IB 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2673
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 6, 2003
Ordered to be printed with the amendment of the Senate 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause an insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 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, 2004, and for other purposes, 
namely:
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TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, $3,468,000: 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), 
$8,716,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $13,670,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $7,749,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $14,993,000.
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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 the Rural Development mission areas for information 
technology, systems, and services, $133,155,000 (reduced 
by $8,656,000) (reduced by $3,500,000) (reduced by 
$20,000,000), 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 obliga-
tion of these funds shall be consistent with the Depart-
ment of Agriculture Service Center Modernization Plan of 
the county-based agencies, and shall be with the concur-
rence 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, $5,785,000: Provided, That the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer shall actively market and expand cross-
servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Pro-
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
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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, $397,000 (in-
creased by $411,000). 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $678,000. 
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-
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ties, and for related costs, as follows: for payments to the 
General Services Administration, $124,332,000 (reduced 
by $800,000), for buildings operations and maintenance, 
$32,559,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed 5 percent of amounts which are 
made available 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 new or 
replacement 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.), $15,713,000, 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.
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erative 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 retire-
ment and employees’ compensation costs for extension 
agents, $275,940,000; payments for extension work at the 
1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 
343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and 
family education program for low-income areas under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $58,185,000; payments for the pest 
management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$10,689,000; payments for the farm safety program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $5,489,000; payments to upgrade 
research, extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University and 
West Virginia State College, as authorized by section 1447 
of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $13,500,000 (in-
creased by $1,500,000), to remain available until ex-
pended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,426,000; for youth 
farm safety education and certification extension grants, 
to be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$496,000; 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 reserva-
tion agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act,
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$1,983,000; payments for sustainable agriculture pro-
grams under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,843,000; pay-
ments for cooperative extension work by the colleges re-
ceiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 
321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University and West Vir-
ginia State College, $31,908,000, of which $1,724,884 
shall be made available only for the purpose of ensuring 
that each institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; 
and
for
necessary
expenses
of
extension
activities, 
$19,417,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $62,942,000, as follows: for competitive grants 
programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 
(7 U.S.C. 7626), $43,942,000, including $12,887,000 for 
the water quality program, $14,870,000 for the food safe-
ty program, $4,501,000 for the regional pest management 
centers program, $4,857,000 for the Food Quality Protec-
tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys-
tems, $1,487,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 
Protection Act implementation, $3,229,000 for the methyl 
bromide transition program, and $2,111,000 for the or-
ganic transition program; for a competitive international 
science and education grants program authorized under
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section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3292b), to remain available until expended, $1,000,000; 
for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) 
of Public Law 89–106, as amended, $2,000,000, including 
$497,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005 
for the critical issues program, and $1,503,000 for the re-
gional
rural
development
centers
program;
and 
$16,000,000 for the homeland security program author-
ized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005. 
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990
(7
U.S.C.
2279),
$3,470,000
(increased
by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 
the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 
Inspection,
Packers
and
Stockyards
Administration; 
$725,000.
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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and ani-
mal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and reg-
ulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as au-
thorized by law, $725,502,000, of which $4,139,000 shall 
be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals 
and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency con-
ditions; of which $51,000,000 shall be used for the boll 
weevil eradication program for cost share purposes or for 
debt retirement for active eradication zones: Provided, 
That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 
a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 
year that does not require minimum matching by the 
States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided 
further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten 
any segment of the agricultural production industry of this 
country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria-
tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations 
of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec-
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essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 
in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani-
mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 
sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of 
funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre-
ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided 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. 
In fiscal year 2004, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-
ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 
foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 
fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 
fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available
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until expended, without further appropriation, for pro-
viding such assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses to carry out services related 
to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis-
tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au-
thorized by law, and for administration and coordination 
of payments to States, $75,953,000, including funds for 
the wholesale market development program for the design 
and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities 
for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 
the current replacement value of the building.
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Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,577,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 
exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise 
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $15,392,000 
for formulation and administration of marketing agree-
ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
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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)), 
$1,347,000. 
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, $39,690,000: 
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-
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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, $599,000. 
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), 
$785,261,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That this appropriation shall 
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
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shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
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, $636,000. 
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, $1,016,836,000: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to use the serv-
ices, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay-
ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro-
vided further, That other funds made available to the 
Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
merged with this account.
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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), $3,974,000. 
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 loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans, 
$1,083,143,000, of which $950,000,000 shall be for guar-
anteed loans and $133,143,000 shall be for direct loans; 
operating loans, $2,200,440,000, of which $1,330,000,000 
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $252,937,000
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shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $617,503,000 
shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 
loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $2,000,000; and 
for boll weevil eradication program loans as authorized by 
7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000. 
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, $34,528,000, of which $5,130,000 shall 
be for guaranteed loans, and $29,398,000 shall be for di-
rect loans; operating loans, $165,633,000, of which 
$44,289,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 
$32,300,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 
$89,044,000 shall be for direct loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$298,136,000, of which $290,136,000 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.
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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), 
$71,509,000: 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.
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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). 
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, $745,000.
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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, 
$850,004,000, to remain available until expended (7 
U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than $9,215,000 is for 
snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 
$11,722,000 is for operation and establishment of the 
plant materials centers, and of which not less than 
$23,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands conservation 
initiative: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall
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be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction 
and improvement of buildings and public improvements at 
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 
and improvements to other buildings and other public im-
provements 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 ob-
tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available for technical as-
sistance and related expenses to carry out programs au-
thorized 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), 
$11,124,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this paragraph by this or any other appro-
priations Act may be used to provide technical assistance 
with respect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).
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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, $90,000,000, 
to remain available until expended of which up to 
$10,000,000 shall 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 $40,000,000 
of this appropriation shall be made available for technical 
assistance:
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 (Pub-
lic Law 93–205), including cooperative efforts as con-
templated by that Act to relocate endangered or threat-
ened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary 
to expedite project construction: Provided further, That 
the amount of federal funds that may be made available 
to an eligible local organization for construction of a par-
ticular rehabilitation project shall be equal to 65 percent
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of the total rehabilitation costs, but not to exceed 100 per-
cent of actual construction costs incurred in the rehabilita-
tion: Provided further, That consistent with existing stat-
ute, rehabilitation assistance provided may not be used to 
perform operation and maintenance activities specified in 
the agreement for the covered water resource projects en-
tered into between the Secretary and the eligible local or-
ganization responsible for the works of improvement: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act 
may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 
to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as 
amended, (16 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the 
provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart-
ment, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available under 
this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act 
may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 
to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).
