 mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277): 

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

11 be made available to third round empowerment zones, as 

12 authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act 

13 (Public Law 106–554). 

14 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

15 For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guaran16 tees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions as 

17 authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural 

18 Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $25,000,000 for 

19 direct and guaranteed renewable energy loans and grants: 

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

21 including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de22 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

23 1974. 
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1 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

2 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

3 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 

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

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

8 $99,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 

9 $99,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 

10 Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; Treasury rate direct 

11 electric loans, $990,000,000; guaranteed electric loans, 

12 $99,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to 

13 section 313A, $1,500,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni14 cations loans, $143,513,000; cost of money rural tele15 communications loans, $419,760,000; and for loans made 

16 pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommuni17 cations loans, $299,000,000. 

18 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres19 sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying 

20 loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by sections 

21 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

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

23 $3,703,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans, 

24 $657,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

25 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower 

26 interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $39,600,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with 

4 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

5 Expenses’’. 

6 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

7 PROGRAM

8 For the principal amount of the broadband tele9 communication loans, $500,000,000. 

10 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv11 ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 

12 seq., $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That $5,000,000 shall be made available to convert 

14 analog to digital operation those noncommercial edu15 cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas 

16 and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the 

17 Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) 

18 of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated 

19 translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their 

20 main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equip21 ment to allow local control over digital content and pro22 gramming through the use of high-definition broadcast, 

23 multi-casting and datacasting technologies. 

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

25 U.S.C. 901 et seq., $10,750,000, to remain available until 

26 September 30, 2008: Provided, That the interest rate for 
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1 such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department 

2 of the Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: 

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

4 defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

5 1974. 

6 In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans8 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

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

10 950aaa. 

11 TITLE IV 

12 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

14 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

15 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

16 Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv17 ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

18 Food and Nutrition Service, $604,000. 

19 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

20 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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

24 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 

25 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $13,654,487,000, to re26 main available through September 30, 2008, of which 
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1 $7,923,414,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,731,073,000 

2 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec3 tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro4 vided, That of the funds made available under this heading, 

5 $300,000,000 shall be placed in reserve and used only in 

6 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 

7 to carry out program operations: Provided further, That up 

8 to $5,335,000 shall be available for independent verification 

9 of school food service claims: Provided further, That of the 

10 funds made available under this heading, $9,000,000, avail11 able until September 30, 2008, of which not to exceed 5 per12 cent may be available for Federal administrative expenses, 

13 shall be used to carry out section 120 of Public Law 108– 

14 265 in an additional 9 States. 

15 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

16 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple18 mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 

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

20 $5,264,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

21 2008, of which such sums as are necessary to restore the 

22 contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed in re23 serve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated 

24 as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 

25 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or 

26 participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That 
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1 amounts over $125,000,000 in the contingency reserve shall 

2 be treated as general WIC appropriated funds rather than 

3 contingency reserve funds: Provided further, That of the 

4 total amount available, the Secretary shall obligate not less 

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

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

7 Provided further, That only the provisions of section 

8 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall be effec9 tive in 2007; including $14,000,000 for the purposes speci10 fied in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and $20,000,000 for the pur11 poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further, 

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

13 administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that 

14 have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within 

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

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

17 available for the purchase of infant formula except in ac18 cordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 

19 requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 

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

21 for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal 

22 Government departments or agencies unless authorized by 

23 section 17 of such Act. 

24 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

25 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

26 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $37,865,231,000, of which 
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1 $3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 

2 2008, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 

3 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 

4 carry out program operations: Provided, That funds pro5 vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 

6 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this ap7 propriation shall be subject to any work registration or 

8 workfare requirements as may be required by law: Provided 

9 further, That funds made available for Employment and 

10 Training under this heading shall remain available until 

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

12 Stamp Act: Provided further, That funds made available 

13 under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and 

14 employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct 

15 activities related to food stamp program integrity provided 

16 that such activities are authorized by the Food Stamp Act: 

17 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 5(d) of the 

18 Food Stamp Act of 1977, any additional payment received 

19 under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, by a mem20 ber of the United States Armed Forces deployed to a des21 ignated combat zone shall be excluded from household in22 come for the duration of the member’s deployment if the 

23 additional pay is the result of deployment to or while serv24 ing in a combat zone, and it was not received immediately 

25 prior to serving in the combat zone. 
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1 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 

3 and the commodity supplemental food program, as author4 ized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Pro5 tection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 

6 Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance (in a form 

7 determined by the Secretary of Agriculture) for the nuclear 

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

9 Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 

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

11 Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri12 tion Act of 1966, $179,366,000, to remain available through 

13 September 30, 2008: Provided, That none of these funds 

14 shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor15 poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 

16 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

17 effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2007 to 

18 support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program 

19 (SFMNP), as authorized by section 4402 of Public Law 

20 107–171, such funds shall remain available through Sep21 tember 30, 2008: Provided further, That hereafter no funds 

22 available for SFMNP shall be used to pay State or local 

23 sales taxes on food purchased with SFMNP coupons or 

24 checks: Provided further, That hereafter the value of assist25 ance provided by the SFMNP shall not be considered in-
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1 come or resources for any purposes under any Federal, 

2 State or local laws related to taxation, welfare and public 

3 assistance programs: Provided further, That of the funds 

4 made available under section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act 

5 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the Secretary may use up 

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

7 commodities. 

8 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

9 For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic 

10 nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

11 $143,114,000. 

12 TITLE V 

13 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

14 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

18 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

19 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development ac20 tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate 

21 and integrate activities of the Department in connection 

22 with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 

23 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

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

25 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $156,186,000: Provided, That the Service 

26 may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
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1 tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, 

2 public and private organizations and institutions under 

3 agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro4 duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for5 eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 

6 International Development. 

7 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR

8 PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

11 program of title I, Public Law 83–480 and the Food for 

12 Progress Act of 1985, $2,651,000, to be transferred to and 

13 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, 

14 Salaries and Expenses’’. 

15 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

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

20 in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 

21 Act, $1,225,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

23 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

25 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com26 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 
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1 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,331,000; to cover common over2 head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 

3 Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 

4 Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $4,985,000 

5 may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

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

7 and of which $346,000 may be transferred to and merged 

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

9 and Expenses’’. 

