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Union Calendar No. 99
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2673
[Report No. 108–193] 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2003
Mr. BONILLA, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for 
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, $3,468,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
for, as determined by the Secretary. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in-
cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 
analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the 
World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), 
$8,716,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $13,670,000. 
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $7,749,000.
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General Services Administration, $124,332,000, for build-
ings operations and maintenance, $32,559,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 5 
percent of amounts which are made available for space 
rental and related costs for the Department of Agriculture 
in this Act may be transferred between such appropria-
tions to cover the costs of new or replacement space 15 
days after notice thereof is transmitted to the Appropria-
tions Committees of both Houses of Congress. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,713,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 
and funds available herein to the Department for Haz-
ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re-
quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 
non-Federal lands.
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DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $38,592,000, to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general ad-
ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro-
vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 
of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 
be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 
required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 
carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro-
grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 
within the executive branch, $3,796,000: Provided, That 
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per-
sonnel at the agency level: Provided further, That no funds 
made available by this appropriation may be obligated 
after 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, un-
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less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 
these funds by USDA agency: Provided further, That no 
other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 
shall be available to the Department for support of activi-
ties of congressional relations. 
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating 
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs, 
for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the 
coordination of information, work, and programs author-
ized by Congress in the Department, $9,245,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 
farmers’ bulletins. 
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $77,314,000, including such sums 
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 
to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden-
tial operational expenses as well as the payment of inform-
ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector
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General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 
of Public Law 97–98. 
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 
Counsel, $34,700,000. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 
EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Eco-
nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 
for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-
tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 
and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension Service, $597,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service in conducting economic research and analysis, as 
authorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $71,402,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, sta-
tistical coordination and improvements, marketing sur-
veys, and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7
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U.S.C. 
1621–1627 
and 
2204g, 
and 
other 
laws, 
$129,800,000, of which up to $25,279,000 shall be avail-
able until expended for the Census of Agriculture. 
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing, 
and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home eco-
nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui-
sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in-
formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex-
change, or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, 
and for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall 
be of equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of 
money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out 
of Federal ownership, $1,014,000,000: Provided, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for the operation 
and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 
exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro-
vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not
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exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 
which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 
10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 
to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 
building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
of the current replacement value of the building or 
$375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 
limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 
apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 
at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria-
tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 
at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 
further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 
replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 
April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 
funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing or operating any research facility or research 
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 
by law. 
None of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available to carry out research related to the pro-
duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 
products.
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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural 
research programs of the Department of Agriculture, 
where not otherwise provided, $35,900,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 
for other expenses, $594,772,000, as follows: to carry out 
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–
i), $180,148,000; for grants for cooperative forestry re-
search (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $21,884,000; for 
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 
Tuskegee University and West Virginia State College (7 
U.S.C. 3222), $36,000,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be 
made available only for the purpose of ensuring that each 
institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for spe-
cial grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
$101,241,000; for special grants for agricultural research 
on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,194,000; 
for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)),
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$149,248,000; for the support of animal health and dis-
ease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,065,000; for supple-
mental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 
3319d), $1,188,000; for the 1994 research grants pro-
gram for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of 
Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $998,000, to 
remain available until expended; for rangeland research 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $1,000,000; for higher education 
graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), 
$3,222,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 
2209b); for higher education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)), $4,888,000; for a higher education multicul-
tural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $992,000, 
to remain available until expended; for an education 
grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 
U.S.C. 3241), $4,073,000; for noncompetitive grants for 
the purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 
(section 759 of Public Law 106–78) to individual eligible 
institutions or consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska 
and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to each of the 
States of Alaska and Hawaii, $2,997,000; for a secondary 
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 
education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $994,000; for aquaculture 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,996,000; for sustainable agri-
culture research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811),
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$13,661,000; for a program of capacity building grants 
(7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 
under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 
328), including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
State College, $9,479,000, to remain available until ex-
pended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 Insti-
tutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–
382, $1,689,000; and for necessary expenses of Research 
and Education Activities, $36,815,000. 
None of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be available to carry out research related to the pro-
duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco 
products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply 
to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in-
dustrial uses of tobacco. 
