vided further, That funds made available for Employment
and Training under this heading shall remain available
until expended, as authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the
Food Stamp Act.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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-
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
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
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.
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
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
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-
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-
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,
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
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).
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 the Treasury, are not re-
quired to establish obligations and outlays for those invest-
ments, provided those investments are insured by the Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized
at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the
Federal Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the
United States Department of the 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
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
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
$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.
SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act shall be expended to violate
Public Law 105–264.
SEC. 751. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this Act may be used to issue a
final rule in Docket No. 02–06201 ‘‘Cost-Sharing for Ani-
mal and Plant Health Emergency Programs’’, 68 Fed.
Reg. 40541–40553 (July 8, 2003).
SEC. 752. No funds appropriated or made available
by this Act may be used to identify by photograph on a
department’s or agency’s website any Member of the
House of Representatives or the Senate within 60 days
before a Federal general election.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 14, 2003.
Attest:
Clerk.