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Union Calendar No. 151 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4241 
[Report No. 109–276] 
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a) of the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 7, 2005 
Mr. NUSSLE, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a) of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deficit Reduction Act 
of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF TITLES. 
The table of titles is as follows:
TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 
TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE 
TITLE III—COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE 
TITLE IV—COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES 
TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY 
TITLE VI—COMMITTEE ON RESOURCES 
TITLE VII—COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
TITLE VIII—COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS 
TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON 
AGRICULTURE 
SECTION 1001. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this title is as follows: 
Sec. 1001. Short title; table of contents. 
Subtitle A—Commodity Programs 
Sec. 1101. Percentage reduction in amount of direct payments for covered com-
modities and peanuts. 
Sec. 1102. Reduction in percentage of direct payment amount authorized to be 
paid in advance. 
Sec. 1103. Cotton competitiveness provisions. 
Subtitle B—Conservation 
Sec. 1201. Limitations on use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds to carry 
out watershed rehabilitation program. 
Sec. 1202. Conservation security program. 
Sec. 1203. Limitations on use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds to carry 
out agricultural management assistance program. 
Subtitle C—Energy 
Sec. 1301. Termination of use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds to carry 
out renewable energy systems and energy efficiency improve-
ments program. 
Subtitle D—Rural Development
Sec. 1401. Enhanced access to broadband telecommunications services in rural 
areas. 
Sec. 1402. Value-added agricultural product market development grants. 
Sec. 1403. Rural business investment program. 
Sec. 1404. Rural business strategic investment grants. 
Sec. 1405. Rural firefighters and emergency personnel grants. 
Subtitle E—Research 
Sec. 1501. Initiative for Future Food and Agriculture Systems. 
Subtitle F—Nutrition 
Sec. 1601. Eligible households. 
Sec. 1602. Availability of commodities for the emergency food assistance pro-
gram. 
Sec. 1603. Residency requirement. 
Sec. 1604. Disaster food stamp program. 
Subtitle A—Commodity Programs 
SEC. 1101. PERCENTAGE REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF DI-
RECT PAYMENTS FOR COVERED COMMOD-
ITIES AND PEANUTS. 
(a) COVERED COMMODITIES.—Section 1103 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 7913) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The amount’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (e), 
the amount’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) DIRECT PAYMENT AMOUNT REDUCTION.—Not-
withstanding subsection (c), for the 2006 and 2007 crop 
years (and the 2008 and 2009 crop years if direct pay-
ments are provided under this section for those crop 
years), the Secretary shall reduce the total amount of the
direct payment to be paid to the producers on a farm for 
a covered commodity for the crop year concerned by an 
amount equal to 1 percent of the direct payment amount 
otherwise determined for that farm for that covered com-
modity for that crop year. No reduction shall be made 
under the authority of this subsection if direct payments 
are made for the 2010 or any subsequent crop year of 
a covered commodity.’’. 
(b) PEANUTS.—Section 1303 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
7953) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The amount’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (f), 
the amount’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) DIRECT PAYMENT AMOUNT REDUCTION.—Not-
withstanding subsection (d), for the 2006 and 2007 crops 
of peanuts (and the 2008 and 2009 crops of peanuts if 
direct payments are provided under this section for those 
crops), the Secretary shall reduce the total amount of the 
direct payment to be paid to the producers on a farm for 
that crop of peanuts by an amount equal to 1 percent of 
the direct payment amount otherwise determined for that 
farm for that crop of peanuts. No reduction shall be made 
under the authority of this subsection if direct payments
are made for the 2010 or any subsequent crop of pea-
nuts.’’. 
SEC. 1102. REDUCTION IN PERCENTAGE OF DIRECT PAY-
MENT AMOUNT AUTHORIZED TO BE PAID IN 
ADVANCE. 
(a) COVERED COMMODITIES.—Section 1103(d)(2) of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 7913(d)(2)) is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ‘‘2007 crop years’’ and inserting ‘‘2005 crop 
years and up to 40 percent of the direct payment for a 
covered commodity for each of the 2006 and 2007 crop 
years’’. 
(b) PEANUTS.—Section 1303(e)(2) of such Act (7 
U.S.C. 7953(e)(2)) is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ‘‘2007 crop years’’ and inserting ‘‘2005 crop 
years and up to 40 percent of the direct payment for each 
of the 2006 and 2007 crop years’’. 
SEC. 1103. COTTON COMPETITIVENESS PROVISIONS. 
(a) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE COTTON USER 
MARKETING CERTIFICATES.—Section 1207 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
7937) is amended— 
(1) by striking the section heading and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘UPLAND
COTTON
IMPORT 
QUOTAS.’’;