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September 30, 2008: Provided, That the interest rate for 
such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Depart-
ment of the Treasury for obligations of comparable matu-
rity: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974. 
In addition, $8,910,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 
Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950aaa. 
TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 
for the Food and Nutrition Service, $652,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $13,345,487,000, to
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remain available through September 30, 2008, of which 
$7,610,897,000
is
hereby
appropriated
and 
$5,734,590,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 
(7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That up to $5,335,000 shall 
be available for independent verification of school food 
service claims. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$5,244,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2008, of which such sums as are necessary to restore 
the contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed 
in reserve, to remain available until expended, to be allo-
cated as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding 
section 17(i) of such Act, to support participation should 
cost or participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, 
That amounts over $125,000,000 in the contingency re-
serve shall be treated as general WIC appropriated funds 
rather than contingency reserve funds: Provided further, 
That of the total amount available, the Secretary shall ob-
ligate not less than $15,000,000 for a breastfeeding sup-
port initiative in addition to the activities specified in sec-
tion 17(h)(3)(A): Provided further, That notwithstanding
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section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, only the provisions of 
section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall 
be effective in 2007; including $14,000,000 for the pur-
poses
specified
in
section
17(h)(10)(B)(i)
and 
$20,000,000
for
the
purposes
specified
in
section 
17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further, That funds made avail-
able for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) 
shall only be made available upon a determination by the 
Secretary that funds are available to meet caseload re-
quirements without the use of the contingency reserve 
funds: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available under this heading shall be used for studies and 
evaluations: Provided further, That none of the funds in 
this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses 
of WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy 
of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out 
the program: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 
of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con-
tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 
in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 
not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart-
ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 
Act.
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FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $37,865,231,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 
30, 2008, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such 
amounts and at such times as may become necessary to 
carry out program operations: Provided, That funds pro-
vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 
16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be subject to any work registration or 
workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available for Employment 
and Training under this heading shall remain available 
until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the 
Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, any addi-
tional payment received under chapter 5 of title 37, 
United States Code, by a member of the United States 
Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone shall 
be excluded from household income for the duration of the 
member’s deployment if the additional pay is the result 
of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone, and 
it was not received immediately prior to serving in the 
combat zone.
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COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
ance and the commodity supplemental food program, as 
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend-
ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm-
ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $189,370,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2008: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-
burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 
donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 
made available in fiscal year 2007 to support the Seniors 
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), as au-
thorized by section 4402 of Public Law 107–171, such 
funds shall remain available through September 30, 2008: 
Provided further, That no funds available for SFMNP in 
fiscal year 2007 shall be used to pay State or local sales 
taxes on food purchased with SFMNP coupons or checks: 
Provided further, That the value of assistance provided by 
the SFMNP shall not be considered income or resources
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for any purposes under any Federal, State or local laws 
related to taxation, welfare and public assistance pro-
grams: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
under section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the Secretary may use up to 
$10,000,000 for costs associated with the distribution of 
commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 
$142,314,000. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development 
activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi-
nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec-
tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $156,486,000: Provided, That the Serv-
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ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro-
priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen-
cies, public and private organizations and institutions 
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 
food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and 
the foreign assistance programs of the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR 
PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Public Law 83–480, $2,651,000, to be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 
supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 
II of said Act, $1,223,100,000, to remain available until 
expended.
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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, $5,331,000; 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’’, including $775,000 to be made available 
for debt recovery, and of which $346,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
MCGOVERN-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; $1,914,382,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $320,600,000 shall be de-
rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379h, shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended, and shall not include any fees 
pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for 
fiscal year 2008 but collected in fiscal year 2007;
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$43,726,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 
account
and
remain
available
until
expended;
and 
$11,604,000 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 fur-
ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de-
vice, and animal drug assessments received during fiscal 
year 2007, including any such fees assessed prior to the 
current fiscal year but credited during the current year, 
shall be subject to the fiscal year 2007 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) $454,006,000 shall be for the 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 
$545,938,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
and Research and related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs; (3) $194,637,000 shall be for the Cen-
ter for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
$105,595,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi-
cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs; (5) $253,789,000 shall be for the Center
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for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field 
activities
in
the
Office
of
Regulatory
Affairs;
(6) 
$34,118,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (7) $62,007,000 shall be for Rent and 
Related activities, of which $25,552,000 is for White Oak 
Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
Services Administration for rent; (8) $146,013,000 shall 
be for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent; and (9) $118,279,000 shall be for other activi-
ties, including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office 
of Management; the Office of External Relations; the Of-
fice 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 ap-
proval of the Committees 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. 
