109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5384

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for 

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag3 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra4 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 

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

6 namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

9 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

10 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

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

13 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep14 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

15 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

16 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

17 CHIEF ECONOMIST

18 For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in19 cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 

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

21 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

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

23 $11,226,000. 

24 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

25 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi26 sion, $14,795,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

3 Program Analysis, $8,479,000. 

4 HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

5 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

6 Staff, $954,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In9 formation Officer, $16,936,000. 

10 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

11 For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com12 puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva13 tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, 

14 and Rural Development mission areas for information 

15 technology, systems, and services, $68,971,000 (reduced 

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

17 $4,494,127 (reduced by $1,666,523) is for rural develop18 ment-related activities, $14,494,273 (reduced by 

19 $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,374,803) is for Natural Re20 source Conservation Service-related activities, and 

21 $49,982,600 (reduced by $18,534,674) is for Farm Serv22 ice Agency-related activities, to remain available until ex23 pended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared informa24 tion technology systems, including services as authorized 

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

26 That obligation of these funds shall be consistent with the 
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1 Department of Agriculture Service Center Modernization 

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

3 concurrence of the Department’s Chief Information Offi4 cer: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 

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

6 to acquire fourband digital color infrared imagery of the 

7 entire State of New Mexico. 

8 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi10 nancial Officer, $5,991,000: Provided, That no funds 

11 made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 

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

13 has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

14 both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Govern15 ment Reform of the House of Representatives a report on 

16 the Department’s contracting out policies, including agen17 cy budgets for contracting out. 

18 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

19 RIGHTS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

22 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

24 $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 

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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’’.

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 2006. 

Attest:

Clerk. 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5384

AN ACT

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Detember 30, 2007, and for other purposes. Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and