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the amount provided to carry out a competitive grants program 
under the same terms and conditions as those provided in section 
401 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 719. 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 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 $1,000,000,000. 
SEC. 720. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
2008 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 Corporation 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. 721. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and expenses 
of the Department of Agriculture to carry out or administer the 
program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection 
and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 
SEC. 722. 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 available to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under 
that section. 
SEC. 723. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to issue a final rule in furtherance of, or otherwise imple-
ment, 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. 724. There is hereby appropriated $437,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the Denali Commission to address 
deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites which threaten to contami-
nate rural drinking water supplies. 
SEC. 725. 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 expended to disburse obligations 
made in the current fiscal year. Funds made available under section 
524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 7 U.S.C. 1524(b), in 
fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in fiscal years 2004, 
2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 respectively, and except for fiscal year 
2008 funds, are not available for new obligations. 
SEC. 726. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement any regulation 
or rule insofar as it would require recertification of rural status 
for each electric and telecommunications borrower for the Rural 
Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program.
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SEC. 727. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 
of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive 
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended 
for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story 
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 
or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, direct 
or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act, or any 
not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct 
loan under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under Section 
313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a borrower under 
such Act. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make funding and other 
assistance available through the emergency watershed protection 
program under section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 
(16 U.S.C. 2203) to repair and prevent damage to non-Federal 
land in watersheds that have been impaired by fires initiated by 
the Federal Government and shall waive cost sharing requirements 
for the funding and assistance. 
SEC. 730. 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 Agriculture, including support personnel of the 
Department of Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm 
loan programs. 
SEC. 731. Of the amount available for Estimated Future Needs 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $184,000,000 are 
hereby rescinded: Provided, That in addition, of the unobligated 
balances under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, 
$500,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 732. Of the appropriations available for payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas 
under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d)), if 
the payment allocation pursuant to section 1425(c) of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 3175(c)) would be less than $100,000 for any institution 
eligible under section 3(d)(2) of the Smith-Lever Act, the Secretary 
shall adjust payment allocations under section 1425(c) of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 to ensure that each institution receives a payment 
of not less than $100,000. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to establish or implement a rule allowing poultry products 
to be imported into the United States from the People’s Republic 
of China. 
SEC. 734. There is hereby appropriated $3,750,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a grant to the National Center for 
Natural Products Research for construction or renovation to carry 
out the research objectives of the natural products research grant 
issued by the Food and Drug Administration. 
SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated $150,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the planning and design of construction 
of an agriculture pest facility in the State of Hawaii.
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SEC. 736. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Agriculture in this Act may be used to implement the risk- 
based inspection program in the 30 prototype locations announced 
on February 22, 2007, by the Under Secretary for Food Safety, 
or at any other locations, until the USDA Office of Inspector General 
has provided its findings to the Food Safety and Inspection Service 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate on the data used in support of the development 
and design of the risk-based inspection program and FSIS has 
addressed and resolved issues identified by OIG. 
SEC. 737. The Secretary of Agriculture shall continue the Water 
and Waste Systems Direct Loan Program under the authority and 
conditions (including the fees, borrower interest rate, and the Presi-
dent’s economic assumptions for the 2008 Fiscal Year, as of June 
1, 2007) provided by the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 
2007’’. 
SEC. 738. (a) Section 13(b) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) 
as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively; 
(C) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (B)), striking ‘‘(B)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘shall 
not exceed’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (B) and 
in addition to amounts made available under paragraph 
(3), payments to service institutions shall be’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (B)), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(E) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by subpara-
graph (B)), by striking ‘‘(A), (B), and (C)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) and (B)’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence of paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘full amount of State approved’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘maximum allowable’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 18 of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (f); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (g) through (k) as sub-
sections (f) through (j), respectively. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
take effect on January 1 of the first full calendar year following 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $9,900,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, which, in conjunction with 
all unobligated balances available to the Secretary under section 
18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1769(g)) shall be used to continue the Fresh Fruit and 
Vegetable Program (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)) in all currently participating 
States and expand the program to all the contiguous States and, 
Alaska, Hawaii and the District of Columbia not currently served 
by the authorized program: Provided, That of funds available under 
this section, not to exceed 5 percent may be available for Federal 
administrative costs, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of this section, ‘‘currently
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participating States’’ shall be defined as those authorized to partici-
pate under section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)) as well as those authorized to partici-
pate under section 779 of Public Law 109–97: Provided further, 
That implementation of the program in new States shall begin 
with school year 2008/2009. 
SEC. 740. Section 704 of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2258) is amended by striking the first proviso. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to— 
(1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal Agri-
culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 
note; Public Law 104–127); or 
(3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $800,000 to the Farm 
Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate the 
use of new technologies that increase the rate of growth of re- 
forested hardwood trees on private non-industrial forests lands, 
enrolling lands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that were damaged 
by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 
SEC. 743. (a) Sections 9001(a) and 9002 of the U.S. Troop 
Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Account-
ability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110–28; 121 Stat. 
211, 214) are amended by striking ‘‘February 28, 2007’’ each place 
it occurs and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2007’’. 
(b) There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000 for the ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
(c) Each amount provided by this section is designated as 
described in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act). 
SEC. 744. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘seven’’ and inserting ‘‘eight’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting ‘‘six’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘West Virginia,’’ after the first instance 
of ‘‘States shall be’’. 
SEC. 745. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, of the funds made available for the Commodity Assistance 
Program under division B of Public Law 109–148, Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf 
of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza, 2006, all unexpended funds 
shall be made available to support normal program operations 
of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program under the Agri-
culture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and of the Emergency 
Food Assistance Program under the Emergency Food Assistance 
Act of 1983: Provided, That any commodities purchased with funds 
made available under Public Law 109–148 and remaining undistrib-
uted shall be used to support normal program operations under 
the authorities cited in this section. 
SEC. 746. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
until receipt of the decennial Census for the year 2010, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall consider— 
(1) the City of Alamo, Texas; the City of Mercedes, Texas; 
the City of Weslaco, Texas; the City of Donna, Texas; the
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City of La Feria, Texas; and the City of Northampton, 
Massachusetts, (including individuals and entities with projects 
within the cities) eligible for loans and grants funded through 
the Rural Business Program account; 
(2) the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington; the City 
of Keene, New Hampshire; and the City of Havelock, North 
Carolina, (including individuals and entities with projects 
within the cities) eligible for loans and grants funded through 
the Rural Community Facilities Program account; 
(3) the City of Freeport, Illinois; Kitsap County (except 
the City of Bremerton), Washington; the City of Atascadero, 
California; and the City of Paso Robles, California, (including 
individuals and entities with projects within the cities) eligible 
for loans and grants funded through the Rural Housing Insur-
ance Fund Program account and the Rural Housing Assistance 
Grants account; 
(4) the City of Canton, Mississippi, (including individuals 
and entities with projects within the cities) eligible for loans 
and grants funded through the Rural Water and Waste Disposal 
Program account; 
(5) the City of Parsons, Kansas; the Town of Boone, North 
Carolina; the City of Henderson, North Carolina; and the City 
of Lenoir, North Carolina, to be rural areas for the purposes 
of eligibility for loans and grants funded through the Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program account; 
(6) the City of Lansing, Kansas, a rural area for purposes 
of eligibility for Rural Housing Service programs, and the City 
of Leavenworth, Kansas, and the City of Lansing, Kansas, 
as separate geographic entities for purposes of Rural Develop-
ment grants and loans; 
(7) the City of Binghamton, New York, for the purpose 
of upgrading a trunk line for waste transport to the Town 
of Conklin, New York, (including individuals and entities with 
projects within the cities) eligible for loans and grants funded 
through the Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program account; 
(8) the County of Lexington, South Carolina, shall be 
considered to be a rural area for the purposes of financing 
a farmers’ market under the Business and Industry Loan Guar-
antee Program in a local area that has rural characteristics 
as determined by the Secretary; and 
(9) the service areas being acquired by Mid-Kansas Electric 
Cooperative, except for the City of Dodge City, Kansas, shall 
be considered eligible for financing under the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936, as amended. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used— 
(1) to terminate any of the 13 field laboratories that are 
operated by the Food and Drug Administration as of January 
1, 2007, or 20 District Offices, or any of the inspection or 
compliance functions of any of the 20 District Offices, of the 
Food and Drug Administration functioning as of January 1, 
2007; or 
(2) to consolidate any such laboratory with any other lab-
oratory, or any such District Office, or any of the inspection 
or compliance functions of any District Office, with any other 
District Office.
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SEC. 748. Hereafter, the Secretary may use funds made avail-
able in chapter 1 of division B of Public Law 109–148 for direct 
and guaranteed loans under title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 
to make or guarantee loans, as authorized under such Act, to 
finance housing and repairs to housing in rural areas affected 
by hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year. 
SEC. 749. Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to 
section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, $10,500,000 
is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 750. Of the unobligated balances available in the Child 
and Adult Care Food Program for the purpose of conducting audits 
of participating institutions as provided for under section 796 of 
Public Law 109–97, $3,500,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 751. EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authorities provided 
under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–171; 7 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) and each amendment made 
by that Act (and for mandatory programs at such funding levels), 
as in effect on September 30, 2007, shall continue, and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall carry out the authorities, until March 15, 2008. 
(b) CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.— 
(1) FARMLAND
PROTECTION
PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall continue 
the farmland protection program established under subchapter 
B of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.) at a funding level of 
$97,000,000 per year. 
(2) GROUND AND SURFACE WATER CONSERVATION.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall con-
tinue the ground and surface water conservation program estab-
lished under section 1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3839aa–9) at a funding level of $60,000,000 per 
year. 
(3) WILDLIFE
HABITAT
INCENTIVES
PROGRAM.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Secretary shall con-
tinue the wildlife habitat incentive program established under 
section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839bb–1) at a funding level of $85,000,000 per year. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not apply with respect to— 
(1) section 1307(a)(6) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7957(a)(6)); 
(2) section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1524(b)); 
(3) section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
2034); 
(4) title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 950bb et seq.); 
(5) section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act 
of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 106–224); 
(6) section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102); 
(7) section 9004 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8104);
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(8) section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106); and 
(9) subtitles A through C of title I of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911 et seq.), 
with respect to the 2008 crops (other than the 2008 crop of 
a loan commodity described in paragraph (11), (12), or (13) 
of section 1202(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7932(b))). 
SEC. 752. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), there is 
hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.7 percent of the budget 
authority provided for fiscal year 2008 for any discretionary account 
in division A of this Act. 
(b) Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be applied 
proportionately— 
(1) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 
authority described in subsection (a); and 
(2) within each such account and item, to each program, 
project, and activity (with programs, projects, and activities 
as delineated in the appropriation Act, accompanying reports, 
or explanatory statement for the relevant fiscal year covering 
such account or item). 
(c) The rescission in subsection (a) shall not apply to budget 
authority appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
in the following amounts in the following activities or accounts: 
(1) $6,020,000,000 provided for the Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 
in the Department of Agriculture in division A. 
(2) $930,120,000 provided for the Food Safety and Inspec-
tion Service in the Department of Agriculture in division A. 
(3) Any amount designated as described in section 5 (in 
the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(d) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives a report that specifies the account and amount of each rescis-
sion made pursuant to this section. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2008’’. 
DIVISION B—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activities of 
the Department of Commerce provided for by law, and for engaging 
in trade promotional activities abroad, including expenses of grants 
and cooperative agreements for the purpose of promoting exports 
of United States firms, without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 
3703; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate
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families of employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily 
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service between two points 
abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 40118; employment of Ameri-
cans and aliens by contract for services; rental of space abroad 
for periods not exceeding 10 years, and expenses of alteration, 
repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary 
demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort 
claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 
U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to 
exceed $327,000 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not to 
exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on official motor 
vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $413,172,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009, of which $8,000,000 is to be derived 
from fees to be retained and used by the International Trade 
Administration, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That 
$40,520,923 shall be for Manufacturing and Services; $41,384,054 
shall be for Market Access and Compliance; $62,712,833 shall be 
for the Import Administration of which $5,900,000 shall be for 
the Office of China Compliance; $236,945,290 shall be for the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service; and $25,146,400 shall be 
for Executive Direction and Administration: Provided further, That 
the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of 
section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities without regard to section 5412 of the Omnibus 
Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 U.S.C. 4912); and that 
for the purpose of this Act, contributions under the provisions 
of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
shall include payment for assessments for services provided as 
part of these activities: Provided further, That the International 
Trade Administration shall be exempt from the requirements of 
Circular A–25 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) 
issued by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided further, 
That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade 
Organization to recognize the right of members to distribute monies 
collected from antidumping and countervailing duties: Provided fur-
ther, That negotiations shall be conducted within the World Trade 
Organization consistent with the negotiating objectives contained 
in the Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210. 
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and national 
security activities of the Department of Commerce, including costs 
associated with the performance of export administration field 
activities both domestically and abroad; full medical coverage for 
dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed 
overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for serv-
ices abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise 
in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for official representation 
expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the 
Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C.
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401(b); and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use 
and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special require-
ment vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price 
limitation otherwise established by law, $72,855,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $13,627,000 shall be for inspec-
tions and other activities related to national security: Provided, 
That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all 
of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities: Provided further, That payments and contribu-
tions collected and accepted for materials or services provided as 
part of such activities may be retained for use in covering the 
cost of such activities, and for providing information to the public 
with respect to the export administration and national security 
activities of the Department of Commerce and other export control 
programs of the United States and other governments. 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
For grants for economic development assistance as provided 
by the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, and 
for trade adjustment assistance, $249,100,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administering the economic develop-
ment assistance programs as provided for by law, $30,832,000: 
Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects 
approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment 
Act of 1976, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and the Community 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in 
fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, 
including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with 
public or private organizations, $28,623,000. 
ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, as authorized by law, of economic 
and statistical analysis programs of the Department of Commerce, 
$81,075,000, to remain available until September 30, 2009. 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for collecting, compiling, analyzing, pre-
paring, and publishing statistics, provided for by law, $202,838,000.