H. R. 2744
One Hundred Ninth Congress
of the
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and five 
An Act 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, $5,127,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this 
amount shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including eco-
nomic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, energy and 
new uses, and the functions of the World Agricultural Outlook 
Board, as authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 
(7 U.S.C. 1622g), $10,539,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
$14,524,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $8,298,000.
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HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF 
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security Staff, 
$934,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $16,462,000. 
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing 
Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the 
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, and Rural Development 
mission areas for information technology, systems, and services, 
$110,072,000, to remain available until expended, for the capital 
asset acquisition of shared information technology systems, 
including services as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 
1421–28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be consistent 
with the Department of Agriculture Service Center Modernization 
Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be with the concurrence 
of the Department’s Chief Information Officer: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided under this section, the Secretary shall 
acquire one meter natural color digital ortho-imagery of the entire 
state of Utah. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $5,874,000: Provided, That hereafter the Chief Financial 
Officer shall actively market and expand cross-servicing activities 
of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That no funds 
made available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR 
Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary has submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
and the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, 
including agency budgets for contracting out. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Civil Rights, $821,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$20,109,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Administration, $676,000.
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AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services 
to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs 
and activities of the Department which are included in this Act, 
and for alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations 
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and 
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $187,734,000, 
to remain available until expended, as follows: for payments to 
the General Services Administration and the Department of Home-
land Security for building security, $147,734,000, and for buildings 
operations and maintenance, $40,000,000: Provided, That amounts 
which are made available for space rental and related costs for 
the Department of Agriculture in this Act may be transferred 
between such appropriations to cover the costs of additional, new, 
or replacement space 15 days after notice thereof is transmitted 
to the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to 
comply with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Com-
pensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), 
$12,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
appropriations and funds available herein to the Department for 
Hazardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $23,103,000, to provide for 
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of 
the Department and for general administration, security, repairs 
and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses 
not otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and 
efficient work of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required 
by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs
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funded by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental 
affairs and liaison within the executive branch, $3,821,000: Pro-
vided, That these funds may be transferred to agencies of the 
Department of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain personnel 
at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds made available 
by this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has notified 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on 
the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, 
That no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 
shall be available to the Department for support of activities of 
congressional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating to the 
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the dissemina-
tion of agricultural information, and the coordination of information, 
work, and programs authorized by Congress in the Department, 
$9,509,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used 
for farmers’ bulletins. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 
1978, $80,336,000, including such sums as may be necessary for 
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies and pri-
vate persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain con-
fidential operational expenses, including the payment of informants, 
to be expended under the direction of the Inspector General pursu-
ant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public Law 97–
98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$39,351,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND 
ECONOMICS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to administer 
the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic Research 
Service, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricul-
tural Research Service, and the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, $598,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and analysis, $75,931,000: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available by this Act or any other 
Act may be used by the Department of Agriculture to publish, 
disseminate, or distribute, internally or externally, Agriculture 
Information Bulletin Number 787: Provided further, That of the
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funds provided to the Economic Research Service, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall use $350,000 to enter into an agreement for 
a comprehensive report on the economic development and current 
status of the sheep industry in the United States to be prepared 
by the National Academy of Sciences. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, 
$140,700,000, of which up to $29,115,000 shall be available until 
expended for the Census of Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research 
Service to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating 
to production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise 
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use 
including the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agri-
cultural information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, 
exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 
for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the grantor 
which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value of the land 
or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, $1,135,004,000: 
Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for the 
operation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not 
to exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro-
priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 
for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any 
one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or 
greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except 
for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not to 
exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: 
Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in 
this Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements at the 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the 
foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings 
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): 
Provided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 
to the purchase of land at Florence, South Carolina: Provided fur-
ther, That funds may be received from any State, other political 
subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab-
lishing or operating any research facility or research project of 
the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law: Provided 
further, That the Secretary, through the Agricultural Research 
Service, or successor, is authorized to lease approximately 40 acres 
of land at the Central Plains Experiment Station, Nunn, Colorado, 
to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System, 
for its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station, on such terms
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and conditions as the Secretary deems in the public interest: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary understands that it is the intent 
of the University to construct research and educational buildings 
on the subject acreage and to conduct agricultural research and 
educational activities in these buildings: Provided further, That 
as consideration for a lease, the Secretary may accept the benefits 
of mutual cooperative research to be conducted by the Colorado 
State University and the Government at the Shortgrass Steppe 
Biological Field Station: Provided further, That the term of any 
lease shall be for no more than 20 years, but a lease may be 
renewed at the option of the Secretary on such terms and conditions 
as the Secretary deems in the public interest: Provided further, 
That the Agricultural Research Service may convey all rights and 
title of the United States, to a parcel of land comprising 19 acres, 
more or less, located in Section 2, Township 18 North, Range 
14 East in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, originally conveyed by 
the Board of Trustees of the Institution of Higher Learning of 
the State of Mississippi, and described in instruments recorded 
in Deed Book 306 at pages 553–554, Deed Book 319 at page 219, 
