NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 
$140,761,000. 
TITLE V 
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 
activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi-
nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec-
tion 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), $148,224,000: Provided, That the Serv-
ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro-
priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen-
cies, public and private organizations and institutions 
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 
food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and 
the foreign assistance programs of the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
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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 Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 
Agricultural 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. 
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, Sala-
ries 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 Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 
under the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $11,940,000, 
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to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
made available for the cost of agreements under title I 
of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be 
used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 
supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 
II of said Act, $1,107,094,000, 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 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity 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 
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appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and of which $1,839,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
MCGOVERN-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 Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein. 
TITLE VI 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant 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 expenses of enforcement activities, author-
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ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 
107–188; $1,837,928,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $305,332,000 shall be de-
rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379h, shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended, 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 derived 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 fur-
ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de-
vice, and animal drug assessments 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) $444,095,000 shall be for the 
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Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 
$519,814,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
and Research and related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs; (3) $178,713,000 shall be for the Cen-
ter 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) $243,939,000 shall be for the Center 
for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 
$41,152,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (7) $58,515,000 shall be for Rent and 
Related activities, of which $21,974,000 is for White Oak 
Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
Services Administration for rent; (8) $134,853,000 shall 
be for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent; and (9) $117,060,000 shall be for other activi-
ties, including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office 
of Management; the Office of External Relations; the Of-
fice of Policy and Planning; and central services for these 
offices: Provided further, That of the funds provided herein 
for other activities, $5,853,000 may not be obligated until 
the Commissioner or Acting Commissioner has presented 
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public testimony on the President’s 2006 budget request 
before the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives: 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. 
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 re-
main 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, $5,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURE TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $98,386,000, 
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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 col-
lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
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. Funds in this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901– 
5902). 
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SEC. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic 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 con-
ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 
program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, up 
to $8,000,000 in the low pathogen avian influenza pro-
gram for indemnities, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie pro-
gram for indemnities, up to $33,340,000 in animal health 
monitoring and surveillance for the animal identification 
system, up to $3,009,000 in the emergency management 
systems program for the vaccine bank, up to $1,000,000 
of the wildlife services operations program for aviation 
safety, and up to 25 percent of the screwworm program; 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, field automation and 
information management project; Cooperative State Re-
search, Education, and Extension Service, funds for com-
petitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); Farm Service 
Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to 
county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle- 
income country training program, and up to $1,565,000 
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of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely 
for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international 
currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the 
Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 705. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 
by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 
balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 
Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services 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 ad-
ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 
section shall be available for obligation without 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. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria-
tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this 
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Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation 
and language training 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 ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space 
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture when such space will be jointly occupied. 
SEC. 710. 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 
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