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Calendar No. 694 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2803 

[Report No. 108–340] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 

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

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
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1 ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, 

2 namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

8 of Agriculture, $5,124,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

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

11 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

12 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

13 CHIEF ECONOMIST

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

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

17 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

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

19 $9,817,000. 

20 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

21 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi22 sion, $14,154,000. 

23 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

25 Program Analysis, $8,128,000. 
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1 HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

2 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

3 Staff, $1,000,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In6 formation Officer, $17,595,000. 

7 COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

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

11 and Rural Development mission areas for information 

12 technology, systems, and services, $125,585,000, to re13 main available until expended, for the capital asset acqui14 sition of shared information technology systems, including 

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

16 1421–28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall 

17 be consistent with the Department of Agriculture Service 

18 Center Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, 

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

20 Chief Information Officer. 

21 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi23 nancial Officer, $5,742,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi24 nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross25 servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro-
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1 vided further, That no funds made available by this appro2 priation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A– 

3 76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 

5 report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in6 cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

8 RIGHTS

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

10 the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $819,000. 

11 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

13 $20,347,000. 

14 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

15 ADMINISTRATION

16 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

17 the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $682,000. 

18 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

19 PAYMENTS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu22 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

23 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis24 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri25 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 
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1 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 

2 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

3 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con4 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

5 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im6 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili7 ties, and for related costs, $170,870,000, to remain avail8 able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 5 per9 cent of amounts which are made available for space rental 

10 and related costs for the Department of Agriculture in this 

11 Act may be transferred between such appropriations to 

12 cover the costs of new or replacement space 15 days after 

13 notice thereof is transmitted to the Appropriations Com14 mittees of both Houses of Congress. 

15 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri18 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

20 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,532,000, to remain 

22 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 

23 and funds available herein to the Department for Haz24 ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 

25 agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re-
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1 quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 

2 non-Federal lands. 

3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For Departmental Administration, $22,626,000, to 

6 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

7 services to offices of the Department and for general ad8 ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

9 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro10 vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 

11 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

12 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

13 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

14 required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 

15 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

16 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

19 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 

20 carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro21 grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 

22 within the executive branch, $3,852,000: Provided, That 

23 these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart24 ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per25 sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 
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1 made available by this appropriation may be obligated 

2 after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, un3 less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro4 priations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 

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

6 other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 

7 shall be available to the Department for support of activi8 ties of congressional relations. 

9 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

11 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

12 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

13 coordination of information, work, and programs author14 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,365,000: Pro15 vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 

16 farmers’ bulletins. 

17 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

19 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

20 General Act of 1978, $78,289,000, including such sums 

21 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange22 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

24 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden25 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
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1 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

3 of Public Law 97–98. 

4 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

6 Counsel, $36,236,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

8 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

9 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

10 the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco11 nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

12 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul13 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 

14 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex15 tension Service, $605,000. 

16 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

17 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

18 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as 

19 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

20 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $75,268,000. 

21 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

22 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

23 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 

24 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta25 tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur-
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1 veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 

2 U.S.C. 1621–1627 and 2204g, and other laws, 

3 $130,299,000, of which up to $22,405,000 shall be avail4 able until expended for the Census of Agriculture. 

5 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re8 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem9 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 

10 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco11 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui12 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in13 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex14 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 

15 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 

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

17 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 

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

19 of Federal ownership, $1,090,261,000: Provided, That ap20 propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

21 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

22 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

23 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

25 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
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1 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

2 exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 

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

4 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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

6 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

7 of the current replacement value of the building or 

8 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

9 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

10 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

11 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria12 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

13 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

14 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

15 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

17 funds may be received from any State, other political sub18 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es19 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

20 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

21 by law: Provided further, That all rights and title of the 

22 United States in the 1.0664-acre parcel of land including 

23 improvements, as recorded at Book 1320, Page 253, 

24 records of Larimer County, State of Colorado, shall be 
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1 conveyed to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State 

2 University for the benefit of Colorado State University. 

3 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

4 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro5 duction, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

6 products. 

7 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

8 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve9 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip10 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

11 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

12 where not otherwise provided, $172,838,000, to remain 

13 available until expended. 

14 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

15 EXTENSION SERVICE

16 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

17 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

18 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

19 for other expenses, $628,492,000, as follows: to carry out 

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

21 i), $180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry re22 search (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $23,000,000; for 

23 payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 

24 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University 

25 (7 U.S.C. 3222), $36,000,000, of which $1,507,496 shall 

26 be made available only for the purpose of ensuring that 
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1 each institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for 

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

3 $108,731,000; for special grants for agricultural research 

4 on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,595,000; 

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

6 $183,000,000; for the support of animal health and dis7 ease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,098,000; for supple8 mental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 

9 3319d), $840,000; for grants for research pursuant to the 

10 Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), 

11 $1,111,000, to remain available until expended; for the 

12 1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions pur13 suant to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 

14 301 note), $1,087,000, to remain available until expended; 

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

16 $1,000,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 

17 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,883,000, to remain 

18 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher edu19 cation challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), 

20 $4,859,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 

21 program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain 

22 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an edu23 cation grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 

24 U.S.C. 3241), $4,645,000; for noncompetitive grants for 

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

2 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska 

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

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

5 agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 

6 education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $890,000; for aquaculture 

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

9 $12,222,000; for a program of capacity building grants 

10 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 

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

12 328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 

13 State University, $11,411,000, to remain available until 

14 expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 In15 stitutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 

16 103–382, $1,689,000; and for necessary expenses of Re17 search and Education Activities, $26,785,000. 

18 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

19 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro20 duction, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

21 products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 

22 to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in23 dustrial uses of tobacco. 
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

2 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

4 note), $12,000,000. 

5 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

6 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

8 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $443,061,000, 

9 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

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

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

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

13 costs for extension agents, $277,742,000; payments for 

14 extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith15 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $2,929,000; payments for 

16 the nutrition and family education program for low-income 

17 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,000,000; pay18 ments for the pest management program under section 

19 3(d) of the Act, $9,563,000; payments for the farm safety 

20 program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,174,000; pay21 ments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching facili22 ties at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 

23 University and West Virginia State University, as author24 ized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 

25 3222b), $14,912,000, to remain available until expended; 

26 payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) 
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1 of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,538,000; for youth farm safety 

2 education and certification extension grants, to be award3 ed competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $444,000; 

4 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 

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

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

7 under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,774,000; 

8 payments for sustainable agriculture programs under sec9 tion 3(d) of the Act, $4,333,000; payments for rural 

10 health and safety education as authorized by section 

11 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 

12 $1,981,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 

13 the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill 

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

15 and West Virginia State University, $32,117,000, of 

16 which $1,724,884 shall be made available only for the pur17 pose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less 

18 than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursu19 ant to section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, 

20 $2,667,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension Ac21 tivities, $20,794,000. 

22 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

23 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

24 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex25 penses, $57,242,000, as follows: for competitive grants 

26 programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 
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1 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

2 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $39,558,000, including $11,530,000 for 

3 the water quality program, $13,305,000 for the food safe4 ty program, $4,028,000 for the regional pest management 

5 centers program, $4,345,000 for the Food Quality Protec6 tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys7 tems, $1,330,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 

8 Protection Act implementation, $3,131,000 for the methyl 

9 bromide transition program, and $1,889,000 for the or10 ganic transition program; for a competitive international 

11 science and education grants program authorized under 

12 section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex13 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

14 3292b), to remain available until expended, $895,000; for 

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

16 Public Law 89–106, as amended, $1,789,000, including 

17 $444,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006 

18 for the critical issues program, and $1,345,000 for the re19 gional rural development centers program; and 

20 $15,000,000 for the homeland security program author21 ized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural Re22 search, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain 

23 available until September 30, 2006. 

24 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

25 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 

26 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
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1 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,935,000, to remain available 

2 until expended. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

4 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro7 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 

8 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

9 Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 

10 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; 

11 $733,000. 

12 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

16 to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and ani17 mal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and reg18 ulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as au19 thorized by law, $786,866,000, of which $4,119,000 shall 

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

21 diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals 

22 and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency con23 ditions; of which $47,500,000 shall be used for the boll 

24 weevil eradication program for cost share purposes or for 

25 debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which 

26 $33,197,000 shall be available for a National Animal 
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1 Identification program: Provided, That no funds shall be 

2 used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 

3 program for the current fiscal year that does not require 

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

5 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

6 for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur7 chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for re8 placement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 

9 emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricul10 tural production industry of this country, the Secretary 

11 may transfer from other appropriations or funds available 

12 to the agencies or corporations of the Department such 

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

14 in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of con15 tagious or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, 

16 or plants, and for expenses in accordance with sections 

17 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act 

18 (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of 

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

20 any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such 

21 emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be 

22 merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further, 

23 That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant 

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

25 leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise 
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1 provided the cost of altering any one building during the 

2 fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current re3 placement value of the building: Provided further, That no 

4 funds shall be used to implement a national animal identi5 fication system prior to notification to the Committees on 

6 Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri7 tion, and Forestry in the Senate and the Committee on 

8 Agriculture in the House of Representatives which shall 

9 include a detailed explanation of the components of such 

10 system. 

11 In fiscal year 2005, the agency is authorized to collect 

12 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist13 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

14 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

15 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

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

20 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro21 viding such assistance, goods, or services. 

22 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

23 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte24 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al25 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

26 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
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1 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,967,000, to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

4 MARKETING SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out services related 

6 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis7 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au8 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination 

9 of payments to States, $78,198,000, including funds for 

10 the wholesale market development program for the design 

11 and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities 

12 for the major metropolitan areas of the country, of which 

13 not less than $2,500,000 shall be for the development of 

14 a web-based supply chain management system: Provided, 

15 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

16 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

17 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build18 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

19 the current replacement value of the building. 

20 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

22 U.S.C. 9701). 

23 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

24 Not to exceed $64,459,000 (from fees collected) shall 

25 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra26 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 
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1 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 

2 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

3 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

4 Congress. 

5 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

6 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au9 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com10 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

12 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

14 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $15,800,000 

15 for formulation and administration of marketing agree16 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

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

18 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

19 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

20 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

21 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul22 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

23 $3,847,000, of which not less than $2,500,000 shall be 

24 used to make a grant under this heading. 
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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin6 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying 

7 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products, 

8 and the standardization activities related to grain under 

9 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $37,299,000: 

10 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu11 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

12 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

13 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

14 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build15 ing. 

16 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

17 EXPENSES

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

19 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

20 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac21 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

22 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

23 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

2 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

3 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the 

4 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In5 spection Service, $608,000. 

6 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses to carry out services author8 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

9 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

11 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

13 $823,757,000, of which no less than $740,835,000 shall 

14 be available for Federal food safety inspection; and in ad15 dition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 

16 fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 

17 authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con18 servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Pro19 vided, That no fewer than 63 full time equivalent positions 

20 above the fiscal year 2002 level shall be employed during 

21 fiscal year 2005 for purposes dedicated solely to inspec22 tions and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of 

23 Slaughter Act: Provided further, That of the amount avail24 able under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be obligated to 

25 include the Humane Animal Tracking System as part of 
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1 the Field Automation and Information Management Sys2 tem following notification to the Committees on Appro3 priations, which shall include a detailed explanation of the 

4 components of such system: Provided further, That this 

5 appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 

6 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im7 provements, but the cost of altering any one building dur8 ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur9 rent replacement value of the building. 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

11 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

12 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

13 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 

14 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for 

15 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv16 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 

17 Credit Corporation, $648,000. 

18 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis22 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

23 the Farm Service Agency, $1,004,032,000: Provided, That 

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

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

26 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro-
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1 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 

2 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

3 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac4 count. 

5 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

6 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul7 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

8 5106), $4,000,000. 

9 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

12 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

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

14 remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro15 gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 

16 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri17 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra18 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 

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

20 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di24 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

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

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

2 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 

3 ownership loans, $1,310,000,000, of which 

4 $1,100,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans and 

5 $210,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, 

6 $1,950,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for un7 subsidized guaranteed loans, $300,000,000 shall be for 

8 subsidized guaranteed loans and $650,000,000 shall be for 

9 direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

10 $2,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 

11 $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem 

12 the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of 

13 boll weevil eradication program loans. 

14 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

17 ownership loans, $17,065,000, of which $5,830,000 shall 

18 be for guaranteed loans, and $11,235,000 shall be for di19 rect loans; operating loans, $137,815,000, of which 

20 $32,300,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

21 $39,930,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 

22 $65,585,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian tribe 

23 land acquisition loans, $105,000. 

24 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

25 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
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1 $301,764,000, of which $293,764,000 shall be transferred 

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

3 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

4 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

5 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership 

6 and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 

7 transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 

8 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

9 are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

10 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

11 For administrative and operating expenses, as au12 thorized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 

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

14 $72,044,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

15 be available for official reception and representation ex16 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

17 CORPORATIONS 

18 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

19 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

20 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor21 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

22 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

23 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

24 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

25 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 
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1 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here2 inafter provided. 

3 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

4 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

7 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

8 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

9 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec10 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

11 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim12 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

13 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11). 

14 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

15 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

16 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

18 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

19 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

20 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

22 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

23 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, $758,000. 

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 $845,863,000, to remain available until expended (7 

4 U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than $12,000,000 is for 

5 snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 

6 $16,000,000 is for operation and establishment of the 

7 plant materials centers, and of which not less than 

8 $23,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands conservation 

9 initiative: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 

10 be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction 

11 and improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

12 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

13 and improvements to other buildings and other public im14 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

15 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

16 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob17 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 

18 That this appropriation shall be available for technical as19 sistance and related expenses to carry out programs au20 thorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River 

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

22 Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be 

23 temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the 

24 technical planning work of the Service: Provided further, 

25 That none of the funds made available under this para-
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1 graph by this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

2 to provide technical assistance with respect to programs 

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

4 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 

5 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

6 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves7 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa8 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan9 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 

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

11 $7,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail12 able under this paragraph by this or any other appropria13 tions Act may be used to provide technical assistance with 

14 respect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food 

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

16 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

17 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas18 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op19 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

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

21 in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 

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

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

24 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re25 lating to the activities of the Department, $64,000,000, 

26 to remain available until expended; of which up to 
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1 $10,000,000 may be available for the watersheds author2 ized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 

3 U.S.C. 1006a): Provided, That not to exceed $24,000,000 

4 of this appropriation shall be available for technical assist5 ance: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of 

6 this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes 

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

8 205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated by 

9 that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to 

10 other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite 

11 project construction: Provided further, That none of the 

12 funds made available under this paragraph by this or any 

13 other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical 

14 assistance with respect to programs listed in section 

15 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

16 3841(a)). 

