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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), $37,620,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided,
That
of
the
total
amount
appropriated, 
$1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2007, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
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, $40,590,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $1,188,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2007, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any bal-
ances to carry out a housing demonstration program to 
provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-income 
multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public Law 
108–447 and Public Law 109–97 shall be transferred to
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and merged with ‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multifamily 
Housing Revitalization Program Account’’. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $47,525,000, 
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 
contracts. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), $33,925,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $14,951,000, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2007, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2007, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 
determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $880,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2007, for the cost of direct loans for
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authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,780,000 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 author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 
and job creation projects, $34,652,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $7,568,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, $78,514,000 shall not be obli-
gated and $78,514,000 are rescinded. 
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), $9,913,000, of
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which $500,000 shall be for a cooperative research agree-
ment with a qualified academic institution to conduct re-
search on the national economic impact of all types of co-
operatives; and of which $3,000,000 shall be for coopera-
tive agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 
for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,485,000 shall be for cooperatives or associations of co-
operatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to 
small, minority producers and whose governing board and/ 
or membership is comprised of at least 75 percent minor-
ity. 
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITIES GRANTS 
For grants in connection with second and third 
rounds of empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities, $11,088,000, to remain available until expended, 
for designated rural empowerment zones and rural enter-
prise communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief 
Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emer-
gency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 
Law 105–277): Provided, That of the funds appropriated, 
$1,000,000 shall be made available to third round em-
powerment zones, as authorized by the Community Re-
newal Tax Relief Act (Public Law 106–554).
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RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guar-
antees, 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), 
$20,000,000 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 defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional 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 electrifica-
tion loans, $99,018,000; municipal rate rural electric 
loans, $99,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 
of that Act, rural electric loans, $3,000,000,000; Treasury 
rate direct electric loans, $990,000,000; guaranteed un-
derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 
5 percent rural telecommunications loans, $143,513,000; 
cost
of
money
rural
telecommunications
loans, 
$246,666,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306
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of
that
Act,
rural
telecommunications
loans, 
$299,000,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying 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, $3,614,000, and the cost of telecommuni-
cations loans, $605,000: 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, 
$39,101,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $503,535,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 
et seq., $24,750,000, to remain available until expended. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 901 et seq., $10,826,000, to remain available until