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Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any funds 
under this paragraph initially allocated by the Secretary 
for housing projects in the State of Alaska that are not obli-
gated by September 30, 2006, shall be carried over until 
September 30, 2007, and made available for such housing 
projects only in the State of Alaska. 
For additional costs to conduct a demonstration pro-
gram for the preservation and revitalization of the section 
515 multi-family rental housing properties, $16,500,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funding 
made available under this heading shall be used to restruc-
ture existing section 515 loans, as the Secretary deems ap-
propriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 
has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur-
pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in-
come residents including reducing or eliminating interest; 
deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re-
amortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance includ-
ing advances and incentives required by the Secretary. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$465,886,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’.
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RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $653,102,000; 
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 
of this amount, no less than $8,976,000 shall be available 
for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to 
exceed $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi-
zations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than 
purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant 
to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That 
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 
year shall be funded for a four-year period: Provided fur-
ther, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end 
of such four-year agreements may be transferred and used 
for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, 
or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 
rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 
Act: Provided further, That rental assistance that is recov-
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ered from projects that are subject to prepayment shall be 
deobligated and reallocated for vouchers and debt forgive-
ness or payments consistent with the requirements of this 
Act for purposes authorized under section 542 and section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. 
RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (without re-
gard to section 542(b)), $16,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That such vouchers shall be avail-
able to any low-income household (including those not re-
ceiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed 
with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after Sep-
tember 30, 2005: Provided further, That the amount of the 
voucher shall be the difference between comparable market 
rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for 
such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 
such vouchers, shall be subject to the availability of annual 
appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouch-
ers with current regulations and administrative guidance 
applicable for section 8 housing vouchers administered by 
the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment (including the ability to pay administrative 
costs related to delivery of the voucher funds).
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MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), 
$34,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2005, for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $43,976,000, to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
$2,976,000 shall be made available for loans to private non- 
profit organizations, or such non-profit organizations’ affil-
iate loan funds and State and local housing finance agen-
cies, to carry out a housing demonstration program to pro-
vide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 
multi-family housing projects: Provided further, That loans 
under such demonstration program shall have an interest 
rate of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may defer the interest 
and principal payment to the Rural Housing Service for
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up to 3 years and the term of such loans shall not exceed 
30 years: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2006, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $29,607,000, to 
remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
$34,212,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $14,718,000, as authorized 
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2006, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 
of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2006, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined 
in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Provided, That 
of such amount made available, the Secretary may provide
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up to $1,500,000 for the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 
1921 et seq.): Provided further, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $887,000 
shall be available through June 30, 2006, for the cost of 
direct loans for authorized empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $6,656,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
creation projects, $25,003,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, $4,993,000, to remain available until 
expended.
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Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 
by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
$4,993,000 shall not be obligated and $4,993,000 are re-
scinded. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $24,988,000, of which 
$500,000 shall be for a cooperative research agreement with 
a qualified academic institution to conduct research on the 
national economic impact of all types of cooperatives; and 
of which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,488,000 shall be for 
cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary 
focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers 
and whose governing board and/or membership is com-
prised of at least 75 percent minority; and of which 
$15,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for value-added agricultural product market development 
grants, as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).
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RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITY GRANTS 
For grants in connection with second and third rounds 
of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, 
$12,400,000, to remain available until expended, for des-
ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise com-
munities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 
and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277): 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated, $1,000,000 shall 
be made available to third round empowerment zones, as 
authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act 
(Public Law 106–554). 
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guaran-
tees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions as 
authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $23,000,000 for 
direct and guaranteed renewable energy loans and grants: 
Provided, That the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974.
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RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall 
be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 
$100,000,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans, 
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000; Treasury rate direct 
electric loans, $1,000,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 
loans pursuant to section 313A, $1,500,000,000; 5 percent 
rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of 
money rural telecommunications loans, $425,000,000; and 
for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural 
telecommunications loans, $125,000,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying 
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by sections 
305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural electric loans, 
$6,160,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans, 
$212,000: 
Provided, 
That 
notwithstanding 
section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower 
interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$39,933,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available 
to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 
out its authorized programs. 
For administrative expenses, including audits, nec-
essary to continue to service existing loans, $2,500,000, 
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $550,000,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $10,000,000 shall be made available to convert
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analog to digital operation those noncommercial edu-
cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas 
and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated 
translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their 
main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equip-
ment to allow local control over digital content and pro-
gramming through the use of high-definition broadcast, 
multi-casting and datacasting technologies. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 901 et seq., $11,825,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007: Provided, That the interest rate for 
such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department 
of the Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: 
Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 
Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950aaa.
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TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the 
Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $12,422,027,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2007, of which 
$7,234,406,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,187,621,000 
shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 
further, That up to $5,235,000 shall be available for inde-
pendent verification of school food service claims: Provided 
further, That not less than $20,025,000 shall be available 
to implement and administer Team Nutrition programs of 
the Department of Agriculture.
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$5,257,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2007, of which such sums as are necessary to restore the 
contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed in re-
serve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated 
as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 
17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or 
participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That of the 
total amount available, the Secretary shall obligate not less 
than $15,000,000 for a breastfeeding support initiative in 
addition to the activities specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): 
Provided further, That only the provisions of section 
17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall be effec-
tive in 2006; including $14,000,000 for the purposes speci-
fied in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and $20,000,000 for the pur-
poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this heading 
shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further, 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 
administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that 
have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within
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the space used to carry out the program: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided in this account shall be 
available for the purchase of infant formula except in ac-
cordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding 
requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided shall be available 
for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal 
Government departments or agencies unless authorized by 
section 17 of such Act. 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $40,711,395,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 
2007, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 
carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading and not already appro-
priated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian Res-
ervations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the 
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed 
$4,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the 
FDPIR from Native American bison producers as well as 
from producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended
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in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to 
any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 
required by law: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able for Employment and Training under this heading 
shall remain available until expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977, any additional payment received under chapter 5 of 
title 37, United States Code, by a member of the United 
States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone 
shall be excluded from household income for the duration 
of the member’s deployment if the additional pay is the re-
sult of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone, 
and it was not received immediately prior to serving in 
the combat zone. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 
and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au-
thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); The Emergency 
Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance (in a form 
determined by the Secretary of Agriculture) for the nuclear 
affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the 
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 
(Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition
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Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966, $179,935,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2007: Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2006 to 
support the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as 
authorized by section 4402 of Public Law 107–171, such 
funds shall remain available through September 30, 2007: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.), the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs 
associated with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic 
nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 
$140,761,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 
for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight-
ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 
and assisting in the prevention, identification, and prosecu-
tion of fraud and other violations of law.
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TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development ac-
tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate 
and integrate activities of the Department in connection 
with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $147,868,000: Provided, That the Service 
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, 
public and private organizations and institutions under 
agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro-
duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for-
eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR 
PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul-
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tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and 
the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 
modifying 
credit 
arrangements 
under 
said 
Acts, 
$65,040,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Agriculture may implement a com-
modity monetization program under existing provisions of 
the Food for Progress Act of 1985 to provide no less than 
$5,000,000 in local-currency funding support for rural elec-
trification development overseas. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the 
Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $3,385,000, of 
which $168,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and of which $3,217,000 may be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL 
GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 
agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under 
the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $11,940,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds made avail-
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able for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 
for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter-
changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities supplied 
in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 
Act, $1,150,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,279,000; to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,440,000 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and of which $1,839,000 may be transferred to and merged
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with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 
Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa-
cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro-
vided herein. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 
the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 
this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 
of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous and emergency
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expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved 
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Sec-
retary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwith-
standing 
section 
521 
of 
Public 
Law 
107–188; 
$1,841,959,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $305,332,000 shall be derived from pre-
scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 
U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2007 
but collected in fiscal year 2006; $40,300,000 shall be de-
rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 
379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended; and $11,318,000 shall be derived 
from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, 
and shall be credited to this account and remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That fees derived from 
prescription drug, medical device, and animal drug assess-
ments received during fiscal year 2006, including any such 
fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited 
during the current year, shall be subject to the fiscal year 
2006 limitation: Provided further, That none of these funds 
shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program 
of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $450,179,000
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shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutri-
tion and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (2) $515,430,000 shall be for the Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $178,714,000 shall be for 
the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
(4) $99,787,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi-
cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs; (5) $245,770,000 shall be for the Center for 
Devices and Radiological Health and for related field ac-
tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,152,000 
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; 
(7) $58,515,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, 
other than the amounts paid to the General Services Ad-
ministration for rent; (8) $134,853,000 shall be for pay-
ments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 
(9) $117,559,000 shall be for other activities, including the 
Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management; the 
Office of External Relations; the Office of Policy and Plan-
ning; and central services for these offices: Provided further, 
That funds may be transferred from one specified activity 
to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended. 
In addition, export certification user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where 
not otherwise provided, $7,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 
rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $98,386,000, including not 
to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $44,250,000 (from assessments collected 
from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul-
tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the
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current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author-
ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation 
shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships: 
Provided further, That up to an additional 5 percent of 
the amount of this limitation may be expended for expenses 
associated with unforeseen termination applications, upon 
a finding of extraordinary circumstances by the Federal 
Credit Administration Board. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 320 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 320 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the 
Forest Service) shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 703. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the 
Forest Service) shall be available for employment pursuant 
to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Department
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of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 
5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 704. New obligational authority provided for the 
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi-
tions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly pro-
gram, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, low patho-
gen avian influenza program, up to $32,932,000 in animal 
health monitoring and surveillance for the animal identi-
fication system, up to $2,993,000 in the emergency manage-
ment systems program for the vaccine bank, up to 
$1,000,000 for wildlife services methods development, up to 
$1,000,000 of the wildlife services operations program for 
aviation safety, and up to 25 percent of the screwworm pro-
gram; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field automation 
and information management project; Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds for com-
petitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the 
Research, Education, and Economics Information System, 
and funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds 
made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural 
Service, middle-income country training program, and up 
to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appro-
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priation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 705. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appro-
priated by this or any other Act or other available unobli-
gated discretionary balances of the Department of Agri-
culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of 
plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 
financial, administrative, and information technology serv-
ices of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 
of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred 
to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval 
of the agency administrator: Provided further, That none 
of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pur-
suant to this section shall be available for obligation with-
out the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 707. Hereafter, not to exceed $50,000 of the funds 
appropriated by this or any other Act to the Department 
of Agriculture (excluding the Forest Service) shall be avail-
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able to provide appropriate orientation and language train-
ing pursuant to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1766b). 
SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 
agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award-
ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
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cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full 
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 710. Hereafter, loan levels provided in this or any 
other Act to the Department of Agriculture shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations. 
SEC. 711. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to cover obligations made in the current fis-
cal year for the following accounts: the Rural Development 
Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone Bank 
program account, the Rural Electrification and Tele-
communication Loans program account, and the Rural 
Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
awarded grants. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat
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Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 714. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 
funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De-
partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving 
agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be 
used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non- 
Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses 
to questions that are a result of information requested for 
the appropriations hearing process. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer
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without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That 
none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture 
for information technology shall be obligated for projects 
over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the 
Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 717. (a) Hereafter, none of the funds appro-
priated by this or any other Act to the agencies funded by 
this Act, or provided from accounts in the Treasury of the 
United States derived by the collection of fees available to 
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds 
which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program, 
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any 
means for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) 
reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts 
out or privatizes any functions or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days 
in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this 
or any other Act to the agencies funded by this Act, or pro-
vided from accounts in the Treasury of the United States 
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
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funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure for activities, programs, or projects through a re-
programming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for 
any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of 
personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) 
results from any general savings from a reduction in per-
sonnel which would result in a change in existing programs, 
activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 
funds. 
(c) Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress before implementing a program or activity not carried 
out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or 
activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 
other Act. 
SEC. 718. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obli-
gations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any
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other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of Pub-
lic Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and 
Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
guage as part of the President’s Budget submission to the 
Congress of the United States for programs under the juris-
diction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects 
a reduction from the previous year due to user fees pro-
posals that have not been enacted into law prior to the sub-
mission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identi-
fies which additional spending reductions should occur in 
the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to 
the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2006 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 720. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a State 
Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 
and enhancement of program delivery have been deter-
mined.
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SEC. 721. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is appro-
priated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center. 
SEC. 722. Hereafter, notwithstanding section 412 of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out 
title III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail-
able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to carry 
out title II of such Act. 
SEC. 723. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$27,998,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$29,998,000’’. 
SEC. 724. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City of Butte/ 
Silverbow, Montana, Cleburne County, Arkansas, and the 
designated Census track areas for the Upper Kanawha Val-
ley Enterprise Community, rural areas for purposes of eli-
gibility for rural development programs. 
SEC. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide fi-
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nancial and technical assistance through the Watershed and 
Flood Prevention Operations program for the Matanuska 
River erosion control project in Alaska, Little Otter Creek 
project in Missouri, the Manoa Watershed project in Ha-
waii, the West Tarkio project in Iowa, the Steeple Run and 
West Branch DuPage River Watershed projects in DuPage 
County, Illinois, and the Coal Creek project in Utah. 
SEC. 726. Hereafter, none of the funds made available 
in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
of the funds made available in this Act for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up 
to 20 percent of the amount provided to carry out a com-
petitive grants program under the same terms and condi-
tions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 
(7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 
14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
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SEC. 729. None of the funds made available to the Food 
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close 
or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and 
Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis 
in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits 
of St. Louis, Missouri. 
SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7). 