10 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

11 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

13 section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

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

15 available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 

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

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

2 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

5 SERVICES 

6 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

12 the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 

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

14 of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency 

15 expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved 

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

19 $1,941,646,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

20 under this heading, $320,600,000 shall be derived from pre21 scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, shall 

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

24 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2008 

25 but collected in fiscal year 2007; $43,726,000 shall be de-
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1 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

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

3 available until expended; and $11,604,000 shall be derived 

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

5 and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

6 until expended: Provided further, That fees derived from 

7 prescription drug, medical device, and animal drug assess8 ments received during fiscal year 2007, including any such 

9 fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited 

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

11 2007 limitation: Provided further, That none of these funds 

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

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

14 That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $457,936,000 

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

17 Affairs; (2) $544,961,000 shall be for the Center for Drug 

18 Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the 

19 Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 

20 $39,079,000 shall be available for the Office of Generic 

21 Drugs; (3) $210,000,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics 

22 Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in 

23 the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $105,031,000 shall be 

24 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 

25 activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
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1 $255,480,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radio2 logical Health and for related field activities in the Office 

3 of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,273,000 shall be for the Na4 tional Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $62,007,000 

5 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 

6 $25,552,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the 

7 amounts paid to the General Services Administration for 

8 rent; (8) $146,013,000 shall be for payments to the General 

9 Services Administration for rent; and (9) $118,945,000 

10 shall be for other activities, including the Office of the Com11 missioner; the Office of Management; the Office of External 

12 Relations; the Office of Policy and Planning; and central 

13 services for these offices: Provided further, That funds may 

14 be transferred from one specified activity to another with 

15 the prior notification of the Committees on Appropriations 

16 of both Houses of Congress. 

17 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 

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

19 available until expended. 

20 In addition, export certification user fees authorized 

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

22 available until expended. 

23 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

24 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten25 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili26 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where 
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1 not otherwise provided, $4,950,000, to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

4 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

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

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

8 rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the Dis9 trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $99,502,000, including not 

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

11 expenses. 

12 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

13 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

15 from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul16 tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the 

17 current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author18 ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation 

19 shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships. 

20 TITLE VII 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

24 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart25 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 
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1 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 

2 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 292 passenger 

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

4 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

5 SEC. 702. New obligational authority provided for the 

6 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

7 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec8 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi9 tions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly pro10 gram and rearing facility design, emerging plant pests, boll 

11 weevil program, low pathogenic avian influenza program, 

12 highly pathogenic avian influenza program, up to 

13 $33,107,000 in animal health monitoring and surveillance 

14 for the animal identification system, up to $1,500,000 in 

15 the scrapie program for indemnities, up to $3,970,000 in 

16 the emergency management systems program for the vaccine 

17 bank, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife services methods develop18 ment, up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife services operations 

19 program for aviation safety, and up to 25 percent of the 

20 screwworm program; Food Safety and Inspection Service, 

21 field automation and information management project; Co22 operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv23 ice, funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 

24 450i(b)), and funds for the Native American Institutions 

25 Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and ex-
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1 penses funds made available to county committees; Foreign 

2 Agricultural Service, middle-income country training pro3 gram, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 

4 Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 

5 fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, sub6 ject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 

7 SEC. 703. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

8 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

9 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary bal10 ances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Cap11 ital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equip12 ment necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, 

13 and information technology services of primary benefit to 

14 the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, 

15 That none of the funds made available by this Act or any 

16 other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 

17 without the prior approval of the agency administrator: 

18 Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to the 

19 Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be 

20 available for obligation without the prior notification of the 

21 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

22 SEC. 704. No part of any appropriation contained in 

23 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

24 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
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1 SEC. 705. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

2 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

3 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

4 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu5 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 

6 agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange7 ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 

8 the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay9 ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 

10 institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 

11 similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 

12 provided in this Act. 

13 SEC. 706. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri15 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 

16 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

17 Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 

18 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith19 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re20 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

21 U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award22 ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu23 cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full 

24 allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec25 tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
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1 SEC. 707. Appropriations to the Department of Agri2 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

3 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

4 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

5 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop6 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica7 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

8 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

9 SEC. 708. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 

10 more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex11 penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan12 els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri13 culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 

14 rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 

15 awarded grants. 

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

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

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

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

20 SEC. 710. No employee of the Department of Agri21 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 

22 funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De23 partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em24 ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving 
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1 agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 

2 for the period of assignment. 

3 SEC. 711. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

4 made available to the Department of Agriculture or the 

5 Food and Drug Administration shall be used to transmit 

6 or otherwise make available to any non-Department of Ag7 riculture or non-Department of Health and Human Serv8 ices employee questions or responses to questions that are 

9 a result of information requested for the appropriations 

10 hearing process. 

11 SEC. 712. None of the funds made available to the De12 partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 

13 new information technology systems or significant up14 grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 

15 Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi16 cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech17 nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith18 standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap19 propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 

20 transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 

21 unless prior notification has been transmitted to the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro23 vided further, That none of the funds available to the De24 partment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 
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1 obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ2 ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 

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

4 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

5 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

6 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 

7 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

8 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 

9 Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 

10 a reprogramming of funds which— 

11 (1) creates new programs; 

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

13 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

14 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

15 denied or restricted; 

16 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

18 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

19 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

20 unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 

22 of such reprogramming of funds. 

23 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

24 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 

25 this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
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1 in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 

2 in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec3 tion of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 

4 shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activi5 ties, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 

6 funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

7 that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 

8 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 

9 project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent 

10 as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 

11 savings from a reduction in personnel which would result 

12 in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 

13 approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropria14 tions of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in 

15 advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

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

17 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com18 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before 

20 implementing a program or activity not carried out during 

21 the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is 

22 funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 

23 SEC. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

24 the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 

25 financial and technical assistance— 
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1 (1) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 

2 Operations program for— 

3 (A) the Matanuska River erosion control 

4 project in Alaska; 

5 (B) the Little Red River irrigation project 

6 in Arkansas; 

7 (C) the Manoa Watershed project in Ha8 waii; 

9 (D) the West Tarkio project in Iowa; 

10 (E) the West Branch DuPage River Water11 shed project in DuPage County, Illinois; and 

12 (F) the Coal Creek project in Utah; 

13 (2) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 

14 Operations program to carry out the East Locust 

15 Creek Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri, includ16 ing up to 100 percent of the engineering assistance 

17 and 75 percent cost share for construction cost of site 

18 RW1; and 

19 (3) through the Watershed Flood Prevention Op20 erations program to carry out the Little Otter Creek 

21 Watershed project. The sponsoring local organization 

22 may obtain land rights by perpetual easements. 

23 SEC. 715. None of the funds made available to the Food 

24 and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close 

25 or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and 
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1 Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis 

2 in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits 

3 of St. Louis, Missouri. 

4 SEC. 716. In addition to amounts otherwise appro5 priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is appro6 priated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

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

9 SEC. 717. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 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 law, 

13 of the funds made available in this Act for competitive re14 search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up 

15 to 30 percent of the amount provided to carry out a com16 petitive grants program under the same terms and condi17 tions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricultural 

18 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

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

20 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or made 

21 available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the 

22 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

23 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 

24 Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 
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1 SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

2 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

3 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 

4 $3,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the Farm 

5 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

6 8106(f)). 

7 SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

8 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

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

10 environmental quality incentives program authorized by 

11 chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 

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

13 $1,031,000,000. 

14 SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

15 made available under this or any other Act shall be used 

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

17 section 601(j)(1) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 

18 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)). 

