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to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $1,800,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2004, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones. 
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, 
as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $36,307,000, 
to remain available until expended, for direct farm labor 
housing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and 
contracts. 
RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), $40,000,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $17,308,000, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2004, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2004, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 
defined by Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such 
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be
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as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $2,447,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2004, for the cost of direct loans for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,283,000 shall be transferred 
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 
and job creation projects, $16,120,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, $3,000,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized 
by section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
$3,000,000 shall not be obligated and $3,000,000 are re-
scinded.
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RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
For rural cooperative development grants authorized 
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $13,000,000, of 
which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 
the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro-
gram: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 shall be 
for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri-
mary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority pro-
ducers, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be for coop-
erative research agreements; and of which not to exceed 
$4,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for value-added agricultural product market development 
grants, as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Secu-
rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 
note). 
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITIES GRANTS 
For grants in connection with a second round of em-
powerment 
zones 
and 
enterprise 
communities, 
$10,967,000, to remain available until expended, for des-
ignated rural empowerment zones and rural enterprise 
communities, as authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 
1997 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–
277).
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RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM 
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized 
by section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $3,000,000 (increased 
by $20,000,000) for direct renewable energy loans and 
grants: Provided, That the cost of direct loans and loan 
guarantees, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 
305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrifica-
tion loans, $240,000,000; municipal rate rural electric 
loans, $1,000,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 
306 of that Act, rural electric, $2,000,000,000; Treasury 
rate direct electric loans, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural 
telecommunication loans, $145,000,000; cost of money 
rural telecommunication loans, $300,000,000; and loans 
made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural tele-
communication loans, $120,000,000. 
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modi-
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fying loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by 
sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural 
electric loans, $60,000, and the cost of telecommunication 
loans, $125,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, bor-
rower interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$38,166,000 which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’. 
RURAL TELEPHONE BANK PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able to such corporation in accord with law, and to make 
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Govern-
ment Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in car-
rying out its authorized programs. 
For administrative expenses, including audits, nec-
essary to carry out the loan programs and continue to 
service existing loans, $3,182,000, to be derived by trans-
fer from the shareholder’s equity, contained in the unobli-
gated balances in the Rural Telephone Bank Liquidating
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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-