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Union Calendar No. 350

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4766

[Report No. 108–584] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 7, 2004

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 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 Administra-
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1 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 

2 ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, 

3 namely: 

4 TITLE I 

5 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

6 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

9 of Agriculture, $5,185,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

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

12 for, as determined by the Secretary.

13 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

14 CHIEF ECONOMIST

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

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

18 World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 

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

20 $10,810,000.

21 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

22 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi23 sion, $14,526,000.

24 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

25 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

26 Program Analysis, $8,246,000.
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1 HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

2 For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 

3 Staff, $508,000.

4 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In6 formation Officer, $15,608,000.

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, $120,957,000, 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, $5,811,000: 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 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

8 For the acquisition of disaster recovery and con9 tinuity of operations technology of the National Finance 

10 Center’s data, $12,850,000, to remain available until ex11 pended.

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

13 RIGHTS

14 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

15 the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $803,000.

16 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

18 $19,452,000.

19 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

20 ADMINISTRATION

21 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

22 the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $669,000.
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1 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

2 PAYMENTS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

10 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

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

13 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im14 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili15 ties, and for related costs, $165,883,000, to remain avail16 able until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 5 per17 cent of amounts which are made available for space rental 

18 and related costs for the Department of Agriculture in this 

19 Act may be transferred between such appropriations to 

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

21 notice thereof is transmitted to the Appropriations Com22 mittees of both Houses of Congress.
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1 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

7 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,730,000, to remain 

8 available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 

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

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

13 non-Federal lands.

14 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For Departmental Administration, $22,939,000, to 

17 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

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

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

22 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

23 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

24 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

25 required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

2 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

5 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 

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

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

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

12 made available by this appropriation may be obligated 

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

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

17 other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 

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

20 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 

22 to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 

23 for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 

24 coordination of information, work, and programs author25 ized by Congress in the Department, $9,378,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 

2 farmers’ bulletins.

3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

5 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

6 General Act of 1978, $78,392,000, including such sums 

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

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

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

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

14 of Public Law 97–98.

15 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

17 Counsel, $35,486,000.

18 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

19 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

20 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

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

23 for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul24 tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 
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1 and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex2 tension Service, $592,000.

3 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

4 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

5 Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as 

6 authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

7 U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $76,575,000.

8 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

9 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

10 Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 

11 service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta12 tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur13 veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 

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

15 $128,661,000, of which up to $22,520,000 shall be avail16 able until expended for the Census of Agriculture.

17 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re20 search Service to perform agricultural research and dem21 onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 

22 and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco23 nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui24 sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in25 formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex-
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1 change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 

2 and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 

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

4 money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 

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

6 of Federal ownership, $1,057,029,000: Provided, That ap7 propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

8 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

9 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

10 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

12 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro13 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

16 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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

18 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

19 of the current replacement value of the building or 

20 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

21 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

22 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

23 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria24 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

25 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 
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1 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

2 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

4 funds may be received from any State, other political sub5 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es6 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

7 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

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

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

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

11 records of Larimer County, State of Colorado, shall be 

12 conveyed to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State 

13 University for the benefit of Colorado State University. 

14 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

15 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro16 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

17 products.

18 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

19 For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve20 ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip21 ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 

22 research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 

23 where not otherwise provided, $202,000,000, to remain 

24 available until expended.
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1 COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND

2 EXTENSION SERVICE

3 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

4 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

5 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

6 for other expenses, $628,607,000, as follows: to carry out 

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

8 i), $180,648,000; for grants for cooperative forestry re9 search (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $22,384,000; for 

10 payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 

11 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State College (7 

12 U.S.C. 3222), $37,000,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be 

13 made available only for the purpose of ensuring that each 

14 institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for spe15 cial grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 

16 $88,194,000; for special grants for agricultural research 

17 on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,756,000; 

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

19 $180,000,000; for the support of animal health and dis20 ease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,098,000; for supple21 mental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 

22 3319d), $1,196,000; for grants for research pursuant to 

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

24 seq.), $1,111,000, to remain available until expended; for 

25 the 1994 research grants program for 1994 institutions 
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1 pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 

2 301 note), $1,087,000, to remain available until expended; 

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

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

5 grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $4,500,000, to remain 

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

8 $5,500,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 

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

10 available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an edu11 cation grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 

12 U.S.C. 3241), $5,645,000; for noncompetitive grants for 

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

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

15 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska 

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

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

18 agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 

19 education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture 

20 grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $4,000,000; for sustainable agri21 culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), 

22 $12,722,000; for a program of capacity building grants 

23 (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 

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

25 328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
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1 State College, $12,411,000, to remain available until ex2 pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Insti3 tutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–

4 382, $2,250,000; for resident instruction grants for insu5 lar areas under section 1491 of the National Agricultural 

6 Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

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

8 Research and Education Activities, $42,610,000. 

9 None of the funds appropriated under this heading 

10 shall be available to carry out research related to the pro11 duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 

12 products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 

13 to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in14 dustrial uses of tobacco.

15 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

16 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

18 note), $12,000,000.