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

20 year 2007 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized 

21 under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 

22 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 

23 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora24 tion for the release of eligible commodities under section 

25 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act 
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1 (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any such funds made 

2 available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 

3 shall only be used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of 

4 the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 

5 SEC. 724. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

6 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

7 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out sec8 tion 6401(a) of Public Law 107–171, in excess of 

9 $28,000,000. 

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

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

12 940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 

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

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

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

16 term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail17 able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under that 

18 section. 

19 SEC. 726. There is hereby appropriated $750,000, to 

20 remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis21 sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 

22 which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup23 plies. 

24 SEC. 727. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

25 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
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1 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out sec2 tion 2502 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $63,000,000. 

3 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

4 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

5 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out sec6 tion 2503 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $58,000,000. 

7 SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

8 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

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

10 ground and surface water conservation program authorized 

11 by section 2301 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 

12 $54,000,000. 

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

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

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

16 for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 

17 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 

18 July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. Reg. 40541). 

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

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

21 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex22 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

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

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

25 Insurance Act, 7 U.S.C. 1524(b), in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 
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1 2006, and 2007 shall remain available until expended to 

2 disburse obligations made in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 

3 and 2007, respectively, and are not available for new obli4 gations. 

5 SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law— 

7 (1) the City of Palmer, Alaska shall be eligible 

8 to receive a water and waste disposal grant under sec9 tion 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De10 velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that 

11 is equal to not more than 75 percent of the total cost 

12 of providing water and sewer service to the proposed 

13 hospital in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska; 

14 (2) or any percentage of cost limitation in cur15 rent law or regulations, the construction projects 

16 known as the Tri-Valley Community Center addition 

17 in Healy, Alaska; the Cold Climate Housing Research 

18 Center in Fairbanks, Alaska; and the University of 

19 Alaska-Fairbanks Allied Health Learning Center skill 

20 labs/classrooms shall be eligible to receive Community 

21 Facilities grants in amounts that are equal to not 

22 more than 75 percent of the total facility costs: Pro23 vided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the 

24 Cold Climate Housing Research Center is designated 

25 an ‘‘essential community facility’’ for rural Alaska; 
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1 (3) for any fiscal year and hereafter, in the case 

2 of a high cost isolated rural area in Alaska that is 

3 not connected to a road system, the maximum level 

4 for the single family housing assistance shall be 150 

5 percent of the median household income level in the 

6 nonmetropolitan areas of the State and 115 percent 

7 of all other eligible areas of the State; and 

8 (4) any former RUS borrower that has repaid or 

9 prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under 

10 the Rural Electrification Act, or any not-for-profit 

11 utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct 

12 loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance 

13 under Section 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same 

14 manner as a borrower under such Act. 

15 SEC. 733. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

16 the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make funding 

17 and other assistance available through the emergency water18 shed protection program under section 403 of the Agricul19 tural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to repair and 

20 prevent damage to non-Federal land in watersheds that 

21 have been impaired by fires initiated by the Federal Gov22 ernment and shall waive cost sharing requirements for the 

23 funding and assistance. 

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

25 be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement any 
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1 regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertification 

2 of rural status for each electric and telecommunications bor3 rower for the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication 

4 Loans program. 

5 SEC. 735. The Secretary of Agriculture may use any 

6 unobligated carryover funds made available for any pro7 gram administered by the Rural Utilities Service (not in8 cluding funds made available under the heading ‘‘Rural 

9 Community Advancement Program’’ in any Act of appro10 priation) to carry out section 315 of the Rural Electrifica11 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940e). 

12 SEC. 736. In addition to other amounts appropriated 

13 or otherwise made available by this Act, there is hereby ap14 propriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $10,000,000, of 

15 which not to exceed 5 percent may be available for adminis16 trative expenses, to remain available until expended, to 

17 make specialty crop block grants under section 101 of the 

18 Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 

19 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

20 SEC. 737. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 

21 and directed to quitclaim to the City of Elkhart, Kansas, 

22 all rights, title and interests of the United States in that 

23 tract of land comprising 151.7 acres, more or less, located 

24 in Morton County, Kansas, and more specifically described 

25 in a deed dated March 11, 1958, from the United States 
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1 of America to the City of Elkhart, State of Kansas, and 

2 filed of record April 4, 1958 at Book 34 at Page 520 in 

3 the office of the Register of Deeds of Morton County, Kansas 

4 as necessary, to provide for additional uses of said land 

5 for any public purpose. 

6 SEC. 738. (a) Section 18(f)(1) of the Richard B. Rus7 sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(f)(1)) is 

8 amended— 

9 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2004’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2006’’; and 

11 (2) in subparagraph (B)— 

12 (A) in the matter before clause (i), by strik13 ing ‘‘June 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘May 2006’’; 

14 and 

15 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘75’’ and in16 serting ‘‘78’’. 

17 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect 

18 on January 1, 2007. 

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

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

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

22 specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a 

23 competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri24 culture, including support personnel of the Department of 
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1 Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 

2 programs. 

3 SEC. 740. Of the unobligated balances under section 

4 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $9,900,000 are hereby 

5 rescinded. 

6 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available under this 

7 Act shall be available to pay the administrative expenses 

8 of a State agency that, after the date of enactment of this 

9 Act and prior to receiving certification in accordance with 

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

11 Nutrition Act of 1966, authorizes any new for-profit ven12 dor(s) to transact food instruments under the Special Sup13 plemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 

14 Children (WIC) if it is expected that more than 50 percent 

15 of the annual revenue of the vendor from the sale of food 

16 items will be derived from the sale of supplemental foods 

17 that are obtained with WIC food instruments, except that 

18 the Secretary may approve the authorization of such a ven19 dor if the approval is necessary to assure participant access 

20 to program benefits. 

21 SEC. 742. (a) Subject to subsection (b), none of the 

22 funds made available in this Act may be used to— 

23 (1) grant a waiver of a financial conflict of in24 terest requirement pursuant to section 505(n)(4) of 

25 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
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1 355(n)(4)) for any voting member of an advisory 

2 committee or panel of the Food and Drug Adminis3 tration; or 

4 (2) make a certification under section 208(b)(3) 

5 of title 18, United States Code, for any such voting 

6 member. 

7 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to a waiver or cer8 tification if— 

9 (1)(A) not later than 15 days prior to a meeting 

10 of an advisory committee or panel to which such 

11 waiver or certification applies, the Secretary of 

12 Health and Human Services discloses on the Internet 

13 website of the Food and Drug Administration— 

14 (i) the nature of the conflict of interest at 

15 issue; and 

16 (ii) the nature and basis of such waiver or 

17 certification (other than information exempted 

18 from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, 

19 United States Code); or 

20 (B) in the case of a conflict of interest that be21 comes known to the Secretary less than 15 days prior 

22 to a meeting to which such waiver or certification ap23 plies, the Secretary shall make such public disclosure 

24 as soon as possible thereafter, but in no event later 

25 than the date of such meeting; and 
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1 (2)(A) not later than 15 days prior to a meeting 

2 of an advisory committee or panel, the Secretary of 

3 Health and Human Services discloses on the Internet 

4 website of the Food and Drug Administration— 

5 (i) any recusal due to the potential for con6 flict of interest, and 

7 (ii) the nature of the conflict of interest at 

8 issue 

9 (other than information exempted from disclosure 

10 under section 552 of title 5, United States Code); or 

11 (B) in the case of a recusal that becomes known 

12 to the Secretary less than 15 days prior to a meeting 

13 to which such recusal applies, the Secretary shall 

14 make such public disclosure as soon as possible there15 after, but in no event later than the date of such meet16 ing. 

17 (c) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

18 be used to make a new appointment to an advisory com19 mittee or panel of the Food and Drug Administration un20 less the Commissioner of Food and Drugs submits a semi21 annual report to the Inspector General of the Department 

22 of Health and Human Services and the Committees on Ap23 propriations of the House and Senate, the Energy and 

24 Commerce Committee of the House, and the Health, Edu25 cation, Labor, and Pensions Committee of the Senate on 
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1 the efforts made to identify qualified persons for such ap2 pointments with minimal or no potential conflicts of inter3 est. 

4 Such report must include a description (that identifies 

5 no individual by name or affiliation), by advisory com6 mittee or panel, of the types of experts sought, the number 

7 of candidates considered, the number of those candidates 

8 willing to serve, the number of those willing to serve who 

9 have no or low involvement as specified in the FDA Waiver 

10 Criteria 2000 document, the number of new appointees that 

11 have no or low involvement as specified in the FDA Waiver 

12 Criteria 2000 document, the number of vacancies remain13 ing, the number of meetings and waivers granted by type 

14 of meeting, and, when an individual who has a medium 

15 or high involvement as specified in the FDA Waiver Cri16 teria 2000 document is appointed, the rationale for such 

17 appointment. 

18 SEC. 743. Section 514(f)(3) of the Housing Act of 1949 

19 is amended by inserting ‘‘or the processing of such commod20 ities’’ after ‘‘unprocessed stage’’. 

21 SEC. 744. Starting in fiscal year 2006, the Secretary 

22 shall administer the Farm and Ranchland Protection Pro23 gram exclusively in accordance with 7 CFR Part 1491 as 

24 published on May 16, 2003. 
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1 SEC. 745. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

3 year 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider— 

4 (1) the City of Lake City, Florida and the City 

5 of Parsons, Kansas rural areas for purposes of eligi6 bility for Rural Utilities Service water and waste 

7 water loans and grants; 

8 (2) the City of Lansing, Kansas a rural area for 

9 purposes of eligibility for Rural Housing Service pro10 grams, and the City of Leavenworth, Kansas and the 

11 City of Lansing, Kansas as separate geographic enti12 ties for purposes of Rural Development grants and 

13 loans; 

14 (3) the City of Vineland, New Jersey and the 

15 City of Millville, New Jersey, and urbanized areas 

16 contiguous and adjacent to both cities, (including in17 dividuals and entities with projects within these cities 

18 and areas) as eligible for all Rural Business Program 

19 loans and grants except rural development (inter20 mediary relending) loans authorized by section 1323 

21 of the Food Security Act of 1985 and rural economic 

22 development loans and grants authorized by section 

23 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 

24 amended (7 U.S.C. 940C); 
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1 (4) the City of Celina, Ohio and the City of Ash2 tabula, Ohio as eligible for the purposes of Rural De3 velopment grants and loans; 

4 (5) the Gooseberry Lake Project in the State of 

5 Iowa as eligible for the Rural Utilities Service water 

6 and wastewater loans and grant program including 

7 the purchase of land and moving of utilities; and 

8 (6) the Cities of Alamo, Mercedes, Weslaco, and 

9 Donna in the State of Texas as eligible for the pur10 poses of Rural Development grants and loans. 

11 SEC. 746. Of the appropriations available for pay12 ments for the nutrition and family education program for 

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

14 (7 U.S.C. 343(d)), if the payment allocation pursuant to 

15 section 1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Ex16 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

17 3175(c)) would be less than $100,000 for any institution 

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

19 Secretary shall adjust payment allocations under section 

20 1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 

21 and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to ensure that each insti22 tution receives a payment of not less than $100,000. 

23 SEC. 747. There is hereby appropriated $4,000,000, to 

24 remain available until expended, for a grant to the Na25 tional Center for Natural Products Research for construc-
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1 tion or renovation to carry out the research objectives of 

2 the natural products research grant issued by the Food and 

3 Drug Administration. 

4 SEC. 748. None of the funds made available by this 

5 or any other Act shall be used to transfer funds or assess 

6 charges or fees in excess of 5 percent from any program, 

7 project, or activity funded under the Animal and Plant 

8 Health Inspection Service. 

9 SEC. 749. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 to 

10 continue section 791 of Public Law 109–97. 

11 SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

12 the service areas being acquired by Mid-Kansas Electric Co13 operative shall be considered eligible for financing under 

14 the provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 

15 amended. 

16 SEC. 751. Section 759 of Public Law 106–78 (7 U.S.C. 

17 3242) is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘2006’’ and 

19 inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 

20 (2) in subsection (b)(3), by striking ‘‘2006’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘2011’’. 

22 SEC. 752. The Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 

23 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.) is amended— 

24 (1) in section 202 (7 U.S.C. 5622)— 

25 (A) by striking subsections (b) and (c); 
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1 (B) by redesignating subsections (d) through 

2 (l) as subsections (b) through (j), respectively; 

3 (C) in subsection (b) (as redesignated by 

4 subparagraph (B))— 

5 (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting 

6 ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘exports;’’; 

7 (ii) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 

8 ‘‘commodities; and’’ and inserting ‘‘com9 modities.’’; and 

10 (iii) by striking paragraph (4); 

11 (D) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by 

12 subparagraph (B))— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’; 

14 and 

15 (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and 

16 (E) in subsection (g)(2) (as redesignated by 

17 subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subsections (a) 

18 and (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 

19 (2) in section 211(b) (7 U.S.C. 5641(b))— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘(1) EXPORT CREDIT

22 GUARANTEES.—’’; and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsections (a) and 

24 (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and 

25 (B) by striking paragraph (2). 
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1 SEC. 753. Section 343 of the Consolidated Farm and 

2 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and, in the 

4 case of subtitle B, commercial fishing’’ before the pe5 riod at the end of each of paragraphs (1) and (2); 

6 and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION OF FARM.—In subtitle B, the term 

9 ‘farm’ includes a commercial fishing enterprise.’’. 

10 SEC. 754. (a) Section 1307(a)(6) of the Farm Security 

11 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7957(a)(6)) 

12 is amended— 

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

14 inserting ‘‘2007’’; and 

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

16 and inserting ‘‘2008’’. 

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

18 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

19 7957(a)(6)), as amended by subsection (a), shall terminate 

20 beginning with the 2008 crop of peanuts, and shall be con21 sidered to have terminated notwithstanding section 257 of 

22 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

23 of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907). 

