ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants for rural community facilities programs as author-
ized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$68,952,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That $6,300,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for a Rural Community Develop-
ment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, 
nonprofit community-based housing and community devel-
opment organizations, low-income rural communities, and 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake 
projects to improve housing, community facilities, commu-
nity and economic development projects in rural areas: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be made available to 
qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary orga-
nizations proposing to carry out a program of financial 
and technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter-
mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from 
other sources, including Federal funds for related activities, 
in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided fur-
ther, That $14,000,000 of the amount appropriated under
this heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 
communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-
nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per-
cent for administration and capacity building in the State 
rural 
development 
offices: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 
colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such Act: 
Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
through June 30, 2008, for authorized empowerment zones 
and enterprise communities and communities designated by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
nership Zones for the rural community programs described 
in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act: Provided further, That section 381E–H 
and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act are not applicable to the funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That any prior bal-
ances in the Rural Development, Rural Community Ad-
vancement Program account for programs authorized by 
section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act 
be transferred and merged with this account and any other 
prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural Commu-
nity Advancement Program account that the Secretary de-
termines is appropriate to transfer. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants, for the rural business development programs author-
ized by sections 306 and 310B and described in section 
310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act, $87,700,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 
under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
available for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development and $3,000,000 
shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 
U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advance-
ment Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of 
which not more than 5 percent may be used for administra-
tive expenses: Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be for busi-
ness grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native Amer-
ican Tribes, including $250,000 for a grant to a qualified 
national organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment: Provided further, That not to exceed $8,300,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2008, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and coopera-
tive development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Pro-
vided further, That section 381E–H and 381N of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not appli-
cable to funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That any prior balances in the Rural Development, 
Rural Community Advancement Program account for pro-
grams authorized by sections 306 and 310B and described 
in section 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of such Act be trans-
ferred and merged with this account and any other prior 
balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community 
Advancement Program account that the Secretary deter-
mines is appropriate to transfer. 
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)), 
$33,772,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $14,485,000, 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, 
2008, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 
of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2008, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined 
in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Provided, That 
such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, $880,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2008, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,774,000 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, $33,077,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, $34,000,000 shall not be obli-
gated and $34,000,000 are rescinded. 
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), $28,023,000, of which 
$495,000 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 $2,600,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,473,000 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 
$19,000,000, 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). 
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITIES GRANTS 
For grants in connection with empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities, $8,187,000, to remain available 
until expended, for designated rural empowerment zones 
and rural enterprise communities, as authorized by the