19 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

20 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

22 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $440,349,000, 

23 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

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

25 and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public 
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1 Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 

2 costs for extension agents, $277,242,000; payments for 

3 extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith4 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 

5 the nutrition and family education program for low-income 

6 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,909,000; pay7 ments for the pest management program under section 

8 3(d) of the Act, $10,759,000; payments for the farm safe9 ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,600,000; 

10 payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching fa11 cilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 

12 University and West Virginia State College, as authorized 

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

14 $16,912,000, to remain available until expended; pay15 ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 

16 Smith-Lever Act, $8,481,000; for youth farm safety edu17 cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 

18 competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $499,000; 

19 payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 

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

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

22 under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,996,000; 

23 payments for sustainable agriculture programs under sec24 tion 3(d) of the Act, $4,000,000; payments for cooperative 

25 extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the 
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1 second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and 

2 Tuskegee University and West Virginia State College, 

3 $33,133,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available 

4 only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 

5 receive no less than $1,000,000; and for necessary ex6 penses of Extension Activities, $16,452,000.

7 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

8 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

9 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex10 penses, $66,255,000, as follows: for competitive grants 

11 programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 

12 Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 

13 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $43,242,000, including $12,971,000 for 

14 the water quality program, $14,967,000 for the food safe15 ty program, $4,531,000 for the regional pest management 

16 centers program, $4,889,000 for the Food Quality Protec17 tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys18 tems, $1,497,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 

19 Protection Act implementation, $2,498,000 for the methyl 

20 bromide transition program, and $1,889,000 for the or21 ganic transition program; for a competitive international 

22 science and education grants program authorized under 

23 section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex24 tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 

25 3292b), to remain available until expended, $1,000,000; 
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1 for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) 

2 of Public Law 89–106, as amended, $2,500,000, to re3 main available until September 30, 2006 for the critical 

4 issues program, and $1,513,000 for the regional rural de5 velopment centers program; and $18,000,000 for the 

6 homeland security program authorized under section 1484 

7 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

8 Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available until September 

9 30, 2006.

10 OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

11 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 

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

13 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,935,000, to remain available 

14 until expended.

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

16 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

17 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

18 the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro19 grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 

20 the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

21 Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 

22 Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; 

23 $721,000.
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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION 

2 SERVICE 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 

6 to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and ani7 mal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and reg8 ulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as au9 thorized by law, $808,823,000, of which $4,119,000 shall 

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

11 diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals 

12 and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency con13 ditions; of which $47,000,000 shall be used for the boll 

14 weevil eradication program for cost share purposes or for 

15 debt retirement for active eradication zones: Provided, 

16 That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 

17 a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 

18 year that does not require minimum matching by the 

19 States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this 

20 appropriation shall be available for the operation and 

21 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

22 four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided 

23 further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten 

24 any segment of the agricultural production industry of this 

25 country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria-
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1 tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations 

2 of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec3 essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

4 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

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

6 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani7 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 

8 sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 

9 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of 

10 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre11 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

12 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

13 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

14 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve15 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 

16 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

17 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build18 ing. 

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

20 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist21 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

22 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

23 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

25 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
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1 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 

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

3 until expended, without further appropriation, for pro4 viding such assistance, goods, or services.

5 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

6 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte7 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al8 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

10 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail11 able until expended.

12 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 

13 MARKETING SERVICES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out services related 

15 to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis16 tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au17 thorized by law, and for administration and coordination 

18 of payments to States, $75,892,000, including funds for 

19 the wholesale market development program for the design 

20 and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities 

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

22 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

23 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

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

2 the current replacement value of the building. 

3 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

5 U.S.C. 9701).

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

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

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

11 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

13 Congress.

14 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

15 SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

21 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

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

24 for formulation and administration of marketing agree25 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

26 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
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1 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

2 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

3 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

4 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul5 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

6 $1,347,000.

7 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND 

8 STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

11 of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin12 istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying 

13 procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products, 

14 and the standardization activities related to grain under 

15 the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $37,540,000: 

16 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu17 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

18 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

19 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

20 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build21 ing.

22 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

23 EXPENSES

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

25 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 
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1 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac2 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

3 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

4 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

7 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

8 the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the 

9 laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In10 spection Service, $595,000.

11 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses to carry out services author14 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

15 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

17 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

19 $824,746,000, of which no less than $746,010,000 shall 

20 be available for Federal food safety inspection; and in ad21 dition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account from 

22 fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 

23 authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Con24 servation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Pro25 vided, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 
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1 to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 

2 buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any 

3 one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per4 cent of the current replacement value of the building.

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

6 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

7 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

8 the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 

9 Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for 

10 the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv11 ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 

12 Credit Corporation, $631,000.

13 FARM SERVICE AGENCY 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis17 tration and implementation of programs administered by 

18 the Farm Service Agency, $1,007,597,000: Provided, That 

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

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

21 Credit Corporation to make program payments for all pro22 grams administered by the Agency: Provided further, That 

23 other funds made available to the Agency for authorized 

24 activities may be advanced to and merged with this ac25 count.
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1 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

2 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul3 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–

4 5106), $4,000,000.

5 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

8 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

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

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro11 gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 

12 as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri13 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra14 tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 

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

16 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

17 ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di20 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

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

22 tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll wee23 vil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in 

24 the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 

25 ownership loans, $1,600,000,000, of which 
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1 $1,400,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans and 

2 $200,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, 

3 $2,116,253,000, of which $1,200,000,000 shall be for un4 subsidized guaranteed loans, $266,253,000 shall be for 

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

6 direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

7 $2,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program loans, 

8 $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem 

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

10 boll weevil eradication program 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: farm 

14 ownership loans, $18,120,000, of which $7,420,000 shall 

15 be for guaranteed loans, and $10,700,000 shall be for di16 rect loans; operating loans, $139,783,000, of which 

17 $38,760,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

18 $35,438,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 

19 $65,585,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian tribe 

20 land acquisition loans, $105,000. 

21 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

22 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

23 $297,445,000, of which $289,445,000 shall be transferred 

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

25 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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1 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

2 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership 

3 and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 

4 transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

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

7 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING EXPENSES

9 For administrative and operating expenses, as au10 thorized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 

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

12 $72,044,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 

13 be available for official reception and representation ex14 penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

15 CORPORATIONS

16 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

17 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

18 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor19 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

20 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

21 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

22 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

24 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here25 inafter provided.
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1 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

2 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

5 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

6 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 Foreign Agricultural Service that are related, either di19 rectly or indirectly, to Commodity Credit Corporation 

20 business.

21 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

22 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

23 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

25 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 
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1 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

2 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

4 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

6 TITLE II 

7 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

9 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

10 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

11 the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ12 ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for 

13 the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva14 tion Service, $731,000.

15 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 

16 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

17 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi18 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

19 including preparation of conservation plans and establish20 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

21 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas22 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

23 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con24 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva25 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 
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1 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

5 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter6 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build7 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

8 $813,673,000, of which not less than $9,250,000 is for 

9 snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 

10 $11,722,000 is for operation and establishment of the 

11 plant materials centers, and of which not less than 

12 $23,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands conservation 

13 initiative: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall 

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

15 and improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

16 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

17 and improvements to other buildings and other public im18 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further,

19 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

20 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob21 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further,

22 That this appropriation shall be available for technical as23 sistance and related expenses to carry out programs au24 thorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River 

25 Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): 
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1 Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be 

2 temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the 

3 technical planning work of the Service: Provided further,

4 That none of the funds made available under this para5 graph by this or any other appropriations Act may be used 

6 to provide technical assistance with respect to programs 

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

8 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).

9 WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

10 For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves11 tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa12 terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan13 ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 

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

15 $11,083,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 

16 available under this paragraph by this or any other appro17 priations Act may be used to provide technical assistance 

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

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

20 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

21 For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas22 ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op23 erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 

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

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

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

3 590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re4 lating to the activities of the Department, $86,487,000, 

5 to remain available until expended; of which up to 

6 $10,000,000 may be available for the watersheds author7 ized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 

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

9 of this appropriation shall be available for technical assist10 ance: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of 

11 this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes 

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

13 205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated by 

14 that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to 

15 other suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite 

16 project construction: Provided further, That none of the 

17 funds made available under this paragraph by this or any 

18 other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical 

19 assistance with respect to programs listed in section 

20 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

21 3841(a)).

22 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

23 For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 

24 structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 

25 Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
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1 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the provisions of 

2 laws relating to the activities of the Department, 

3 $30,091,000, to remain available until expended: Pro4 vided, That none of the funds made available under this 

5 paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act may 

6 be used to provide technical assistance with respect to pro7 grams listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act 

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

9 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

10 For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 

11 projects for resource conservation and development and 

12 for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 

13 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 

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

15 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of 

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

17 3461), $51,641,000, to remain available until expended: 

18 Provided, That none of the funds made available under 

19 this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act 

20 may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 

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

22 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)): Provided further, That 

23 the Secretary shall enter into a cooperative or contribution 

24 agreement with a national association regarding a Re25 source Conservation and Development program and such 
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1 agreement shall contain the same matching, contribution 

2 requirements, and funding level, set forth in a similar co3 operative or contribution agreement with a national asso4 ciation in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not to 

5 exceed $3,504,300 shall be available for national head6 quarters activities.

7 TITLE III 

8 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

9 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

10 DEVELOPMENT

11 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

12 the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer 

13 programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 

14 Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 

15 Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department 

16 of Agriculture, $632,000.

