funds provided under each award: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 1462 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3310), funds provided by this Act for grants 
awarded competitively by the Cooperative State Research, 
Education, and Extension Service shall be available to pay 
full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under 
section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). 
SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, all loan levels provided in this Act shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations. 
SEC. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 
available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 
until expended to cover obligations made in the current 
fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop-
ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica-
tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 
SEC. 713. Of the funds made available by this Act, 
not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary 
expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 
panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego-
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tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi-
tively awarded grants. 
SEC. 714. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 
Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
SEC. 715. No employee of the Department of Agri-
culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 
office funded by this Act to any other agency or office 
of the Department for more than 30 days unless the indi-
vidual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 
the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses 
of the employee for the period of assignment. 
SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 
the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans-
mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 
of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 
Services employee questions or responses to questions that 
are a result of information requested for the appropria-
tions hearing process. 
SEC. 717. None of the funds made available to the 
Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
quire new information technology systems or significant 
upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor-
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mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa-
tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa-
tion Officer without the prior approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided 
further, That none of the funds available to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for information technology shall be 
obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of writ-
ten approval by the Chief Information Officer. 
SEC. 718. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds which— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
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(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 
or 
(6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress are notified 15 days in advance 
of such reprogramming of funds. 
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro-
vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram-
ming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, which- 
ever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs, 
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding 
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers 
of personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a reduction in 
personnel which would result in a change in existing pro-
grams, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; un-
less the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
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Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such re-
programming of funds. 
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com-
modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be-
fore implementing a program or activity not carried out 
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or ac-
tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 
other Act. 
SEC. 719. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and ob-
ligations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses 
of personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of 
Public Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture 
and Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 
language as part of the President’s Budget submission to 
the Congress of the United States for programs under the 
jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re-
flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 
proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 
submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 
identifies which additional spending reductions should 
occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted 
prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con-
ference for the fiscal year 2007 appropriations Act. 
SEC. 721. None of the funds made available by this 
or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a State 
Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness 
and enhancement of program delivery have been deter-
mined. 
SEC. 722. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is ap-
propriated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and 
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center. 
SEC. 723. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agri-
cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 
(7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title 
III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, 
and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail-
able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 
carry out title II of such Act. 
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SEC. 724. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated 
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$27,998,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$28,498,000’’. 
SEC. 725. Of any shipments of commodities made 
pursuant to section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 
(7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to 
the extent practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value 
to not more than $25,000,000 shall be made available to 
foreign countries to assist in mitigating the effects of the 
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune 
Deficiency Syndrome on communities, including the provi-
sion of— 
(1) agricultural commodities to— 
(A) individuals with Human Immuno-
deficiency Virus or Acquired Immune Defi-
ciency Syndrome in the communities; and 
(B) households in the communities, par-
ticularly individuals caring for orphaned chil-
dren; and 
(2) agricultural commodities monetized to pro-
vide other assistance (including assistance under 
microcredit and microenterprise programs) to create 
or restore sustainable livelihoods among individuals 
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in the communities, particularly individuals caring 
for orphaned children. 
SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall pro-
vide financial and technical assistance to the Kane Coun-
ty, Illinois, Indian Creek Watershed Flood Prevention 
Project, from funds available for the Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations program, not to exceed $1,000,000 
and Hickory Creek Special Drainage District, Bureau 
County, Illinois, not to exceed $50,000. 
SEC. 727. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, of the funds made available in this Act for competitive 
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use 
up to 22 percent of the amount provided to carry out a 
competitive grants program under the same terms and 
conditions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621). 
SEC. 729. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 
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the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 
14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 
SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 
the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle 
I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7). 
SEC. 731. Agencies and offices of the Department of 
Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and ex-
penses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Coun-
sel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other 
related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies 
and offices in the resolution of complaints by employees 
or applicants for employment, and in cases and other mat-
ters pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or 
the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made 
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay 
the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 
6405 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655). 
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SEC. 733. Of the funds made available under section 
27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.), the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs 
associated with the distribution of commodities. 
SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in 
excess of 154,500 acres in the calendar year 2006 wet-
lands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837. 
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry 
out an environmental quality incentives program author-
ized by chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess 
of $1,012,000,000 (increased by $40,000,000). 
SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend 
the $23,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8106(f)). 
SEC. 737. With the exception of funds provided in 
fiscal year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
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to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend 
the $50,000,000 made available by section 601(j)(1)(A) 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
950bb(j)(1)(A)). 
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in fiscal 
year 2005 or preceding fiscal years for programs author-
ized under the Agricultural Trade Development and As-
sistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess 
of $20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation for the release of eligible commodities 
under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humani-
tarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any 
such funds made available to reimburse the Commodity 
Credit Corporation shall only be used pursuant to section 
302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust 
Act. 
SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend 
the $120,000,000 made available by section 6401(a) of 
Public Law 107–171. 
SEC. 740. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2) 
of section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C. 
940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that 
Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender, 
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structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not 
to exceed an average of 30 basis points per year for the 
term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail-
able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under 
that section. 
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
a Conservation Security Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 
3838 et seq., in excess of $258,000,000 (reduced by 
$13,000,000). 
SEC. 742. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 2502 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 
$60,000,000 (reduced by $17,000,000). 
SEC. 743. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 
section 2503 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of 
$83,500,000 (reduced by $10,000,000). 
SEC. 744. With the exception of funds provided in 
fiscal year 2005, none of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 
to carry out section 6029 of Public Law 107–171. 
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