17 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

19 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

20 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 

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

22 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

23 $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That none of the funds made available under this 

25 paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act may 

26 be used to provide technical assistance with respect to pro-
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1 grams listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act 

2 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 

3 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

4 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

5 projects for resource conservation and development and 

6 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

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

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

9 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of 

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

11 3461), $50,760,000, to remain available until expended: 

12 Provided, That none of the funds made available under 

13 this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act 

14 may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 

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

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

17 TITLE III 

18 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

20 DEVELOPMENT

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

22 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer 

23 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

24 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 

25 Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department 

26 of Agriculture, $645,000. 
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1 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

5 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N 

6 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

7 $733,360,000, to remain available until expended, of 

8 which $85,680,000 shall be for rural community programs 

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

10 $573,500,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de11 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 

12 such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail13 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

14 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

15 $2,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro16 gram described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 

17 $74,180,000 shall be for the rural business and coopera18 tive development programs described in sections 

19 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of 

20 the total amount appropriated in this account, 

21 $26,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Fed22 erally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

23 grants for drinking water and waste disposal systems pur24 suant to section 306C of such Act, of which $5,000,000 

25 shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 

26 colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Con-
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1 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which 

2 $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified na3 tional organization to provide technical assistance for 

4 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop5 ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

6 for rural community programs, $6,500,000 shall be avail7 able for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Pro8 vided further, That such funds shall be used solely to de9 velop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit commu10 nity-based housing and community development organiza11 tions, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog12 nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to im13 prove housing, community facilities, community and eco14 nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur15 ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 

16 private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 

17 proposing to carry out a program of financial and tech18 nical assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary 

19 organizations shall provide matching funds from other 

20 sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in 

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

22 That of the amount appropriated for the rural business 

23 and cooperative development programs, not to exceed 

24 $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 

25 national organization to provide technical assistance for 
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1 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop2 ment; $1,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional 

3 Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any purpose under 

4 this heading: Provided further, That of the amount appro5 priated for rural utilities programs, not to exceed 

6 $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal systems 

7 to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mexico 

8 border, including grants pursuant to section 306C of such 

9 Act; not to exceed $28,000,000 shall be for water and 

10 waste disposal systems for rural and native villages in 

11 Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with up to 

12 2 percent available to administer the program and/or im13 prove interagency coordination may be transferred to and 

14 merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, 

15 Salaries and Expenses’’, of which $100,000 shall be pro16 vided to develop a regional system for centralized billing, 

17 operation, and management of rural water and sewer utili18 ties through regional cooperatives, of which 25 percent 

19 shall be provided for water and sewer projects in regional 

20 hubs, and the State of Alaska shall provide a 25 percent 

21 cost share, and grantees may use up to 5 percent of grant 

22 funds, not to exceed $35,000 per community, for the com23 pletion of comprehensive community safe water plans; not 

24 to exceed $19,000,000 shall be for technical assistance 

25 grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to sec-
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1 tion 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,750,000 shall 

2 be for Rural Community Assistance Programs and not less 

3 than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native 

4 American organization to provide technical assistance for 

5 rural water systems for tribal communities; and not to ex6 ceed $13,500,000 shall be for contracting with qualified 

7 national organizations for a circuit rider program to pro8 vide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 

9 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex10 ceed $22,166,000 shall be available through June 30, 

11 2005, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 

12 communities and communities designated by the Secretary 

13 of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 

14 Zones; of which $1,081,000 shall be for the rural commu15 nity programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such 

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

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

18 and of which $8,503,000 shall be for the rural business 

19 and cooperative development programs described in sec20 tion 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That of the 

21 amount appropriated for rural community programs, not 

22 to exceed $21,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facili23 ties in rural communities with extreme unemployment and 

24 severe economic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 

25 5 percent for administration and capacity building in the 
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1 State rural development offices: Provided further, That of 

2 the amount appropriated, $28,000,000 shall be trans3 ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, 

4 High Energy Cost Grants Account’’ to provide grants au5 thorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 

6 of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That of the 

7 amount made available for high energy cost grants, up to 

8 $3,000,000 shall be available to a not-for-profit consumer9 owned cooperative utility provider serving an island com10 munity in a non-contiguous State for the purpose of de11 fraying transaction, transition, organizational, and other 

12 fair and reasonable costs, as determined by the Secretary, 

13 incurred during the period July 1, 1999 through Decem14 ber 31, 2002, and directly related to the successful acqui15 sition by such provider of the investor-owned electric util16 ity facilities (including generation, transmission, distribu17 tion, and other related assets) formerly serving ratepayers 

18 on the island: Provided further, That any prior year bal19 ances for high cost energy grants authorized by section 

20 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

21 901(19)) shall be transferred to and merged with the 

22 ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants Ac23 count’’. 
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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis4 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De5 velopment mission area, including activities with institu6 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul7 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

8 $143,452,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

9 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

10 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

11 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro12 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex13 pended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non14 USDA employees: Provided further, That any balances 

15 available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 

16 Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Coopera17 tive Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be trans18 ferred to and merged with this appropriation. 

19 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

20 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di23 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

25 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $3,925,185,000 

26 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the 
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1 Secretary, of which $1,200,000,000 shall be for direct 

2 loans, and of which $2,725,185,000 shall be for unsub3 sidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 

4 housing repair loans; $90,000,000 for section 515 rental 

5 housing; $85,960,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi6 family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 site 

7 loans; $11,501,000 for credit sales of acquired property, 

8 of which up to $1,501,000 may be for multi-family credit 

9 sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing 

10 land development loans. 

11 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

14 502 loans, $171,960,000, of which $138,960,000 shall be 

15 for direct loans, and of which $33,608,000, to remain 

16 available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaran17 teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $10,171,000; 

18 section 515 rental housing, $42,381,000; section 538 

19 multi-family housing guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, to re20 main available until expended; multi-family credit sales of 

21 acquired property, $727,000: Provided, That of the total 

22 amount appropriated in this paragraph, $7,100,000 shall 

23 be available through June 30, 2005, for authorized em24 powerment zones and enterprise communities and commu25 nities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural 
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1 Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That 

2 any funds under this paragraph allocated by the Secretary 

3 for housing projects in the State of Alaska that are not 

4 obligated by the end of this fiscal year shall be carried 

5 over to the next fiscal year and made available for such 

6 housing projects only in the State of Alaska. 

7 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

8 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

9 $448,342,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

10 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

11 and Expenses’’. 

12 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

13 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re14 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

15 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

16 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

17 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $585,900,000; 

18 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au19 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 

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

21 assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: 

22 Provided, That of this amount, $5,900,000 shall be avail23 able for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible house24 holds as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, 

25 and not to exceed $20,000 per project for advances to non26 profit organizations or public agencies to cover direct costs 
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1 (other than purchase price) incurred in purchasing 

2 projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Pro3 vided further, That agreements entered into or renewed 

4 during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a four5 year period: Provided further, That any unexpended bal6 ances remaining at the end of such four-year agreements 

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

8 reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any ex9 isting projects; preservation; and rental assistance activi10 ties authorized under title V of the Act. 

11 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

12 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

13 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

14 1490c), $34,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

15 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 

16 $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2005, for 

17 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu18 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag19 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

20 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

21 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

22 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

23 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

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

25 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $46,992,000, 

26 to remain available until expended: Provided, That not less 
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1 than $6,000,000 shall be made available for loans to pri2 vate non-profit organizations, or such non-profit organiza3 tions’ affiliate loan funds and State housing finance agen4 cies, to carry out a housing demonstration program to pro5 vide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 

6 multi-family housing projects: Provided further, That loans 

7 under such demonstration program shall have an interest 

8 rate of not more than one percent direct loan to the recipi9 ent: Provided further, That the Secretary may defer the 

10 interest and principal payment to the Rural Housing Serv11 ice for up to three years and the term of such loans shall 

12 not exceed 30 years: Provided further, That of the total 

13 amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available 

14 through June 30, 2005, for authorized empowerment 

15 zones and enterprise communities and communities des16 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

17 Area Partnership Zones. 

18 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

20 as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $31,471,000, 

21 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

22 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

23 contracts. 
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1 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author5 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

6 9812(a)), $34,213,000. 

7 For the cost of direct loans, $15,868,000, as author8 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

9 9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 

10 June 30, 2005, for Federally Recognized Native American 

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

12 June 30, 2005, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

13 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro14 vided, That of such amount made available, the Secretary 

15 may provide up to $1,500,000 for the Delta Regional Au16 thority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): Provided further, That 

17 such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 

18 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

19 Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the total 

20 amount appropriated, $2,447,000 shall be available 

21 through June 30, 2005, for the cost of direct loans for 

22 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu23 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag24 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

25 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

26 the direct loan programs, $4,316,000 shall be transferred 
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1 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop2 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

3 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

6 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author7 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

8 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

9 and job creation projects, $25,003,000. 

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

11 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres12 sional Budget Act of 1974, $4,698,000. 

13 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

14 credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 

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

16 $4,698,000 shall not be obligated and $4,698,000 are re17 scinded. 

18 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

19 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

21 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $24,000,000, of 

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

23 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro24 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be 

25 for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri26 mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro-
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1 ducers and whose governing board and/or membership is 

2 comprised of at least 75 percent minority; and of which 

3 not to exceed $15,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, shall be for value-added agricultural product mar5 ket development grants, as authorized by section 6401 of 

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

7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

8 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

9 COMMUNITIES GRANTS

10 For grants in connection with second and third 

11 rounds of empowerment zones and enterprise commu12 nities, $12,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

13 for designated rural empowerment zones and rural enter14 prise communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief 

15 Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emer16 gency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 

17 Law 105–277). 

18 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

19 For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guar20 antees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions 

21 as authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and 

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

23 $20,000,000 for direct and guaranteed renewable energy 

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

25 and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 
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1 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres2 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

3 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

4 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

5 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 

8 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

9 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica10 tion loans, $120,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 

11 loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 

12 of that Act, rural electric, $2,100,000,000; Treasury rate 

13 direct electric loans, $1,000,000,000; 5 percent rural tele14 communications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural 

15 telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; loans made pur16 suant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 

17 loans, $125,000,000; and for guaranteed underwriting 

18 loans pursuant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000. 

19 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi21 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 

22 sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

23 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural 

24 electric loans, $5,058,000, and the cost of telecommuni25 cation loans, $100,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
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1 section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 

2 borrower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

4 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

5 $38,277,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 

6 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

7 and Expenses’’. 

8 RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 

11 make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail12 able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make 

13 such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 

14 year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern15 ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car16 rying out its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2005 

17 and within the resources and authority available, gross ob18 ligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall be 

19 $175,000,000. 

20 In addition, for administrative expenses, including 

21 audits, necessary to carry out the loan programs, 

22 $3,152,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with 

23 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 

24 Expenses’’. 
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1 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

2 PROGRAM

3 For the principal amount of direct distance learning 

4 and telemedicine loans, $20,000,000; and for the principal 

5 amount of direct broadband telecommunication loans, 

6 $600,000,000. 

7 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

9 et seq., $38,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

10 Provided, That $13,000,000 shall be made available to 

11 convert analog to digital operation those noncommercial 

12 educational television broadcast stations that serve rural 

13 areas and are qualified for Community Service Grants by 

14 the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 

15 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934, including as16 sociated translators and repeaters, regardless of the loca17 tion of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, 

18 and equipment to allow local control over digital content 

19 and programming through the use of high-definition 

20 broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies. 

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

22 U.S.C. 901 et seq., $12,780,000, to remain available until 

23 September 30, 2006: Provided, That the interest rate for 

24 such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Depart25 ment of the Treasury for obligations of comparable matu-
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1 rity: Provided further, That for the cost of loans to carry 

2 out the Distance Learning and Telemedicine program as 

3 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $284,000: Pro4 vided further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as de5 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 

6 1974. 

7 In addition, $9,000,000, 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, $608,000. 

20 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

21 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER 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; $11,380,557,000, to 
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1 remain available through September 30, 2006, of which 

2 $6,060,860,000 is hereby appropriated and 

3 $5,319,697,000 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 $4,000,000 shall be avail6 able for Child Nutrition Program assessment activities: 

7 Provided further, That except as specifically provided 

8 under this heading, none of the funds shall be used for 

9 studies and evaluations: Provided further, That up to 

10 $5,235,000 shall be available for independent verification 

11 of school food service claims. 

12 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

13 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup15 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

17 $5,175,250,000, to remain available through September 

18 30, 2006, of which $263,000,000 shall be allocated as the 

19 Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) 

20 of such Act, to support participation, and of which 

21 $125,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to remain avail22 able until expended, to be allocated as the Secretary deems 

23 necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act, to 

24 support participation should cost or participation exceed 

25 budget estimates: Provided, That $125,000,000 of this 

26 amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
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1 requirement pursuant to section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 

2 (108th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget 

3 for fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That this 

4 $125,000,000 shall be available only to the extent that an 

5 official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that 

6 includes designation of the entire amount of the request 

7 as an emergency requirement as defined in S. Con. Res. 

8 95 (108th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

9 budget for fiscal year 2005, is transmitted by the Presi10 dent to the Congress: Provided further, That of the total 

11 amount available, the Secretary shall obligate not less 

12 than $15,000,000 for a breastfeeding support initiative in 

13 addition to the activities specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): 

14 Provided further, That up to $20,000,000 shall be avail15 able for a management information system initiative and 

16 up to $5,000,000 shall be available for pilot projects to 

17 prevent childhood obesity upon a determination by the 

18 Secretary that funds are available to meet caseload re19 quirements: Provided further, That notwithstanding sec20 tion 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, $14,000,000 shall be avail21 able for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B): 

22 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 

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

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

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

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

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

8 the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 

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

11 Act. 

12 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

14 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $33,641,798,000, of which 

15 $3,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in 

16 such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 

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

18 the funds made available under this heading shall be used 

19 for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the 

20 funds made available under this heading and not already 

21 appropriated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian 

22 Reservations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of 

23 the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to 

24 exceed $4,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat 

25 for the FDPIR from Native American bison producers as 

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1 ers: Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be 

2 expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp 

3 Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

4 subject to any work registration or workfare requirements 

5 as may be required by law: Provided further, That funds 

6 made available for Employment and Training under this 

7 heading shall remain available until expended, as author8 ized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided 

9 further, That notwithstanding section 5(d) of the Food 

10 Stamp Act of 1977, any additional payment received 

11 under chapter 5 of title 37, United States Code, by a 

12 member of the United States Armed Forces deployed to 

13 a designated combat zone shall be excluded from house14 hold income for the duration of the member’s deployment 

15 if the additional pay is the result of deployment to or while 

16 serving in a combat zone, and it was not received imme17 diately prior to serving in the combat zone. 

18 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

19 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist20 ance and the commodity supplemental food program as 

21 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con22 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

23 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; and special as24 sistance (in a form determined by the Secretary of Agri25 culture) for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by 

26 section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association 
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1 Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the 

2 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

3 section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 

4 $172,081,000, to remain available through September 30, 

5 2006: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail6 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

7 commodities donated to the program. 

8 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

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

11 $142,592,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 

12 for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight13 ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 

14 and assisting in the prevention, identification, and pros15 ecution of fraud and other violations of law; and of which 

16 not less than $4,000,000 shall be available to improve in17 tegrity in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs. 

18 TITLE V 

19 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

20 PROGRAMS 

21 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

25 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

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1 activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi2 nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec3 tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 

4 $158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 

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

6 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $139,162,000: Provided, That the Serv7 ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro8 priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen9 cies, public and private organizations and institutions 

10 under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 

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

12 the foreign assistance programs of the United States 

13 Agency for International Development. 

14 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con17 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 

18 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

19 1954, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including 

20 the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 

21 $94,198,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

24 Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro25 priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $4,034,000, 

26 of which $1,097,000 may be transferred to and merged 
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1 with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 

2 Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $2,937,000 may be 

3 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

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

5 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL

6 GRANTS

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment 

9 of agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricul10 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 

11 under the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $22,723,000, 

12 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

13 made available for the cost of agreements under title I 

14 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

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

16 used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 

17 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

18 Houses of Congress. 

19 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

20 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth21 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in22 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De23 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 

24 supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 

25 II of said Act, $1,185,000,000, to remain available until 

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1 MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

2 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest5 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to 

6 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com7 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

8 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im9 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

10 amounts provided herein. 

11 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

12 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com15 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

16 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,423,000; to cover common 

17 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com18 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

20 $3,421,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 

21 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

22 and Expenses’’, and of which $1,002,000 may be trans23 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

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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; $1,791,599,000: Provided, That of the amount 

20 provided under this heading, $284,394,000 shall be de21 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

23 remain available until expended; $33,938,000 shall be de24 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

25 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re-
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1 main available until expended; and $8,000,000 shall be de2 rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

3 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

4 available until expended: Provided further, That fees de5 rived from prescription drug, medical device, and animal 

6 drug assessments received during fiscal year 2005, includ7 ing any such fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year 

8 but credited during the current year, shall be subject to 

9 the fiscal year 2005 limitation: Provided further, That 

10 none of these funds shall be used to develop, establish, 

11 or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 

12 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount 

13 appropriated: (1) $439,038,000 shall be for the Center for 

14 Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activi15 ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $497,447,000 

16 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research 

17 and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af18 fairs; (3) $172,414,000 shall be for the Center for Bio19 logics Evaluation and Research and for related field activi20 ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $98,610,000 

21 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for 

22 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

23 (5) $235,078,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 

24 Radiological Health and for related field activities in the 

25 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $40,530,000 shall be for 
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1 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

2 $62,722,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other 

3 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis4 tration for rent; (8) $129,815,000 shall be for payments 

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

6 $115,945,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

7 Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management; 

8 the Office of External Relations; the Office of Policy and 

9 Planning; and central services for these offices: Provided 

10 further, That funds may be transferred from one specified 

11 activity to another with the prior approval of the Commit12 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

13 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

14 42 U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain 

15 available until expended. 

16 In addition, export certification user fees authorized 

17 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re18 main available until expended. 

19 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

20 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in23 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

25 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $95,327,000, 
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1 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

2 representation expenses. 

3 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

5 Not to exceed $41,800,000 (from assessments col6 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 

7 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

8 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

10 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re11 ceiverships. 

12 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

14 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart15 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

17 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 388 passenger 

18 motor vehicles, of which 388 shall be for replacement only, 

19 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

20 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart21 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al22 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 

23 5902). 

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

25 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 
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1 of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Or2 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

3 SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

4 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

5 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 

6 balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 

7 Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 

8 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis9 trative, and information technology services of primary 

10 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 

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

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

13 Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad14 ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 

15 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

16 section shall be available for obligation without the prior 

17 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

18 Houses of Congress. 

19 SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 

20 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

21 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec22 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con23 ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 

24 program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, wild25 life services methods development, up to $1,000,000 of the 
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1 Wildlife Services operation program for aviation safety, 

2 and up to 25 percent of the screwworm program; Food 

3 Safety and Inspection Service, field automation and infor4 mation management project; Cooperative State Research, 

5 Education, and Extension Service, funds for competitive 

6 research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Re7 search, Education, and Economics Information System 

8 (REEIS), and funds for the Native American Institutions 

9 Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and ex10 penses funds made available to county committees; For11 eign Agricultural Service, middle-income country training 

12 program and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 

13 Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 

14 fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, sub15 ject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 

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

17 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

18 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

19 SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria20 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this 

21 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation 

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

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

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

25 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
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1 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

2 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu3 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

4 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar5 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

6 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro7 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

8 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com9 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro10 priations are provided in this Act. 

11 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail12 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit 

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

14 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri15 culture when such space will be jointly occupied. 

16 SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail17 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri18 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 

19 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

20 Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 

21 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith22 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re23 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

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

25 awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 
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1 Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 

2 full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 

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

4 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid6 ered estimates, not limitations. 

7 SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri8 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

9 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

10 until expended to cover obligations made in the current 

11 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop12 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone 

13 Bank program account, the Rural Electrification and 

14 Telecommunication Loans program account, the Rural 

15 Housing Insurance Fund program account, and the Rural 

16 Economic Development Loans program account. 

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

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

19 Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub20 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele21 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 

22 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

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

24 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans25 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any 
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1 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele2 phone liquidating account which is in excess of current 

3 requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set 

4 forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed5 eral Credit Reform Act of 1990. 

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

7 not more than $2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary 

8 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

9 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

10 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego11 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi12 tively awarded grants. 

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

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

15 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul16 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

17 SEC. 716. No employee of the Department of Agri18 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

20 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi21 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 

22 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 

23 of the employee for the period of assignment. 

24 SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture 
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1 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to 

2 any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or 

3 responses to questions that are a result of information re4 quested for the appropriations hearing process. 

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

6 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac7 quire new information technology systems or significant 

8 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor9 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa10 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa11 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

12 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

13 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

14 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa15 tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 

16 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

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

18 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen19 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

21 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

22 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

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

25 programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
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1 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 

2 project or activity for which funds have been denied or 

3 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga4 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out 

5 or privatizes any functions or activities presently per6 formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 

8 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

9 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro10 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

11 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

12 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 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram17 ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which18 ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 

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

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

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

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

23 personnel which would result in a change in existing pro24 grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un25 less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
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1 Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re2 programming of funds. 

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

4 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com5 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be7 fore implementing a program or activity not carried out 

8 during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac9 tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

10 other Act. 

11 SEC. 720. With the exception of funds needed to ad12 minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob13 ligations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 

14 appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 

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

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

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

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

19 SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

20 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex21 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

23 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

24 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri25 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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1 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re2 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

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

4 submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 

5 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

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

7 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con8 ference for the fiscal year 2006 appropriations Act. 

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

10 or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a state 

11 Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 

12 and enhancement of program delivery have been deter13 mined. 

14 SEC. 723. In addition to amounts otherwise appro15 priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is ap16 propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

17 Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres18 sional Hunger Center. 

19 SEC. 724. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri20 cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 

21 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title 

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

23 and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail24 able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 

25 carry out title II of such Act. 
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1 SEC. 725. Of any shipments of commodities made 

2 pursuant to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 

3 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to 

4 the extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value 

5 to not more than $25,000,000 shall be made available to 

6 foreign countries to assist in mitigating the effects of the 

7 Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune 

8 Deficiency Syndrome on communities, including the provi9 sion of— 

10 (1) agricultural commodities to— 

11 (A) individuals with Human Immuno12 deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Defi13 ciency Syndrome in the communities; and 

14 (B) households in the communities, par15 ticularly individuals caring for orphaned chil16 dren; and 

17 (2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro18 vide other assistance (including assistance under 

19 microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create 

20 or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals 

21 in the communities, particularly individuals caring 

22 for orphaned children. 

23 SEC. 726. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 

24 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
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1 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$26,998,000’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘$28,998,000’’. 

3 SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service may pro5 vide financial and technical assistance through the Water6 shed and Flood Prevention Operations program for the 

7 Kuhn Bayou project in Arkansas, the Matanuska River 

8 erosion control project in Alaska, the DuPage County wa9 tershed project in Illinois, and the Coal Creek project in 

10 Utah. 

11 SEC. 728. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in13 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

14 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro15 vided in, this or any other appropriation Act. 

16 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available to the 

17 Food and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used 

18 to close or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the 

19 Food and Drug Administration Division of Pharma20 ceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city 

21 or county limits of St. Louis, Missouri. 

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

23 Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and ex24 penses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Coun25 sel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 
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1 related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies 

2 and offices in the resolution of complaints by employees 

3 or applicants for employment, and in cases and other mat4 ters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity 

5 Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or 

6 the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior ap7 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress. 

9 SEC. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

12 up to 20 percent of the amount provided to carry out a 

13 competitive grants program under the same terms and 

14 conditions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricul15 tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 

16 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 

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

18 available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 

19 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

20 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven21 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 

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

23 available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 

24 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle 
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1 I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

2 (7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7). 

3 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or made 

4 available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 

5 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

6 6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 

7 SEC. 735. The Agricultural Marketing Service and 

8 the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administra9 tion, that have statutory authority to purchase interest 

10 bearing investments outside of the Treasury, are not re11 quired to establish obligations and outlays for those invest12 ments, provided those investments are insured by the Fed13 eral Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized 

14 at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the 

15 Federal Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the 

16 United States Department of the Treasury. 

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

18 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

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

20 associated with the distribution of commodities. 

21 SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated or other22 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

23 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in 

24 excess of 154,500 acres in the calendar year 2005 wet25 lands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 
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1 SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in fiscal 

2 year 2005 or preceding fiscal years for programs author3 ized under the Agricultural Trade Development and As4 sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess 

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

6 Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities 

7 under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humani8 tarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any 

9 such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity 

10 Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 

11 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 

12 Act. 

13 SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

15 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry 

16 out an environmental quality incentives program author17 ized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 

18 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess 

19 of $1,025,000,000. 

20 SEC. 740. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service may pro22 vide from appropriated funds financial and technical as23 sistance to the Dry Creek project, Utah. 

24 SEC. 741. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture is 

25 authorized to permit employees of the United States De-
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1 partment of Agriculture to carry and use firearms for per2 sonal protection while conducting field work in remote lo3 cations in the performance of their official duties. 

4 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

7 section 9006(f) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest8 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106(f)). 

9 SEC. 743. With the exception of funds provided in 

10 fiscal year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or other11 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

13 section 601(j)(1)(A) of the Rural Electrification Act of 

14 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)). 

15 SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

18 section 231(b)(4) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act 

19 of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

20 SEC. 745. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) 

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

22 940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 

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

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

25 to exceed an average of 30 basis points per year for the 
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1 term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail2 able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under 

3 that section. 

4 SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

7 a ground and surface water conservation program author8 ized by section 2301 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm 

9 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of 

10 $51,000,000. 

11 SEC. 747. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

14 section 2502 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 

15 and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of 

16 $47,000,000. 

17 SEC. 748. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

20 section 2503 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 

21 and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of 

22 $112,000,000. 

23 SEC. 749. There is hereby appropriated $2,400,000, 

24 to remain available until September 30, 2006, to carry out 

25 section 6028 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 
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1 and Rural Investment Act of 2002: Provided, That not2 withstanding section 383B(g)(1) of the Consolidated 

3 Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009bb– 

4 1(g)(1)), the Federal share of the administrative expenses 

5 of the Northern Great Plains Regional Authority for fiscal 

6 year 2005 shall be 100 percent. 

7 SEC. 750. Not more than $34,000,000 for fiscal year 

8 2005 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail9 able by this or any other Act shall be used to carry out 

10 Section 6029 of Public Law 107–171, of the Farm Secu11 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 

12 SEC. 751. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

15 for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 

16 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 

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

18 40541). 

19 SEC. 752. Agencies and offices of the Department of 

20 Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary funds 

21 to cover the costs of preparing, or contracting for the 

22 preparation of, final agency decisions regarding com23 plaints of discrimination in employment or program activi24 ties arising within such agencies and offices. 
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1 SEC. 753. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, for any fiscal year and hereafter, in the case of a 

3 high cost isolated rural area in Alaska that is not con4 nected to a road system, the maximum level for the single 

5 family housing assistance shall be 150 percent of the aver6 age income level in the metropolitan areas of the State 

7 and 115 percent of all other eligible areas of the State. 

8 SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $500,000, to 

9 remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis10 sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 

11 which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup12 plies. 

13 SEC. 755. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

16 specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a 

17 competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri18 culture, including support personnel of the Department of 

19 Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 

20 programs. 

21 SEC. 756. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

22 law, and until receipt of the decennial Census for the year 

23 2010, for all activities under programs of the Rural Devel24 opment Mission Area within the County of Honolulu, Ha25 waii, the Secretary may designate any portion of the coun-
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1 ty as a rural area or eligible rural community that the 

2 Secretary determines is not urban in character: Provided, 

3 That the Secretary shall not include in any such rural area 

4 or eligible rural community any area included in the Hono5 lulu Census Designated Place as determined by the Sec6 retary of Commerce. 

7 SEC. 757. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Con8 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (including the 

9 associated regulations) governing the Community Facili10 ties Program, the Secretary may allow all Community Fa11 cility Program facility borrowers and grantees to enter 

12 into contracts with not-for-profit third parties for services 

13 consistent with the requirements of the Program, grant, 

14 and/or loan: Provided, That the contracts protect the in15 terests of the Government regarding cost, liability, mainte16 nance, and administrative fees. 

17 SEC. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appropriations 

19 available to the Secretary for activities authorized under 

20 sections 426–426c of title 7, United States Code, under 

21 this or any other Act, to enter into cooperative agree22 ments, with a State, political subdivision, or agency there23 of, a public or private agency, organization, or any other 

24 person, to lease aircraft if the Secretary determines that 

25 the objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual 
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1 interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out 

2 the programs administered by the Animal and Plant 

3 Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Service; and (2) all 

4 parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of 

5 these objectives; award of a cooperative agreement author6 ized by the Secretary may be made for an initial term not 

7 to exceed 5 years. 

8 SEC. 759. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make 

10 funding and other assistance available through the emer11 gency watershed protection program under section 403 of 

12 the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to 

13 repair and prevent damage to non-Federal land in water14 sheds that have been impaired by fires initiated by the 

15 Federal Government and shall waive cost sharing require16 ments for the funding and assistance. 

17 SEC. 760. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law— 

19 (1) the Alaska Department of Community and 

20 Economic Development shall be eligible to receive a 

21 water and waste disposal grant under section 306(a) 

22 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

23 Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that is equal 

24 to not more than 75 percent of the total cost of pro25 viding water and sewer service to the proposed hos-
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1 pital in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska; 

2 and 

3 (2) the Alaska Department of Community and 

4 Economic Development shall be allowed to pass the 

5 grant funds through to the local government entity 

6 that will provide water and sewer service to the hos7 pital. 

8 SEC. 761. None of the funds provided in this Act may 

9 be used for salaries and expenses to carry out any regula10 tion or rule insofar as it would make ineligible for enroll11 ment in the conservation reserve program established 

12 under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII 

13 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) 

14 land that is planted to hardwood trees as of the date of 

15 enactment of this Act and was enrolled in the conservation 

16 reserve program under a contract that expired prior to cal17 endar year 2002. 

18 SEC. 762. Of the unobligated balances in the Local 

19 Television Loan Guarantee Program account, 

20 $88,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

21 SEC. 763. None of the funds provided to the U.S. 

22 Department of Agriculture in any fiscal year for informa23 tion technology shall be obligated for projects over 

24 $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief 

25 Information Officer. 
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1 SEC. 764. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

4 section 9010 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 

5 and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of 

6 $100,000,000. 

7 SEC. 765. PRIVACY PROTECTION OF CERTAIN SELL8 ERS OF FARM PRODUCTS. Section 1324(c) of the Food 

9 Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1631(c)) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (c)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (2)(C)(ii)(II), by insert12 ing ‘‘, or other approved unique identifier,’’ 

13 after both ‘‘social security number’’ and ‘‘iden14 tification number’’; 

15 (B) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii), by inserting 

16 ‘‘, or other approved unique identifier,’’ after 

17 both ‘‘social security number’’ and ‘‘identifica18 tion number’’; and 

19 (C) by adding the following at the end: 

20 ‘‘(5) The term ‘approved unique identifier’ 

21 means a number, combination of numbers and let22 ters, or other identifier selected by the Secretary of 

23 State using a selection system or method approved 

24 by the Secretary of Agriculture.’’ 
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1 (2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)(ii)(III), by inserting 

2 ‘‘, or other approved unique identifier,’’ after both 

3 ‘‘social security number’’ and ‘‘identification num4 ber’’; and 

5 (3) in subsection (g)(2)(A)(ii)(III), by inserting 

6 ‘‘, or other approved unique identifier,’’ after both 

7 ‘‘social security number’’ and ‘‘identification num8 ber’’. 

9 SEC. 766. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, or any percentage of cost limitation in current law 

11 or regulations, the construction projects known as the Tri12 Valley Community Center addition in Healy, Alaska; the 

13 Cold Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks, 

14 Alaska; and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks Allied 

15 Health Learning Center skill labs/classrooms shall be eligi16 ble to receive Community Facilities grants in amounts 

17 that are equal to not more than 75 percent of the total 

18 facility costs: Provided, That for the purposes of this sec19 tion, the Cold Climate Housing Research Center is des20 ignated an ‘‘essential community facility’’ for rural Alas21 ka. 

22 SEC. 767. Section 532 of the Equity in Educational 

23 Land Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Pub24 lic Law 193–382) is amended— 
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (23) through 

2 (32) as paragraphs (24) through (33), respectively; 

3 and 

4 (2) by inserting after paragraph (22) the fol5 lowing: ‘‘(23) Tohono O‘odham Community Col6 lege.’’. 

7 SEC. 768. Of the unobligated balances of funds in 

8 the Agricultural Conservation Program account, 

9 $2,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

10 SEC. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, the amounts made available to the Dakota Value Cap12 ture Cooperative under section 747 of the Agriculture, 

13 Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 

14 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 

15 107–76; 115 Stat. 738) shall remain available until ex16 pended for a project conducted by the Dakota Value Cap17 ture Cooperative at South Dakota State University. 

18 SEC. 770. None of the funds made available under 

19 this Act shall be available to pay the administrative ex20 penses of a State agency that, after the date of enactment 

21 of this Act, authorizes any new for-profit vendor(s) to 

22 transact food instruments under the Special Supplemental 

23 Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children if 

24 it is expected that more than 50 percent of the annual 

25 revenue of the vendor from the sale of food items will be 
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1 derived from the sale of supplemental foods that are ob2 tained with WIC food instruments, except that the Sec3 retary may approve the authorization of such a vendor if 

4 the approval is necessary to assure participant access to 

5 program benefits. 

6 SEC. 771. Of the unobligated balances under section 

7 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $163,000,000 are here8 by rescinded. 

9 SEC. 772. Of the unobligated balances available to 

10 the Foreign Agricultural Service for the Public Law 480 

11 Title I Program at the beginning of fiscal year 2005, 

12 $174,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That for 

13 purposes of determining the amount of funds available for 

14 transfer under section 412(b) of Public Law 83–480, as 

15 amended, the maximum amount of funds available for 

16 transfer shall be calculated based upon the total funds 

17 available prior to this rescission. 

18 SEC. 773. The Secretary of Agriculture may use any 

19 unobligated carryover funds made available for any pro20 gram administered by the Rural Utilities Service (not in21 cluding funds made available under the heading ‘‘Rural 

22 Community Advancement Program’’ in any Act of appro23 priation) to carry out section 315 of the Rural Electrifica24 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940e). 
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1 SEC. 774. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be used to reduce the mission, re3 sources, staffing, facilities, or capabilities of the Wildlife 

4 Habitat Management Institute in Mississippi as in exist5 ence on December 17, 2003. 

6 SEC. 775. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM LOAN

7 GUARANTEES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title IX of the Farm 

8 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

9 8101 et seq.) is amended by adding the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 9012. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM LOAN GUARAN11 TEES. 

12 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF SUBSIDY COSTS.—In this sec13 tion, the term ‘subsidy costs’ has the meaning given the 

14 term ‘cost’ in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform 

15 Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a). 

16 ‘‘(b) PROJECTS.—Subsection (c)(1) shall not apply to 

17 a loan guarantee made under this section to carry out a 

18 project if— 

19 ‘‘(1) the loan will be used— 

20 ‘‘(A) to purchase a renewable energy sys21 tem that has, as one of its principal purposes, 

22 the commercial production of an agricultural 

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1 ‘‘(B) to promote a solution to an environ2 mental problem in a rural area of the State in 

3 which the project will be carried out; 

4 ‘‘(2) the lender of the loan exercises due dili5 gence with respect to the borrower of the loan; 

6 ‘‘(3) the borrower of the loan pays in full, be7 fore the guarantee is issued, a guarantee fee in the 

8 amount of the estimated subsidy cost of the guar9 antee, as determined by the Director of the Office of 

10 Management and Budget; 

11 ‘‘(4) except as provided in paragraph (5), the 

12 principal amount of the loan is not more than 

13 $25,000,000; 

14 ‘‘(5) the principal amount of the loan is more 

15 than $25,000,000, but is not more than 

16 $75,000,000, if the Secretary— 

17 ‘‘(A) approves the loan application; and 

18 ‘‘(B) does not delegate the authority de19 scribed in subparagraph (A); 

20 ‘‘(6) the project requires no Federal or State fi21 nancial assistance, other than the loan guarantee 

22 provided under this section; and 

23 ‘‘(7) the project complies with all necessary per24 mits, licenses, and approvals required under the laws 

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1 ‘‘(c) COST SHARING.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of a loan 

3 guarantee under this section for a project described 

4 in subsection (b) shall not exceed 80 percent of the 

5 total project cost. 

6 ‘‘(2) SUBORDINATION.—Any financing for the 

7 non-Federal share of the total project cost shall be 

8 subordinated to the federally guaranteed portion of 

9 the total project cost. 

10 ‘‘(3) LOAN GUARANTEE LIMITS.—The loan 

11 guarantee limitations applicable to the business and 

12 industry guarantee loan program authorized under 

13 section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

14 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932) shall apply to 

15 loan guarantees made under this section. 

16 ‘‘(4) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.— 

17 ‘‘(A) INDIVIDUAL LOANS.—The amount of 

18 principal for a loan under this section for a 

19 project described in subsection (b) shall not ex20 ceed $75,000,000. 

21 ‘‘(B) ALL LOANS.—The total outstanding 

22 amount of principal for loans under this section 

23 for all projects described in subsection (b) shall 

24 not exceed $500,000,000.’’. 
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1 (b) PROPOSED RULE.—Not later than 120 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri3 culture shall promulgate a proposed rule to carry out the 

4 amendment made by subsection (a). 

5 SEC. 776. TRAVEL RELATING TO COMMERCIAL

6 SALES OF AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL GOODS. Section 

7 910(a) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export En8 hancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(a)) is amended 

9 to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF TRAVEL RELATING TO

11 COMMERCIAL SALES OF AGRICULTURAL AND MEDICAL

12 GOODS.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall promulgate 

13 regulations under which the travel-related transactions 

14 listed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code 

15 of Federal Regulations, are authorized by general license 

16 for travel to, from, or within Cuba for the purpose of con17 ferring, exhibiting, marketing, planning, sales negotiation, 

18 delivery, expediting, facilitating, or servicing commercial 

19 export sale of agricultural and medical goods pursuant to 

20 the provisions of this title.’’. 

21 SEC. 777. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE. (a) IN GEN22 ERAL.—In carrying out a livestock assistance, compensa23 tion, or feed program, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 

24 include elk, reindeer, and bison within the definition of 

25 ‘‘livestock’’ covered by the program. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

2 (1) Section 602(2) of the Agricultural Act of 

3 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471(2)) is amended by inserting 

4 ‘‘elk, reindeer, bison,’’ after ‘‘cattle,’’. 

5 (2) Section 10104 of the Farm Security and 

6 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1472) is 

7 amended— 

8 (A) by redesignating subsections (a) 

9 through (d) as subsections (b) through (e), re10 spectively; and 

11 (B) by inserting before subsection (b) (as 

12 so redesignated) the following: 

13 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF LIVESTOCK.—In this section, 

14 the term ‘livestock’ includes elk, reindeer, and bison.’’. 

15 (3) Section 203(d) of the Agricultural Assist16 ance Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 

17 541) is amended— 

18 (A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 

19 paragraph (3); and 

20 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(2) LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘livestock’ includes 

23 elk, reindeer, and bison.’’. 

24 SEC. 778. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, the Secretary shall consider the City of Guymon, 
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1 Oklahoma; the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma; and the City 

2 of Altus, Oklahoma, to be eligible for loans and grants 

3 provided through the Rural Housing Insurance Fund until 

4 receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010. 

5 SEC. 779. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, the City of Great Falls, Montana, shall be considered 

7 a rural area for purposes of eligibility for business and 

8 industry guaranteed loans under section 310B(a)(1) of the 

9 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

10 1932(a)(1)) until receipt of the decennial Census in the 

11 year 2010. 

12 SEC. 780. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, the Secretary may consider the Piedmont Municipal 

14 Power Agency of South Carolina eligible to participate in 

15 programs administered by the Rural Utilities Service until 

16 receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010. 

17 SEC. 781. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

18 to remain available until expended, to carry out provisions 

19 of Section 751 of Division A of Public Law 108–7. 

20 SEC. 782. (a) Section 1240B of the Food Security 

21 Act of 1985, 16 U.S.C. 3839 aa–2, is amended at the end 

22 by adding the following: 

23 ‘‘(h) FUNDING FOR FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NA24 TIVE AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES AND ALASKA NATIVE

25 CORPORATIONS.—The Secretary may enter into alter-
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1 native funding arrangements with federally recognized 

2 Native American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Cor3 porations (including their affiliated membership organiza4 tions) if the Secretary determines that the goals and objec5 tives of the program will be met by such arrangements, 

6 and that statutory limitations regarding contracts with in7 dividual producers as defined under this Subtitle will not 

8 be exceeded by any Tribal or Native Corporation mem9 ber.’’. 

10 (b) Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985, 

11 16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7, is amended by inserting after 2007, 

12 ‘‘(excluding funding arrangements with federally recog13 nized Native American Indian Tribes or Alaska Native 

14 Corporations under section 1240B(h))’’. 

15 SEC. 783. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 for 

16 a grant to Alaska Village Initiatives for the purpose of 

17 administering a private lands wildlife management pro18 gram in Alaska. 

19 SEC. 784. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (a) Section 

20 104(b)(1) of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthoriza21 tion Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–265) is amended by 

22 striking the closing quotation marks and the following pe23 riod at the end of section 9(b)(5)(A)(iv) of the Richard 

24 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (as added by that 

25 section 104(b)(1) of Public Law 108–265). 
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1 (b) Section 13(a)(10) of the Richard B. Russell Na2 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(10)) (as 

3 added by section 116(d) of Public Law 108–265) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘2005’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘2006’’; and 

7 (2) in subparagraph (D)— 

8 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2007’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘2008’’; and 

10 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘2008’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘2009’’. 

12 (c) Effective October 1, 2004, section 17(i)(2) of the 

13 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 1766(i)(2)) is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(B) REALLOCATION.—The Secretary may 

20 reallocate audit funds to States administering 

21 the child and adult food care program for the 

22 purpose of conducting audits of participating 

23 institutions.’’. 

24 (d) Section 21(e)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell Na25 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(e)(2)(A)) (as 
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1 amended by section 125(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 108–265) 

2 is amended by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘2005’’. 

3 (e) Section 17(f)(1)(C)(i) of the Child Nutrition Act 

4 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(1)(C)(i) (as amended by sec5 tion 203(e)(10)(B) of Public Law 108–265) is amended 

6 by striking the period after ‘‘subsection (h)(11)’’. 

7 (f) Section 17(h)(8)(A)(vi) of the Child Nutrition Act 

8 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)(A)(vi) (as added by section 

9 203(e)(5) of Public Law 108–265) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘Each State’’ and inserting ‘‘Effective beginning October 

11 1, 2004, each State’’. 

12 (g) Section 502(b) of the Child Nutrition and WIC 

13 Reauthorization Act of 2004 (P.L. 108–265) is amend14 ed— 

15 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘203(e)(5),’’; 

16 and 

17 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘104’’ and in18 serting ‘‘104 (other than section 104(a)(1))’’. 

19 SEC. 785. CONSERVATION RESERVE ENHANCEMENT

20 PROGRAM. Effective beginning October 1, 2005, the Sec21 retary of Agriculture may waive section 1001D of the 

22 Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) for any 

23 landowner participating in a conservation reserve enhance24 ment program entered into with the State of Hawaii for 

25 provision payments to landowners in that program. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De2 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

3 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005’’. 
Calendar No. 694 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2803 

[Report No. 108–340] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2005, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 

Read twice and placed on the calendar