17 RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

21 1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N 

22 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

23 $667,408,000, to remain available until expended, of 

24 which $39,539,000 shall be for rural community programs 

25 described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
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1 $552,689,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de2 scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 

3 such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail4 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

5 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

6 $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro7 gram described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 

8 $75,180,000 shall be for the rural business and coopera9 tive development programs described in sections 

10 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of 

11 the total amount appropriated in this account, 

12 $24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Fed13 erally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

14 grants for drinking water and waste disposal systems pur15 suant to section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 

16 shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 

17 colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Con18 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which 

19 $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified na20 tional organization to provide technical assistance for 

21 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop22 ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 

23 for rural community programs, $6,200,000 shall be avail24 able for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Pro25 vided further, That such funds shall be used solely to de-
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1 velop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit commu2 nity-based housing and community development organiza3 tions, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog4 nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to im5 prove housing, community facilities, community and eco6 nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur7 ther, That of the amount appropriated for the Rural Com8 munity Development Initiative, not less than $200,000 

9 shall be in the form of predevelopment planning grants, 

10 not to exceed $50,000 each, with the balance for low-inter11 est revolving loans to be used for capital and other related 

12 expenses, and made available to nonprofit based commu13 nity development organizations: Provided further, That 

14 such organizations should demonstrate experience in the 

15 administration of revolving loan programs and providing 

16 technical assistance to cooperatives: Provided further, That 

17 such funds shall be made available to qualified private, 

18 nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing 

19 to carry out a program of financial and technical assist20 ance: Provided further, That such intermediary organiza21 tions shall provide matching funds from other sources, in22 cluding Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 

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

24 amount appropriated for the rural business and coopera25 tive development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall 
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1 be made available for a grant to a qualified national orga2 nization to provide technical assistance for rural transpor3 tation in order to promote economic development; 

4 $2,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Au5 thority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): Provided further, That of 

6 the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, not 

7 to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste dis8 posal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United 

9 States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to section 

10 306C of such Act; not to exceed $17,500,000 shall be for 

11 technical assistance grants for rural water and waste sys12 tems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which 

13 $5,513,000 shall be for Rural Community Assistance Pro14 grams; and not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be for con15 tracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 

16 rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 

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

18 appropriated, not to exceed $22,166,000 shall be available 

19 through June 30, 2005, for authorized empowerment 

20 zones and enterprise communities and communities des21 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

22 Area Partnership Zones; of which $1,081,000 shall be for 

23 the rural community programs described in section 

24 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which $12,582,000 shall be 

25 for the rural utilities programs described in section 
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1 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which $8,503,000 shall 

2 be for the rural business and cooperative development pro3 grams described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Pro4 vided further, That any prior year balances for high cost 

5 energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Elec6 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be trans7 ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, 

8 High Energy Costs Grants Account’’.

9 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis13 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De14 velopment mission area, including activities with institu15 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul16 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

17 $143,625,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

19 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

20 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro21 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex22 pended to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non23 USDA employees: Provided further, That any balances 

24 available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 

25 Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Coopera-
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1 tive Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be trans2 ferred to and merged with this appropriation.

3 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

4 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di7 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

9 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,409,297,000 

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

11 Secretary, of which $1,100,000,000 shall be for direct 

12 loans, and of which $3,309,297,000 shall be for unsub13 sidized guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 

14 housing repair loans; $116,063,000 for section 515 rental 

15 housing; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed multi16 family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 site 

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

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

19 sales; and $10,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing 

20 land development loans. 

21 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

24 502 loans, $160,988,000, of which $127,380,000 shall be 

25 for direct loans, and of which $33,608,000, to remain 
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1 available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaran2 teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $10,171,000; 

3 repair and rehabilitation of section 515 rental housing, 

4 $54,654,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed 

5 loans, $3,490,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired 

6 property, $727,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

7 appropriated in this paragraph, $7,100,000 shall be avail8 able through June 30, 2005, for authorized empowerment 

9 zones and enterprise communities and communities des10 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

11 Area Partnership Zones. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $448,889,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

15 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

16 and Expenses’’.

17 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

18 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re19 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

20 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

21 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

22 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $592,000,000; 

23 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au24 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 

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

2 Provided, That of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 

3 shall be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eli4 gible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of 

5 the Act, and not to exceed $20,000 per project for ad6 vances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to 

7 cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in 

8 purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of 

9 the Act: Provided further, That agreements entered into 

10 or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded 

11 for a four-year period: Provided further, That any unex12 pended balances remaining at the end of such four-year 

13 agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes 

14 of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilita15 tion of any existing projects; preservation; and rental as16 sistance activities authorized under title V of the Act.

17 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

18 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

19 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1490c), $34,000,000 to remain available until expended: 

21 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 

22 $1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2005, for 

23 authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu24 nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag25 riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
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1 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

3 repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 

4 for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 

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

6 U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $42,500,000, 

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

8 total amount appropriated, $1,800,000 shall be available 

9 through June 30, 2005, for authorized empowerment 

10 zones and enterprise communities and communities des11 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

12 Area Partnership Zones.

13 FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

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

15 as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $36,765,000, 

16 to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 

17 housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 

18 contracts.

19 RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE 

20 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author23 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

24 9812(a)), $34,213,000. 
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1 For the cost of direct loans, $15,868,000, as author2 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

3 9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 

4 June 30, 2005, for Federally Recognized Native American 

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

6 June 30, 2005, for the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 

7 1921 et seq.): Provided, That such costs, including the 

8 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

9 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 

10 further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

11 $2,447,000 shall be available through June 30, 2005, for 

12 the cost of direct loans for authorized empowerment zones 

13 and enterprise communities and communities designated 

14 by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 

15 Partnership Zones. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

17 the direct loan programs, $4,321,000 shall be transferred 

18 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop19 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.