24 SEC. 755. TRAVEL RELATING TO COMMERCIAL SALES

25 OF AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL GOODS. Section 910(a) 
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1 of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 

2 Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(a)) is amended to read as fol3 lows: 

4 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAVEL RELATING TO COM5 MERCIAL SALES OF AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL

6 GOODS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate 

7 regulations under which the travel-related transactions list8 ed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code of 

9 Federal Regulations, are authorized by general license for 

10 travel to, from, or within Cuba for the purpose of confer11 ring, exhibiting, marketing, planning, sales negotiation, de12 livery, expediting, facilitating, or servicing commercial ex13 port sale of agricultural and medical goods pursuant to the 

14 provisions of this title.’’. 

15 SEC. 756. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR VETERANS. For 

16 an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating Expenses’’ 

17 for necessary expenses to respond to the data theft at the 

18 Department of Veterans Affairs and to provide remedial as19 sistance to veterans who have had personal data stolen from 

20 the Department of Veterans Affairs, $160,000,000: Pro21 vided, That the amount provided in this section is des22 ignated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

23 402 of S. Con. Res. 83 (109th Congress), the concurrent res24 olution on the budget for fiscal year 2007, as made applica25 ble in the Senate by section 7035 of Public Law 109–234. 
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1 SEC. 757. (a) The Senate finds that— 

2 (1) the United States cattle industry produces 

3 abundant, safe, and healthful food for consumers in 

4 the United States and around the world; 

5 (2) Japan prohibited imports of beef from the 

6 United States during the period beginning December 

7 2003 and ending December 2005, after a single case 

8 of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE, or 

9 ‘‘mad cow disease’’) was found in a Canadian-born 

10 animal in Washington State; 

11 (3) the United States has implemented and 

12 maintained a BSE surveillance and safeguard pro13 gram that exceeds the internationally recognized 

14 standards of the World Organization for Animal 

15 Health (OIE) for BSE control, eradication, and test16 ing to protect human and animal health; 

17 (4) the United States and the Government of 

18 Japan concluded an agreement on December 12, 2005, 

19 that established the conditions under which beef ex20 ports to Japan could resume; 

21 (5) as a result of errors by a single United States 

22 exporter certified to sell beef to Japan and inadequate 

23 oversight by the Department of Agriculture, a single 

24 shipment of United States beef was found to be non25 compliant with the terms of the agreement resulting 
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1 in a suspension of all United States beef exports to 

2 Japan; 

3 (6) the United States has taken substantive cor4 rective actions to ensure that United States beef ex5 ports to Japan are in full compliance with the terms 

6 of the agreement, fully disclosed the actions taken to 

7 the Government of Japan, and allowed Japanese offi8 cials the opportunity to review those actions and per9 sonally inspect and determine the eligibility of all 

10 United States beef processing plants certified for the 

11 export of beef to Japan; 

12 (7) notwithstanding the membership of Japan in 

13 the OIE and the commitment of Japan under the 

14 Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and 

15 Phytosanitary Measures of the World Trade Organi16 zation to apply sanitary and phytosanitary measures 

17 only to the extent necessary to protect human, ani18 mal, and plant health, based on scientific principles, 

19 Japan continues to maintain an unjustified suspen20 sion of imports of United States beef; and 

21 (8) the continued violation by Japan of the spir22 it and letter of the World Trade Organization com23 mitments of Japan has resulted in the cumulative 

24 economic loss to the United States beef industry of 
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1 approximately $6,300,000,000 and current annual 

2 economic trade losses of $3,140,000,000 per year. 

3 (b) It is the sense of the Senate that if, by the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, Japan does not permit the impor5 tation of beef from the United States, additional tariffs on 

6 selected articles that are grown by, the products of, or man7 ufactured by Japan and that enter the customs territory 

8 of the United States should be imposed until Japan permits 

9 the importation of beef from the United States. 

10 TITLE VIII—EMERGENCY AGRI11 CULTURAL DISASTER ASSIST12 ANCE 

13 SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Farm Relief 

15 Act of 2006’’. 

16 SEC. 802. DEFINITIONS. 

17 In this title: 

18 (1) ADDITIONAL COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘addi19 tional coverage’’ has the meaning given the term in 

20 section 502(b)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 

21 (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)). 

22 (2) DISASTER COUNTY.—The term ‘‘disaster 

23 county’’ means— 
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1 (A) a county included in the geographic 

2 area covered by a natural disaster declaration; 

3 and 

4 (B) each county contiguous to a county de5 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

6 (3) HURRICANE-AFFECTED COUNTY.—The term 

7 ‘‘hurricane-affected county’’ means— 

8 (A) a county included in the geographic 

9 area covered by a natural disaster declaration 

10 related to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, 

11 Hurricane Wilma, or a related condition; and 

12 (B) each county contiguous to a county de13 scribed in subparagraph (A). 

14 (4) INSURABLE COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘insur15 able commodity’’ means an agricultural commodity 

16 (excluding livestock) for which the producers on a 

17 farm are eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insur18 ance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

19 1501 et seq.). 

20 (5) LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘‘livestock’’ in21 cludes— 

22 (A) cattle (including dairy cattle); 

23 (B) bison; 

24 (C) sheep; 

25 (D) swine; and 
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1 (E) other livestock, as determined by the 

2 Secretary. 

3 (6) NATURAL DISASTER DECLARATION.—The 

4 term ‘‘natural disaster declaration’’ means— 

5 (A) a natural disaster declared by the Sec6 retary— 

7 (i) during calendar year 2005 under 

8 section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm 

9 and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

10 1961(a)); or 

11 (ii) during calendar year 2006 under 

12 that section, but for which a request was 

13 pending as of the date of enactment of this 

14 Act; or 

15 (B) a major disaster or emergency des16 ignated by the President— 

17 (i) during calendar year 2005 under 

18 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

19 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 

20 et seq.); or 

21 (ii) during calendar year 2006 under 

22 that Act, but for which a request was pend23 ing as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

24 (7) NONINSURABLE COMMODITY.—The term 

25 ‘‘noninsurable commodity’’ means a crop for which 
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1 the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain assist2 ance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Im3 provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). 

4 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

5 the Secretary of Agriculture. 

6 Subtitle A—Agricultural 

7 Production Losses 

8 SEC. 811. CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use such sums 

10 as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora11 tion to make emergency financial assistance authorized 

12 under this section available to producers on a farm that 

13 have incurred qualifying losses described in subsection (c). 

14 (b) ADMINISTRATION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para16 graphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall make assist17 ance available under this section in the same manner 

18 as provided under section 815 of the Agriculture, 

19 Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration 

20 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub21 lic Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including 

22 using the same loss thresholds for quantity and eco23 nomic losses as were used in administering that sec24 tion, except that the payment rate shall be 50 percent 

25 of the established price, instead of 65 percent. 
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1 (2) NONINSURED PRODUCERS.—Except as pro2 vided in paragraph (3), for producers on a farm that 

3 were eligible to acquire crop insurance for the appli4 cable production loss and failed to do so or failed to 

5 submit an application for the noninsured assistance 

6 program for the loss, the Secretary shall make assist7 ance in accordance with paragraph (1), except that 

8 the payment rate shall be 35 percent of the established 

9 price, instead of 50 percent. 

