IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4766 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 22, 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, $5,185,000 (reduced by $1,000,000): Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this amount shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in-
cluding economic 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), 
$10,810,000.
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NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $14,526,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $8,246,000. 
HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF 
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 
Staff, $508,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $15,608,000. 
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com-
puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, 
and Rural Development mission areas for information 
technology, systems, and services, $120,957,000 (de-
creased by $120,957,000), to remain available until ex-
pended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared informa-
tion 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
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concurrence of the Department’s Chief Information Offi-
cer. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $5,811,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross- 
servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro-
vided further, That no funds made available by this appro-
priation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A– 
76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in-
cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of disaster recovery and con-
tinuity of operations technology of the National Finance 
Center’s data, $12,850,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $803,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$19,452,000.