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gard to section 542(b)), for the cost to conduct a housing 
demonstration program to provide revolving loans for the 
preservation of low-income multi-family housing projects, 
and for additional costs to conduct a demonstration pro-
gram for the preservation and revitalization of the section 
515 multi-family rental housing properties, $28,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $10,000,000 shall 
be available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income 
household (including those not receiving rental assistance) 
residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan 
which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided 
further, That the amount of such voucher shall be the dif-
ference between comparable market rent for the section 515 
unit and the tenant paid rent for such unit: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available for such vouchers, shall be 
subject to the availability of annual appropriations: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, administer such vouchers with current 
regulations and administrative guidance applicable to sec-
tion 8 housing vouchers administered by the Secretary of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development (in-
cluding the ability to pay administrative costs related to 
delivery of the voucher funds): Provided further, That if the 
Secretary determines that the amount made available for
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vouchers in this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, 
the Secretary may use such funds for the demonstration 
programs for the preservation and revitalization of the sec-
tion 515 multifamily rental housing properties described in 
this paragraph: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be available 
for loans to private non-profit organizations, or such non- 
profit organizations’ affiliate loan funds and State and 
local housing finance agencies, to carry out a housing dem-
onstration program to provide revolving loans for the pres-
ervation of low-income multi-family housing projects: Pro-
vided further, That loans under such demonstration pro-
gram shall have an interest rate of not more than 1 percent 
direct loan to the recipient: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary may defer the interest and principal payment to the 
Rural Housing Service for up to 3 years and the term of 
such loans shall not exceed 30 years: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, $15,000,000 
shall be available for a demonstration program for the pres-
ervation and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family 
rental housing properties to restructure existing section 515 
loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, expressly for the 
purposes of ensuring the project has sufficient resources to 
preserve the project for the purpose of providing safe and 
affordable housing for low-income residents including re-
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ducing or eliminating interest; deferring loan payments, 
subordinating, reducing or reamortizing loan debt; and 
other financial assistance including advances and incen-
tives required by the Secretary: Provided further, That if 
the Secretary determines that additional funds for vouchers 
described in this paragraph are needed, funds for the preser-
vation and revitalization demonstration program may be 
used for such vouchers: Provided further, That if Congress 
enacts legislation to permanently authorize a section 515 
multi-family rental housing loan restructuring program 
similar to the demonstration program described herein, the 
Secretary may use funds made available for the demonstra-
tion program under this heading to carry out such legisla-
tion with the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
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), 
$33,660,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2007, for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones.
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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, $40,590,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2007, for authorized empowerment zones and en-
terprise communities and communities designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $30,643,000, 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)), 
$33,925,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $14,951,000, as authorized 
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
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of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2007, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 
of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2007, 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, $887,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2007, 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, $4,950,000 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, $34,652,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
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Budget Act of 1974, $7,568,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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, 
$78,514,000 shall not be obligated and $78,514,000 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), $29,500,000, 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 $1,500,000 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 
$20,000,000, 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).
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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, 
$10,000,000, 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), $25,000,000 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, 
$99,000,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans, 
$99,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; Treasury rate direct 
electric loans, $990,000,000; guaranteed electric loans, 
$99,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to 
section 313A, $1,500,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $143,513,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $419,760,000; and for loans made 
pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $299,000,000. 
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, 
$3,703,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans, 
$657,000: 
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, 
$39,600,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of the broadband tele-
communication loans, $500,000,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $5,000,000 shall be made available to convert 
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., $10,750,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008: Provided, That the interest rate for
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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. 
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, $604,000. 
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; $13,654,487,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2008, of which
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$7,923,414,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,731,073,000 
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 of the funds made available under this heading, 
$300,000,000 shall be placed in reserve and used only in 
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 
to carry out program operations: Provided further, That up 
to $5,335,000 shall be available for independent verification 
of school food service claims: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $9,000,000, avail-
able until September 30, 2008, of which not to exceed 5 per-
cent may be available for Federal administrative expenses, 
shall be used to carry out section 120 of Public Law 108– 
265 in an additional 9 States. 