10 (3) LOSS THRESHOLDS FOR QUALITY LOSSES.— 

11 In the case of a payment for quality loss for a crop 

12 under subsection (c)(2), the loss thresholds for quality 

13 loss for the crop shall be determined under subsection 

14 (d). 

15 (c) QUALIFYING LOSSES.—Assistance under this sec16 tion shall be made available to producers on farms, other 

17 than producers of sugar cane and sugar beets, that incurred 

18 qualifying quantity or quality losses for— 

19 (1) the 2005 crop due to damaging weather or 

20 any related condition (including losses due to crop 

21 diseases, insects, and delayed harvest), as determined 

22 by the Secretary; and 

23 (2) the 2006 crop due to flooding in California, 

24 Hawaii, and Vermont that occurred prior to the date 

25 of enactment of this Act and for which a petition for 
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1 a disaster designation has been filed with the Sec2 retary not later than that date. 

3 (d) QUALITY LOSSES.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), the 

5 amount of a payment made to producers on a farm 

6 for a quality loss for a crop under subsection (c)(2) 

7 shall be equal to the amount obtained by multi8 plying— 

9 (A) 65 percent of the payment quantity de10 termined under paragraph (2); by 

11 (B) 50 percent of the payment rate deter12 mined under paragraph (3). 

13 (2) PAYMENT QUANTITY.—For the purpose of 

14 paragraph (1)(A), the payment quantity for quality 

15 losses for a crop of a commodity on a farm shall 

16 equal the lesser of— 

17 (A) the actual production of the crop af18 fected by a quality loss of the commodity on the 

19 farm; or 

20 (B) the quantity of expected production of 

21 the crop affected by a quality loss of the com22 modity on the farm, using the formula used by 

23 the Secretary to determine quantity losses for the 

24 crop of the commodity under subsection (c)(1). 
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1 (3) PAYMENT RATE.—For the purpose of para2 graph (1)(B) and in accordance with paragraphs (5) 

3 and (6), the payment rate for quality losses for a crop 

4 of a commodity on a farm shall be equal to the dif5 ference between— 

6 (A) the per unit market value that the units 

7 of the crop affected by the quality loss would 

8 have had if the crop had not suffered a quality 

9 loss; and 

10 (B) the per unit market value of the units 

11 of the crop affected by the quality loss. 

12 (4) ELIGIBILITY.—For producers on a farm to be 

13 eligible to obtain a payment for a quality loss for a 

14 crop under subsection (c)(2), the amount obtained by 

15 multiplying the per unit loss determined under para16 graph (1) by the number of units affected by the qual17 ity loss shall be at least 25 percent of the value that 

18 all affected production of the crop would have had if 

19 the crop had not suffered a quality loss. 

20 (5) MARKETING CONTRACTS.—In the case of any 

21 production of a commodity that is sold pursuant to 

22 1 or more marketing contracts (regardless of whether 

23 the contract is entered into by the producers on the 

24 farm before or after harvest) and for which appro25 priate documentation exists, the quantity designated 
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1 in the contracts shall be eligible for quality loss assist2 ance based on the 1 or more prices specified in the 

3 contracts. 

4 (6) OTHER PRODUCTION.—For any additional 

5 production of a commodity for which a marketing 

6 contract does not exist or for which production con7 tinues to be owned by the producer, quality losses 

8 shall be based on the average local market discounts 

9 for reduced quality, as determined by the appropriate 

10 State committee of the Farm Service Agency. 

11 (7) QUALITY ADJUSTMENTS AND DISCOUNTS.— 

12 The appropriate State committee of the Farm Service 

13 Agency shall identify the appropriate quality adjust14 ment and discount factors to be considered in car15 rying out this subsection, including— 

16 (A) the average local discounts actually ap17 plied to a crop; and 

18 (B) the discount schedules applied to loans 

19 made by the Farm Service Agency or crop insur20 ance coverage under the Federal Crop Insurance 

21 Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). 

22 (8) ELIGIBLE PRODUCTION.—The Secretary shall 

23 carry out this subsection in a fair and equitable man24 ner for all eligible production, including the produc-
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1 tion of fruits and vegetables, other specialty crops, 

2 and field crops. 

3 (e) TIMING.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 

5 Secretary shall make payments to producers on a 

6 farm for a crop under this section not later than 60 

7 days after the date the producers on the farm submit 

8 to the Secretary a completed application for the pay9 ments. 

10 (2) INTEREST.—If the Secretary does not make 

11 payments to the producers on a farm by the date de12 scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pay to 

13 the producers on a farm interest on the payments at 

14 a rate equal to the current (as of the sign-up deadline 

15 established by the Secretary) market yield on out16 standing, marketable obligations of the United States 

17 with maturities of 30 years. 

18 SEC. 812. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE. 

19 (a) LIVESTOCK COMPENSATION PROGRAM.— 

20 (1) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION

21 FUNDS.—Effective beginning on the date of enactment 

22 of this Act, the Secretary shall use funds of the Com23 modity Credit Corporation to carry out the 2002 

24 Livestock Compensation Program announced by the 

25 Secretary on October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070), 
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1 to provide compensation for livestock losses during 

2 calendar years 2005 and 2006 for losses that occurred 

3 prior to the date of enactment of this Act (including 

4 wildfire disaster losses in the State of Texas and other 

5 States) due to a disaster, as determined by the Sec6 retary, except that the payment rate shall be 75 per7 cent of the payment rate established for the 2002 

8 Livestock Compensation Program. 

9 (2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—In carrying out the 

10 program described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 

11 shall provide assistance to any applicant that— 

12 (A)(i) conducts a livestock operation that is 

13 located in a disaster county, including any ap14 plicant conducting a livestock operation with eli15 gible livestock (within the meaning of the live16 stock assistance program under section 101(b) of 

17 division B of Public Law 108–324 (118 Stat. 

18 1234)); or 

19 (ii) produces an animal described in section 

20 10806(a)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural In21 vestment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 321d(a)(1)); 

22 and 

23 (B) meets all other eligibility requirements 

24 established by the Secretary for the program. 
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1 (3) MITIGATION.—In determining the eligibility 

2 for or amount of payments for which a producer is 

3 eligible under the livestock compensation program, the 

4 Secretary shall not penalize a producer that takes ac5 tions (recognizing disaster conditions) that reduce the 

6 average number of livestock the producer owned for 

7 grazing during the production year for which assist8 ance is being provided. 

9 (b) LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use such 

11 sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity 

12 Credit Corporation to make livestock indemnity pay13 ments to producers on farms that have incurred live14 stock losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006 for 

15 losses that occurred prior to the date of enactment of 

16 this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in the 

17 State of Texas and other States) due to a disaster, as 

18 determined by the Secretary, including losses due to 

19 hurricanes, floods, anthrax, and wildfires. 

