[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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[S. 2856 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        S.2856

                       One Hundred Eighth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
           the twentieth day of January, two thousand and four


                                 An Act


 
  To limit the transfer of certain Commodity Credit Corporation funds 
between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following:
    ``(b) Technical Assistance.--Effective for fiscal year 2005 and 
each subsequent fiscal year, Commodity Credit Corporation funds made 
available for each of the programs specified in paragraphs (1) through 
(7) of subsection (a)--
        ``(1) shall be available for the provision of technical 
    assistance for the programs for which funds are made available; and
        ``(2) shall not be available for the provision of technical 
    assistance for conservation programs specified in subsection (a) 
    other than the program for which the funds were made available.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
effect on October 1, 2004.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.