110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3161 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, $5,505,000 (reduced by $100,100): Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this amount shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in-
cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 
analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the 
World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), 
$10,847,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $15,056,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $8,622,000. 
HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF 
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 
Staff, $2,252,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $16,723,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $6,076,000: Provided, That no funds 
made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 
FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary 
has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in-
cluding 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, $897,000.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$23,147,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $709,000. 
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 Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 
alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 
General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
ties, and for related costs, $196,616,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $156,590,000 shall be for 
payments to the General Services Administration for rent 
and the Department of Homeland Security for building
security: Provided, That amounts which are made avail-
able 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 re-
placement space 15 days after notice thereof is trans-
mitted to the Appropriations Committees of both Houses 
of Congress. 
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.), $12,200,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 
and funds available herein to the Department for Haz-
ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re-
quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 
non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $23,913,000, to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general ad-