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305 and 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of rural electric loans,
$6,160,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans,
$212,000: 
Provided, 
That 
notwithstanding 
section
305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, borrower
interest rates may exceed 7 percent per year.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$39,933,000 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 available
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 Government
Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying
out its authorized programs.
For administrative expenses, including audits, nec-
essary to continue to service existing loans, $2,500,000,
which shall be transferred to and merged with the appro-
priation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND
PROGRAM
For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni-
cation loans, $550,000,000.
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning serv-
ices in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et
seq., $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That $10,000,000 shall be made available to convert
analog to digital operation those noncommercial edu-
cational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas
and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k)
of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated
translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their
main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equip-
ment to allow local control over digital content and pro-
gramming through the use of high-definition broadcast,
multi-casting and datacasting technologies.
For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7
U.S.C. 901 et seq., $11,825,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2007: Provided, That the interest rate for
such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department
of the Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity:
Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as
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defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for a grant program to finance broadband trans-
mission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and
Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C.
950aaa.
TITLE IV
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD,
NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Serv-
ices to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the
Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000.
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section
21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771
et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $12,422,027,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2007, of which
$7,234,406,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,187,621,000
shall be derived by transfer from funds available under sec-
tion 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Pro-
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vided, That none of the funds made available under this
heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided
further, That up to $5,235,000 shall be available for inde-
pendent verification of school food service claims: Provided
further, That not less than $20,025,000 shall be available
to implement and administer Team Nutrition programs of
the Department of Agriculture.
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
For necessary expenses to carry out the special supple-
mental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786),
$5,257,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
2007, of which such sums as are necessary to restore the
contingency reserve to $125,000,000 shall be placed in re-
serve, to remain available until expended, to be allocated
as the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section
17(i) of such Act, to support participation should cost or
participation exceed budget estimates: Provided, That of the
total amount available, the Secretary shall obligate not less
than $15,000,000 for a breastfeeding support initiative in
addition to the activities specified in section 17(h)(3)(A):
Provided further, That only the provisions of section
17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall be effec-
tive in 2006; including $14,000,000 for the purposes speci-
fied in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and $20,000,000 for the pur-
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poses specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further,
That none of the funds made available under this heading
shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay
administrative expenses of WIC clinics except those that
have an announced policy of prohibiting smoking within
the space used to carry out the program: Provided further,
That none of the funds provided in this account shall be
available for the purchase of infant formula except in ac-
cordance with the cost containment and competitive bidding
requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided shall be available
for activities that are not fully reimbursed by other Federal
Government departments or agencies unless authorized by
section 17 of such Act.
FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp
Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $40,711,395,000, of which
$3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 30,
2007, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such
amounts and at such times as may become necessary to
carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the
funds made available under this heading shall be used for
studies and evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds
made available under this heading and not already appro-
priated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian Res-
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ervations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b) of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed
$4,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the
FDPIR from Native American bison producers as well as
from producer-owned cooperatives of bison ranchers: Pro-
vided further, That funds provided herein shall be expended
in accordance with section 16 of the Food Stamp Act: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall be subject to
any work registration or workfare requirements as may be
required by law: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able for Employment and Training under this heading
shall remain available until expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 5(d) of the Food Stamp Act of
1977, any additional payment received under chapter 5 of
title 37, United States Code, by a member of the United
States Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone
shall be excluded from household income for the duration
of the member’s deployment if the additional pay is the re-
sult of deployment to or while serving in a combat zone,
and it was not received immediately prior to serving in
the combat zone.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance
and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as au-
thorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer
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Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); The Emergency
Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assistance (in a form
determined by the Secretary of Agriculture) for the nuclear
affected islands, as authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003
(Public Law 108–188); and the Farmers’ Market Nutrition
Program, as authorized by section 17(m) of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966, $179,935,000, to remain available through
September 30, 2007: Provided, That none of these funds
shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for commodities donated to the program: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2006 to
support the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as
authorized by section 4402 of Public Law 107–171, such
funds shall remain available through September 30, 2007:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under
section 27(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011
et seq.), the Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs
associated with the distribution of commodities.
NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic
nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act,
$140,761,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only
for simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tight-
ening regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery,
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and assisting in the prevention, identification, and prosecu-
tion of fraud and other violations of law.
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 ac-
tivities abroad, and for enabling the Secretary to coordinate
and integrate activities of the Department in connection
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), $147,868,000: Provided, That the Service
may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this appropria-
tion for expenditures made on behalf of Federal agencies,
public and private organizations and institutions under
agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food pro-
duction assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the for-
eign assistance programs of the United States Agency for
International Development.
