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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; $1,788,478,000: Provided, That
of the amount provided under this heading, $284,394,000 shall
be derived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
379h, and shall be credited to this account and remain available
until expended; $33,938,000 shall be derived from medical device
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to
this account and remain available until expended; and $8,354,000
shall be derived from animal drug user fees authorized by 21
U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain
available until expended: Provided further, That fees derived from
prescription drug, medical device, and animal drug assessments
received during fiscal year 2005, including any such fees assessed
prior to the current fiscal year but credited during the current
year, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2005 limitation: 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)
$439,038,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (2) $498,647,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (3) $172,714,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua-
tion and Research and for related field activities in the Office
of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $98,964,000 shall be for the Center for
Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office
of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $235,078,000 shall be for the Center
for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $40,530,000 shall be for
the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $57,722,000
shall be for Rent and Related activities, other than the amounts
paid to the General Services Administration for rent; (8)
$129,815,000 shall be for payments to the General Services
Administration for rent; and (9) $115,970,000 shall be for other
activities, including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of
Management; the Office of External Relations; the Office of Policy
and Planning; and central services for these offices: Provided fur-
ther, That funds may be transferred from one specified activity
to another with the prior approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress.
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 remain available
until expended.
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Com-
modity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), including the purchase
and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the rental of space (to
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include multiple year leases) in the District of Columbia and else-
where, $94,327,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,350,000 (from assessments collected 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: Pro-
vided, That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated
with receiverships.
TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, appropria-
tions and authorizations made for the Department 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 388 passenger motor vehicles, of which 388 shall be
for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.
SEC. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances 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 Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 704. New obligational authority provided for the following
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until
expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contin-
gency fund to meet emergency conditions, information technology
infrastructure, fruit fly program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil
program, low pathogen avian influenza program, up to $33,197,000
in animal health monitoring and surveillance for the animal identi-
fication system, up to $3,000,000 in the emergency management
systems program for the vaccine bank, up to $1,000,000 for wildlife
services methods development, up to $1,000,000 of the wildlife
services operations program for aviation safety, and up to 25 percent
of the screwworm program; Food Safety and Inspection Service,
field automation and information management project; Cooperative
State Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds for
competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the
Research, Education, and Economics Information System, and funds
for the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm
Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to
county committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income
country training program, and up to $1,565,000 of the Foreign
Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offset-
ting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates, subject
to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
SEC. 705. 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,