[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2856 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2856


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 16, 2004

                Referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 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.

            Passed the Senate October 11, 2004.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.