IIB 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5384 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 24, 2006 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag-
riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 
of Agriculture, $5,499,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
$11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 
for, as determined by the Secretary. 
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS 
CHIEF ECONOMIST 
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, in-
cluding economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit 
analysis, energy and new uses, and the functions of the 
World Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), 
$11,226,000. 
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION 
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi-
sion, $14,795,000. 
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OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 
Program Analysis, $8,479,000. 
HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF 
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security 
Staff, $954,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In-
formation Officer, $16,936,000. 
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT 
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Com-
puting Environment for the Natural Resources Conserva-
tion Service, the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, 
and Rural Development mission areas for information 
technology, systems, and services, $68,971,000 (reduced 
by $5,000,000) (reduced by $25,576,000), of which 
$4,494,127 (reduced by $1,666,523) is for rural develop-
ment-related 
activities, 
$14,494,273 
(reduced 
by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $5,374,803) is for Natural Re-
source 
Conservation 
Service-related 
activities, 
and 
$49,982,600 (reduced by $18,534,674) is for Farm Serv-
ice Agency-related activities, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared informa-
tion technology systems, including services as authorized 
by 7 U.S.C. 6915–16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421–28: Provided, 
That obligation of these funds shall be consistent with the 
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Department of Agriculture Service Center Modernization 
Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be with the 
concurrence of the Department’s Chief Information Offi-
cer: Provided further, That of the funds provided under 
this section, $410,000 shall be available to process data 
to acquire fourband digital color infrared imagery of the 
entire State of New Mexico. 
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi-
nancial Officer, $5,991,000: Provided, That no funds 
made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 
FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary 
has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives a report on 
the Department’s contracting out policies, including agen-
cy budgets for contracting out. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL 
RIGHTS 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $836,000. 
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$22,650,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Administration, $736,000. 
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL 
PAYMENTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 
to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis-
trator of General Services to the Department of Agri-
culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 
of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 
alterations and other actions needed for the Department 
and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con-
figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 
General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im-
provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili-
ties, and for related costs, $209,814,000 (reduced by 
$3,145,000), to remain available until expended, of which 
$155,851,000 shall be available for payments to the Gen-
eral Services Administration for rent and the Department 
of Homeland Security for building security: Provided, 
That amounts which are made available for space rental 
and related costs for the Department of Agriculture in this 
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Act may be transferred between such appropriations to 
cover the costs of additional, new, or replacement space 
15 days after notice thereof is transmitted to the Appro-
priations Committees of both Houses of Congress. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri-
culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $12,020,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations 
and funds available herein to the Department for Haz-
ardous Materials Management may be transferred to any 
agency of the Department for its use in meeting all re-
quirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and 
non-Federal lands. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For Departmental Administration, $24,114,000, to 
provide for necessary expenses for management support 
services to offices of the Department and for general ad-
ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 
miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro-
vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 
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of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 
be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 
for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 
required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to 
carry out the programs funded by this Act, including pro-
grams involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison 
within the executive branch, $3,940,000: Provided, That 
these funds may be transferred to agencies of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture funded by this Act to maintain per-
sonnel 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, un-
less the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appro-
priations 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 Department for support of activi-
ties of congressional relations. 
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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, $9,695,000: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used for 
farmers’ bulletins. 
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, $82,493,000, including such sums 
as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange-
ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 
to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden-
tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform-
ants, 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, $40,455,000. 
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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 Eco-
nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress 
for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-
tural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, 
and the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Ex-
tension Service, $651,000. 
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 
Service in conducting economic research and analysis, 
$80,963,000. 
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 
For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
service work, $148,719,000 (reduced by $500,000), of 
which up to $36,582,000 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 eco-
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nomics or nutrition and consumer use including the acqui-
sition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural in-
formation; and for acquisition of lands by donation, ex-
change, 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, 
$1,057,603,000, 
of 
which 
$2,350,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available for 
the operation and maintenance of aircraft and the pur-
chase 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 unless oth-
erwise provided, the cost of constructing any one building 
shall not exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or green-
houses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and ex-
cept for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a 
cost not to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering 
any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 
10 percent of the current replacement value of the build-
ing or $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, 
That the limitations on alterations contained in this Act 
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shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 
easements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: 
Provided 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 pur-
chase of land at Florence, South Carolina: Provided fur-
ther, That funds may be received from any State, other 
political subdivision, organization, or individual for the 
purpose of establishing 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, 
is authorized to lease approximately 40 acres of land at 
the Central Plains Experiment Station, Nunn, Colorado, 
to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State Univer-
sity System, for its Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field 
Station, on such terms and conditions as the Secretary 
deems in the public interest: Provided further, That the 
Secretary understands that it is the intent of the Univer-
sity to construct research and educational buildings on the 
subject acreage and to conduct agricultural research and 
educational activities in these buildings: Provided further, 
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That as consideration for a lease, the Secretary may ac-
cept the benefits of mutual cooperative research to be con-
ducted by the Colorado State University and the Govern-
ment 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 
further, That the Agricultural Research Service may con-
vey all rights and title of the United States, to a parcel 
of land comprising 19 acres, more or less, located in Sec-
tion 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 Mississippi, and described in instruments re-
corded 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 of Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, in-
cluding facilities, and fixed equipment, to the Mississippi 
State University, Starkville, Mississippi, in their ‘‘as is’’ 
condition, when vacated by the Agricultural Research 
Service: Provided further, That none of the funds appro-
priated under this heading shall be available to carry out 
research related to the production, processing, or mar-
keting of tobacco or tobacco products. 
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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, $140,000,000, 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, $651,606,000 (reduced by $100,000), 
as follows: to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act 
of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a–i), $183,275,000; for grants for 
cooperative forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a– 
7), $22,668,000; for payments to the 1890 land-grant col-
leges, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $38,331,000, 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 agricultural research (7 
U.S.C. 450i(c)), $103,471,000; for special grants for agri-
cultural research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 
450i(c)), $14,952,000; for competitive research grants (7 
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U.S.C. 450i(b)), $190,000,000 (reduced by $800,000) (re-
duced by $200,000); for the support of animal health and 
disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,006,000; for sup-
plemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 
3319d), $1,175,000; for grants for research pursuant to 
the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et 
seq.), $1,091,000, 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), $1,250,000, to remain available until expended; 
for 
rangeland 
research 
grants 
(7 
U.S.C. 
3333), 
$1,000,000; for higher education graduate fellowship 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $4,455,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher edu-
cation 
challenge 
grants 
(7 
U.S.C. 
3152(b)(1)), 
$5,445,000; for a higher education multicultural scholars 
program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $988,000 to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 
grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 
U.S.C. 3241), $5,940,000 (increased by $700,000); for a 
secondary agriculture education program and 2-year post- 
secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $990,000; for 
aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,956,000; for sus-
tainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 
5811), $12,196,000; for a program of capacity building 
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grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible 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, $12,375,000, to remain avail-
able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 
1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public 
Law 103–382, $3,000,000; for resident instruction grants 
for insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agri-
cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $500,000 (increased by $200,000); 
and for necessary expenses of Research and Education Ac-
tivities, $39,542,000, of which $2,723,000 for the Re-
search, Education, and Economics Information System 
and $2,151,000 for the Electronic Grants Information 
System, are to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That 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: Provided further, That this paragraph shall not 
apply to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, 
and industrial 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), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
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EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, 
Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $457,042,000, 
as follows: 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, $281,429,000; payments for 
extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith- 
Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,273,000; payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income 
areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $62,634,000; pay-
ments for the pest management program under section 
3(d) of the Act, $10,152,000; payments for the farm safe-
ty program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,517,000; 
payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under 
Section 3(d) of the Act, $1,985,000; payments to upgrade 
research, extension, and 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 expended; pay-
ments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the 
Smith-Lever Act, $8,396,000; for youth farm safety edu-
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