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PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR
PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricul-
tural 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,
$65,040,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the Secretary of Agriculture may implement a com-
modity monetization program under existing provisions of
the Food for Progress Act of 1985 to provide no less than
$5,000,000 in local-currency funding support for rural elec-
trification development overseas.
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, $3,385,000, of
which $168,000 may be transferred to and merged with the
appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries
and Expenses’’, and of which $3,217,000 may be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service
Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’.
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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 Agricultural
Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under
the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $11,940,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That funds made avail-
able for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricul-
tural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and
for title I ocean freight differential may be used inter-
changeably between the two accounts with prior notice to
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress.
PUBLIC LAW 480 TITLE II GRANTS
For expenses during the current fiscal year, not other-
wise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, includ-
ing interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Develop-
ment and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities supplied
in connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said
Act, $1,150,000,000, 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,
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GSM 102 and GSM 103, $5,279,000; to cover common over-
head expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity with the
Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which $3,440,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation
for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’,
and of which $1,839,000 may be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
MC GOVERN-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 Investment
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $100,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Commodity
Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, fa-
cilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing
such section, subject to reimbursement from amounts pro-
vided herein.
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TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Adminis-
tration, including hire and purchase of passenger motor ve-
hicles; for payment of space rental and related costs pursu-
ant 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, authorized and approved
by the Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Sec-
retary’s certificate, not to exceed $25,000; and notwith-
standing 
section 
521 
of 
Public 
Law 
107–188;
$1,841,959,000: Provided, That of the amount provided
under this heading, $305,332,000 shall be derived from pre-
scription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, shall
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21
U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2007
but collected in fiscal year 2006; $40,300,000 shall be de-
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rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C.
379j, and shall be credited to this account and remain
available until expended; and $11,318,000 shall be derived
from animal drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j,
and shall be credited to this account and remain available
until expended: Provided further, That fees derived from
prescription drug, medical device, and animal drug assess-
ments received during fiscal year 2006, including any such
fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited
during the current year, shall be subject to the fiscal year
2006 limitation: Provided further, That none of these funds
shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program
of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further,
That of the total amount appropriated: (1) $450,179,000
shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutri-
tion and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (2) $515,430,000 shall be for the Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $178,714,000 shall be for
the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs;
(4) $99,787,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi-
cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu-
latory Affairs; (5) $245,770,000 shall be for the Center for
Devices and Radiological Health and for related field ac-
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tivities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,152,000
shall be for the National Center for Toxicological Research;
(7) $58,515,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities,
other than the amounts paid to the General Services Ad-
ministration for rent; (8) $134,853,000 shall be for pay-
ments to the General Services Administration for rent; and
(9) $117,559,000 shall be for other activities, including the
Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management; the
Office of External Relations; the Office of Policy and Plan-
ning; 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 Congress.
In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42
U.S.C. 263b may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended.
In addition, export certification user fees authorized
by 21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain
available until expended.
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, $7,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
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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.), including
the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, and the
rental of space (to include multiple year leases) in the Dis-
trict of Columbia and elsewhere, $98,386,000, including not
to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representation
expenses.
FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Not to exceed $44,250,000 (from assessments collected
from farm credit institutions and from the Federal Agricul-
tural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated during the
current fiscal year for administrative expenses as author-
ized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this limitation
shall not apply to expenses associated with receiverships:
Provided further, That up to an additional 5 percent of
the amount of this limitation may be expended for expenses
associated with unforeseen termination applications, upon
a finding of extraordinary circumstances by the Federal
Credit Administration Board.
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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 320 passenger
motor vehicles, of which 320 shall be for replacement only,
and for the hire of such vehicles.
SEC. 702. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any
other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the
Forest Service) shall be available for uniforms or allowances
as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).
SEC. 703. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any
other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the
Forest Service) shall be available for employment pursuant
to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Department
of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and
5 U.S.C. 3109.
SEC. 704. New obligational authority provided for the
following appropriation items in this Act shall remain
available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspec-
tion Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency condi-
tions, information technology infrastructure, fruit fly pro-
gram, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, low patho-
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gen avian influenza program, up to $32,932,000 in animal
health monitoring and surveillance for the animal identi-
fication system, up to $2,993,000 in the emergency manage-
ment systems program for the vaccine bank, up to
$1,000,000 for wildlife services methods development, up to
$1,000,000 of the wildlife services operations program for
aviation safety, and up to 25 percent of the screwworm pro-
gram; Food Safety and Inspection Service, field automation
and information management project; Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds for com-
petitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the
Research, Education, and Economics Information System,
and funds for the Native American Institutions Endowment
Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds
made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural
Service, middle-income country training program, and up
to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appro-
priation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in
international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
SEC. 705. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture may
transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds appro-
priated by this or any other Act or other available unobli-
gated discretionary balances of the Department of Agri-
culture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of
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plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of
financial, administrative, and information technology serv-
ices of primary 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 administrator: Provided further, That none
of the funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pur-
suant to this section shall be available for obligation with-
out the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations
of both Houses of Congress.
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. Hereafter, not to exceed $50,000 of the funds
appropriated by this or any other Act to the Department
of Agriculture (excluding the Forest Service) shall be avail-
able to provide appropriate orientation and language train-
ing 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
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agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrange-
ments is to carry out programs of mutual interest between
the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate pay-
ment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such
institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a
similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
SEC. 709. 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 award-
ed competitively by the Cooperative State Research, Edu-
cation, and Extension Service shall be available to pay full
allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded under sec-
tion 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
SEC. 710. Hereafter, loan levels provided in this or any
other Act to the Department of Agriculture shall be consid-
ered estimates, not limitations.
SEC. 711. Appropriations to the Department of Agri-
culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made
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available in the current fiscal year shall remain available
until expended to cover obligations made in the current fis-
cal year for the following accounts: the Rural Development
Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone Bank
program account, the Rural Electrification and Tele-
communication Loans program account, and the Rural
Housing Insurance Fund program account.
SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, not
more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary ex-
penses of activities related to all advisory committees, pan-
els, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agri-
culture, except for panels used to comply with negotiated
rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively
awarded grants.
SEC. 713. 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 Poultry
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471).
SEC. 714. 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 De-
partment for more than 30 days unless the individual’s em-
ploying 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.
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SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
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 requested for
the appropriations hearing process.
SEC. 716. None of the funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire
new information technology systems or significant up-
grades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Offi-
cer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Tech-
nology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, none of the funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be
transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer
without the prior approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That
none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture
for information technology shall be obligated for projects
over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the
Chief Information Officer.
SEC. 717. (a) Hereafter, none of the funds appro-
priated by this or any other Act to the agencies funded by
this Act, or provided from accounts in the Treasury of the
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United States derived by the collection of fees available to
the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds
which: (1) creates new programs; (2) eliminates a program,
project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any
means for any project or activity for which funds have been
denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5)
reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts
out or privatizes any functions or activities presently per-
formed by Federal employees; unless the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress are notified 15 days
in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(b) Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this
or any other Act to the agencies funded by this Act, or pro-
vided from accounts in the Treasury of the United States
derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or ex-
penditure for activities, programs, or projects through a re-
programming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent,
whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing programs,
projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for
any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of
personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3)
results from any general savings from a reduction in per-
sonnel which would result in a change in existing programs,
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activities, or projects as approved by Congress; unless the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress
are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of
funds.
(c) Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, or the Chairman
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shall notify
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress before implementing a program or activity not carried
out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or
activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any
other Act.
SEC. 718. With the exception of funds needed to ad-
minister and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obli-
gations incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds
appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any
other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of
personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of Pub-
lic Law 105–185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and
Food Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated by this or
any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses
of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations lan-
guage as part of the President’s Budget submission to the
Congress of the United States for programs under the juris-
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diction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects
a reduction from the previous year due to user fees pro-
posals that have not been enacted into law prior to the sub-
mission of the Budget unless such Budget submission identi-
fies which additional spending reductions should occur in
the event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to
the date of the convening of a committee of conference for
the fiscal year 2006 appropriations Act.
SEC. 720. None of the funds made available by this
or any other Act may be used to close or relocate a State
Rural Development office unless or until cost effectiveness
and enhancement of program delivery have been deter-
mined.
SEC. 721. In addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated or made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is appro-
priated for the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and
Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships, through the Congres-
sional Hunger Center.
SEC. 722. Hereafter, notwithstanding section 412 of
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out
title III of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act,
and any recoveries and reimbursements that become avail-
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able to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to carry
out title II of such Act.
SEC. 723. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated
Farm 
and 
Rural 
Development 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C.
2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$27,998,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$29,998,000’’.
SEC. 724. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010,
the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City of Butte/
Silverbow, Montana, Cleburne County, Arkansas, and the
designated Census track areas for the Upper Kanawha Val-
ley Enterprise Community, rural areas for purposes of eli-
gibility for rural development programs.
SEC. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide fi-
nancial and technical assistance through the Watershed and
Flood Prevention Operations program for the Matanuska
River erosion control project in Alaska, Little Otter Creek
project in Missouri, the Manoa Watershed project in Ha-
waii, the West Tarkio project in Iowa, the Steeple Run and
West Branch DuPage River Watershed projects in DuPage
County, Illinois, and the Coal Creek project in Utah.
SEC. 726. Hereafter, none of the funds made available
in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency,
or instrumentality of the United States Government, except
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pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this or any other appropriation Act.
SEC. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
of the funds made available in this Act for competitive re-
search grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up
to 20 percent of the amount provided to carry out a com-
petitive grants program under the same terms and condi-
tions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
(7 U.S.C. 7621).
SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or made
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section
14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
SEC. 729. None of the funds made available to the Food
and Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close
or relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and
Drug Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis
in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits
of St. Louis, Missouri.
SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated or made
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I
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of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 2009dd through dd–7).
SEC. 731. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries
and expenses funds to reimburse the Office of the General
Counsel for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other
related expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and
offices in the resolution of complaints by employees or ap-
plicants for employment, and in cases and other matters
pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission, the Federal Labor Relations Authority, or the
Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress.
SEC. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 6405
of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 2655).
SEC. 733. Hereafter, the Agricultural Marketing Serv-
ice and the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Ad-
ministration, that have statutory authority to purchase in-
terest bearing investments outside of the Treasury, are not
required to establish obligations and outlays for those in-
vestments, provided those investments are insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or are collateralized
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at the Federal Reserve with securities approved by the Fed-
eral Reserve, operating under the guidelines of the United
States Department of the Treasury.
SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess
of 150,000 acres in the calendar year 2006 wetlands reserve
program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
SEC. 735. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who carry out
an environmental quality incentives program authorized by
chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of
$1,017,000,000.
SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the
$23,000,000 made available by section 9006(f) of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
8106(f)).
SEC. 737. With the exception of funds provided in fis-
cal year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the
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$50,000,000 made available by section 601(j)(1)(A) of the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)).
SEC. 738. None of the funds made available in fiscal
year 2006 or preceding fiscal years for programs authorized
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance
Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) in excess of $20,000,000
shall be used to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion for the release of eligible commodities under section
302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act
(7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Provided, That any such funds made
available to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation
shall only be used pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of
the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.
SEC. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the
$120,000,000 made available by section 6401(a) of Public
Law 107–171.
SEC. 740. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (e)(2)
of section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act (7 U.S.C.
940c(c) and (e)(2)) in implementing section 313A of that
Act, the Secretary shall, with the consent of the lender,
structure the schedule for payment of the annual fee, not
to exceed an average of 30 basis points per year for the
term of the loan, to ensure that sufficient funds are avail-
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able to pay the subsidy costs for note guarantees under that
section.
SEC. 741. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out sec-
tion 2502 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of $47,000,000.
SEC. 742. Of the unobligated balances available in the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In-
fants, and Children reserve account, $32,000,000 is hereby
rescinded.
SEC. 743. Not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year
2006 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this or any other Act shall be used to carry out section
6029 of Public Law 107–171.
SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this or any other Act shall be used to
pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out a
ground and surface water conservation program authorized
by section 2301 of Public Law 107–171 in excess of
$51,000,000.
SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this
Act may be used to issue a final rule in furtherance of,
or otherwise implement, the proposed rule on cost-sharing
for animal and plant health emergency programs of the
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on
July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. Reg. 40541).
SEC. 746. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used to study, complete a study of, or enter
into a contract with a private party to carry out, without
specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a
competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, including support personnel of the Department of
Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan
programs or for reimbursement of administrative costs
under section 16(a) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2025(a)) to a State agency for which more than 10
percent of the costs (other than costs for issuance of benefits
or nutrition education) are obtained under contract.
SEC. 747. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appro-
priations available to the Secretary for activities authorized
under sections 426–426c of title 7, United States Code,
under this or any other Act, to enter into cooperative agree-
ments, with a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof,
a public or private agency, organization, or any other per-
son, to lease aircraft if the Secretary determines that the
objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest
of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs
administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection