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the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490c), $38,727,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2009, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $41,500,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2009, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any bal-
ances to carry out a housing demonstration program to 
provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 
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multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law 
108–447 and Public Law 109–97 shall be transferred to 
and merged with the ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi-fam-
ily Housing Revitalization Program Account’’. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $18,269,000, 
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 
contracts. 
RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants for rural community facilities programs as author-
ized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$63,830,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $6,256,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be available for a Rural Community De-
velopment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds 
shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of 
private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu-
nity development organizations, low-income rural commu-
nities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 
to undertake projects to improve housing, community fa-
cilities, community and economic development projects in 
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rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro-
gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 
matching funds from other sources, including Federal 
funds for related activities, in an amount not less than 
funds provided: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be to pro-
vide grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme 
unemployment and severe economic depression (Public 
Law 106–387), with up to 5 percent for administration 
and capacity building in the State rural development of-
fices: Provided further, That $3,972,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be available for com-
munity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 
section 306(a)(19) of such Act: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $1,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be available through June 30, 2009, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for 
the rural community programs described in section 
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 
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