SEC. 731. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries 
and expenses funds to reimburse the Office of the General 
Counsel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 
related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and 
offices in the resolution of complaints by employees or ap-
plicants for employment, and in cases and other matters 
pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or the 
Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the
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salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 6405 
of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 
SEC. 733. Hereafter, the Agricultural Marketing Serv-
ice and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Ad-
ministration, that have statutory authority to purchase in-
terest bearing investments outside of the Treasury, are not 
required to establish obligations and outlays for those in-
vestments, provided those investments are insured by the 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized 
at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the Fed-
eral Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the United 
States Department of the Treasury. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess 
of 150,000 acres in the calendar year 2006 wetlands reserve 
program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out 
an environmental quality incentives program authorized by 
chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of 
$1,017,000,000.
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SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 
$23,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8106(f)). 
SEC. 737. With the exception of funds provided in fis-
cal year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 
$50,000,000 made available by section 601(j)(1)(A) of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)). 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2006 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized 
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 
shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for the release of eligible commodities under section 
302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any such funds made 
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation 
shall only be used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of 
the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
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pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the 
$120,000,000 made available by section 6401(a) of Public 
Law 107–171. 
SEC. 740. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) 
of section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 
940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 
Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, 
structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not 
to exceed an average of 30 basis points per year for the 
term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail-
able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under that 
section. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out sec-
tion 2502 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $47,000,000. 
SEC. 742. Of the unobligated balances available in the 
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In-
fants, and Children reserve account, $32,000,000 is hereby 
rescinded. 
SEC. 743. Not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 
2006 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this or any other Act shall be used to carry out section 
6029 of Public Law 107–171.
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SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a 
ground and surface water conservation program authorized 
by section 2301 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 
$51,000,000. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to issue a final rule in furtherance of, 
or otherwise implement, the proposed rule on cost-sharing 
for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 
July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. Reg. 40541). 
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to study, complete a study of, or enter 
into a contract with a private party to carry out, without 
specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a 
competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, including support personnel of the Department of 
Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 
programs or for reimbursement of administrative costs 
under section 16(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 2025(a)) to a State agency for which more than 10 
percent of the costs (other than costs for issuance of benefits 
or nutrition education) are obtained under contract.
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SEC. 747. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appro-
priations available to the Secretary for activities authorized 
under sections 426–426c of title 7, United States Code, 
under this or any other Act, to enter into cooperative agree-
ments, with a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, 
a public or private agency, organization, or any other per-
son, to lease aircraft if the Secretary determines that the 
objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest 
of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs 
administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, Wildlife Services; and (2) all parties will con-
tribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives; 
award of a cooperative agreement authorized by the Sec-
retary may be made for an initial term not to exceed 5 
years. 
SEC. 748. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out sec-
tion 9010 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $60,000,000. 
SEC. 749. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary 
funds to cover the costs of preparing, or contracting for the 
preparation of, final agency decisions regarding complaints
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of discrimination in employment or program activities 
arising within such agencies and offices. 
SEC. 750. Funds made available under section 1240I 
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to cover obligations made in the current fiscal year, 
and are not available for new obligations. 
SEC. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis-
sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 
which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup-
plies. 
SEC. 752. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law— 
(1)(A) the Alaska Department of Community 
and Economic Development shall be eligible to receive 
a water and waste disposal grant under section 
306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that is 
equal to not more than 75 percent of the total cost of 
providing water and sewer service to the proposed 
hospital in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska; 
and 
(B) the Alaska Department of Community and 
Economic Development shall be allowed to pass the
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grant funds through to the local government entity 
that will provide water and sewer service to the hos-
pital; 
(2) or any percentage of cost limitation in cur-
rent law or regulations, the construction projects 
known as the Tri-Valley Community Center addition 
in Healy, Alaska; the Cold Climate Housing Research 
Center in Fairbanks, Alaska; and the University of 
Alaska-Fairbanks Allied Health Learning Center skill 
labs/classrooms shall be eligible to receive Community 
Facilities grants in amounts that are equal to not 
more than 75 percent of the total facility costs: Pro-
vided, That for the purposes of this paragraph, the 
Cold Climate Housing Research Center is designated 
an ‘‘essential community facility’’ for rural Alaska; 
(3) for any fiscal year and hereafter, in the case 
of a high cost isolated rural area in Alaska that is 
not connected to a road system, the maximum level 
for the single family housing assistance shall be 150 
percent of the median household income level in the 
nonmetropolitan areas of the State and 115 percent 
of all other eligible areas of the State; 
(4)(A) the Natural Resources Conservation Serv-
ice shall provide financial and technical assistance 
through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Oper-