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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. 744. With the exception of funds provided in fiscal 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 $40,000,000 made available
by section 601(j)(1)(A) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)).
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available in fiscal year
2005 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. 746. 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 $80,000,000 made available
by section 6401(a) of Public Law 107–171.
SEC. 747. 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. 748. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide from appro-
priated funds financial and technical assistance to the Dry Creek
project, Utah.
SEC. 749. 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 Conservation Security
Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq., in excess of
$202,411,000.
SEC. 750. 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 section 2502 of Public
Law 107–171 in excess of $47,000,000.
SEC. 751. 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 section 2503 of Public
Law 107–171 in excess of $112,000,000.
SEC. 752. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $30,000,000
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain avail-
able until expended, to compensate commercial citrus and lime
growers in the State of Florida for tree replacement and for lost
production with respect to trees removed to control citrus canker,
and with respect to certified citrus nursery stocks within the citrus
canker quarantine areas, as determined by the Secretary. For a
grower to receive assistance for a tree under this section, the
tree must have been removed after September 30, 2001.
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SEC. 753. Not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 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.
SEC. 754. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act shall be expended to violate Public Law 105–
264.
SEC. 755. 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. 756. 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. 757. 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. 758. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Agriculture may use appropriations 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 agreements, with a State, political subdivision, or
agency thereof, a public or private agency, organization, or any
other person, 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 contribute resources to
the accomplishment of these objectives; award of a cooperative
agreement authorized by the Secretary may be made for an initial
term not to exceed 5 years.
SEC. 759. There is hereby appropriated $1,491,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2006, to carry out section 6028 of
Public Law 107–171: Provided, That notwithstanding section
383B(g)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C. 2009bb–1(g)(1)), the Federal share of the administrative
expenses of the Northern Great Plains Regional Authority for fiscal
year 2005 shall be 100 percent.
SEC. 760. 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 section 9010 of Public
Law 107–171 in excess of $100,000,000.
SEC. 761. (a) The matter under the heading ‘‘Rural Community
Advancement Program’’ in division A—Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Pro-
grams Appropriations, 2004, title III—Rural Development Pro-
grams, in Public Law 108–199 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,750,000
shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921
et seq.); and not less than $2,000,000 shall be available for grants