20 (2) PAYMENT RATES.—Indemnity payments to a 

21 producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be 

22 made at a rate of not less than 30 percent of the mar23 ket value of the applicable livestock on the day before 

24 the date of death of the livestock, as determined by the 

25 Secretary. 
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1 (c) EWE LAMB REPLACEMENT AND RETENTION.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 

3 $13,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor4 poration to make payments under the Ewe Lamb Re5 placement and Retention Payment Program under 

6 part 784 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or 

7 a successor regulation) for each qualifying ewe lamb 

8 retained or purchased during the period beginning on 

9 January 1, 2006, and ending on December 31, 2006. 

10 (2) INELIGIBILITY FOR OTHER ASSISTANCE.—A 

11 producer that receives assistance under this subsection 

12 shall not be eligible to receive assistance under sub13 section (a). 

14 SEC. 813. FLOODED CROP AND GRAZING LAND. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall compensate eli16 gible owners of flooded crop and grazing land in— 

17 (1) the Devils Lake basin; and 

18 (2) the McHugh, Lake Laretta, and Rose Lake 

19 closed drainage areas of the State of North Dakota. 

20 (b) ELIGIBILITY.— 

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive com22 pensation under this section, an owner shall own land 

23 described in subsection (a) that, during the 2 crop 

24 years preceding receipt of compensation, was rendered 

25 incapable of use for the production of an agricultural 
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1 commodity or for grazing purposes (in a manner con2 sistent with the historical use of the land) as the re3 sult of flooding, as determined by the Secretary. 

4 (2) INCLUSIONS.—Land described in paragraph 

5 (1) shall include— 

6 (A) land that has been flooded; 

7 (B) land that has been rendered inaccessible 

8 due to flooding; and 

9 (C) a reasonable buffer strip adjoining the 

10 flooded land, as determined by the Secretary. 

11 (3) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may estab12 lish— 

13 (A) reasonable minimum acreage levels for 

14 individual parcels of land for which owners may 

15 receive compensation under this section; and 

16 (B) the location and area of adjoining 

17 flooded land for which owners may receive com18 pensation under this section. 

19 (c) SIGN-UP.—The Secretary shall establish a sign-up 

20 program for eligible owners to apply for compensation from 

21 the Secretary under this section. 

22 (d) COMPENSATION PAYMENTS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) and 

24 (3), the rate of an annual compensation payment 

25 under this section shall be equal to 90 percent of the 
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1 average annual per acre rental payment rate (at the 

2 time of entry into the contract) for comparable crop 

3 or grazing land that has not been flooded and re4 mains in production in the county where the flooded 

5 land is located, as determined by the Secretary. 

6 (2) REDUCTION.—An annual compensation pay7 ment under this section shall be reduced by the 

8 amount of any conservation program rental payments 

9 or Federal agricultural commodity program pay10 ments received by the owner for the land during any 

11 crop year for which compensation is received under 

12 this section. 

13 (3) EXCLUSION.—During any year in which an 

14 owner receives compensation for flooded land under 

15 this section, the owner shall not be eligible to partici16 pate in or receive benefits for the flooded land 

17 under— 

18 (A) the Federal crop insurance program es19 tablished under the Federal Crop Insurance Act 

20 (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); 

21 (B) the noninsured crop assistance program 

22 established under section 196 of the Federal Ag23 riculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

24 (7 U.S.C. 7333); or 
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1 (C) any Federal agricultural crop disaster 

2 assistance program. 

3 (e) RELATIONSHIP TO AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY

4 PROGRAMS.—The Secretary, by regulation, shall provide 

5 for the preservation of cropland base, allotment history, and 

6 payment yields applicable to land described in subsection 

7 (a) that was rendered incapable of use for the production 

8 of an agricultural commodity or for grazing purposes as 

9 the result of flooding. 

10 (f) USE OF LAND.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—An owner that receives com12 pensation under this section for flooded land shall 

13 take such actions as are necessary to not degrade any 

14 wildlife habitat on the land that has naturally devel15 oped as a result of the flooding. 

16 (2) RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—To encourage 

17 owners that receive compensation for flooded land to 

18 allow public access to and use of the land for rec19 reational activities, as determined by the Secretary, 

20 the Secretary may— 

21 (A) offer an eligible owner additional com22 pensation; and 

23 (B) provide compensation for additional 

24 acreage under this section. 

25 (g) FUNDING.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 

2 $6,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor3 poration to carry out this section. 

4 (2) PRO-RATED PAYMENTS.—In a case in which 

5 the amount made available under paragraph (1) for 

6 a fiscal year is insufficient to compensate all eligible 

7 owners under this section, the Secretary shall pro-rate 

8 payments for that fiscal year on a per acre basis. 

9 SEC. 814. SUGAR BEET DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 

11 $24,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 

12 to provide assistance to sugar beet producers that suffered 

13 production losses (including quality losses) for the 2005 

14 crop year. 

15 (b) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall make pay16 ments under subsection (a) in the same manner as pay17 ments were made under section 208 of the Agricultural As18 sistance Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 544), 

19 including using the same indemnity benefits as were used 

20 in carrying out that section. 

21 (c) HAWAII.—The Secretary shall use $6,000,000 of 

22 funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist sugar23 cane growers in Hawaii by making a payment in that 

24 amount to an agricultural transportation cooperative in 

25 Hawaii, the members of which are eligible to obtain a loan 
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1 under section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improve2 ment and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)). 

3 SEC. 815. BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS HERD INDEMNIFICATION. 

4 The Secretary shall use $2,000,000 of funds of the 

5 Commodity Credit Corporation to indemnify producers 

6 that suffered losses to herds of cattle due to bovine tuber7 culosis during calendar year 2005. 

8 SEC. 816. REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS. 

9 The amount of any payment for which a producer is 

10 eligible under this subtitle shall be reduced by any amount 

11 received by the producer for the same loss or any similar 

12 loss under— 

13 (1) the Department of Defense, Emergency Sup14 plemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in 

15 the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 

16 2006 (Public Law 109–148; 119 Stat. 2680); 

17 (2) an agricultural disaster assistance provision 

18 contained in the announcement of the Secretary on 

19 January 26, 2006; or 

20 (3) the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 

21 Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hur22 ricane Recovery, 2006 (Public Law 109-234; 120 

23 Stat. 418). 
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1 Subtitle B—Supplemental Nutrition 

2 and Agricultural Economic Dis3 aster Assistance 

4 SEC. 821. REPLENISHMENT OF SECTION 32. 

5 (a) DEFINITION OF SPECIALTY CROP.—In this section: 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘specialty crop’’ 

7 means any agricultural crop. 

8 (2) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘‘specialty crop’’ does 

9 not include— 

10 (A) wheat; 

11 (B) feed grains; 

12 (C) oilseeds; 

13 (D) cotton; 

14 (E) rice; 

15 (F) peanuts; or 

16 (G) milk. 

17 (b) BASE STATE GRANTS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 

19 $25,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Cor20 poration to make grants to the several States to be 

21 used to support activities that promote agriculture. 

22 (2) AMOUNTS.—The amount of the grants shall 

23 be $500,000 to each of the several States. 