and Deed Book 33 at page 115, of the public land records of 
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, including facilities, and fixed equip-
ment, to the Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, 
in their ‘‘as is’’ condition, when vacated by the Agricultural Research 
Service: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be available to carry out research related 
to the production, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 
products. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities 
as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of 
the Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, 
$131,195,000, to remain available until expended. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION 
SERVICE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for coopera-
tive forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other 
expenses, $676,849,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of 
the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $178,757,000; for grants 
for cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), 
$22,230,000; for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 
Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 
3222), $37,591,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 
only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall receive 
no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for agricultural research 
(7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $128,223,000; for special grants for agricultural 
research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,798,000; 
for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $183,000,000; 
for the support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 
3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative crops and prod-
ucts (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $1,187,000; for grants for research pursuant 
to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.),
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$1,102,000, to remain available until expended; for the 1994 
research grants program for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 
536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,039,000, to 
remain available until expended; for rangeland research grants 
(7 U.S.C. 3333), $1,000,000; for higher education graduate fellow-
ship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,738,000, to remain available 
until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a veterinary medicine loan 
repayment program pursuant to section 1415A of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), $500,000; for higher education challenge 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,478,000; for a higher education 
multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to 
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 
grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), 
$6,000,000; for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of carrying 
out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of Public Law 
106–78) to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible 
institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally 
to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,250,000; for a 
secondary agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 
education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture grants 
(7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,968,000; for sustainable agriculture research 
and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,400,000; for a program of 
capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible 
to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–
326 and 328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
State University, $12,312,000, to remain available until expended 
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant 
to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $2,250,000; for resident 
instruction grants for insular areas under section 1491 of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $500,000; and for necessary expenses 
of Research and Education Activities, $50,471,000, of which 
$2,587,000 for the Research, Education, and Economics Information 
System and $2,051,000 for the Electronic Grants Information 
System, are to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 
to carry out research related to the production, processing, or mar-
keting of tobacco or tobacco products: Provided further, That this 
paragraph shall not apply to research on the medical, biotechno-
logical, food, and industrial uses of tobacco. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund author-
ized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $12,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and 
American Samoa, $455,955,000, as follows: payments for cooperative 
extension work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under 
sections 3(b) and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of 
Public Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $275,730,000; payments for extension 
work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C.
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343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$62,634,000; payments for the pest management program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $9,960,000; payments for the farm safety 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; payments for 
New Technologies for Ag Extension under Section 3(d) of the Act, 
$1,500,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching 
facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 
University and West Virginia State University, as authorized by 
section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $16,777,000, 
to remain available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk pro-
grams under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,728,000; for 
youth farm safety education and certification extension grants, to 
be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $444,000; 
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 
Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), 
$4,060,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under section 
3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,996,000; payments for sustainable 
agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; 
payments for rural health and safety education as authorized by 
section 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,965,000; 
payments for cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving 
the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) 
and Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 
$33,868,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available only for 
the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less 
than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 
section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, $2,000,000; and for 
necessary expenses of Extension Activities, $25,390,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, 
including 
necessary 
administrative 
expenses, 
$55,792,000, as follows: for competitive grants programs authorized 
under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $45,792,000, 
including $12,867,000 for the water quality program, $14,847,000 
for the food safety program, $4,167,000 for the regional pest 
management centers program, $4,464,000 for the Food Quality 
Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 
$1,389,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act 
implementation, $3,106,000 for the methyl bromide transition pro-
gram, and $1,874,000 for the organic transition program; for a 
competitive international science and education grants program 
authorized under section 1459A of the National Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3292b), to remain available until expended, $1,000,000; for grants 
programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–
106, as amended, $744,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2007 for the critical issues program, and $1,334,000 for the 
regional rural development centers program; and $10,000,000 for 
the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under sec-
tion 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available until September 30, 
2007.
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OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), 
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer 
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service; the Agricultural Marketing 
Service; and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Adminis-
tration; $724,000. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to prevent, 
control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases; to 
carry out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; and to 
protect the environment, as authorized by law, $815,461,000, of 
which $4,140,000 shall be available for the control of outbreaks 
of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest 
animals and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency condi-
tions; of which $39,000,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi-
cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for 
active eradication zones; of which $33,340,000 shall be available 
for a National Animal Identification program: Provided, That no 
funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradi-
cation program for the current fiscal year that does not require 
minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the operation 
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, 
That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment of 
the agricultural production industry of this country, the Secretary 
may transfer from other appropriations or funds available to the 
agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as may 
be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emergencies 
for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accord-
ance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the 
Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended 
balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the 
preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and 
alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but unless other-
wise provided the cost of altering any one building during the 
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building.