20 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

23 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author24 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
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1 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

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

4 modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres5 sional Budget Act of 1974, $4,698,000, to remain avail6 able until expended. 

7 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

8 credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 

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

10 $4,698,000 shall not be obligated and $4,698,000 are re11 scinded.

12 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

13 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

15 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $23,500,000, of 

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

17 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro18 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be 

19 for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri20 mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro21 ducers and whose governing board and/or membership is 

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

23 not to exceed $15,500,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, shall be for value-added agricultural product mar25 ket development grants, as authorized by section 6401 of 
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1 the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

2 U.S.C. 1621 note).

3 RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE

4 COMMUNITY GRANTS

5 For grants in connection with second and third 

6 rounds of empowerment zones and enterprise commu7 nities, $11,419,000, to remain available until expended, 

8 for designated rural empowerment zones and rural enter9 prise communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief 

10 Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emer11 gency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 

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

13 $1,000,000 shall be made available to third round em14 powerment zones, as authorized by the Community Re15 newal Tax Relief Act (Public Law 106–554).

16 RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

17 For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guar18 antees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions 

19 as authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and 

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

21 $15,000,000 for direct and guaranteed renewable energy 

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

23 and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

24 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres25 sional Budget Act of 1974.
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1 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

2 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

3 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 

6 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

7 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica8 tion loans, $120,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 

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

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

11 direct electric loans, $1,000,000,000; guaranteed under12 writing loans pursuant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000; 

13 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; 

14 cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

15 $250,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306 

16 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 

17 $125,000,000. 

18 For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con19 gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi20 fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 

21 sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

22 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural 

23 electric loans, $5,058,000, and the cost of telecommuni24 cations 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 $38,323,000 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 For administrative expenses, including audits, nec21 essary to carry out the loan programs, $3,152,000, which 

22 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

23 for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 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, $50,000,000; and for the principal 

5 amount of direct broadband telecommunication loans, 

6 $464,038,000. 

7 For the cost of direct loans and grants for telemedi8 cine and distance learning services in rural areas, as au9 thorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $25,710,000, to re10 main available until expended, of which $710,000 shall be 

11 for direct loans: Provided, That the cost of direct loans 

12 shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

13 Budget Act of 1974. 

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

15 U.S.C. 901 et seq., $9,884,000: Provided, That the inter16 est rate for such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to 

17 the Department of the Treasury for obligations of com18 parable maturity: Provided further, That the cost of direct 

19 loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres20 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

21 In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans23 mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 

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

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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 

6 the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 

7 Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 

8 for the Food and Nutrition Service, $595,000.

9 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 

10 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the National 

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

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

15 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $11,380,557,000, to 

16 remain available through September 30, 2006, of which 

17 $6,227,595,000 is hereby appropriated and 

18 $5,152,962,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 

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

20 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the funds made 

21 available under this heading shall be used for studies and 

22 evaluations: Provided further, That up to $5,235,000 shall 

23 be available for independent verification of school food 

24 service claims.
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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup4 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

6 $4,907,250,000, to remain available through September 

7 30, 2006: Provided, That of the total amount available, 

8 the Secretary shall obligate not less than $15,000,000 for 

9 a breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activi10 ties specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): Provided further,

11 That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, 

12 $14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes specified 

13 in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further, That none of 

14 the funds made available under this heading shall be used 

15 for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That none 

16 of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay adminis17 trative expenses of WIC clinics except those that have an 

18 announced policy of prohibiting smoking within the space 

19 used to carry out the program: Provided further, That 

20 none of the funds provided in this account shall be avail21 able for the purchase of infant formula except in accord22 ance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 

23 requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 

24 further, That none of the funds provided shall be available 

25 for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Fed-
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1 eral Government departments or agencies unless author2 ized by section 17 of such Act.

3 FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 

5 Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $33,635,798,000, of which 

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

7 30, 2006, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 

8 amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 

9 carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the 

10 funds made available under this heading shall be used for 

11 studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the 

12 funds made available under this heading and not already 

13 appropriated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian 

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

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

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

17 for the FDPIR from Native American bison producers: 

18 Provided further, That funds provided herein shall be ex19 pended in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp 

20 Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

21 subject to any work registration or workfare requirements 

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

23 made available for Employment and Training under this 

24 heading shall remain available until expended, as author25 ized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided 
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1 further, That notwithstanding section 5(d) of the Food 

2 Stamp Act of 1977, any additional payment received 

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

4 member of the United States Armed Forces deployed to 

5 a designated combat zone shall be excluded from house6 hold income for the duration of the member’s deployment 

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

8 serving in a combat zone, and it was not received imme9 diately prior to serving in the combat zone.

