orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 
Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,334,000. 
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 admin-
istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying 
procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products, 
and the standardization activities related to grain under 
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $39,737,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu-
ant 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 build-
ing.
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 ac-
tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 
exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees 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 enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In-
spection Service, $656,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 
Act, including 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), 
$853,249,000, of which no less than $766,290,000 shall 
be available for Federal food safety and inspection; and 
in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account 
from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation
as authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Pro-
vided, 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 
not to exceed $565,000 is for construction of a laboratory 
sample receiving facility at the Russell Research Center 
in Athens, Georgia: 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 improve-
ments, 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. 
FARM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
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 
Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for 
the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, $691,000.
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, $1,053,760,000: 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 pro-
grams 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 ac-
count: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries or 
expenses of any officer or employee of the Department of 
Agriculture to close any local or county office of the Farm 
Service Agency unless the Secretary of Agriculture, not 
later than 30 days before the date on which the Secretary 
proposed the closure, holds a public meeting about the 
proposed closure in the county in which the local or county 
office is located, and, after the public meeting but not later 
than 120 days before the date on which the Secretary ap-
proves the closure, notifies the Committee on Agriculture 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri-
tion, and Forestry and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate, and the members of Congress from the 
State in which the local or county office is located of the 
proposed closure. 
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. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 
products under a dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro-
gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 
as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
(Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12).
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 
seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian 
tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll wee-
vil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in 
the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 
ownership 
loans, 
$1,422,750,000, 
of 
which 
$1,200,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans and $222,750,000 shall be for direct loans; oper-
ating loans, $2,065,754,000, of which $1,150,000,000 
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $272,254,000 
shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $643,500,000 
shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 
loans, $3,960,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 
loans, $59,400,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 
of boll weevil eradication program 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: farm 
ownership loans, $16,293,000, of which $6,960,000 shall 
be for guaranteed loans, and $9,333,000 shall be for direct 
loans; 
operating 
loans, 
$131,046,000, 
of 
which
$28,405,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 
$27,416,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 
$75,225,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land 
acquisition loans, $838,000; and for boll weevil eradication 
program loans, $1,129,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$315,258,000, of which $307,338,000 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 
transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by this Act shall be used to pay 
the salaries and expenses of personnel to collect from the 
lender an annual fee on unsubsidized guaranteed oper-
ating loans, a guarantee fee of more than one percent of 
the principal obligation of guaranteed unsubsidized oper-
ating or ownership loans, or a guarantee fee on subsidized 
guaranteed operating loans administered by the Farm 
Service Agency.
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For administrative and operating expenses, as au-
thorized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization 
Act 
of 
1994 
(7 
U.S.C. 
6933), 
$77,197,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration 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 programs set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-
inafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 
Federal 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 reim-
bursed, 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 sec-
tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 
(15 U.S.C 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 
Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 
transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice for information resource management activities of the 
Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com-
modity Credit Corporation business. 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 
site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 
and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 
of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, 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 Environ-
ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for 
the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, $810,000 (reduced by $810,000). 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 
soil; dissemination 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 alter-
ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$791,498,000, to remain available until March 31, 2008, 
of which not less than $10,588,000 is for snow survey and 
water forecasting, and not less than $10,678,000 is for 
operation and establishment of the plant materials cen-
ters, and of which not less than $27,225,000 shall be for 
the grazing lands conservation initiative: Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of build-
ings and public improvements at plant materials centers, 
except that the cost of alterations and improvements to 
other buildings and other public improvements shall not 
exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings 
or other structures are erected on non-Federal land, that 
the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 
U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That this appropriation 
shall be available for technical assistance and related ex-
penses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c) 
of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 
Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further, That 
qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at 
per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of 
the Service.
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves-
tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa-
terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan-
ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 
Flood 
Prevention 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1001–1009), 
$6,022,000. 
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 re-
lating to the activities of the Department, $40,000,000, 
to remain available until expended; of which up to 
$10,000,000 may be available for the watersheds author-
ized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 
U.S.C. 1006a): Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 
of this appropriation shall be available for technical assist-
ance: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of 
this appropriation is available to carry out the purposes 
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–
205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated by