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DIVISION A—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2005
TITLE I
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, $5,124,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 of this
amount shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the Sec-
retary.
EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS
CHIEF ECONOMIST
For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including eco-
nomic 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), $10,317,000.
NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
$14,331,000.
OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, $8,228,000.
HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security Staff,
$775,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $16,595,000.
COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT
For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing
Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, and Rural Development
mission areas for information technology, systems, and services,
$125,585,000, to remain available until expended, for the capital
asset acquisition of shared information 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 Department of Agriculture Service Center Modernization
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Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be with the concurrence
of the Department’s Chief Information Officer.
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, $5,742,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall
actively market and expand cross-servicing activities of the National
Finance Center: Provided further, 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 Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report
on the Department’s contracting out policies, including agency
budgets for contracting out.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
For the acquisition of disaster recovery and continuity of oper-
ations 
technology 
of 
the 
National 
Finance 
Center’s 
data,
$12,850,000, to remain available until expended.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Civil Rights, $818,000.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights,
$19,889,000.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assist-
ant Secretary for Administration, $669,000.
AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to
Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984
delegation of authority from the Administrator of General Services
to the Department of Agriculture 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 configurations
suitable for release to the Administrator of General Services, and
for the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agri-
culture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, $163,870,000,
to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed
5 percent of amounts which are made available for space rental
and related costs for the Department of Agriculture in this Act
may be transferred between such appropriations to cover the costs
of new or replacement space 15 days after notice thereof is trans-
mitted to the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Con-
gress.