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of Kansas, and filed of record April 4, 1958 at Book 34 at Page 
520 in the office of the Register of Deeds of Morton County, Kansas. 
SEC. 771. There is hereby appropriated $2,500,000 to carry 
out the Healthy Forests Reserve Program authorized under Title 
V of Public Law 108–148 (16 U.S.C. 6571–6578). 
SEC. 772. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 
of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive 
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended 
for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the story 
includes a clear notification within the text or audio of the pre-
packaged news story that the prepackaged news story was prepared 
or funded by that executive branch agency. 
SEC. 773. In addition to other amounts appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act, there is hereby appropriated to 
the Secretary of Agriculture $7,000,000, of which not to exceed 
5 percent may be available for administrative expenses, to remain 
available until expended, to make specialty crop block grants under 
section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
SEC. 774. The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 is amended 
by inserting after section 315 (7 U.S.C. 940e) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 316. EXTENSION
OF PERIOD
OF EXISTING GUARANTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations in this section and 
the provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as 
amended, a borrower of a loan made by the Federal Financing 
Bank and guaranteed under this Act may request an extension 
of the final maturity of the outstanding principal balance of such 
loan or any loan advance thereunder. If the Secretary and the 
Federal Financing Bank approve such an extension, then the period 
of the existing guarantee shall also be considered extended. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) FEASIBILITY AND SECURITY.—Extensions under this sec-
tion shall not be made unless the Secretary first finds and 
certifies that, after giving effect to the extension, in his judg-
ment the security for all loans to the borrower made or guaran-
teed under this Act is reasonably adequate and that all such 
loans will be repaid within the time agreed. 
‘‘(2) EXTENSION OF USEFUL LIFE OR COLLATERAL.—Exten-
sions under this section shall not be granted unless the bor-
rower first submits with its request either—
‘‘(A) evidence satisfactory to the Secretary that a Fed-
eral or State agency with jurisdiction and expertise has 
made an official determination, such as through a licensing 
proceeding, extending the useful life of a generating plant 
or transmission line pledged as collateral to or beyond 
the new final maturity date being requested by the bor-
rower, or 
‘‘(B) a certificate from an independent licensed engineer 
concluding, on the basis of a thorough engineering analysis 
satisfactory to the Secretary, that the useful life of the 
generating plant or transmission line pledged as collateral 
extends to or beyond the new final maturity date being 
requested by the borrower. 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT ELIGIBLE FOR EXTENSION.—Extensions under 
this section shall not be granted if the principal balance 
extended exceeds the appraised value of the generating plant 
or transmission line referred to in subsection paragraph (2).
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‘‘(4) PERIOD OF EXTENSION.—Extensions under this section 
shall in no case result in a final maturity greater than 55 
years from the time of original disbursement and shall in 
no case result in a final maturity greater than the useful 
life of the plant. 
‘‘(5) NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS.—Extensions under this sec-
tion shall not be granted more than once per loan advance. 
‘‘(c) FEES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A borrower that receives an extension 
under this section shall pay a fee to the Secretary which shall 
be credited to the Rural Electrification and Telecommunications 
Loans Program account. Such fees shall remain available with-
out fiscal year limitation to pay the modification costs for 
extensions. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of the fee paid shall be equal 
to the modification cost, calculated in accordance with section 
502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, 
of such extension. 
‘‘(3) PAYMENT.—The borrower shall pay the fee required 
under this section at the time the existing guarantee is 
extended by making a payment in the amount of the required 
fee.’’. 
SEC. 775. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, on behalf of the United States may, whenever 
the Secretary deems desirable, relinquish to the State of Arkansas 
all or part of the jurisdiction of the United States over the lands 
and properties encompassing the Jefferson Labs campus in the 
State of Arkansas that are under the supervision or control of 
the Secretary. 
(b) TERMS.—Relinquishment of jurisdiction under this section 
may be accomplished, under terms and conditions that the Secretary 
deems advisable, 
(1) by filing with the Governor of the State of Arkansas 
a notice of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance 
thereof; or 
(2) as the laws of such State may otherwise provide. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Jefferson Labs cam-
pus’’ means the lands and properties of the National Center for 
Toxicological Research and the Arkansas Regional Laboratory. 
SEC. 776. Section 204(b)(3)(A) of the Child Nutrition and WIC 
Reauthorization Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 781; 42 U.S.C. 1751 note) 
is amended by striking ‘‘July 1, 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 
2005’’. 
SEC. 777. (a) Section 18(f)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(f)(1)(B)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘April 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘June 2005’’; 
and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘66.67’’ and inserting ‘‘75’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on 
January 1, 2006. 