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,
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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, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $109,402,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $44,250,000 (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-
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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 292 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 290 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 
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, low 
pathogen avian influenza program, high pathogen avian 
influenza program, up to $33,107,000 in animal health 
monitoring and surveillance for the animal identification 
system, up to $682,000 in the brucellosis program for in-
demnities, up to $2,888,000 in the chronic wasting disease 
program for indemnities, up to $3,934,000 in the scrapie 
program for indemnities, up to $2,387,000 in the tuber-
culosis program for indemnities, up to $4,900,000 in the 
emergency management systems program for the vaccine 
bank, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife services methods devel-
opment, up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife services oper-
ations program for aviation safety, and up to 25 percent 
of the screwworm program; Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, field automation and information management
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project; Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension 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 
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
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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 
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 22 percent of total Federal 
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
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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 
until expended to disburse 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
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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 
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
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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 
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
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(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 
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds.
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(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be-
fore implementing a program or activity not carried out 
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac-
tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 
other Act. 
SEC. 714. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to 
the Congress of the United States for programs under the 
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re-
flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 
identifies which additional spending reductions should 
occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted 
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con-
ference for the fiscal year 2008 Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a State
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Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 
and enhancement of program delivery have been deter-
mined. 
SEC. 716. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is ap-
propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center. 
SEC. 717. There is hereby appropriated $250,000 for 
a grant to the National Sheep Industry Improvement Cen-
ter, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 718. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, of the funds made available in this Act for competitive 
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use 
up to 30 percent of the amount provided to carry out a 
competitive grants program under the same terms and 
conditions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 719. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer the program authorized by section 14(h)(1) 
of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
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SEC. 720. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer the calendar year 2007 wetlands reserve 
program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837 in excess of 
144,776 acres. 
SEC. 721. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer an environmental quality incentives program 
authorized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) 
in excess of $1,087,000,000. 
SEC. 722. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer a program authorized by section 601(j)(1) 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
950bb(j)(1)). 
SEC. 723. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2006 or preceding fiscal years for programs author-
ized under the Agricultural Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess 
of $20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities 
under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humani-
tarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any 
such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity
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Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 
302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 
Act. 
SEC. 724. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer a program authorized by section 6401 of 
Public Law 107–171, in excess of $28,000,000. 
SEC. 725. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) 
of section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 
940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 
Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, 
structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not 
to exceed an average of 30 basis points per year for the 
term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail-
able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under 
that section. 
SEC. 726. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer a conservation security program authorized 
by 16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq., in excess of $280,173,000. 
SEC. 727. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer a program authorized by section 2502 of 
Public Law 107–171, in excess of $55,000,000.
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SEC. 728. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer a program authorized by section 2503 of 
Public Law 107–171, in excess of $50,000,000. 
SEC. 729. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer a ground and surface water conservation 
program authorized by section 2301 of Public Law 107– 
171, in excess of $51,000,000. 
SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to issue a final rule in furtherance of, 
or otherwise implement, the proposed rule on cost-sharing 
for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 
July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. Reg. 
40541). 
SEC. 731. Funds made available under section 1240I 
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year, and are not available for new obligations. Funds 
made available under section 524(b) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act, 7 U.S.C. 1524(b), in fiscal years 2004, 
2005, and 2006 shall remain available until expended to 
disburse obligations made in fiscal years 2004, 2005, and
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2006, respectively, and are not available for new obliga-
tions. 
