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inserting ‘‘2002’’ and ‘‘2003’’, respectively; and (2) in
subsection (a)(1), as so amended, by inserting ‘‘(as in ef-
fect on September 30, 2002)’’ after ‘‘Act, 2002’’ and after
‘‘such section 613’’: Provided, That such section, as so
amended, shall be effective through September 30, 2003,
notwithstanding section 107 of this joint resolution.
SEC. 4. Public Law 107–229, as amended, is further
amended by striking section 137 and inserting the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘SEC. 137. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of this joint resolution, in addition to amounts made avail-
able in section 101, and subject to sections 107(c) and
108, such sums as may be necessary shall be available to
the Securities and Exchange Commission for the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to advance start-up expenses to the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board pursuant to
section
109(j)
of
the
Sarbanes-Oxley
Act
of
2002
(Pub. L. 107–204).
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint
resolution, upon the collection of fees authorized in section
109(d) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–
204), the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
shall reimburse the Securities and Exchange Commission
for any Commission appropriations advanced to the Board
for start-up expenses pursuant to section 109(j) of such
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Act or subsection (a) of this section, so as to result in
no net effect of such advances on appropriations available
to the Commission in fiscal year 2003.’’.
SEC. 5. Section 8005 of the Department of Defense
Appropriations Act, 2003 (Pub. L. 107–248) is amended
by inserting before the period at the end the following:
‘‘: Provided further, That in addition to the transfer au-
thority provided in this section, and subject to the terms
and conditions of this section except the limitation in the
fourth proviso, only to meet unforeseen requirements asso-
ciated with the global war on terrorism, the Secretary of
Defense may transfer an additional $2,500,000,000 of
working capital funds of the Department of Defense or
funds made available in titles I through VII of this Act
to the Department of Defense for military functions (ex-
cept military construction), including programs and activi-
ties of the National Foreign Intelligence Program (with
the concurrence of the Director of Central Intelligence)
and the United States Special Operations Command, be-
tween such appropriations or funds or any subdivision
thereof, to be merged with and to be available for the same
purposes, and for the same time period, as the appropria-
tion or fund to which transferred’’.
SEC. 6. (a) APPROVAL OF PROSPECTUS.—For pur-
poses of section 3307(a) of title 40, United States Code,
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the prospectus of General Services Administration entitled
‘‘Prospectus—Lease, Department of Homeland Security,
Washington, DC Metropolitan Area’’, prospectus number
PDC–08W03, as submitted on December 24, 2002, is
deemed approved by the Committee on Environment and
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives on the date of enactment of this Act.
(b) PROHIBITION ON DELEGATION.—The authority
of the General Services Administration to lease space
under this section may not be delegated to any other de-
partment or agency.
(c) MODIFICATIONS.—Any modification to the pro-
spectus referred to in subsection (a) that is subject to ap-
proval under section 3307 of title 40, United States Code,
shall be approved in accordance with the requirements of
such section.
SEC. 7. Section 126 of Public Law 107–229, as
added by Public Law 107–240, is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘SEC. 126. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this joint resolution, except section 107, the District of
Columbia may expend local funds for programs and activi-
ties under the heading ‘District of Columbia Funds—Op-
erating Expenses’ at the rate set forth for such programs
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and activities in the revised financial plan and budget for
the District Government for fiscal year 2003 submitted
to Congress by the District of Columbia pursuant to sec-
tion 138 of H.R. 5521 of the 107th Congress, as reported
by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’.
DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP-
MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION,
AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPRO-
PRIATIONS, 2003
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2003, and for other purposes.
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, 2003, 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, and not to exceed $75,000 for employment
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under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $3,412,000: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official
reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro-
vided 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), and includ-
ing employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which
not to exceed $5,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $12,016,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, including employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), of which not to exceed $25,000 is for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $13,759,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, including employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
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(7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $5,000 is for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,358,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, including employment pursuant to the sec-
ond sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $31,275,000.
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com-
puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service
and Rural Development mission areas for information tech-
nology, systems, and services, $133,155,000, to remain
available until expended, for the capital asset acquisition
of shared information technology systems, including services
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421–
28: Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be con-
sistent with the Department of Agriculture Service Center
Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall
be with the concurrence of the Department’s Chief Informa-
tion Officer.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Finan-
cial Officer, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
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U.S.C. 2225), of which not to exceed $10,000 is for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,877,000: Provided, That the
Chief Financial Officer shall actively market and expand
cross-servicing activities of the National Finance Center.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $400,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Administration to carry out the
programs funded by this Act, $780,000.
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 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,
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and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related
costs, $197,662,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer
a share of that agency’s appropriation made available by
this Act to this appropriation, or may transfer a share of
this appropriation to that agency’s appropriation to cover
the costs of new or replacement space for such agency, but
such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the funds made
available for space rental and related costs to or from this
account.