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND 
For the Native American Institutions Endowment 
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 
note), $9,000,000. 
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $438,242,000, 
as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 
the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 
and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public
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Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 
costs for extension agents, $275,940,000; payments for 
extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income 
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,185,000; pay-
ments for the pest management program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $10,689,000; payments for the farm safe-
ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $5,489,000; 
payments to upgrade research, extension, and teaching fa-
cilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 
University and West Virginia State College, as authorized 
by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), 
$13,500,000, to remain available until expended; pay-
ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $8,426,000; for youth farm safety edu-
cation and certification extension grants, to be awarded 
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $496,000; 
payments for carrying out the provisions of the Renewable 
Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 
seq.), $4,093,000; payments for Indian reservation agents 
under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,983,000; 
payments for sustainable agriculture programs under sec-
tion 3(d) of the Act, $4,843,000; payments for cooperative 
extension work by the colleges receiving the benefits of the
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second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and 
Tuskegee University and West Virginia State College, 
$31,908,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available 
only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
receive no less than $1,000,000; and for necessary ex-
penses of extension activities, $19,417,000. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 
For the integrated research, education, and extension 
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $62,942,000, as follows: for competitive grants 
programs authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 
(7 U.S.C. 7626), $43,942,000, including $12,887,000 for 
the water quality program, $14,870,000 for the food safe-
ty program, $4,501,000 for the regional pest management 
centers program, $4,857,000 for the Food Quality Protec-
tion Act risk mitigation program for major food crop sys-
tems, $1,487,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality 
Protection Act implementation, $3,229,000 for the methyl 
bromide transition program, and $2,111,000 for the or-
ganic transition program; for a competitive international 
science and education grants program authorized under 
section 1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3292b), to remain available until expended, $1,000,000; 
for grants programs authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B)
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of Public Law 89–106, as amended, $2,000,000, including 
$497,000, to remain available until September 30, 2005 
for the critical issues program, and $1,503,000 for the re-
gional 
rural 
development 
centers 
program; 
and 
$16,000,000 for the homeland security program author-
ized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain 
available until September 30, 2005. 
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,470,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING 
AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Pro-
grams to administer programs under the laws enacted by 
the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; 
$725,000.
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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary 
to prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and ani-
mal diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and reg-
ulatory activities; and to protect the environment, as au-
thorized by law, $725,502,000, of which $4,139,000 shall 
be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant 
diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals 
and birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency con-
ditions; of which $51,000,000 shall be used for the boll 
weevil eradication program for cost share purposes or for 
debt retirement for active eradication zones: Provided, 
That no funds shall be used to formulate or administer 
a brucellosis eradication program for the current fiscal 
year that does not require minimum matching by the 
States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for the operation and 
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 
four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided 
further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten 
any segment of the agricultural production industry of this 
country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria-
tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations 
of the Department such sums as may be deemed nec-
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essary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 
arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 
or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 
in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani-
mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 
sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of 
funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre-
ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 
repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve-
ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-
ing. 
In fiscal year 2004, the agency is authorized to collect 
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist-
ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 
subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 
foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 
fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 
fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 
fees shall be credited to this account, to remain available
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until expended, without further appropriation, for pro-
viding such assistance, goods, or services. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
MARKETING SERVICES 
For necessary expenses to carry out services related 
to consumer protection, agricultural marketing and dis-
tribution, transportation, and regulatory programs, as au-
thorized by law, and for administration and coordination 
of payments to States, $75,953,000, including funds for 
the wholesale market development program for the design 
and development of wholesale and farmer market facilities 
for the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build-
ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 
the current replacement value of the building.
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Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 
U.S.C. 9701). 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $62,577,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 
and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 
exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress. 
FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND 
SUPPLY (SECTION 32) 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au-
gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com-
modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 
related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise 
provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $15,392,000 
for formulation and administration of marketing agree-
ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS 
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 
marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul-
tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$1,347,000. 
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the United States Grain Standards Act, for the admin-
istration of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying 
procedures used to protect purchasers of farm products, 
and the standardization activities related to grain under 
the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $39,690,000: 
Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu-
ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 
of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-
ing. 
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES 
EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall 
be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 
and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac-
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tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 
other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 
exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the 
laws enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and In-
spection Service, $599,000. 
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 
For necessary expenses to carry out services author-
ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 
Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 
Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation 
allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
$785,261,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred-
ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab-
oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 
(7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That this appropriation shall 
be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alter-
ation and repair of buildings and improvements, but the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year
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shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
value of the building. 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services to administer the laws enacted by Congress for 
the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign Agricultural Serv-
ice, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, $636,000. 
FARM SERVICE AGENCY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs administered by 
the Farm Service Agency, $1,016,836,000: Provided, That 
the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to use the serv-
ices, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program pay-
ments for all programs administered by the Agency: Pro-
vided further, That other funds made available to the 
Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 
merged with this account.
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STATE MEDIATION GRANTS 
For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101–
5106), $3,974,000. 
DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 
products under a dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro-
gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 
as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
(Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
1928–1929, to be available from funds in the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership loans, 
$1,083,143,000, of which $950,000,000 shall be for guar-
anteed loans and $133,143,000 shall be for direct loans; 
operating loans, $2,200,440,000, of which $1,330,000,000 
shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $252,937,000
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shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $617,503,000 
shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 
loans as authorized by 25 U.S.C. 488, $2,000,000; and 
for boll weevil eradication program loans as authorized by 
7 U.S.C. 1989, $100,000,000. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm 
ownership loans, $34,528,000, of which $5,130,000 shall 
be for guaranteed loans, and $29,398,000 shall be for di-
rect loans; operating loans, $165,633,000, of which 
$44,289,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 
$32,300,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 
$89,044,000 shall be for direct loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$298,136,000, of which $290,136,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership 
and operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be 
transferred among these programs: Provided, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For administrative and operating expenses, as au-
thorized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 
Reorganization 
Act 
of 
1994 
(7 
U.S.C. 
6933), 
$71,509,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall 
be available for official reception and representation ex-
penses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 
funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor-
poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 
out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here-
inafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 
as may be necessary, to remain available until expended.
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COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim-
bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 
1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11). 
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 
site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 
and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 
of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 
9607(g), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6961. 
TITLE II 
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environ-
ment to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for 
the Forest Service and the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, $745,000.
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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi-
sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 
including preparation of conservation plans and establish-
ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 
farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas-
ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 
to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con-
trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva-
tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 
soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 
water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 
program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 
cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 
3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-
ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build-
ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$850,004,000, to remain available until expended (7 
U.S.C. 2209b), of which not less than $9,215,000 is for 
snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 
$11,722,000 is for operation and establishment of the 
plant materials centers, and of which not less than 
$23,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands conservation 
initiative: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall
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be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction 
and improvement of buildings and public improvements at 
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 
and improvements to other buildings and other public im-
provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 
That when buildings or other structures are erected on 
non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob-
tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall be available for technical as-
sistance and related expenses to carry out programs au-
thorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River 
Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): 
Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be 
temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the 
technical planning work of the Service: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available under this para-
graph by this or any other appropriations Act may be used 
to provide technical assistance with respect to programs 
listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, inves-
tigation, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other wa-
terways, and for small watershed investigations and plan-
ning, in accordance with the Watershed Protection and 
Flood 
Prevention 
Act 
(16 
U.S.C. 
1001–1009),
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$11,124,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available under this paragraph by this or any other appro-
priations Act may be used to provide technical assistance 
with respect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, methods of cultivation, the growing of vegetation, 
rehabilitation of existing works and changes in use of land, 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009), 
the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 
590a–f), and in accordance with the provisions of laws re-
lating to the activities of the Department, $90,000,000, 
to remain available until expended of which up to 
$10,000,000 shall be available for the watersheds author-
ized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 
U.S.C. 1006a): Provided, That not to exceed $40,000,000 
of this appropriation shall be made available for technical 
assistance: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 
$1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out 
the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Pub-
lic Law 93–205), including cooperative efforts as con-
templated by that Act to relocate endangered or threat-
ened species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary
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to expedite project construction: Provided further, That 
the amount of federal funds that may be made available 
to an eligible local organization for construction of a par-
ticular rehabilitation project shall be equal to 65 percent 
of the total rehabilitation costs, but not to exceed 100 per-
cent of actual construction costs incurred in the rehabilita-
tion: Provided further, That consistent with existing stat-
ute, rehabilitation assistance provided may not be used to 
perform operation and maintenance activities specified in 
the agreement for the covered water resource projects en-
tered into between the Secretary and the eligible local or-
ganization responsible for the works of improvement: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act 
may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 
to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 
WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of 
structural measures, in accordance with section 14 of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as 
amended, (16 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the 
provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Depart-
ment, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available under 
this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act
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may be used to provide technical assistance with respect 
to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)). 
RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out 
projects for resource conservation and development and 
for sound land use pursuant to the provisions of sections 
31 and 32(l) of title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Ten-
ant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010–1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of 
April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f); and subtitle H of title 
XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 
3451–3461), $52,894,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations 
Act may be used to provide technical assistance with re-
spect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)): Provided fur-
ther, That a cooperative or contribution agreement with 
a national association regarding a Resource Conservation 
and Development program shall contain the same match-
ing, contribution requirements, and funding level, set forth 
in a similar cooperative or contribution agreement with a 
national association in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $3,504,300, the same amount as in 
the budget, shall be available for national headquarters ac-
tivities.
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TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer 
programs under the laws enacted by the Congress for the 
Rural Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative 
Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the Department 
of Agriculture, $636,000. 
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 
1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$706,006,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which $27,000,000 shall be for rural community programs 
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
$605,006,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 
such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be avail-
able for the rural utilities program described in section 
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities pro-
gram described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 
$74,000,000 shall be for the rural business and coopera-
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tive 
development 
programs 
described 
in 
sections 
381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of 
the 
total 
amount 
appropriated 
in 
this 
account, 
$13,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Fed-
erally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 
grants for drinking water and waste disposal systems pur-
suant to section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 
shall be available for community facilities grants to tribal 
colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and of which 
$250,000 shall be available for a grant to a qualified na-
tional organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
for rural community programs, $6,000,000 shall be avail-
able for a Rural Community Development Initiative: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be used solely to de-
velop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit commu-
nity-based housing and community development organiza-
tions, low-income rural communities, and Federally Recog-
nized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to im-
prove housing, community facilities, community and eco-
nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 
private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations
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proposing to carry out a program of financial and tech-
nical assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary 
organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in 
an amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 
That of the amount appropriated for the rural business 
and cooperative development programs, not to exceed 
$500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 
national organization to provide technical assistance for 
rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
for rural utilities programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 
shall be for water and waste disposal systems to benefit 
the Colonias along the United States/Mexico border, in-
cluding grants pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not 
to exceed $17,465,000 shall be for technical assistance 
grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to sec-
tion 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,513,000 shall 
be for Rural Community Assistance Programs and not to 
exceed $13,000,000 shall be for contracting with qualified 
national organizations for a circuit rider program to pro-
vide technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to ex-
ceed $22,132,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2004, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise
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communities and communities designated by the Secretary 
of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones; of which $1,000,000 shall be for the rural commu-
nity programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of such 
Act, of which $12,582,000 shall be for the rural utilities 
programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, 
and of which $8,550,000 shall be for the rural business 
and cooperative development programs described in sec-
tion 381E(d)(3) of such Act. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-
velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$146,495,000: Provided, That not more than $10,000 
may be expended to provide modest nonmonetary awards 
to non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any bal-
ances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities 
Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-
Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts shall 
be transferred to and merged with this appropriation.
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RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 
rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,091,634,000 
for loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the 
Secretary, of which $1,366,462,000 shall be for direct 
loans, and of which not more than $2,725,172,000 shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $35,003,000 for 
section 504 housing repair loans; $116,545,000 for section 
515 rental housing; $100,000,000 for section 538 guaran-
teed multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 
524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit sales of acquired 
property, of which up to $1,500,000 may be for multi-
family credit sales; and $5,000,000 for section 523 self-
help housing land development loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 
502 loans, $165,921,000, of which $126,018,000 shall be 
for direct loans, and of which $39,903,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $9,612,000; 
section 515 rental housing, $50,126,000 of which
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$20,086,400 shall be for repair and rehabilitation, and 
$30,039,600 shall be for new construction; section 538 
multi-family housing guaranteed loans, $5,950,000; multi-
family credit sales of acquired property, $663,000; and 
section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 
$154,000: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated in this paragraph, $7,100,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2004, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$447,151,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 
or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 
payments for eligible households as authorized by section 
502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $731,000,000; 
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au-
thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 
incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 
assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act:
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Provided, That of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 
shall be available for debt forgiveness or payments for eli-
gible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of 
the Act, and not to exceed $10,000 per project for ad-
vances to nonprofit organizations or public agencies to 
cover direct costs (other than purchase price) incurred in 
purchasing projects pursuant to section 502(c)(5)(C) of 
the Act: Provided further, That agreements entered into 
or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be funded 
for a 5–year period, although the life of any such agree-
ment may be extended to fully utilize amounts obligated. 
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS 
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
1490c), $34,772,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation 
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $42,222,000,
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to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $1,800,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2004, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $36,307,000, 
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 
contracts. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), $40,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $17,308,000, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2004, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2004, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 
defined by Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
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as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $2,447,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2004, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,283,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 
and job creation projects, $16,120,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,000,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 
by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
$3,000,000 shall not be obligated and $3,000,000 are re-
scinded.
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RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $13,000,000, of 
which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be 
for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri-
mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro-
ducers, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be for coop-
erative research agreements; and of which not to exceed 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for value-added agricultural product market development 
grants, as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Secu-
rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 
note). 
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITIES GRANTS 
For grants in connection with a second round of em-
powerment 
zones 
and 
enterprise 
communities, 
$10,967,000, to remain available until expended, for des-
ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise 
communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 
1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
277).
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RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM 
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized 
by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $3,000,000 for direct 
renewable energy loans and grants: Provided, That the 
cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, including the cost 
of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica-
tion loans, $240,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 
loans, $1,000,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 
306 of that Act, rural electric, $2,000,000,000; Treasury 
rate direct electric loans, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural 
telecommunication loans, $145,000,000; cost of money 
rural telecommunication loans, $300,000,000; and loans 
made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural tele-
communication loans, $120,000,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by
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sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural 
electric loans, $60,000, and the cost of telecommunication 
loans, $125,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, bor-
rower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$38,166,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car-
rying out its authorized programs. 
For administrative expenses, including audits, nec-
essary to carry out the loan programs and continue to 
service existing loans, $3,182,000, to be derived by trans-
fer from the shareholder’s equity, contained in the unobli-
gated balances in the Rural Telephone Bank Liquidating 
Account, which shall be transferred to and merged with
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the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 
Expenses’’. 
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 
PROGRAM 
For the principal amount of direct distance learning 
and telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the prin-
cipal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, 
$336,000,000. 
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 
services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 
et seq., $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed broadband 
loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 901, et seq., $9,116,000: 
Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
In addition, $8,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in areas that meet the definition of ‘‘rural area’’ 
used for the Broadband Loan Program authorized by 7 
U.S.C. 901. 
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
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Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 
for the Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000. 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $11,418,441,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2005, of which 
$6,718,780,000 
is 
hereby 
appropriated 
and 
$4,699,661,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds 
available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 
(7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, that $6,000,000 shall be avail-
able for the Food and Nutrition Service to conduct a study 
of certification error and its effect on expenditures in the 
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs 
and an assessment of the feasibility of using income data 
matching in those Programs: Provided further, that except 
as specifically provided under this heading, none of the 
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.
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup-
plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
$4,588,310,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2005, of which $20,000,000 shall be for a 
breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activities 
specified in section 17(h)(3)(A); $25,000,000 shall be for 
a 
management 
information 
system 
initiative; 
and 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
placed in reserve for use in only such amounts, and in 
such manner, as the Secretary determines necessary, not-
withstanding section 17(i) of the Child Nutrition Act, to 
provide funds to support participation, should costs or 
participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That not-
withstanding 
section 
17(h)(10)(A) 
of 
such 
Act, 
$14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes specified 
in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 17(g)(5) of such Act, $4,000,000 shall 
be available for pilot projects to prevent childhood obesity: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading shall be used for studies and evalua-
tions: Provided further, That none of the funds in this Act 
shall be available to pay administrative expenses of WIC
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clinics except those that have an announced policy of pro-
hibiting smoking within the space used to carry out the 
program: Provided further, That none of the funds pro-
vided in this account shall be available for the purchase 
of infant formula except in accordance with the cost con-
tainment and competitive bidding requirements specified 
in section 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of 
the funds provided shall be available for activities that are 
not fully reimbursed by other Federal Government depart-
ments or agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such 
Act. 
