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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, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,338,000; to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity 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 $353,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
MC GOVERN-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 Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided 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 Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant 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, author-
ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 
107–188; $1,683,405,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $13,696,000 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 
animal drug assessments received during fiscal year 2008, 
including any such fees assessed prior to the current fiscal 
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year but credited during the current year, shall be subject 
to the fiscal year 2008 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) $475,726,000 shall be for the Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $348,438,000 
shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research 
and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
fairs; (3) $155,073,000 shall be for the Center for Bio-
logics Evaluation and Research and for related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $94,809,000 
shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
(5) $240,122,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 
Radiological Health and for related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $36,455,000 shall be for 
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$97,976,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 
which $38,808,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis-
tration for rent; (8) $131,533,000 shall be for payments 
to the General Services Administration for rent; and (9) 
$89,577,000 shall be for other activities, including the Of-
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fice of the Commissioner; 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 approval of the Commit-
tees 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 re-
main available until expended. 
In addition, $28,000,000 shall be for the Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, to remain available 
from July 1, 2008, through September 30, 2009. 
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 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.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
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and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $102,550,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $46,000,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships. 
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 
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 182 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 142 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 
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available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con-
ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 
program, emerging plant pests, cotton pests program, 
avian influenza programs, up to $4,505,000 in the pest 
and disease management program to control grasshoppers 
and Mormon cricket, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie pro-
gram for indemnities, up to $3,000,000 in the emergency 
management systems program for the vaccine bank, up 
to $1,000,000 for wildlife services methods development, 
up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife services operations pro-
gram for aviation safety, and up to 25 percent of the 
screwworm program; Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure Sys-
tem; Cooperative State Research, Education, and Exten-
sion Service, funds for competitive research grants (7 
U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Education, and 
Economics Information System, and funds for the Native 
American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service 
Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to 
county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle- 
income country training program, and up to $2,000,000 
of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely 
for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international 
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currency exchange rates, subject 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 
balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 
Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, financial 
management modernization initiative, 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 approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
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. 
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 
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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 ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations 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 
awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 
full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 
section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
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 
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until expended to cover 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 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively 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 Poul-
try 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 Department for more than 30 days unless the indi-
vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 
the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 
of the employee for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 711. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 
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the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans-
mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 
of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 
Services employee questions or responses to questions that 
are a result of information requested for the appropria-
tions hearing process. 
SEC. 712. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 
further, That none of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 
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 agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
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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 pro-
vided 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 
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