24 (c) GRANTS FOR VALUE OF PRODUCTION.—The Sec25 retary shall use $74,500,000 of funds of the Commodity 
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1 Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the several 

2 States in an amount equal to the product obtained by mul3 tiplying— 

4 (1) the share of the State of the total value of 

5 specialty crop and livestock of the United States for 

6 the 2004 crop year, as determined by the Secretary; 

7 by 

8 (2) $74,500,000. 

9 (d) SPECIAL CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRIORITY.—As a 

10 condition on the receipt of a grant under this section, a 

11 State shall agree to give priority to the support of specialty 

12 crops and livestock in the use of the grant funds. 

13 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—A State may use funds from a 

14 grant awarded under this section— 

15 (1) to supplement State food bank programs or 

16 other nutrition assistance programs; 

17 (2) to promote the purchase, sale, or consump18 tion of agricultural products; 

19 (3) to provide economic assistance to agricul20 tural producers, giving a priority to the support of 

21 specialty crops and livestock; or 

22 (4) for other purposes as determined by the Sec23 retary. 
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1 SEC. 822. SUPPLEMENTAL ECONOMIC LOSS PAYMENTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec3 retary shall make a supplemental economic loss payment 

4 to— 

5 (1) any producers on a farm that received a di6 rect payment for crop year 2005 under title I of the 

7 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

8 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.); and 

9 (2) any dairy producer that was eligible to re10 ceive a payment during the 2005 calendar year under 

11 section 1502 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest12 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7982). 

13 (b) AMOUNT.— 

14 (1) COVERED COMMODITIES.—Subject to para15 graph (3), the amount of a supplemental economic 

16 loss payment made to the producers on a farm under 

17 subsection (a)(1) shall be equal to the product ob18 tained by multiplying— 

19 (A) 30 percent of the direct payment rate in 

20 effect for the covered commodity of the producers 

21 on the farm; 

22 (B) 85 percent of the base acres of the cov23 ered commodity of the producers on the farm; 

24 and 

25 (C) the payment yield for each covered com26 modity of the producers on the farm. 
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1 (2) DAIRY PAYMENTS.— 

2 (A) DISTRIBUTION.—Supplemental eco3 nomic loss payments under subsection (a)(2) 

4 shall be distributed in a manner that is con5 sistent with section 1502 of the Farm and Rural 

6 Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7982). 

7 (B) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—Subject to para8 graph (3), the total amount available for supple9 mental economic loss payments under subsection 

10 (a)(2) shall not exceed $147,000,000. 

11 (3) LIMITATIONS.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 

13 (B), the Secretary shall ensure that no person re14 ceives supplemental economic loss payments 

15 under— 

16 (i) subsection (a)(1) in excess of the per 

17 person limitations applicable to a person 

18 that receives payments described in sub19 section (a)(1); and 

20 (ii) subsection (a)(2) in excess of the 

21 per dairy operation limitation applicable to 

22 producers on a dairy farm described in sub23 section (a)(2). 

24 (B) ADMINISTRATION.—In carrying out 

25 subparagraph (A), the Secretary— 
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1 (i) shall establish separate limitations 

2 for supplemental economic loss payments 

3 received under this section; and 

4 (ii) shall not include the supplemental 

5 economic loss payments in applying pay6 ment limitations under section 1001 of the 

7 Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1001) 

8 for payments made pursuant to the under9 lying normal operation of the program de10 scribed in subsection (a)(1) or section 1502 

11 of the Farm and Rural Investment Act of 

12 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7982). 

13 SEC. 823. EMERGENCY WATERSHED PROTECTION PRO14 GRAM. 

15 The Secretary shall use an additional $53,600,000 of 

16 funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out 

17 emergency measures identified by the Chief of the Natural 

18 Resources Conservation Service as of the date of enactment 

19 of this Act through the emergency watershed protection pro20 gram established under section 403 of the Agricultural 

21 Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203). 

22 Subtitle C—Conservation 

23 SEC. 831. NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE. 

24 (a) AUTHORITY TO CLEAR DEBRIS AND ANIMAL CAR25 CASSES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
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1 Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conserva2 tion Service, using funds made available for the emergency 

3 watershed protection program established under section 403 

4 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203), 

5 may provide financial and technical assistance to remove 

6 and dispose of debris and animal carcasses that could ad7 versely affect health and safety on non-Federal land in a 

8 hurricane-affected county. 

9 (b) AUTHORITY TO USE CERTAIN PRACTICES.—Not10 withstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, act11 ing through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 

12 may use direct check-writing practices and electronic trans13 fers to provide financial and technical assistance under the 

14 emergency watershed protection program established under 

15 section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 

16 U.S.C. 2203) in a hurricane-affected county. 

17 SEC. 832. EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. 

18 The Secretary shall use an additional $17,000,000 of 

19 funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out 

20 emergency measures identified by the Administrator of the 

21 Farm Service Agency as of the date of enactment of this 

22 Act through the emergency conservation program estab23 lished under title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 

24 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.). 
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1 Subtitle D—Farm Service Agency 

2 SEC. 841. FUNDING FOR ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL. 

3 The Secretary shall use $13,400,000 of funds of the 

4 Commodity Credit Corporation to hire additional County 

5 Farm Service Agency personnel— 

6 (1) to expedite the implementation of, and deliv7 ery under, the agricultural disaster and economic as8 sistance programs under this title; and 

9 (2) as the Secretary determines to be necessary 

10 to carry out other agriculture and disaster assistance 

11 programs. 

12 Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 

13 SEC. 851. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE IMMUNIZATIONS. 

14 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec15 retary of Defense may provide immunizations to employees 

16 of the Department of Agriculture involved in direct recovery 

17 work in a hurricane-affected county. 

18 SEC. 852. WAIVER OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS. 

19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec20 retary may provide assistance in a hurricane-affected coun21 ty under the emergency conservation program established 

22 under title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 

23 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) without regard to subtitle C of title 

24 XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3821 et 

25 seq.). 
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1 SEC. 853. FUNDING. 

2 The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and au3 thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out 

4 this title, to remain available until expended. 

5 SEC. 854. REGULATIONS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may promulgate 

7 such regulations as are necessary to implement this title. 

8 (b) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the regulations 

9 and administration of this title shall be made without re10 gard to— 

11 (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 

12 553 of title 5, United States Code; 

13 (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of 

14 Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 

15 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking 

16 and public participation in rulemaking; and 

17 (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 

18 (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 

19 Act’’). 

20 (c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE21 MAKING.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall 

22 use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, 

23 United States Code. 
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1 Subtitle F—Emergency Designation 

2 SEC. 861. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 

3 The amounts provided in this title are designated as 

4 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. 

5 Con. Res. 83 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 

6 the budget for fiscal year 2007, as made applicable in the 

7 Senate by section 7035 of Public Law 109–234. 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De9 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

10 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 

Calendar No. 477 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 5384 

[Report No. 109–266] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2007, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

MAY 24, 2006 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 22, 2006 

Reported with an amendment