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shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department of the 
Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: Provided 
further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and 
Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
950aaa. 
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 TRANSFERS 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; $12,412,027,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2007, of which
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$7,224,406,000 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
and 
$5,187,621,000 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 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 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), 
$5,257,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2007: Provided, That of the total amount available, 
the Secretary shall obligate not less than $15,000,000 for 
a breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activi-
ties specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): Provided further, 
That only the provisions of section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) shall 
be effective in 2006; including $14,000,000 for the pur-
poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i): Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds made available under this 
heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics except
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those that have an announced policy of prohibiting smok-
ing within the space used to carry out the program: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac-
count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
except in accordance with the cost containment and com-
petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
such Act: Provided further, That on or after October 1, 
2005, or the date of enactment of this act, whichever is 
later, any individual seeking certification or recertification 
for benefits under the income eligibility provisions of sec-
tion 17(d)(2)(iii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall 
meet such eligibility requirements only if the income, as 
determined under title XIX of the Social Security Act, of 
the individual or the family of which the individual is a 
member is less than 250 percent of the applicable nonfarm 
income poverty guideline: 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.), $40,711,395,000, of which 
$3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 
30, 2007, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such
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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 pro-
vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 
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-
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: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, any addi-
tional payment received under chapter 5 of title 37, 
United States Code, by a member of the United States 
Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone shall 
be excluded from household income for the duration of the 
member’s deployment if the additional pay is the result 
of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone, and 
it was not received immediately prior to serving in the 
combat zone. 
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-
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sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
ance (in a form determined by the Secretary of Agri-
culture) for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by 
section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the 
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
$178,797,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2007: Provided, That none of these funds shall be avail-
able to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
commodities donated to the program: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective 
with funds made available in fiscal year 2006 to support 
the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as au-
thorized by section 4402 of Public Law 107–171, such 
funds shall remain available through September 30, 2007. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 
$140,761,000.
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TITLE V 
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), $148,224,000: 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. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD 
FOR PROGRESS 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
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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, 
$65,040,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may implement 
a commodity monetization program under existing provi-
sions of the Food for Progress Act of 1985 to provide no 
less than $5,000,000 in local-currency funding support for 
rural electrification development overseas. 
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, $3,385,000, 
of which $168,000 may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Sala-
ries and Expenses’’, and of which $3,217,000 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, $11,940,000,
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to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
made available for the cost of agreements under title I 
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, $1,107,094,000, 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, $5,279,000; to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$3,440,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
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appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and of which $1,839,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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), $100,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com-
modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 
services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im-
plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 
amounts provided herein. 
TITLE VI 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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-
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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 
107–188; $1,837,928,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $305,332,000 shall be de-
rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379h, shall be credited to this account and remain 
available until expended, and shall not include any fees 
pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for 
fiscal year 2007 but collected in fiscal year 2006; 
$40,300,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended; and 
$11,318,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 
account and remain available until expended: Provided fur-
ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de-
vice, and animal drug assessments received during fiscal 
year 2006, including any such fees assessed prior to the 
current fiscal year but credited during the current year, 
shall be subject to the fiscal year 2006 limitation: 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) $444,095,000 shall be for the
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Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 
$519,814,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 
and Research and related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs; (3) $178,713,000 shall be for the Cen-
ter for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related 
field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
$99,787,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi-
cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs; (5) $243,939,000 shall be for the Center 
for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 
$41,152,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi-
cological Research; (7) $58,515,000 shall be for Rent and 
Related activities, of which $21,974,000 is for White Oak 
Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the General 
Services Administration for rent; (8) $134,853,000 shall 
be for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent; and (9) $117,060,000 shall be for other activi-
ties, including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office 
of Management; the Office of External Relations; the Of-
fice of Policy and Planning; and central services for these 
offices: Provided further, That of the funds provided herein 
for other activities, $5,853,000 may not be obligated until 
the Commissioner or Acting Commissioner has presented
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public testimony on the President’s 2006 budget request 
before the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives: 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 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 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, $5,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURE 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, $98,386,000,
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including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $44,250,000 (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 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships. 
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
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 320 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 320 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).
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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. 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, up 
to $8,000,000 in the low pathogen avian influenza pro-
gram for indemnities, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie pro-
gram for indemnities, up to $33,340,000 in animal health 
monitoring and surveillance for the animal identification 
system, up to $3,009,000 in the emergency management 
systems program for the vaccine bank, up to $1,000,000 
of the wildlife services operations program for aviation 
safety, and up to 25 percent of the screwworm program; 
Food Safety and Inspection Service, field automation and 
information management project; Cooperative State Re-
search, Education, and Extension Service, funds for com-
petitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)); Farm Service 
Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to 
county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle- 
income country training program, and up to $1,565,000
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of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely 
for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international 
currency exchange rates, subject to documentation by the 
Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 705. 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 
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. 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
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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. 
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
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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 
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 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 713. 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. 714. 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. 715. 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. 716. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 
the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans-
mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 
of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 
Services employee questions or responses to questions that 
are a result of information requested for the appropria-
tions hearing process. 
SEC. 717. 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-
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mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
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: Provided 
further, That none of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 
obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ-
ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 718. (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;
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(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; 
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 
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
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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. 
SEC. 719. 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. 720. None of the funds appropriated by this 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-
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tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re-
flects 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 con-
ference for the fiscal year 2007 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 721. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a State 
Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 
and enhancement of program delivery have been deter-
mined. 
SEC. 722. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is ap-
propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center. 
SEC. 723. 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.
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SEC. 724. 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 ‘‘$27,998,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$28,498,000’’. 
SEC. 725. Of any shipments of commodities made 
pursuant 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 provi-
sion of— 
(1) agricultural commodities to— 
(A) individuals with Human Immuno-
deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Defi-
ciency Syndrome in the communities; and 
(B) households in the communities, par-
ticularly individuals caring for orphaned chil-
dren; and 
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro-
vide other assistance (including assistance under 
microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create 
or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals
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in the communities, particularly individuals caring 
for orphaned children. 
SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Kane Coun-
ty, Illinois, Indian Creek Watershed Flood Prevention 
Project, from funds available for the Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations program, not to exceed $1,000,000 
and Hickory Creek Special Drainage District, Bureau 
County, Illinois, not to exceed $50,000. 
SEC. 727. 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 or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, of the funds made available in this Act for competitive 
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use 
up to 22 percent of the amount provided to carry out a 
competitive grants program under the same terms and 
conditions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay
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the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 
14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 
SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 
the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle 
I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7). 
SEC. 731. 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-
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. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 
the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 
6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655).
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SEC. 733. 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. 734. 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 enroll in 
excess of 154,500 acres in the calendar year 2006 wet-
lands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 
SEC. 735. 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 who carry 
out an environmental quality incentives program author-
ized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess 
of $1,012,000,000. 
SEC. 736. 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 expend 
the $23,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8106(f)). 
SEC. 737. With the exception of funds provided in 
fiscal year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
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to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend 
the $50,000,000 made available by section 601(j)(1)(A) 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
950bb(j)(1)(A)). 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2005 or preceding fiscal years for programs author-
ized under the Agricultural Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess 
of $20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities 
under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humani-
tarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any 
such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 
302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 
Act. 
SEC. 739. 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 expend 
the $120,000,000 made available by section 6401(a) of 
Public Law 107–171. 
SEC. 740. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) 
of section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 
940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 
Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender,
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structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not 
to exceed an average of 30 basis points per year for the 
term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail-
able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under 
that section. 
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 
a Conservation Security Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
3838 et seq., in excess of $258,000,000. 
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 2502 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 
$60,000,000. 
SEC. 743. 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 2503 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 
$83,500,000. 
SEC. 744. With the exception of funds provided in 
fiscal year 2005, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to carry out section 6029 of Public Law 107–171.
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SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act shall be expended to violate 
Public Law 105–264. 
SEC. 746. 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 
a ground and surface water conservation program author-
ized by section 2301 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 
$51,000,000. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to issue a final rule in furtherance of, 
or otherwise implement, the proposed rule on cost-sharing 
for animal and plant health emergency programs of the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on 
July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. Reg. 
40541). 
SEC. 748. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to study, complete a study of, or enter 
into a contract with a private party to carry out, without 
specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a 
competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, including support personnel of the Department of 
Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan 
programs.
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SEC. 749. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appro-
priations available to the Secretary for activities author-
ized under sections 426–426c of title 7, United States 
Code, under this or any other Act, to enter into coopera-
tive agreements, with a State, political subdivision, or 
agency thereof, a public or private agency, organization, 
or any other person, to lease aircraft if the Secretary de-
termines that the objectives of the agreement will: (1) 
serve a mutual interest of the parties to the agreement 
in carrying out the programs administered by the Animal 
and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services; 
and (2) all parties will contribute resources to the accom-
plishment of these objectives; award of a cooperative 
agreement authorized by the Secretary may be made for 
an initial term not to exceed 5 years. 
SEC. 750. 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 9010 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 
$60,000,000. 
SEC. 751. Agencies and offices of the Department of 
Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary funds 
to cover the costs of preparing, or contracting for the 
preparation of, final agency decisions regarding com-
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plaints of discrimination in employment or program activi-
ties arising within such agencies and offices. 
SEC. 752. Funds made available under section 1240I 
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 in 
fiscal year 2006 shall remain available until expended to 
cover obligations made in fiscal year 2006, and are not 
available for new obligations. 
SEC. 753. None of the funds made available under 
this Act shall be available to pay the administrative ex-
penses of a State agency that, after the date of enactment 
of this Act and prior to implementation of interim final 
regulations regarding vendor cost containment in accord-
ance with the provisions set forth in section 17(h)(11)(G) 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, authorizes any new 
for-profit vendor(s) to transact food instruments under 
the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 
Infants, and Children if it is expected that more than 50 
percent of the annual revenue of the vendor from the sale 
of food items will be derived from the sale of supplemental 
foods that are obtained with WIC food instruments, except 
that the Secretary may approve the authorization of such 
a vendor if the approval is necessary to assure participant 
access to program benefits or is in accordance with the 
provisions set forth in section 17(h)(11)(E) of the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966.
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SEC. 754. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for a grant to the Ohio 
Livestock Expo Center in Springfield, Ohio. 
SEC. 755. 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 
an Agricultural Management Assistance Program as au-
thorized by section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
in excess of $6,000,000 (7 U.S.C. 1524). 
SEC. 756. 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 
a Biomass Research and Development Program in excess 
of $12,000,000, as authorized by Public Law 106–224 (7 
U.S.C. 7624 note). 
SEC. 757. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 
572, the Secretary of Agriculture may sell the US Water 
Conservation Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona, and the West-
ern Cotton Research Center, Phoenix, Arizona, and credit 
the net proceeds of such sales as offsetting collections to 
its Agricultural Research Service Buildings and Facilities 
account. Such funds shall be available until September 30, 
2007 to be used to replace these facilities and to improve 
other USDA-owned facilities.
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SEC. 758. None of the funds provided in this Act may 
be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement 
any regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertifi-
cation of rural status for each electric and telecommuni-
cations borrower for the Rural Electrification and Tele-
communication Loans program. 
SEC. 759. 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. 760. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, and until the receipt of the decennial Census in 
the year 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall con-
sider— 
(1) the City of Bridgeton, New Jersey, the City 
of Kinston, North Carolina, and the City of Ports-
mouth, Ohio as rural areas for the purposes of 
Rural Housing Service Community Facilities Pro-
gram loans and grants; 
(2) the Township of Bloomington, Illinois (in-
cluding individuals and entities with projects within 
the Township) eligible for Rural Housing Service 
Community Facilities Programs loans and grants;
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(3) the City of Hidalgo, Texas as a rural area 
for the purposes of the Rural Business-Cooperative 
Service Rural Business Enterprise Grant Program; 
(4) the City of Elgin, Oklahoma (including indi-
viduals and entities with projects within the city) eli-
gible for Rural Utilities Service water and waste 
water loans and grants; 
(5) the City of Lone Grove, Oklahoma (includ-
ing individuals and entities with projects within the 
city) eligible for Rural Housing Service Community 
Facilities Program loans and grants; and 
(6) the Municipalities of Vega Baja, Manati, 
Guayama, Fajardo, Humacao, and Naguabo (includ-
ing individuals and entities with projects within the 
Municipalities) eligible for Rural Community Ad-
vancement Program loans and grants and inter-
mediate relending programs. 
SEC. 761. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 
$10,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration, to remain available until expended, to com-
pensate commercial citrus and lime growers in the State 
of Florida for tree replacement and for lost production 
with respect to trees removed to control citrus canker, and 
with respect to certified citrus nursery stocks within the 
citrus canker quarantine areas, as determined by the Sec-
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retary. For a grower to receive assistance for a tree under 
this section, the tree must have been removed after Sep-
tember 30, 2001. 
SEC. 762. The counties of Burlington and Camden, 
New Jersey (including individuals and entities with 
projects within these counties) shall be eligible for loans 
and grants under the Rural Community Advancement 
Program for fiscal year 2006 to the same extent they were 
eligible for such assistance during the fiscal year 2005 
under section 106 of Chapter 1 of Division B of Public 
Law 108–324 (188 Stat. 1236). 
SEC. 763. Of the unobligated balances available in 
the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 
Infants, and Children reserve account, $32,000,000 is 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 764. None of the funds provided by this Act 
shall be used to pay salaries and expenses and other costs 
associated with implementing or administering section 
508(e)(3) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1501 et seq.) for the 2006 reinsurance year. 
SEC. 765. 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
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within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole-
salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 
which complies with sections 501, 502, and 505. 
SEC. 766. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 
law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 
by an executive branch agency to produce any pre-
packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti-
fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 
story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 
funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 767. In addition to other amounts appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act, there is hereby 
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $7,000,000, 
of which not to exceed 5 percent may be available for ad-
ministrative expenses, to remain available until expended, 
to make specialty crop block grants under section 101 of 
the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public 
Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006’’.
Union Calendar No. 57 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2744 
[Report No. 109–102] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2006, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 2, 2005 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed