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for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $64,675,000 shall be 
for direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
$80,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$317,137,000, of which $309,137,000 shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and 
operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans-
ferred among these programs: Provided, That the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For administrative and operating expenses, as author-
ized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reor-
ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $73,448,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 
7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation
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or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 
be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 
the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C 
714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 
and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa-
tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor-
poration business.
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HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in-
vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 
maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 
section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
TITLE II 
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment 
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For-
est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
$744,000. 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga-
tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil
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and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 
materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
semination of information; acquisition of lands, water, and 
interests therein for use in the plant materials program by 
donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost not to 
exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement 
of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
maintenance of aircraft, $819,561,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not less than $11,000,000 is for 
snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 
$11,847,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant 
materials centers, and of which not less than $28,156,000 
shall be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: Pro-
vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improve-
ment of buildings and public improvements at plant mate-
rials centers, except that the cost of alterations and im-
provements to other buildings and other public improve-
ments shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That 
when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Fed-
eral land, that the right to use such land is obtained as 
provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this
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appropriation shall be available for technical assistance 
and related expenses to carry out programs authorized by 
section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salin-
ity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided fur-
ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em-
ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning 
work of the Service. 
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga-
tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water-
ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning, 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $5,141,000. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009), the 
provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a– 
f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating 
to the activities of the Department, $60,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000 may 
be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a): Pro-
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vided, That not to exceed $27,199,000 of this appropriation 
shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is 
available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), including coopera-
tive efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endan-
gered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may 
be necessary to expedite project construction. 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relat-
ing to the activities of the Department, $27,313,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 
projects for resource conservation and development and for 
sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 
and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 
1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 
U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture 
and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $51,228,000, 
to remain available until expended.
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TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro-
grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural 
Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 
and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agri-
culture, $635,000. 
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 
1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$705,106,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$86,770,000 shall be for rural community programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
$528,115,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 
such Act, of which not to exceed $496,000 shall be available 
for the rural utilities program described in section 
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 
$992,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 
described in section 306E of such Act; and of which
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$90,221,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs described in sections 381E(d)(3) and 
310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated in this account, $26,000,000 shall be for loans 
and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native Amer-
ican Tribes, including grants for drinking water and waste 
disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of such Act, of 
which $4,464,000 shall be available for community facilities 
grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 
of which $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a quali-
fied national organization to provide technical assistance 
for rural transportation in order to promote economic de-
velopment: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated for rural community programs, $6,500,000 shall be 
available for a Rural Community Development Initiative: 
Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to 
develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit com-
munity-based housing and community development organi-
zations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Rec-
ognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to 
improve housing, community facilities, community and eco-
nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 
private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations
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proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical 
assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-
nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 
including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
available for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development; $140,000 shall be 
made available to conduct a feasibility study; $3,000,000 
shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 
U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any purpose under this heading: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for 
rural utilities programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be 
for water and waste disposal systems to benefit the Colonias 
along the United States/Mexico border, including grants 
pursuant to section 306C of such Act; $26,000,000 shall be 
for water and waste disposal systems for rural and native 
villages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, 
with up to 2 percent available to administer the program 
and/or improve interagency coordination may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural De-
velopment, Salaries and Expenses’’, of which $100,000 shall 
be provided to develop a regional system for centralized bill-
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ing, operation, and management of rural water and sewer 
utilities through regional cooperatives, of which 25 percent 
shall be provided for water and sewer projects in regional 
hubs, and the State of Alaska shall provide a 25 percent 
cost share, and grantees may use up to 5 percent of grant 
funds, not to exceed $35,000 per community, for the comple-
tion of comprehensive community safe water plans; not to 
exceed $18,250,000 shall be for technical assistance grants 
for rural water and waste systems pursuant to section 
306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,600,000 shall be for 
Rural Community Assistance Programs and not less than 
$850,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American 
organization to provide technical assistance for rural water 
systems for tribal communities; and not to exceed 
$13,500,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide tech-
nical assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$21,367,000 shall be available through June 30, 2006, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which 
$1,067,000 shall be for the rural community programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which 
$12,000,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
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scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which 
$8,300,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of 
such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated for rural community programs, $20,000,000 shall 
be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with 
extreme unemployment and severe economic depression 
(Public Law 106–387), with 5 percent for administration 
and capacity building in the State rural development of-
fices: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 
$28,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac-
count’’ to provide grants authorized under section 19 of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided 
further, That any prior year balances for high cost energy 
grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and 
merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 
Costs Grants Account’’. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-
velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
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tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$164,773,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 
may be used for advertising and promotional activities that 
support the Rural Development mission area: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to pro-
vide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: 
Provided further, That any balances available from prior 
years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Serv-
ice, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries 
and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged 
with this appropriation. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural 
housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,927,581,000 for loans 
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, 
of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of 
which $3,681,033,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
$90,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 
for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 
$5,000,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit
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sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,500,000 may 
be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,048,000 for section 
523 self-help housing land development loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 
502 loans, $154,800,000, of which $113,900,000 shall be for 
direct loans, and of which $40,900,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
section 504 housing repair loans, $10,238,000; repair, reha-
bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental hous-
ing, $41,292,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaran-
teed loans, $5,420,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired 
property, $681,000; section 523 self-help housing and devel-
opment loans, $52,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2006, 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 funds 
under this paragraph initially allocated by the Secretary 
for housing projects in the State of Alaska that are not obli-
gated by September 30, 2006, shall be carried over until 
September 30, 2007, and made available for such housing 
projects only in the State of Alaska.
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For additional costs to conduct a demonstration pro-
gram for the preservation and revitalization of the section 
515 multi-family rental housing properties, $16,500,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That funding 
made available under this heading shall be used to restruc-
ture existing section 515 loans, as the Secretary deems ap-
propriate, expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project 
has sufficient resources to preserve the project for the pur-
pose of providing safe and affordable housing for low-in-
come residents including reducing or eliminating interest; 
deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or re-
amortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance includ-
ing advances and incentives required by the Secretary. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$465,886,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $653,102,000; 
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
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prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 
of this amount, no less than $8,976,000 shall be available 
for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to 
exceed $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi-
zations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than 
purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant 
to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That 
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 
year shall be funded for a four-year period: Provided fur-
ther, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end 
of such four-year agreements may be transferred and used 
for the purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, 
or rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 
rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 
Act: Provided further, That rental assistance that is recov-
ered from projects that are subject to prepayment shall be 
deobligated and reallocated for vouchers and debt forgive-
ness or payments consistent with the requirements of this 
Act for purposes authorized under section 542 and section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended. 
RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (without re-
gard to section 542(b)), $16,000,000, to remain available
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until expended: Provided, That such vouchers shall be avail-
able to any low-income household (including those not re-
ceiving rental assistance) residing in a property financed 
with a section 515 loan which has been prepaid after Sep-
tember 30, 2005: Provided further, That the amount of the 
voucher shall be the difference between comparable market 
rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for 
such unit: Provided further, That funds made available for 
such vouchers, shall be subject to the availability of annual 
appropriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, administer such vouch-
ers with current regulations and administrative guidance 
applicable for section 8 housing vouchers administered by 
the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment (including the ability to pay administrative 
costs related to delivery of the voucher funds). 
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), 
$34,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2005, for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones.
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RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
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, $43,976,000, to 
remain 
available 
until 
expended: 
Provided, 
That 
$2,976,000 shall be made available for loans to private non- 
profit organizations, or such non-profit organizations’ affil-
iate loan funds and State and local housing finance agen-
cies, to carry out a housing demonstration program to pro-
vide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 
multi-family housing projects: Provided further, That loans 
under such demonstration program shall have an interest 
rate of not more than 1 percent direct loan to the recipient: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may defer the interest 
and principal payment to the Rural Housing Service for 
up to 3 years and the term of such loans shall not exceed 
30 years: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2006, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $29,607,000, to
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remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
$34,212,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $14,718,000, as authorized 
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2006, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 
of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2006, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined 
in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Provided, That 
of such amount made available, the Secretary may provide 
up to $1,500,000 for the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 
1921 et seq.): Provided further, That such costs, including 
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $887,000 
shall be available through June 30, 2006, for the cost of 
direct loans for authorized empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
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retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $6,656,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
creation projects, $25,003,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, $4,993,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 
by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
$4,993,000 shall not be obligated and $4,993,000 are re-
scinded. 
RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $24,988,000, of which
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$500,000 shall be for a cooperative research agreement with 
a qualified academic institution to conduct research on the 
national economic impact of all types of cooperatives; and 
of which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,488,000 shall be for 
cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary 
focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers 
and whose governing board and/or membership is com-
prised of at least 75 percent minority; and of which 
$15,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for value-added agricultural product market development 
grants, as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITY GRANTS 
For grants in connection with second and third rounds 
of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, 
$12,400,000, to remain available until expended, for des-
ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise com-
munities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 
and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277): 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated, $1,000,000 shall 
be made available to third round empowerment zones, as
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authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act 
(Public Law 106–554). 
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guaran-
tees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions as 
authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $23,000,000 for 
direct and guaranteed renewable energy loans and grants: 
Provided, That the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall 
be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 
$100,000,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans, 
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000; Treasury rate direct 
electric loans, $1,000,000,000; guaranteed underwriting 
loans pursuant to section 313A, $1,500,000,000; 5 percent 
rural telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of 
money rural telecommunications loans, $425,000,000; and
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for loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural 
telecommunications loans, $125,000,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying 
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by sections 
305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural electric loans, 
$6,160,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans, 
$212,000: 
Provided, 
That 
notwithstanding 
section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower 
interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$39,933,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available 
to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying 
out its authorized programs.
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For administrative expenses, including audits, nec-
essary to continue to service existing loans, $2,500,000, 
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $550,000,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $10,000,000 shall be made available to convert 
analog to digital operation those noncommercial edu-
cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas 
and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated 
translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their 
main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equip-
ment to allow local control over digital content and pro-
gramming through the use of high-definition broadcast, 
multi-casting and datacasting technologies. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 901 et seq., $11,825,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2007: Provided, That the interest rate for 
such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department
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of the Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: 
Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as 
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
In addition, $10,000,000, 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 Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the 
Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000. 
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; $12,412,027,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2007, of which 
$7,224,406,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,187,621,000