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.), $15,685,000, 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.
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For Departmental Administration, $42,479,000, to
provide for necessary expenses for management support
services to offices of the Department and for general admin-
istration and disaster management of the Department, re-
pairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and
expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the
practical and efficient work of the Department, including
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which
not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reim-
bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by
5 U.S.C. 551–558.
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, $4,157,000: Provided, That these funds may
be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture
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funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency
level: Provided further, That no other funds appropriated
to the Department by this Act shall be available to the De-
partment 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, $9,637,000, including
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which
not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment
under 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may
be used for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, $78,127,000,
including such sums as may be necessary for contracting
and other arrangements with public agencies and private
persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, including not to exceed $50,000 for employ-
ment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and including not to exceed
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$125,000 for certain confidential operational expenses, in-
cluding 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, $35,588,000.
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-
operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice, $780,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice in conducting economic research and analysis, as au-
thorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $65,123,000: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available for employment
pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225).
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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statis-
tical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys,
and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1621–1627 and 2204g, and other laws, $140,854,000, of
which up to $41,274,000 shall be available until expended
for the Census of Agriculture: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall be available for employment pursuant to the
second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944
(7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $40,000 shall be avail-
able for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109.
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
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grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value
of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,
$1,053,597,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for temporary employment pursuant to
the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of
1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), and not to exceed $115,000 shall be
available for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase 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 other-
wise provided, the cost of constructing any one building
shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or green-
houses 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 altering any
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 per-
cent 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 facilities
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements
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at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided fur-
ther, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to re-
placement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of April
24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That funds
may be received from any State, other political subdivision,
organization, or individual for the purpose of establishing
or operating any research facility or research project of the
Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to carry out research related to the production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
In fiscal year 2003, the agency is authorized to charge
fees, commensurate with the fair market value, for any per-
mit, easement, lease, or other special use authorization for
the occupancy or use of land and facilities (including land
and facilities at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center)
issued by the agency, as authorized by law, and such fees
shall be credited to this account, and shall remain available
until expended for authorized purposes.
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, $100,955,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That funds may be received from
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any State, other political subdivision, organization, or in-
dividual for the purpose of establishing any research facility
of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law.
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, $651,411,000, as follows: to carry out
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–
i), $185,553,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research
(16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $22,541,000; for payments
to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Univer-
sity (7 U.S.C. 3222), $35,643,000, 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 agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)),
$103,834,000; for special grants for agricultural research
on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,006,000;
for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)),
$204,263,000; for the support of animal health and disease
programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,251,000; for supplemental
and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d),
$1,000,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical
Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.),
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$1,500,000, to remain available until expended; for research
grants for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Pub-
lic Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,000,000, to remain
available until expended; for higher education graduate fel-
lowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,993,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher edu-
cation challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,340,000;
for a higher education multicultural scholars program (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program
for 
Hispanic-serving 
Institutions 
(7 
U.S.C. 
3241),
$3,500,000; for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of
carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759
of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible institutions
or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Ha-
waii, with funds awarded equally to each of the States of
Alaska and Hawaii, $3,500,000; for a secondary agri-
culture education program and 2-year post-secondary edu-
cation (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture
grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $5,000,000; for sustainable agri-
culture 
research 
and 
education 
(7 
U.S.C. 
5811),
$15,000,000; for a program of capacity building grants (7
U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds under
the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328),
including Tuskegee University, $11,479,000, to remain
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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, $1,700,000; and for necessary ex-
penses of Research and Education Activities, of which not
to exceed $100,000 shall be for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109, $26,310,000.
None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be
available to carry out research related to the production,
processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products: Pro-
vided, That 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), $7,100,000.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
For payments to States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North-
ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $452,767,000, as fol-
lows: payments for cooperative extension work under the
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 and for costs of penalty mail for cooper-
ative extension agents and State extension directors,
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$281,218,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 In-
stitutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)),
$3,500,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of
the Act, $58,566,000; payments for the pest management
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,759,000; pay-
ments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of
the Act, $5,250,000; payments to upgrade research, exten-
sion, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges,
including Tuskegee University, as authorized by section
1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $15,000,000,
to remain available until expended; payments for youth-
at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act,
$8,481,000; for youth farm safety education and certifi-
cation extension grants, to be awarded competitively under
section 3(d) of the Act, $499,000; payments for carrying
out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $4,093,000; payments for
Indian reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-
Lever Act, $1,996,000; payments for sustainable agriculture
programs under section 3(d) of the Act, $5,000,000; 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)),
$2,622,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the
colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7