10 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist12 ance and the commodity supplemental food program as 

13 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con14 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

15 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; and special as16 sistance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by 

17 section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association 

18 Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the 

19 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

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

21 $178,797,000, to remain available through September 30, 

22 2006: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail23 able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

24 commodities donated to the program.
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1 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

2 For necessary administrative expenses of the domes3 tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 

4 $133,742,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 

5 for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight6 ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 

7 and assisting in the prevention, identification, and pros8 ecution of fraud and other violations of law: Provided,

9 That none of the funds made available under this heading 

10 may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of employees 

11 of the Food and Nutrition Service to review, evaluate, or 

12 approve State Plans under the Special Supplemental Nu13 trition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) 

14 that provide for vendors to operate stores that cater only 

15 to WIC participants if these type stores did not operate 

16 in that State prior to fiscal year 2005.

17 TITLE V 

18 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

19 PROGRAMS 

20 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

24 Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 

25 Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development 
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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), $137,722,000: 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 $86,420,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may implement 

23 a commodity monetization program under existing provi24 sions of the Food for Progress Act of 1985 to provide no 
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1 less than $5,000,000 in local-currency funding support for 

2 rural electrification development overseas. 

3 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

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

5 Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro6 priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $2,371,000, 

7 of which $1,102,000 may be transferred to and merged 

8 with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 

9 Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $1,269,000 may be 

10 transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 

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

12 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT

13 DIFFERENTIAL GRANTS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment 

16 of agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricul17 tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 

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

19 to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 

20 made available for the cost of agreements under title I 

21 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

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

23 used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 

24 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

25 Houses of Congress.
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1 PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS

2 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth3 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in4 cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De5 velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 

6 supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 

7 II of said Act, $1,180,002,000, to remain available until 

8 expended.

9 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS

10 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com13 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

14 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,473,000; to cover common 

15 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com16 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

18 $3,440,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 

19 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

20 and Expenses’’, and of which $1,033,000 may be trans21 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

22 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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1 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR

2 EDUCATION 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), $75,000,000, 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 TITLE VI 

12 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

13 ADMINISTRATION 

14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

15 SERVICES 

16 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad20 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

21 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

23 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

25 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 
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1 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author2 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

4 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

5 107–188; $1,788,849,000: Provided, That of the amount 

6 provided under this heading, $284,394,000 shall be de7 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

9 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

10 this amount shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 

11 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2006 

12 but collected in fiscal year 2005; $33,938,000 shall be de13 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

14 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re15 main available until expended; and $8,000,000 shall be de16 rived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

17 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

18 available until expended: Provided further, That fees de19 rived from prescription drug, medical device, and animal 

20 drug assessments received during fiscal year 2005, includ21 ing any such fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year 

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

23 the fiscal year 2005 limitation: Provided further, That 

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

25 or operate any program of user fees authorized by 31 
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1 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total amount 

2 appropriated: (1) $446,655,000 shall be for the Center for 

3 Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activi4 ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $499,255,000 

5 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research 

6 and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af7 fairs; (3) $172,414,000 shall be for the Center for Bio8 logics Evaluation and Research and for related field activi9 ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $98,610,000 

10 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for 

11 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

12 (5) $232,578,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 

13 Radiological Health and for related field activities in the 

14 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $40,530,000 shall be for 

15 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

16 $52,722,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other 

17 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis18 tration for rent; (8) $129,815,000 shall be for payments 

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

20 $116,270,000 shall be for other activities, including the 

21 Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and 

22 Systems; the Office of External Relations; the Office of 

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

24 Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one 

25 specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con2 gress. 

3 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

4 42 U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain 

5 available until expended. 

6 In addition, export certification user fees authorized 

7 by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re8 main available until expended.

9 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

10 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

12 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in13 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

15 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $93,327,000, 

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

17 representation expenses.

18 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

19 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

20 Not to exceed $42,900,000 (from assessments col21 lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 

22 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

23 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

3 TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

4 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS)

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

6 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart7 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

9 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 388 passenger 

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

11 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

12 SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart13 ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al14 lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–

15 5902). 

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

17 available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 

18 of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Or19 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109. 

20 SEC. 704. New obligational authority provided for the 

21 following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 

22 available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec23 tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con24 ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 

25 program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, up 
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1 to $12,000,000 in the low pathogen avian influenza pro2 gram for indemnities, up to $33,197,000 in animal health 

3 monitoring and surveillance for the animal identification 

4 system, up to $3,000,000 in the emergency management 

5 systems program for the vaccine bank, and up to 25 per6 cent of the screwworm program; Food Safety and Inspec7 tion Service, field automation and information manage8 ment project; Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

9 Extension Service, funds for competitive research grants 

10 (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Education, 

11 and Economics Information System (REEIS), and funds 

12 for the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund; 

13 Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds made 

14 available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural Serv15 ice, middle-income country training program, and up to 

16 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria17 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 

18 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu19 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 

20 SEC. 705. No part of any appropriation contained in 

21 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

22 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

23 SEC. 706. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria24 tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this 

25 Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation 
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1 and language training pursuant to section 606C of the Act 

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

3 SEC. 707. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

4 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

5 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

6 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu7 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

8 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar9 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

10 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro11 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

12 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com13 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro14 priations are provided in this Act. 

15 SEC. 708. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail16 able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit 

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

18 on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri19 culture when such space will be jointly occupied. 

