retary. For a grower to receive assistance for a tree under
this section, the tree must have been removed after Sep-
tember 30, 2001.
SEC. 745. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this, or any other Act, may be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
Subtitle H (the Rural Business Investment Program) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as
amended by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 (Public Law 107–171).
SEC. 746. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available in this Act shall be expended to violate
Public Law 105–264.
SEC. 747. 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
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published on
July 8, 2003 (Docket No. 02–062–1; 68 Fed. Reg.
40541).
SEC. 748. 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.
SEC. 749. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appropriations
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 there-
of, a public or private agency, organization, or any other
person, 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 Service, Wildlife Services; and (2) all
parties will contribute resources to the accomplishment of
these objectives; award of a cooperative agreement author-
ized by the Secretary may be made for an initial term not
to exceed 5 years.
SEC. 750. None of the funds appropriated or other-
wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used
to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out
section 9010 of Public Law 107–171, the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of
$100,000,000.
SEC. 751. The matter under the heading ‘‘Rural
Community Advancement Program’’ in division A—Agri-
culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra-
tion, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations,
2004, title III—Rural Development Programs, in Public
Law 108–199 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,750,000 shall
be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C.
1921 et seq.); and not less than $2,000,000 shall be avail-
able for grants in accordance with section 310B(f) of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and not less than $2,000,000 shall be available
for grants in accordance with section 310B(f) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated in this ac-
count, $1,750,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Re-
gional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any Rural
Community Advancement Program purpose’’.
SEC. 752. Of the unobligated balances available in
the Rural Housing Assistance Grant Program account,
$1,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
SEC. 753. Of the unobligated balances available in
the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program account,
$3,000,000 is hereby rescinded.
SEC. 754. Funds made available under section 1240I
and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 in