conditions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of
1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621).
SEC. 729. 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 Preven-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
SEC. 730. 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 subtitle
I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7).
SEC. 731. 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
6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655).
SEC. 732. The Agricultural Marketing Service and
the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administra-
tion, that have statutory authority to purchase interest
bearing investments outside of the Treasury, are not re-
quired to establish obligations and outlays for those invest-
ments, provided those investments are insured by the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized
at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the
Federal Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the
United States Department of the Treasury.
SEC. 733. 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.
SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in
excess of 175,000 acres in the calendar year 2005 wet-
lands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry
out an environmental quality incentives program author-
ized 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 $1,010,000,000.
SEC. 736. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized
to permit employees of the United States Department of
Agriculture to carry and use firearms for personal protec-
tion while conducting field work in remote locations in the
performance of their official duties.
SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
to pay the salaries 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. 738. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
a Broadband Program as authorized by 601(j)(A) of 7
U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A). $40,000,000 of the funds available
under such section are hereby cancelled.
SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
a Value-added grant program as authorized by 231(b)(4)
of 7 U.S.C. 1621 note. $80,000,000 of the funds available
under such section are hereby cancelled.
SEC. 740. 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. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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 $194,411,000.
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
a wildlife habitat incentives program authorized under sec-
tion 2502 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of $60,000,000.
SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise 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, the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of
$112,044,000.
SEC. 744. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use
$1,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration, to remain available until expended, to com-
pensate 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 Sec-