20 SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail21 able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri22 cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 

23 issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 

24 Extension Service that exceed 25 percent of total Federal 

25 funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
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1 standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re2 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

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

4 awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 

5 Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 

6 full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 

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

8 SEC. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid10 ered estimates, not limitations. 

11 SEC. 711. Appropriations to the Department of Agri12 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

13 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

14 until expended to cover obligations made in the current 

15 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop16 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone 

17 Bank program account, the Rural Electrification and 

18 Telecommunication Loans program account, and the 

19 Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

20 SEC. 712. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

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

22 Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub23 account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele24 phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 

25 authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
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1 other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 

2 otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans3 fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any 

4 unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele5 phone liquidating account which is in excess of current 

6 requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set 

7 forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed8 eral Credit Reform Act of 1990. 

9 SEC. 713. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

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

11 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

12 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

13 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego14 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi15 tively awarded grants. 

16 SEC. 714. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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

18 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul19 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

20 SEC. 715. No employee of the Department of Agri21 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

23 of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi24 vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 
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1 the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 

2 of the employee for the period of assignment. 

3 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture 

5 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to 

6 any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or 

7 responses to questions that are a result of information re8 quested for the appropriations hearing process. 

9 SEC. 717. None of the funds made available to the 

10 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac11 quire new information technology systems or significant 

12 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor13 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa14 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa15 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

16 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

17 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

18 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa19 tion Officer. 

20 SEC. 718. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

21 of law, none of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 

22 by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded 

23 by this Act that remain available for obligation or expendi24 ture in the current fiscal year, or provided from any ac25 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
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1 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

2 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

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

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

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

6 project or activity for which funds have been denied or 

7 restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga8 nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out 

9 or privatizes any functions or activities presently per10 formed by Federal employees. 

11 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 

12 of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 

13 Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act 

14 that remain available for obligation or expenditure in the 

15 current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts in the 

16 Treasury of the United States derived by the collection 

17 of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall 

18 be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, 

19 programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds 

20 in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

21 that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activi22 ties; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing 

23 program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 

24 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from 

25 any general savings from a reduction in personnel which 
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1 would result in a change in existing programs, activities, 

2 or projects as approved by Congress. 

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. 719. 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). Funds under section 

19 401 for fiscal year 2005 are hereby cancelled. 

20 SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

21 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex22 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

24 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

25 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
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1 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra2 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re3 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

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

5 submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 

6 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

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

8 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con9 ference for the fiscal year 2006 appropriations Act. 

10 SEC. 721. None of the funds made available by this 

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

12 Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 

13 and enhancement of program delivery have been deter14 mined. 

15 SEC. 722. In addition to amounts otherwise appro16 priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is ap17 propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 

18 Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres19 sional Hunger Center. 

20 SEC. 723. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri21 cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 

22 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title 

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

24 and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail-
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1 able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 

2 carry out title II of such Act. 

3 SEC. 724. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 

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

5 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$26,998,000’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘$27,498,000’’. 

7 SEC. 725. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

9 salaries and expenses of personnel to collect from the lend10 er at the time of issuance a guarantee fee of less than 

11 2 percent of the principal obligation of guaranteed single12 family housing loans administered by the Rural Housing 

13 Service. 

14 SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

15 law, the Secretary shall consider the City of Salinas, Cali16 fornia; the City of Watsonville, California; the City of Hol17 lister, California; the Town of Ulster, New York; County 

18 of Cleburne, Alabama; the City of Coachella, California; 

19 the City of Casa Grande, Arizona; the City of Creedmoor, 

20 North Carolina; the City of Eureka, California; the City 

21 of Clarksdale, Mississippi; the City of Vicksburg, Mis22 sissippi; the City of Wewahitchka, Florida; the Town of 

23 Horseshoe Beach, Florida; and the City of Carbondale, Il24 linois, as meeting the eligibility requirements for loan and 

25 grant programs in the Rural Development mission area. 
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1 SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro3 vide financial and technical assistance to the DuPage 

4 County, Illinois, Kress Creek Water Quality Enhancement 

5 Project, from funds available for the Watershed and Flood 

6 Prevention Operations program, not to exceed $1,360,000 

7 and Rockhouse Creek Watershed, Leslie County, Ken8 tucky, not to exceed $1,000,000. 

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

10 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in11 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

12 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro13 vided in, this or any other appropriation Act. 

14 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

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

18 competitive grants program under the same terms and 

19 conditions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricul20 tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 

21 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 

22 SEC. 730. 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 section 
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1 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven2 tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 

3 SEC. 731. 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 subtitle 

6 I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 

7 (7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7). 

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

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

10 the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 

11 6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 

12 SEC. 733. The Agricultural Marketing Service and 

13 the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administra14 tion, that have statutory authority to purchase interest 

15 bearing investments outside of the Treasury, are not re16 quired to establish obligations and outlays for those invest17 ments, provided those investments are insured by the Fed18 eral Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized 

19 at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the 

20 Federal Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the 

21 United States Department of the Treasury. 

22 SEC. 734. Of the funds made available under section 

23 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

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

25 associated with the distribution of commodities. 
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1 SEC. 735. 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 enroll in 

4 excess of 175,000 acres in the calendar year 2005 wet5 lands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 

6 SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

8 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry 

9 out an environmental quality incentives program author10 ized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 

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

12 of $1,010,000,000. 