SEC. 732. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, Rural Development shall provide grants from funds 
available for the Rural Community Advancement Program 
for the Ohio Livestock Expo Center in Springfield, Ohio, 
in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 733. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or administer an agricultural management assistance pro-
gram authorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act, in excess of $6,000,000 (7 U.S.C. 1524). 
SEC. 734. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement 
any regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertifi-
cation of rural status for each electric and telecommuni-
cations borrower for the Rural Electrification and Tele-
communication Loans program. 
SEC. 735. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news
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story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 736. In addition to other amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act, there is hereby 
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $15,600,000, 
of which not to exceed 5 percent may be available for ad-
ministrative expenses, to remain available until expended, 
to make specialty crop block grants under section 101 of 
the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public 
Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
SEC. 737. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
or
administer
a
program
authorized
by
section 
18(g)(6)(B)(i) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(6)(B)(i)). 
SEC. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, there is hereby appropriated $25,000,000, of which 
not to exceed 5 percent may be available for administrative 
expenses, to carry out section 18(g) of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g) 
in each State and on Indian reservations. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to study, complete a study of, or enter 
into a contract with a private party to carry out, without 
specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a
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competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, including support personnel of the Department of 
Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 
programs. 
SEC. 740. Of the unobligated balances under section 
32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $9,900,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay sala-
ries and expenses of personnel who implement or admin-
ister section 508(e)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(3)) or any regulation, bulletin, policy 
or agency guidance issued pursuant to section 508(e)(3) 
of such Act for the 2007 and the 2008 reinsurance years, 
except that funds are available to administer section 
508(e)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act for policies 
in effect as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 742. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used— 
(1) to grant a waiver of a financial conflict of 
interest requirement pursuant to section 505(n)(4) 
of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for 
any voting member of an advisory committee or 
panel of the Food and Drug Administration; or
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(2)
to
make
a
certification
under
section 
208(b)(3) of title 18, United States Code, for any 
such voting member. 
SEC. 743. Section 739 of the Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 2001 (H.R. 5426 as enacted 
by Public Law 106–387, 115 Stat. 1549A–34) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘3 percent’’. 
SEC. 744. Of the unobligated balances available in 
the High Energy Cost Grants account, $25,265,000 is 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 745. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, for the purposes of title V of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall consider the City of Atascadero, California, the City 
of Paso Robles, California, the City of Freeport, Illinois, 
and Kitsap County (except the City of Bremerton), Wash-
ington, as meeting the requirements of a rural area con-
tained in section 520 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1490) until 
the receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010. 
SEC. 746. Of the appropriations available for pay-
ments for the nutrition and family education program for 
low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever 
Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d)), if the payment allocation pursuant 
to section 1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research,
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Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3175(c)) would be less than $100,000 for any institution 
eligible under section 3(d)(2) of the Smith-Lever Act, the 
Secretary shall adjust payment allocations under section 
1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to ensure that each insti-
tution receives a payment of not less than $100,000. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to implement the final rule published by 
the Secretary of Agriculture on April 24, 2006, amending 
part 381 of title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations to 
add the People’s Republic of China to the list of countries 
eligible to export poultry products to the United States. 
SEC. 748. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to prohibit the use of non-government 
electronic certification forms that verify properly certified 
results of equine infectious anemia testing for the purpose 
of interstate or international shipment of tested animals. 
SEC. 749. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 
Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi-
vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 
within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole-
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salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 
which complies with sections 501, 502, and 505. 
SEC. 750. The limitation in section 721 shall not 
apply below a program level of $1,127,000,000. 
SEC. 751. None of the funds provided by this Act 
for the Agricultural Research Service may be obligated or 
expended to reprogram programs and resources currently 
operating at Lane, Oklahoma. 
SEC. 752. None of the funds made available by this 
Act shall be used in contravention of the Federal buildings 
performance and reporting requirements of Executive 
Order No. 13123, the National Energy Conservation Pol-
icy Act, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 
SEC. 753. Not more than $3,600,000 of the funds 
made available in this Act under section 522(e) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be 
used for program compliance integrity under section 515 
of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1515). 
