[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2673 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                      November 6, 2003.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
2673) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.'', do 
pass with the following

                               AMENDMENT:

            Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                 Production, Processing, and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, $10,046,000: 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 Secretary.

                          Executive Operations

                            chief economist

    For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including economic 
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), 
$8,707,000.

                       national appeals division

    For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
$13,997,000.

                 office of budget and program analysis

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $7,544,000.

                        homeland security staff

    For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security Staff, $910,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $15,710,000.

                      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, $118,789,000, 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 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, $5,496,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall 
actively market and expand cross-servicing activities of the National 
Finance Center.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $794,000.

                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $15,445,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration, $673,000.

        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 Agriculture buildings and facilities, and 
for related costs, $187,022,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer a share of 
that agency's appropriation made available by this Act to this 
appropriation, or may transfer a share of this appropriation to that 
agency's appropriation to cover the costs of new or replacement space 
for such agency, but such transfers shall not exceed 5 percent of the 
funds made available for space rental and related costs to or from this 
account.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses of the Department of Agriculture, to comply 
with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation 
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $15,611,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That appropriations and funds 
available herein to the Department for Hazardous Materials Management 
may be transferred to any agency of the Department for its use in 
meeting all requirements pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-
Federal lands.

                      Departmental Administration

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For Departmental Administration, $23,031,000, to provide for 
necessary expenses for management support services to offices of the 
Department and for general administration security, repairs and 
alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and expenses not 
otherwise provided for and necessary for the practical and efficient 
work of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel 
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 
551-558: Provided further, That of such amount, sufficient funds shall 
be available for the Secretary of Agriculture, not later than 60 days 
after the last day of the fiscal year, to submit to Congress a report 
on the amount of acquisitions made by the Department of Agriculture 
during such fiscal year of articles, materials, or supplies that were 
manufactured outside the United States. Such report shall separately 
indicate the dollar value of any articles, materials, or supplies 
purchased by the Department of Agriculture that were manufactured 
outside the United States, an itemized list of all waivers under the 
Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.) that were granted with respect 
to such articles, materials, or supplies, and a summary of total 
procurement funds spent on goods manufactured in the United States 
versus funds spent on goods manufactured outside of the United States. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall make the report publicly available 
by posting the report on an Internet website.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the programs funded 
by this Act, including programs involving intergovernmental affairs and 
liaison within the executive branch, $3,825,000: Provided, That these 
funds may be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 
funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Provided 
further, That no other funds appropriated to the Department by this Act 
shall be available to the Department for support of activities of 
congressional relations.

                        Office of Communications

    For necessary expenses to carry out services relating to the 
coordination of programs involving public affairs, for the 
dissemination of agricultural information, and the coordination of 
information, work, and programs authorized by Congress in the 
Department, $9,228,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,000,000 may be 
used for farmers' bulletins.

                    Office of the Inspector General

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
including employment pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$75,781,000, including such sums as may be necessary for contracting 
and other arrangements with public agencies and private persons 
pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, and 
including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential operational 
expenses, including the payment of informants, to be expended under the 
direction of the Inspector General pursuant to Public Law 95-452 and 
section 1337 of Public Law 97-98.

                     Office of the General Counsel

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel, 
$35,343,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to administer the laws 
enacted by the Congress for the Economic Research Service, the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and 
the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
$596,000.

                       Economic Research Service

    For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by the 
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) and other laws, 
$69,902,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service in conducting statistical reporting and service work, including 
crop and livestock estimates, statistical coordination and 
improvements, marketing surveys, and the Census of Agriculture, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627 and 2204g, and other laws, 
$128,922,000, of which up to $25,279,000 shall be available until 
expended for the Census of Agriculture.

                     Agricultural Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to enable the Agricultural Research Service 
to perform agricultural research and demonstration relating to 
production, utilization, marketing, and distribution (not otherwise 
provided for); home economics or nutrition and consumer use including 
the acquisition, preservation, and dissemination of agricultural 
information; and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, or 
purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and for land exchanges 
where the lands exchanged shall be of equal value or shall be equalized 
by a payment of money to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent 
of the total value of the land or interests transferred out of Federal 
ownership, $1,045,533,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder 
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and 
the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided 
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings 
and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of 
constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for 
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, 
and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 
to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater: 
Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this 
Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing 
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at 
the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the 
foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings 
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): 
Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, other 
political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of 
establishing or operating any research facility or research project of 
the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law: Provided 
further, That all rights and title of the United States in the 1.0664-
acre parcel of land including improvements, as recorded at Book 1320, 
Page 253, records of Larimer County, State of Colorado, shall be 
conveyed to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University for 
the benefit of Colorado State University.
    None of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
available to carry out research related to the production, processing 
or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.

                        buildings and facilities

    For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, 
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as 
necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $46,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

                   research and education activities

    For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for cooperative 
forestry and other research, for facilities, and for other expenses, 
$617,575,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act 
of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), $178,977,000; for grants for cooperative 
forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $21,742,000; for 
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University 
and West Virginia State College (7 U.S.C. 3222), $35,411,000, of which 
$1,507,496 shall be made available only for the purpose of ensuring 
that each institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for 
special grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
$101,637,000; for special grants for agricultural research on improved 
pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,976,000; for competitive research 
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $180,000,000; for the support of animal 
health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,065,000; for 
supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), 
$840,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural 
Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,242,000, to remain available 
until expended; for research grants for 1994 institutions pursuant to 
section 536 of Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,093,000, to 
remain available until expended; for higher education graduate 
fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,222,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher education 
challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,888,000; for a higher 
education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), 
$992,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an 
education grants program for Hispanic-serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3241), $4,073,000; for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of 
carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of Public Law 
106-78) to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible 
institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to 
each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,500,000; for a secondary 
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 
U.S.C. 3152(j)), $994,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), 
$4,471,000; for sustainable agriculture research and education (7 
U.S.C. 5811), $13,661,000; for a program of capacity building grants (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds under the Act 
of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), including Tuskegee 
University and West Virginia State College, $11,404,000, to remain 
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994 
Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382, 
$1,689,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and Education 
Activities, $26,698,000.
    None of the funds in the foregoing paragraph shall be available to 
carry out research related to the production, processing or marketing 
of tobacco or tobacco products: Provided, That this paragraph shall not 
apply to research on the medical, biotechnological, food, and 
industrial uses of tobacco.

              native american institutions endowment fund

    For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by 
Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $9,000,000.

                          extension activities

    For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American 
Samoa, $450,084,000, as follows: payments for cooperative extension 
work under the Smith-Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 
and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public Law 93-471, 
for retirement and employees' compensation costs for extension agents 
and for costs of penalty mail for cooperative extension agents and 
State extension directors, $279,390,000; payments for extension work at 
the 1994 Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), 
$3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and family education program for 
low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,185,000; payments 
for the pest management program under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$10,689,000; payments for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of 
the Act, $5,489,000; payments to upgrade research, extension, and 
teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 
University and West Virginia State College, as authorized by section 
1447 of Public Law 95-113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $14,903,000, to remain 
available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under 
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,426,000; for youth farm safety 
education and certification extension grants, to be awarded 
competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, $496,000; payments for 
carrying out the provisions of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $4,516,000; payments for Indian 
reservation agents under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 
$1,983,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 
3(d) of the Act, $4,843,000; payments for rural health and safety 
education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92-419 (7 
U.S.C. 2662(i)), $2,605,000; payments for cooperative extension work by 
the colleges receiving the benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 
321-326 and 328) and Tuskegee University and West Virginia State 
College, $31,908,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available only 
for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall receive no less 
than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations pursuant to section 
7630 of title 7, United States Code, $2,981,000; and for necessary 
expenses of extension activities, $20,397,000.

                         integrated activities

    For the integrated research, education, and extension competitive 
grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, as 
authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), $46,711,000, as 
follows: payments for the water quality program, $12,887,000; payments 
for the food safety program, $14,870,000; payments for the regional 
pest management centers program, $4,502,000; payments for the Food 
Quality Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food crop 
systems, $4,857,000; payments for the crops affected by Food Quality 
Protection Act implementation, $1,487,000; payments for the methyl 
bromide transition program, $3,500,000; payments for the organic 
transition program, $2,111,000; payments for the international science 
and education grants program under 7 U.S.C. 3291, to remain available 
until expended, $497,000; payments for the critical issues program 
under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c): Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $497,000 shall be for payments for the critical 
issues program under 7 U.S.C. 450i(c) and $1,503,000 shall be for 
payments for the regional rural development centers program under 7 
U.S.C. 450i(c).

              outreach for socially disadvantaged farmers

    For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), 
$3,470,000, to remain available until expended.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to administer programs 
under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service; the Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration; $736,000.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to prevent, 
control, and eradicate pests and plant and animal diseases; to carry 
out inspection, quarantine, and regulatory activities; and to protect 
the environment, as authorized by law, $705,552,000, of which 
$4,112,000 shall be available for the control of outbreaks of insects, 
plant diseases, animal diseases and for control of pest animals and 
birds to the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 
$51,720,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication program for 
cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 
zones; and of which not less than $1,500,000 (in addition to any other 
funds made available for eradication or containment) shall be used by 
the Emerald Ash Borer Task Force for the removal of trees that have 
been adversely affected by the emerald ash borer, with a priority for 
the removal of trees on public property or that threaten public safety; 
and of which up to $275,000 may be used to control or alleviate the 
cormorant problem in the State of Michigan: Provided, That no funds 
shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis eradication 
program for the current fiscal year that does not require minimum 
matching by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for the operation and maintenance 
of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 
be for replacement only: Provided further, That, in addition, in 
emergencies which threaten any segment of the agricultural production 
industry of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 
appropriations or funds available to the agencies or corporations of 
the Department such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be available 
only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradication of contagious 
or infectious disease or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for 
expenses in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal 
Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 and 442 
of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any 
unexpended balances of funds transferred for such emergency purposes in 
the preceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 
amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder shall be 
available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alteration 
of leased buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise provided the 
cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.
    In fiscal year 2004, the agency is authorized to collect fees to 
cover the total costs of providing technical assistance, goods, or 
services requested by States, other political subdivisions, domestic 
and international organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, 
provided that such fees are structured such that any entity's liability 
for such fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 
or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such fees shall 
be credited to this account, to remain available until expended, 
without further appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
services.

                        buildings and facilities

    For plans, construction, repair, preventive maintenance, 
environmental support, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase 
of fixed equipment or facilities, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and 
acquisition of land as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $4,996,000, to 
remain available until expended.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service

                           marketing services

     For necessary expenses to carry out services related to consumer 
protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, transportation, 
and regulatory programs, as authorized by law, and for administration 
and coordination of payments to States, $75,263,000, including funds 
for the wholesale market development program for the design and 
development of wholesale and farmer market facilities for the major 
metropolitan areas of the country: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration 
and repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any 
one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
current replacement value of the building: Provided further, That, in 
the case of the term of protection for the variety for which 
certificate number 8200179 was issued, on the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue a new certificate for a 
term of protection of 10 years for the variety, except that the 
Secretary may terminate the certificate (at the end of any calendar 
year that is more than 5 years after the date of issuance of the 
certificate) if the Secretary determines that a new variety of seed 
(that is substantially based on the genetics of the variety for which 
the certificate was issued) is commercially viable and available in 
sufficient quantities to meet market demands.
    Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization activities, 
as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701).

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $62,577,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided, 
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events 
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.

    funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

    Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as 
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for: 
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
this Act; and (3) not more than $15,392,000 for formulation and 
administration of marketing agreements and orders pursuant to the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act 
of 1961.

                   payments to states and possessions

    For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and departments 
of markets, and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 
204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 
$3,338,000, of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be used to make 
noncompetitive grants under this heading.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the United 
States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of the Packers and 
Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures used to protect purchasers of 
farm products, and the standardization activities related to grain 
under the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $35,638,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 
2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 
the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 
exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the building.

        limitation on inspection and weighing services expenses

    Not to exceed $42,463,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated 
during the current fiscal year for inspection and weighing services: 
Provided, That if grain export activities require additional 
supervision and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur, this 
limitation may be exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws enacted by the 
Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, $611,000.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    For necessary expenses to carry out services authorized by the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry Products Inspection Act, and 
the Egg Products Inspection Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for 
representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 
Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $783,761,000, of which no 
less than $701,103,000 shall be available for Federal food safety 
inspection; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credited to this account 
from fees collected for the cost of laboratory accreditation as 
authorized by section 1327 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That no fewer than 50 full 
time equivalent positions above the fiscal year 2002 level shall be 
employed during fiscal year 2004 for purposes dedicated solely to 
inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of Slaughter 
Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current 
replacement value of the building.

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services to administer the 
laws enacted by Congress for the Farm Service Agency, the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, the Risk Management Agency, and the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, $635,000.

                          Farm Service Agency

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of programs administered by the Farm Service Agency, 
$988,768,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authorized to use the 
services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made 
available to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to 
and merged with this account.

                         state mediation grants

    For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit 
Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), $3,974,000.

                        dairy indemnity program

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity payments to 
dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products under a dairy 
indemnity program, $100,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary in the same 
manner as the dairy indemnity program described in Public Law 106-387 
(114 Stat. 1549A-12).

           agricultural credit insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and 
guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.) and operating (7 
U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian tribe land acquisition loans (25 
U.S.C. 488), and boll weevil loans (7 U.S.C. 1989), to be available 
from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm 
ownership loans, $1,079,158,000, of which $950,000,000 shall be for 
guaranteed loans and $129,158,000 shall be for direct loans; operating 
loans, $2,067,317,000, of which $1,200,000,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $266,249,000 shall be for subsidized 
guaranteed loans and $601,068,000 shall be for direct loans; Indian 
tribe land acquisition loans, $2,000,000; and for boll weevil 
eradication program loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of 
boll weevil eradication program 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: farm ownership loans, $33,648,000, of which 
$5,130,000 shall be for guaranteed loans, and $28,518,000 shall be for 
direct loans; operating loans, $160,634,000, of which $39,960,000 shall 
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $34,000,000 shall be for 
subsidized guaranteed loans, and $86,674,000 shall be for direct loans.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $290,968,000, of which 
$283,020,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 
for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
    Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural Credit Insurance 
Program Account for farm ownership and operating direct loans and 
guaranteed loans may be transferred among these programs: Provided, 
That the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.

                         Risk Management Agency

    For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized by section 
226A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 
U.S.C. 6933), $71,422,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be 
available for official reception and representation expenses, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                              CORPORATIONS

    The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to 
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority 
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law, 
and to make 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 the programs set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or 
agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund

                 reimbursement for net realized losses

    For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses 
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the 
Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).

                       hazardous waste management

                        (limitation on expenses)

    For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup 
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the 
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and 
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 
6961).

                                TITLE II

                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer the laws 
enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service, $761,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service

                        conservation operations

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of the Act 
of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), including preparation of 
conservation plans and establishment of measures to conserve soil and 
water (including farm irrigation and land drainage and such special 
measures for soil and water management as may be necessary to prevent 
floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to control agricultural 
related pollutants); operation of conservation plant materials centers; 
classification and mapping of soil; dissemination of information; 
acquisition of lands, water, and interests therein for use in the plant 
materials program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal cost 
not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 
428a); purchase and erection or alteration or improvement of permanent 
and temporary buildings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
$826,635,000, to remain available until expended, of which not less 
than $9,500,000 is for snow survey and water forecasting, and not less 
than $11,269,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant 
materials centers, and of which not less than $23,500,000 shall be for 
the grazing lands conservation initiative: Provided, That 
appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 
for construction and improvement of buildings and public improvements 
at plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations and 
improvements to other buildings and other public improvements shall not 
exceed $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings or other 
structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to use such 
land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for technical assistance and 
related expenses to carry out programs authorized by section 202(c) of 
title II of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 
U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further, That qualified local engineers may 
be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the technical 
planning work of the Service: Provided further, That none of the funds 
made available under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations 
Act may be used to provide technical assistance with respect to 
programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841(a)).

                     watershed surveys and planning

    For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and 
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small 
watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1009), $10,000,000: 
Provided, That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at 
per diem rates to perform the technical planning work of the Service: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this 
paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act may be used to 
provide technical assistance with respect to programs listed in section 
1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).

               watershed and flood prevention operations

    For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including 
but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of 
cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing 
works and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-
1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f), 
and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the 
activities of the Department, $55,000,000, to remain available until 
expended (of which up to $5,000,000 may be available for the watersheds 
authorized under the Flood Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 
1006a)): Provided, That not to exceed $20,000,000 of this appropriation 
shall be available for technical assistance: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available to carry out 
the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-205), 
including cooperative efforts as contemplated by that Act to relocate 
endangered or threatened species to other suitable habitats as may be 
necessary to expedite project construction: Provided further, That 
qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates 
to perform the technical planning work of the Service: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this paragraph by 
this or any other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical 
assistance with respect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).

                    watershed rehabilitation program

    For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of structural 
measures, in accordance with section 14 of the Watershed Protection and 
Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the 
provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department, 
$29,805,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem rates 
to perform the technical planning work of the Service: Provided 
further, That none of the funds made available under this paragraph by 
this or any other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical 
assistance with respect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).

                 resource conservation and development

    For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for 
resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant 
to the provisions of sections 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm 
Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27, 
1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture 
and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $51,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs under the laws 
enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing Service, the Rural 
Business-Cooperative Service, and the Rural Utilities Service of the 
Department of Agriculture, $651,000.

                  rural community advancement program

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 1932, except for 
sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act, $767,479,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
$79,838,000 shall be for rural community programs described in section 
381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which $610,641,000 shall be for the rural 
utilities programs described in sections 381E(d)(2), 306C(a)(2), and 
306D of such Act; and of which $79,000,000 shall be for the rural 
business and cooperative development programs described in sections 
381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the amount 
appropriated for rural business and cooperative development programs, 
$100,000 shall be for a pilot program in the State of Alaska to assist 
communities with community planning: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 shall be for 
loans and grants to benefit Federally 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 
available 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 
programs, $6,000,000 shall be available for a Rural Community 
Development Initiative: Provided further, That such funds shall be used 
solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, nonprofit 
community-based housing and community development organizations, low-
income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Native American 
Tribes to undertake projects to improve housing, community facilities, 
community and economic development projects in rural areas: Provided 
further, That such funds shall be made available to qualified private, 
nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to carry out 
a program of financial and technical assistance: Provided further, That 
such intermediary organizations shall provide matching funds from other 
sources, including Federal funds for related activities, in an amount 
not less than funds provided: Provided further, 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 
rural transportation in order to promote economic development; 
$2,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 
U.S.C. 1921 et seq.); and not less than $5,000,000 shall be available 
for grants in accordance with section 310B(f) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated for rural utilities programs, not to exceed $25,000,000 
shall be for water and waste disposal 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 villages 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 coordination may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses'', of 
which 25 percent shall be provided for water and sewer projects in 
regional hubs and $100,000 shall be provided to develop a regional 
system for centralized billing, operation, and management of rural 
water and sewer utilities through regional cooperatives, and the State 
of Alaska shall provide a 25 percent cost share; not to exceed 
$18,000,000 shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 
and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which 
$5,513,000 shall be for Rural Community Assistance Programs; and not to 
exceed $13,000,000 shall be for contracting with qualified national 
organizations for a circuit rider program to provide technical 
assistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That of the 
amount appropriated for the circuit rider program, Alaska shall receive 
no less than five percent and not less than $750,000 shall be for 
contracting with qualified national organizations to establish a Native 
American circuit rider program to provide technical assistance for 
rural water systems: Provided further, That not less than $2,000,000 
shall be available to carry out Section 6012 of Public Law 107-171: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
$22,132,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, for authorized 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones; of which $1,000,000 shall be for the rural community programs 
described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which $12,582,000 shall 
be for the rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of 
such Act, and of which $8,550,000 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 appropriated for rural 
community programs, not to exceed $23,000,000 shall be to provide 
grants for facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment 
and severe economic 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 of the amount made available for high energy 
cost grants, up to $3,000,000 shall be available to a not-for-profit 
consumer-owned cooperative utility provider serving an island community 
in a non-contiguous State for the purpose of defraying transaction, 
transition, organizational, and other fair and reasonable costs, as 
determined by the Secretary, incurred during the period July 1, 1999 
through December 31, 2002, and directly related to the successful 
acquisition by such provider of the investor-owned electric utility 
facilities (including generation, transmission, distribution, and other 
related assets) formerly serving ratepayers on the island: Provided 
further, That any prior year balances for high cost energy grants 
authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and merged with the ``Rural 
Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants'' account.

                Rural Development Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and 
implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission area, 
including activities with institutions concerning the development and 
operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 
$140,922,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds appropriated under this section may be used for advertising 
and promotional campaigns, including souvenirs, that support activities 
conducted by agencies of the Rural Development mission area: Provided 
further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended to provide modest 
nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees: Provided further, That any 
balances available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 
Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Cooperative Service 
salaries and expenses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 
this appropriation.

                         Rural Housing Service

              rural housing insurance fund program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 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: $4,084,589,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as 
determined by the Secretary, of which $1,359,417,000 shall be for 
direct loans, and of which $2,725,172,000 shall be for unsubsidized 
guaranteed loans; $35,004,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
$115,052,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 for section 
538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 
site loans; $11,500,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which 
up to $1,500,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and $1,623,000 
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, $165,921,000, of which 
$126,018,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $39,903,000, to 
remain available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed 
loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $9,612,000; section 515 rental 
housing, $49,484,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed 
loans, $5,950,000; multi-family credit sales of acquired property, 
$663,000; and section 523 self-help housing land development loans, 
$50,000: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated in this 
paragraph, $7,100,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, for 
authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 
Partnership Zones.
    In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the 
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $439,453,000, 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 renewed 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, 
$721,281,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as 
authorized 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 authorized by section 502(c)(5)(D) 
of the Act, and not to exceed $20,000 per project for advances to 
nonprofit organizations 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 the current fiscal year 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), $34,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$1,000,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, for authorized 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities designated 
by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 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, 
$46,222,000, to remain available until expended, of which $5,000,000 
shall be available for a processing and/or fishery workers housing 
demonstration project in Alaska, Mississippi, Utah, and Wisconsin: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,800,000 shall be 
available through June 30, 2004, for authorized empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities and communities designated by the Secretary of 
Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.

                       farm labor program account

    For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as authorized 
by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $33,015,000, to remain available until 
expended, for direct farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor 
housing grants and contracts.

                   historic barn preservation program

    For the historic barn preservation program established under 
section 379A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 2008o), $2,000,000.

                  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, $17,308,000, 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, 2004, for Federally Recognized 
Native American Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available 
through June 30, 2004, for Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
seq.): Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$2,447,000 shall be available through June 30, 2004, for the cost of 
direct loans for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 
as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.
    In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan programs, $4,283,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Rural Development, 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, 
$15,002,000.
    For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of modifying loans 
as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
$2,792,000.
    Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized by section 313 of 
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $3,000,000 shall not be 
obligated and $3,000,000 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), $8,967,000, of which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative 
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas 
program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of the total amount 
appropriated shall be made available to cooperatives or associations of 
cooperatives whose primary focus is to provide assistance to small, 
minority producers and whose governing board and/or membership is 
comprised of at least 75 percent minority.

       rural empowerment zones and enterprise communities grants

    For grants in connection with second and third rounds of 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities, $14,370,000, 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 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277): Provided, That of the 
funds appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be made available to third round 
empowerment zones, as authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief 
Act (Public Law 106-554).

                        renewable energy program

    For the cost of a program of direct loans and grants, under the 
same terms and conditions as authorized by section 9006 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106), $23,000,000 
for direct renewable energy loans and grants: Provided, That the cost 
of direct loans and loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974.

                        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, $240,000,000; municipal rate rural 
electric loans, $1,000,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of 
that Act, rural electric, $2,000,000,000; Treasury rate direct electric 
loans, $750,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, 
$145,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 
$250,000,000; loans made pursuant 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 Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and 
guaranteed loans authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of 
rural electric loans, $60,000, and the cost of telecommunication loans, 
$125,000: 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, $37,920,000 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 2004 and within the 
resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans shall be $173,503,000.
    In addition, for administrative expenses, including audits, 
necessary to carry out the loan programs, $3,182,000, which shall be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural 
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.

         distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program

    For the principal amount of direct distance learning and 
telemedicine loans, $300,000,000; and for the principal amount of 
broadband telecommunications loans, $647,000,000.
    For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural 
areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $40,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $15,000,000 shall be made 
available to convert analog to digital operation those noncommercial 
educational 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, repeaters, and studio-to-
transmitter links.
    For the cost of direct and guaranteed broadband loans, as 
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 901, et seq., $15,116,000: Provided, That the 
cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a 
grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural areas eligible 
for Distance Learning and Telemedicne 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 Services to administer the 
laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition Service, 
$611,000.

                       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; 
$11,418,441,000, to remain available through September 30, 2005, of 
which $6,718,780,000 is hereby appropriated and $4,699,661,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 
August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, 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 
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 supplemental 
nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $4,639,232,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2005, of which $10,000,000 shall be for a 
breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activities 
specified in section 17(h)(3)(A) and $30,000,000 shall be for a 
management information system initiative: Provided, That of the total 
amount available, the Secretary shall obligate $25,000,000 for the 
farmers' market nutrition program: Provided 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 notwithstanding section 17(g)(5) of such Act, $5,000,000 
shall be available for pilot projects to prevent childhood obesity: 
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 accordance 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.), $29,945,981,000, 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 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 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: Provided further, That funds provided 
herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food 
Stamp Act: Provided 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 available for Employment and 
Training under this heading shall remain available until expended, as 
authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act.

                      commodity assistance program

    For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assistance and the 
commodity supplemental food program as authorized by section 4(a) of 
the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c 
note); the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; and special 
assistance (in a form determined by the Secretary of Agriculture) for 
the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by section 103(h)(2) of the 
Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (48 U.S.C. 1903(h)(2)) (or a 
successor law), $145,740,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2005: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available to 
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to 
the program.

                   nutrition programs administration

    For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic nutrition 
assistance programs funded under this Act, $138,304,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing 
overhead costs, tightening regulations, improving food stamp benefit 
delivery, and assisting in the prevention, identification, and 
prosecution of fraud and other violations of law; and of which not less 
than $4,000,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the Food 
Stamp and Child Nutrition programs.

                                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. 1761-1769), market development activities 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), $131,648,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of 
funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf 
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions 
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production 
assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs 
of the United States Agency for International Development.

                 public law 480 title i program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricultural 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, 
$103,887,000, to remain available until expended.
    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 appropriated for Public Law 83-480 are 
utilized, $2,134,000, of which $1,075,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $1,059,000 may be transferred to 
and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
and Expenses''.

        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, $28,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That funds made available for the cost of agreements under title I of 
the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and for 
title I ocean freight differential may be used interchangeably between 
the two accounts with prior notice to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress.

                     public law 480 title ii grants

    For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including interest 
thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
1954, for commodities supplied in connection with dispositions abroad 
under title II of said Act, $1,192,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

  mcgovern-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), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Commodity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the services, 
facilities, and authorities for the purpose of implementing such 
section, subject to reimbursement from amounts provided herein.

       commodity credit corporation export loans program account

                     (including transfers of funds)

    For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit 
Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, 
$4,152,000; to cover common overhead 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 $3,306,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $846,000 
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

                                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 Administration, 
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of 
space rental and related costs pursuant 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; and for miscellaneous and emergency 
expenses of enforcement activities, authorized and approved by the 
Secretary and to be accounted for solely on the Secretary's 
certificate, not to exceed $25,000; $1,663,228,000, of which not to 
exceed $249,825,000 to be derived from prescription drug user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, including any such fees assessed prior to 
the current fiscal year but credited during the current year, in 
accordance with section 736(g)(4), shall be credited to this 
appropriation and remain available until expended; and of which not to 
exceed $29,190,000 to be derived from medical device user fees 
authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j shall be credited to this appropriation, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That fees derived from 
applications received during fiscal year 2004 shall be subject to the 
fiscal year 2004 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) $412,020,000 shall be for the Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $475,655,000 shall be for the Center for 
Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities in the Office 
of Regulatory Affairs, of which no less than $13,270,000 shall be 
available for grants and contracts awarded under section 5 of the 
Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee) and of which no less than $52,845,000 
shall be available for the generic drugs program; (3) $168,836,000 
shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
$84,646,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
$207,686,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Radiological 
Health and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
Affairs; (6) $39,887,000 shall be for the National Center for 
Toxicological Research; (7) $40,851,000 shall be for Rent and Related 
activities, other than the amounts paid to the General Services 
Administration for rent; (8) $119,152,000 shall be for payments to the 
General Services Administration for rent; and (9) $114,495,000 shall be 
for other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner; the 
Office of Management and Systems; the Office of External Relations; the 
Office of Policy, Legislation, and Planning; 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, extension, 
alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of or used by 
the Food and Drug Administration, where not otherwise provided, 
$7,948,000, to remain available until expended.

                          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 District of Columbia and elsewhere, $88,435,000, 
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses.

                       Farm Credit Administration

                 limitation on administrative expenses

    Not to exceed $40,900,000 (from assessments collected from farm 
credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for 
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, 
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with 
receiverships.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department 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 398 passenger motor vehicles, of which 396 shall 
be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.
    Sec. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of 
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
    Sec. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act 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. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated 
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other 
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of 
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant 
and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, 
administrative, and information technology services 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 pursuant to this section shall 
be available for obligation without the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following 
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended: 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to 
meet emergency conditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit 
fly program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, and up to 25 
percent of the screwworm program; Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
field automation and information management project; Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service, funds for competitive 
research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Education 
and Economics Information System (REEIS), 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 appropriation solely for 
the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency 
exchange rates, subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural 
Service.
    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. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to 
the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide 
appropriate orientation and language training 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 institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost 
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is 
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
does not preclude appropriate payment 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 available to 
restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to lease 
space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of other agencies of 
the Department of Agriculture when such space will be jointly occupied.
    Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay 
indirect costs charged against competitive agricultural research, 
education, or extension grant awards issued by the Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service that exceed 19 percent of 
total Federal funds provided under each award: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds 
provided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service shall be 
available to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant awarded 
under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638).
    Sec. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, all loan 
levels provided in this Act shall be considered estimates, not 
limitations.
    Sec. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the 
cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in the current 
fiscal year shall remain available until expended to cover obligations 
made in the current fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural 
Development Loan Fund program account, the Rural Telephone Bank program 
account, the Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans program 
account, the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account, and the 
Rural Economic Development Loans program account.
    Sec. 713. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire more 
than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank or to 
maintain any account or subaccount within the accounting records of the 
Rural Telephone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been 
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury or to the 
Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone 
Bank telephone liquidating account which is in excess of current 
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set forth for 
financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act 
of 1990.
    Sec. 714. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than 
$1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities 
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task 
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to 
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate 
competitively awarded grants.
    Sec. 715. 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. 716. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be 
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any 
other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless 
the individual's employing 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.
    Sec. 717. 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. 718. None of the funds made available to the Department of 
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information 
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office 
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief 
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information 
Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated 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 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
    Sec. 719. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided 
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that 
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal 
year, or provided from any 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 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 performed by Federal 
employees; unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of 
funds.
    (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous 
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or 
provided from any 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 expenditure for activities, 
programs, or projects through a reprogramming 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 personnel which would result in a change in 
existing programs, 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) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress 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. 720. With the exception of funds needed to administer and 
conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations 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 
Public Law 105-185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food 
Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
    Sec. 721. None of the funds made available to the Food and Drug 
Administration by this Act shall be used to reduce the Detroit, 
Michigan, Food and Drug Administration District Office below the 
operating and full-time equivalent staffing level of July 31, 1999; or 
to change the Detroit District Office to a station, residence post or 
similarly modified office; or to reassign residence posts assigned to 
the Detroit District Office: Provided, That this section shall not 
apply to Food and Drug Administration field laboratory facilities or 
operations currently located in Detroit, Michigan, except that field 
laboratory personnel shall be assigned to locations in the general 
vicinity of Detroit, Michigan, pursuant to cooperative agreements 
between the Food and Drug Administration and other laboratory 
facilities associated with the State of Michigan.
    Sec. 722. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other 
Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel who 
prepare or submit appropriations language as part of the President's 
Budget submission to the Congress of the United States for programs 
under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction from the 
previous year due to user fees proposals that have not been enacted 
into law prior to the submission of the Budget unless such Budget 
submission identifies 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 2005 
appropriations Act.
    Sec. 723. None of the funds made available by this Act 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 determined.
    Sec. 724. Of any shipments of commodities made pursuant to section 
416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent practicable, direct that 
tonnage equal in value to not more than $25,000,000 shall be made 
available to foreign countries to assist in mitigating the effects of 
the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency 
Syndrome on communities, including the provision of--
            (1) agricultural commodities to--
                    (A) individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus 
                or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the 
                communities; and
                    (B) households in the communities, particularly 
                individuals caring for orphaned children; and
            (2) agricultural commodities monetized to provide other 
        assistance (including assistance under microcredit and 
        microenterprise programs) to create or restore sustainable 
        livelihoods among individuals in the communities, particularly 
        individuals caring for orphaned children.
    Sec. 725. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or made 
available by this Act, $2,981,000 is appropriated for the purpose of 
providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships through the 
Congressional Hunger Center.
    Sec. 726. 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 available to carry out title III of such Act, may be used to 
carry out title II of such Act.
    Sec. 727. 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 
``$26,499,000'' and inserting ``$26,998,000''.
    Sec. 728. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
    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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
made available in this Act for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 
450i(b)), the Secretary may use up to 20 percent of the amount provided 
to carry out a competitive grants program under the same terms and 
conditions as those provided in section 401 of the Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621), 
including requests for proposals for grants for critical emerging 
issues described in section 401(c)(1) of that Act for which the 
Secretary has not issued requests for proposals for grants in fiscal 
year 2002 or 2003.
    Sec. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial and technical 
assistance through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations 
program to carry out the Upper Tygart Valley Watershed project, West 
Virginia: Provided, That the Natural Resources Conservation Service is 
authorized to provide 100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75 
percent cost share for installation of the water supply component of 
this project.
    Sec. 732. Agencies and offices of the Department 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 applicants 
for employment, and in cases and other matters pending before the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority, or the Merit Systems Protection Board with the prior 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress.
    Sec. 733. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this 
Act 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. 734. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this 
Act, or any other Act, may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out subtitle I of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd through dd-7).
    Sec. 735. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this 
Act 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. 736. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service may provide financial and technical 
assistance through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations 
program for the Kuhn Bayou and Ditch 26 Improvement projects in 
Arkansas, the Matanuska River erosion control project in Alaska, the 
DuPage County Sawmill Creek Watershed project in Illinois, and the Coal 
Creek project in Utah, and four flood control structures in Marmaton, 
Kansas.
    Sec. 737. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 2004 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 
Corporation 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. 738. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service may provide from appropriated funds 
financial and technical assistance to the Dry Creek project, Utah.
    Sec. 739. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to permit 
employees of the United States Department of Agriculture to carry and 
use firearms for personal protection while conducting field work in 
remote locations in the performance of their official duties.
    Sec. 740. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out the provisions of sections 7404(a)(1) and 
7404(c)(1) of Public Law 107-171.
    Sec. 741. 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.
    Sec. 742. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to enroll in excess of 189,144 acres 
in the calendar year 2004 wetlands reserve program as authorized by 16 
U.S.C. 3837.
    Sec. 743. (a) 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 available to pay the 
subsidy costs for note guarantees under that section; and
    (b) The Secretary shall publish a proposed rule to carry out 
section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 within 60 days of 
enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 744. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act 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, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess 
of $51,000,000.
    Sec. 745. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 2502 of Public 
Law 107-171, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in 
excess of $42,000,000.
    Sec. 746. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 2503 of Public 
Law 107-171, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in 
excess of $112,044,000.
    Sec. 747. There is hereby appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out 
section 6028 of Public Law 107-171, the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002: Provided, That notwithstanding section 
383B(g)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
2009bb-1(g)(1)), the Federal share of the administrative expenses of 
the Northern Great Plains Regional Authority for fiscal year 2004 shall 
be 100 percent.
    Sec. 748. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of 
personnel to carry out section 6029 of Public Law 107-171, the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to activities related to the promulgation of 
regulations or the receipt and review of applications for the Rural 
Business Investment Program.
    Sec. 749. Access to Broadband Telecommunications Services in Rural 
Areas. 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 $20,000,000 made available by section 
601(j)(1)(A) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
950bb(j)(1)(A)) for fiscal year 2004.
    Sec. 750. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 9006 of Public 
Law 107-171, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
    Sec. 751. Agencies and offices of the Department of Agriculture may 
utilize any available discretionary funds to cover the costs of 
preparing, or contracting for the preparation of, final agency 
decisions regarding complaints of discrimination in employment or 
program activities arising within such agencies and offices.
    Sec. 752. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for any 
fiscal year, in the case of a high cost isolated rural area that is not 
connected to a road system in Alaska, the maximum level for the single 
family housing assistance shall be 150 percent of the average income 
level in the metropolitan areas of the State and 115 percent of all 
other eligible areas of the State.
    Sec. 753. Any unobligated balances in the Alternative Agricultural 
Research and Commercialization Revolving Fund are hereby rescinded.
    Sec. 754. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the Denali Commission to address 
deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites which threaten to 
contaminate rural drinking water supplies.
    Sec. 755. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall consider the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi; the City of 
Aberdeen, South Dakota; and the City of Starkville, Mississippi as 
meeting the requirements of a rural area contained in section 520 of 
the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490) until receipt of the decennial 
Census for the year 2010.
    Sec. 756. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
shall consider the City of Berlin, New Hampshire; the City of Guymon, 
Oklahoma; the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma; and the City of Altus, 
Oklahoma, to be eligible for loans and grants provided through the 
Rural Community Advancement Program until receipt of the decennial 
Census in the year 2010.
    Sec. 757. None of the funds made available in this Act or any other 
Act may be used to study 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 
Agriculture, including support personnel of the Department of 
Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan programs, 
animal disease research, or grant review or management activities.
    Sec. 758. Section 501(b)(5)(B) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 
U.S.C. 1471(b)(5)(B) is amended by striking ``for fiscal years 2002 and 
2003,''.
    Sec. 759. Agricultural Management Assistance. Section 524(b)(4)(B) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1542(b)(4)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``clause (ii)'' and 
        inserting ``clauses (ii) and (iii)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Certain uses.--Of the amounts made 
                        available to carry out this subsection for each 
                        fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation 
                        shall use not less than--
                                    ``(I) $15,000,000 to carry out 
                                subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of 
                                paragraph (2) through the Natural 
                                Resources Conservation Service; and
                                    ``(II) $2,000,000 to provide 
                                organic certification cost share 
                                assistance through the Agricultural 
                                Marketing Service.''.
    Sec. 760. Travel Relating to Commercial Sales of Agricultural and 
Medical Goods. Section 910(a) of the Trade Sanctions Reform And Export 
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(a)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(a) Authorization of Travel Relating to Commercial Sales of 
Agricultural and Medical Goods.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
promulgate regulations under which the travel-related transactions 
listed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code of Federal 
Regulations, are authorized by general license for travel to, from, or 
within Cuba for the purpose of conferring, exhibiting, marketing, 
planning, sales negotiation, delivery, expediting, facilitating, or 
servicing commercial export sale of agricultural and medical goods 
pursuant to the provisions of this title.''.
    Sec. 761. Protection of Downed Animals. None of the funds 
appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to pay the 
salaries or expenses of employees or agents of the Department of 
Agriculture may be used to approve for human consumption under the 
Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) any cattle, sheep, 
swine, goats, horses, mules, or other equines that are unable to stand 
or walk unassisted at an establishment subject to inspection at the 
point of examination and inspection, as required by section 3(a) of 
that Act (21 U.S.C. 603(a)).
    Sec. 762. Prohibition of Energy Market Manipulation. (a) 
Prohibition.--Part II of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 215. PROHIBITION OF MARKET MANIPULATION.

    ``It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to 
use or employ, in connection with the purchase or sale of electric 
energy or the purchase or sale of transmission services subject to the 
jurisdiction of the Commission, any manipulative or deceptive device or 
contrivance in contravention of such regulations as the Commission may 
promulgate as appropriate in the public interest or for the protection 
of electric ratepayers.''.
    (b) Rates Resulting From Market Manipulation.--Section 205(a) of 
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824d(a)) is amended by inserting after 
``not just and reasonable'' the following: ``or that result from a 
manipulative or deceptive device or contrivance''.
    Sec. 763. Hereafter, no funds provided in this or any other Act 
shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the 
Foreign Agricultural Service to promote the sale or export of tobacco 
or tobacco products.
    Sec. 764. In General.--Section 3(o)(4) of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)(4), is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ``, and except that on October 1, 
2003, in the case of households residing in Alaska and Hawaii the 
Secretary may not reduce the cost of such diet in effect on September 
30, 2002''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective beginning on September 30, 2003.
    Sec. 765. Modification of Boundaries of Aroostook County and 
Griggs-Steele Empowerment Zones. (a) Aroostook County Empowerment 
Zone.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Aroostook County 
empowerment zone shall include for the period such empowerment zone 
remains designated, in addition to the area designated as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the remaining area of the county not 
included in such designation.
    (b) Griggs-Steele Empowerment Zone.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Griggs-Steele empowerment zone shall include for 
the period such empowerment zone remains designated, in addition to the 
area designated as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
remaining area of Griggs County not included in such designation.
    Sec. 766. Cost-Sharing for Animal and Plant Health Emergency 
Programs. 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. 767. Section 601(b)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Eligible rural community.--The term `eligible rural 
        community' means any area of the United States that is not 
        contained in an incorporated city or town with a population in 
        excess of 20,000 inhabitants.''.
    Sec. 768. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for all 
activities under programs of the Rural Development Mission Area within 
the County of Honolulu, Hawaii, the Secretary may designate any portion 
of the county as a rural area or eligible rural community that the 
Secretary determines is not urban in character.
    Sec. 769. The first sentence of section 306(g)(1) of the National 
Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or title V of the Housing Act of 1949''; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after ``1944'' the following: ``, title V 
        of the Housing Act of 1949,''.
    Sec. 770. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (including the associated regulations) 
governing the Community Facilities Program, the Secretary shall allow 
all Community Facility Program facility borrowers and grantees to enter 
into contracts with not-for-profit third parties for services 
consistent with the requirements of the Program, grant, and/or loan: 
Provided, That the contracts protect the interests of the Government 
regarding cost, liability, maintenance, and administrative fees.
    Sec. 771. EQIP Payment Limit. None of the funds made available 
under this Act or any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and 
expenses of personnel to carry out chapter 4 of subtitle D of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) to make payments to an 
individual, entity, or agricultural operation, directly or indirectly, 
in excess of an aggregate of $300,000 for all contracts entered into by 
the individual, entity, or agricultural operation during the period of 
fiscal years 2002 through 2007.
    Sec. 772. 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 
agreements, with a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, 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 Plant 
Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Service; and (2) all parties will 
contribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives; award 
of a cooperative agreement authorized by the Secretary may be made for 
an initial term not to exceed 5 years.
    Sec. 773. Citrus Canker Assistance. Section 211 of the Agricultural 
Assistance Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 545) is amended--
            (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``tree replacement 
        and'' after ``for''; and
            (2) in subsection (a), by inserting ``tree replacement 
        and'' after ``Florida for''.
    Sec. 774. Rural Electrification. For fiscal year 2004, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may use any unobligated carryover funds made 
available for any program administered by the Rural Utilities Service 
(not including funds made available under the heading ``Rural Community 
Advancement Program'' in any Act of appropriation) to carry out section 
315 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940e).
    Sec. 775. The Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration 
shall provide no less than $250,000, from within funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available in this Act for the Food and Drug 
Administration, to process comments submitted in response to Docket No. 
95N-0304 published in the Federal Register on March 5, 2003 (68FR 
10417): Provided further, That the Commissioner should expedite and 
complete review of available scientific evidence of ephedra's 
pharmacology and mechanism of action.
    Sec. 776. Workload Analysis of Farm Service Agency. None of the 
funds made available by this Act may be used to pay more than \1/2\ of 
the salary of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services after January 31, 2004, unless and until the Secretary of 
Agriculture provides to the Committee on Agriculture of House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate a workload analysis of employees of the Farm 
Service Agency for each of fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 (including 
an analysis of the number of workload items and required man-years, by 
State).
    Sec. 777. Sun Grant Research Initiative. (a) Short Title.--This 
section may be cited as the ``Sun Grant Research Initiative Act of 
2003''.
    (b) Research, Extension, and Educational Programs on Biobased 
Energy Technologies and Products.--Title IX of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 9011. RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ON BIOBASED 
              ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS.

    ``(a) Purposes.--The purposes of the programs established under 
this section are--
            ``(1) to enhance national energy security through the 
        development, distribution, and implementation of biobased 
        energy technologies;
            ``(2) to promote diversification in, and the environmental 
        sustainability of, agricultural production in the United States 
        through biobased energy and product technologies;
            ``(3) to promote economic diversification in rural areas of 
        the United States through biobased energy and product 
        technologies; and
            ``(4) to enhance the efficiency of bioenergy and biomass 
        research and development programs through improved coordination 
        and collaboration between the Department of Agriculture, the 
        Department of Energy, and the land-grant colleges and 
        universities.
    ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Land-grant colleges and universities.--The term 
        `land-grant colleges and universities' means--
                    ``(A) 1862 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of 
                the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education 
                Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601));
                    ``(B) 1890 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of 
                that Act) and West Virginia State College; and
                    ``(C) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 2 of 
                that Act).
            ``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
    ``(c) Establishment.--To carry out the purposes described in 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall establish programs under which--
            ``(1) the Secretary shall provide grants to sun grant 
        centers specified in subsection (d); and
            ``(2) the sun grant centers shall use the grants in 
        accordance with this section.
    ``(d) Grants to Centers.--The Secretary shall use amounts made 
available for a fiscal year under subsection (j) to provide a grants in 
equal amounts to each of the following sun grant centers:
            ``(1) North-central center.--A north-central sun grant 
        center at South Dakota State University for the region composed 
        of the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, 
        Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
            ``(2) Southeastern center.--A southeastern sun grant center 
        at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville for the region 
        composed of--
                    ``(A) the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 
                Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
                Tennessee, and Virginia;
                    ``(B) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
                    ``(C) the United States Virgin Islands.
            ``(3) South-central center.--A south-central sun grant 
        center at Oklahoma State University for the region composed of 
        the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, 
        New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
            ``(4) Western center.--A western sun grant center at Oregon 
        State University for the region composed of--
                    ``(A) the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, 
                Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington; 
                and
                    ``(B) territories and possessions of the United 
                States (other than the territories referred to in 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (2)).
            ``(5) Northeastern center.--A northeastern sun grant center 
        at Cornell University for the region composed of the States of 
        Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, 
        Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, 
        Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and West Virginia.
    ``(e) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) Centers of excellence.--Of the amount of funds that 
        are made available for a fiscal year to a sun grant center 
        under subsection (d), the center shall use not more than 25 
        percent of the amount for administration to support excellence 
        in science, engineering, and economics at the center to promote 
        the purposes described in subsection (a) through the State 
        agricultural experiment station, cooperative extension 
        services, and relevant educational programs of the university.
            ``(2) Grants to land-grant colleges and universities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The sun grant center established 
                for a region shall use the funds that remain available 
                for a fiscal year after expenditures made under 
                paragraph (1) to provide competitive grants to land-
                grant colleges and universities in the region of the 
                sun grant center to conduct, consistent with the 
                purposes described in subsection (a), 
                multiinstitutional and multistate--
                            ``(i) research, extension, and educational 
                        programs on technology development; and
                            ``(ii) integrated research, extension, and 
                        educational programs on technology 
                        implementation.
                    ``(B) Programs.--Of the amount of funds that are 
                used to provide grants for a fiscal year under 
                subparagraph (A), the center shall use--
                            ``(i) not less than 30 percent of the funds 
                        to carry out programs described in subparagraph 
                        (A)(i); and
                            ``(ii) not less than 30 percent of the 
                        funds to carry out programs described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(ii).
            ``(3) Indirect costs.--A sun grant center may not recover 
        the indirect costs of making grants under paragraph (2) to 
        other land-grant colleges and universities.
    ``(f) Plan.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to the availability of funds 
        under subsection (j), in cooperation with other land-grant 
        colleges and universities and private industry in accordance 
        with paragraph (2), the sun grant centers shall jointly develop 
        and submit to the Secretary, for approval, a plan for 
        addressing at the State and regional levels the bioenergy, 
        biomass, and gasification research priorities of the Department 
        of Agriculture and the Department of Energy for the making of 
        grants under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (e).
            ``(2) Gasification coordination.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In developing the plan under 
                paragraph (1) with respect to gasification research, 
                the sun grant centers identified in paragraphs (1) and 
                (2) of subsection (d) shall coordinate with land grant 
                colleges and universities in their respective regions 
                that have ongoing research activities with respect to 
                the research.
                    ``(B) Funding.--Funds made available under 
                subsection (d) to the sun grant center identified in 
                subsection (e)(2) shall be available to carry out 
                planning coordination under paragraph (1) of this 
                subsection.
    ``(g) Grants to Other Land-Grant Colleges and Universities.--
            ``(1) Priority for grants.--In making grants under 
        subsection (e)(2), a sun grant center shall give a higher 
        priority to programs that are consistent with the plan approved 
        by the Secretary under subsection (f).
            ``(2) Term of grants.--The term of a grant provided by a 
        sun grant center under subsection (e)(2) shall not exceed 5 
        years.
    ``(h) Grant Information Analysis Center.--The sun grant centers 
shall maintain a Sun Grant Information Analysis Center at the sun grant 
center specified in subsection (d)(1) to provide sun grant centers 
analysis and data management support.
    ``(i) Annual Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the end of a 
year for which a sun grant center receives a grant under subsection 
(d), the sun grant center shall submit to the Secretary a report that 
describes the policies, priorities, and operations of the program 
carried out by the center during the year, including a description of 
progress made in facilitating the priorities described in subsection 
(f).
    ``(j) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section--
                    ``(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2005;
                    ``(B) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
                    ``(C) $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 
                through 2010.
            ``(2) Grant information analysis center.--Of amounts made 
        available under paragraph (1), not more than $4,000,000 for 
        each fiscal year shall be made available to carry out 
        subsection (h).''.
    Sec. 778. Dietary Supplements. The Commissioner of Food and Drugs 
shall provide not less than $11,400,000 from within funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available by this Act for regulation by the Food and 
Drug Administration of dietary supplements.
    Sec. 779. Sense of Senate on Importation of Cattle With Bovine 
Spongiform Encephalopathy. (a) Findings.--The Senate finds that--
            (1) the United States beef industry is the single largest 
        segment of United States agriculture;
            (2) the United States has never allowed the importation of 
        live cattle from a country that has been found to have bovine 
        spongiform encephalopathy (referred to in this section as 
        ``BSE'');
            (3) the importation of live cattle known to have BSE could 
        put the entire United States cattle industry at unnecessary 
        risk;
            (4) food safety is a top priority for the people of the 
        United States; and
            (5) the importation of beef and beef products from a 
        country known to have BSE could undermine consumer confidence 
        in the integrity of the food supply and present a possible 
        danger to human health.
    (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that the 
Secretary of Agriculture--
            (1) should not allow the importation of live cattle from 
        any country known to have BSE unless the country complies with 
        the animal health guidelines established by the World 
        Organization for Animal Health; and
            (2) should abide by international standards for the 
        continued health and safety of the United States livestock 
        industry.
    Sec. 780. Reduction in Travel Amounts. (a) In General.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, each amount provided 
by this Act for travel expenses is reduced by the pro rata percentage 
required to reduce the total amount provided by this Act for such 
expenses by $6,000,000.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a listing of the amounts by account of 
the reductions made pursuant to subsection (a).
    Sec. 781. Limitation on Allocation of Purchase Prices for Butter 
and Nonfat Dry Milk. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to pay the salaries or expenses of employees of the Department 
of Agriculture to allocate the rate of price support between the 
purchase prices for nonfat dry milk and butter in a manner does not 
support the price of milk in accordance with section 1501(b) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7981(b)).
    Sec. 782. Sense of Senate Regarding Country of Origin Labeling 
Requirements. It is the sense of the Senate that the conferees on the 
part of the Senate on this bill shall insist that no limits on the use 
of funds to enforce country of origin labeling requirements for meat or 
meat products be included in the conference report accompanying the 
bill.
    Sec. 783. Emergency Watershed Protection Program. Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 
hereafter to make funding and other assistance available through the 
emergency watershed protection program under section 403 of the 
Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) to repair and prevent 
damage to non-Federal land in watersheds that have been impaired by 
fires initiated by the Federal Government and to waive cost sharing 
requirements for the funding and assistance.
    Sec. 784. The Secretary may waive the requirements regarding small 
and emerging rural business as authorized under the Rural Business 
Enterprise Grant program for the purpose of a lease for the Oakridge 
Oregon Industrial Park.
    Sec. 785. Water and Waste Disposal Grant to the Alaska Department 
of Community and Economic Development. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law--
            (1) the Alaska Department of Community and Economic 
        Development may be eligible to receive a water and waste 
        disposal grant under section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm 
        and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that 
        is up to 75 percent of the total cost of providing water and 
        sewer service to the proposed hospital in the Matanuska-Susitna 
        Borough, Alaska; and
            (2) the Alaska Department of Community and Economic 
        Development may be allowed to pass the grant funds through to 
        the local government entity that will provide water and sewer 
        service to the hospital.
    Sec. 786. Conservation Reserve Program. Land shall be considered 
eligible land under section 1231(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) for purposes of enrollment into the conservation 
reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle 
D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et 
seq.) if the land--
            (1) is planted to hardwood trees as of the date of 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) was enrolled in the conservation reserve program under 
        a contract that expired before the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
    Sec. 787. Prohibition of Use of Funds To Purchase Chicken Treated 
With Fluoroquinolone. After December 31, 2003, none of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to purchase chickens or the products 
of chickens for use in any program under the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) or the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), unless the supplier provides 
certification that the supplier does not feed or administer 
fluoroquinolone to chickens produced by the supplier.
    Sec. 788. Renewable Energy System Loan Guarantees. Title IX of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) 
is amended by adding the following new section:

``SEC. 9011. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM LOAN GUARANTEES.

    ``(a) Definition of Subsidy Costs.--In this section, the term 
`subsidy costs' has the meaning given the term `cost' in section 502 of 
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a).
    ``(b) Projects.--Section 9006(c)(1) shall not apply to a loan 
guarantee made under this subsection to carry out a project if--
            ``(1) the loan will be used--
                    ``(A) to purchase a renewable energy system that 
                has, as one of its principal purposes, the commercial 
                production of an agricultural commodity; and
                    ``(B) to promote a solution to an environmental 
                problem in a rural area of the State in which the 
                project will be carried out;
            ``(2) the lender of the loan exercises due diligence with 
        respect to the borrower of the loan;
            ``(3) the borrower of the loan pays in full, before the 
        guarantee is issued, a guarantee fee in the amount of the 
        estimated subsidy cost of the guarantee, as determined by the 
        Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
            ``(4) except as provided in paragraph (5), the principal 
        amount of the loan is not more than $25,000,000;
            ``(5) the principal amount of the loan is more than 
        $25,000,000, but is not more than $75,000,000, if the 
        Secretary--
                    ``(A) approves the loan application; and
                    ``(B) does not delegate the authority described in 
                subparagraph (A);
            ``(6) the project requires no Federal or State financial 
        assistance, other than the loan guarantee provided under this 
        subsection; and
            ``(7) the project complies with all necessary permits, 
        licenses, and approvals required under the laws of the State.
    ``(c) Cost Sharing.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount of a loan guarantee under 
        this section for a project described in subsection (b) shall 
        not exceed 80 percent of the total project cost.
            ``(2) Subordination.--Any financing for the non-Federal 
        share of the total project cost shall be subordinated to the 
        federally guaranteed portion of the total project cost.
    ``(d) Loan Guarantee Limits.--The loan guarantee limitations 
applicable to the business and industry guarantee loan program 
authorized under section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932) shall apply to loan guarantees made 
under this section.
    ``(e) Maximum Amount.--
            ``(1) Individual loans.--The amount of principal for a loan 
        under this section for a project described in subsection (b) 
        shall not exceed $75,000,000.
            ``(2) All loans.--The total outstanding amount of principal 
        for loans under this section for all projects described in 
        subsection (b) shall not exceed $500,000,000.
    ``(f) Proposed Rule.--The Secretary shall publish a proposed rule 
to carry out this section within 120 days of enactment of this Act.''.
    Sec. 789. Water and Waste Disposal Grant to the City of Postville, 
Iowa. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the city of 
Postville, Iowa, shall be eligible to receive a water and waste 
disposal grant under section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount that is equal to not 
more than 75 percent of the total cost of providing water and sewer 
service in the city.
    Sec. 790. Texas Rice Safeguard Initiative. (a) In General.--In 
order to provide a safeguard against the further decline of the rice 
industry and wildlife habitat in Texas, and to provide information to 
the Congress in anticipation of and preparation for the 2007 farm bill, 
the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct the initiative required 
under this section.
    (b) Administrative Improvements.--As an integral part of the 
safeguard initiative the Secretary of Agriculture shall review the 
administration and enhance the enforcement of section 1105(a)(1)(E) of 
Public Law 107-171 as it relates to and is applied to the control of 
noxious weeds and the proper application and implementation of the 
conserving use requirements on rice base acreage in Texas.
    (c) Reports to Congress.--The Secretary shall review and evaluate 
the costs, benefits and effects of the safeguard initiative on rice 
producers, including tenant rice producers, the rice milling and 
processing industry, wildlife habitat, and the economies of rice 
farming areas in Texas, detailed by each of these affected interests 
and by the program variables involved in the safeguard initiative under 
subsection (b), including whether or not producers on a farm have 
qualified plantings. The Secretary shall provide to the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives an annual report detailing 
the progress and findings of the initiative not later than February 1 
of each of the years 2005 through 2007.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2004''.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2673

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