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RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 
projects for resource conservation and development and 
for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 
31 and 32(l) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Ten-
ant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of 
April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title 
XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3451–3461), $52,894,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations 
Act may be used to provide technical assistance with re-
spect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)): Provided fur-
ther, That a cooperative or contribution agreement with 
a national association regarding a Resource Conservation 
and Development program shall contain the same match-
ing, contribution requirements, and funding level, set forth 
in a similar cooperative or contribution agreement with a 
national association in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $3,504,300, the same amount as in 
the budget, shall be available for national headquarters ac-
tivities.
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TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer 
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 
Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 
Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department 
of Agriculture, $636,000. 
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 
1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$706,006,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $27,000,000 shall be for rural community programs 
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
$605,006,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 
such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail-
able for the rural utilities program described in section 
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro-
gram described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 
$74,000,000 shall be for the rural business and coopera-
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tive
development
programs
described
in
sections 
381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of 
the
total
amount
appropriated
in
this
account, 
$13,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Fed-
erally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
grants for drinking water and waste disposal systems pur-
suant to section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 
shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 
colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which 
$250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified na-
tional organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
for rural community programs, $6,000,000 shall be avail-
able for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be used solely to de-
velop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit commu-
nity-based housing and community development organiza-
tions, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to im-
prove housing, community facilities, community and eco-
nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 
private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations
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proposing to carry out a program of financial and tech-
nical assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary 
organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in 
an amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 
That of the amount appropriated for the rural business 
and cooperative development programs, not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 
national organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
for rural utilities programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 
shall be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit 
the Colonias along the United States/Mexico border, in-
cluding grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not 
to exceed $17,465,000 shall be for technical assistance 
grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to sec-
tion 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,513,000 shall 
be for Rural Community Assistance Programs and not to 
exceed $13,000,000 shall be for contracting with qualified 
national organizations for a circuit rider program to pro-
vide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex-
ceed $22,132,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2004, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise
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communities and communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones; of which $1,000,000 shall be for the rural commu-
nity programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such 
Act, of which $12,582,000 shall be for the rural utilities 
programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, 
and of which $8,550,000 shall be for the rural business 
and cooperative development programs described in sec-
tion 381E(d)(3) of such Act. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-
velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
tural
cooperatives;
and
for
cooperative
agreements; 
$146,495,000: Provided, That not more than $10,000 
may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards 
to non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any bal-
ances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities 
Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall 
be transferred to and merged with this appropriation.
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RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 
rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,091,634,000 
for loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the 
Secretary, of which $1,366,462,000 shall be for direct 
loans, and of which not more than $2,725,172,000 shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,003,000 for 
section 504 housing repair loans; $116,545,000 for section 
515 rental housing; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaran-
teed multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 
524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit sales of acquired 
property, of which up to $1,500,000 may be for multi-
family credit sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-
help housing land development 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: section 
502 loans, $165,921,000, of which $126,018,000 shall be 
for direct loans, and of which $39,903,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $9,612,000; 
section
515
rental
housing,
$50,126,000
of
which
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$20,086,400 shall be for repair and rehabilitation, and 
$30,039,600 shall be for new construction; section 538 
multi-family housing guaranteed loans, $5,950,000; multi-
family credit sales of acquired property, $663,000; and 
section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 
$154,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated in this paragraph, $7,100,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2004, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$447,151,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $731,000,000; 
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au-
thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 
incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:
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Provided, That of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 
shall be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eli-
gible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of 
the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for ad-
vances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to 
cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in 
purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of 
the Act: Provided further, That agreements entered into 
or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded 
for a 5-year period, although the life of any such agree-
ment may be extended to fully utilize amounts obligated. 
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), $34,772,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided,
That
of
the
total
amount
appropriated, 
$1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, 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, $42,222,000,
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to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $1,800,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2004, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $36,307,000, 
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)), $40,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $17,308,000, 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, 2004, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2004, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 
defined by Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
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as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $2,447,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2004, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,283,000 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, $16,120,000. 
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, $3,000,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 
by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
$3,000,000 shall not be obligated and $3,000,000 are re-
scinded.
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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), $13,000,000, of 
which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be 
for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri-
mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro-
ducers, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be for coop-
erative research agreements; and of which not to exceed 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for value-added agricultural product market development 
grants, as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Secu-
rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 
note). 
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITIES GRANTS 
For grants in connection with a second round of em-
powerment
zones
and
enterprise
communities, 
$10,967,000, to remain available until expended, for des-
ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise 
communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 
1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
277).
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RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM 
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized 
by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $3,000,000 (increased 
by $20,000,000) for direct 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 Congressional 
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, $240,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 
loans, $1,000,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 
306 of that Act, rural electric, $2,000,000,000; Treasury 
rate direct electric loans, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural 
telecommunication loans, $145,000,000; cost of money 
rural telecommunication loans, $300,000,000; and loans 
made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural tele-
communication loans, $120,000,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
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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, $60,000, and the cost of telecommunication 
loans, $125,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, bor-
rower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$38,166,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car-
rying out its authorized programs. 
For administrative expenses, including audits, nec-
essary to carry out the loan programs and continue to 
service existing loans, $3,182,000, to be derived by trans-
fer from the shareholder’s equity, contained in the unobli-
gated balances in the Rural Telephone Bank Liquidating
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Account, 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 direct distance learning 
and telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the prin-
cipal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, 
$336,000,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 
et seq., $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed broadband 
loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., $9,116,000: 
Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $8,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in areas that meet the definition of ‘‘rural area’’ 
used for the Broadband Loan Program authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 901.
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TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer 
Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 
for the Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $11,418,441,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2005, of which 
$6,718,780,000
is
hereby
appropriated
and 
$4,699,661,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 
(7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, that $6,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Food and Nutrition Service to conduct a study 
of certification error and its effect on expenditures in the 
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs 
and an assessment of the feasibility of using income data 
matching in those Programs: Provided further, that except 
as specifically provided under this heading, none of the
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funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
studies and evaluations: Provided further, That up to 
$5,235,000 shall be available for independent verification 
of school food service claims. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$4,588,310,000, to remain available through September 
30,
2005,
of
which
$20,000,000
shall
be
for
a 
breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activities 
specified in section 17(h)(3)(A); $25,000,000 shall be for 
a
management
information
system
initiative;
and 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
placed in reserve for use in only such amounts, and in 
such manner, as the Secretary determines necessary, not-
withstanding section 17(i) of the Child Nutrition Act, to 
provide funds to support participation, should costs or 
participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That not-
withstanding
section
17(h)(10)(A)
of
such
Act, 
$14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes specified 
in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 17(g)(5) of such Act, $4,000,000 shall 
be available for pilot projects to prevent childhood obesity: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available
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under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua-
tions: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available to pay administrative expenses of WIC 
clinics except those that have an announced policy of pro-
hibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the 
program: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 
of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con-
tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 
in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 
not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart-
ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 
Act. 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $27,745,981,000, of which 
$2,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in 
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 
to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used 
for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds 
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with sec-
tion 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration 
or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro-
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vided further, That funds made available for Employment 
and Training under this heading shall remain available 
until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the 
Food Stamp Act. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
ance and the commodity supplemental food program as 
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
tion 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act 
of 1985; and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as 
authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966, $166,072,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2005: Provided, That none of these funds shall 
be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for commodities donated to the program. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 
$140,512,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 
for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight-
ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 
and assisting in the prevention, identification, and pros-
ecution of fraud and other violations of law and of which
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not less than $7,500,000 shall be available to improve in-
tegrity in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs. 
TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development 
activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi-
nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec-
tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $133,924,000: Provided, That the Serv-
ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro-
priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen-
cies, public and private organizations and institutions 
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 
food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and 
the foreign assistance programs of the United States 
Agency for International Development.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including 
the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, 
$103,887,000, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the 
Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $4,041,000, 
of which $1,066,000 may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $2,975,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL 
GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment 
of agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 
under the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $28,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
made available for the cost of agreements under title I
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of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be 
used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 
notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 
supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 
II of said Act, $1,192,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $56,874,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,312,000; to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
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modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$3,327,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and of which $985,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law
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107–188; $1,668,249,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $249,825,000 shall be de-
rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended, and $29,190,000 shall be 
derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That fees 
derived from prescription drug and medical device applica-
tions received during fiscal year 2004 shall be subject to 
the fiscal year 2004 limitation: Provided further, That any 
prescription drug or medical device user fee collected in 
fiscal year 2004 that exceeds this limitation shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended, 
in accordance with 21 U.S.C. 379h(g)(4) and 379j(h)(4): 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 
to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated: (1) $412,462,000 shall be 
for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
(2) $478,650,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua-
tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $13,357,000 
shall be available for grants and contracts awarded under
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section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) 
$168,836,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $84,646,000 shall be for 
the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities
in
the
Office
of
Regulatory
Affairs;
(5) 
$209,285,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra-
diological Health and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $39,887,000 shall be for 
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$40,851,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis-
tration for rent; (8) $119,795,000 shall be for payments 
to the General Services Administration for rent; and (9) 
$113,837,000 shall be for other activities, including the 
Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and 
Systems; the Office of External Relations; the Office of 
Policy and Planning; and central services for these offices: 
Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one 
specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 
42 U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended.
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In addition, export certification user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to re-
main available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 
where not otherwise provided, $6,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $88,435,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $40,900,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this
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limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 398 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 396 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902). 
SEC. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 
by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 
balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 
Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services of primary
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benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad-
ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 
section shall be available for obligation without the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con-
ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 
program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, and 
up to 25 percent of the screwworm program; Food Safety 
and Inspection Service, field automation and information 
management project; Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, funds for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, 
Education, and Economics Information System (REEIS), 
and funds for the Native American Institutions Endow-
ment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses 
funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, middle-income country training program
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and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service 
appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctua-
tions in international currency exchange rates, subject to 
documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria-
tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this 
Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation 
and language training pursuant to section 606C of the Act 
of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b). 
SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act.
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SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to lease space for its own use or to lease space 
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture when such space will be jointly occupied. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants 
awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 
full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 
section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations. 
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to cover obligations made in the current
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fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone 
Bank program account, the Rural Electrification and 
Telecommunication Loans program account, the Rural 
Housing Insurance Fund program account, and the Rural 
Economic Development Loans program account. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the 
Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub-
account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any 
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele-
phone liquidating account which is in excess of current 
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set 
forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed-
eral Credit Reform Act of 1990. 
SEC. 714. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
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tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 716. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act to any other agency or office 
of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi-
vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 
the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 
of the employee for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture 
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to 
any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or 
responses to questions that are a result of information re-
quested for the appropriations hearing process. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
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tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new 
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out 
or privatizes any functions or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies
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funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be-
fore implementing a program or activity not carried out 
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac-
tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 
other Act.
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SEC. 720. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob-
ligations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of 
Public Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture 
and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria-
tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis-
sion to the Congress of the United States for programs 
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit-
tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes reve-
nues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due 
to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law 
prior to the submission of the Budget unless such Budget 
submission identifies which additional spending reductions 
should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not 
enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee 
of conference for the fiscal year 2005 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a
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state Rural Development office unless or until cost effec-
tiveness and enhancement of program delivery have been 
determined. 
SEC. 723. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $3,000,000 is ap-
propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, as authorized by sec-
tion 4404 of Public Law 107–171 (2 U.S.C. 1161). 
SEC. 724. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri-
cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title 
III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail-
able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 
carry out title II of such Act. 
SEC. 725. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 
Farm
and
Rural
Development
Act
(7
U.S.C. 
2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$26,499,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$26,998,000’’. 
SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service may pro-
vide financial and technical assistance through the Water-
shed and Flood Prevention Operations program for the 
Ditch 26 project in Arkansas.
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SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall consider the County of Lawrence, 
Ohio; the City of Havelock, North Carolina; the City of 
Portsmouth, Ohio; the City of Atascadero, California; the 
City of Binghamton, New York; the Town of Vestal, New 
York; the City of Ithaca, New York; the City of Casa 
Grande, Arizona; and the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, 
as meeting the eligibility requirements for loans and 
grants programs in the Rural Development mission area. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the DuPage 
County, Illinois, Kress Creek Watershed Plan, from funds 
available for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Oper-
ations program, not to exceed $1,600,000 and Rockhouse 
Creek Watershed, Leslie County, Kentucky, not to exceed 
$1,000,000. 
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 730. Agencies and offices of the Department of 
Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and ex-
penses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Coun-
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sel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 
related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies 
and offices in the resolution of complaints by employees 
or applicants for employment, and in cases and other mat-
ters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or 
the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 
SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this Act, or any other Act, may be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
the Rural Strategic Investment Program authorized by 
subtitle I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7) in excess of 
$2,000,000. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out the Rural Firefighters
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and Emergency Personnel Grant Program authorized by 
section 6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 
SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the provi-
sions of sections 7404(a)(1) and 7404(c)(1) of Public Law 
107–171. 
SEC. 735. The Agricultural Marketing Service and 
the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administra-
tion, that have statutory authority to purchase interest 
bearing investments outside of the Treasury, are not re-
quired to establish obligations and outlays for those invest-
ments, provided those investments are insured by the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized 
at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the 
Federal Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the 
United States Department of the Treasury. 
SEC. 736. Of the funds made available under section 
27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.), the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs 
associated with the distribution of commodities. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of
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200,000 acres in the calendar year 2004 wetlands reserve 
program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out an envi-
ronmental quality incentives program authorized by chap-
ter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 
of
1985
(16
U.S.C.
3839aa
et
seq.)
in
excess
of 
$975,000,000. 
SEC. 739. The Administrator of the Agricultural Re-
search Service may make available by outlease agreements 
with other Federal agencies or non-Federal public or pri-
vate entities any unused or underused portion or interest 
of or interest in any agency real and related personal prop-
erty, and may retain and use the proceeds of such agree-
ments in carrying out the programs of the agency. Prop-
erty proposed for outlease must not be property otherwise 
required to be reported excess under the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. 
Outleases shall be made competitively, and be based on 
the fair market value of the property. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section
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9006 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 6103 of Public Law 107–171. 
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 6401 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 
SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used for the imple-
mentation of Country of Origin Labeling for meat or meat 
products. 
SEC. 744. Any unobligated balances in the Alter-
native Agricultural Research and Commercialization Re-
volving Fund are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to carry out 
a Conservation Security Program authorized in section 
1241(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)(3)). 
SEC. 746. Section 726 of division A of Public Law 
108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘, as authorized by section
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4404 of Public Law 107–171 (2 U.S.C. 1161)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘through the Congressional Hunger Center’’. 
SEC. 747. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR COMMERCIAL TREE 
LOSSES.—The
Secretary
of
Agriculture
shall
use 
$5,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to provide assistance under the Tree Assistance 
Program, subtitle C of title X of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), 
to tree-fruit growers located in a federally declared dis-
aster area in the State of New York who suffered tree 
losses in 2003 as a result of an April 4–6, 2003, icestorm. 
(b) OFFSET.—The amount appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT 
PROGRAM’’ is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 748. Section 204(a)(3) of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
1724(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘and Committee’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
Committee’’. 
SEC. 749. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 
Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi-
vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 
within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole-
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salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 
which complies with sections 501, 502, and 505. 
SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act shall be expended to violate 
Public Law 105–264. 
SEC. 751. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to issue a 
final rule in Docket No. 02–06201 ‘‘Cost-Sharing for Ani-
mal and Plant Health Emergency Programs’’, 68 Fed. 
Reg. 40541–40553 (July 8, 2003). 
SEC. 752. No funds appropriated or made available 
by this Act may be used to identify by photograph on a 
department’s or agency’s website any Member of the 
House of Representatives or the Senate within 60 days 
before a Federal general election. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004’’.
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, 2004, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, $10,046,000: 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, 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), $8,707,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $13,997,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Pro-
gram Analysis, $7,544,000. 
HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF 
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 
Staff, $910,000.
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OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, $15,710,000. 
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, $118,789,000, 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, $5,496,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial 
Officer shall actively market and expand cross-servicing ac-
tivities 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, $794,000.
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OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$15,445,000. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, $673,000. 
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, 
and for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and re-
pair of Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related 
costs, $187,022,000, 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
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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.), $15,611,000, 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. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $23,031,000, to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general admin-
istration security, repairs and alterations, and other mis-
cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided for
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and necessary for the practical and efficient work of the 
Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be re-
imbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for 
travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as re-
quired by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That of such 
amount, sufficient funds shall be available for the Secretary 
of Agriculture, not later than 60 days after the last day 
of the fiscal year, to submit to Congress a report on the 
amount of acquisitions made by the Department of Agri-
culture during such fiscal year of articles, materials, or sup-
plies that were manufactured outside the United States. 
Such report shall separately indicate the dollar value of any 
articles, materials, or supplies purchased by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture that were manufactured outside the 
United States, an itemized list of all waivers under the Buy 
American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) that were granted 
with respect to such articles, materials, or supplies, and a 
summary of total procurement funds spent on goods manu-
factured in the United States versus funds spent on goods 
manufactured outside of the United States. The Secretary 
of Agriculture shall make the report publicly available by 
posting the report on an Internet website.
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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, $3,825,000: Provided, That these funds may 
be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
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, $9,228,000: Provided, 
That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bul-
letins. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $75,781,000, including such sums as
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may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements 
with public agencies and private persons pursuant to sec-
tion 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and in-
cluding not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper-
ational expenses, including 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, $35,343,000. 
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, $596,000. 
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, $69,902,000.
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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, $128,922,000, of 
which up to $25,279,000 shall be available until expended 
for the Census of Agriculture. 
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 
grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value 
of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership, 
$1,045,533,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air-
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craft and the purchase 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 otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one 
building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses 
or greenhouses 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 alter-
ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent 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 fa-
cilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Pro-
vided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply 
to replacement 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 sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law: Provided further, That all rights and title of the
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United States in the 1.0664-acre parcel of land including 
improvements, as recorded at Book 1320, Page 253, records 
of Larimer County, State of Colorado, shall be conveyed to 
the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University 
for the benefit of Colorado State University. 
None of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available to carry out research related to the pro-
duction, processing or marketing of tobacco or tobacco prod-
ucts. 
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, $46,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
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, $617,575,000, as follows: to carry out 
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–
i), $178,977,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 
(16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $21,742,000; for payments 
to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Univer-
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sity and West Virginia State College (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
$35,411,000, 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 agri-
cultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $101,637,000; for spe-
cial grants for agricultural research on improved pest con-
trol (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,976,000; for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $180,000,000; for the sup-
port of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 
3195), $5,065,000; for supplemental and alternative crops 
and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $840,000; for grants for re-
search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act 
(7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,242,000, to remain available until 
expended; for research grants for 1994 institutions pursuant 
to section 536 of Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
$1,093,000, to remain available until expended; for higher 
education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), 
$3,222,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)), $4,888,000; for a higher education multicul-
tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $992,000, to 
remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an 
education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions 
(7 U.S.C. 3241), $4,073,000; for noncompetitive grants for 
the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242
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(section 759 of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible 
institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska 
and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each of the 
States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,500,000; for a secondary 
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 
education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $994,000; for aquaculture 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $4,471,000; for sustainable agri-
culture 
research 
and 
education 
(7 
U.S.C. 
5811), 
$13,661,000; 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 and West Virginia State 
College, $11,404,000, to remain available until expended (7 
U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Institutions pursu-
ant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, 
$1,689,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and 
Education Activities, $26,698,000. 
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.
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NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $9,000,000. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North-
ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $450,084,000, 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, 
$279,390,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 In-
stitutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), 
$3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and family edu-
cation program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $58,185,000; payments for the pest management 
program under section 3(d) of the Act, $10,689,000; pay-
ments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $5,489,000; payments to upgrade research, exten-
sion, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, 
including Tuskegee University and West Virginia State 
College, as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–
113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $14,903,000, to remain available
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until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under 
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,426,000; for youth 
farm safety education and certification extension grants, to 
be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$496,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 
Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
1671 et seq.), $4,516,000; payments for Indian reservation 
agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 
$1,983,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs 
under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,843,000; payments for 
rural health and safety education as authorized by section 
502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), 
$2,605,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the 
colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 
U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University and 
West Virginia State College, $31,908,000, of which 
$1,724,884 shall be made available only for the purpose of 
ensuring that each institution shall receive no less than 
$1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to 
section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, $2,981,000; and 
for necessary expenses of extension activities, $20,397,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
competitive grants programs, including necessary adminis-
trative expenses, as authorized under section 406 of the Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
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of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $46,711,000, as follows: payments 
for the water quality program, $12,887,000; payments for 
the food safety program, $14,870,000; payments for the re-
gional pest management centers program, $4,502,000; pay-
ments for the Food Quality Protection Act risk mitigation 
program for major food crop systems, $4,857,000; payments 
for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection Act imple-
mentation, $1,487,000; payments for the methyl bromide 
transition program, $3,500,000; payments for the organic 
transition program, $2,111,000; payments for the inter-
national science and education grants program under 7 
U.S.C. 3291, to remain available until expended, $497,000; 
payments for the critical issues program under 7 U.S.C. 
450i(c): Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $497,000 shall be for payments for the critical 
issues program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) and $1,503,000 shall 
be for payments for the regional rural development centers 
program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c). 
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of 
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,470,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND 
REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs 
to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con-
gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; 
the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec-
tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $736,000. 
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal 
diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu-
latory activities; and to protect the environment, as author-
ized by law, $705,552,000, of which $4,112,000 shall be 
available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis-
eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 
birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; 
of which $51,720,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi-
cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retire-
ment for active eradication zones; and of which not less 
than $1,500,000 (in addition to any other funds made 
available for eradication or containment) shall be used by 
the Emerald Ash Borer Task Force for the removal of trees 
that have been adversely affected by the emerald ash borer,
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with a priority for the removal of trees on public property 
or that threaten public safety; and of which up to $275,000 
may be used to control or alleviate the cormorant problem 
in the State of Michigan: Provided, That no funds shall 
be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 
program for the current fiscal year that does not require 
minimum matching by the States of at least 40 percent: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase of not to exceed four, of which two shall be for replace-
ment only: Provided further, That, in addition, in emer-
gencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural pro-
duction industry of this country, the Secretary may trans-
fer from other appropriations or funds available to the 
agencies or corporations of the Department such sums as 
may be deemed necessary, to be available only in such emer-
gencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious or infec-
tious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and 
for expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 
of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 
8316) and sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act 
(7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances 
of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre-
ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder
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shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided 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. 
In fiscal year 2004, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, 
goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign 
governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are 
structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is 
reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such 
assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 
consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu-
tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author-
ized by law, and for administration and coordination of 
payments to States, $75,263,000, including funds for the 
wholesale market development program for the design and 
development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for 
the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That 
this appropriation shall be available pursuant 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 cur-
rent replacement value of the building: Provided further, 
That, in the case of the term of protection for the variety 
for which certificate number 8200179 was issued, on the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall issue a new certificate for a term of protection of 10 
years for the variety, except that the Secretary may termi-
nate the certificate (at the end of any calendar year that 
is more than 5 years after the date of issuance of the certifi-
cate) if the Secretary determines that a new variety of seed 
(that is substantially based on the genetics of the variety 
for which the certificate was issued) is commercially viable
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and available in sufficient quantities to meet market de-
mands. 
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,577,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/
or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed 
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
this Act; and (3) not more than $15,392,000 for formulation 
and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 
1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $3,338,000, of 
which not less than $2,000,000 shall be used to make non-
competitive grants under this heading. 
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 administra-
tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce-
dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the 
standardization activities related to grain under the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946, $35,638,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 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 cur-
rent replacement value of the building. 
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 activities
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require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded 
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees 
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 en-
acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 
Service, $611,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized 
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products 
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in-
cluding 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), $783,761,000, of which no 
less than $701,103,000 shall be available for Federal food 
safety inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of labora-
tory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That no fewer than 50 full time 
equivalent positions above the fiscal year 2002 level shall 
be employed during fiscal year 2004 for purposes dedicated 
solely to inspections and enforcement related to the Humane
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Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That this ap-
propriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im-
provements, 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. 
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 Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by Congress for the 
Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Service, the 
Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration, $635,000. 
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, $988,768,000: 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 programs 
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 account.
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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), 
$3,974,000. 
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 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 weevil 
loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in the 
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm own-
ership loans, $1,079,158,000, of which $950,000,000 shall 
be for guaranteed loans and $129,158,000 shall be for direct 
loans; 
operating 
loans, 
$2,067,317,000, 
of 
which 
$1,200,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans,
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$266,249,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and 
$601,068,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land 
acquisition loans, $2,000,000; and for boll weevil eradi-
cation program loans, $100,000,000: 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 owner-
ship loans, $33,648,000, of which $5,130,000 shall be for 
guaranteed loans, and $28,518,000 shall be for direct loans; 
operating loans, $160,634,000, of which $39,960,000 shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $34,000,000 shall be 
for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $86,674,000 shall be 
for direct loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$290,968,000, of which $283,020,000 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 trans-
ferred among these programs: Provided, That the Commit-
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tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For administrative and operating expenses, as author-
ized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reor-
ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $71,422,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, as authorized by 
7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation 
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 pro-
grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 
be necessary, to remain available until expended.
100
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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 reimbursed, 
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
U.S.C. 713a–11). 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in-
vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 
maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 
section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, 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 Environment 
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For-
est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
$761,000.
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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions 
of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including 
preparation of conservation plans and establishment of 
measures to conserve soil and water (including farm irriga-
tion and land drainage and such special measures for soil 
and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 
materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
semination 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 alteration or improvement 
of permanent and temporary buildings; and operation and 
maintenance of aircraft, $826,635,000, to remain available 
until expended, of which not less than $9,500,000 is for 
snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 
$11,269,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant 
materials centers, and of which not less than $23,500,000 
shall be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: Pro-
vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improve-
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ment of buildings and public improvements at plant mate-
rials centers, except that the cost of alterations and im-
provements to other buildings and other public improve-
ments shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That 
when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Fed-
eral 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 expenses to carry out programs authorized by 
section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salin-
ity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided fur-
ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em-
ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning 
work of the Service: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this paragraph by this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical 
assistance with respect to programs listed in section 
1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)). 
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga-
tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water-
ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning, 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $10,000,000: Pro-
vided, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily
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employed at per diem rates to perform the technical plan-
ning work of the Service: Provided further, That none of 
the funds made available under this paragraph by this or 
any other appropriations Act may be used to provide tech-
nical assistance with respect to programs listed in section 
1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)). 
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 relating 
to the activities of the Department, $55,000,000, to remain 
available until expended (of which up to $5,000,000 may 
be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a)): Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 of this appropriation 
shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is 
available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), including coopera-
tive efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endan-
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gered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may 
be necessary to expedite project construction: Provided fur-
ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em-
ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning 
work of the Service: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this paragraph by this or any 
other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical 
assistance with respect to programs listed in section 
1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)). 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
1012), and in accordance with the provisions of laws relat-
ing to the activities of the Department, $29,805,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That qualified 
local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem 
rates to perform the technical planning work of the Service: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations 
Act may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 
to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).
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RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 
projects for resource conservation and development and for 
sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 31 
and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 
1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 
U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture 
and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451–3461), $51,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro-
grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural 
Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 
and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agri-
culture, $651,000. 
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 
1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$767,479,000, to remain available until expended, of which
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$79,838,000 shall be for rural community programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
$610,641,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 
such Act; and of which $79,000,000 shall be for the rural 
business and cooperative development programs described 
in sections 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, 
That of the amount appropriated for rural business and 
cooperative development programs, $100,000 shall be for a 
pilot program in the State of Alaska to assist communities 
with community planning: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 
shall be for loans and grants to benefit Federally Recognized 
Native American Tribes, including grants for drinking 
water and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 306C 
of such Act, of which $4,000,000 shall be available for com-
munity facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 
section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act, and of which $250,000 shall be available for 
a grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech-
nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro-
mote economic development: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated for rural community programs, 
$6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Community De-
velopment Initiative: Provided further, That such funds
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shall be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of 
private, nonprofit community-based housing and commu-
nity development organizations, low-income rural commu-
nities, and Federally Recognized Native American Tribes 
to undertake projects to improve housing, community facili-
ties, community and economic development projects in 
rural areas: Provided further, That such funds shall be 
made available to qualified private, nonprofit and public 
intermediary organizations proposing to carry out a pro-
gram of financial and technical assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That such intermediary organizations shall provide 
matching funds from other sources, including Federal funds 
for related activities, in an amount not less than funds pro-
vided: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
for the rural business and cooperative development pro-
grams, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 
a grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech-
nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro-
mote economic development; $2,000,000 shall be for grants 
to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.); 
and not less than $5,000,000 shall be available for grants 
in accordance with section 310B(f) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 
of the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, 
not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste dis-
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posal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United 
States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to section 
306C of such Act; not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for 
water and waste disposal systems for rural and native vil-
lages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with 
up to 1 percent available to administer the program and 
up to 1 percent available to improve interagency coordina-
tion may be transferred to and merged with the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’, of 
which 25 percent shall be provided for water and sewer 
projects in regional hubs and $100,000 shall be provided 
to develop a regional system for centralized billing, oper-
ation, and management of rural water and sewer utilities 
through regional cooperatives, and the State of Alaska shall 
provide a 25 percent cost share; not to exceed $18,000,000 
shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and 
waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, 
of which $5,513,000 shall be for Rural Community Assist-
ance Programs; and not to exceed $13,000,000 shall be for 
contracting with qualified national organizations for a cir-
cuit rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 
water systems: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated for the circuit rider program, Alaska shall receive 
no less than five percent and not less than $750,000 shall 
be for contracting with qualified national organizations to
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establish a Native American circuit rider program to pro-
vide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 
further, That not less than $2,000,000 shall be available to 
carry out Section 6012 of Public Law 107–171: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex-
ceed $22,132,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, 
for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agri-
culture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of 
which $1,000,000 shall be for the rural community pro-
grams described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which 
$12,582,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which 
$8,550,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of 
such Act: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated for rural community programs, not to exceed 
$23,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 
communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-
nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 5 percent for 
administration and capacity building in the State rural 
development offices: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated, $30,000,000 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 
Grants Account’’ to provide grants authorized under section
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19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 
Provided further, That of the amount made available for 
high energy cost grants, up to $3,000,000 shall be available 
to a not-for-profit consumer-owned cooperative utility pro-
vider serving an island community in a non-contiguous 
State for the purpose of defraying transaction, transition, 
organizational, and other fair and reasonable costs, as de-
termined by the Secretary, incurred during the period July 
1, 1999 through December 31, 2002, and directly related 
to the successful acquisition by such provider of the investor-
owned electric utility facilities (including generation, trans-
mission, distribution, and other related assets) formerly 
serving ratepayers on the island: Provided further, That 
any prior year balances for high cost energy grants author-
ized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and merged with 
the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants’’ 
account. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-
velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;
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$140,922,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 
may be used for advertising and promotional campaigns, 
including souvenirs, that support activities conducted by 
agencies of the Rural Development mission area: Provided 
further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to 
provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employ-
ees: Provided further, That any balances available from 
prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing 
Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service sala-
ries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and 
merged with this appropriation. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural 
housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,084,589,000 for loans 
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, 
of which $1,359,417,000 shall be for direct loans, and of 
which $2,725,172,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans; $35,004,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
$115,052,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 
for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 
$5,045,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit
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sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,500,000 may 
be for multi-family credit sales; and $1,623,000 for section 
523 self-help housing land development 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: section 
502 loans, $165,921,000, of which $126,018,000 shall be for 
direct loans, and of which $39,903,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
section 504 housing repair loans, $9,612,000; section 515 
rental housing, $49,484,000; section 538 multi-family hous-
ing guaranteed loans, $5,950,000; multi-family credit sales 
of acquired property, $663,000; and section 523 self-help 
housing land development loans, $50,000: Provided, That 
of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, 
$7,100,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$439,453,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’.
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RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $721,281,000; 
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred 
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 
of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available 
for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as 
authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to 
exceed $20,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi-
zations or public agencies to cover direct costs (other than 
purchase price) incurred in purchasing projects pursuant 
to section 502(c)(5)(C) of the Act: Provided further, That 
agreements entered into or renewed during the current fiscal 
year shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life 
of any such agreement may be extended to fully utilize 
amounts obligated. 
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), 
$34,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be
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available through June 30, 2004, for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic 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, $46,222,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $5,000,000 shall 
be available for a processing and/or fishery workers housing 
demonstration project in Alaska, Mississippi, Utah, and 
Wisconsin: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $1,800,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2004, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $33,015,000, to 
remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts.
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HISTORIC BARN PRESERVATION PROGRAM 
For the historic barn preservation program established 
under section 379A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008o), $2,000,000. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized 
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
$40,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $17,308,000, as authorized 
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2004, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and 
of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2004, for Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): 
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $2,447,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2004, for the cost of direct loans for au-
thorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,283,000 shall be transferred
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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 authorized 
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the 
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job 
creation projects, $15,002,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974, $2,792,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 
by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
$3,000,000 shall not be obligated and $3,000,000 are re-
scinded. 
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), $8,967,000, of which 
$2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the total amount 
appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or as-
sociations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide
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assistance to small, minority producers and whose gov-
erning board and/or membership is comprised of at least 
75 percent minority. 
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITIES GRANTS 
For grants in connection with second and third rounds 
of empowerment zones and enterprise communities, 
$14,370,000, to remain available until expended, for des-
ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise com-
munities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 
and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277): 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated, $1,000,000 shall 
be made available to third round empowerment zones, as 
authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act 
(Public Law 106–554). 
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of direct loans and grants, 
under the same terms and conditions as authorized by sec-
tion 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $23,000,000 for direct 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.
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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 electrification loans, 
$240,000,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans, 
$1,000,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 
Act, rural electric, $2,000,000,000; Treasury rate direct 
electric loans, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $250,000,000; loans made pursuant 
to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications loans, 
$120,000,000; and for guaranteed underwriting loans pur-
suant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying 
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, 
$60,000, and the cost of telecommunication loans, $125,000: 
Provided, That notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the 
Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower interest rates 
may exceed 7 percent per year.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$37,920,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available 
to such corporation in accord with law, and to make such 
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 its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2004 and 
within the resources and authority available, gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall be 
$173,503,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses, including 
audits, necessary to carry out the loan programs, 
$3,182,000, 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 direct distance learning 
and telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the principal
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amount 
of 
broadband 
telecommunications 
loans, 
$647,000,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $15,000,000 shall be made available to convert 
analog to digital operation those noncommercial edu-
cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas 
and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) 
of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated 
translators, repeaters, and studio-to-transmitter links. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed broadband loans, 
as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 901, et seq., $15,116,000: Pro-
vided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 
Telemedicne Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950aaa.
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TITLE IV 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the 
Food and Nutrition Service, $611,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $11,418,441,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2005, of which 
$6,718,780,000 is hereby appropriated and $4,699,661,000 
shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro-
vided, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 
further, That up to $5,235,000 shall be available for inde-
pendent verification of school food service claims.
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$4,639,232,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2005, of which $10,000,000 shall be for a breastfeeding sup-
port initiative in addition to the activities specified in sec-
tion 17(h)(3)(A) and $30,000,000 shall be for a manage-
ment information system initiative: Provided, That of the 
total amount available, the Secretary shall obligate 
$25,000,000 for the farmers’ market nutrition program: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
notwithstanding 
section 
17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, $14,000,000 shall be available for 
the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 17(g)(5) of such Act, 
$5,000,000 shall be available for pilot projects to prevent 
childhood obesity: Provided further, That none of the funds 
in this Act shall be available to pay administrative expenses 
of WIC clinics except those that have an announced policy 
of prohibiting smoking within the space used to carry out 
the program: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 
of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con-
tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified in
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section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the 
funds provided shall be available for activities that are not 
fully reimbursed by other Federal Government departments 
or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act. 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $29,945,981,000, of which 
$2,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in 
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 
to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used 
for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading and not already 
appropriated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian 
Reservations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the 
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed 
$4,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the 
FDPIR from Native American bison producers as well as 
from producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended 
in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to 
any work registration or workfare requirements as may be 
required by law: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able for Employment and Training under this heading
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shall remain available until expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance 
and the commodity supplemental food program as author-
ized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Pro-
tection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the Emergency 
Food Assistance Act of 1983; and special assistance (in a 
form determined by the Secretary of Agriculture) for the 
nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(h)(2) 
of the Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 
1903(h)(2)) (or a successor law), $145,740,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2005: Provided, That none 
of these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the pro-
gram. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic 
nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 
$138,304,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 
for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight-
ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 
and assisting in the prevention, identification, and prosecu-
tion of fraud and other violations of law; and of which not 
less than $4,000,000 shall be available to improve integrity 
in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs.
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TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1769), market development ac-
tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate 
and integrate activities of the Department in connection 
with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $131,648,000: Provided, That the Service 
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, 
public and private organizations and institutions under 
agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro-
duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for-
eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 
International Development. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and
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the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 
modifying 
credit 
arrangements 
under 
said 
Acts, 
$103,887,000, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the 
Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $2,134,000, of 
which $1,075,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, and of which $1,059,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL 
GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 
agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under 
the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $28,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds made avail-
able for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 
for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter-
changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities supplied 
in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 
Act, $1,192,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $25,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity 
Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa-
cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing 
such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro-
vided herein. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,152,000; to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the 
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,306,000
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may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and of which $846,000 may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and activities of 
the Food and Drug Administration which are included in 
this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the District 
of Columbia or elsewhere; and for miscellaneous and emer-
gency expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and ap-
proved by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on 
the 
Secretary’s 
certificate, 
not 
to 
exceed 
$25,000; 
$1,663,228,000, of which not to exceed $249,825,000 to be 
derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379h, including any such fees assessed prior to the
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current fiscal year but credited during the current year, in 
accordance with section 736(g)(4), shall be credited to this 
appropriation and remain available until expended; and 
of which not to exceed $29,190,000 to be derived from med-
ical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j shall be 
credited to this appropriation, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That fees derived from applications re-
ceived during fiscal year 2004 shall be subject to the fiscal 
year 2004 limitation: Provided further, That none of these 
funds shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any pro-
gram of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 
$412,020,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $475,655,000 shall be for the Cen-
ter for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field ac-
tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less 
than $13,270,000 shall be available for grants and contracts 
awarded under section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 
360ee) and of which no less than $52,845,000 shall be avail-
able for the generic drugs program; (3) $168,836,000 shall 
be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and 
for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Af-
fairs; (4) $84,646,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 
Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of Reg-
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ulatory Affairs; (5) $207,686,000 shall be for the Center for 
Devices and Radiological Health and for related field ac-
tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $39,887,000 
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research; 
(7) $40,851,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, 
other than the amounts paid to the General Services Ad-
ministration for rent; (8) $119,152,000 shall be for pay-
ments to the General Services Administration for rent; and 
(9) $114,495,000 shall be for other activities, including the 
Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and 
Systems; the Office of External Relations; the Office of Pol-
icy, Legislation, and Planning; and central services for 
these offices: Provided further, That funds may be trans-
ferred from one specified activity to another with the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended. 
In addition, export certification user fees authorized 
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where
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not otherwise provided, $7,948,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including 
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the 
rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $88,435,000, including not 
to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $40,900,000 (from assessments collected 
from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul-
tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the 
current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author-
ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation 
shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 398 passenger
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motor vehicles, of which 396 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allow-
ances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902). 
SEC. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic 
Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 
by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary bal-
ances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working Cap-
ital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equip-
ment necessary for the delivery of financial, administrative, 
and information technology services of primary benefit to 
the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, 
That none of the funds made available by this Act or any 
other Act shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund 
without the prior approval of the agency administrator: 
Provided further, That none of the funds transferred to the 
Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be 
available for obligation without the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi-
tions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly pro-
gram, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, and up 
to 25 percent of the screwworm program; Food Safety and 
Inspection Service, field automation and information man-
agement project; Cooperative State Research, Education, 
and Extension Service, funds for competitive research 
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Edu-
cation and Economics Information System (REEIS), and 
funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds 
made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural 
Service, middle-income country training program and up 
to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appro-
priation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 
international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations 
available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall
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be available to provide appropriate orientation and lan-
guage training pursuant to section 606C of the Act of Au-
gust 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b). 
SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the 
agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between 
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to lease space for its own use or to lease space 
on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
when such space will be jointly occupied. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of total Federal
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funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants award-
ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full 
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered 
estimates, not limitations. 
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to cover obligations made in the current fis-
cal year for the following accounts: the Rural Development 
Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone Bank 
program account, the Rural Electrification and Tele-
communications Loans program account, the Rural Hous-
ing Insurance Fund program account, and the Rural Eco-
nomic Development Loans program account. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the 
Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub-
account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
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phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any 
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank telephone 
liquidating account which is in excess of current require-
ments and such balance shall receive interest as set forth 
for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Cred-
it Reform Act of 1990. 
SEC. 714. Of the funds made available by this Act, not 
more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated 
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively 
awarded grants. 
SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 716. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or office 
funded by this Act to any other agency or office of the De-
partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
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ploying agency or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving 
agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee 
for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Agriculture shall be 
used to transmit or otherwise make available to any non-
Department of Agriculture employee questions or responses 
to questions that are a result of information requested for 
the appropriations hearing process. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire 
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer 
without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from any
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accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases 
funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity 
for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates 
an office or employees; (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or 
activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions 
or activities presently performed by Federal employees; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by 
this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure 
in the current fiscal year, or provided from any accounts 
in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec-
tion of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activi-
ties, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of 
funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 
that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any existing program, 
project, or activity, or numbers of personnel by 10 percent
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as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general 
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result 
in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as 
approved by Congress; unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress before 
implementing a program or activity not carried out during 
the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is 
funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 
SEC. 720. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obli-
gations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of Pub-
lic Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and 
Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 721. None of the funds made available to the Food 
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to re-
duce the Detroit, Michigan, Food and Drug Administration 
District Office below the operating and full-time equivalent
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staffing level of July 31, 1999; or to change the Detroit Dis-
trict Office to a station, residence post or similarly modified 
office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to the Detroit 
District Office: Provided, That this section shall not apply 
to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory facilities 
or operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except 
that field laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations 
in the general vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to 
cooperative agreements between the Food and Drug Admin-
istration and other laboratory facilities associated with the 
State of Michigan. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to 
the Congress of the United States for programs under the 
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects 
a reduction from the previous year due to user fees pro-
posals that have not been enacted into law prior to the sub-
mission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identi-
fies which additional spending reductions should occur in 
the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to
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the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2005 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 723. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a 
State Rural Development office unless or until cost effective-
ness and enhancement of program delivery have been deter-
mined. 
SEC. 724. Of any shipments of commodities made pur-
suant to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the 
extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value to not 
more than $25,000,000 shall be made available to foreign 
countries to assist in mitigating the effects of the Human 
Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency 
Syndrome on communities, including the provision of—
(1) agricultural commodities to—
(A) individuals with Human Immuno-
deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Deficiency 
Syndrome in the communities; and 
(B) households in the communities, particu-
larly individuals caring for orphaned children; 
and 
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro-
vide other assistance (including assistance under 
microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create
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‘‘(B) to promote a solution to an environ-
mental problem in a rural area of the State in 
which the project will be carried out; 
‘‘(2) the lender of the loan exercises due diligence 
with respect to the borrower of the loan; 
‘‘(3) the borrower of the loan pays in full, before 
the guarantee is issued, a guarantee fee in the amount 
of the estimated subsidy cost of the guarantee, as de-
termined by the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget; 
‘‘(4) except as provided in paragraph (5), the 
principal amount of the loan is not more than 
$25,000,000; 
‘‘(5) the principal amount of the loan is more 
than $25,000,000, but is not more than $75,000,000, 
if the Secretary—
‘‘(A) approves the loan application; and 
‘‘(B) does not delegate the authority de-
scribed in subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(6) the project requires no Federal or State fi-
nancial assistance, other than the loan guarantee pro-
vided under this subsection; and 
‘‘(7) the project complies with all necessary per-
mits, licenses, and approvals required under the laws 
of the State.