SEC. 754. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 303 of the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212). 
SEC. 755. Of the total amount made available in title 
VI in the first undesignated paragraph under the heading 
‘‘FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION—SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES’’, $1,000,000 is available to the Center for Veteri-
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nary Medicine for application review activities to assure 
the safety of animal drugs with respect to antimicrobial 
resistance, pursuant to section 512 of the Federal Food, 
Drug and Cosmetic Act, in addition to all other allocations 
for such purpose made from such total amount. 
SEC. 756. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend-
ance of more than 50 employees from a Federal depart-
ment or agency at any single conference occurring outside 
the United States. 
SEC. 757. None of the funds provided under the 
heading ‘‘TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS- 
-FOOD STAMP PROGRAM’’ shall be expended in contraven-
tion of section 213a of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1183a). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2007’’. 
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 end-
ing September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, $10,515,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
for, as determined by the Secretary. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, includ-
ing economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit anal-
ysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the World 
Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $11,226,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $14,795,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, $8,479,000. 
HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF 
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 
Staff, $954,000.
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, $16,936,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, $11,667,000, of which $5,676,000 shall be 
available until expended: Provided, That no funds made 
available by this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR 
Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary has sub-
mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress a report on the Department’s contracting out 
policies, including agency budgets for contracting out. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $836,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$22,650,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, $681,000.
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AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL 
PAYMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Administrator 
of General Services to the Department of Agriculture under 
40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities of the Depart-
ment which are included in this Act, and for alterations 
and other actions needed for the Department and its agen-
cies to consolidate unneeded space into configurations suit-
able for release to the Administrator of General Services, 
and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 
costs, $209,814,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $155,851,000 shall be available for payments to the 
General Services Administration for rent and the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security for building security: Provided, 
That amounts which are made available for space rental 
and related costs for the Department of Agriculture in this 
Act may be transferred between such appropriations to 
cover the costs of additional, new, or replacement space 15 
days after notice thereof is transmitted to the Appropria-
tions Committees of both Houses of Congress.
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $12,020,000, to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 
funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 
Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 
of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 
pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 
lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $24,114,000, to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general admin-
istration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis-
cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for 
and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the 
Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be re-
imbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for 
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re-
quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 
the programs funded by this Act, including programs in-
volving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the ex-
ecutive branch, $3,830,000: Provided, That these funds may 
be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 
level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the 
date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has noti-
fied the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency: 
Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the 
Department by this Act shall be available to the Depart-
ment for support of activities of congressional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 
for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 
coordination of information, work, and programs author-
ized by Congress in the Department, $9,695,000: Provided,
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That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bul-
letins. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $82,493,000, including such sums as 
may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements 
with public agencies and private persons pursuant to sec-
tion 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and in-
cluding not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper-
ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to 
be expended under the direction of the Inspector General 
pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public 
Law 97–98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $40,647,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics 
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Eco-
nomic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statis-
tics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Co-
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operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice, $605,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice in conducting economic research and analysis, 
$75,963,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
service work, $148,719,000, of which up to $36,582,000 
shall be available until expended for the Census of Agri-
culture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 
and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home econom-
ics or nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition, 
preservation, and dissemination of agricultural informa-
tion; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for 
land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal 
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the 
grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value
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of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
$1,127,553,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air-
craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement 
only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall 
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, 
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 
building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses 
or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, 
and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved 
at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of alter-
ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the building 
or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That 
the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall 
not apply to modernization or replacement of existing fa-
cilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Pro-
vided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 
to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 
April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 
the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase 
of land at Florence, South Carolina: Provided further, That
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funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law: Provided further, That the Secretary, through the 
Agricultural Research Service, or successor, is authorized 
to lease approximately 40 acres of land at the Central 
Plains Experiment Station, Nunn, Colorado, to the Board 
of Governors of the Colorado State University System, for 
its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station, on such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary deems in the public 
interest: Provided further, That the Secretary understands 
that it is the intent of the University to construct research 
and educational buildings on the subject acreage and to con-
duct agricultural research and educational activities in 
these buildings: Provided further, That as consideration for 
a lease, the Secretary may accept the benefits of mutual co-
operative research to be conducted by the Colorado State 
University and the Government at the Shortgrass Steppe 
Biological Field Station: Provided further, That the term 
of any lease shall be for no more than 20 years, but a lease 
may be renewed at the option of the Secretary on such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary deems in the public inter-
est: Provided further, That the Agricultural Research Serv-
ice may convey all rights and title of the United States,
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to a parcel of land comprising 19 acres, more or less, located 
in Section 2, Township 18 North, Range 14 East in 
Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, originally conveyed by the 
Board of Trustees of the Institution of Higher Learning of 
the State of Mississippi, and described in instruments re-
corded in Deed Book 306 at pages 553–554, Deed Book 319 
at page 219, and Deed Book 33 at page 115, of the public 
land records of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, including 
facilities, and fixed equipment, to the Mississippi State 
University, Starkville, Mississippi, in their ‘‘as is’’ condi-
tion, when vacated by the Agricultural Research Service: 
Provided further, That hereafter none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available to carry out 
research related to the production, processing, or marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where 
not otherwise provided, $83,400,000, to remain available 
until expended.
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COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $678,089,000, as follows: to carry out 
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a– 
i), $185,817,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 
(16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $23,318,000; for payments 
to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Univer-
sity and West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
$39,076,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available 
only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for agri-
cultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $119,341,000; for spe-
cial grants for agricultural research on improved pest con-
trol (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,650,000; for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $190,229,000; for the sup-
port of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 
3195), $5,006,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 
and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $825,000; for grants for re-
search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act 
(7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,091,000, to remain available until 
expended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994 
institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103–
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382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $2,058,000, to remain available 
until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 
3333), $990,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,701,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a veterinary med-
icine loan repayment program pursuant to section 1415A 
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), 
$750,000, to remain available until expended; for higher 
education 
challenge 
grants 
(7 
U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)), 
$5,423,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $988,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 
grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3241), $6,237,000; for noncompetitive grants for the pur-
pose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 
759 of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible institu-
tions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in 
Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States 
of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,218,000; for a secondary agri-
culture education program and 2-year post-secondary edu-
cation (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $990,000; for aquaculture grants 
(7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,928,000; for sustainable agriculture re-
search and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,276,000; for a 
program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4))
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to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 
30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee 
University 
and 
West 
Virginia 
State 
University, 
$12,375,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to 
section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $4,456,000; and 
for necessary expenses of Research and Education Activi-
ties, $41,346,000, of which $2,723,000 for the Research, 
Education, and Economics Information System and 
$2,151,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, 
are to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
hereafter none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available to carry out research related to the pro-
duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 
products: Provided further, That hereafter this paragraph 
shall not apply to research on the medical, biotechnological, 
food, and industrial uses of tobacco. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North-
ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $467,102,000, as fol-
lows: payments for cooperative extension work under the
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Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and 
3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law 
93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs 
for extension agents, $286,622,000; payments for extension 
work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act 
(7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,402,000; payments for the nutri-
tion and family education program for low-income areas 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $63,538,000; payments for 
the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$9,860,000; payments for the farm safety program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $4,517,000; payments for New Tech-
nologies for Ag Extension under Section 3(d) of the Act, 
$1,985,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and 
teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 
Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 
as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 
U.S.C. 3222b), $16,609,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 
3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,651,000; for youth farm 
safety education and certification extension grants, to be 
awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$440,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 
Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
1671 et seq.), $4,220,000; payments for federally-recognized 
Tribes Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-
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Lever Act, $1,976,000; payments for sustainable agriculture 
programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,026,000; pay-
ments for rural health and safety education as authorized 
by section 502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 
$1,946,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the 
colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 
U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University and 
West Virginia State University, $35,205,000, of which 
$1,724,884 shall be made available only for the purpose of 
ensuring that each institution shall receive no less than 
$1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 
section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, $1,980,000; and 
for necessary expenses of Extension Activities, $23,125,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $58,704,000, as follows: for competitive grants pro-
grams authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 
U.S.C. 7626), $43,369,000, including $12,738,000 for the 
water quality program, $14,699,000 for the food safety pro-
gram, $4,125,000 for the regional pest management centers 
program, $4,419,000 for the Food Quality Protection Act 
risk mitigation program for major food crop systems, 
$1,375,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection 
Act implementation, $3,075,000 for the methyl bromide
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transition program, and $1,948,000 for the organic transi-
tion program; for a competitive international science and 
education grants program authorized under section 1459A 
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain 
available until expended, $990,000; for grants programs au-
thorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as 
amended, $737,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2008 for the critical issues program; and $1,321,000 
for the regional rural development centers program; 
$2,277,000 for asian soybean rust; and $11,000,000 for the 
Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under 
section 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available until 
September 30, 2008. 
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of 
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,940,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs 
to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con-
gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;
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the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec-
tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $731,000. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal 
diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu-
latory activities; and to protect the environment, as author-
ized by law, $900,423,000, of which $4,127,000 shall be 
available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis-
eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 
birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; 
of which $38,200,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi-
cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retire-
ment for active eradication zones; of which $33,107,000 
shall be available for a National Animal Identification pro-
gram; of which $56,730,000 shall be used to conduct a sur-
veillance and preparedness program for highly pathogenic 
avian influenza: Provided, That no funds shall be used to 
formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication program 
for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation shall be available for the oper-
ation and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not 
to exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only:
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Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which 
threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus-
try of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or cor-
porations of the Department such sums as may be deemed 
necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 
in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal 
Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sec-
tions 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds 
transferred for such emergency purposes in the preceding 
fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred amounts: 
Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair 
and alteration of leased buildings and improvements, but 
unless otherwise provided the cost of altering any one build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 
the current replacement value of the building. 
In fiscal year 2007, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 
goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 
governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are
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structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 
reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 
assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $5,946,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 
consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu-
tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author-
ized by law, and for administration and coordination of 
payments to States, $71,170,000, including funds for the 
wholesale market development program for the design and 
development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for 
the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That 
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 
U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
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during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,211,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/ 
or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
operating expenses, including not less than $10,000,000 for 
replacement of a system to support commodity purchases, 
except for: (1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as 
authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; 
(2) transfers otherwise provided in this Act; and (3) not 
more than $16,425,000 for formulation and administration 
of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the Agri-
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cultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricul-
tural Act of 1961. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $3,834,000, of 
which not less than $2,500,000 shall be used to make a 
grant under this heading. 
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the United States Grain Standards Act, for the administra-
tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce-
dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the 
standardization activities related to grain under the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946, $38,737,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building.
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LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and 
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities 
require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws en-
acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, $607,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in-
cluding not to exceed $50,000 for representation allowances 
and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved 
August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $865,905,000, of which no 
less than $777,189,000 shall be available for Federal food 
safety inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of labora-
tory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the
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Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That no fewer than 63 full time 
equivalent positions above the fiscal year 2002 level shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2007 for purposes dedicated 
solely to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane 
Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount available under this heading, notwithstanding sec-
tion 704 of this Act $3,000,000, available until September 
30, 2008, shall be obligated to maintain the Humane Ani-
mal Tracking System as part of the Field Automation and 
Information Management System: Provided further, That 
of the total amount made available under this heading, no 
less than $20,653,000 shall be obligated for regulatory and 
scientific training: Provided further, That this appropria-
tion shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for 
the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, 
but the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal 
year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the 
Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the
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Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration, $640,000. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs administered by 
the Farm Service Agency, $1,151,779,000: Provided, That 
the Secretary is authorized to use the services, facilities, and 
authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 
funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities 
may be advanced to and merged with this account. 
STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–5106), 
$4,208,000. 
GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 
groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 
$3,713,000, to remain available until expended.