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DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 
products under a dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That such pro-
gram is carried out by the Secretary in the same manner 
as the dairy indemnity program described in the Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Pub-
lic Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A–12). 
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) 
and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe 
land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil 
loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available from funds in the 
Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm own-
ership loans, $1,422,750,000, of which $1,200,000,000 shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $222,750,000 
shall be for direct loans; operating loans, $1,941,360,000, 
of which $1,025,610,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran-
teed loans, $272,250,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed 
loans and $643,500,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian
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tribe land acquisition loans, $3,960,000; and for boll weevil 
eradication program loans, $59,400,000: Provided, That the 
Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil 
for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm owner-
ship loans, $16,293,000, of which $6,960,000 shall be for 
guaranteed loans, and $9,333,000 shall be for direct loans; 
operating loans, $127,973,000, of which $25,332,000 shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $27,416,000 shall be 
for subsidized guaranteed loans, and $75,225,000 shall be 
for direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
$838,000; and boll weevil eradication program loans, 
$1,129,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$319,657,000, of which $311,737,000 shall be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 
Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership and 
operating direct loans and guaranteed loans may be trans-
ferred among these programs: Provided, That the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are noti-
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fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
made available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries 
and expenses of personnel to collect from the lender an an-
nual fee on unsubsidized guaranteed operating loans, a 
guarantee fee of more than one percent of the principal obli-
gation of guaranteed unsubsidized operating or ownership 
loans, or a guarantee fee on subsidized guaranteed oper-
ating loans administered by the Farm Service Agency. 
RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
For administrative and operating expenses, as author-
ized by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture Reor-
ganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $78,477,000: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may use an 
amount not to exceed $3,600,000 of unobligated funds made 
available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) for program integrity purposes, 
including the data mining project: Provided further, That 
not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception 
and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
1506(i). 
CORPORATIONS 
The following corporations and agencies are hereby au-
thorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
and borrowing authority available to each such corporation
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or agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations 
as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 
such corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided. 
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND 
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may 
be necessary, to remain available until expended. 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES 
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 
net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds available to 
the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 11 of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C 
714i) for the conduct of its business with the Foreign Agri-
cultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred to 
and used by the Foreign Agricultural Service for informa-
tion resource management activities of the Foreign Agricul-
tural Service that are not related to Commodity Credit Cor-
poration business.
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HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT 
(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES) 
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for site in-
vestigation and cleanup expenses, and operations and 
maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement of 
section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental Re-
sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
FARM STORAGE FACILITY LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
Farm Storage and Sugar Storage Facility Loan Programs, 
$4,560,000, to be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses. 
TITLE II 
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL 
RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment 
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the For-
est Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
$752,000.
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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 irriga-
tion 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 agricul-
tural related pollutants); operation of conservation plant 
materials centers; classification and mapping of soil; dis-
semination 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, $835,331,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2008, of which not less than 
$10,698,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, and 
not less than $10,678,000 is for operation and establishment 
of the plant materials centers, and of which not less than 
$27,255,000 shall be for the grazing lands conservation ini-
tiative: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and
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improvement of buildings and public improvements at 
plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 
and improvements to other buildings and other public im-
provements 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: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available for technical assistance 
and related expenses to carry out programs authorized by 
section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin Salin-
ity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided fur-
ther, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily em-
ployed at per diem rates to perform the technical planning 
work of the Service. 
WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING 
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investiga-
tion, and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other water-
ways, and for small watershed investigations and planning, 
in accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood 
Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001–1009), $6,022,000. 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive meas-
ures, including but not limited to research, engineering op-
erations, 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
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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, $62,070,000, to remain 
available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000 may 
be available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a): Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $30,000,000 of this appropriation 
shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is 
available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Spe-
cies Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–205), including coopera-
tive efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate endan-
gered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may 
be necessary to expedite project construction. 
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 relat-
ing to the activities of the Department, $31,245,000, to re-
main 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
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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), $50,787,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to carry out the Healthy For-
ests Reserve Program authorized under title V of Public 
Law 108–148 (16 U.S.C. 6571–6578), $5,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
TITLE III 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer pro-
grams under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural 
Housing Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 
and the Rural Utilities Service, $640,000. 
RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 
grants, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 
1926d, and 1932, except for sections 381E–H and 381N of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$714,958,000, to remain available until expended, of which
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$101,764,000 shall be for rural community programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which 
$524,960,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 306D of 
such Act, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available 
for the rural utilities program described in section 
306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 
$1,000,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 
described in section 306E of such Act; and of which 
$88,234,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs described in sections 381E(d)(3) and 
310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated in this account, $26,000,000 shall be for loans 
and grants to benefit Federally Recognized Native Amer-
ican Tribes, including grants for drinking water and waste 
disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of such Act, of 
which $5,000,000 shall be available for community facilities 
grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, and 
of which $250,000 shall be available for a grant to a quali-
fied national organization to provide technical assistance 
for rural transportation in order to promote economic de-
velopment: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated for rural community programs, $6,287,000 shall be 
available for a Rural Community Development Initiative:
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Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to 
develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit com-
munity-based housing and community development organi-
zations, low-income rural communities, and Federally Rec-
ognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to 
improve housing, community facilities, community and eco-
nomic development projects in rural areas: Provided fur-
ther, That such funds shall be made available to qualified 
private, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations 
proposing to carry out a program of financial and technical 
assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga-
nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 
including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
available for a grant to a qualified national organization 
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
order to promote economic development; $2,500,000 shall be 
for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 
et seq.) for any purpose under this heading, of which not 
more than five percent may be used for administrative ex-
penses, including conferences: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, not to 
exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal
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systems to benefit the Colonias along the United States/Mex-
ico border, including grants pursuant to section 306C of 
such Act; $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste disposal 
systems for rural and native villages in Alaska pursuant 
to section 306D of such Act, with up to 2 percent available 
to administer the program and/or improve interagency co-
ordination may be transferred to and merged with the ap-
propriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, of which $100,000 shall be provided to develop a 
regional system for centralized billing, operation, and man-
agement of rural water and sewer utilities through regional 
cooperatives, of which 25 percent shall be provided for water 
and sewer projects in regional hubs, and the State of Alaska 
shall provide a 25 percent cost share, and grantees may 
use up to 5 percent of grant funds, not to exceed $35,000 
per community, for the completion of comprehensive com-
munity safe water plans; not to exceed $19,000,000 shall 
be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste 
systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless 
the Secretary makes a determination of extreme need, of 
which $5,600,000 shall be for Rural Community Assistance 
Programs and not less than $850,000 shall be for a quali-
fied national Native American organization to provide tech-
nical assistance for rural water systems for tribal commu-
nities; and not to exceed $13,750,000 shall be for con-
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tracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 
rider program to provide technical assistance for rural 
water systems: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, not to exceed $21,367,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2007, for authorized empowerment zones 
and enterprise communities and communities designated by 
the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Part-
nership Zones; of which $1,067,000 shall be for the rural 
community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of 
such Act, of which $12,000,000 shall be for the rural utili-
ties programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, 
and of which $8,300,000 shall be for the rural business and 
cooperative development programs described in section 
381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated for rural community programs, 
$21,000,000 shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 
communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco-
nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with 5 percent for 
administration and capacity building in the State rural 
development offices: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated, $26,000,000 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 
Grants Account’’ to provide grants authorized under section 
19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 
Provided further, That any prior year balances for high cost
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energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Elec-
trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be trans-
ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service, 
High Energy Costs Grants Account’’. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis-
tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De-
velopment mission area, including activities with institu-
tions concerning the development and operation of agricul-
tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$176,522,000: 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 fur-
ther, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to pro-
vide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: 
Provided further, That any balances available from prior 
years for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Serv-
ice, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries 
and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged 
with this appropriation.
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RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For gross obligations for the principal amount of di-
rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 
Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the rural 
housing insurance fund, as follows: $4,773,614,000 for loans 
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, 
of which $1,129,391,000 shall be for direct loans, and of 
which $3,644,223,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans; $34,652,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
$100,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 
for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 
$5,000,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,482,000 for credit 
sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,482,000 may 
be for multi-family credit sales; and $4,980,000 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 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 
502 loans, $155,919,000, of which $113,278,000 shall be for 
direct loans, and of which $42,641,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
section 504 housing repair loans, $10,240,000; repair, reha-
bilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental hous-
ing, $45,880,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaran-
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teed loans, $7,740,000; credit sales of acquired property, 
$720,000; and section 523 self-help housing and develop-
ment loans, $123,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be avail-
able through June 30, 2007, for authorized empowerment 
zones and enterprise communities and communities des-
ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any funds 
under this paragraph initially allocated by the Secretary 
for housing projects in the State of Alaska that are not obli-
gated by September 30, 2007, shall be carried over until 
September 30, 2008, and made available for such housing 
projects only in the State of Alaska: Provided further, That 
any obligated balances for a demonstration program for the 
preservation and revitalization of the section 515 multi- 
family rental housing properties as authorized in Public 
Law 109–97 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
‘‘Rural Housing Service, Multifamily Housing Revitaliza-
tion Program Account’’. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
$455,776,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 
and Expenses’’, of which not less than $1,000,000 shall be 
made available for the Secretary to contract with third par-
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ties to acquire the necessary automation and technical serv-
ices needed to restructure section 515 mortgages. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For rental assistance agreements entered into or re-
newed 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, $335,400,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2008; and, in ad-
dition, 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 pro-
gram under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That 
of this amount, up to $5,900,000 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 agreements 
entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall 
be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That any 
unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-year 
agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes 
of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilita-
tion of any existing projects; preservation; and rental as-
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sistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro-
vided further, That rental assistance that is recovered from 
projects that are subject to prepayment shall be deobligated 
and reallocated for vouchers and debt forgiveness or pay-
ments consistent with the requirements of this Act for pur-
poses authorized under section 542 and section 502(c)(5)(D) 
of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended: Provided further, 
That up to $4,190,000 may be used for the purpose of reim-
bursing funds used for rental assistance agreements entered 
into or renewed pursuant to the authority under section 
521(a)(2) of the Act for emergency needs related to Hurri-
canes Katrina and Rita: Provided further, That rental as-
sistance provided under agreements entered into prior to 
fiscal year 2007 for a section 514/516 project may not be 
recaptured for use in another project until such assistance 
has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, 
if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such 
assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible ten-
ants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur-
ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the 
extent practicable, be applied to another section 514/516 
project. 
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM 
ACCOUNT 
For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 
under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (without re-