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Union Calendar No. 350
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4766
[Report No. 108–584] 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2004
Mr. BONILLA, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 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-
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tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2005, 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, $5,185,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, 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), 
$10,810,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $14,526,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $8,246,000.
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HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF 
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 
Staff, $508,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $15,608,000.
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 
technology, systems, and services, $120,957,000, to re-
main available until expended, for the capital asset acqui-
sition 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 consistent 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 Information Officer.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $5,811,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross-
servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro-
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vided further, That no funds made available by this appro-
priation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A–
76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a 
report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in-
cluding agency budgets for contracting out.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
For the acquisition of disaster recovery and con-
tinuity of operations technology of the National Finance 
Center’s data, $12,850,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $803,000.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$19,452,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $669,000.