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in sections 381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated in this account,
$24,000,000 shall be for loans and grants to benefit Feder-
ally Recognized Native American Tribes, including grants
for drinking water and waste disposal systems pursuant to
section 306C of such Act, of which $4,000,000 shall be avail-
able 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 qualified national organization
to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in
order to promote economic development: Provided further,
That of the amount appropriated for rural community pro-
grams, $10,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Commu-
nity Development Initiative: Provided further, That of the
amount appropriated for the Rural Community Develop-
ment Initiative, not less than $4,000,000 shall be available
until expended to carry out a demonstration program on
Replicating and Creating Rural Cooperative Home Based
Health Care: Provided further, That of the $4,000,000 made
available, not less than $1,500,000 shall be in the form of
predevelopment planning grants, not to exceed $50,000
each, with the balance for low-interest revolving loans to
be used for capital and other related expenses, and made
available to nonprofit based community development orga-
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nizations: Provided further, That such organizations should
demonstrate experience in the administration of revolving
loan programs and providing technical assistance to co-
operatives: Provided further, That a minimum of one plan-
ning grant should be provided to a minority sponsored enti-
ty with three years experience in rural cooperative develop-
ment: Provided further, That of funds appropriated for the
Rural Community Development Initiative, $6,000,000 shall
be used solely to develop the capacity and ability of private,
nonprofit community-based housing and community devel-
opment organizations, low-income rural communities, and
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake
projects to improve housing, community facilities, commu-
nity and economic development projects in rural areas: Pro-
vided further, That such funds shall be made available to
qualified private, nonprofit and public intermediary orga-
nizations proposing to carry out a program of financial
and technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter-
mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from
other sources, including Federal funds for related activities,
in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided fur-
ther, 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
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rural transportation in order to promote economic develop-
ment; and $2,000,000 shall be for grants to Delta Regional
Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): Provided further, That
of the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs,
not to exceed $20,000,000 shall be for water and waste dis-
posal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United
States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to section
306C of such Act; not to exceed $30,000,000 shall be for
water and waste disposal systems for rural and native vil-
lages in Alaska pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with
up to 1 percent available to administer the program and
up to 1 percent available to improve interagency coordina-
tion may be transferred to and merged with the appropria-
tion for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’; not
to exceed $19,200,000 shall be for technical assistance
grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant to sec-
tion 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,775,000 shall be
for Rural Community Assistance Programs; and not to ex-
ceed $12,100,000 shall be for contracting with qualified na-
tional organizations for a circuit rider program to provide
technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed
$37,624,000 shall be available through June 30, 2003, for
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities
and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture
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as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which
$1,163,000 shall be for the rural community programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which
$27,431,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs de-
scribed in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which
$9,030,000 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 appro-
priated for rural community programs, not to exceed
$25,000,000 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, $30,000,000 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 funds in the ‘‘Rural Utilities
Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account’’ and any re-
maining funds specifically appropriated in fiscal year 2002
for rural communities with extremely high energy costs
under the Rural Community Advancement Program shall
be merged and transferred into the Account: Provided fur-
ther, That any funds in the Account shall be used to provide
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CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. (a) FINDINGS.—The Senate
finds that—
(1) conservation technical assistance provided
through the Department of Agriculture is essential to
help the farmers, ranchers, and landowners of the
United States to implement and maintain critical
conservation practices;
(2) Congress provided a historic increase in
mandatory funding for voluntary conservation efforts
in the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (Public Law 107–171);
(3) in that Act, Congress provided mandatory
funding sufficient to cover all conservation technical
assistance needed to carry out conservation programs;
(4) under that Act, conservation technical assist-
ance is provided to carry out conservation programs;
(5) the General Accounting Office has determined
that, under the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002, funding for conservation technical
assistance—
(A) is provided directly for conservation
programs; and
(B) is not subject to the limitation specified
in section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and
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grants authorized under section 19 of that Act: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated by this Act to the
Rural Community Advancement Program for guaranteed
business and industry loans, funds may be transferred to
direct business and industry loans as deemed necessary by
the Secretary and with prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
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;
$127,502,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be
available for employment pursuant to the second sentence
of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and not to exceed $1,000,000 may be used for em-
ployment under 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not
more than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest non-
monetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided fur-
ther, That any balances available from prior years for the
Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and the
Rural Business-Cooperative Service salaries and expenses
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accounts shall be transferred to and merged with this appro-
priation.
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: $3,755,162,000 for loans
to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary,
of which $1,005,162,000 shall be for direct loans, and of
which $2,750,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans;
$120,000,000 for new construction, repair, rehabilitation,
and preservation of section 515 rental housing; $5,000,000
for section 524 site loans; $12,000,000 for credit sales of
acquired property, of which up to $2,000,000 may be for
multi-family credit sales; and $5,011,000 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, $214,500,000, of which $194,700,000 shall be for
direct loans, and of which $19,800,000, to remain available
until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans;
section 504 housing repair loans, $10,857,000; section 515
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rental housing, $55,956,000; section 524 site loans, $55,000;
multi-family credit sales of acquired property, $934,000;
and section 523 self-help housing land development loans,
$221,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated
in this paragraph, $11,656,000 shall be available through
June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and en-
terprise communities and communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$455,630,000, which shall be transferred to and merged
with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries
and Expenses’’.
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, $730,000,000;
and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as author-
ized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred
prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance
program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That
of this amount, not more than $5,900,000 shall be available
for debt forgiveness or payments for eligible households as
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authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to
exceed $50,000 per project for advances to nonprofit organi-
zations 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 fiscal year 2003
shall be funded for a 5-year period, although the life of any
such agreement may be extended to fully utilize amounts
obligated.
MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section
523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c),
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be
available through June 30, 2003, for authorized empower-
ment zones and enterprise communities and communities
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco-
nomic Area Partnership Zones.
RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS
For grants and contracts for very low-income housing
repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation
for construction defects, and rural housing preservation
made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42
U.S.C. 1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $47,498,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total
amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through
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June 30, 2003, for authorized empowerment zones and en-
terprise communities and communities designated by the
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner-
ship Zones.
FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $34,615,000, to
remain available until expended, for direct farm labor hous-
ing loans and domestic farm labor housing grants and con-
tracts.
RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
$40,000,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $19,304,000, as authorized
by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)),
of which $1,724,000 shall be available through June 30,
2003, for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and
of which $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30,
2003, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as defined by
Public Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including
the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in sec-
tion 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,730,000
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shall be available through June 30, 2003, for the cost of
direct loans for authorized empowerment zones and enter-
prise communities and communities designated by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership
Zones.
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
the direct loan programs, $4,290,000 shall be transferred
to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop-
ment, Salaries and Expenses’’.
RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized
under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, for the
purpose of promoting rural economic development and job
creation projects, $14,967,000.
For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modi-
fying loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, $3,197,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of
credit payments in fiscal year 2003, as authorized by sec-
tion 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936,
$3,197,000 shall not be obligated and $3,197,000 are re-
scinded.
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RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
For rural cooperative development grants authorized
under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $9,000,000, of which
$2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the ap-
propriate technology transfer for rural areas program: Pro-
vided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the total amount
appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or as-
sociations of cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide
assistance to small, minority producers and whose gov-
erning board and/or membership is comprised of at least
75 percent minority.
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE
COMMUNITIES GRANTS
For grants in connection with a second round of em-
powerment zones and enterprise communities, $14,967,000,
to remain available until expended, for designated rural
empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities, as
authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Om-
nibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277).
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RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall
be made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans,
$121,103,000; 
municipal 
rate 
rural 
electric 
loans,
$100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that
Act, rural electric, $2,700,000,000; Treasury rate direct
electric loans, $1,150,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommuni-
cations loans, $75,029,000; cost of money rural tele-
communications loans, $300,000,000; and loans made pur-
suant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications
loans, $120,000,000; and for guaranteed underwriting loans
pursuant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct and guaranteed loans authorized by the
Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936),
as follows: cost of rural electric loans, $11,025,000, and the
cost of telecommunication loans, $1,433,000: Provided, That
notwithstanding section 305(d)(2) of the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936, borrower interest rates may exceed 7 per-
cent per year.
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In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to
carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs,
$38,035,000 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. During fiscal year 2003 and
within the resources and authority available, gross obliga-
tions for the principal amount of direct loans shall be
$174,615,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying
loans, of direct loans authorized by the Rural Electrifica-
tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935), $2,410,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses, including
audits, necessary to carry out the loan programs,
$3,082,000, which shall be transferred to and merged with
the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and
Expenses’’.
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DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE PROGRAM
For the principal amount of direct distance learning
and telemedicine loans, $50,000,000; and for the principal
amount 
of 
broadband 
telecommunication 
loans,
$79,535,000.
For the cost of direct loans and grants, as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $51,941,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to be available for loans and grants
for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas: Provided, That $10,000,000 may be available for the
continuation of a project for a loan and grant program to
finance broadband transmission and local dial-up Internet
service in areas that meet the definition of ‘‘rural area’’
used for the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa: Provided further, That the
cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
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, $774,000.
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FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER 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; $10,580,169,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2004, of which
$5,834,506,000 is hereby appropriated and $4,745,663,000
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-
vided, That of the funds made available under this heading,
$3,300,000 shall be for a School Breakfast Program startup
grant pilot program, of which no less than $1,000,000 is
for the State of Wisconsin: Provided further, That $200,000
shall be for the Common Roots Program: Provided further,
That $500,000 shall be for the Child Nutrition Archive Re-
source Center: Provided further, That up to $5,080,000 shall
be for independent verification of school food service claims.
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),
$4,751,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
2004, of which $125,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to
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remain available until expended, for use in only such
amounts, and in such manner, as the Secretary determines
necessary, not withstanding section 17(i) of the Child Nu-
trition Act, to provide funds to support participation,
should costs or participation exceed budget estimates: Pro-
vided, That of the total amount available, the Secretary
shall obligate $25,000,000 for the farmers’ market nutrition
program within 45 days of the enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of
such Act, $14,000,000 shall be available for the purposes
specified in section 17(h)(10)(B): Provided further, That
$2,000,000 shall be available for the Food and Nutrition
Service to conduct a study of WIC vendor practices: Pro-
vided further, That no other funds made available under
this heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics ex-
cept 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 accordance with the cost containment and com-
petitive 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
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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.), $26,289,692,000, of which
$2,000,000,000 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 of the
funds made available under this heading and not already
appropriated to the Food Distribution Program on Indian
Reservations (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.
COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to carry out the commodity
supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a)