Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated 
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 
(Public Law 105–277): Provided, That the funds provided 
under this paragraph shall be made available to empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities in a manner and 
with the same priorities such funds were made available 
during the 2007 fiscal year. 
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guaran-
tees, and grants, under the same terms and conditions as 
authorized by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $36,000,000: Pro-
vided, That the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as de-
fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and 
solid waste management programs authorized by sections 
306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 310B and described in sections 
306C(a)(2), 306D, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $562,565,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which not to exceed $500,000
shall be available 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 
program described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, 
That $65,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be for water and waste disposal systems 
grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act and Native 
Americans authorized by 306C(a)(1): Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall allocate the funds described in the 
previous proviso in a manner consistent with the historical 
allocation for such populations under these authorities: Pro-
vided further, That not to exceed $18,500,000 of the amount 
appropriated under this heading shall be for technical as-
sistance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 
to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 
makes a determination of extreme need, of which $5,600,000 
shall be made available for a grant to a qualified non-profit 
multi-state regional technical assistance organization, with 
experience in working with small communities on water 
and waste water problems, the principal purpose of such 
grant shall be to assist rural communities with populations 
of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, financing, de-
velopment, operation, and management of water and waste 
water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall
be for a qualified national Native American organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for 
tribal communities: Provided further, That not to exceed 
$13,750,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be for contracting with qualified national organiza-
tions for a circuit rider program to provide technical assist-
ance for rural water systems: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $12,700,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be available through June 30, 2008, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities 
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the rural 
utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such 
Act: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated under this heading shall be transferred to, and 
merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 
Grants Account to provide grants authorized under section 
19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 
Provided further, That any prior year balances for high cost 
energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High 
Energy Costs Grants Account: Provided further, That sec-
tion 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds
made available under this heading: Provided further, That 
any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Com-
munity Advancement Program account programs author-
ized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, and 310B and de-
scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 381E(d)(2) of 
such Act be transferred and merged with this account and 
any other prior balances from the Rural Development, 
Rural Community Advancement Program account that the 
Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer. 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 
as authorized by section 305 of the Rural Electrification 
Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made as follows: 5 per-
cent rural electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans made 
pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural electric, 
$6,500,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to 
section 313A, $500,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $250,000,000; and for loans made 
pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $295,000,000. 
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, 
$120,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans, 
$3,620,000: 
Provided, 
That 
notwithstanding 
section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower 
interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$38,623,000 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 broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $300,000,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et 
seq., $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $5,000,000 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 and repeaters, regardless of the location of their 
main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equip-
ment to allow local control over digital content and pro-
gramming through the use of high-definition broadcast, 
multi-casting and datacasting technologies. 
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 901 et seq., $6,450,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974. 
In addition, $13,500,000, 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 expenses of the Office of the Under Sec-
retary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to ad-
minister the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and 
Nutrition Service, $597,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 
Russell 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; 
$13,901,513,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2009, of which $7,647,965,000 is hereby appropriated 
and $6,253,548,000 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 up to $5,505,000 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 supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$6,020,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2009, of which such sums as are necessary to restore the 
contingency reserve to $150,000,000 shall be placed in re-
serve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated 
as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 
17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or 
participation exceed budget estimates: 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 activities specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): 
Provided further, That only the provisions of section 
17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall be effec-
tive in 2008; including $14,000,000 for the purposes speci-
fied in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and $30,000,000 for the pur-
poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further, 
That funds made available for the purposes specified in sec-
tion 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall only be made available upon de-
termination by the Secretary that funds are available to 
meet caseload requirements without the use of the contin-
gency reserve funds after the date of enactment of this Act: 
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 provided in this 
account 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 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: Provided further, That 
of the amount provided under this paragraph, $400,000,000 
is designated as described in section 5 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $39,782,723,000, of which
$3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 
2009, 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 funds pro-
vided herein shall be expended in accordance with section 
16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That this ap-
propriation shall be subject to any work registration or 
workfare requirements as may be required by law: Provided 
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 additional pay-
ment received under chapter 5 of title 37, United States 
Code, by a member of the United States Armed Forces de-
ployed to a designated combat zone shall be excluded from 
household income for the duration of the member’s deploy-
ment 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: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading may 
be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct 
studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to food 
stamp program integrity provided that such activities are 
authorized by 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; special assistance for the nu-
clear 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 Nutri-
tion Act of 1966, $211,770,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2009: Provided, That none of these funds 
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2008 to 
support the Seniors Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program 
(SFMNP), such funds shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2009: Provided further, That no funds available 
for SFMNP shall be used to pay State or local sales taxes 
on food purchased with SFMNP coupons or checks: Pro-
vided further, That the value of assistance provided by the 
SFMNP shall not be considered income or resources for any 
purposes under any Federal, State or local laws related to 
taxation, welfare and public assistance programs: Provided
further, That 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 as-
sociated with the distribution of commodities. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
Nutrition Service, $142,727,000, of which $2,475,000 is for 
the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland 
Hunger Fellowships, through the Congressional Hunger 
Center. 
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 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), $159,470,000: 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: Provided further, 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 Con-
gress. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR 
PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
program of title I, Public Law 83–480 and the Food for 
Progress Act of 1985, $2,680,000, to be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, 
Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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, $1,219,400,000, 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, $5,328,000; 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 $4,985,000 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, 
and of which $343,000 may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
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), $100,000,000, 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.
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; for miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved 
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Sec-
retary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwith-
standing 
section 
521 
of 
Public 
Law 
107–188; 
$2,247,961,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $459,412,000 shall be derived from pre-
scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 
U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2009 
but collected in fiscal year 2008; $48,431,000 shall be de-
rived 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 $13,696,000 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 further, That fees derived from 
prescription drug, medical device, and animal drug assess-
ments received during fiscal year 2008, including any such 
fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited 
during the current year, shall be subject to the fiscal year 
2008 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) $513,461,000 
shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutri-
tion and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (2) $682,759,000 shall be for the Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than 
$41,900,000 shall be available for the Office of Generic 
Drugs; (3) $236,985,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in 
the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $109,244,000 shall be 
for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5)
$267,284,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radio-
logical Health and for related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $44,316,000 shall be for the Na-
tional Center for Toxicological Research; (7) not to exceed 
$99,922,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 
which $38,808,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Administra-
tion for rent; (8) not to exceed $160,094,000 shall be for 
payments to the General Services Administration for rent; 
and (9) $133,896,000 shall be for other activities, including 
the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Scientific and 
Medical Programs; the Office of Policy, Planning and Pre-
paredness; the Office of International and Special Pro-
grams; the Office of Operations; and central services for 
these offices: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $28,000,000 for the Center for 
Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activi-
ties in the Office of Regulatory Affairs shall be available 
from July 1, 2008, to September 30, 2009, for implementa-
tion of a comprehensive food safety performance plan: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading shall be used to transfer funds under section 
770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 
U.S.C. 379dd): 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 
not otherwise provided, $2,450,000, 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, $112,050,000, including 
not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa-
tion expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $46,000,000 (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 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS 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 182 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 142 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. 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, cotton pests program, avian 
influenza programs, grasshopper program, up to $9,750,000
in animal health monitoring and surveillance for the ani-
mal identification system, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie 
program for indemnities, up to $3,000,000 in the emergency 
management systems program for the vaccine bank, up to 
$1,000,000 for wildlife services methods development, up to 
$1,000,000 of the wildlife services operations program for 
aviation safety, and up to 25 percent of the screwworm pro-
gram; Food Safety and Inspection Service, Public Health 
Data Communication Infrastructure System; Cooperative 
State Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds 
for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds 
for the Research, Education, and Economics Information 
System, and funds for the Native American Institutions 
Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and ex-
penses funds made available to county committees; Foreign 
Agricultural Service, middle-income country training pro-
gram, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting 
fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, sub-
ject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 703. 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 financial management moderniza-
tion initiative and 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: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by 
this Act or made available to the Department’s Working 
Capital Fund shall be available for obligation or expendi-
ture to make any changes to the Department’s National Fi-
nance Center without prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 
section 713 of this Act. 
SEC. 704. 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. 705. 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. 706. 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 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. 707. 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 disburse 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. 708. 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. 709. 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. 710. 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-
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. 711. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available to the Department of Agriculture or the 
Food and Drug Administration shall be used to transmit
or otherwise make available to any non-Department of Ag-
riculture or non-Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices employee questions or responses to questions that are 
a result of information requested for the appropriations 
hearing process. 
SEC. 712. 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: Provided further, That 
none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture 
for information technology shall be obligated for projects 
over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the 
Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 713. (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
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; 
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 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, 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 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. 714. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
guage as part of the President’s Budget submission to the 
Congress of the United States for programs under the juris-
diction 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 
the date of the convening of a committee of conference for 
the fiscal year 2009 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 715. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 
financial and technical assistance— 
(1) from funds available for the Watershed and 
Flood Prevention Operations program for the Pocasset 
River Floodplain Management Project in the State of 
Rhode Island; 
(2) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to carry out the East Locust 
Creek Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri, includ-
ing up to 100 percent of the engineering assistance 
and 75 percent cost share for construction cost of site 
RW1; 
(3) through the Watershed Flood Prevention Op-
erations program to carry out the Little Otter Creek 
Watershed project. The sponsoring local organization 
may obtain land rights by perpetual easements; and 
(4) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations program to the McDowell Grove Dam
Flood Plain/Wetlands Restoration Project in DuPage 
County, Illinois. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural 
Development office unless or until the Secretary of Agri-
culture determines the cost effectiveness and/or enhancement 
of program delivery: Provided, That not later than 60 days 
before the date of the proposed closure or relocation, the Sec-
retary notifies the Committees on Appropriation of the 
House and Senate, and the members of Congress from the 
State in which the office is located of the proposed closure 
or relocation and provides a report that describes the jus-
tifications for such closures and relocations. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available to the Food 
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close 
or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and 
Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis 
in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits 
of St. Louis, Missouri. 
SEC. 718. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
of the funds made available in this Act for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up 
to 26 percent of the amount provided to carry out a com-
petitive grants program under the same terms and condi-
tions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 
(7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out an 
environmental quality incentives program authorized 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 
$1,000,000,000. 
SEC. 720. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2008 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized 
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000 
shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for the release of eligible commodities under section 
302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian 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. 721. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and 
expenses of the Department of Agriculture to carry out or 
administer the program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
SEC. 722. 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, 
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. 723. 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. 724. There is hereby appropriated $437,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the Denali Commis-
sion to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites 
which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water sup-
plies. 
SEC. 725. Funds made available under section 1240I 
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 in 
the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 
year. Funds made available under section 524(b) of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act, 7 U.S.C. 1524(b), in fiscal years 
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 shall remain available 
until expended to disburse obligations made in fiscal years 
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 respectively, and except 
for fiscal year 2008 funds, are not available for new obliga-
tions. 
SEC. 726. 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 recertification 
of rural status for each electric and telecommunications bor-
rower for the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication 
Loans program. 
SEC. 727. 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 prepackaged news 
story intended for broadcast or distribution in the United 
States unless the story includes a clear notification within 
the text or audio of the prepackaged news story that the 
prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by that ex-
ecutive branch agency. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an 
insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Elec-
trification Act, or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible 
to receive an insured or direct loan under such Act, shall
be eligible for assistance under Section 313(b)(2)(B) of such 
Act in the same manner as a borrower under such Act. 
SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make funding 
and other assistance available through the emergency water-
shed protection program under section 403 of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to repair and 
prevent damage to non-Federal land in watersheds that 
have been impaired by fires initiated by the Federal Gov-
ernment and shall waive cost sharing requirements for the 
funding and assistance. 
SEC. 730. 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. 
SEC. 731. Of the amount available for Estimated Fu-
ture Needs under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, 
$184,000,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That in addi-
tion, of the unobligated balances under section 32 of the Act 
of August 24, 1935, $500,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
SEC. 732. Of the appropriations available for pay-
ments for the nutrition and family education program for 
low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act 
(7 U.S.C. 343(d)), if the payment allocation pursuant to 
section 1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3175(c)) would be less than $100,000 for any institution 
eligible under section 3(d)(2) of the Smith-Lever Act, the 
Secretary shall adjust payment allocations under section 
1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to ensure that each insti-
tution receives a payment of not less than $100,000. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to establish or implement a rule allowing 
poultry products to be imported into the United States from 
the People’s Republic of China. 
SEC. 734. There is hereby appropriated $3,750,000, to 
remain available until expended, for a grant to the Na-
tional Center for Natural Products Research for construc-
tion or renovation to carry out the research objectives of 
the natural products research grant issued by the Food and 
Drug Administration. 
SEC. 735. There is hereby appropriated $150,000, to 
remain available until expended, for the planning and de-
sign of construction of an agriculture pest facility in the 
State of Hawaii. 
SEC. 736. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture in this Act may be used to imple-
ment the risk-based inspection program in the 30 prototype 
locations announced on February 22, 2007, by the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety, or at any other locations, until 
the USDA Office of Inspector General has provided its find-
ings to the Food Safety and Inspection Service and the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate on the data used in support of the 
development and design of the risk-based inspection pro-
gram and FSIS has addressed and resolved issues identified 
by OIG. 
SEC. 737. The Secretary of Agriculture shall continue 
the Water and Waste Systems Direct Loan Program under 
the authority and conditions (including the fees, borrower 
interest rate, and the President’s economic assumptions for 
the 2008 Fiscal Year, as of June 1, 2007) provided by the 
‘‘Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007’’. 
SEC. 738. (a) Section 13(b) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A);
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
respectively; 
(C) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B)), striking ‘‘(B)’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘shall not exceed’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B) and in addition to amounts made 
available under paragraph (3), payments to 
service institutions shall be’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; 
and 
(E) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B)), by striking ‘‘(A), (B), 
and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) and (B)’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence of paragraph (3), by 
striking ‘‘full amount of State approved’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘maximum allowable’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 18 of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (f); and
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) through (k) 
as subsections (f) through (j), respectively. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section take effect on January 1 of the first full calendar 
year following the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 739. There is hereby appropriated $9,900,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2009, which, in con-
junction with all unobligated balances available to the Sec-
retary under section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)) shall be used 
to continue the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (42 
U.S.C. 1769(g)) in all currently participating States and 
expand the program to all the contiguous States and, Alas-
ka, Hawaii and the District of Columbia not currently 
served by the authorized program: Provided, That of funds 
available under this section, not to exceed 5 percent may 
be available for Federal administrative costs, as determined 
by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That for 
the purposes of this section, ‘‘currently participating 
States’’ shall be defined as those authorized to participate 
under section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)) as well as those au-
thorized to participate under section 779 of Public Law 
109–97: Provided further, That implementation of the pro-
gram in new States shall begin with school year 2008/2009.
SEC. 740. Section 704 of the Department of Agri-
culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2258) is amended 
by striking the first proviso. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel 
to— 
(1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 
(2) inspect horses under section 903 of the Fed-
eral Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104-127); or 
(3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 
9, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 742. There is hereby appropriated $800,000 to 
the Farm Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to 
demonstrate the use of new technologies that increase the 
rate of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private non- 
industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the 
Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina 
in 2005. 
SEC. 743. (a) Sections 9001(a) and 9002 of the U.S. 
Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and 
Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 
110–28; 121 Stat. 211, 214) are amended by striking ‘‘Feb-