SEC. 778. 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, except in the event of liquidation or dissolution of the tele-
phone bank during fiscal year 2006, pursuant to section 411 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, or to maintain 
any account or subaccount within the accounting records of the 
Rural Telephone Bank the creation of which has not specifically
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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 transfer to the Treasury 
or to the Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the 
Rural Telephone Bank telephone liquidating account which is in 
excess of current requirements and such balance shall receive 
interest as set forth for financial accounts in section 505(c) of 
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990. 
SEC. 779. There is hereby appropriated $6,000,000 to carry 
out Section 120 of Public Law 108–265 in Utah, Wisconsin, New 
Mexico, Texas, Connecticut, and Idaho. 
SEC. 780. Section 508(a)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(4)(B)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or similar 
commodities’’ after ‘‘the commodity’’. 
SEC. 781. (a) Notwithstanding subtitles B and C of the Dairy 
Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.), during 
fiscal year 2006, the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board 
may obligate and expend funds for any activity to improve the 
environment and public health. 
(b) The Secretary of Agriculture shall review the impact of 
any expenditures under subsection (a) and include the review in 
the 2007 report of the Secretary to Congress on the dairy promotion 
program established under subtitle B of the Dairy Production Sta-
bilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
SEC. 782. The Federal facility located at the South Mississippi 
Branch Experiment Station in Poplarville, Mississippi, and known 
as the ‘‘Southern Horticultural Laboratory’’, shall be known and 
designated as the ‘‘Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Labora-
tory’’: Provided, That any reference in law, map, regulation, docu-
ment, paper, or other record of the United States to such Federal 
facility shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Thad Cochran 
Southern Horticultural Laboratory’’. 
SEC. 783. As soon as practicable after the Agricultural Research 
Service operations at the Western Cotton Research Laboratory 
located at 4135 East Broadway Road in Phoenix, Arizona, have 
ceased, the Secretary of Agriculture shall convey, without consider-
ation, to the Arizona Cotton Growers Association and Supima all 
right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the real 
property at that location, including improvements. 
SEC. 784. (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a livestock assist-
ance, compensation, or feed program, the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall include horses and deer within the definition of ‘‘livestock’’ 
covered by the program. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 602(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
1471(2)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘horses, deer,’’ after ‘‘bison,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘equine animals used for food or in 
the production of food,’’. 
(2) Section 806 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appro-
priations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–
51) is amended by inserting ‘‘(including losses to elk, reindeer, 
bison, horses, and deer)’’ after ‘‘livestock losses’’. 
(3) Section 10104(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1472(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘and bison’’ and inserting ‘‘bison, horses, and deer’’.
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(4) Section 203(d)(2) of the Agricultural Assistance Act 
of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 541) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and bison’’ and inserting ‘‘bison, horses, and deer’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amendments made 
by this section apply to losses resulting from a disaster that 
occurs on or after July 28, 2005. 
(2) PRIOR LOSSES.—This section and the amendments made 
by this section do not apply to losses resulting from a disaster 
that occurred before July 28, 2005. 
SEC. 785. Amounts made available for the Plant Materials 
Center in Fallon, Nevada, under the heading ‘‘Conservation Oper-
ations’’ under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Service’’ 
of title II of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 
(Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2823) shall remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 786. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to study, complete a study of, or enter into a contract 
with a private party to carry out, without specific authorization 
in a subsequent Act of Congress, a competitive sourcing activity 
of the Secretary of Agriculture, including support personnel of the 
Department of Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm 
loan programs. 
SEC. 787. None of the funds made available under this Act 
shall be available to pay the administrative expenses of a State 
agency that, after the date of enactment of this Act and prior 
to receiving certification in accordance with the provisions set forth 
in section 17(h)(11)(E) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, authorizes 
any new for-profit vendor(s) to transact food instruments under 
the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
and Children (WIC) if it is expected that more than 50 percent 
of the annual revenue of the vendor from the sale of food items 
will be derived from the sale of supplemental foods that are obtained 
with WIC food instruments, except that the Secretary may approve 
the authorization of such a vendor if the approval is necessary 
to assure participant access to program benefits. 
SEC. 788. Of the unobligated balances under section 32 of 
the Act of August 24, 1935, $37,601,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 789. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
obligated or expended for any activity the purpose of which is 
to require a recipient of any grant that was funded in Public 
Law 102–368 and Public Law 103–50 for ‘‘Rural Housing for 
Domestic Farm Labor’’ in response to Hurricane Andrew to pay 
the United States any portion of any interest earned with respect 
to such grants: Provided, That such funds are expended by the 
grantee within 18 months of the date of enactment of this section 
for the purposes of providing farm labor housing consistent with 
the purpose authorized in title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 790. There is hereby appropriated $140,000 to remain 
available until expended, for a grant to the University of Nevada 
at Reno; $400,000 to remain available until expended for a grant 
to the Ohio Center for Farmland Policy Innovation at Ohio State 
University, Columbus, Ohio; $200,000 to remain available until 
expended, for a grant to Utah State University for a farming and 
dairy training initiative; $500,000, to remain available until