13 SEC. 737. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 

14 to permit employees of the United States Department of 

15 Agriculture to carry and use firearms for personal protec16 tion while conducting field work in remote locations in the 

17 performance of their official duties. 

18 SEC. 738. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

20 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend 

21 the $23,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the 

22 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

23 U.S.C. 8106(f)). 

24 SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
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1 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

2 a Broadband Program as authorized by 601(j)(A) of 7 

3 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A). $40,000,000 of the funds available 

4 under such section are hereby cancelled. 

5 SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other6 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

8 a Value-added grant program as authorized by 231(b)(4) 

9 of 7 U.S.C. 1621 note. $80,000,000 of the funds available 

10 under such section are hereby cancelled. 

11 SEC. 741. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) 

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

13 940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 

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

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

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

17 term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail18 able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under 

19 that section. 

20 SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other21 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

23 a Conservation Security Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 

24 3838, et seq., in excess of $194,411,000. 
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1 SEC. 743. 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 a wildlife habitat incentives program authorized under sec5 tion 2502 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security and 

6 Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of $60,000,000. 

7 SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

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

11 and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of 

12 $112,044,000. 

13 SEC. 745. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 

14 $1,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor15 poration, to remain available until expended, to com16 pensate commercial citrus and lime growers in the State 

17 of Florida for tree replacement and for lost production 

18 with respect to trees removed to control citrus canker, and 

19 with respect to certified citrus nursery stocks within the 

20 citrus canker quarantine areas, as determined by the Sec21 retary. For a grower to receive assistance for a tree under 

22 this section, the tree must have been removed after Sep23 tember 30, 2001. 

24 SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this, or any other Act, may be used 
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1 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

2 Subtitle H (the Rural Business Investment Program) of 

3 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as 

4 amended by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 

5 of 2002 (Public Law 107–171). 

6 SEC. 747. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available in this Act shall be expended to violate 

8 Public Law 105–264. 

9 SEC. 748. None of the funds made available by this 

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

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

12 for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 

13 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 

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

15 40541). 

16 SEC. 749. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

19 specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a 

20 competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri21 culture, including support personnel of the Department of 

22 Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 

23 programs. 

24 SEC. 750. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appropriations 
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1 available to the Secretary for activities authorized under 

2 sections 426–426c of title 7, United States Code, under 

3 this or any other Act, to enter into cooperative agree4 ments, with a State, political subdivision, or agency there5 of, a public or private agency, organization, or any other 

6 person, to lease aircraft if the Secretary determines that 

7 the objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual 

8 interest of the parties to the agreement in carrying out 

9 the programs administered by the Animal and Plant 

10 Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services; and (2) all 

11 parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of 

12 these objectives; award of a cooperative agreement author13 ized by the Secretary may be made for an initial term not 

14 to exceed 5 years. 

15 SEC. 751. Of the unobligated balances in the Local 

16 Television Loan Guarantee Program account, 

17 $88,000,000, are hereby rescinded. 

18 SEC. 752. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

21 section 9010 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 

22 and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of 

23 $100,000,000. 

24 SEC. 753. The matter under the heading ‘‘Rural 

25 Community Advancement Program’’ in division A—Agri-
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1 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra2 tion, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations, 

3 2004, title III—Rural Development Programs, in Public 

4 Law 108–199 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,750,000 shall 

5 be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 

6 1921 et seq.); and not less than $2,000,000 shall be avail7 able for grants in accordance with section 310B(f) of the 

8 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act’’ and in9 serting ‘‘and not less than $2,000,000 shall be available 

10 for grants in accordance with section 310B(f) of the Con11 solidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided fur12 ther, That of the total amount appropriated in this ac13 count, $1,750,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Re14 gional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any Rural 

15 Community Advancement Program purpose’’. 

16 SEC. 754. Of the unobligated balances available in 

17 the Rural Housing Assistance Grant Program account, 

18 $1,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

19 SEC. 755. Of the unobligated balances available in 

20 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program account, 

21 $3,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

22 SEC. 756. Funds made available under section 1240I 

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

24 fiscal years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 shall remain 

25 available until expended to cover obligations made in fiscal 
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1 years 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, respectively: Provided, 

2 That unobligated funds that are available at the end of 

3 each fiscal year are returned to the Treasury. 

4 SEC. 757. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 

6 Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed7 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi8 vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 

9 within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole10 salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 

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

12 SEC. 758. Section 502(h)(6)(C) of the Housing Act 

13 of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472(h)(6)(C)) is amended by adding, 

14 ‘‘, plus the guarantee fee as authorized by subsection 

15 (h)(7)’’ after the phrase, ‘‘whichever is less’’, in each of 

16 paragraphs (i) and (ii). 

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De18 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

19 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005’’. 
Union Calendar No. 350

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4766

[Report No. 108–584] 

A BILL

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Detember 30, 2005, and for other purposes. Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JULY 7, 2004

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed