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would result in a change in existing programs, activities, 
or projects as approved by Congress. 
(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). Funds under section 
401 for fiscal year 2005 are hereby cancelled. 
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-
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culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
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 2006 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-
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able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 
carry out title II of such Act. 
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 ‘‘$26,998,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$27,498,000’’. 
SEC. 725. 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 collect from the lend-
er at the time of issuance a guarantee fee of less than 
2 percent of the principal obligation of guaranteed single-
family housing loans administered by the Rural Housing 
Service. 
SEC. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary shall consider the City of Salinas, Cali-
fornia; the City of Watsonville, California; the City of Hol-
lister, California; the Town of Ulster, New York; County 
of Cleburne, Alabama; the City of Coachella, California; 
the City of Casa Grande, Arizona; the City of Creedmoor, 
North Carolina; the City of Eureka, California; the City 
of Clarksdale, Mississippi; the City of Vicksburg, Mis-
sissippi; the City of Wewahitchka, Florida; the Town of 
Horseshoe Beach, Florida; and the City of Carbondale, Il-
linois, as meeting the eligibility requirements for loan and 
grant programs in the Rural Development mission area.
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SEC. 727. 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 Water Quality Enhancement 
Project, from funds available for the Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations program, not to exceed $1,360,000 
and Rockhouse Creek Watershed, Leslie County, Ken-
tucky, not to exceed $1,000,000. 
SEC. 728. 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. 729. 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 20 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. 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 section
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14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). 
SEC. 731. 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. 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). 
SEC. 733. 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. 734. 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.