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grant under subsection (d), the sun grant center shall sub-
mit to the Secretary a report that describes the policies, pri-
orities, and operations of the program carried out by the 
center during the year, including a description of progress 
made in facilitating the priorities described in subsection 
(f). 
‘‘(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section—
‘‘(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 
‘‘(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 
‘‘(C) $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2010. 
‘‘(2) GRANT INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER.—
Of amounts made available under paragraph (1), not 
more than $4,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be 
made available to carry out subsection (h).’’. 
SEC. 778. DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS. The Commissioner 
of Food and Drugs shall provide not less than $11,400,000 
from within funds appropriated or otherwise made avail-
able by this Act for regulation by the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration of dietary supplements. 
SEC. 779. SENSE OF SENATE ON IMPORTATION OF 
CATTLE WITH BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that—
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(1) the United States beef industry is the single 
largest segment of United States agriculture; 
(2) the United States has never allowed the im-
portation of live cattle from a country that has been 
found to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy (re-
ferred to in this section as ‘‘BSE’’); 
(3) the importation of live cattle known to have 
BSE could put the entire United States cattle indus-
try at unnecessary risk; 
(4) food safety is a top priority for the people of 
the United States; and 
(5) the importation of beef and beef products 
from a country known to have BSE could undermine 
consumer confidence in the integrity of the food sup-
ply and present a possible danger to human health. 
(b) SENSE OF SENATE.—It is the sense of the Senate 
that the Secretary of Agriculture—
(1) should not allow the importation of live cat-
tle from any country known to have BSE unless the 
country complies with the animal health guidelines 
established by the World Organization for Animal 
Health; and 
(2) should abide by international standards for 
the continued health and safety of the United States 
livestock industry.
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SEC. 780. REDUCTION IN TRAVEL AMOUNTS. (a) IN 
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, each amount provided by this Act for travel expenses 
is reduced by the pro rata percentage required to reduce 
the total amount provided by this Act for such expenses by 
$6,000,000. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall submit to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a listing of the amounts by account of the reductions made 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
SEC. 781. LIMITATION ON ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE 
PRICES FOR BUTTER AND NONFAT DRY MILK. None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to pay the 
salaries or expenses of employees of the Department of Agri-
culture to allocate the rate of price support between the pur-
chase prices for nonfat dry milk and butter in a manner 
does not support the price of milk in accordance with sec-
tion 1501(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7981(b)). 
SEC. 782. SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING COUNTRY OF 
ORIGIN LABELING REQUIREMENTS. It is the sense of the 
Senate that the conferees on the part of the Senate on this 
bill shall insist that no limits on the use of funds to enforce
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country of origin labeling requirements for meat or meat 
products be included in the conference report accompanying 
the bill. 
SEC. 783. EMERGENCY
WATERSHED
PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized hereafter to make 
funding and other assistance available through the emer-
gency watershed protection program under section 403 of 
the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to 
repair and prevent damage to non-Federal land in water-
sheds that have been impaired by fires initiated by the Fed-
eral Government and to waive cost sharing requirements 
for the funding and assistance. 
SEC. 784. The Secretary may waive the requirements 
regarding small and emerging rural business as authorized 
under the Rural Business Enterprise Grant program for 
the purpose of a lease for the Oakridge Oregon Industrial 
Park. 
SEC. 785. WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANT TO 
THE ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law—
(1) the Alaska Department of Community and 
Economic Development may be eligible to receive a 
water and waste disposal grant under section 306(a)
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of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that is up to 75 
percent of the total cost of providing water and sewer 
service to the proposed hospital in the Matanuska-
Susitna Borough, Alaska; and 
(2) the Alaska Department of Community and 
Economic Development may be allowed to pass the 
grant funds through to the local government entity 
that will provide water and sewer service to the hos-
pital. 
SEC. 786. CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM. Land 
shall be considered eligible land under section 1231(b) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) for pur-
poses of enrollment into the conservation reserve program 
established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D 
of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831 et seq.) if the land—
(1) is planted to hardwood trees as of the date 
of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) was enrolled in the conservation reserve pro-
gram under a contract that expired before the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 787. PROHIBITION OF USE OF FUNDS TO PUR-
CHASE CHICKEN TREATED WITH FLUOROQUINOLONE. After 
December 31, 2003, none of the funds made available by
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this Act may be used to purchase chickens or the products 
of chickens for use in any program under the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) or the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
seq.), unless the supplier provides certification that the sup-
plier does not feed or administer fluoroquinolone to chickens 
produced by the supplier. 
SEC. 788. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM LOAN GUAR-
ANTEES. Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is amended by 
adding the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9011. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM LOAN GUARAN-
TEES. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF SUBSIDY COSTS.—In this section, 
the term ‘subsidy costs’ has the meaning given the term 
‘cost’ in section 502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 
1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a). 
‘‘(b) PROJECTS.—Section 9006(c)(1) shall not apply 
to a loan guarantee made under this subsection to carry 
out a project if—
‘‘(1) the loan will be used—
‘‘(A) to purchase a renewable energy system 
that has, as one of its principal purposes, the 
commercial production of an agricultural com-
modity; and
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‘‘(c) COST SHARING.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of a loan guar-
antee under this section for a project described in sub-
section (b) shall not exceed 80 percent of the total 
project cost. 
‘‘(2) SUBORDINATION.—Any financing for the 
non-Federal share of the total project cost shall be 
subordinated to the federally guaranteed portion of 
the total project cost. 
‘‘(d) LOAN GUARANTEE LIMITS.—The loan guarantee 
limitations applicable to the business and industry guar-
antee loan program authorized under section 310B of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1932) shall apply to loan guarantees made under this sec-
tion. 
‘‘(e) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—
‘‘(1) INDIVIDUAL LOANS.—The amount of prin-
cipal for a loan under this section for a project de-
scribed in subsection (b) shall not exceed $75,000,000. 
‘‘(2) ALL LOANS.—The total outstanding amount 
of principal for loans under this section for all 
projects described in subsection (b) shall not exceed 
$500,000,000.
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‘‘(f) PROPOSED RULE.—The Secretary shall publish a 
proposed rule to carry out this section within 120 days of 
enactment of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 789. WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL GRANT TO 
THE CITY OF POSTVILLE, IOWA. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the city of Postville, Iowa, shall be eligible 
to receive a water and waste disposal grant under section 
306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
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 in the city. 
SEC. 790. TEXAS RICE SAFEGUARD INITIATIVE. (a) IN 
GENERAL.—In order to provide a safeguard against the fur-
ther decline of the rice industry and wildlife habitat in 
Texas, and to provide information to the Congress in an-
ticipation of and preparation for the 2007 farm bill, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct the initiative re-
quired under this section. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE IMPROVEMENTS.—As an integral 
part of the safeguard initiative the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall review the administration and enhance the enforce-
ment of section 1105(a)(1)(E) of Public Law 107–171 as 
it relates to and is applied to the control of noxious weeds 
and the proper application and implementation of the con-
serving use requirements on rice base acreage in Texas.
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(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall re-
view and evaluate the costs, benefits and effects of the safe-
guard initiative on rice producers, including tenant rice 
producers, the rice milling and processing industry, wildlife 
habitat, and the economies of rice farming areas in Texas, 
detailed by each of these affected interests and by the pro-
gram variables involved in the safeguard initiative under 
subsection (b), including whether or not producers on a 
farm have qualified plantings. The Secretary shall provide 
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives an annual report detailing the 
progress and findings of the initiative not later than Feb-
ruary 1 of each of the years 2005 through 2007. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Passed the Senate November 6, 2003. 
Attest: 
EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 
Secretary.