Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 
account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to 
transfer. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the principal amount of direct loans, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), $33,536,000. 
For the cost of direct loans, $14,035,000, as author-
ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 
9812(a)), of which $1,724,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2009, for Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available through 
June 30, 2009, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 
determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $880,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2009, for the cost of direct loans for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise commu-
nities and communities designated by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan programs, $4,853,000 shall be transferred 
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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 author-
ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 
for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 
and job creation projects, $33,077,000. 
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, $20,000,000 shall not be obli-
gated and $20,000,000 are rescinded. 
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), $12,636,000, of 
which $300,000 shall be for a cooperative research agree-
ment with a qualified academic institution to conduct re-
search on the national economic impact of all types of co-
operatives; and of which $2,582,000 shall be for coopera-
tive agreements for the appropriate technology transfer 
for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,463,000 shall be for cooperatives or associations of co-
operatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to 
small, socially disadvantaged producers and whose gov-
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erning board and/or membership is comprised of at least 
75 percent socially disadvantaged members; and of which 
$3,867,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for value-added agricultural product market development 
grants, as authorized by section 231 of the Agricultural 
Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE 
COMMUNITIES GRANTS 
For grants in connection with empowerment zones 
and enterprise communities, $8,130,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for designated rural empowerment 
zones and rural enterprise communities, as authorized by 
the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Omnibus Consoli-
dated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999 (Public Law 105–277): Provided, That the funds 
provided under this paragraph shall be made available to 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities in a man-
ner and with the same priorities such funds were made 
available during the 2007 fiscal year. 
RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM 
For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 
grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 
by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $5,000,000: Provided, 
That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of 
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