ruary 28, 2007’’ each place it occurs and inserting ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2007’’. 
(b) There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000 for the 
‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
(c) Each amount provided by this section is designated 
as described in section 5 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 744. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘seven’’ and inserting ‘‘eight’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting ‘‘six’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘West Virginia,’’ after the first 
instance of ‘‘States shall be’’. 
SEC. 745. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of the funds made available for the Commodity 
Assistance Program under division B of Public Law 109– 
148, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address 
Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza, 
2006, all unexpended funds shall be made available to sup-
port normal program operations of the Commodity Supple-
mental Food Program under the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 and of the Emergency Food Assist-
ance Program under the Emergency Food Assistance Act 
of 1983: Provided, That any commodities purchased with
funds made available under Public Law 109–148 and re-
maining undistributed shall be used to support normal pro-
gram operations under the authorities cited in this section. 
SEC. 746. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and until receipt of the decennial Census for the year 2010, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider— 
(1) the City of Alamo, Texas; the City of Mer-
cedes, Texas; the City of Weslaco, Texas; the City of 
Donna, Texas; the City of La Feria, Texas; and the 
City of Northampton, Massachusetts, (including indi-
viduals and entities with projects within the cities) el-
igible for loans and grants funded through the Rural 
Business Program account; 
(2) the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington; 
the City of Keene, New Hampshire; and the City of 
Havelock, North Carolina, (including individuals and 
entities with projects within the cities) eligible for 
loans and grants funded through the Rural Commu-
nity Facilities Program account; 
(3) the City of Freeport, Illinois; Kitsap County 
(except the City of Bremerton), Washington; the City 
of Atascadero, California; and the City of Paso 
Robles, California, (including individuals and enti-
ties with projects within the cities) eligible for loans 
and grants funded through the Rural Housing Insur-
ance Fund Program account and the Rural Housing 
Assistance Grants account; 
(4) the City of Canton, Mississippi, (including 
individuals and entities with projects within the cit-
ies) eligible for loans and grants funded through the 
Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program account; 
(5) the City of Parsons, Kansas; the Town of 
Boone, North Carolina; the City of Henderson, North 
Carolina; and the City of Lenoir, North Carolina, to 
be rural areas for the purposes of eligibility for loans 
and grants funded through the Rural Water and 
Waste Disposal Program account; 
(6) the City of Lansing, Kansas, a rural area for 
purposes of eligibility for Rural Housing Service pro-
grams, and the City of Leavenworth, Kansas, and the 
City of Lansing, Kansas, as separate geographic enti-
ties for purposes of Rural Development grants and 
loans; 
(7) the City of Binghamton, New York, for the 
purpose of upgrading a trunk line for waste transport 
to the Town of Conklin, New York, (including indi-
viduals and entities with projects within the cities) el-
igible for loans and grants funded through the Rural 
Water and Waste Disposal Program account;
(8) the County of Lexington, South Carolina, 
shall be considered to be a rural area for the purposes 
of financing a farmers’ market under the Business 
and Industry Loan Guarantee Program in a local 
area that has rural characteristics as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
(9) the service areas being acquired by Mid-Kan-
sas Electric Cooperative, except for the City of Dodge 
City, Kansas, shall be considered eligible for financ-
ing under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 
amended. 
SEC. 747. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used— 
(1) to terminate any of the 13 field laboratories 
that are operated by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion as of January 1, 2007, or 20 District Offices, or 
any of the inspection or compliance functions of any 
of the 20 District Offices, of the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration functioning as of January 1, 2007; or 
(2) to consolidate any such laboratory with any 
other laboratory, or any such District Office, or any 
of the inspection or compliance functions of any Dis-
trict Office, with any other District Office. 
SEC. 748. Hereafter, the Secretary may use funds 
made available in chapter 1 of division B of Public Law
109–148 for direct and guaranteed loans under title V of 
the Housing Act of 1949, to make or guarantee loans, as 
authorized under such Act, to finance housing and repairs 
to housing in rural areas affected by hurricanes that oc-
curred during the 2005 calendar year. 
SEC. 749. Of the unobligated balances provided pursu-
ant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, 
$10,500,000 is hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 750. Of the unobligated balances available in the 
Child and Adult Care Food Program for the purpose of con-
ducting audits of participating institutions as provided for 
under section 796 of Public Law 109–97, $3,500,000 is 
hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 751. EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
Act and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
authorities provided under the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–171; 7 U.S.C. 
7901 et seq.) and each amendment made by that Act (and 
for mandatory programs at such funding levels), as in effect 
on September 30, 2007, shall continue, and the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall carry out the authorities, until March 
15, 2008. 
(b) CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.—
(1) FARMLAND
PROTECTION
PROGRAM.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture (referred to in this subsection as 
the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall continue the farmland protec-
tion program established under subchapter B of chap-
ter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.) at a funding 
level of $97,000,000 per year. 
(2) GROUND AND SURFACE WATER CONSERVA-
TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary shall continue the ground and surface 
water conservation program established under section 
1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839aa-9) at a funding level of $60,000,000 per year. 
(3) WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVES PROGRAM.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary shall continue the wildlife habitat incentive 
program established under section 1240N of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-1) at a fund-
ing level of $85,000,000 per year. 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not apply with re-
spect to— 
(1) section 1307(a)(6) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7957(a)(6));
(2) section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)); 
(3) section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 2034); 
(4) title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.); 
(5) section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 
106–224); 
(6) section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102); 
(7) section 9004 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8104); 
(8) section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106); and 
(9) subtitles A through C of title I of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
7911 et seq.), with respect to the 2008 crops (other 
than the 2008 crop of a loan commodity described in 
paragraph (11), (12), or (13) of section 1202(b) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 7932(b))). 
SEC. 752. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), 
there is hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.7 percent
of the budget authority provided for fiscal year 2008 for 
any discretionary account in division A of this Act. 
(b) Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be ap-
plied proportionately— 
(1) to each discretionary account and each item 
of budget authority described in subsection (a); and 
(2) within each such account and item, to each 
program, project, and activity (with programs, 
projects, and activities as delineated in the appro-
priation Act, accompanying reports, or explanatory 
statement for the relevant fiscal year covering such 
account or item). 
(c) The rescission in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
budget authority appropriated or otherwise made available 
by this Act in the following amounts in the following activi-
ties or accounts: 
(1) $6,020,000,000 provided for the Special Sup-
plemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
and Children (WIC) in the Department of Agriculture 
in division A. 
(2) $930,120,000 provided for the Food Safety 
and Inspection Service in the Department of Agri-
culture in division A.
(3) Any amount designated as described in sec-
tion 5 (in the matter preceding division A of this con-
solidated Act). 
(d) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report that specifies the account 
and amount of each rescission made pursuant to this sec-
tion. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008’’. 
DIVISION 
B—COMMERCE, 
JUSTICE, 
SCIENCE, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2008 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for international trade activi-
ties of the Department of Commerce provided for by law, 
and for engaging in trade promotional activities abroad, 
including expenses of grants and cooperative agreements for 
the purpose of promoting exports of United States firms,
without regard to 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical 
coverage for dependent members of immediate families of 
employees stationed overseas and employees temporarily 
posted overseas; travel and transportation of employees of 
the United States and Foreign Commercial Service between 
two points abroad, without regard to 49 U.S.C. 40118; em-
ployment of Americans and aliens by contract for services; 
rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding 10 years, 
and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; pur-
chase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition 
structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the 
manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 
when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed 
$327,000 for official representation expenses abroad; pur-
chase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad, not 
to exceed $45,000 per vehicle; obtaining insurance on offi-
cial motor vehicles; and rental of tie lines, $413,172,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2009, of which 
$8,000,000 is to be derived from fees to be retained and used 
by the International Trade Administration, notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 3302: Provided, That $40,520,923 shall 
be for Manufacturing and Services; $41,384,054 shall be for 
Market Access and Compliance; $62,712,833 shall be for the 
Import Administration of which $5,900,000 shall be for the 
Office of China Compliance; $236,945,290 shall be for the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service; and 
$25,146,400 shall be for Executive Direction and Adminis-
tration: Provided further, That the provisions of the first 
sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the 
Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying 
out these activities without regard to section 5412 of the 
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (15 
U.S.C. 4912); and that for the purpose of this Act, contribu-
tions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and 
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 shall include payment for 
assessments for services provided as part of these activities: 
Provided further, That the International Trade Adminis-
tration shall be exempt from the requirements of Circular 
A–25 (or any successor administrative regulation or policy) 
issued by the Office of Management and Budget: Provided 
further, That negotiations shall be conducted within the 
World Trade Organization to recognize the right of members 
to distribute monies collected from antidumping and coun-
tervailing duties: Provided further, That negotiations shall 
be conducted within the World Trade Organization con-
sistent with the negotiating objectives contained in the 
Trade Act of 2002, Public Law 107–210.
BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for export administration and 
national security activities of the Department of Commerce, 
including costs associated with the performance of export 
administration field activities both domestically and 
abroad; full medical coverage for dependent members of im-
mediate families of employees stationed overseas; employ-
ment of Americans and aliens by contract for services 
abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized 
in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims 
arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $15,000 for official 
representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to 
informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, 
and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); and purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for official use and motor vehicles 
for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles 
eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation 
otherwise established by law, $72,855,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which $13,627,000 shall be for in-
spections and other activities related to national security: 
Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 
105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational 
and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 
2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Pro-