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), 
$5,264,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2008, 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
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amounts over $125,000,000 in the contingency reserve shall 
be treated as general WIC appropriated funds rather than 
contingency reserve funds: Provided further, 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 2007; 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 in this Act shall be available to pay 
administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that 
have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within 
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.), $37,865,231,000, of which
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$3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 
2008, 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 funds pro-
vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 
16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this ap-
propriation shall be subject to any work registration or 
workfare requirements as may be required by law: Provided 
further, That funds made available for Employment and 
Training under this heading shall remain available until 
expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food 
Stamp Act: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading may be used to enter into contracts and 
employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct 
activities related to food stamp program integrity provided 
that such activities are authorized by 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 mem-
ber of the United States Armed Forces deployed to a des-
ignated combat zone shall be excluded from household in-
come for the duration of the member’s deployment if the 
additional pay is the result of deployment to or while serv-
ing in a combat zone, and it was not received immediately 
prior to serving in the combat zone.
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COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 
and the commodity supplemental food program, as author-
ized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Pro-
tection 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 
Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966, $179,366,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2008: 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 2007 to 
support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program 
(SFMNP), as authorized by section 4402 of Public Law 
107–171, such funds shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2008: Provided further, That hereafter no funds 
available for SFMNP shall be used to pay State or local 
sales taxes on food purchased with SFMNP coupons or 
checks: Provided further, That hereafter the value of assist-
ance provided by the SFMNP shall not be considered in-
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come or resources for any purposes under any Federal, 
State or local laws related to taxation, welfare and public 
assistance programs: 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, 
$143,114,000. 
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), $156,186,000: Provided, That the Service 
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
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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 administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Public Law 83–480 and the Food for 
Progress Act of 1985, $2,651,000, to be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, 
Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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, $1,225,000,000, 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,
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GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,331,000; 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 $4,985,000 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and of which $346,000 may be transferred 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 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.
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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 
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; 
$1,941,646,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $320,600,000 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 2008 
but collected in fiscal year 2007; $43,726,000 shall be de-
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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 $11,604,000 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 2007, including any such 
fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited 
during the current year, shall be subject to the fiscal year 
2007 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) $457,936,000 
shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutri-
tion and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (2) $544,961,000 shall be for the Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 
$39,079,000 shall be available for the Office of Generic 
Drugs; (3) $210,000,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $105,031,000 shall be 
for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5)
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$255,480,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radio-
logical Health and for related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,273,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $62,007,000 
shall be for Rent and Related activities, of which 
$25,552,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than the 
amounts paid to the General Services Administration for 
rent; (8) $146,013,000 shall be for payments to the General 
Services Administration for rent; and (9) $118,945,000 
shall be for other activities, including the Office of the Com-
missioner; the Office of Management; the Office of External 
Relations; the Office of Policy and Planning; and central 
services for these offices: Provided further, That funds may 
be transferred from one specified activity to another with 
the prior notification 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 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
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not otherwise provided, $4,950,000, 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, $99,502,000, 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 
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. 
TITLE VII 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS 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
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Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 292 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 290 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. 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 and rearing facility design, emerging plant pests, boll 
weevil program, low pathogenic avian influenza program, 
highly pathogenic avian influenza program, up to 
$33,107,000 in animal health monitoring and surveillance 
for the animal identification system, up to $1,500,000 in 
the scrapie program for indemnities, up to $3,970,000 in 
the emergency management systems program for the vaccine 
bank, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife services methods develop-
ment, 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; Co-
operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice, funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 
450i(b)), and funds for the Native American Institutions 
Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and ex-
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penses funds made available to county committees; Foreign 
Agricultural Service, middle-income country training pro-
gram, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 
fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, sub-
ject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 703. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 
by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary bal-
ances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Cap-
ital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, 
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 administrator: 
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 notification of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 704. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
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SEC. 705. 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. 706. 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-
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).
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SEC. 707. 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 disburse obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 708. 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. 709. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 710. 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
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agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 711. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Agriculture or the 
Food and Drug Administration shall be used to transmit 
or otherwise make available to any non-Department of Ag-
riculture or non-Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices employee questions or responses to questions that are 
a result of information requested for the appropriations 
hearing process. 
SEC. 712. 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 
unless prior notification has been transmitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds available to the De-
partment of Agriculture for information technology shall be
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obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ-
ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any 
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 obligation 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 performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure
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in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activi-
ties, programs, or projects through a reprogramming 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 personnel which would result 
in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 
approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 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. 714. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 
financial and technical assistance—
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(1) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program for— 
(A) the Matanuska River erosion control 
project in Alaska; 
(B) the Little Red River irrigation project 
in Arkansas; 
(C) the Manoa Watershed project in Ha-
waii; 
(D) the West Tarkio project in Iowa; 
(E) the West Branch DuPage River Water-
shed project in DuPage County, Illinois; and 
(F) the Coal Creek project in Utah; 
(2) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to carry out the East Locust 
Creek Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri, includ-
ing up to 100 percent of the engineering assistance 
and 75 percent cost share for construction cost of site 
RW1; and 
(3) through the Watershed Flood Prevention Op-
erations program to carry out the Little Otter Creek 
Watershed project. The sponsoring local organization 
may obtain land rights by perpetual easements. 
SEC. 715. 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
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Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis 
in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits 
of St. Louis, Missouri. 
SEC. 716. 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. 717. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000 for 
a grant to the National Sheep Industry Improvement Cen-
ter, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 718. 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 30 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. 719. 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. 720. 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 
$3,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8106(f)). 
SEC. 721. 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 
$1,031,000,000. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available under this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 601(j)(1) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)). 
SEC. 723. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2007 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
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(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. 724. 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 6401(a) of Public Law 107–171, in excess of 
$28,000,000. 
SEC. 725. 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. 726. There is hereby appropriated $750,000, 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. 727. 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 carry out sec-
tion 2502 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $63,000,000. 
SEC. 728. 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 2503 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $58,000,000. 
SEC. 729. 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 
$54,000,000. 
SEC. 730. 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. 731. 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 disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year, and are not available for new obligations. Funds 
made available under section 524(b) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act, 7 U.S.C. 1524(b), in fiscal years 2004, 2005,
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2006, and 2007 shall remain available until expended to 
disburse obligations made in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 
and 2007, respectively, and are not available for new obli-
gations. 
SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law— 
(1) the City of Palmer, Alaska shall be eligible 
to receive a water and waste disposal grant under sec-
tion 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment 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; 
(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;
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(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; and 
(4) 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. 733. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make funding 
and other assistance available through the emergency water-
shed protection program under section 403 of the Agricul-
tural 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 Gov-
ernment and shall waive cost sharing requirements for the 
funding and assistance. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement any
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regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertification 
of rural status for each electric and telecommunications bor-
rower for the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication 
Loans program. 
SEC. 735. The Secretary of Agriculture may use any 
unobligated carryover funds made available for any pro-
gram administered by the Rural Utilities Service (not in-
cluding funds made available under the heading ‘‘Rural 
Community Advancement Program’’ in any Act of appro-
priation) to carry out section 315 of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940e). 
SEC. 736. In addition to other amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act, there is hereby ap-
propriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $10,000,000, of 
which not to exceed 5 percent may be available for adminis-
trative expenses, to remain available until expended, to 
make specialty crop block grants under section 101 of the 
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 
108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
SEC. 737. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 
and directed to quitclaim to the City of Elkhart, Kansas, 
all rights, title and interests of the United States in that 
tract of land comprising 151.7 acres, more or less, located 
in Morton County, Kansas, and more specifically described 
in a deed dated March 11, 1958, from the United States
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of America to the City of Elkhart, State of Kansas, and 
filed of record April 4, 1958 at Book 34 at Page 520 in 
the office of the Register of Deeds of Morton County, Kansas 
as necessary, to provide for additional uses of said land 
for any public purpose. 
SEC. 738. (a) Section 18(f)(1) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(f)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2004’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2006’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the matter before clause (i), by strik-
ing ‘‘June 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘May 2006’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘75’’ and in-
serting ‘‘78’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect 
on January 1, 2007. 
SEC. 739. 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