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $27,745,981,000, of which 
$2,000,000,000 shall be placed in reserve for use only in 
such amounts and at such times as may become necessary 
to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used 
for studies and evaluations: Provided further, That funds 
provided herein shall be expended in accordance with sec-
tion 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be subject to any work registration 
or workfare requirements as may be required by law: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available for Employment 
and Training under this heading shall remain available
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until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the 
Food Stamp Act. 
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist-
ance and the commodity supplemental food program as 
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con-
sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist-
ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec-
tion 103(h)(2) of the Compacts of Free Association Act 
of 1985; and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as 
authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966, $166,072,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2005: Provided, That none of these funds shall 
be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for commodities donated to the program. 
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary administrative expenses of the domes-
tic nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 
$140,512,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only 
for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight-
ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, 
and assisting in the prevention, identification, and pros-
ecution of fraud and other violations of law and of which 
not less than $7,500,000 shall be available to improve in-
tegrity in the Food Stamp and Child Nutrition programs.
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TITLE V 
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 
PROGRAMS 
FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural 
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1761–1768), market development 
activities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordi-
nate and integrate activities of the Department in connec-
tion with foreign agricultural work, including not to exceed 
$158,000 for representation allowances and for expenses 
pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 1956 
(7 U.S.C. 1766), $133,924,000: Provided, That the Serv-
ice may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appro-
priation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agen-
cies, public and private organizations and institutions 
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural 
food production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and 
the foreign assistance programs of the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the
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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, 
$103,887,000, to remain available until expended. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the credit program of title I, Public Law 83–480, and the 
Food for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appro-
priated for Public Law 83–480 are utilized, $4,041,000, 
of which $1,066,000 may be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’’, and of which $2,975,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I OCEAN FREIGHT DIFFERENTIAL 
GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment 
of agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and 
under the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $28,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds 
made available for the cost of agreements under title I 
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
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notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS 
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth-
erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in-
cluding interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade De-
velopment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities 
supplied in connection with dispositions abroad under title 
II of said Act, $1,192,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION 
AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $56,874,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS 
PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the Com-
modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 
GSM 102 and GSM 103, $4,312,000; to cover common 
overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 
with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 
$3,327,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
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appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, and of which $985,000 may be trans-
ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
TITLE VI 
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 
ADMINISTRATION 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 
motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 
costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 
activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 
in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 
and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author-
ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 
for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 
$25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 
107–188; $1,668,249,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $249,825,000 shall be de-
rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21
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U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 
remain available until expended, and $29,190,000 shall be 
derived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 
U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That fees 
derived from prescription drug and medical device applica-
tions received during fiscal year 2004 shall be subject to 
the fiscal year 2004 limitation: Provided further, That any 
prescription drug or medical device user fee collected in 
fiscal year 2004 that exceeds this limitation shall be cred-
ited to this account and remain available until expended, 
in accordance with 21 U.S.C. 379h(g)(4) and 379j(h)(4): 
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be used 
to develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees 
authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated: (1) $412,462,000 shall be 
for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
(2) $478,650,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evalua-
tion and Research and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $13,357,000 
shall be available for grants and contracts awarded under 
section 5 of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee); (3) 
$168,836,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the
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Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $84,646,000 shall be for 
the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
$209,285,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra-
diological Health and for related field activities in the Of-
fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $39,887,000 shall be for 
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
$40,851,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other 
than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis-
tration for rent; (8) $119,795,000 shall be for payments 
to the General Services Administration for rent; and (9) 
$113,837,000 shall be for other activities, including the 
Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management and 
Systems; the Office of External Relations; the Office of 
Policy and Planning; and central services for these offices: 
Provided further, That funds may be transferred from one 
specified activity to another with the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 
42 U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain 
available until expended. 
