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funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency
level: Provided further, That no funds made available by
this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from the
date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has noti-
fied the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency:
Provided further, That no other funds appropriated to the
Department by this Act shall be available to the Depart-
ment for support of activities of congressional relations.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry out services relating
to the coordination of programs involving public affairs,
for the dissemination of agricultural information, and the
coordination of information, work, and programs author-
ized by Congress in the Department, $9,509,000: Provided,
That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers’ bul-
letins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector
General Act of 1978, $81,045,000, including such sums as
may be necessary for contracting and other arrangements
with public agencies and private persons pursuant to sec-
tion 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and in-
cluding not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper-
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ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to
be expended under the direction of the Inspector General
pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Public
Law 97–98.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $40,263,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics
to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Eco-
nomic Research Service, the National Agricultural Statis-
tics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the Co-
operative State Research, Education, and Extension Serv-
ice, $598,000.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Serv-
ice in conducting economic research and analysis, as au-
thorized by the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621–1627) and other laws, $78,549,000.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and
service work, including crop and livestock estimates, statis-
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tical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys,
and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C.
1621–1627 and 2204g, and other laws, $145,159,000, of
which up to $29,115,000 shall be available until expended
for the Census of Agriculture.
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Re-
search Service to perform agricultural research and dem-
onstration relating to production, utilization, marketing,
and distribution (not otherwise provided for); home econom-
ics or nutrition and consumer use including the acquisition,
preservation, and dissemination of agricultural informa-
tion; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange,
or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for
land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of equal
value or shall be equalized by a payment of money to the
grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the total value
of the land or interests transferred out of Federal ownership,
$1,109,981,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of air-
craft and the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement
only: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall
be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction,
alteration, and repair of buildings and improvements, but
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unless otherwise provided, the cost of constructing any one
building shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses
or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000,
and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved
at a cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of alter-
ing any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed
10 percent of the current replacement value of the building
or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That
the limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall
not apply to modernization or replacement of existing fa-
cilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That ap-
propriations hereunder shall be available for granting ease-
ments at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Pro-
vided further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply
to replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of
April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That
the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase
of land at Florence, South Carolina: Provided further, That
funds may be received from any State, other political sub-
division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es-
tablishing or operating any research facility or research
project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized
by law: Provided further, That the Secretary, through the
Agricultural Research Service, or successor, may lease ap-
proximately 40 acres of land at the Central Plains Experi-
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ment Station, Nunn, Colorado, to the Board of Governors
of the Colorado State University System, for its Shortgrass
Steppe Biological Field Station, on such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary deems in the public interest: Provided
further, That the Secretary understands that it is the intent
of the University to construct research and educational
buildings on the subject acreage and to conduct agricultural
research and educational activities in these buildings: Pro-
vided further, That as consideration for a lease, the Sec-
retary may accept the benefits of mutual cooperative re-
search to be conducted by the Colorado State University and
the Government at the Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field
Station: Provided further, That the term of any lease shall
be for no more than 20 years, but a lease may be renewed
at the option of the Secretary on such terms and conditions
as the Secretary deems in the public interest: Provided fur-
ther, That the Agricultural Research Service may convey
all rights and title of the United States, to a parcel of land
comprising 19 acres, more or less, located in Section 2,
Township 18 North, Range 14 East in Oktibbeha County,
Mississippi, originally conveyed by the Board of Trustees
of the Institution of Higher Learning of the State of Mis-
sissippi, and described in instruments recorded in Deed
Book 306 at pages 553–554, Deed Book 319 at page 219,
and Deed Book 33 at page 115, of the public land records
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of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, including facilities, and
fixed equipment, to the Mississippi State University,
Starkville, Mississippi, in their ‘‘as is’’ condition, when va-
cated by the Agricultural Research Service.
None of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be available to carry out research related to the pro-
duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco
products.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improve-
ment, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equip-
ment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural
research programs of the Department of Agriculture, where
not otherwise provided, $160,645,000, to remain available
until expended.
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND
EXTENSION SERVICE
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for
cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and
for other expenses, $652,231,000, as follows: to carry out
the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–
i), $178,707,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research
(16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $22,205,000; for payments
to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee Univer-
sity and West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 3222),
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$37,477,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available
only for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall
receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for agri-
cultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $110,281,000; for spe-
cial grants for agricultural research on improved pest con-
trol (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,158,000; for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $190,000,000; for the sup-
port of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C.
3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative crops
and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $833,000; for grants for re-
search pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act
(7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,102,000, to remain available until
expended; for the 1994 research grants program for 1994
institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 103–
382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,078,000, to remain available
until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C.
3333), $992,000; for higher education graduate fellowship
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $2,976,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a higher education
agrosecurity education program (7 U.S.C. 3351), $750,000,
to remain available until expended; for higher education
challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,456,000; for a
higher education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C.
3152(b)(5)), $990,000, to remain available until expended
(7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for His-
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panic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $5,600,000; for
noncompetitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all
provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of Public Law
106–78) to individual eligible institutions or consortia of
eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds
awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha-
waii, $3,472,000; for a secondary agriculture education
program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C.
3152(j)), $992,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322),
$3,968,000; for sustainable agriculture research and edu-
cation (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,400,000; for a program of ca-
pacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eli-
gible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7
U.S.C. 321–326 and 328), including Tuskegee University
and West Virginia State University, $12,312,000, to re-
main available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for pay-
ments to the 1994 Institutions pursuant to section
534(a)(1) of Public Law 103–382, $2,232,000; and for nec-
essary expenses of Research and Education Activities,
$38,193,000, of which $2,424,000 for the Research, Edu-
cation, and Economics Information System and $1,928,000
for the Electronic Grants Information System, are to re-
main available until expended.
None of the funds appropriated under this heading
shall be available to carry out research related to the pro-
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duction, processing, or marketing of tobacco or tobacco
products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not apply
to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and in-
dustrial uses of tobacco.
NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND
For the Native American Institutions Endowment
Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301
note), $12,000,000, to remain available until expended.
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
For payments to States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, North-
ern Marianas, and American Samoa, $453,438,000, as fol-
lows: payments for cooperative extension work under the
Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) and
3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law
93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation costs
for extension agents, $275,520,000; payments for extension
work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act
(7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,247,000; payments for the nutri-
tion and family education program for low-income areas
under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,909,000; payments for
the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act,
$9,920,000; payments for the farm safety program under
section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; payments for New Tech-
nologies for Ag Extension under Section 3(d) of the Act,
$2,000,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and
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teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including
Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University,
as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 95–113 (7
U.S.C. 3222b), $16,777,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section
3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,478,000; for youth farm
safety education and certification extension grants, to be
awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act,
$440,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the
Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C.
1671 et seq.), $4,060,000; payments for Indian reservation
agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act,
$1,760,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs
under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for
rural health and safety education as authorized by section
502(i) of Public Law 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)),
$1,965,000; payments for cooperative extension work by the
colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7
U.S.C. 321–326 and 328) and Tuskegee University and
West Virginia State University, $33,643,000, of which
$1,724,884 shall be made available only for the purpose of
ensuring that each institution shall receive no less than
$1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to
section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, $2,646,000; and
for necessary expenses of Extension Activities, $22,443,000.
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INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
For the integrated research, education, and extension
grants programs, including necessary administrative ex-
penses, $55,784,000, as follows: for competitive grants pro-
grams authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7
U.S.C. 7626), $45,784,000, including $12,867,000 for the
water quality program, $14,847,000 for the food safety pro-
gram, $4,167,000 for the regional pest management centers
program, $4,464,000 for the Food Quality Protection Act
risk mitigation program for major food crop systems,
$1,389,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection
Act implementation, $3,106,000 for the methyl bromide
transition program, and $1,874,000 for the organic transi-
tion program; for a competitive international science and
education grants program authorized under section 1459A
of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain
available until expended, $992,000; for grants programs au-
thorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89–106, as
amended, $744,000, to remain available until September
30, 2007 for the critical issues program, and $1,334,000
for the regional rural development centers program; and
$10,000,000 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative
authorized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural
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Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain
available until September 30, 2007.
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
(7 U.S.C. 2279), $5,888,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND
REGULATORY PROGRAMS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
to administer programs under the laws enacted by the Con-
gress for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service;
the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspec-
tion, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $724,000.
ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to
prevent, control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal
diseases; to carry out inspection, quarantine, and regu-
latory activities; and to protect the environment, as author-
ized by law, $807,768,000, of which $4,140,000 shall be
available for the control of outbreaks of insects, plant dis-
eases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and
birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions;
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of which $39,900,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradi-
cation program for cost share purposes or for debt retire-
ment for active eradication zones; of which $32,932,000
shall be available for a National Animal Identification pro-
gram: Provided, That no funds shall be used to formulate
or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the cur-
rent fiscal year that does not require minimum matching
by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That
this appropriation shall be available for the operation and
maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed
four, of which two shall be for replacement only: Provided
further, That, in addition, in emergencies which threaten
any segment of the agricultural production industry of this
country, the Secretary may transfer from other appropria-
tions or funds available to the agencies or corporations of
the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to
be available only in such emergencies for the arrest and
eradication of contagious or infectious disease or pests of
animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance
with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro-
tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and
442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772),
and any unexpended balances of funds transferred for such
emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year shall be
merged with such transferred amounts: Provided further,
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That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant
to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration of
leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise
provided the cost of altering any one building during the
fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replace-
ment value of the building: Provided further, That none of
the funds may be used to demolish or dismantle the Hawaii
Fruit Fly Production Facility in Waimanalo, Hawaii.
In fiscal year 2006, the agency is authorized to collect
fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assistance,
goods, or services requested by States, other political sub-
divisions, domestic and international organizations, foreign
governments, or individuals, provided that such fees are
structured such that any entity’s liability for such fees is
reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, or serv-
ices provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall
be credited to this account, to remain available until ex-
pended, without further appropriation, for providing such
assistance, goods, or services.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte-
nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al-
teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to remain avail-
able until expended.
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
MARKETING SERVICES
For necessary expenses to carry out services related to
consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribu-
tion, transportation, and regulatory programs, as author-
ized by law, and for administration and coordination of
payments to States, $76,643,000, including funds for the
wholesale market development program for the design and
development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for
the major metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That
this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7
U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and
improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building.
Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization
activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31
U.S.C. 9701).
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $65,667,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative
expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/
or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed
this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND
SUPPLY (SECTION 32)
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August
24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity
program expenses as authorized therein, and other related
operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the Depart-
ment of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife
Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in
this Act; and (3) not more than $16,055,000 for formulation
and administration of marketing agreements and orders
pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961.
PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS
For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus
and departments of markets, and similar agencies for mar-
keting activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural
Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $3,847,000, of
which not less than $2,500,000 shall be used to make a
grant under this heading.
GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS
ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the United States Grain Standards Act, for the administra-
tion of the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying proce-
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dures used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the
standardization activities related to grain under the Agri-
cultural Marketing Act of 1946, $38,443,000: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law
(7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings
and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur-
rent replacement value of the building.
LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES
EXPENSES
Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be
obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection and
weighing services: Provided, That if grain export activities
require additional supervision and oversight, or other un-
controllable factors occur, this limitation may be exceeded
by up to 10 percent with notification to the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws en-
acted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection
Service, $602,000.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized
by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products
Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection Act, in-