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TITLE II 
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND 
ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Natural Resources and Environment, $758,000. 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
CONSERVATION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the 
Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), including preparation 
of conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve 
soil and water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and 
such special measures for soil and water management as may 
be necessary to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and 
to control agricultural related pollutants); operation of conservation 
plant materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dissemi-
nation 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 alteration or improvement of permanent and temporary 
buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, $853,400,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2010, of which $31,650,000 
shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table titled ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation 
Operations Congressionally-designated Projects’’ in the explanatory 
statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division 
A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 
improvement of buildings and public improvements at plant mate-
rials centers, except that the cost of alterations and improvements 
to other buildings and other public improvements 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 obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, 
including but not limited to research, engineering operations, 
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 relating to the activities of the Department, $24,289,000, 
to remain available until expended, of which $23,643,000 shall 
be for the purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
titled ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Service, Watershed and 
Flood Prevention Operations Congressionally-designated Projects’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act): Provided, That not
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to exceed $15,000,000 of this appropriation shall be available for 
technical assistance. 
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 (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. 
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 of the Bankhead- 
Jones Farm Tenant 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), $50,730,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,073,000 shall 
be available for national headquarters activities. 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary 
for Rural Development, $646,000. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
and implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission 
area, including activities with institutions concerning the develop-
ment and operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative 
agreements; $192,484,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds appropriated under this section may 
be used for advertising and promotional activities that support 
the Rural Development mission area: Provided further, 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. 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, to be available from funds in the rural housing insurance
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fund, as follows: $7,345,347,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, 
of which $1,121,488,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which 
$6,223,859,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
$34,410,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $69,512,000 for 
section 515 rental housing; $129,090,000 for section 538 guaranteed 
multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 site loans; 
$11,447,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which up to 
$1,447,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and $4,970,000 
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 Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, 
$154,407,000, of which $75,364,000 shall be for direct loans, and 
of which $79,043,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 504 housing repair 
loans, $9,246,000; repair, rehabilitation, and new construction of 
section 515 rental housing, $28,611,000; section 538 multi-family 
housing guaranteed loans, $8,082,000; credit sales of acquired prop-
erty, $523,000; and section 523 self-help housing and development 
loans, $82,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated 
in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2009, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That, 
for applications received under the 2009 notice of funding avail-
ability, section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans funded 
pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to a guarantee 
fee and the interest on such loans may not be subsidized: Provided 
further, That any balances for a demonstration program for the 
preservation and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family 
rental housing properties as authorized by Public Law 109–97 and 
Public Law 110–5 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Pro-
gram Account’’. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $460,217,000, 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 renewed 
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, $902,500,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2010; and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as 
authorized 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: Provided, That of this amount, 
up to $5,958,000 shall be available for debt forgiveness or payments 
for eligible households as authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the 
Act, and not to exceed $50,000 per project for advances 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 of this amount not 
less than $2,030,000 is available for newly constructed units 
financed by section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and not less