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.
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BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten-
sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili-
ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 
where not otherwise provided, $6,000,000 to remain avail-
able until expended. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in-
cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 
in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $88,435,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses. 
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $40,900,000 (from assessments col-
lected from farm credit institutions and from the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 
as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 
limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re-
ceiverships.
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TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 
Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
specifically provided for, of not to exceed 398 passenger 
motor vehicles, of which 396 shall be for replacement only, 
and for the hire of such vehicles. 
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or al-
lowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–
5902). 
SEC. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence 
of section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
SEC. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 
by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 
balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 
Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 
equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis-
trative, and information technology services of primary 
benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 
Provided, That none of the funds made available by this
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Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency ad-
ministrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 
section shall be available for obligation without the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 705. New obligational authority provided for the 
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency con-
ditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly 
program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, and 
up to 25 percent of the screwworm program; Food Safety 
and Inspection Service, field automation and information 
management project; Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service, funds for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, 
Education, and Economics Information System (REEIS), 
and funds for the Native American Institutions Endow-
ment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses 
funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, middle-income country training program 
and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service 
appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctua-
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tions in international currency exchange rates, subject to 
documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service. 
SEC. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropria-
tions available to the Department of Agriculture in this 
Act shall be available to provide appropriate orientation 
and language training pursuant to section 606C of the Act 
of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b). 
SEC. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 
used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 
agreements or similar arrangements between the United 
States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu-
tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 
the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar-
rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
between the two parties. This does not preclude appro-
priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 
with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro-
priations are provided in this Act. 
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
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on behalf of other agencies of the Department of Agri-
culture when such space will be jointly occupied. 
SEC. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able to pay indirect costs charged against competitive agri-
cultural research, education, or extension grant awards 
issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
Extension Service that exceed 20 percent of total Federal 
funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants 
awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 
full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 
section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations. 
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to cover obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone 
Bank program account, the Rural Electrification and
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Telecommunication Loans program account, the Rural 
Housing Insurance Fund program account, and the Rural 
Economic Development Loans program account. 
SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act may be used 
to retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the 
Rural Telephone Bank or to maintain any account or sub-
account within the accounting records of the Rural Tele-
phone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this Act may be used to trans-
fer to the Treasury or to the Federal Financing Bank any 
unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone Bank tele-
phone liquidating account which is in excess of current 
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set 
forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Fed-
eral Credit Reform Act of 1990. 
SEC. 714. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants.
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SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 716. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act to any other agency or office 
of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi-
vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 
the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 
of the employee for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture 
shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available to 
any non-Department of Agriculture employee questions or 
responses to questions that are a result of information re-
quested for the appropriations hearing process. 
SEC. 718. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the
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funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 719. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new 
programs; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any 
project or activity for which funds have been denied or 
restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga-
nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out 
or privatizes any functions or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 
15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from
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any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which-
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be-
fore implementing a program or activity not carried out 
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac-
tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 
other Act. 
SEC. 720. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob-
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ligations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of 
Public Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture 
and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel who prepare or submit appropria-
tions language as part of the President’s Budget submis-
sion to the Congress of the United States for programs 
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommit-
tees on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies that assumes reve-
nues or reflects a reduction from the previous year due 
to user fees proposals that have not been enacted into law 
prior to the submission of the Budget unless such Budget 
submission identifies which additional spending reductions 
should occur in the event the user fees proposals are not 
enacted prior to the date of the convening of a committee 
of conference for the fiscal year 2005 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 722. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a 
state Rural Development office unless or until cost effec-
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tiveness and enhancement of program delivery have been 
determined. 
SEC. 723. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $3,000,000 is ap-
propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, as authorized by sec-
tion 4404 of Public Law 107–171 (2 U.S.C. 1161). 
SEC. 724. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri-
cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title 
III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail-
able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 
carry out title II of such Act. 
SEC. 725. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$26,499,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$26,998,000’’. 
SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service may pro-
vide financial and technical assistance through the Water-
shed and Flood Prevention Operations program for the 
Ditch 26 project in Arkansas. 
SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall consider the County of Lawrence,
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Ohio; the City of Havelock, North Carolina; the City of 
Portsmouth, Ohio; the City of Atascadero, California; the 
City of Binghamton, New York; the Town of Vestal, New 
York; the City of Ithaca, New York; the City of Casa 
Grande, Arizona; and the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi, 
as meeting the eligibility requirements for loans and 
grants programs in the Rural Development mission area. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the DuPage 
County, Illinois, Kress Creek Watershed Plan, from funds 
available for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Oper-
ations program, not to exceed $1,600,000 and Rockhouse 
Creek Watershed, Leslie County, Kentucky, not to exceed 
$1,000,000. 
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 730. Agencies and offices of the Department of 
Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and ex-
penses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Coun-
sel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 
related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies
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and offices in the resolution of complaints by employees 
or applicants for employment, and in cases and other mat-
ters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or 
the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 731. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 
SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this Act, or any other Act, may be used to 
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
the Rural Strategic Investment Program authorized by 
subtitle I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7) in excess of 
$2,000,000. 
SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out the Rural Firefighters 
and Emergency Personnel Grant Program authorized by 
section 6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655).
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SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the provi-
sions of sections 7404(a)(1) and 7404(c)(1) of Public Law 
107–171. 
SEC. 735. The Agricultural Marketing Service and 
the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administra-
tion, that have statutory authority to purchase interest 
bearing investments outside of Treasury, are not required 
to establish obligations and outlays for those investments, 
provided those investments are insured by FDIC or are 
collateralized at the Federal Reserve with securities ap-
proved by the Federal Reserve, operating under the guide-
lines of the U.S. Treasury. 
SEC. 736. Of the funds made available under section 
27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.), the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs 
associated with the distribution of commodities. 
SEC. 737. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of 
200,000 acres in the calendar year 2004 wetlands reserve 
program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 
SEC. 738. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the
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salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out an envi-
ronmental quality incentives program authorized by chap-
ter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of 
$975,000,000. 
SEC. 739. The Administrator of the Agricultural Re-
search Service may make available by outlease agreements 
with other Federal agencies or non-Federal public or pri-
vate entities any unused or underused portion or interest 
of or interest in any agency real and related personal prop-
erty, and may retain and use the proceeds of such agree-
ments in carrying out the programs of the agency. Prop-
erty proposed for outlease must not be property otherwise 
required to be reported excess under the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended. 
Outleases shall be made competitively, and be based on 
the fair market value of the property. 
SEC. 740. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 
9006 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
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to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 6103 of Public Law 107–171. 
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 6401 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 
SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used for the imple-
mentation of Country of Origin Labeling for meat or meat 
products. 
SEC. 744. Any unobligated balances in the Alter-
native Agricultural Research and Commercialization Re-
volving Fund are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act shall be used to carry out 
a Conservation Security Program authorized in section 
1241(a)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3841(a)(3)). 
SEC. 746. Section 726 of Division A of Public Law 
108–7 is amended by striking ‘‘, as authorized by section 
4404 of Public Law 107–171 (2 U.S.C. 1161)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘through the Congressional Hunger Center’’. 
SEC. 747. (a) ASSISTANCE FOR COMMERCIAL TREE 
LOSSES.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Agriculture 
shall 
use
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$5,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to provide assistance under the Tree Assistance 
Program, subtitle C of title X of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), 
to tree-fruit growers located in a federally declared dis-
aster area in the State of New York who suffered tree 
losses in 2003 as a result of an April 4–6, 2003, icestorm. 
(b) OFFSET.—The amount appropriated by this Act 
under the heading ‘‘RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT 
PROGRAM’’ is hereby reduced by $5,000,000. 
SEC. 748. Section 204(a)(3) of the Agricultural 
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
1724(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘and Committee’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
Committee’’. 
SEC. 749. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act for the Food and Drug 
Administration may be used under section 801 of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prevent an indi-
vidual not in the business of importing a prescription drug 
within the meaning of section 801(g) of such Act, whole-
salers, or pharmacists from importing a prescription drug 
which complies with sections 501, 502, and 505.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004’’.
Union Calendar No. 99
108th CONGRESS 
1st Session 
H.R. 2673
[Report No. 108–193] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep-
tember 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 
JULY 9, 2003
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed