[House Prints, 110th Congress]
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                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

                 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008

                    (H.R. 2764; Public Law 110-161)


 
       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

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                          CONTENTS, DIVISION A

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Legislative Text:
    Title I--Agricultural Programs...............................    14
    Title II--Conservation Programs..............................    26
    Title III--Rural Development Programs........................    28
    Title IV--Domestic Food Programs.............................    37
    Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs.............    39
    Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration..    40
    Title VII--General Provisions................................    42
Explanatory Statement:
    Title I--Agricultural Programs...............................    56
    Title II--Conservation Programs..............................    85
    Title III--Rural Development Programs........................    88
    Title IV--Domestic Food Programs.............................    94
    Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs.............    97
    Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration..    98
    Title VII--General Provisions................................   103
    Earmark Disclosure...........................................   105
    Table........................................................   106
    [Clerk's note: Six sections which precede division A in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act apply to all divisions of the 
Act, including this one. The text of these sections is as 
follows:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2008''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    [Text omitted for purposes of this note]

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be 
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.

SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

    The explanatory statement regarding the consolidated 
appropriations amendment of the House of Representatives to the 
amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2764, printed in the House 
section of the Congressional Record on or about December 17, 
2007 by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House, shall have the same effect with respect to the 
allocation of funds and implementation of divisions A through K 
of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a 
committee of conference.

SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.

    Any designation in any division of this Act referring to 
this section is a designation of an amount as an emergency 
requirement and necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to 
subsections (a) and (b) of section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 
(110th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for 
fiscal year 2008.

SEC. 6. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.
    Reproduced below is the text of division A of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (H.R. 2764; P.L. 110-161) 
as presented to the President for signature.]

                      Legislative Text, Division A


       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008


                                TITLE I


                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS


                  Production, Processing and Marketing


                        Office of the Secretary

  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, $5,097,000: 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


                     OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

  For necessary expenses of the Office 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), $10,487,000.

                       NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

  For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
$14,466,000.

                 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

  For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
Analysis, $8,270,000.

                        HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

  For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security Staff, 
$931,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, $16,361,000.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
Officer, $5,850,000: Provided, That no funds made available by 
this appropriation may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A-
76 activities until the Secretary has submitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives a report on the Department's contracting out 
policies, including agency budgets for contracting out.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

  For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Rights, $854,000.

                         Office of Civil Rights

  For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
$20,496,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

  For necessary 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, $196,252,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $156,590,000 shall be 
available for payments to the General Services Administration 
for rent and the Department of Homeland Security for building 
security: Provided, That amounts which are made available for 
space rental and related costs for the Department of 
Agriculture in this Act may be transferred between such 
appropriations to cover the costs of additional, new, or 
replacement space 15 days after notice thereof is transmitted 
to the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress.

                     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.), $4,886,000, 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, $23,144,000, 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.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

  For necessary 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, $3,795,000: 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 funds made available by this appropriation may 
be obligated after 30 days from the date of enactment of this 
Act, unless the Secretary has notified the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of 
these funds by USDA agency: 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 of the Office of Communications 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, $9,338,000.

                    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, $80,052,000, 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, 
$39,227,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

  For necessary 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, $77,943,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

  For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
service work, $163,355,000, of which up to $52,351,000 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, $1,128,944,000: 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 hereafter 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, $47,082,000, 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, $672,997,000, as follows: to carry out the 
provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), 
$197,192,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research (16 
U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $24,966,000; for payments to eligible 
institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), $41,340,000, provided that each 
institution receives no less than $1,000,000; for special 
grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
$92,422,000, of which $2,095,000 shall be for grants pursuant 
to 7 U.S.C. 3155; for competitive grants for agricultural 
research on improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
$15,421,000; for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 
450i(b)), $192,229,000; for the support of animal health and 
disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,006,000; for supplemental 
and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $825,000; 
for grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural 
Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,091,000, to remain 
available until expended; for the 1994 research grants program 
for 1994 institutions pursuant to section 536 of Public Law 
103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), $1,544,000, to remain available 
until expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), 
$990,000; for higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 
U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $3,701,000, to remain available until 
expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a program pursuant to section 
1415A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3151a), $875,000, to 
remain available until expended; for higher education challenge 
grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,423,000; for a higher 
education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), 
$988,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); 
for an education grants program for Hispanic-serving 
Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $6,089,000; for competitive 
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, $3,218,000; for a secondary 
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary 
education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $990,000; for aquaculture grants 
(7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,956,000; for sustainable agriculture 
research and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $14,500,000; for a 
program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to 
institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 
3222, $13,688,000, 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, $3,342,000; for 
resident instruction grants for insular areas under section 
1491 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $750,000; and for 
necessary expenses of Research and Education Activities, 
$42,451,000, of which $2,723,000 for the Research, Education, 
and Economics Information System and $2,151,000 for the 
Electronic Grants Information System, are to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That hereafter 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: Provided further, That hereafter 
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), 
$11,880,000, to remain available until expended.

                          EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

  For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, 
and American Samoa, $456,460,000, 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, 
$276,596,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 
Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), 
$3,321,000; payments for the nutrition and family education 
program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, 
$66,019,000; payments for the pest management program under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $9,860,000; payments for the farm 
safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,759,000; 
payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under section 
3(d) of the Act, $1,485,000; payments to upgrade research, 
extension, and teaching facilities at institutions eligible to 
receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $17,389,000, to 
remain available until expended; payments for youth-at-risk 
programs under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $8,024,000; 
for youth farm safety education and certification extension 
grants, to be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the 
Act, $467,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 
Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 
seq.), $4,036,000; payments for the federally-recognized Tribes 
Extension Program under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, 
$3,000,000; payments for sustainable agriculture programs under 
section 3(d) of the Act, $4,600,000; payments for rural health 
and safety education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public 
Law 92-419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,750,000; payments for 
cooperative extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 
3221), $36,103,000, provided that each institution receives no 
less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organizations 
pursuant to section 7630 of title 7, United States Code, 
$1,750,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension Activities, 
$17,301,000.

                         INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

  For the integrated research, education, and extension grants 
programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
$56,244,000, as follows: for competitive grants programs 
authorized under section 406 of the Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), 
$42,286,000, including $12,738,000 for the water quality 
program, $14,699,000 for the food safety program, $4,125,000 
for the regional pest management centers program, $4,419,000 
for the Food Quality Protection Act risk mitigation program for 
major food crop systems, $1,375,000 for the crops affected by 
Food Quality Protection Act implementation, $3,075,000 for the 
methyl bromide transition program, and $1,855,000 for the 
organic transition program; for a competitive international 
science and education grants program authorized under section 
1459A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b), to remain 
available until expended, $2,000,000; for grants programs 
authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89-106, as 
amended, $737,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2009, for the critical issues program; $1,321,000 for the 
regional rural development centers program; and $9,900,000 for 
the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative authorized under 
section 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available until September 
30, 2009.

              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), $6,440,000, to remain available until expended.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

  For necessary 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; $721,000.

               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, including up to $30,000 for representation allowances and 
for expenses pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4085), $873,754,000, of which $1,000,000 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 $37,269,000 shall be used for the cotton pests program 
for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active 
eradication zones; of which $9,750,000 shall be available for a 
National Animal Identification program; of which $51,725,000 
shall be used to conduct a surveillance and preparedness 
program for highly pathogenic avian influenza: 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 2008, 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.

                     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, 
$76,862,000, 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.
  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 $61,233,000 (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, including not less than $10,000,000 for replacement 
of a system to support commodity purchases, 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 
$16,798,000 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)), $11,709,000, of which not less 
than $1,875,000 shall be used to make a grant under this 
heading: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading, $8,500,000, to remain available until expended, is for 
specialty crop block grants authorized under section 101 of the 
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note), of which not to exceed 5 percent may 
be available for administrative expenses.

        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, $38,785,000: 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 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, $600,000.

                   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), $930,120,000, of which no less than 
$829,807,000 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 83 full time equivalent 
positions above the fiscal year 2002 level shall be employed 
during fiscal year 2008 for purposes dedicated solely to 
inspections and enforcement related to the Humane Methods of 
Slaughter Act: Provided further, That of the amount available 
under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be obligated to maintain 
the Humane Animal Tracking System as part of the Public Health 
Data Communication Infrastructure System: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $650,000 is for construction of a laboratory 
sample receiving facility: 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 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, $632,000.

                          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, $1,134,045,000: 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: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
available by this Act may be used to pay the salary or expenses 
of any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture to 
close or relocate any county or field office of the Farm 
Service Agency (other than a county or field office that had 
zero employees as of February 7, 2007), or to develop, submit, 
consider, or approve any plan for any such closure or 
relocation before enactment of an omnibus authorization law to 
provide for the continuation of agricultural programs for 
fiscal years after 2007.

                         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), 
$4,400,000.

               GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

  For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or groundwater 
protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-2), $3,713,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                        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 the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 
(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, $1,471,257,000, of 
which $1,247,400,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans 
and $223,857,000 shall be for direct loans; operating loans, 
$1,875,686,000, of which $1,024,650,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $271,886,000 shall be for 
subsidized guaranteed loans and $579,150,000 shall be for 
direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $3,960,000; 
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, $14,952,000, of which $4,990,000 shall be for 
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, and $9,962,000 shall be for 
direct loans; operating loans, $134,561,000, of which 
$24,797,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 
$36,270,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans, and 
$73,494,000 shall be for direct loans; and Indian tribe land 
acquisition loans, $125,000.
  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $311,229,000, of 
which $303,309,000 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), $76,658,000: Provided, That not 
more than $11,166,000 of the funds made available under section 
522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may 
be used for program compliance and integrity purposes, 
including the data mining project, and for the Common 
Information Management System: Provided further, 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): 
Provided, That of the funds available to the Commodity Credit 
Corporation under section 11 of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its 
business with the Foreign Agricultural Service, up to 
$5,000,000 may be transferred to and used by the Foreign 
Agricultural Service for information resource management 
activities of the Foreign Agricultural Service that are not 
related to Commodity Credit Corporation business.

                       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 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, $742,000.

                 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, $840,326,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2009: 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.

               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, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $15,500,000 of this appropriation 
shall be available for technical assistance.

                    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, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                 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), $51,088,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,073,000 shall be 
available for national headquarters activities.

                    HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM

  For necessary expenses to carry out the Healthy Forests 
Reserve Program authorized under title V of Public Law 108-148 
(16 U.S.C. 6571-6578), $2,000,000, 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, $632,000.

                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; $169,998,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds appropriated 
under this section may be used for advertising and promotional 
activities that support 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: $5,349,391,000 for loans to section 502 
borrowers, of which $1,129,391,000 shall be for direct loans, 
and of which $4,220,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized 
guaranteed loans; $34,652,000 for section 504 housing repair 
loans; $70,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $130,000,000 
for section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; 
$5,045,000 for section 524 site loans; $11,485,000 for credit 
sales of acquired property, of which up to $1,485,000 may be 
for multi-family credit sales; and $5,000,000 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, $156,224,000, of which $105,824,000 shall be for direct 
loans, and of which $50,400,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; section 
504 housing repair loans, $9,796,000; repair, rehabilitation, 
and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 
$29,827,000; section 538 multi-family housing guaranteed loans, 
$12,220,000; credit sales of acquired property, $552,000; and 
section 523 self-help housing and development loans, $142,000: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated in this 
paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be available through June 30, 2008, 
for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and 
communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural 
Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided further, That any 
funds under this paragraph initially allocated by the Secretary 
for housing projects in the State of Alaska that are not 
obligated by September 30, 2008, shall be carried over until 
September 30, 2009, and made available for such housing 
projects only in the State of Alaska: Provided further, That 
any unobligated balances for a demonstration program for the 
preservation and revitalization of the section 515 multi-family 
rental housing properties as authorized by Public Law 109-97 
shall be transferred to and merged with the ``Rural Housing 
Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Account''.
  In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $452,927,000, 
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, $482,090,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2009; 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, up to $6,000,000 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 $50,000 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 one-year period: Provided further, 
That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one-
year agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes of 
any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of 
any existing projects; preservation; and rental assistance 
activities authorized under title V of the Act: Provided 
further, That rental assistance provided under agreements 
entered into prior to fiscal year 2008 for a farm labor multi-
family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the 
Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until such 
assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 consecutive 
months, if such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking 
such assistance or the project has rental assistance eligible 
tenants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided 
further, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the 
extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-
family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the 
Act.

          MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

  For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but notwithstanding 
subsection (b) of such section, for the cost to conduct a 
housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans for 
the preservation of low-income multi-family housing projects, 
and for additional costs to conduct a demonstration program for 
the preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental 
housing properties described in this paragraph, $28,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds 
made available under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
available for rural housing vouchers to any low-income 
household (including those not receiving rental assistance) 
residing in a property financed with a section 515 loan which 
has been prepaid after September 30, 2005: Provided further, 
That the amount of such voucher shall be the difference between 
comparable market rent for the section 515 unit and the tenant 
paid rent for such unit: Provided further, That funds made 
available for such vouchers shall be subject to the 
availability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
administer such vouchers with current regulations and 
administrative guidance applicable to section 8 housing 
vouchers administered by the Secretary of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development (including the ability to pay 
administrative costs related to delivery of the voucher funds): 
Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that the 
amount made available for vouchers in this or any other Act is 
not needed for vouchers, the Secretary may use such funds for 
the demonstration programs for the preservation and 
revitalization of multi-family rental housing properties 
described in this paragraph: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be 
available for the cost of loans to private non-profit 
organizations, or such non-profit organizations' affiliate loan 
funds and State and local housing finance agencies, to carry 
out a housing demonstration program to provide revolving loans 
for the preservation of low-income multi-family housing 
projects: Provided further, That loans under such demonstration 
program shall have an interest rate of not more than 1 percent 
direct loan to the recipient: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may defer the interest and principal payment to the 
Rural Housing Service for up to 3 years and the term of such 
loans shall not exceed 30 years: Provided further, That of the 
funds made available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be 
available for a demonstration program for the preservation and 
revitalization of the section 514, 515, and 516 multi-family 
rental housing properties to restructure existing USDA multi-
family housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, 
expressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has 
sufficient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 
providing safe and affordable housing for low-income residents 
and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating interest; 
deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing or 
reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 
including advances and incentives required by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That if the Secretary determines that 
additional funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are 
needed, funds for the preservation and revitalization 
demonstration program may be used for such vouchers: Provided 
further, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 
authorize a section 515 multi-family rental housing loan 
restructuring program similar to the demonstration program 
described herein, the Secretary may use funds made available 
for the demonstration program under this heading to carry out 
such legislation with the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                  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), $39,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through June 
30, 2008, 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

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

  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, $39,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 
2008, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
communities and communities designated by the Secretary of 
Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided 
further, That any balances to carry out a housing demonstration 
program to provide revolving loans for the preservation of low-
income multi-family housing projects as authorized in Public 
Law 108-447 and Public Law 109-97 shall be transferred to and 
merged with the ``Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing 
Revitalization Program Account''.

                       FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

  For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $22,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans 
and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts.

               RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

  For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for 
rural community facilities programs as authorized by section 
306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, $68,952,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That $6,300,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading 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 
$14,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall 
be to provide grants for facilities in rural communities with 
extreme unemployment and severe economic depression (Public Law 
106-387), with up to 5 percent for administration and capacity 
building in the State rural development offices: Provided 
further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be available for community facilities grants to 
tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 
Act: Provided further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
through June 30, 2008, for authorized empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities and communities designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones for the rural community programs described in section 
381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: 
Provided further, That section 381E-H and 381N of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable 
to the funds made available under this heading: Provided 
further, That any prior balances in the Rural Development, 
Rural Community Advancement Program account for programs 
authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(1) 
of such Act be transferred and merged with this account and any 
other prior balances from the Rural Development, Rural 
Community Advancement Program account that the Secretary 
determines is appropriate to transfer.

                   Rural Business-Cooperative Service


                     RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

  For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, 
for the rural business development programs authorized by 
sections 306 and 310B and described in section 310B(f) and 
381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$87,700,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amount appropriated under this heading, 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 and 
$3,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority 
(7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.) for any Rural Community Advancement 
Program purpose as described in section 381E(d) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, of which not more 
than 5 percent may be used for administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under this heading shall be for business grants to benefit 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 
for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 
technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 
promote economic development: Provided further, That not to 
exceed $8,300,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading 
shall be available through June 30, 2008, for authorized 
empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and cooperative 
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided further, 
That section 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act are not applicable to funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That any prior balances 
in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 
account for programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B and 
described in section 310B(f) and 381E(d)(3) of such Act be 
transferred and merged with this account and any other prior 
balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community 
Advancement Program account that the Secretary determines is 
appropriate to transfer.

              RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

  For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
$33,772,000.
  For the cost of direct loans, $14,485,000, 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, 2008, for 
Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and of which 
$3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 2008, for 
Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in accordance 
with Public Law 100-460): 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, $880,000 shall 
be available through June 30, 2008, 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, $4,774,000 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, $33,077,000.
  Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 
Electrification Act of 1936, $34,000,000 shall not be obligated 
and $34,000,000 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), $28,023,000, of which $495,000 shall be 
for a cooperative research agreement with a qualified academic 
institution to conduct research on the national economic impact 
of all types of cooperatives; and of which $2,600,000 shall be 
for cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology 
transfer for rural areas program: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,473,000 shall be for 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; and of 
which $19,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
for value-added agricultural product market development grants, 
as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).

       RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES GRANTS

  For grants in connection with empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities, $8,187,000, 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 the funds provided under this paragraph shall be 
made available to empowerment zones and enterprise communities 
in a manner and with the same priorities such funds were made 
available during the 2007 fiscal year.

                        RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

  For the cost of a program of direct loans, loan guarantees, 
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), $36,000,000: 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 WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

  For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants for 
the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste 
management programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 
306D, and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 
381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 
$562,565,000, to remain available until expended, of which not 
to exceed $500,000 shall be available for the rural utilities 
program described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of 
which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the rural 
utilities program described in section 306E of such Act: 
Provided, That $65,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 
this heading shall be for water and waste disposal systems 
grants authorized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act and Native Americans authorized 
by 306C(a)(1): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
allocate the funds described in the previous proviso in a 
manner consistent with the historical allocation for such 
populations under these authorities: Provided further, That not 
to exceed $18,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this 
heading shall be for technical assistance grants for rural 
water and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 
Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of extreme 
need, of which $5,600,000 shall be made available for a grant 
to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional technical 
assistance organization, with experience in working with small 
communities on water and waste water problems, the principal 
purpose of such grant shall be to assist rural communities with 
populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the planning, 
financing, development, operation, and management of water and 
waste water systems, and of which not less than $800,000 shall 
be for a qualified national Native American organization to 
provide technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal 
communities: Provided further, That not to exceed $13,750,000 
of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be for 
contracting with qualified national organizations for a circuit 
rider program to provide technical assistance for rural water 
systems: Provided further, That not to exceed $12,700,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading shall be available 
through June 30, 2008, for authorized empowerment zones and 
enterprise communities and communities designated by the 
Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
Zones for the rural utilities programs described in section 
381E(d)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of 
the amount appropriated under this heading 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 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: Provided further, That 
section 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act are not applicable to the funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That any prior balances 
in the Rural Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 
account programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 
and 310B and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, and 
381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred and merged with this 
account and any other prior balances from the Rural 
Development, Rural Community Advancement Program account that 
the Secretary determines is appropriate to transfer.

   RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

  The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as 
authorized by section 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be made as follows: 5 percent rural 
electrification loans, $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to 
section 306 of that Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; 
guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, 
$500,000,000; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, 
$145,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 
$250,000,000; and for loans made pursuant to section 306 of 
that Act, rural telecommunications loans, $295,000,000.
  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, $120,000, and 
the cost of telecommunications loans, $3,620,000: 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, $38,623,000 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 broadband telecommunication 
loans, $300,000,000.
  For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in 
rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., 
$35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
$5,000,000 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 and repeaters, regardless of the 
location of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter 
links, and equipment to allow local control over digital 
content and programming through the use of high-definition 
broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies.
  For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
901 et seq., $6,450,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in 
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
  In addition, $13,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural 
areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine 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 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, $597,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service


                        CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

  For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. Russell 
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; $13,901,513,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2009, of which $7,647,965,000 
is hereby appropriated and $6,253,548,000 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 up to 
$5,505,000 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), $6,020,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2009, of which such sums 
as are necessary to restore the contingency reserve to 
$150,000,000 shall be placed in reserve, to remain available 
until expended, to be allocated as the Secretary deems 
necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such Act, to 
support participation should cost or participation exceed 
budget estimates: Provided, That of the total amount available, 
the Secretary shall obligate not less than $15,000,000 for a 
breastfeeding support initiative in addition to the activities 
specified in section 17(h)(3)(A): Provided further, That only 
the provisions of section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 
17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall be effective in 2008; including 
$14,000,000 for the purposes specified in section 
17(h)(10)(B)(i) and $30,000,000 for the purposes specified in 
section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided further, That funds made 
available for the purposes specified in section 
17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall only be made available upon 
determination by the Secretary that funds are available to meet 
caseload requirements without the use of the contingency 
reserve funds after the date of enactment of this Act: 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: Provided further, That of the amount provided under this 
paragraph, $400,000,000 is designated as described in section 5 
(in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act).

                           FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

  For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $39,782,723,000, of which $3,000,000,000 
to remain available through September 30, 2009, 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 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: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding section 5(d) of the Food Stamp 
Act of 1977, any additional payment received under chapter 5 of 
title 37, United States Code, by a member of the United States 
Armed Forces deployed to a designated combat zone shall be 
excluded from household income for the duration of the member's 
deployment if the additional pay is the result of deployment to 
or while serving in a combat zone, and it was not received 
immediately prior to serving in the combat zone: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading may be 
used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct 
studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to food 
stamp program integrity provided that such activities are 
authorized by 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; special assistance for the nuclear affected islands, as 
authorized by section 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free 
Association Amendments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-188); and 
the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 
17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $211,770,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2009: Provided, That 
none of these funds shall be available to reimburse the 
Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities donated to the 
program: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, effective with funds made available in fiscal 
year 2008 to support the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition 
Program (SFMNP), such funds shall remain available through 
September 30, 2009: Provided further, That no funds available 
for SFMNP shall be used to pay State or local sales taxes on 
food purchased with SFMNP coupons or checks: Provided further, 
That the value of assistance provided by the SFMNP shall not be 
considered income or resources for any purposes under any 
Federal, State or local laws related to taxation, welfare and 
public assistance programs: Provided further, That 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.

                   NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

  For necessary administrative expenses of the Food and 
Nutrition Service, $142,727,000, of which $2,475,000 is for the 
purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger 
Fellowships, through the Congressional Hunger Center.

                                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. 1761-1768), 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), 
$159,470,000: 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: Provided further, 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 I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM 
                                ACCOUNT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

  For administrative expenses to carry out the credit program 
of title I, Public Law 83-480 and the Food for Progress Act of 
1985, $2,680,000, to be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and 
Expenses''.

                     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, 
$1,219,400,000, to remain available until expended.

       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, 
$5,328,000; 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 $4,985,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and 
Expenses'', and of which $343,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, 
Salaries and Expenses''.

  MC GOVERN-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), $100,000,000, 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.

                                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; 
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; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 
107-188; $2,247,961,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, $459,412,000 shall be derived from 
prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended, and shall not include any fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 
379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed for fiscal year 2009 but 
collected in fiscal year 2008; $48,431,000 shall be derived 
from medical device user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and 
shall be credited to this account and remain available until 
expended; and $13,696,000 shall be derived from animal drug 
user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited 
to this account and remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical 
device, and animal drug assessments received during fiscal year 
2008, including any such fees assessed prior to the current 
fiscal year but credited during the current year, shall be 
subject to the fiscal year 2008 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) $513,461,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs; (2) $682,759,000 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 
$41,900,000 shall be available for the Office of Generic Drugs; 
(3) $236,985,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the 
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $109,244,000 shall be for the 
Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities 
in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) $267,284,000 shall be 
for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and for 
related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 
(6) $44,316,000 shall be for the National Center for 
Toxicological Research; (7) not to exceed $99,922,000 shall be 
for Rent and Related activities, of which $38,808,000 is for 
White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to the 
General Services Administration for rent; (8) not to exceed 
$160,094,000 shall be for payments to the General Services 
Administration for rent; and (9) $133,896,000 shall be for 
other activities, including the Office of the Commissioner; the 
Office of Scientific and Medical Programs; the Office of 
Policy, Planning and Preparedness; the Office of International 
and Special Programs; the Office of Operations; and central 
services for these offices: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $28,000,000 for the 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field 
activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs shall be 
available from July 1, 2008, to September 30, 2009, for 
implementation of a comprehensive food safety performance plan: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under 
this heading shall be used to transfer funds under section 
770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
379dd): 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, $2,450,000, 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, $112,050,000, including not to exceed 
$3,000 for official reception and representation expenses.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

  Not to exceed $46,000,000 (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


             (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

  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 182 passenger motor vehicles, of 
which 142 shall be for replacement only, and for the hire of 
such vehicles.
  Sec. 702. 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, cotton pests program, avian influenza 
programs, grasshopper program, up to $9,750,000 in animal 
health monitoring and surveillance for the animal 
identification system, up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie program 
for indemnities, up to $3,000,000 in the emergency management 
systems program for the vaccine bank, up to $1,000,000 for 
wildlife services methods development, up to $1,000,000 of the 
wildlife services operations program for aviation safety, and 
up to 25 percent of the screwworm program; Food Safety and 
Inspection Service, Public Health Data Communication 
Infrastructure System; 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, 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. 703. 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 financial management modernization initiative and 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: Provided further, That none of the 
funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 
Department's Working Capital Fund shall be available for 
obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the 
Department's National Finance Center without prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress as 
required by section 713 of this Act.
  Sec. 704. 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. 705. 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. 706. 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 20 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. 707. 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 
disburse obligations made in the current fiscal year for the 
following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program 
account, the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans 
program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program 
account.
  Sec. 708. 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. 709. 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. 710. 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. 711. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug 
Administration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 
available to any non-Department of Agriculture or non-
Department of Health and Human Services employee questions or 
responses to questions that are a result of information 
requested for the appropriations hearing process.
  Sec. 712. 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: 
Provided further, That none of the funds available to the 
Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be 
obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of written 
approval by the Chief Information Officer.
  Sec. 713. (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, which-ever 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. 714. None of the funds appropriated by this 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 2009 appropriations Act.
  Sec. 715. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide financial 
and technical assistance--
          (1) from funds available for the Watershed and Flood 
        Prevention Operations program for the Pocasset River 
        Floodplain Management Project in the State of Rhode 
        Island;
          (2) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
        Operations program to carry out the East Locust Creek 
        Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri, including up to 
        100 percent of the engineering assistance and 75 
        percent cost share for construction cost of site RW1;
          (3) through the Watershed Flood Prevention Operations 
        program to carry out the Little Otter Creek Watershed 
        project. The sponsoring local organization may obtain 
        land rights by perpetual easements; and
          (4) through the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
        Operations program to the McDowell Grove Dam Flood 
        Plain/Wetlands Restoration Project in DuPage County, 
        Illinois.
  Sec. 716. None of the funds made available by this or any 
other Act may be used to close or relocate a Rural Development 
office unless or until the Secretary of Agriculture determines 
the cost effectiveness and/or enhancement of program delivery: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days before the date of the 
proposed closure or relocation, the Secretary notifies the 
Committees on Appropriation of the House and Senate, and the 
members of Congress from the State in which the office is 
located of the proposed closure or relocation and provides a 
report that describes the justifications for such closures and 
relocations.
  Sec. 717. 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. 718. 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 26 
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).
  Sec. 719. 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 carry out an 
environmental quality incentives program authorized by chapter 
4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) in excess of $1,000,000,000.
  Sec. 720. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
2008 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. 721. No funds shall be used to pay salaries and expenses 
of the Department of Agriculture to carry out or administer the 
program authorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed 
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
  Sec. 722. 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.
  Sec. 723. 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. 724. There is hereby appropriated $437,000, 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. 725. Funds made available under section 1240I and 
section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 in the current 
fiscal year shall remain available until expended to disburse 
obligations made in the current fiscal year. Funds made 
available under section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act, 7 U.S.C. 1524(b), in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 
and 2008 shall remain available until expended to disburse 
obligations made in fiscal years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 
2008 respectively, and except for fiscal year 2008 funds, are 
not available for new obligations.
  Sec. 726. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used 
for salaries and expenses to draft or implement any regulation 
or rule insofar as it would require recertification of rural 
status for each electric and telecommunications borrower for 
the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program.
  Sec. 727. Unless otherwise authorized by existing law, none 
of the funds provided in this Act, may be used by an executive 
branch agency to produce any prepackaged news story intended 
for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless the 
story includes a clear notification within the text or audio of 
the prepackaged news story that the prepackaged news story was 
prepared or funded by that executive branch agency.
  Sec. 728. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid an insured, 
direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural Electrification Act, 
or any not-for-profit utility that is eligible to receive an 
insured or direct loan under such Act, shall be eligible for 
assistance under Section 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same 
manner as a borrower under such Act.
  Sec. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of Agriculture is authorized 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 shall waive cost 
sharing requirements for the funding and assistance.
  Sec. 730. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to study, complete a study of, 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.
  Sec. 731. Of the amount available for Estimated Future Needs 
under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $184,000,000 
are hereby rescinded: Provided, That in addition, of the 
unobligated balances under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
1935, $500,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
  Sec. 732. Of the appropriations available for payments for 
the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas 
under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(d)), if 
the payment allocation pursuant to section 1425(c) of the 
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3175(c)) would be less than $100,000 for 
any institution eligible under section 3(d)(2) of the Smith-
Lever Act, the Secretary shall adjust payment allocations under 
section 1425(c) of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to ensure that each 
institution receives a payment of not less than $100,000.
  Sec. 733. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to establish or implement a rule allowing poultry products 
to be imported into the United States from the People's 
Republic of China.
  Sec. 734. There is hereby appropriated $3,750,000, to remain 
available until expended, for a grant to the National Center 
for Natural Products Research for construction or renovation to 
carry out the research objectives of the natural products 
research grant issued by the Food and Drug Administration.
  Sec. 735. There is hereby appropriated $150,000, to remain 
available until expended, for the planning and design of 
construction of an agriculture pest facility in the State of 
Hawaii.
  Sec. 736. None of the funds made available to the Department 
of Agriculture in this Act may be used to implement the risk-
based inspection program in the 30 prototype locations 
announced on February 22, 2007, by the Under Secretary for Food 
Safety, or at any other locations, until the USDA Office of 
Inspector General has provided its findings to the Food Safety 
and Inspection Service and the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate on the data used in 
support of the development and design of the risk-based 
inspection program and FSIS has addressed and resolved issues 
identified by OIG.
  Sec. 737. The Secretary of Agriculture shall continue the 
Water and Waste Systems Direct Loan Program under the authority 
and conditions (including the fees, borrower interest rate, and 
the President's economic assumptions for the 2008 Fiscal Year, 
as of June 1, 2007) provided by the ``Continuing Appropriations 
Resolution, 2007''.
  Sec. 738. (a) Section 13(b) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(b)) is amended--
          (1) in paragraph (1)--
                  (A) by striking subparagraph (A);
                  (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
                through (D) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
                respectively;
                  (C) in subparagraph (A) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), striking ``(B)'' and all 
                that follows through ``shall not exceed'' and 
                inserting the following:
                  ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph 
                (B) and in addition to amounts made available 
                under paragraph (3), payments to service 
                institutions shall be'';
                  (D) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``subparagraph 
                (B)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)''; and
                  (E) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B)), by striking ``(A), (B), and 
                (C)'' and inserting ``(A) and (B)''; and
          (2) in the second sentence of paragraph (3), by 
        striking ``full amount of State approved'' and all that 
        follows through ``maximum allowable''.
  (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 18 of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769) is amended--
          (1) by striking subsection (f); and
          (2) by redesignating subsections (g) through (k) as 
        subsections (f) through (j), respectively.
  (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on January 1 of the first full calendar year following 
the date of enactment of this Act.
  Sec. 739. There is hereby appropriated $9,900,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009, which, in conjunction with 
all unobligated balances available to the Secretary under 
section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)) shall be used to continue the Fresh 
Fruit and Vegetable Program (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)) in all 
currently participating States and expand the program to all 
the contiguous States and, Alaska, Hawaii and the District of 
Columbia not currently served by the authorized program: 
Provided, That of funds available under this section, not to 
exceed 5 percent may be available for Federal administrative 
costs, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture: Provided 
further, That for the purposes of this section, ``currently 
participating States'' shall be defined as those authorized to 
participate under section 18(g) of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)) as well as those 
authorized to participate under section 779 of Public Law 109-
97: Provided further, That implementation of the program in new 
States shall begin with school year 2008/2009.
  Sec. 740. Section 704 of the Department of Agriculture 
Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2258) is amended by striking the 
first proviso.
  Sec. 741. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to--
          (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal 
        Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603);
          (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the Federal 
        Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
        U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104-127); or
          (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, 
        Code of Federal Regulations.
  Sec. 742. There is hereby appropriated $800,000 to the Farm 
Service Agency to carry out a pilot program to demonstrate the 
use of new technologies that increase the rate of growth of re-
forested hardwood trees on private non-industrial forests 
lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that 
were damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
  Sec. 743. (a) Sections 9001(a) and 9002 of the U.S. Troop 
Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq 
Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 110-28; 121 
Stat. 211, 214) are amended by striking ``February 28, 2007'' 
each place it occurs and inserting ``December 31, 2007''.
  (b) There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000 for the ``Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
  (c) Each amount provided by this section is designated as 
described in section 5 (in the matter preceding division A of 
this consolidated Act).
  Sec. 744. Section 17(r)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)(5)) is amended--
          (1) by striking ``seven'' and inserting ``eight'';
          (2) by striking ``five'' and inserting ``six''; and
          (3) by inserting ``West Virginia,'' after the first 
        instance of ``States shall be''.
  Sec. 745. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, of the funds made available for the Commodity Assistance 
Program under division B of Public Law 109-148, Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf 
of Mexico and Pandemic Influenza, 2006, all unexpended funds 
shall be made available to support normal program operations of 
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program under the Agriculture 
and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 and of the Emergency Food 
Assistance Program under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 
1983: Provided, That any commodities purchased with funds made 
available under Public Law 109-148 and remaining undistributed 
shall be used to support normal program operations under the 
authorities cited in this section.
  Sec. 746. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
until receipt of the decennial Census for the year 2010, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall consider--
          (1) the City of Alamo, Texas; the City of Mercedes, 
        Texas; the City of Weslaco, Texas; the City of Donna, 
        Texas; the City of La Feria, Texas; and the City of 
        Northampton, Massachusetts, (including individuals and 
        entities with projects within the cities) eligible for 
        loans and grants funded through the Rural Business 
        Program account;
          (2) the City of Bainbridge Island, Washington; the 
        City of Keene, New Hampshire; and the City of Havelock, 
        North Carolina, (including individuals and entities 
        with projects within the cities) eligible for loans and 
        grants funded through the Rural Community Facilities 
        Program account;
          (3) the City of Freeport, Illinois; Kitsap County 
        (except the City of Bremerton), Washington; the City of 
        Atascadero, California; and the City of Paso Robles, 
        California, (including individuals and entities with 
        projects within the cities) eligible for loans and 
        grants funded through the Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
        Program account and the Rural Housing Assistance Grants 
        account;
          (4) the City of Canton, Mississippi, (including 
        individuals and entities with projects within the 
        cities) eligible for loans and grants funded through 
        the Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program account;
          (5) the City of Parsons, Kansas; the Town of Boone, 
        North Carolina; the City of Henderson, North Carolina; 
        and the City of Lenoir, North Carolina, to be rural 
        areas for the purposes of eligibility for loans and 
        grants funded through the Rural Water and Waste 
        Disposal Program account;
          (6) the City of Lansing, Kansas, a rural area for 
        purposes of eligibility for Rural Housing Service 
        programs, and the City of Leavenworth, Kansas, and the 
        City of Lansing, Kansas, as separate geographic 
        entities for purposes of Rural Development grants and 
        loans;
          (7) the City of Binghamton, New York, for the purpose 
        of upgrading a trunk line for waste transport to the 
        Town of Conklin, New York, (including individuals and 
        entities with projects within the cities) eligible for 
        loans and grants funded through the Rural Water and 
        Waste Disposal Program account;
          (8) the County of Lexington, South Carolina, shall be 
        considered to be a rural area for the purposes of 
        financing a farmers' market under the Business and 
        Industry Loan Guarantee Program in a local area that 
        has rural characteristics as determined by the 
        Secretary; and
          (9) the service areas being acquired by Mid-Kansas 
        Electric Cooperative, except for the City of Dodge 
        City, Kansas, shall be considered eligible for 
        financing under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
        as amended.
  Sec. 747. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used--
          (1) to terminate any of the 13 field laboratories 
        that are operated by the Food and Drug Administration 
        as of January 1, 2007, or 20 District Offices, or any 
        of the inspection or compliance functions of any of the 
        20 District Offices, of the Food and Drug 
        Administration functioning as of January 1, 2007; or
          (2) to consolidate any such laboratory with any other 
        laboratory, or any such District Office, or any of the 
        inspection or compliance functions of any District 
        Office, with any other District Office.
  Sec. 748. Hereafter, the Secretary may use funds made 
available in chapter 1 of division B of Public Law 109-148 for 
direct and guaranteed loans under title V of the Housing Act of 
1949, to make or guarantee loans, as authorized under such Act, 
to finance housing and repairs to housing in rural areas 
affected by hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar 
year.
  Sec. 749. Of the unobligated balances provided pursuant to 
section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, $10,500,000 
is hereby rescinded.
  Sec. 750. Of the unobligated balances available in the Child 
and Adult Care Food Program for the purpose of conducting 
audits of participating institutions as provided for under 
section 796 of Public Law 109-97, $3,500,000 is hereby 
rescinded.

SEC. 751. EXTENSION OF AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS.

  (a) Extension.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the authorities 
provided under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107-171; 7 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) and each 
amendment made by that Act (and for mandatory programs at such 
funding levels), as in effect on September 30, 2007, shall 
continue, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out the 
authorities, until March 15, 2008.
  (b) Conservation Programs.--
          (1) Farmland protection program.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture 
        (referred to in this subsection as the ``Secretary'') 
        shall continue the farmland protection program 
        established under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle 
        D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
        U.S.C. 3838h et seq.) at a funding level of $97,000,000 
        per year.
          (2) Ground and surface water conservation.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
        Secretary shall continue the ground and surface water 
        conservation program established under section 1240I of 
        the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-9) at a 
        funding level of $60,000,000 per year.
          (3) Wildlife habitat incentives program.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
        Secretary shall continue the wildlife habitat incentive 
        program established under section 1240N of the Food 
        Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-1) at a funding 
        level of $85,000,000 per year.
  (c) Exceptions.--This section does not apply with respect 
to--
          (1) section 1307(a)(6) of the Farm Security and Rural 
        Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7957(a)(6));
          (2) section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
        (7 U.S.C. 1524(b));
          (3) section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
        U.S.C. 2034);
          (4) title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
        (7 U.S.C. 950bb et seq.);
          (5) section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection 
        Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 106-224);
          (6) section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural 
        Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102);
          (7) section 9004 of the Farm Security and Rural 
        Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8104);
          (8) section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural 
        Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106); and
          (9) subtitles A through C of title I of the Farm 
        Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
        7911 et seq.), with respect to the 2008 crops (other 
        than the 2008 crop of a loan commodity described in 
        paragraph (11), (12), or (13) of section 1202(b) of the 
        Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
        U.S.C. 7932(b))).
  Sec. 752. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), there is 
hereby rescinded an amount equal to 0.7 percent of the budget 
authority provided for fiscal year 2008 for any discretionary 
account in division A of this Act.
  (b) Any rescission made by subsection (a) shall be applied 
proportionately--
          (1) to each discretionary account and each item of 
        budget authority described in subsection (a); and
          (2) within each such account and item, to each 
        program, project, and activity (with programs, 
        projects, and activities as delineated in the 
        appropriation Act, accompanying reports, or explanatory 
        statement for the relevant fiscal year covering such 
        account or item).
  (c) The rescission in subsection (a) shall not apply to 
budget authority appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act in the following amounts in the following activities 
or accounts:
          (1) $6,020,000,000 provided for the Special 
        Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
        Children (WIC) in the Department of Agriculture in 
        division A.
          (2) $930,120,000 provided for the Food Safety and 
        Inspection Service in the Department of Agriculture in 
        division A.
          (3) Any amount designated as described in section 5 
        (in the matter preceding division A of this 
        consolidated Act).
  (d) 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 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives a report that specifies the account and amount 
of each rescission made pursuant to this section.
  This division may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2008''.
    [Clerk's note: Reproduced below is the material relating to 
division A contained in the ``Explanatory Statement Submitted 
by Mr. Obey, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, 
Regarding the Consolidated Appropriations Amendment of the 
House of Representatives to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 
2764''.\1\
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    \1\ This Explanatory Statement was submitted for printing in the 
Congressional Record on December 17, 2007, prior to House consideration 
of the Consolidated Appropriations amendment and as directed by the 
House of Representatives in section 3 of H. Res. 869. The Statement 
appears in books II and III of the December 17 Congressional Record, 
with the division A portion beginning on page H15742 of book II.
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     The amendment discussed in the Explanatory Statement was 
agreed to without change by both the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. Therefore, the ``amended bill'' referred to in 
the Statement is the same as the legislation that has been 
signed into law.
     Section 4 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act provides 
that this Explanatory Statement ``shall have the same effect 
with respect to the allocation of funds and implementation of 
divisions A through K of this Act as if it were a joint 
explanatory statement of a committee of conference''.]

                   Explanatory Statement, Division A


       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
     ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008

    Following is an explanation of the effects of this division 
of the House amendment to the Senate amendment to H.R. ___ 
(hereafter referred to as ``the amended bill'') relative to the 
versions of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 
(H.R. 3161) passed by the House of Representatives and S. 1859 
reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

                        CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVES

    This statement remains silent on provisions that were in 
both the House and Senate bills that remain unchanged by this 
amended bill, except as noted in this statement.
    Executive branch wishes cannot substitute for Congress' own 
statements as to the best evidence of congressional 
intentions--that is, the official reports of the Congress. 
Funds in this Act must be used for the purposes for which 
appropriated, as required by section 1301 of title 31 of the 
United States Code, which provides: ``Appropriations shall be 
applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were 
made except as otherwise provided by law.''
    The House and Senate report language that is not changed by 
this statement is approved. This statement, while repeating 
some report language for emphasis, does not intend to negate 
the language referred to above unless expressly provided 
herein.
    In cases in which the House or the Senate have directed the 
submission of a report, such report is to be submitted to both 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations.

                     TITLE I--AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS


                  Production, Processing and Marketing


                        Office of the Secretary

    The amended bill provides $5,097,000 for the Office of the 
Secretary instead of $5,404,900 as proposed by the House and 
$5,309,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The Committees on Appropriations direct USDA to submit a 
plan to the Committees that fully addresses the weaknesses in 
the food safety system that led GAO to list food safety on its 
January 2007 high-risk list.
    The Committees believe that agencies must make every effort 
to reach management decision on audit recommendations by the 
Office of Inspector General within 180 days, as required under 
OMB Circular A-50. The Committees are aware that there are a 
large number of recommendations on which numerous USDA agencies 
have not reached management decision within the prescribed time 
period; some of these matters date back years. In lieu of the 
individual agency reports requested by the House, the Secretary 
is directed to submit a single report to the Committees with a 
plan for reaching management decision on all recommendations 
that have been outstanding more than 180 days as of the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    USDA is directed, unless otherwise stated herein, to 
provide all reports and studies requested by the Appropriations 
Committees of the House and Senate, or by this explanatory 
statement, in an agreed upon format within 60 days after the 
enactment of this Act.
    The Committees on Appropriations are concerned that 
excessive assessments of programs, projects, and activities are 
being used to fund individual agencies' overhead and indirect 
costs. The Committees on Appropriations direct the Secretary to 
submit a report, concurrent with the fiscal year 2009 budget 
submission, that explains in detail by agency the charges 
agencies assess programs, projects, and/or activities and how 
those assessments are used.

                          Executive Operations


                            CHIEF ECONOMIST

    The amended bill provides $10,487,000 for the Office of the 
Chief Economist instead of $10,847,000 as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.

                       NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

    The amended bill provides $14,466,000 for the National 
Appeals Division instead of $15,056,000 as proposed by both the 
House and Senate.

                 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

    The amended bill provides $8,270,000 for the Office of 
Budget and Program Analysis instead of $8,622,000 as proposed 
by the House and $9,035,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                        HOMELAND SECURITY STAFF

    The amended bill provides $931,000 for Homeland Security 
Staff instead of $2,252,000 as proposed by both the House and 
the Senate.

                OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

    The amended bill provides $16,361,000 for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer instead of $16,723,000 as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate.

                      COMMON COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

    The amended bill provides funding for the common computing 
environment in the appropriate agency accounts as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate.

                 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    The amended bill provides $5,850,000 for the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer instead of $6,076,000 as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

    The amended bill provides $854,000 for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights instead of $897,000 as 
proposed by the House and $861,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                         Office of Civil Rights

    The amended bill provides $20,496,000 for the Office of 
Civil Rights instead of $23,147,000 as proposed by the House 
and $20,706,000 as proposed by the Senate.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

    The amended bill provides $673,000 for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration instead of $709,000 as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments

    The amended bill provides $196,252,000 for agriculture 
buildings and facilities and rental payments instead of 
$196,616,000 as proposed by the House and $199,016,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

                     Hazardous Materials Management

    The amended bill provides $4,886,000 for Hazardous 
Materials Management instead of $12,200,000 as proposed by the 
House and $5,200,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      Departmental Administration

    The amended bill provides $23,144,000 for Departmental 
Administration instead of $23,913,000 as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.

     Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations

    The amended bill provides $3,795,000 for the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations instead of 
$3,936,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                        Office of Communications

    The amended bill provides $9,338,000 for the Office of 
Communications instead of $9,720,000 as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.

                      Office of Inspector General

    The amended bill provides $80,052,000 for the Office of 
Inspector General instead of $85,998,000 as proposed by the 
House and $81,627,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                     Office of the General Counsel

    The amended bill provides $39,227,000 for the Office of the 
General Counsel instead of $40,964,000 as proposed by the House 
and $40,764,000 as proposed by the Senate.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

    The amended bill provides $596,000 for the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics instead 
of $626,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                       Economic Research Service

    The amended bill provides $77,943,000 for the Economic 
Research Service (ERS) instead of $79,282,000 as proposed by 
the House and $76,532,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The following increases are provided: $1,000,000 as 
requested to strengthen research and modeling capacity in bio-
energy and the market impacts associated with bio-energy 
development; $1,500,000 to strengthen and enhance the ERS 
market analysis and outlook program and analysis of global and 
differentiated product markets; and $250,000 to research 
deployment of broadband service to households with no or 
limited broadband access.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

    The amended bill provides $163,355,000 for the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service instead of $166,099,000 as 
proposed by the House and $167,699,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                     Agricultural Research Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The amended bill provides $1,128,944,000 for the 
Agricultural Research Service, Salaries and Expenses, instead 
of $1,076,340,000 as proposed by the House and $1,154,174,000 
as proposed by the Senate.
    Within available resources, the Department is encouraged to 
take appropriate actions, consistent with the directives in 
this explanatory statement, to address areas of crop and 
livestock protection, foods (including food allergens), 
nutrition, colony collapse disorder, and other areas included 
in the President's budget for these research needs.
    The Committees are aware of the actions taken by the 
Department to terminate, change, modify, and redirect 
congressionally-added research projects to align them with the 
Administration's priority research initiatives. The Committees 
concur with the reallocation of these projects as implemented 
and obligated by ARS in fiscal year 2007, with the exception of 
those projects that are identified in the paragraphs below. The 
modification to programs also applies to the specific items 
identified in House Report 110-258, which include: Aerial 
Application Research, College Station, TX, $584,000; Animal 
Vaccines, Greenport, NY, $1,628,000; Appalachian Horticulture 
Research (U of TN/TN State), Poplarville, MS, $784,000; 
Aquaculture Research, Aberdeen, ID, $629,000; Arbuscular 
Mycorrhizal Fungi (Rodale Inst.), Wyndmoor, PA, $45,000; 
Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR, 
$585,000; Avian Pneumovirus/Asian Bird Influenza, Athens, GA, 
$292,000; Barley Health Food Benefits, Beltsville, MD, 
$477,000; Bee Research, Weslaco, TX, $244,000; Biomass Crop 
Production, Brookings, SD, $1,213,000; Biomedical Materials in 
Plants, Biotech Foundation, Beltsville, MD, $1,821,000; 
Biomineral Soil Amendments for Control of Nematode, Beltsville, 
MD, $390,000; Bioremediation Research, Beltsville, MD, 
$119,000; Bovine Genetics, Beltsville, MD, $1,914,000; 
Broomweed Biological Controls, Albany, CA, $445,000; Catfish 
Genome, Auburn, AL, $878,000; Central Great Plains Research 
Station, Akron, CO, $534,000; Cereal Crops Research, Madison, 
WI, $902,000; Cereal Disease, St. Paul, MN, $311,000; Chronic 
Diseases of Children, Houston, TX, $497,000; Citrus Waste 
Utilization, Winter Haven, FL, $393,000; Coffee and Cocoa, 
Beltsville, MD, $853,000; Corn Germplasm, Ames, IA, $852,000; 
Corn Rootworm, Ames, IA, $490,000; Cotton Pathology, Shafter, 
CA, $362,000; Cropping Systems Research, Stoneville, MS, 
$849,000; Dairy Genetics, Beltsville, MD, $930,000; Diet and 
Immune Function, Little Rock, AR, $235,000; Dryland Production, 
Akron, CO, $235,000; Floriculture and Nursery Crops, 
Beltsville, MD, $2,476,000; Food Fermentation Research, 
Raleigh, NC, $362,000; Food Safety for Listeria and E Coli, 
College Station, TX, $81,000; Food Safety for Listeria, E coli, 
and other Food Pathogens, Beltsville, MD, $134,000; Foundry 
Sand By-Products Utilization, Beltsville, MD, $685,000; Grand 
Forks Human Nutrition Research Laboratory, Grand Forks, ND, 
$580,000; Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY, $629,000; Grape 
Rootstock, Geneva, NY, $574,000; Grassland Soil and Water 
Research, Temple, TX, $220,000; Greenhouse and Hydroponics 
Research, Wooster, OH, $1,555,000; Greenhouse Lettuce 
Germplasm, Salinas, CA, $224,000; Harry K. Dupree National 
Aquaculture Research Center, Stuttgart, AR, $439,000; Hops 
Research, Corvallis, OR, $464,000; Human Nutrition (Equipment), 
Boston, MA, $98,000; Human Nutrition (Obesity), Boston, MA, 
$730,000; Improved Crop Production Practices, Auburn, AL, 
$1,387,000; Invasive Aquatic Weeds, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 
$527,000; Invasive Ludwigia Research, Davis, CA, $99,000; 
Johne's Disease, Beltsville, MD, $323,000; Karnal bunt, 
Manhattan, KS, $545,000; Minor-Use Pesticides (IR-4), 
Beltsville, MD, $73,000; National Germplasm Resources Program, 
Beltsville, MD, $145,000; National Germplasm Resources System, 
Beltsville, MD, $121,000; National Germplasm Resources, College 
Station, TX, $242,000; National Nutrition Monitoring System, 
Beltsville, MD, $485,000; National Plant Germplasm Program, 
Aberdeen, ID, $97,000; National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, 
Auburn, AL, $1,111,000; Natural Products for Human Health, 
Beltsville, MD, $238,000; Nematology Research, Tifton, GA, 
$248,000; Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, 
ND, $62,000; Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research, 
Corvallis, OR, $646,000; Oat Virus, West Lafayette, IN, 
$233,000; Obesity Interventions (Nutricore), Beltsville, MD 
(National Program), $91,000; Ogallala Aquifer, Bushland, TX, 
$3,758,000; Olive Fruit Fly, Montpelier, France, $213,000; 
Olive Fruit Fly, Parlier, CA, $301,000; Organic Minor Crop, 
Salinas, CA, $159,000; Peanut Production, Dawson, GA, $74,000; 
Peanut Research, Dawson, GA, $132,000; Peanut Variety, 
Stillwater, OK, $178,000; Pecan Scab Research, Byron, GA, 
$603,000; Pierce's Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, Ft. 
Pierce, FL, $466,000; Pierce's Disease/Glassy-Winged 
Sharpshooter, Parlier and Davis, CA, $3,355,000; Pineapple 
Nematode Research, Hilo, HI, $284,000; Plant Stress and Water 
Conservation Lab, Lubbock, TX, $1,561,000; Potato Breeding, 
Prosser, WA, $136,000; Potato Diseases, Beltsville, MD, 
$65,000; Potato Research Enhancement, Prosser, WA, $288,000; 
Poult Enteritis-Mortality Syndrome, Athens, GA, $146,000; 
Poultry Diseases, Athens, GA, $892,000; Poultry Diseases, 
Beltsville, MD, $438,000; Precision Agriculture Research, 
Mandan, ND, $485,000; Quantify basin water budget components in 
the Southwest, Tucson, AZ, $633,000; Rainbow Trout, Aberdeen, 
ID, $1,094,000; Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center--
Canada Thistle Research, Fargo, ND, $264,000; Red River Valley 
Agricultural Research Center--Cereal Crops and Sunflower 
Research, Fargo, ND, $1,725,000; Red River Valley Agricultural 
Research Center--National Sclerotinia Initiative, Fargo, ND, 
$1,723,000; Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center--
National Wheat and Barley Scab Initiative, Fargo, ND, $97,000; 
Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center--Regional 
Molecular Genotyping, Fargo, ND, $176,000; Red River Valley 
Agricultural Research Center--Wheat Quality Research, Fargo, 
ND, $194,000; Regional Grains Genotyping, Raleigh, NC, 
$693,000; Regional Molecular Genotyping, Pullman, WA, $251,000; 
Residue Management in Sugarcane (Sugarcane Research), Houma, 
LA, $1,193,000; Rice research, Stuttgart, AR, $271,000; 
Seasonal Grazing, Coshocton, OH, $99,000; Shellfish Genetics 
Research, Newport, OR, $775,000; Sorghum Cold Tolerance, 
Lubbock, TX, $264,000; Sorghum Ergot Research, College Station, 
TX, $72,000; Sorghum Research, Bushland, TX, $484,000; Sorghum 
Research, Little Rock, AR, $145,000; Sorghum Research, Lubbock, 
TX, $974,000; Sorghum Research, Stillwater, OK, $291,000; 
Source Water Protection Initiatives, Columbus, OH, $750,000; 
Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research, Byron, GA, $460,000; 
Southwest Pecan Research, College Station, TX, $233,000; 
Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation, Raleigh, NC, $409,000; Sudden 
Oak Disease, Davis, CA, $318,000; Sugarbeet Research, Kimberly, 
ID, $703,000; Sugarcane Variety Research, Canal Point, FL, 
$1,405,000; Sustainable Feeds, Aberdeen, ID, $99,000; Temperate 
Fruit Flies, Wapato, WA, $36,000; Tree Fruit Quality Research, 
Wenatchee, WA, $435,000; Turfgrass Research, Washington, DC, 
$477,000; U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Ctr 
Staffing, Hilo, HI, $2,403,000; USNA Germplasm/Ornamental 
Horticulture, Washington, DC, $1,656,000; Vaccines and Microbe 
Control for Fish Health, Auburn, AL, $1,062,000; Verticillium 
Wilt, Salinas, CA, $474,000; Viticulture, Corvallis, OR, 
$853,000; Water Resources Management, Tifton, GA, $586,000; 
Water Use Management Technology, Tifton, GA, $341,000; Water 
Use Reduction, Dawson, GA, $323,000; Weed Management Research, 
Beltsville, MD, $264,000; Wheat Quality Research, Manhattan, 
KS, $420,000; Wheat Quality Research, Wooster, OH, $414,000; 
and Wild Rice, St. Paul, MN, $325,000.
    The Committees further expect the Secretary to continue all 
other merit-based projects in fiscal year 2008, as modified, to 
ensure that they continue to address the Nation's food and 
agriculture research priorities of food safety, human 
nutrition, plant and animal protection, genetics and germplasm 
research, natural resources conservation, and bioenergy and 
bioproducts research, as well as focus on the Administration's 
agricultural defense initiative.
    The Committees do not agree with the redirection of the 
following research activities and recommend the continuation of 
funding and resources as described below: Animal Health 
Consortium, Peoria, IL, $879,000; Aquaculture Fisheries Center, 
Pine Bluff, AR, $557,000; Aquaculture Initiatives, Harbor 
Branch Oceanographic Institute, Stuttgart, AR, $1,713,000; 
Biotechnology Research Development Corporation, Peoria, IL, 
$2,685,000; Center for Agroforestry, Booneville, AR, $708,000; 
Crop Production and Food Processing, Peoria, IL, $843,000; Dale 
Bumpers Small Farms Research Center, Booneville, AR, 
$1,936,000; Delta Nutrition Initiative, Little Rock, AR, 
$4,223,000; Diet Nutrition and Obesity Research (Pennington), 
New Orleans, LA, $669,000; Endophyte Research, Booneville, AR, 
$1,066,000; Formosan Subterranean Termite, New Orleans, LA, 
$3,743,000; Lyme Disease 4 Poster Project, Beltsville, MD 
(National Program), $751,000; Mid-West/Mid-South Irrigation, 
Columbia, MO, $692,000; Mosquito Trapping Research/West Nile 
Virus, Gainesville, FL, $1,238,000; National Center for 
Agricultural Law, Beltsville, MD, $701,000; National Corn to 
Ethanol Research Pilot Plant, HQ, $386,000; Phytoestrogen 
Research, New Orleans, LA, $1,530,000; Seismic and Acoustic 
Technologies in Soils Sedimentation Lab, Oxford, MS, $356,000; 
Termite Species in Hawaii, Gainesville, FL, $139,000; Tropical 
Aquaculture Feeds, Hilo, HI, $1,542,000; Vector-borne Diseases, 
Gainesville, FL, $220,000; Water Management Research 
Laboratory, Brawley, CA, $340,000; and Water Use Reduction, 
Dawson, GA, $382,000.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    The amended bill provides $47,082,000 for the Agricultural 
Research Service, Buildings and Facilities, instead of 
$64,000,000 as proposed by the House and $40,100,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
    Funding is provided for the following items: Agricultural 
Research Center (Logan, UT), $5,600,000; Alcorn State 
University Biotechnology Laboratory (MS), $1,400,000; Animal 
Bioscience Facility (Bozeman, MT), $1,883,000; Animal Waste 
Management Research Laboratory (Bowling Green, KY), $1,400,000; 
Appalachian Fruit Lab (WV), $1,540,000; Center for Advanced 
Viticulture and Tree Crop Research (Davis, CA), $1,883,000; 
Center for Grape Genetics (Geneva, NY), $1,883,000; Center of 
Excellence for Vaccine Research (Storrs, CT), $1,883,000; Dairy 
Forage Agricultural Research Center (Prairie du Sac, WI), 
$2,520,000; Forage--Animal Production Research Facility (KY), 
$2,100,000; Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station (ID), 
$700,000; Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center 
(Stoneville, MS), $2,800,000; National Center for Agricultural 
Utilization Research (Peoria, IL), $1,883,000; National Plant 
and Genetics Security Center (Columbia, MO), $2,100,000; 
Poultry Science Research Facility (Starkville, MS), $1,400,000; 
Southeastern Poultry Research Laboratory (Athens, GA), 
$2,800,000; Systems Biology Research Facility (Lincoln, NE), 
$1,400,000; U.S. National Arboretum (Washington, DC), $700,000; 
University of Toledo Greenhouse and Hydroponic Research Complex 
(Toledo, OH), $1,883,000; U.S. Agricultural Research Facility, 
Knipling-Bushland Laboratory (Kerrville, TX), $1,400,000; U.S. 
Agricultural Research Service Laboratory (Canal Point, FL), 
$525,000; U.S. Agricultural Research Service Laboratory 
(Pullman, WA), $1,883,000; U.S. Agricultural Research Service 
Sugarcane Research Laboratory (Houma, LA), $1,883,000; U.S. 
Agricultural Research Station (Salinas, CA), $1,883,000; and 
U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (HI), 
$1,750,000.

      Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service


                   RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

    The amended bill provides $672,997,000 for research and 
education activities instead of $671,419,000 as proposed by the 
House and $700,849,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    In lieu of the report requested by the House, the 
Committees encourage CSREES to include additional information 
in the budget justification on the primary research objective 
or objectives of each program for which funds are requested.
    The Committees provide $192,229,000 for competitive 
research under the National Research Initiative (NRI). Of this 
amount, $3,000,000 is provided for the NRI for research that 
will be of direct benefit to the Food and Drug Administration 
(FDA) in pursuit of its food safety regulatory 
responsibilities. The Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Commissioner of the FDA are directed to consult on setting the 
priorities for this research and report to the Committees on 
the specific areas of research to be pursued under the 
agreement of USDA and FDA.
    The Committees encourage the Secretary to provide the 
requested increase for bioenergy and biobased fuels research 
within the funds provided for NRI and to give greater emphasis 
on NRI funding for forestry and natural resources topics.
    The Committees also encourage the Department to use not 
less than 10 percent of competitive research grant funds for 
USDA's agricultural research enhancement awards program 
(including USDA-EPSCoR), in accordance with 7 USC 450i.
    As part of the special research grant total, the Committees 
provide $2,095,000 for policy research under the authorities of 
7 U.S.C. 3155. Of this amount, $1,200,000 is provided for the 
Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute of which 
$180,000 is for a cooperative agreement with the University of 
Wisconsin relating to dairy policy and $150,000 is for the 
University of Nevada at Reno relating to the marketing of 
commodities in the Western United States. In addition, $895,000 
is for the Rural Policies Institute.
    The Appropriations Committees appreciate the role of 
stakeholders, university personnel, and others that bring to 
the attention of the Congress research priorities necessary for 
the protection and improvement of agricultural production, 
nutrition, conservation, economic development, and other areas 
of vital importance to rural America. The Committees believe 
that these research activities, in conjunction with those 
identified through the Department's own prioritization, offer a 
good balance of meeting the range of research needs for the 
nation. The Committees expect the Secretary to work with 
grantees under special research authorities to ensure that the 
objectives of the research are clearly articulated and that the 
research conclusions are made available to stakeholders, and 
the general public, in a way that will disseminate the 
information in a proper and useful manner.
    In the distribution of funds under the Alternative Crops 
program, the Secretary shall ensure that regional 
representation is a component of any request for proposals by 
research institutions and universities. The Appropriations 
Committees strongly encourage the Secretary to engage 
stakeholders in the administration of program activities.
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              NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

    The amended bill provides $11,880,000 for the Native 
American Institutions Endowment Fund as proposed by both the 
House and the Senate.

                          EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

    The amended bill provides $456,460,000 for extension 
activities instead of $463,886,000 as proposed by the House and 
$458,537,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    When awarding Rural Health and Safety Education Program 
funds, the Department should give priority to applicants with a 
demonstrated history of training and educating nurses and 
allied health professionals committed to rural practice.
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                         INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

    The amended bill provides $56,244,000 for integrated 
activities instead of $57,244,000 as proposed by the House and 
$12,948,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The following table reflects the amended bill:
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              OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS

    The amended bill provides $6,440,000 for Outreach for 
Socially Disadvantaged Farmers instead of $6,930,000 as 
proposed by the House and $5,940,000 as proposed by the Senate.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

    The amended bill provides $721,000 for the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs instead 
of $759,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

               Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The amended bill provides $873,754,000 for the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) instead of $874,643,000 
as proposed by the House and $911,742,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
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    The amended bill provides $27,063,000 for agricultural 
quarantine inspection. Of this amount, $2,079,000 is for 
interline activities in Hawaii and $225,000 is for the 
Washington Clean Plant Program.
    The amended bill provides $123,371,000 for animal health 
monitoring and surveillance. Within this amount, the following 
items are provided: Biosafety (VT), $242,000; Conservation 
Science at Lincoln Park Zoo (IL), $37,000; New Mexico Rapid 
Syndrome Validation Program, $407,000; Wisconsin Livestock 
Identification Consortium, $1,485,000; Database of North 
Carolina's Agriculture Industry, $223,000; Remote Diagnostic 
and Wildlife Disease Surveillance (ND), $1,364,000; and 
National Farm Animal Identification and Records, $446,000.
    The amended bill provides $9,750,000 to continue 
implementation of NAIS. The Committees very much appreciate the 
work that has gone into the drafting of the NAIS business plan 
and have reviewed drafts of the document. While the document 
does help to define and separate out aspects of the program, it 
does not provide sufficient justification for the requested 
appropriation of $33,171,000 for NAIS for fiscal year 2008.
    The plan does not indicate how APHIS will reach its 48-hour 
traceback goal, a question that the Committees have been asking 
APHIS every year since the program started. While it sets forth 
key outcomes, there is no clear presentation of how APHIS will 
actually reach those goals, and APHIS does not provide an 
estimate of the full cost of implementing the plan.
    The Committees' concern about how the funds for the program 
have been used is not new, and the plan indicates that those 
concerns were justified. The Committees are concerned that 51 
percent of the obligations to date in NAIS have been for 
cooperative agreements that, until very recently, did not 
require that cooperators or grantees agree to specific 
performance goals. Another 25 percent has gone for program 
management.
    In light of the lack of information provided on full costs 
and concerns about the use of funds to date, the Committees 
simply cannot provide the full request.
    The amended bill provides an increase of $1,750,000 over 
fiscal year 2007 for emergency management systems, of which 
$750,000 is for the national veterinary vaccine stockpile and 
$1,000,000 is for animal care in emergencies.
    The amended bill provides an increase of $4,525,000 over 
fiscal year 2007 for highly pathogenic avian influenza for 
domestic surveillance and preparedness.
    The amended bill provides $27,724,000 for pest detection. 
Of this amount, $623,000 is for the California County Pest 
Detection Augmentation Program and $743,000 is for import 
inspection in California.
    The amended bill provides an increase of $375,000 over 
fiscal year 2007 for select agents for work related to the 
Agricultural Bioterrorism Protection Act and $375,000 to 
continue addressing issues raised by the Office of Inspector 
General.
    The amended bill provides an increase of $5,600,000 over 
2007 for aquaculture for activities related to Viral 
Hemorrhagic Septicemia.
    The amended bill provides $9,532,000 for brucellosis. Of 
this amount, $697,000 is for the Greater Yellowstone 
Interagency Brucellosis Committee.
    The amended bill provides $17,807,000 for chronic wasting 
disease. Of this amount, $1,299,000 is for surveillance in 
Wisconsin; $183,000 is for surveillance in Utah; and $38,000 is 
for surveillance in Colorado.
    The amended bill provides $127,859,000 for emerging plant 
pests as follows: $20,007,000 for Asian long-horned beetle, 
including $353,000 for Illinois; $35,559,000 for citrus health; 
$23,175,000 for glassy-winged sharpshooter; $9,600,000 for 
potato cyst nematode; $30,657,000 for emerald ash borer, 
including $1,500,000 for Illinois; $5,326,000 for sudden oak 
death; $1,507,000 for Karnal bunt; $371,000 for hydrilla 
control in Virginia; $234,000 for olive fruit fly (CA); 
$1,000,000 for light brown apple moth; and $423,000 for 
miscellaneous pests.
    The Committees encourage the Secretary to ensure adequate 
funding is made available for Asian long-horned beetle 
activities in New York. The Committees also encourage the 
Secretary to help States with new emerald ash borer outbreaks, 
such as Maryland, and States that are at risk, such as 
Wisconsin.
    The Committees encourage APHIS to use the funding provided 
for sudden oak death (Phytopthora ramorum) to promote the 
research, development and testing of new systems of nursery 
pest and disease management and programs of inspection and 
regulation; for surveying; and for diagnostic tools. The 
Committees request a report, within 120 days of the enactment 
of this Act, that examines the effectiveness of current 
regulatory and inspection efforts; delivers an assessment of 
the potential risk from infected plant material; and the risk 
posed by the importation into the United States of P. ramorum 
host and associated host plants and the interstate movement of 
such plant material.
    Of the amount provided for hydrilla control, $333,900 is 
for a cooperative agreement with the Lake Gaston Weed Control 
Council and $37,100 is for a cooperative agreement with the 
Tri-County (Smith Mountain) Lake Administrative Commission. The 
agency is directed to provide technical assistance to these 
entities in carrying out control efforts, and report back to 
the Committees by May 1, 2008, on the status of these projects.
    The amended bill provides $6,643,000 for the grasshopper 
program. Of this amount, $1,125,000 is for grasshopper and 
Mormon cricket activities in Nevada and $1,125,000 is for 
grasshopper and Mormon cricket activities in Utah.
    The amended bill provides $10,613,000 for Johne's disease. 
Of this amount, $933,000 is for activities in Wisconsin.
    The amended bill provides $15,720,000 for low pathogen 
avian influenza. Of this amount, $750,000 is for avian 
influenza preparedness activities in Connecticut.
     The amended bill provides $1,788,000 for noxious weeds. Of 
this amount, $223,000 is for cogongrass control in Mississippi; 
$37,000 for weed management in Nevada; $222,000 for the 
National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy; and $188,000 for 
the Nez Perce Bio-Control Center.
    The amended bill provides $75,447,000 for wildlife services 
operations. Within this amount, the following items are 
provided: integrated predation management activities in West 
Virginia, $300,000; cormorant control, Lake Champlain, 
$111,000; beaver management and control in Mississippi, 
$475,000; beaver management in North Carolina, $223,000; 
blackbird management in North Dakota and South Dakota, 
$284,000; blackbird management in Louisiana, $101,000; 
blackbird management in Kansas, $128,000; cormorant control in 
Michigan, $149,000; cormorant control, Delta States, $239,000; 
Tri-State predator control, $993,000; brown tree snake 
management, $705,000; wildlife services, South Dakota, 
$557,000; the Cooperative Livestock Protection Program, 
$225,000; wolf predation management in Wisconsin, Minnesota, 
and Michigan, $779,000; crop and aquaculture losses in 
Southeast Missouri, $222,000; predation wildlife services in 
Virginia, $150,000; and cormorant control in New York, 
$743,000.
    The Committees encourage APHIS to provide the fiscal year 
2007 funding levels for wildlife services in Hawaii and 
Arkansas.
    The Committees understand that APHIS has, and will continue 
to use, statutory authority to reimburse employees for the use 
of personally owned animals and equipment, including but not 
limited to horses, dogs, all terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, 
computer connectivity, and cellular telephones.
    The amended bill provides $11,811,000 for biotechnology 
regulatory services (BRS), including $278,000 for the Biosafety 
Institute/National Institute for Genetically Modified 
Agriculture Products. An increase of $1,000,000 is provided for 
increased enforcement of BRS regulations.
    The amended bill includes an increase of $1,000,000 over 
fiscal year 2007 for plant methods development labs to support 
the development of detection and control tools to contain and 
eradicate the emerald ash borer.
    The amended bill includes an increase of $1,000,000 over 
fiscal year 2007 for veterinary biologics for meeting increased 
demands for applications and addressing containing requirements 
and meeting standards related to the use of select agents and 
toxins.
    The amended bill provides $23,256,000 for veterinary 
diagnostics, including an increase of $300,000 over 2007 for 
the National Veterinary Services Laboratories accreditation. Of 
the total provided, $75,000 is for disease prevention, LA; 
$75,000 for Agriculture Compliance Laboratory equipment, DE; 
$75,000 for aquaculture monitoring technology, KY; and $278,000 
for the National Agriculture Biosecurity Center, KS.
    The amended bill provides $17,880,000 for wildlife services 
methods development, including an increase of $500,000 for the 
avian influenza initiative to study the virus in swine. Of the 
total provided, the following items are provided: the National 
Wildlife Research Station in Kingsville, Texas, $311,000; the 
Berryman Institute, UT/MS, $1,125,000; the Predatory Research 
Station, UT, $1,040,000; the National Wildlife Research Center 
in Mississippi, $257,000; the National Wildlife Research Center 
in Hilo, Hawaii, $173,000; and rodent control in Arkansas, 
$113,000.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    The amended bill provides no funding for Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, Buildings and Facilities, instead of 
$4,946,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           MARKETING SERVICES

    The amended bill provides $76,862,000 for the Agricultural 
Marketing Service instead of $79,945,000 as proposed by the 
House and $80,145,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    In lieu of bill language included by the Senate, the 
Committees reaffirm the schedule and report requirements 
included in the House report related to Country of Origin 
Labeling.

                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    The amended bill provides $61,233,000 for Limitation on 
Administrative Expenses as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.

    FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

    The amended bill provides $16,798,000 for Funds for 
Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply as proposed by both 
the House and the Senate.
    In addition, the Committees provide $10,000,000 for the 
Web-based Supply Chain Management system as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $20,000,000 as proposed by the House.

                   PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

    The amended bill appropriates $11,709,000 for Payments to 
States and Possessions instead of $1,334,000 as proposed by the 
House and $3,834,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    Of the total provided, $8,500,000 is for specialty crops 
block grants and $1,875,000 is for a grant for the development 
of specialty markets in Wisconsin.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The amended bill provides $38,785,000 for the Grain 
Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration instead of 
$41,115,000 as proposed by the House and $39,115,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided includes an 
increase of $1,000,000 for increased enforcement of the Packers 
and Stockyards Act.

        LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

    The amended bill provides $42,463,000 for Limitation on 
Inspection and Weighing Services Expenses as proposed by both 
the House and the Senate.

             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

    The amended bill provides $600,000 for the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Food Safety instead of $632,000 as proposed 
by both the House and the Senate.

                   Food Safety and Inspection Service

    The amended bill provides $930,120,000 for the Food Safety 
and Inspection Service as proposed by the House instead of 
$930,620,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill does not assume Food Safety Inspection 
user fees of $96,000,000 as proposed in the President's budget 
request. Such fees are not authorized.
    The amended bill includes $63,299,000 for state meat 
inspection costs, which includes an increase of $250,000 above 
the request for state inspection pay costs. About 2,100 meat 
and poultry establishments are inspected under State Meat and 
Poultry Programs, and many of these establishments are small or 
very small. FSIS reimburses states up to 50 percent of the 
estimated costs of administering state inspections, and has 
historically provided the full 50 percent of states' documented 
need. In fiscal year 2006, FSIS reimbursements to the states 
fell below 50 percent for the first time in nearly 30 years, 
and it is the understanding of the Appropriations Committees 
that the funding level provided will allow FSIS to resume 
providing 50 percent of the documented need by the states.
    The amended bill includes the following amounts:

         FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE FUNDING BY ACTIVITY

Food Safety & Inspection:
    Federal.............................................    $829,807,000
    State...............................................      63,299,000
    International.......................................      18,327,000
CODEX...................................................       3,737,000
Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure.........      14,950,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total...........................................    $930,120,000

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

    The amended bill provides $632,000 for the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services 
instead of $666,000 as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.

                          Farm Service Agency


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The amended bill provides $1,134,045,000 for the Farm 
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses instead of $1,127,409,000 
as proposed by the House and $1,160,662,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
    The Appropriations Committees continue to recognize the 
need for major upgrades to the Farm Service Agency's computer 
system used primarily for program delivery. Previous requests 
for a detailed spending plan for these IT upgrades from the 
Department have gone unanswered. The Appropriations Committees 
direct the Department to submit a plan detailing the issues 
surrounding the deteriorating IT system and the associated 
costs no later than 30 days after enactment of this Act to the 
Appropriations and Agriculture Committees. The Appropriations 
Committees have included IT funds adequate to meet the need 
described in the Department's budget request. However, since 
the majority of the work performed by this system is the 
delivery of mandatory funded farm bill programs, the 
Appropriations Committees strongly encourage the Department to 
work with the House and Senate Agriculture Committees to secure 
mandatory funding to work towards resolution of this looming 
meltdown.

                         STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

    The amended bill provides $4,400,000 for State Mediation 
Grants instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$4,750,000 as proposed by the Senate.

               GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides $3,713,000 for the Grassroots 
Source Water Protection Program as proposed by both the House 
and the Senate.

                        DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides $100,000 for the Dairy Indemnity 
Program as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

           AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The following table reflects the amended bill:

Farm Ownership Loans:
    Direct..............................................  ($223,857,000)
    Subsidy.............................................       9,962,000
    Guaranteed.......................................... (1,247,400,000)
    Subsidy.............................................       4,990,000
Farm Operating Loans:
    Direct..............................................  ($579,150,000)
    Subsidy.............................................      73,494,000
    Unsubsidized Guaranteed............................. (1,024,650,000)
    Subsidy.............................................      24,797,000
    Subsidized Guaranteed...............................   (271,886,000)
    Subsidy.............................................      36,270,000
    Indian Tribe Land Acquisition.......................     (3,960,000)
    Subsidy.............................................         125,000
    Boll Weevil Eradication.............................   (100,000,000)
ACIF Expenses:
    Salaries and Expenses...............................    $303,309,000
    Administrative Expenses.............................       7,920,000

    The amended bill provides for a transfer of $303,309,000 to 
salaries and expenses instead of $310,230,000 as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate.

                         Risk Management Agency

    The amended bill provides $76,658,000 for the Risk 
Management Agency instead of $78,833,000 as proposed by both 
the House and the Senate.
    The Pest Information Platform for Education & Extension 
(PIPE) is a critical pest risk management tool for Asian 
soybean rust and other pathogens of legumes. Congress 
encourages the Risk Management Agency to continue the PIPE 
program for FY2008.

                              CORPORATIONS


                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

    The amended bill provides an appropriation of such sums as 
may be necessary for the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
Fund (estimated to be $4,818,099,000 in the President's fiscal 
year 2008 Budget Request) as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund


                 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

    The amended bill provides an appropriation of such sums as 
may be necessary for Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation (estimated to be 
$12,983,000,000) as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$12,983,053,000 as proposed by the House.
     The Appropriations Committees do not adopt the Senate 
language regarding the sale of non-fat dry milk.

                       Hazardous Waste Management

    The amended bill provides a limitation of $5,000,000 for 
Hazardous Waste Management as proposed by both the House and 
the Senate.

              Farm Storage Facility Loans Program Account

    The amended bill provides no funding for the farm storage 
facility loan program as proposed by the House instead of 
$4,660,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                                TITLE II


                         CONSERVATION PROGRAMS


  Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment

    The amended bill provides $742,000 for the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment instead 
of $781,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
    NRCS is encouraged to establish a competitive demonstration 
pilot program utilizing rapid growth reforestation technology.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

    The amended bill provides $840,326,000 for Conservation 
Operations instead of $851,910,000 as proposed by the House and 
$862,996,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill requires funds appropriated for 
Conservation Operations be available until September 30, 2009. 
The Appropriations Committees direct the Secretary to report to 
the Committees no later than September 30, 2008, on any 
projects or activities for which funds have been specifically 
provided by this Act that have not been obligated by that date. 
Such a report shall include the reasons for which the 
obligations have not been made and a timetable indicating when 
those obligations shall occur.
    Funding for fiscal year 2006 projects is not continued in 
fiscal year 2008 unless specifically mentioned in the following 
table. The following funds are directed to be used in 
cooperative agreements continued with the same cooperator 
entities as in the fiscal year 2006 agreements, except as 
noted:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2008
              State                     Project          recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
AK..............................  Alaska Association            $661,000
                                   of Conservation
                                   Districts.
AK..............................  Native Plant                   133,000
                                   Commercialization.
AK..............................  US Cold Regions                133,000
                                   Botanical Research
                                   Network.
AL..............................  Conservation                   217,000
                                   Education in
                                   Alabama.
AR..............................  National Water               1,965,000
                                   Management Center.
AR..............................  Small Farm Outreach            144,000
                                   Wetlands
                                   Management Center.
CA..............................  Mojave Water Agency            715,000
                                   Non-Native Plant
                                   Removal.
CA..............................  Monterey Bay                   429,000
                                   Sanctuary.
CA..............................  Municipal Water                144,000
                                   District of Orange
                                   County for
                                   efficient
                                   irrigation.
CO..............................  Water Conservation             361,000
                                   project in
                                   Colorado.
CT..............................  Cooperative                    357,000
                                   agreement with
                                   Tufts University
                                   to improve
                                   conservation
                                   practices.
DE..............................  Irrigation System              253,000
                                   Program in
                                   Delaware.
FL..............................  Green Institute....            286,000
FL..............................  Suwannee, Dixie,               715,000
                                   and Lafayette
                                   Counties Dairy and
                                   Poultry waste
                                   treatment.
GA..............................  Altamaha River                  71,000
                                   Basin water
                                   quality project.
GA..............................  Community Nutrient             250,000
                                   Management
                                   Facilities for the
                                   Lagoon Waste
                                   Management
                                   Demonstration
                                   program.
GA..............................  GA Soil and Water            2,599,000
                                   Conservation
                                   Commission
                                   Cooperative
                                   Agreement.
HI..............................  Agricultural                   643,000
                                   Development and
                                   Resource
                                   Conservation.
HI..............................  Molokai Agriculture             72,000
                                   Development and
                                   Resource
                                   Conservation.
HI..............................  HI Plant Materials             114,000
                                   Center.
IA..............................  CEMSA with Iowa                309,000
                                   Soybean
                                   Association.
IA..............................  Hungry Canyons                 858,000
                                   Project (Loess
                                   Hills Soil
                                   Erosion).
IA..............................  On-Farm Management             179,000
                                   System Evaluation
                                   Network.
IA..............................  Tallgrass Prairie              319,000
                                   Center--Native
                                   Seed Testing Lab.
IA..............................  The Iowa Buffer                 71,000
                                   Initiative.
IA..............................  Watershed                      144,000
                                   Demonstration
                                   Project.
ID..............................  Idaho One Plan.....            143,000
ID..............................  Little Wood River              144,000
                                   Irrigation
                                   District Gravity
                                   Pressure Delivery
                                   System.
IL..............................  Illinois River                 108,000
                                   Agricultural Water
                                   Conservation.
IL..............................  Illinois River                 433,000
                                   Basin.
IL..............................  The Illinois Buffer             71,000
                                   Initiative.
IL..............................  Wildlife Habitat               108,000
                                   Improvement.
KY..............................  Green River Water               90,000
                                   Quality and
                                   Biological
                                   Diversity Project.
KY..............................  Kentucky Soil                  776,000
                                   Erosion Control.
KY..............................  Technical                      715,000
                                   Assistance to
                                   providing grants
                                   to Soil
                                   Conservation
                                   Districts in KY.
LA..............................  Bayou Sere Drainage            143,000
                                   Improvements/False
                                   River.
LA..............................  Best Management                286,000
                                   Practices and
                                   Master Farmer
                                   Special Research
                                   Grant with LSU.
LA..............................  Union-Lincoln                  144,000
                                   Regional Water
                                   Supply Initiative.
MA..............................  Weed It Now on the              48,000
                                   Berkshire Taconic
                                   Landscape, MA.
MA/WI...........................  Conservation                   433,000
                                   Planning MA/WI.
MD..............................  Chesapeake Bay               4,288,000
                                   Activities.
MO..............................  Upper White River              308,000
                                   Basin Water
                                   Quality Project.
MS..............................  Choctaw County                 179,000
                                   feasibility study
                                   for surface
                                   impoundment.
MS..............................  Delta Conservation             433,000
                                   Demonstration.
MS..............................  Delta Water Study..            181,000
MS..............................  Mississippi                  1,191,000
                                   Conservation
                                   Initiative.
MS..............................  Agricultural                 1,083,000
                                   Wildlife
                                   Conservation
                                   Center.
NC..............................  Technical                      322,000
                                   Assistance to
                                   Livestock Poultry
                                   Industry.
NC..............................  Town of Cary Swift             213,000
                                   Creek watershed
                                   protection and
                                   stream bank
                                   restoration.
NJ..............................  Conservation                   253,000
                                   technical
                                   assistance in New
                                   Jersey.
NM..............................  Geospatial                     361,000
                                   Framework for
                                   Water Management
                                   in New Mexico.
NM..............................  Riparian                       180,000
                                   Restoration along
                                   the Rio Grande,
                                   Pecos, and
                                   Canadian Rivers in
                                   New Mexico.
NV..............................  Carson City                    289,000
                                   Waterfall Fire
                                   Restoration.
NV..............................  Rangeland                      144,000
                                   Conservation &
                                   Fuels Management.
NV..............................  Wildfire support in            108,000
                                   Nevada.
NY..............................  Hudson River                    64,000
                                   Navigator.
NY..............................  Hudson River                   179,000
                                   shoreline at
                                   Village of
                                   Tarrytown.
NY..............................  Long Island Sound              143,000
                                   Watershed, NY.
NY..............................  Non-Point Pollution            357,000
                                   in Onondaga and
                                   Oneida Lake
                                   Watersheds.
NY..............................  Pace University                143,000
                                   Land Use Law
                                   Center.
NY..............................  Pastureland                    429,000
                                   Management/
                                   Rotational Grazing.
NY..............................  Skaneateles and                232,000
                                   Owasco Lake
                                   Watersheds.
NY..............................  Watershed                      515,000
                                   Agricultural
                                   Council.
OH..............................  Maumee Watershed               715,000
                                   Hydrological Study
                                   and Flood
                                   Mitigation.
RI..............................  Nitrate Pollution              166,000
                                   Reduction in Rhode
                                   Island.
RI..............................  Soil Surveys in                144,000
                                   Rhode Island.
SD..............................  Missouri River                 325,000
                                   Sedimentation.
TX..............................  Range Revegetation             357,000
                                   for Fort Hood, TX.
TX..............................  Water Protection                72,000
                                   Plan for Hood
                                   County.
TX..............................  Water Quality for              361,000
                                   Tarrant County.
UT..............................  Utah Conservation            2,635,000
                                   Initiative.
UT..............................  Washington Fields..          2,144,000
UT..............................  Water quality in               253,000
                                   Utah.
VT..............................  Farm Viability                 253,000
                                   Program in Vermont.
VT..............................  Reduce Phosphorous             180,000
                                   Loading in Lake
                                   Champlain in
                                   Vermont.
WI..............................  Conservation                    87,000
                                   Internships in
                                   Wisconsin.
WI..............................  Conservation                   505,000
                                   technology
                                   transfer in
                                   Wisconsin.
WI..............................  Dairy Business                 180,000
                                   Association.
WI..............................  Driftless Area                 253,000
                                   Initiative.
WI..............................  Grazing Lands                  686,000
                                   Conservation
                                   Initiative.
WI..............................  Sand County                    858,000
                                   Foundation.
WV..............................  Appalachian Small              722,000
                                   Farmer Outreach
                                   Program/Risk
                                   Management
                                   Initiative.
WV..............................  Big Sandy Tri-State            289,000
                                   Watershed
                                   Inventory &
                                   Analysis.
WV..............................  Geographic                   3,249,000
                                   Information
                                   Systems Center of
                                   Excellence.
WV..............................  Potomac River                  180,000
                                   Tributary Strategy
                                   in West Virginia.
WV..............................  Soil Phosphorus                217,000
                                   Studies.
WY..............................  Accelerated Soil               214,000
                                   Mapping Survey.
                                  Audubon at Home....            357,000
                                  Great Lakes Basin              433,000
                                   Soil and Erosion
                                   Control.
                                  Operation Oak                  286,000
                                   Program.
                                    Total,                   $43,500,000
                                   Conservation
                                   Technical
                                   Assistance
                                   Projects.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     WATERSHED SURVEYS AND PLANNING

    The amended bill provides no funding for Watershed Surveys 
and Planning as proposed by the Senate instead of $6,556,000 as 
proposed by the House.

               WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

    The amended bill provides $30,000,000 for Watershed and 
Flood Prevention Operations instead of $37,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and $33,450,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The Committees are aware of and expect progress to continue 
and/or to provide financial/technical assistance for the next 
phase for the following projects:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            FY 2008
              State                     Project          Recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
AR..............................  Big Slough                    $166,000
                                   Watersheds.
AR..............................  Departee Creek                  91,000
                                   Watershed.
HI..............................  Lower Hamakua Ditch            207,000
                                   Watershed.
HI..............................  Upcountry Maui                 207,000
                                   Watershed.
HI..............................  Wailuka-Alenaio                124,000
                                   Watershed.
IA..............................  Little Sioux                 1,037,000
                                   Watershed Project.
IA..............................  Soap Creek                     955,000
                                   Watershed.
IL..............................  McDowell Grove Dam           1,658,000
                                   Flood Plain/
                                   Wetlands
                                   Restoration
                                   Project.
KS..............................  Doyle Creek                    118,000
                                   Watershed.
MO..............................  Little Otter Creek             539,000
                                   Watershed Project.
MO..............................  East Fork of the               124,000
                                   Grand.
MO..............................  Big Creek-Hurricane            539,000
                                   Creek.
MO..............................  East Locust Creek            2,819,000
                                   Watershed Plan
                                   Revision.
NC..............................  Swan Quarter Dike..          2,818,000
NC..............................  Yadkin County Deep           4,975,000
                                   Creek Project.
NE..............................  Buck and Duck Creek          2,488,000
                                   Watershed Project.
OH..............................  South Fork of the              203,000
                                   Licking River
                                   Watershed Project.
OR..............................  McKenzie Canyon                448,000
                                   Irrigation
                                   Pipeline Project.
PA..............................  Neshaminy Creek              2,512,000
                                   Watershed Project,
                                   Bucks County.
PA..............................  Tuplehocken Creek              850,000
                                   Watershed.
RI..............................  Pocasset River                  62,000
                                   Floodplain
                                   Management Project.
TX..............................  Attoyac Bayou site             332,000
                                   23-A.
TX..............................  Big Creek (Tri-                810,000
                                   County) Watershed
                                   Project.
VA..............................  Buena Vista                     62,000
                                   Watershed.
WV..............................  Lost River                   3,856,000
                                   Watershed.
                                    Total, Watershed         $28,000,000
                                   and Flood
                                   Prevention
                                   Operations.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                    WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides $20,000,000 for the Watershed 
Rehabilitation Program as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$31,586,000 as proposed by the House.

                 RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

    The amended bill provides $51,088,000 for Resource 
Conservation and Development instead of $52,370,000 as proposed 
by the House and $53,150,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                    HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides $2,000,000 for the Healthy 
Forests Reserve Program instead of no funding as proposed by 
the House and $2,476,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                               TITLE III


                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS


          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

    The amended bill provides $632,000 for the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Rural Development instead of $666,000 as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.
    The Appropriations Committees are concerned about the 
proposal to close local Rural Development (RD) offices. Some of 
these offices are located in counties identified by the 
Economic Research Service as persistent poverty counties. The 
amended bill includes a general provision that requires the 
Secretary of Agriculture to determine the cost effectiveness 
and/or enhancement of program delivery prior to closing or 
relocating any RD offices. The Department is directed to 
provide a report, not later than 60 days before the date of the 
proposed closure or relocation that describes the 
justifications for such closures and relocations.
    The fiscal year 2006 Appropriations Act made permanent a 
general provision requiring that the Department of Agriculture 
consider and treat all loan levels in any appropriations act as 
estimates and not as loan limitations. It has come to the 
Committees' attention that loan levels with negative or zero 
subsidy rates are being treated as limitations. The Committees 
want to reiterate the intent of that provision and expect the 
Department to utilize this authority if demand or authorization 
changes justify such action by fully recognizing adjustments to 
current program levels that may occur as the result of recent 
legislation. The Committees expect to be notified within 30 
days of any increases in these programs based on demand or 
authorization changes.

                  RURAL COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides funding for the Rural Community 
Advancement Program (RCAP) under the associated agencies as 
proposed by the Senate. The House proposed $728,807,000 under 
the RCAP account, and the Senate proposed a total of 
$704,091,000 under the associated agencies.

                RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The amended bill provides $169,998,000 for Rural 
Development Salaries and Expenses instead of $175,382,000 as 
proposed by the House and $175,302,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                         Rural Housing Service


              RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The amended bill provides a total subsidy of $208,761,000 
for activities under the Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 
Account instead of $212,163,000 as proposed by the House and 
$202,736,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill provides for an estimated loan program 
level of $5,605,573,000 instead of $5,100,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and $4,966,684,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill provides for a transfer of $452,927,000 to 
the Rural Development Salaries and Expenses account instead of 
$462,521,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
    The Committees on Appropriations acknowledge that 
significant portions of section 515 appropriations have been 
used for needed portfolio repair and rehabilitation. However, 
these repairs can be more efficiently accomplished utilizing 
tools available under the Revitalization Initiative. For that 
reason, funding that would have been provided to the section 
515 account and used for section 515 repair and rehabilitation 
is appropriated directly to the Multi-Family Housing 
Revitalization Program Account.
    The amended bill provides a program level of $4,220,000,000 
for the Section 502 Guaranteed Homeownership loans. These loans 
offer a safe alternative to subprime mortgages for creditworthy 
low and moderate income rural homebuyers. Lenders and mortgage 
brokers are increasingly looking for traditional, standard 
term, mortgage loan programs to serve their clientele, 
particularly those in need of affordable mortgage financing 
options. Obligations in the Section 502 Guaranteed 
Homeownership program have escalated and have increased by 75 
percent over last year's activity during the first two months 
of the fiscal year. This demand is unprecedented and it is 
expected that demand will remain strong and grow throughout the 
rest of the fiscal year as the market continues to adjust from 
the diminished availability of subprime loans for home 
purchase.
    The following table indicates loan and subsidy levels 
provided in the amended bill:
    Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account:

Loan authorizations:
    Single family direct (sec. 502).....................($1,129,391,000)
    Single family unsubsidized guaranteed............... (4,220,000,000)
    Rental housing (sec. 515)...........................    (70,000,000)
    Multi-family housing guaranteed (sec. 538)..........   (130,000,000)
    Housing repair (sec. 504)...........................    (34,652,000)
    Credit sales of acquired property...................    (11,485,000)
    Site loans (sec. 524)...............................     (5,045,000)
    Self-help housing land development..................     (5,000,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Loan authorizations......................($5,605,573,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Loan subsidies:
    Single family direct (sec. 502).....................    $105,824,000
    Single family unsubsidized guaranteed...............      50,400,000
    Rental housing (sec. 515)...........................      29,827,000
    Multi-family housing guaranteed (sec. 538)..........      12,220,000
    Housing repair (sec. 504)...........................       9,796,000
    Credit sales of acquired property...................         552,000
    Self-help housing land development..................         142,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, Loan subsidies...........................    $208,761,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
        RHIF administration expenses (transfer to RD)...    $452,927,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

                       RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides $482,090,000 for the Rental 
Assistance Program instead of $533,020,000 as proposed by the 
House and $496,950,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    These funds are provided for renewal of expiring rental 
assistance contracts for a one-year term and for preservation 
incentives and new construction contracts. In addition, this 
funding level provides a five percent funding reserve to cover 
any unforeseen disruptions for renewing contracts. It is 
expected that one-year contract terms will allow for more 
accurate cost estimation and will reduce the recent cost 
fluctuations in this program.

          MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The amended bill provides $28,000,000 for the Multi-family 
Housing Revitalization Program instead of $27,800,000 as 
proposed by the House and $33,423,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
    The Department is directed to provide an information 
technology development and spending plan on an automated system 
to manage housing vouchers issued from the Multi-Family Housing 
Revitalization Program Account. No funds are to be obligated on 
that system until submission of the report to the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    The Department is directed to include in the Multi-Family 
Housing Revitalization Initiative projects funded through the 
Section 514 and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Program.

                  MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

    The amended bill provides $39,000,000 for Mutual and Self-
Help Housing Grants instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the 
House and $38,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                    RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

    The amended bill provides $39,000,000 for Rural Housing 
Assistance Grants as proposed by the House instead of 
$40,590,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                       FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The amended bill provides $22,000,000 for the Farm Labor 
Program Account as proposed by the Senate instead of 
$46,630,000 as proposed by the House.
    The amended bill provides for an estimated loan program 
level of $27,739,000; $12,000,000 for loan subsidies; and 
$10,000,000 for grants.
    The Appropriations Committees note that the Farm Labor 
Housing loan and grant program has a large unobligated balance 
available from prior years, in addition to the appropriation 
provided, to meet the demand for new construction and needed 
repair and rehabilitation of the portfolio. However, the 
Appropriations Committees recognize that repairs can be more 
efficiently accomplished utilizing tools available under the 
Revitalization Initiative. For that reason, authority has been 
provided in the Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program 
Account to allow for the Department to utilize those funds for 
necessary revitalization efforts for the Farm Labor portfolio.

               RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The amended bill provides $68,952,000 for the Rural 
Community Facilities Program Account instead of $55,742,000 as 
proposed by the House and $67,422,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
    The following table reflects the agreement:

Community Facilities:
    Direct loans........................................  ($297,000,000)
    Direct subsidy......................................      16,484,000
    Guaranteed loans....................................   (207,900,000)
    Guaranteed subsidy..................................       7,651,000
    Grants..............................................      20,517,000
Rural community development initiative..................       6,300,000
Economic impact initiative grants.......................      14,000,000
Tribal college grants...................................       4,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, loan subsidies and grants................     $68,952,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

                   Rural Business-Cooperative Service


                     RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The amended bill provides $87,700,000 for the Rural 
Business Program Account instead of $100,000,000 as proposed by 
the House and $86,200,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The following table reflects the agreement:

Business and Industry:
    Guaranteed loans....................................($1,000,000,000)
    Guaranteed subsidy..................................      43,200,000
Rural business enterprise grants........................      39,000,000
Rural business opportunity grants.......................       2,500,000
Delta regional authority................................       3,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, loan subsidy and grants..................     $87,700,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

              RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The amended bill provides an estimated loan program level 
of $33,772,000 with a subsidy of $14,485,000 for the Rural 
Development Loan Fund as proposed by the House instead of 
$14,527,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill provides for a transfer of $4,774,000 to 
the Rural Development Salaries and Expenses account instead of 
$4,861,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

            RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The amended bill provides an estimated loan program level 
of $33,077,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill includes a rescission of $34,000,000 as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                  RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

    The amended bill provides $28,023,000 for Rural Cooperative 
Development Grants instead of $29,193,000 as proposed by the 
House and $26,403,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill provides $19,000,000 for the value-added 
agricultural product market development grant program; 
$2,600,000 for a cooperative agreement for the appropriate 
technology transfer for rural areas program; $1,473,000 for 
cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose primary 
focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers; 
$4,455,000 for cooperative development grants; and $495,000 for 
a cooperative research agreement with a qualified academic 
institution.

       RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES GRANTS

    The amended bill provides $8,187,000 for Rural Empowerment 
Zones and Enterprise Communities Grants instead of $11,088,000 
as proposed by the House and $10,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                        RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides $36,000,000 for the Renewable 
Energy Program instead of $46,000,000 as proposed by the House 
and $28,489,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill provides a loan level of $207,000,000, a 
subsidy level of $20,000,000, and a grant level of $16,000,000.

                        Rural Utilities Service


             RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The amended bill provides $562,565,000 for the Rural Water 
and Waste Disposal Program Account instead of $573,065,000 as 
proposed by the House and $550,469,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.
    The amended bill includes a general provision to require 
the water and waste direct loan subsidy rate to be calculated 
using the fiscal year 2007 borrower rates and the fiscal year 
2008 President's economic assumptions. The administration's 
proposal to rely more heavily on borrowing rather than grants 
is rejected.

    The following table reflects the agreement:

Water and waste:
    Direct loans........................................($1,030,000,000)
    Direct subsidy......................................      70,100,000
    Guaranteed loans....................................    (75,000,000)
    Grants..............................................     467,500,000
Solid waste management grants...........................       3,465,000
Water and wastewater revolving funds....................         500,000
Water well system grants................................       1,000,000
High energy cost grants.................................      20,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, loan subsidies and grants................    $562,565,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

   Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account

    The amended bill provides a total subsidy of $3,740,000 for 
activities under the Rural Electrification and 
Telecommunications Loans Program Account as proposed by both 
the House and the Senate.
    The amended bill provides for an estimated loan program 
level of $7,790,000,000 instead of $5,290,000,000 as proposed 
by the House and $8,290,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill provides for a transfer of $38,623,000 to 
the Rural Development salaries and expenses account instead of 
$39,405,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
    The following table indicates loan and subsidy levels 
provided in the amended bill:
    Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program 
Account:

Loan authorizations:
    Electric:
    Direct, 5 percent...................................  ($100,000,000)
    Direct, FFB......................................... (6,500,000,000)
    Guaranteed underwriting.............................   (500,000,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal.......................................... (7,100,000,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Telecommunications:
    Direct, 5 percent...................................  ($145,000,000)
    Direct, Treasury rate...............................   (250,000,000)
    Direct, FFB.........................................   (295,000,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Subtotal........................................   (690,000,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, loan authorizations......................($7,790,000,000)
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Loan subsidies:
    Electric:
    Direct, 5 percent...................................        $120,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................         120,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
    Telecommunications:
    Direct, 5 percent...................................        $116,000
    Direct, Treasury rate...............................       1,675,000
    Direct, FFB.........................................       1,829,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal..........................................       3,620,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total, loan subsidies...........................      $3,740,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
RETLP administrative expenses (transfer to RD)..........      38,623,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

         DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides for an estimated loan program 
level of $300,000,000 for broadband telecommunications as 
proposed by the House instead of $495,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate.
    The amended bill includes $35,000,000 for distance learning 
and telemedicine grants as proposed by the House instead of 
$34,750,000 as proposed by the Senate, of which $5,000,000 is 
for public broadcasting system grants.
    The amended bill includes $6,450,000 for broadband 
telecommunications loan subsidy as proposed by the House 
instead of $10,643,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill includes $13,500,000 for broadband 
telecommunications grants instead of $17,820,000 as proposed by 
the House and $8,910,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The Appropriations Committees' recommendation includes 
$5,000,000 for public broadcasting systems grants to allow 
noncommercial educational television broadcast stations that 
serve rural areas to convert from analog to digital operations.
    The Department is directed to evaluate and report on the 
potential of a combination loan/grant broadband program, to 
expand the reach and more effectively utilize broadband 
resources.

                                TITLE IV


                         DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS


Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services

    The amended bill provides $597,000 for the Office of the 
Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services 
instead of $628,000 as proposed by both the House and the 
Senate.

                       Food and Nutrition Service


                        CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

    The amended bill provides $13,901,513,000 for Child 
Nutrition Programs instead of $13,903,213,000 as proposed by 
the House and $13,897,272,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
Included in the total is an appropriated amount of 
$7,647,965,000 and a transfer from section 32 of 
$6,253,548,000.
    The amended bill includes a general provision to expand the 
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program to all States not currently 
served by the authorized program and maintains the program in 
all currently participating States.
    The amended bill provides $13,300,000 for Team nutrition. 
Included in this amount is up to $5,000,000 for food service 
training grants to States; $2,500,000 for technical assistance 
materials; $800,000 for National Food Service Management 
Institute cooperative agreements; $800,000 for print and 
electronic food service resource systems; $1,000,000 to assist 
USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion in development 
and maintenance of MyPyramid and Dietary Guidelines materials 
in support of nutrition education for program participants and 
their families; and $3,200,000 for other activities.
    The amended bill provides $2,000,000 for Food Safety 
Education as proposed by the House instead of $1,022,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill provides the following for Child Nutrition 
programs:

                      TOTAL OBLIGATIONAL AUTHORITY

Child Nutrition Programs:
    School lunch program................................  $8,180,933,000
    School breakfast program............................   2,389,988,000
    Child and adult care food program...................   2,288,838,000
    Summer food service program.........................     310,634,000
    Special milk program................................      14,618,000
    State administrative expenses.......................     175,636,000
    Commodity procurement and computer support..........     518,061,000
    School meals initiative/Team nutrition..............      13,300,000
    Coordinated review effort...........................       5,505,000
    Food safety education...............................       2,000,000
    CACFP Training and Technical Assistance.............       2,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
        Total........................................... $13,901,513,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN 
                                 (WIC)

    The amended bill provides $6,020,000,000 for the Special 
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 
(WIC), instead of $5,620,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$5,720,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The amended bill 
includes $15,000,000 for continuation of the breastfeeding peer 
counselor program and $30,000,000 for investments in management 
information systems, if the Secretary determines that funds are 
available to maintain caseload without the use of the 
contingency fund after the date of enactment of this Act. In 
addition, the amended bill includes such sums as are necessary 
to restore the contingency reserve to $150,000,000, instead of 
$125,000,000 as proposed by the House and $116,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill includes an emergency designation under 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 
for $400,000,000.
    The total funding level provided for WIC is adequate to 
meet current estimates of program needs, and is $633,403,000 
above the Administration's request. The Appropriations 
Committees have followed cost increases in the WIC program very 
closely. Since the budget was submitted in February 2007, 
program participation has risen, and food costs have increased 
sharply. Information on participation and food costs is 
collected regularly by the Department, and the Appropriations 
Committees believe it is irresponsible for the Administration 
to ignore this information and not submit an official updated 
estimate or notification to the Congress regarding the 
increased funding need for WIC.
    Therefore, the Department is directed, beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act, and thereafter, to provide 
monthly reports on the program performance and estimated 
funding requirements to fully fund the WIC program. Timeframes 
addressed in these estimates should include the prior year, 
current year, and budget year of the President's budget 
submission currently under consideration by the Congress and 
should separately address baseline program performance from the 
impact of current law and legislative budget proposals. The 
Department shall consider, and include in these estimates, 
current participation trends and current Economic Research 
Service food cost estimates in developing updated WIC 
estimates.

                           FOOD STAMP PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides $39,782,723,000 for the food 
stamp program instead of $39,816,223,000 as proposed by the 
House and $39,779,223,000 as proposed by the Senate. Included 
in this amount is a reserve of $3,000,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2009.
    The amended bill includes $35,021,473,000 for program 
expenses, $1,621,250,000 for grants to Puerto Rico and Samoa, 
and $140,000,000 for commodity purchase for The Emergency Food 
Assistance Program.
    Included in the recommended level for other program costs 
are $2,000,000 to conduct Food Stamp Program modernization and 
innovation projects and $1,000,000 to assist USDA's Center for 
Nutrition Policy and Promotion in the development and 
maintenance of MyPyramid and Dietary Guidelines materials in 
support of nutrition education for the food stamp eligible 
population.
    Included in the recommended level for FDPIR is $34,706,000 
instead of $34,206,000 as proposed by the House and $35,206,000 
as proposed by the Senate.

                      COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

    The amended bill provides $211,770,000 for the Commodity 
Assistance Program instead of $221,070,000 as proposed by the 
House and $199,070,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    Of that amount, the amended bill provides $140,700,000 for 
the Commodity Supplemental Food Program instead of $150,000,000 
as proposed by the House and $128,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. It is expected that with this level, 2007 participation 
will be maintained.
    The amended bill provides $50,000,000 for administration of 
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) as proposed by 
both the House and the Senate.
    The amended bill provides $20,000,000 for the Farmers' 
Market Nutrition Program and directs the Secretary to obligate 
these funds within 45 days.

                   NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

    The amended bill provides $142,727,000 for Nutrition 
Programs Administration instead of $146,926,000 as proposed by 
the House and $147,426,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    The amended bill provides $2,475,000 in this account for 
providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships 
through the Congressional Hunger Center.

                                TITLE V


                FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS


                      Foreign Agricultural Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The amended bill provides $159,470,000 for the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses, instead of 
$159,136,000 as proposed by the House and $167,391,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

     Public Law 480 Title I and Title II Program and Grant Accounts

    The amended bill provides $1,219,400,000 for Public Law 480 
Title II as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
    The following table reflects the amended bill for Public 
Law 480 program accounts:

Public Law 480

Title II--Commodities for disposition abroad:
    Program level.......................................($1,219,400,000)
    Appropriation.......................................   1,219,400,000
Salaries and expenses:
    Farm Service Agency (transfer to FSA)...............      $2,680,000

       COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

    The amended bill provides $5,328,000 for the Commodity 
Credit Corporation Export Loans Program Account instead of 
$5,338,000 as proposed by the House and $5,334,000 as proposed 
by the Senate.

  MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION 
                             PROGRAM GRANTS

    The amended bill provides $100,000,000 for the McGovern-
Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program as proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                                TITLE VI


           RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION


                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


                      Food and Drug Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The amended bill provides total appropriations, including 
Prescription Drug User Fee Act, Medical Device User Fee and 
Modernization Act, and Animal Drug User Fee Act collections, of 
$2,247,961,000 for the salaries and expenses of the Food and 
Drug Administration, instead of $1,711,405,000 as proposed by 
the House and $2,276,262,000 as proposed by the Senate.
    Specific amounts by FDA activity are reflected in the 
following table.

          FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, SALARIES AND EXPENSES


                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Budget
                          Program                             authority
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Foods......................................................     $513,461
  Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.............      186,572
    CFSAN available July 1, 2008 [non-add].................      [9,409]
  Field Activities.........................................      326,889
    Field available July 1, 2008 [non-add].................     [18,591]
Human Drugs................................................      355,759
  Center for Drug Evaluation and Research..................      268,007
  Field Activities.........................................       87,752
Biologics..................................................      156,323
  Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.............      126,721
  Field Activities.........................................       29,602
Animal Drugs & Feeds.......................................       97,721
  Center for Veterinary Medicine...........................       60,159
  Field Activities.........................................       37,562
Device & Radiological Products.............................      239,670
  Center for Devices and Radiological Health...............      179,093
  Field Activities.........................................       60,577
National Center for Toxicological Research.................       44,316
Other Activities...........................................       98,183
White Oak Consolidation....................................       38,808
Other Rent & Rent-Related..................................       50,648
GSA Rent...................................................      131,533
                                                            ------------
      Total Salaries & Expenses............................    1,726,422
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Within the total amount for the Food and Drug 
Administration, the following increases above fiscal year 2007 
are provided: $28,718,000 for cost of living expenses; 
$56,000,000 for food safety; $7,500,000 for the critical path 
initiative; $21,200,000 for drug safety; $6,000,000 for generic 
drug review; $4,000,000 for pandemic influenza preparedness; 
$4,000,000 for the review of direct-to-consumer advertising; 
$1,000,000 for the Office of Women's Health; $1,000,000 for the 
review of cosmetics; $13,256,000 for FDA's consolidation at the 
White Oak campus; and, $14,504,000 for GSA rent and other rent 
and rent related activities. The amended bill includes a 
proviso prohibiting the transfer of funds to the Reagan-Udall 
foundation under section 707(n) of the Federal Food, Drug and 
Cosmetic Act.
    The Committees are increasingly concerned about FDA's use 
of a fund known as the central account to pay for various FDA 
activities. An appropriation specifically for the central 
account has never been provided. Instead, funds intended for 
use by FDA's centers and field operations are moved into the 
central account and managed by the Office of the Commissioner. 
The Committees recognize that the central account has been 
utilized by FDA for many years and that there is value in 
funding some activities centrally. However, funding for the 
central account has grown unchecked over the past 3 years, 
increasing by approximately 32 percent from fiscal year 2003 to 
2006. In fiscal year 2006, central account charges were 
approximately $125,000,000. FDA does not provide information on 
estimated costs and use of central account funds to the 
Committees on Appropriations. The Committees find this lack of 
accountability unacceptable and therefore direct FDA to include 
in its annual budget request, beginning with fiscal year 2009, 
previous year, estimated current year, and estimated budget 
year central account charges by FDA program area and center/
field split for each charge applied. In addition, the budget 
should include a narrative summary of each central account 
charge including how the funding is used and how the charge is 
assessed to the program areas.
    The amended bill includes an increase of $21,200,000 for 
drug safety, of which not less than $10,000,000 is for the 
Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology. The Committees expect 
that FDA will use this funding to enhance the agency's ability 
to identify safety issues with products already on the market 
and under review.
    The amended bill includes an increase of $7,500,000 for the 
critical path initiative, of which $2,500,000 shall be 
available, on a competitive basis, for contracts or grants to 
universities and non-profit organizations to support individual 
critical path projects.
    The amended bill includes an increase of $56,000,000 above 
the fiscal year 2007 level for food safety activities of the 
FDA for improvements to agency procedures, to enhance 
inspection capabilities for the protection of consumers, and to 
help the agency recover from the administration's low budget 
estimates of recent years.
    Of the increase provided for food safety, the Committees 
direct that no less than $18,317,000 shall be available 
immediately to hire additional domestic and import food 
inspectors, including $8,000,000 for the deployment of 
inspectors with rapid response capabilities who will be 
responsible for immediate attention to outbreaks of food-
related disease as well as providing technical assistance to 
states and others, as appropriate, to support overall practices 
to increase the safety of food and food products.
    Of the total amount provided for food safety, the 
Committees direct that $1,500,000 shall be used for the 
creation of a Western Region FDA Center of Excellence at the 
University of California at Davis. The Committees do not 
include an additional $4,000,000 for other food safety-related 
research, as proposed by the Senate, under this account. 
However, the Committees have provided an increase of $3,000,000 
to the National Research Initiative for this purpose and fully 
expect the Commissioner of the FDA and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to work together to identify food safety research 
priorities of importance to the regulatory functions of the FDA 
and food safety generally. The Committees expect a report on 
the conclusions of an agreement between the Commissioner and 
the Secretary that describes the research priorities identified 
and the awarding of research grants to meet those needs.
    In addition, the Committees expect the FDA to contract with 
the National Academy of Sciences for a comprehensive study of 
gaps in public health protection provided by the food safety 
system in this country. The report should address the 
recommendations of the FDA Food Protection Plan released in 
November 2007.
    Of the increase provided for food safety, the amended bill 
includes $28,000,000 available from July 1, 2008 to September 
30, 2009. The Committees direct the agency to provide, 
concurrent with the fiscal year 2009 budget justification, a 
plan that describes a method to improve the national food 
safety system, including clear, measurable benchmarks for 
concrete improvements in the performance of its food safety 
mission.
    As stated in the House report, ``the plan must set forth 
clear, definitive goals over a multiyear period to 
comprehensively overhaul FDA's food safety operations, covering 
both domestic and imported foods. The plan must include a 
detailed description of any organizational, managerial, 
statutory and regulatory changes necessary to achieve them, as 
well as an assessment of the budgetary resources needed. If 
statutory changes are proposed, the plan must include the 
statutory language. The plan must be approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget.'' The Committees suggest that 
enforceable standards for food safety, HAACP-like systems, and 
a process for reviewing the food safety systems in countries 
that export food to the United States should be considered as 
key parts of the building blocks of such a plan.
    FDA is directed to submit a plan to the Committees that 
fully address the weaknesses in the food safety system that led 
GAO to list food safety on its January 2007 high-risk list.
     The Committees support FDA's review of a means by which 
drugs marketed outside the present approval process, which have 
been in clinical use for the past 25 years and are prescribed 
by doctors, may be more efficiently vetted by the agency. FDA 
is encouraged to work toward the development of a system to 
review this unique class of drugs.
    The Committees encourage FDA to ensure that the MedGuide 
program is assisting patients in understanding the risks 
associated with certain medications to the greatest degree 
possible. The Committees encourage FDA to work with patient 
groups, manufacturers and national pharmacy groups to address 
improvements in the program. The Committees request a report on 
the progress it is making toward these improvements within one 
year of enactment of this Act.
    The Committees were encouraged by FDA's March 2007, 
announcement that the agency was going to significantly limit 
the number of financial conflict of interest waivers granted to 
advisory committee members. In September 2007, the Congress 
passed, and the President signed, the Food and Drug 
Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA). FDAAA placed a 
cap on the number of waivers that can be issued annually and 
reduced them by 25 percent over the life of the Act. The 
Committees note that the waiver limits passed in FDAAA were 
less stringent than those proposed by FDA in March 2007. The 
Committees remind FDA that the FDAAA limitations are a ceiling 
and strongly encourage FDA to continue its efforts to limit the 
use of financial conflicts of interest waivers to the greatest 
extent possible.
    The Committees note that on December 28, 2006, the Center 
for Veterinary Medicine issued a draft risk assessment on 
animal cloning which concluded that food products from cloned 
animals are safe to enter the food supply. During the public 
comment period, thousands of submissions were received by FDA. 
Many of these asked the FDA to obtain more information not 
assessed in the initial risk assessment, including further 
evaluation of the potential health, economic, and trade 
impacts, before acting further. In addition, many comments 
expressed concern that several of the studies on which the risk 
assessment was based did not undergo a scientific peer review 
process. The Committees strongly encourage FDA to continue the 
voluntary moratorium on introducing food products from cloned 
animals into commerce until FDA completes a review and analysis 
of comments and evaluates the need for additional studies 
recommended during the public comment period.
    The Committees direct the Food and Drug Administration to 
enter into an agreement with the Economic Research Service at 
USDA to study the domestic agricultural and international trade 
economic implications of permitting commercialization of milk 
and meat from cloned animals and their progeny into the food 
supply.
    The Committees are concerned that FDA may have exceeded its 
statutory authority when the agency decided to begin allowing 
the use of qualified health claims for conventional foods in 
2003. Such claims are not based on the standard of 
``significant scientific agreement'' set forth in the Nutrition 
Labeling and Education Act. The agency has devoted literally 
thousands of hours of staff work to this undertaking at a time 
when the agency's ability to carry out its public health 
responsibilities is severely stretched.
    The Committees need a thorough, independent analysis of 
FDA's actions in this situation, the impact of qualified health 
claims on the public's perceptions of conventional foods, and 
the usefulness of qualified health claims. Therefore, the 
Committees request a report from the Government Accountability 
Office (GAO) on qualified health claims and ask that GAO work 
with the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate 
on the parameters of the report. The Committees also urge the 
FDA not to use funds provided in this bill to review requests 
for qualified health claims for conventional foods or to issue 
letters permitting such claims through exercises of enforcement 
discretion until the independent analysis is completed.
    The amended bill includes $1,725,000 for research on 
dietary supplements at the National Center for Natural Products 
Research in Oxford, Mississippi; $149,000 for the Interstate 
Shellfish Sanitation Commission (ISSC) and $186,000 for ISSC 
Vibrio Vulnificus; $74,000 for the Warehousing Education and 
Research Council; $2,228,000 for the National Center for Food 
Safety and Technology; $1,769,000 for the Food Technology 
Evaluation Laboratory at New Mexico State University; and 
$563,000 for collaborative drug safety research with the 
Critical Path Institute and the University of Utah.
    The Committees are aware, and appreciate, that FDA is 
currently working to update the format of its Explanatory Notes 
in an attempt to streamline information provided and make it 
more useful to Congress. The Committees direct FDA to ensure 
that all changes to the Explanatory Notes reflect the comments 
made by the Congress.
    In House Report 109-255, the conference report accompanying 
the fiscal year 2006 appropriations bill, Congress directed FDA 
``to provide the same level of budget justification for its 
research activities in the fiscal year 2007 budget as it does 
other activities, including a justification of both base 
spending and any proposed increases by activity within center 
or office.'' FDA has not fully complied with this requirement 
to date and is directed to meet this requirement in the fiscal 
year 2009 budget submission.
    FDA is directed that, unless otherwise stated, all reports 
and studies requested by the Committees in House Report 110-258 
or Senate Report 110-134 or in this Explanatory Statement, 
shall be provided within 60 days after enactment of this Act.

                        BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

    The amended bill includes $2,450,000 for buildings and 
facilities instead of $4,950,000 as proposed by both the House 
and the Senate.

                          INDEPENDENT AGENCIES


                  Commodity Futures Trading Commission

    The amended bill provides $112,050,000 for the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission instead of $102,550,000 as proposed 
by the House and $116,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. This 
level provides the requested $3,106,000 for an additional 17 
FTE to allow the Commission to provide appropriate oversight of 
the futures markets and $9,500,000 in increased IT costs. The 
Committees on Appropriations do not adopt the President's 
request to impose fees on futures transactions.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    The amended bill includes a limitation of $46,000,000 on 
administrative expenses of the Farm Credit Administration as 
proposed by both the House and the Senate.

                     TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS


             (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    Section 701.--The amended bill includes language making 
funds available for the purchase, replacement, and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles.
    Section 702.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
appropriation items, which shall remain available until 
expended.
    Section 703.--The amended bill includes language allowing 
for unobligated balances to be transferred to the Working 
Capital Fund.
    Section 704.--The amended bill includes language limiting 
the funding provided in the bill to one year, unless otherwise 
specified.
    Section 705.--The amended bill includes language limiting 
indirect costs on cooperative agreements between the Department 
of Agriculture and nonprofit organizations to 10 percent.
    Section 706.--The amended bill includes language limiting 
indirect costs for grants awarded by the Cooperative State 
Research, Education, and Extension Service to 20 percent.
    Section 707.--The amended bill includes language making 
appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the cost of 
direct guaranteed loans available until expended to disburse 
obligations for certain Rural Development programs.
    Section 708.--The amended bill includes language for funds 
to cover necessary expenses related to advisory committees.
    Section 709.--The amended bill includes language 
prohibiting the use of funds to establish an inspection panel 
at the Department of Agriculture.
    Section 710.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
detailed employees.
    Section 711.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the appropriations hearing process.
    Section 712.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the transfer of funds to the Office of the Chief Information 
Officer and information technology funding obligations.
    Section 713.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the reprogramming of funds.
    Section 714.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
user fee proposals.
    Section 715.--The amended bill includes language 
authorizing certain watershed projects.
    Section 716.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the closure or relocation of Rural Development offices.
    Section 717.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the closure or relocation of certain Food and Drug 
Administration offices.
    Section 718.--The amended bill includes language allowing 
funds to be used to carry out a competitive grants program.
    Section 719.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the Environmental Quality Incentives Program.
    Section 720.--The amended bill includes language allowing 
for reimbursement of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust.
    Section 721.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the Dam Rehabilitation Program.
    Section 722.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
guaranteed underwriting.
    Section 723.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the final rulemaking on cost-sharing for animal and plant 
health emergency programs.
    Section 724.--The amended bill provides funding for the 
Denali Commission.
    Section 725.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the availability of funds for certain conservation programs.
    Section 726.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the recertification of rural status.
    Section 727.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
government-sponsored news stories.
    Section 728.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
eligibility for certain rural development programs.
    Section 729.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the Emergency Watershed Protection Program.
    Section 730.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
competitive sourcing of rural development or farm loan 
programs.
    Section 731.--The amended bill includes a rescission of 
section 32 funds at a level in excess of that recommended by 
the President. The Committees note that the estimates for 
section 32 funds carrying over into fiscal year 2009 have 
increased significantly since the President's budget was 
released. The Committees also provide $297 million for 
estimated future purchases, which is $240 million above the 
level actually expended in fiscal year 2007 and $140 million 
more than the previous five year average.
    Section 732.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
base funding for all institutions participating in the expanded 
food nutrition education program.
    Section 733.--The amended bill includes language limiting 
the implementation of a rule concerning countries eligible to 
export poultry products to the United States.
    Section 734.--The amended bill provides funding for the 
National Center for Natural Products Research.
    Section 735.--The amended bill provides funding for an 
agriculture pest facility in Hawaii.
    Section 736.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
meat inspection.
    Section 737.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the water and waste direct loan program.
    Section 738.--The amended bill includes language amending 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
    Section 739.--The amended bill includes language providing 
funding for the Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program.
    Section 740.--The amended bill allows the Department to use 
Salaries and Expenses funds to purchase materials for program 
utilization.
    Section 741.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the Federal Meat Inspection and other acts.
    Section 742.--The amended bill includes language 
establishing a forestry pilot program for lands affected by 
Hurricane Katrina.
    Section 743.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
Agricultural Disaster Assistance.
    Section 744.--The amended bill includes language amending 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
    Section 745.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
certain unexpended funds.
    Section 746.--The amended bill includes language providing 
that certain locations shall be considered eligible for certain 
rural development programs.
    Section 747.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the closure or consolidation of FDA field laboratories.
    Section 748.--The amended bill includes language regarding 
the availability of Rural Development housing funding in areas 
damaged by hurricanes in 2005.
    Section 749.--The amended bill rescinds certain funds.
    Section 750.--The amended bill rescinds certain funds.
    Section 751.--The amended bill extends certain Farm Bill 
authorities.
    Section 752.--The amended bill includes a provision that 
reduces all discretionary accounts except for WIC and the Food 
Safety and Inspection Service by 0.7 percent.

    DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    Following is a list of congressional earmarks and 
congressionally directed spending items (as defined in clause 9 
of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, respectively) 
included in the House amendment or this explanatory statement, 
along with the name of each Senator, House Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner who submitted a request to the Committee 
of jurisdiction for each item so identified. Items which did 
not appear in H.R. 3161 or S. 1859 or the accompanying 
committee reports are marked with an asterisk. Neither the 
House amendment nor the explanatory statement contains any 
limited tax benefits or limited tariff benefits as defined in 
the applicable House and Senate rules.

                                              AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
           [The amounts displayed do not reflect the 0.7 percent reduction that will be applied to all activities in the bill by Section 752.]
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      Account                                      Project                                                     Member                           Amount
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AMS                  Development of Specialty Markets, WI                                Kohl                                                 $1,875,000
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APHIS                Agriculture Compliance Laboratory Equipment, DE                     Biden, Castle, Carper                                    75,000
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APHIS                Aquaculture Monitoring Technology, KY                               Chandler                                                 75,000
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APHIS                Asian Long Horned Beetle, IL                                        Durbin                                                  353,000
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APHIS                Avian Influenza preparedness, CT                                    Courtney                                                750,000
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APHIS                Beaver Management and Control in Mississippi                        Cochran, Wicker                                         475,000
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APHIS                Beaver Management in North Carolina                                 Dole, Price (NC)                                        223,000
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APHIS                Berryman Institute UT/MS                                            Bennett, Cochran                                      1,125,000
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APHIS                Biosafety Institute/National Institute for Genetically Modified     Grassley, Harkin, Latham                                278,000
                      Agriculture Products, IA
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APHIS                Biosafety, VT                                                       Leahy                                                   242,000
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APHIS                Blackbird Management, KS                                            Roberts                                                 128,000
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APHIS                Blackbird Management, LA                                            Alexander (LA), Baker, Boustany, Landrieu, Vitter       101,000
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APHIS                Blackbird Management, ND & SD                                       Conrad, Dorgan, Johnson (SD)                            284,000
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APHIS                Brown Tree Snake Management in Guam                                 Abercrombie, Akaka, Bordallo, Hirono, Inouye            705,000
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APHIS                California County Pest Detection Augmentation Program               Boxer, Costa, Feinstein                                 623,000
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APHIS                Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance, CO                            Allard, Salazar (Ken)                                    38,000
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APHIS                Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance, UT                            Bennett                                                 183,000
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APHIS                Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance, WI                            Kohl, Obey                                            1,299,000
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APHIS                Cogongrass control, MS                                              Cochran                                                 223,000
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APHIS                Conservation Science at Lincoln Park Zoo, IL                        Durbin                                                   37,000
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APHIS                Cooperative Livestock Protection Program, PA                        Holden, Murtha, Specter                                 225,000
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APHIS                Cormorant control, Delta States                                     Cochran                                                 239,000
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APHIS                Cormorant control, Lake Champlain                                   Leahy                                                   111,000
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APHIS                Cormorant control, MI                                               Levin, Stabenow                                         149,000
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APHIS                Cormorant control, NY                                               Walsh                                                   743,000
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APHIS                Crop and Aquaculture Losses in Southeast Missouri                   Emerson                                                 222,000
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APHIS                Database of North Carolina's Agriculture Industry                   Price (NC)                                              223,000
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APHIS                Disease Prevention, LA                                              Landrieu, Vitter                                         75,000
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APHIS                Emerald ash borer, IL                                               Durbin                                                1,500,000
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APHIS                Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee, ID, MT, WY   Baucus, Craig, Enzi, Simpson, Thomas                    697,000
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APHIS                Hawaii Interline Activities                                         Abercrombie, Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                    2,079,000
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APHIS                Hydrilla Eradication around Lake Gaston, VA                         Goode                                                   333,900
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APHIS                Hydrilla Eradication, Tri-County (Smith Mountain)                   Goode                                                    37,100
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APHIS                Import inspection CA Dept of Food and Agriculture                   Costa, Feinstein                                        743,000
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APHIS                Integrated Predation Management Activities Coyotes (WV)             Byrd                                                    300,000
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APHIS                Johne's activities in WI                                            Kohl                                                    933,000
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APHIS                Mormon cricket Nevada                                               Reid                                                  1,125,000
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APHIS                Mormon cricket Utah                                                 Bennett                                               1,125,000
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APHIS                National Agriculture Biosecurity Center, KS                         Boyda, Brownback, Moore (KS), Moran (KS), Roberts,      278,000
                                                                                          Tiahrt
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APHIS                National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, PA                     Murtha                                                  222,000
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APHIS                National Farm Animal Identification and Records                     Leahy, Walsh                                            446,000
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APHIS                National Wildlife Research Center, Hilo, HI                         Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                   173,000
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APHIS                National Wildlife Research Center, MS                               Cochran                                                 257,000
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APHIS                National Wildlife Research Station in Kingsville, Texas             Hutchison, Ortiz                                        311,000
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APHIS                New Mexico Rapid Syndrome Validation Program                        Bingaman, Domenici, Udall (NM)                          407,000
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APHIS                Nez Perce Bio-Control Center, ID                                    Craig, Crapo, Simpson                                   188,000
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APHIS                Olive Fruit Fly, CA                                                 Thompson (CA)                                           234,000
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APHIS                Predation Wildlife Services in Virginia                             Boucher, Goode, Goodlatte                               150,000
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APHIS                Predator Research Station, UT                                       Bennett                                               1,040,000
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APHIS                Remote Diagnostic and Wildlife Disease Surveillance, ND             Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                               1,364,000
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APHIS                Rodent Control, AK                                                  Stevens                                                 113,000
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APHIS                Tri-State Predator Control, ID, MT, WY                              Craig, Enzi, Simpson, Thomas                            993,000
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APHIS                Washington Clean Plant Program                                      Murray                                                  225,000
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APHIS                Weed Management, NV                                                 Reid                                                     37,000
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APHIS                Wildlife Services, SD                                               Johnson (SD)                                            557,000
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APHIS                Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium                       Kohl, Obey                                            1,485,000
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APHIS                Wolf Predation Management in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan     Oberstar, Obey                                          779,000
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ARS B&F              Agricultural Research Center, Logan, UT                             Bennett                                               5,600,000
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ARS B&F              Alcorn State University Biotechnology Laboratory, MS                Cochran                                               1,400,000
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ARS B&F              Animal Bioscience Facility, Bozeman, MT                             Baucus, Rehberg, Tester                               1,883,000
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ARS B&F              Animal Waste Management Research Laboratory, Bowling Green, KY      McConnell                                             1,400,000
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ARS B&F              Appalachian Fruit Lab, WV                                           Byrd                                                  1,540,000
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ARS B&F              Center for Advanced Viticulture and Tree Crop Research, Davis, CA   Thompson (CA)                                         1,883,000
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ARS B&F              Center for Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY                               Arcuri, Clinton, Hinchey, Reynolds, Schumer, Walsh    1,883,000
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ARS B&F              Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, Storrs, CT               Courtney, DeLauro, Murphy (CT)                        1,883,000
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ARS B&F              Dairy Forage Agricultural Research Center, Prairie du Sac, WI       Kohl                                                  2,520,000
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ARS B&F              Forage-Animal Production Research Facility, KY                      McConnell                                             2,100,000
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ARS B&F              Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station, ID                        Craig, Crapo, Simpson                                   700,000
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ARS B&F              Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center, Stoneville, MS          Cochran                                               2,800,000
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ARS B&F              National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, Peoria, IL   LaHood                                                1,883,000
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ARS B&F              National Plant and Genetics Security Center, Columbia, MO           Bond, Hulshof                                         2,100,000
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ARS B&F              Poultry Science Research Facility, Starkville, MS                   Cochran, Pickering                                    1,400,000
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ARS B&F              Southeastern Poultry Research Laboratory, Athens, GA                Chambliss, Kingston, The President                    2,800,000
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ARS B&F              Systems Biology Research Facility, Lincoln, NE                      Hagel, Nelson (NE)                                    1,400,000
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ARS B&F              U.S. National Arboretum, Washington, DC                             Blumenauer, Norton                                      700,000
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ARS B&F              University of Toledo Greenhouse and Hydroponic Research Complex,    Brown (OH), Kaptur, Voinovich                         1,883,000
                      Toledo, OH
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ARS B&F              US Agricultural Research Facility, Knipling-Bushland Laboratory,    Cornyn, Hutchison, Smith (TX)                         1,400,000
                      Kerrville, TX
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ARS B&F              US Agricultural Research Service Laboratory, Canal Point, FL        Boyd, Hastings (FL), Martinez, Nelson (FL)              525,000
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ARS B&F              US Agricultural Research Service Laboratory, Pullman, WA            Baird, Cantwell, Dicks, Hastings (WA), Larsen,        1,883,000
                                                                                          McDermott, McMorris Rodgers, Murray, Smith (WA)
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ARS B&F              US Agricultural Research Service Sugarcane Research Laboratory,     Landrieu, Melancon, Vitter                            1,883,000
                      Houma, LA
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ARS B&F              US Agricultural Research Station, Salinas, CA                       Farr                                                  1,883,000
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ARS B&F              US Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, HI                   Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                 1,750,000
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ARS S&E              Aerial Application Research, College Station, TX                    Edwards, Kingston                                       584,000
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ARS S&E              Animal Health Consortium, Peoria, IL                                Durbin, LaHood                                          879,000
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ARS S&E              Animal Vaccines, Greenport, NY                                      Courtney, DeLauro                                     1,628,000
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ARS S&E              Appalachian Horticulture Research (U of TN/TN State), Poplarville,  Alexander (TN), Blackburn, Cochran, Duncan, Wamp        784,000
                      MS
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ARS S&E              Aquaculture Fisheries Center, Pine Bluff, AR                        Lincoln, Pryor, Ross                                    557,000
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ARS S&E              Aquaculture Initiatives, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute,     Mahoney, Martinez                                     1,713,000
                      Stuttgart, AR
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ARS S&E              Aquaculture Research, Aberdeen, ID                                  Craig, Crapo, Simpson                                   629,000
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ARS S&E              Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (Rodale Inst.), Wyndmoor, PA           Gerlach                                                  45,000
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ARS S&E              Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, Little Rock, AR               Berry, Lincoln, Pryor, Snyder                           585,000
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ARS S&E              Avian Pneumovirus / Asian Bird Influenza, Athens, GA                Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Kingston                        292,000
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ARS S&E              Barley Health Food Benefits, Beltsville, MD                         Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 477,000
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ARS S&E              Bee Research, Weslaco, TX                                           Edwards                                                 244,000
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ARS S&E              Biomass Crop Production, Brookings, SD                              Herseth Sandlin, Johnson (SD)                         1,213,000
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ARS S&E              Biomedical Materials in Plants, Biotech Foundation, Beltsville, MD  Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                               1,821,000
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ARS S&E              Biomineral Soil Amendments for Control of Nematode, Beltsville, MD  Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 390,000
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ARS S&E              Bioremediation Research, Beltsville, MD                             Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 119,000
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ARS S&E              Biotechnology Research Development Corporation, Peoria, IL          Durbin, LaHood                                        2,685,000
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ARS S&E              Bovine Genetics, Beltsville, MD                                     Cardin, DeLauro, Hoyer, Mikulski                      1,914,000
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ARS S&E              Broomweed Biological Controls, Albany, CA                           Thompson (CA)                                           445,000
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ARS S&E              Catfish Genome, Auburn, AL                                          Davis (AL), Rogers (AL), Shelby                         878,000
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ARS S&E              Center for Agroforestry, Booneville, AR                             Bond, Emerson                                           708,000
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ARS S&E              Central Great Plains Research Station, Akron, CO                    Musgrave, Salazar (Ken), Udall (CO)                     534,000
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ARS S&E              Cereal Crops Research, Madison, WI                                  Baldwin, Johnson (SD), Kohl, Walz                       902,000
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ARS S&E              Cereal Disease, St. Paul, MN                                        Coleman, Johnson (SD), Klobuchar, McCollum,             311,000
                                                                                          Peterson, Ramstad, Walz
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ARS S&E              Chronic Diseases of Children, Houston, TX                           Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Culberson, Hutchison,           497,000
                                                                                          Isakson, Kingston
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ARS S&E              Citrus Waste Utilization, Winter Haven, FL                          Mahoney (FL), Martinez, Putnam                          393,000
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ARS S&E              Coffee and Cocoa, Beltsville, MD                                    Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski, Specter, Walsh                 853,000
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ARS S&E              Corn Germplasm, Ames, IA                                            Cochran, Harkin, Latham                                 852,000
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ARS S&E              Corn Rootworm, Ames, IA                                             Harkin, Latham                                          490,000
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ARS S&E              Cotton Pathology, Shafter, CA                                       Feinstein, McCarthy (CA)                                362,000
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ARS S&E              Crop Production and Food Processing, Peoria, IL                     LaHood                                                  843,000
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ARS S&E              Cropping Systems Research, Stoneville, MS                           Alexander (TN), Blackburn, Cochran, Duncan, Wamp        849,000
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ARS S&E              Dairy Genetics, Beltsville, MD                                      Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 930,000
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ARS S&E              Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center, Booneville, AR            Berry, Lincoln, Pryor, Ross                           1,936,000
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ARS S&E              Delta Nutrition Initiative, Little Rock, AR                         Berry, Cochran, Landrieu, Lincoln, Pryor, Snyder      4,223,000
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ARS S&E              Diet and Immune Function, Little Rock, AR                           Berry, Snyder                                           235,000
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ARS S&E              Diet Nutrition and Obesity Research (Pennington), New Orleans, LA   Alexander (LA), Baker, Landrieu, Vitter                 669,000
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ARS S&E              Dryland Production, Akron, CO                                       Musgrave, Udall (CO)                                    235,000
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ARS S&E              Endophyte Research, Booneville, AR                                  Boozman, Lincoln, Pryor, Ross                         1,066,000
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ARS S&E              Floriculture and Nursery Crops, Beltsville, MD                      Cardin, Farr, De Fazio, Hastings (WA), Honda,         2,476,000
                                                                                          Hooley, Larsen, Mikulski, Price (NC)
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ARS S&E              Food Fermentation Research, Raleigh, NC                             Dole, Etheridge, McIntyre, Miller (NC), Price (NC)      362,000
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ARS S&E              Food Safety for Listeria and E Coli, College Station, TX            Edwards                                                  81,000
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ARS S&E              Food Safety for Listeria, E coli, and other Food Pathogens,         Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 134,000
                      Beltsville, MD
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ARS S&E              Formosan Subterranean Termite, New Orleans, LA                      Alexander (LA), Baker, Vitter                         3,743,000
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ARS S&E              Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization, Beltsville, MD                Hoyer, Kaptur                                           685,000
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ARS S&E              Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Laboratory, Grand Forks, ND    Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                 580,000
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ARS S&E              Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY                                          Arcuri, Clinton, Hinchey, Schumer, Walsh                629,000
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ARS S&E              Grape Rootstock, Geneva, NY                                         Arcuri, Hinchey                                         574,000
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ARS S&E              Grassland Soil and Water Research, Temple, TX                       Carter, Edwards                                         220,000
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ARS S&E              Greenhouse and Hydroponics Research, Wooster, OH                    Brown (OH), Kaptur                                    1,555,000
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ARS S&E              Greenhouse Lettuce Germplasm, Salinas, CA                           Farr                                                    224,000
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ARS S&E              Harry K. Dupree National Aquaculture Research Center, Stuttgart,    Berry, Lincoln, Pryor                                   439,000
                      AR
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ARS S&E              Hops Research, Corvallis, OR                                        Cantwell, Hastings (WA), Hooley, Murray, Smith          464,000
                                                                                          (OR), Wyden
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ARS S&E              Human Nutrition (Equipment), Boston, MA                             Capuano                                                  98,000
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ARS S&E              Human Nutrition (Obesity), Boston, MA                               Capuano, Kennedy (MA), Kerry, Markey                    730,000
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ARS S&E              Improved Crop Production Practices, Auburn, AL                      Aderholt, Bonner, Rogers (AL), Shelby                 1,387,000
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ARS S&E              Invasive Aquatic Weeds, Ft. Lauderdale, FL                          DeLauro                                                 527,000
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ARS S&E              Invasive Ludwigia Research, Davis, CA                               Woolsey                                                  99,000
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ARS S&E              Johne's Disease, Beltsville, MD                                     Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 323,000
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ARS S&E              Karnal bunt, Manhattan, KS                                          Boyda, Moore (KS), Moran (KS), Roberts, Tiahrt          545,000
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ARS S&E              Lyme Disease 4 Poster Project, Beltsville, MD (National Program)    Cardin, DeLauro, Mikulski                               751,000
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ARS S&E              Mid-West/Mid-South Irrigation, Columbia, MO                         Emerson                                                 692,000
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ARS S&E              Minor-Use Pesticides (IR-4), Beltsville, MD                         Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                  73,000
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ARS S&E              Mosquito Trapping Research/West Nile Virus, Gainesville, FL         DeLauro                                               1,238,000
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ARS S&E              National Center for Agricultural Law, MD                            Boozman, Harkin, Lincoln, Pryor                         701,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              National Corn to Ethanol Research Pilot Plant, HQ                   Durbin, Obama                                           386,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              National Germplasm Resources Program, Beltsville, MD                Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski, Murray                         145,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              National Germplasm Resources System, Beltsville, MD                 Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 121,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              National Germplasm Resources, College Station, TX                   Edwards                                                 242,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              National Nutrition Monitoring System, Beltsville, MD                Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 485,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              National Plant Germplasm Program, Aberdeen, ID                      Craig, Crapo, Simpson                                    97,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, AL                       Aderholt, Rogers (AL), Sessions (AL), Shelby          1,111,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Natural Products for Human Health, Beltsville, MD                   Cardin, Cochran, Gohmert, Hoyer, Mikulski               238,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Nematology Research, Tifton, GA                                     Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston, Marshall                  248,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, ND               Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                  62,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Northwest Center for Small Fruits Research, Corvallis, OR           Blumenauer, Craig, Crapo, DeFazio, Hastings WA),        646,000
                                                                                          Hooley, McMorris Rodgers, Smith (OR), Walden, Wu,
                                                                                          Wyden
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Oat Virus, West Lafayette, IN                                       Johnson (SD), LaHood                                    233,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Obesity Interventions (Nutricore), Beltsville, MD (National         Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski, Specter                         91,000
                      Program)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Ogallala Aquifer, Bushland, TX                                      Cornyn, Edwards, Hutchison, Neugebauer, Roberts,      3,758,000
                                                                                          Thornberry
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Olive Fruit Fly, Montpelier, France                                 Thompson (CA)                                           213,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Olive Fruit Fly, Parlier, CA                                        Thompson (CA)                                           301,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Organic Minor Crop, Salinas, CA                                     Farr                                                    159,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Peanut Production, Dawson, GA                                       Bishop (GA), Kingston                                    74,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Peanut Research, Dawson, GA                                         Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Kingston                        132,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Peanut Variety, Stillwater, OK                                      Inhofe, Lucas                                           178,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Pecan Scab Research, Byron, GA                                      Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Kingston, Marshall              603,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Phytoestrogen Research, New Orleans, LA                             Jefferson, Jindal, Kaptur, Landrieu, Melancon,        1,530,000
                                                                                          Vitter
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Pierce's Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, Ft. Pierce, FL         Feinstein, Thompson (CA)                                466,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Pierce's Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, Parlier and Davis, CA  Feinstein, Thompson (CA)                              3,355,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Pineapple Nematode Research, Hilo, HI                               Hirono, Inouye                                          284,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Plant Stress and Water Conservation Lab, Lubbock, TX                Neugebauer                                            1,561,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Potato Breeding, Prosser, WA                                        Cantwell, Hastings (WA), McMorris Rodgers, Murray       136,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Potato Diseases, Beltsville, MD                                     Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                  65,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Potato Research Enhancement, Prosser, WA                            Hastings (WA), McMorris Rodgers, Murray                 288,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Poult Enteritis-Mortality Syndrome, Athens, GA                      Chambliss, Kingston                                     146,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Poultry Diseases, Athens, GA                                        Chambliss, Kingston                                     892,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Poultry Diseases, Beltsville, MD                                    Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 438,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Precision Agriculture Research, Mandan, ND                          Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                 485,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Quantify basin water budget components in the Southwest, Tucson,    Giffords, Pastor                                        633,000
                      AZ
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Rainbow Trout, Aberdeen, ID                                         Craig, Crapo, Simpson                                 1,094,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center--Canada Thistle       Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                 264,000
                      Research, Fargo, ND
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center--Cereal Crops and     Conrad, Dorgan, Herseth Sandlin, Pomeroy              1,725,000
                      Sunflower Research, Fargo, ND
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center--National             Conrad, Dorgan, Musgrave, Peterson (PA), Pomeroy      1,723,000
                      Sclerotinia Initiative, Fargo, ND
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center--National Wheat and   Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                  97,000
                      Barley Scab Initiative, Fargo, ND
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center--Regional Molecular   Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                 176,000
                      Genotyping, Fargo, ND
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center--Wheat Quality        Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                 194,000
                      Research, Fargo, ND
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Regional Grains Genotyping, Raleigh, NC                             Price (NC)                                              693,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Regional Molecular Genotyping, Pullman, WA                          Cantwell, Hastings (WA), McMorris Rodgers, Murray,      251,000
                                                                                          Reichert
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Residue Management in Sugarcane (Sugarcane Research), Houma, LA     Landrieu, Melancon, Vitter                            1,193,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Rice research, Stuttgart, AR                                        Berry                                                   271,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Seasonal Grazing, Coshocton, OH                                     Space, Voinovich                                         99,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Seismic and Acoustic Technologies in Soils Sedimentation Lab,       Cochran, Lott, Wicker                                   356,000
                      Oxford, MS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Shellfish Genetics Research, Newport, OR                            Hooley, Murray, Smith (OR), Wyden                       775,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sorghum Cold Tolerance, Lubbock, TX                                 Neugebauer                                              264,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sorghum Ergot Research, College Station, TX                         Edwards                                                  72,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sorghum Research, Bushland, TX                                      Neugebauer                                              484,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sorghum Research, Little Rock, AR                                   Berry, Snyder                                           145,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sorghum Research, Lubbock, TX                                       Neugebauer                                              974,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sorghum Research, Stillwater, OK                                    Lucas                                                   291,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Source Water Protection Initiatives, Columbus, OH                   Kaptur                                                  750,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research, Byron, GA                 Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Kingston, Marshall              460,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Southwest Pecan Research, College Station, TX                       Edwards                                                 233,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Soybean and Nitrogen Fixation, Raleigh, NC                          Dole, Price (NC)                                        409,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sudden Oak Disease, Davis, CA                                       Feinstein, Thompson (CA)                                318,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sugarbeet Research, Kimberly, ID                                    Craig, Crapo, Enzi, Simpson, Thomas                     703,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sugarcane Variety Research, Canal Point, FL                         Hastings (FL), Martinez, Nelson (FL)                  1,405,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Sustainable Feeds, Aberdeen, ID                                     Craig, Crapo, Simpson                                    99,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Temperate Fruit Flies, Wapato, WA                                   Hastings (WA), Murray                                    36,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Termite Species in Hawaii, Gainesville, FL                          Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                   139,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Tree Fruit Quality Research, Wenatchee, WA                          Hastings (WA)                                           435,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Tropical Aquaculture Feeds, Hilo, HI                                Abercrombie, Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                    1,542,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Turfgrass Research, Washington, DC                                  Hoyer                                                   477,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Ctr Staffing, Hilo, HI     Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                 2,403,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              USNA Germplasm/Ornamental Horticulture, Washington, DC              Hoyer                                                 1,656,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Vaccines and Microbe Control for Fish Health, Auburn, AL            Rogers (AL), Shelby                                   1,062,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Vector-borne Diseases, Gainesville, FL                              DeLauro                                                 220,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Verticillium Wilt, Salinas, CA                                      Farr                                                    474,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Viticulture, Corvallis, OR                                          Simpson                                                 853,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Water Management Research Laboratory, Brawley, CA                   Feinstein, Filner                                       340,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Water Resources Management, Tifton, GA                              Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston,              586,000
                                                                                          Marshall
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Water Use Management Technology, Tifton, GA                         Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston               341,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Water Use Reduction, Dawson, GA                                     Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Kingston, Marshall              705,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Weed Management Research, Beltsville, MD                            Cardin, Gerlach, Hoyer, Mikulski                        264,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Wheat Quality Research, Manhattan, KS                               Kaptur, Roberts, Tiahrt                                 420,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Wheat Quality Research, Wooster, OH                                 Kaptur                                                  414,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ARS S&E              Wild Rice, St. Paul, MN                                             Coleman, Klobuchar, Peterson (MN)                       325,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Ag in the Classroom                                                 Emerson, The President                                  557,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Children Farm Safety                                                Harkin                                                   75,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Conservation Tech Transfer                                          Kohl                                                    375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Dairy Education, IA                                                 Grassley, Harkin, Latham                                170,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Diabetes Detection and Prevention, WA                               Capuano, Lynch, McGovern, Murray                        812,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         E-commerce, MS                                                      Cochran, Pickering                                      248,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX                                        Bingaman, Conaway, Cornyn, Domenici, Edwards,         1,727,000
                                                                                          Hutchison, Ortiz, Reyes, Rodriguez, Wilson
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Entrepreneurial Alternatives, PA                                    Casey, Peterson (PA), Specter                           248,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Extension specialist, MS                                            Cochran                                                  99,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Health education leadership, KY                                     McConnell                                               632,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Income Enhancement Demonstration, OH                                Kaptur                                                  926,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Iowa vitality center                                                Grassley, Harkin                                        225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         National Center for Farm Safety, IA                                 Grassley, Harkin                                        169,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         National Wild Turkey Federation                                     Berry, Bishop (GA), Boyd, Chambliss, Cochran,           174,000
                                                                                          Lincoln, Pryor
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Nursery Production, RI                                              Kennedy, Langevin                                       219,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Nutrition Enhancement, WI                                           Kohl                                                    750,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Ohio-Israel Agriculture Initiative                                  Voinovich                                               499,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Pesticide Reduction on Vegetables, WI                               Kohl                                                    300,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Pilot Technology Transfer, MS, OK                                   Cochran, Inhofe, Lucas                                  225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Pilot Technology Transfer, WI                                       Obey                                                    186,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Potato Integrated Pest Management--Late Blight, ME                  Collins, Michaud, Snowe                                 300,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Potato Pest Management, WI                                          Obey                                                    297,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Range improvement, NM                                               Bingaman, Domenici                                      225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Red Cliff Tribal Hatchery, WI                                       Obey                                                    371,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Rural Technologies, HI                                              Inouye                                                   75,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Urban Horticulture and Marketing, IL                                Davis (IL), Durbin, Jackson                              75,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Urban Horticulture, WI                                              Kohl                                                    349,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/Extension         Wood Biomass as an Alternative Farm Product, NY                     Clinton, Schumer, Walsh                                 140,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Ag-based Industrial Lubricants, IA                                  Braley, Grassley, Harkin                                408,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Agricultural Literacy, MO                                           Bond                                                    375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Agriculture Development in the American Pacific                     Hirono, Inouye                                          375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Agriculture waste utilization, WV                                   Byrd                                                    488,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Agriculture Water Policy, GA                                        Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston               662,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Alternative Fuels Characterization Laboratory, ND                   Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                 209,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Animal Waste Management, OK                                         Inhofe, Lucas                                           294,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Applied Agriculture and Environmental Research, CA                  Cardoza, Farr, Feinstein, Herger, McCarthy,             743,000
                                                                                          Radanovich
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Aquaculture, OH                                                     Brown (OH), Kaptur, Schmidt, Space, Voinovich           668,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Aquaculture, PA                                                     Gerlach, Specter                                        165,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Aquatic veterinary pathology, RI                                    Reed                                                    600,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Biodesign and Processing Research Center, VA                        Boucher, Davis (VA), Goodlatte, Warner, Webb            706,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Biotechnology, MS                                                   Cochran                                                 515,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Botanical Research, UT                                              Bennett, Bishop (UT)                                    675,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, IA                   Grassley, Harkin, Latham                                442,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Center for Dairy Excellence, PA                                     Specter                                                  75,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Center for Food Industry Excellence, TX                             Conaway, Cornyn, Neugebauer                           1,015,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Center for Innovative Food Technology, OH                           Kaptur                                                  851,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Center for North American Studies, TX                               Edwards (TX), Hutchison, Reyes                          743,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Climate Forecasting, FL                                             Boyd, Nelson (FL)                                     2,675,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Connecticut Oyster Fisheries                                        DeLauro, Lieberman                                      300,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Cotton Research, TX                                                 Cornyn, Hutchison, Neugebauer                         1,856,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, IA                 Harkin                                                  113,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Dietary Intervention, OH                                            Brown (OH), Hobson, Kaptur, Pryce, Turner,              929,000
                                                                                          Voinovich
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Ethnobotanicals, MD                                                 Cardin, Mikulski                                        375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Farmland Preservation, OH                                           Brown (OH), Voinovich                                   113,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Feed efficiency, WV                                                 Byrd                                                    113,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Greenhouse Nurseries, OH                                            Brown (OH), Kaptur                                      539,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             High Value Horticultural Crops, VA                                  Goode, Warner, Webb                                     539,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Mariculture, NC                                                     Dole, McIntyre                                          236,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Medicinal and Bioactive Crops, TX                                   Hutchison                                               300,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Midwest Agribusiness Trade and Information Center (MATRIC), IA      Harkin                                                  188,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Mississippi Valley State University                                 Cochran                                               1,075,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Monitoring Agricultural Sewage Sludge Application, OH               Kaptur                                                  900,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             NE Center for Invasive Plants, CT, ME, VT                           Allen, Collins, Courtney, DeLauro, Lieberman,           316,000
                                                                                          Michaud, Snowe
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Pasteurization of Shell Eggs, MI                                    Knollenberg                                           1,003,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Phytoremediation Plant Research, OH                                 Kaptur                                                  578,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             PM-10 Study, WA                                                     Cantwell, Dicks, Larsen, McMorris Rodgers, Murray       287,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Polymer Research, KS                                                Boyda, Brownback                                      1,125,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Precision Agriculture, Tennessee Valley Research Center, AL         Cramer, Rogers (AL), Shelby                             445,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Rural Systems, MS                                                   Cochran                                                 231,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Shellfish, RI                                                       Reed                                                    263,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Shrimp Aquaculture, AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC, TX                      Cochran, Grijalva, Hirono, Neal, Pastor               3,119,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Sustainable Agricultural Freshwater Conservation, TX                Cornyn, Reyes, Rodriguez                              1,538,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             University of Wisconsin -Stevens Point Geographic Information       Obey                                                  1,856,000
                      System
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia                                        Brown (OH), Kaptur, Voinovich                           225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Vitis Gene Discovery, MO                                            Emerson                                                 452,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Water pollutants, WV                                                Byrd                                                    413,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/RE/FA             Water Quality, ND                                                   Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                 375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Advanced genetic technologies, KY                                   McConnell                                               484,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Advancing Biofuel Production, Baylor University                     Hutchison                                               150,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Aegilops Cylindrica (Jointed Goatgrass), ID, WA                     Cantwell, Dicks, Hastings (WA), Murray, Smith (WA)      263,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Agricultural Diversification, HI                                    Hirono                                                  164,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Agricultural Diversity/Red River Corridor, MN, ND                   Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                 375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Agricultural entrepreneurial alternatives, PA                       Casey, Peterson (PA), Specter                           250,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Agricultural marketing, IL                                          Durbin, Jackson, Johnson (IL), LaHood                   188,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Agriculture Science, OH                                             Kaptur                                                  410,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Agroecology, MD                                                     Bartlett, Cardin, Cummings, Gilchrest, Hoyer,           302,000
                                                                                          Mikulski, Sarbanes, Van Hollen, Wynn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Air Quality, KS, TX                                                 Cornyn, Edwards, Hutchison, Roberts, Thornberry       1,169,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Alliance for food protection, GA, NE                                Hagel, Nelson (NE)                                      131,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Alternative salmon products, AK                                     Stevens                                                 824,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Alternative Uses for Tobacco, MD                                    Cardin, Hoyer, Mikulski                                 300,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Animal Disease Research, WY                                         Cubin, Enzi, Thomas                                     260,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Animal Health, KY                                                   McConnell                                               293,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Animal Science Food Safety Consortium, AR, IA, KS                   Boozman, Grassley, Harkin, Latham, Lincoln, Pryor,    1,064,000
                                                                                          Roberts, Ross
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Apple Fire Blight, MI, NY                                           Arcuri, Clinton, Ehlers, Hinchey, Hoekstra, Levin,      371,000
                                                                                          Rogers, Schumer, Stabenow, Upton, Walberg, Walsh
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Aquaculture product and marketing development, WV                   Byrd                                                    525,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Aquaculture, CA, FL, TX                                             Brown-Waite, Buchanan, Davis (CA), Nelson (FL),         446,000
                                                                                          Ortiz
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Aquaculture, ID, WA                                                 Baird, Cantwell, Dicks, Larsen, Murray                  567,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Aquaculture, LA                                                     Alexander (LA), Baker, Landrieu, Vitter                 245,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Aquaculture, MS                                                     Cochran, Pickering                                      388,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Aquaculture, NC                                                     Burr, Dole, Etheridge, Price (NC)                       244,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Aquaculture, VA                                                     Goode, Warner, Webb                                     149,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Armilliaria Root Rot, MI                                            Hoekstra, Levin, Rogers (MI), Stabenow, Upton,          112,000
                                                                                          Walberg
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Asparagus Technology and Production, WA                             Cantwell, Dicks, Hastings (WA), Larsen, Murray          185,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Avian Bioscience, DE                                                Biden, Carper, Castle                                    75,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Babcock Institute, WI                                               Baldwin                                                 446,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Barley for Rural Development, ID, MT                                Baucus, Craig, Crapo, Rehberg, Sali, Simpson,           551,000
                                                                                          Tester
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Beef Improvement Research, MO, TX                                   Bond, Rodriguez                                         743,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Berry Research, AK                                                  Stevens                                                 975,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Biodesign and processing, VA                                        Boucher, Davis (VA), Goodlatte, Warner, Web             225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Bioenergy, CT                                                       Courtney, DeLauro, Lieberman                            150,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Biomass-based Energy Research, MS, OK                               Cochran, Inhofe, Lucas                                  900,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Biotechnology Test Production, IA                                   Grassley, Harkin, Latham                                345,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Biotechnology, NC                                                   Dole, Etheridge, Price (NC)                             213,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Bovine Tuberculosis, MI                                             Levin, Rogers (MI), Stabenow, Upton, Walberg            264,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Brucellosis Vaccine, MT                                             Baucus, Rehberg, Tester                                 327,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Cataloging Genes Associated with Drought and Disease Resistance,    Bingaman, Domenici                                      188,000
                      NM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Center for Public Lands and Rural Economies, UT                     Bennett                                                 225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Center for Rural Studies, VT                                        Leahy                                                   263,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Chesapeake Bay Agroecology, MD                                      Bartlett, Cardin, Cummings, Gilchrest, Hoyer,           233,000
                                                                                          Mikulski, Sarbanes, Van Hollen, Wynn
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Childhood Obesity & Nutrition, VT                                   Leahy                                                   113,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Citrus Canker/ Greening, FL                                         Boyd, Brown (FL), Buchanan, Crenshaw, Mack,           1,305,000
                                                                                          Mahoney, Martinez, Nelson (FL), Putnam, Stearns,
                                                                                          Wexler
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Competitiveness of Agricultural Products, WA                        Baird, Cantwell, Dicks, Hastings (WA), Larsen,          504,000
                                                                                          Murray, Reichert, Smith (WA)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Computational Agriculture, NY                                       Hinchey                                                 178,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Cool Season Legume Research, ID, ND, WA                             Cantwell, Conrad, Craig, Crapo, Dicks, Dorgan,          419,000
                                                                                          Hastings (WA), Johnson (SD), Larsen, Murray,
                                                                                          Simpson
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Cotton Insect Management and Fiber Quality, GA                      Barrow, Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Gingrey, Isakson,       371,000
                                                                                          Kingston, Lewis (GA), Marshall
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Cranberry/Blueberry Disease and Breeding, NJ                        Frelinghuysen, Holt, Lautenberg, LoBiondo,              483,000
                                                                                          Pallone, Rothman, Saxton
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Cranberry/Blueberry, MA                                             Frank, Kennedy (MA), Kerry                              119,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Crop Integration and Production, SD                                 Herseth Sandlin, Johnson (SD), Thune                    225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Crop Pathogens, NC                                                  Burr, Dole, Etheridge, Price (NC)                       242,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Dairy and Meat Goat Research, TX                                    Hutchison, McCaul                                       112,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Dairy Farm Profitability, PA                                        Casey, Peterson (PA), Specter                           375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Delta Revitalization Project, MS                                    Cochran                                                 188,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Designing Foods for Health, TX                                      Culberson, Hutchison, Rodriguez                       1,485,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Detection and Food Safety, AL                                       Rogers (AL), Shelby                                   1,875,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Displacing imported petroleum with renewables, FL                   Castor, Martinez, Nelson (FL), Stearns                  150,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Drought management, UT                                              Bennett                                                 675,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Drought Mitigation, NE                                              Fortenberry, Hagel, Nelson (NE)                         375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX                                        Bingaman, Conaway, Cornyn, Domenici, Edwards,         1,244,000
                                                                                          Hutchison, Reyes, Rodriguez, Wilson (NM)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Environmental Biotechnology, RI                                     Kennedy (RI), Langevin, Reed, Whitehouse                478,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Environmental Research, NY                                          Clinton, Hinchey, Schumer                               277,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Environmental Risk Factors/Cancer, NY                               Clinton, Lowey, Schumer                                 161,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Environmentally Safe Products, VT                                   Leahy                                                   338,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Expanded Wheat Pasture, OK                                          Inhofe, Lucas                                           240,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Feed Efficiency in Cattle, FL                                       Boyd                                                    297,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Feedstock Conversion, SD                                            Hinchey, Thune                                          501,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Fish and Shellfish Technologies, VA                                 Goode, Warner, Webb                                     354,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Floriculture, HI                                                    Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                   261,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, IA, MO              Bond, Emerson, Grassley, Harkin, Hulshof, Kohl,       1,200,000
                                                                                          Latham, Reid
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Food and fuel initiative, IA                                        Grassley, Harkin                                        300,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Food Marketing Policy Center, CT                                    Courtney, DeLauro, Lieberman                            430,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Food Safety Research Consortium, NY                                 Hinchey, Walsh                                          743,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Food Safety, ME, OK                                                 Inhofe, Lucas                                           410,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Food Safety, TX                                                     Hutchison                                                75,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Food Security, WA                                                   Cantwell, Dicks, Inslee, Murray, Reichert               296,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Food Systems Research Group, WI                                     Baldwin                                                 409,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Forestry Research, AR                                               Ross                                                    342,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Fresh produce food safety, CA                                       Boxer, Calvert, Farr, Feinstein                         525,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Fruit and Vegetable Market Analysis, AZ, MO                         Pastor                                                  260,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Functional genomics, UT                                             Bennett                                               1,200,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Future Foods, IL                                                    Durbin, Johnson (IL), LaHood                            494,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Genomics for Southern Crop Stress and Disease, MS                   Cochran                                                 855,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Geographic Information System                                       Casey, Kanjorski, Specter                             1,338,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Global Change/Ultraviolet Radiation                                 DeGette, Johnson (SD), Musgrave, Perlmutter,          1,622,000
                                                                                          Salazar (Ken), Udall (CO), The President
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Grain Sorghum, KS, TX                                               Boyda, Brownback, Hutchison, Moore (KS), Moran          552,000
                                                                                          (KS), Neugebauer, Roberts, Tiahrt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Grass Seed Cropping for Sustainable Agriculture, ID, OR, WA         Blumenauer, Cantwell, Craig, Crapo, Dicks, Hooley,      335,000
                                                                                          Larsen, Murray, Simpson, Smith (OR), Wu, Wyden
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Hardwood Scanning Center, IN                                        Lugar                                                   375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               High Performance Computing, UT                                      Bennett                                                 563,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Human Nutrition, IA                                                 Grassley, Harkin, Latham                                483,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Human Nutrition, LA                                                 Alexander (LA), Baker, Landrieu, Vitter                 530,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Human Nutrition, NY                                                 Clinton, Hinchey, Schumer, Walsh                        405,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Hydroponic Production, OH                                           Brown (OH), Kaptur                                      133,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Illinois-Missouri Alliance for Biotechnology                        Bond, Johnson (IL), LaHood, Obama                       869,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Improved Dairy Management Practices, PA                             Peterson (PA)                                           261,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Improved Fruit Practices, MI                                        Dingell, Ehlers, Hoekstra, Levin, Rogers (MI),          158,000
                                                                                          Stabenow, Upton, Walberg
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Increasing Shelf Life of Agricultural Commodities, ID               Craig, Crapo, Simpson                                   647,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Infectious Disease Research, CO                                     Allard, Musgrave, Salazar (Ken), Udall (CO)             613,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Initiative to Improve Blueberry Production and Efficiency, GA       Bishop, Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston, Westmoreland      225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Institute for Food Science and Engineering, AR                      Boozman                                                 831,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Institute of Agriculture-Phytosensors for Crop Security, TN         Alexander (TN), Wamp                                    750,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Integrated Fruit and Vegetable Research, GA                         Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston,              190,000
                                                                                          Marshall, Westmoreland
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Integrated Production Systems, OK                                   Inhofe, Lucas                                           189,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ                             Bingaman, Domenici, Grijalva, Herseth Sandlin,          430,000
                                                                                          Johnson (IL), Johnson (SD), Pastor, Thune
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Joint U.S.-China Biotechnology Research and Extension, UT           Bennett                                                 450,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Leopold Center hypoxia project, IA                                  Harkin                                                  113,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Livestock and Dairy Policy, NY, TX                                  Edwards, Hinchey, Hutchison, Walsh                      743,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Livestock Genome Sequencing, IL                                     Jackson, Johnson (IL), LaHood                           605,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Livestock Waste, IA                                                 Harkin, Grassley, Latham                                197,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Lowbush Blueberry Research, ME                                      Allen, Collins, Michaud, Snowe                          185,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Maple research, VT                                                  Leahy                                                    98,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Meadow Foam, OR                                                     Blumenauer, Hooley, Smith (OR), Wyden                   193,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Michigan Biotechnology Consortium                                   Rogers (MI)                                             412,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Midwest Advanced Food Manufacturing Alliance, NE                    Hagel, Nelson (NE)                                      368,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Midwest Poultry Consortium, IA                                      Grassley, Harkin, Klobuchar, LaHood, Latham,            506,000
                                                                                          Peterson (MN)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Milk Safety, PA                                                     Casey, Peterson (PA), Specter                           591,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Molluscan Shellfish, OR                                             Blumenauer, Hooley, Smith (OR), Wyden                   271,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Montana Sheep Institute                                             Baucus, Tester                                          150,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Multi-commodity Research, OR                                        Blumenauer, Hooley, Smith (OR), Wu, Wyden               262,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               National Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation Consortium, CO, GA, NY      Allard, Chambliss, Musgrave, Salazar (Ken), Udall       660,000
                                                                                          (CO)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               National Center for Soybean Technology, MO                          Bond                                                    740,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Nematode resistance genetic engineering, NM                         Bingaman, Domenici                                      225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Nevada arid rangelands initiative, NV                               Reid                                                    368,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               New Century Farm, IA                                                Grassley, Harkin, Latham                                225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               New crop opportunities, AK                                          Stevens                                                 332,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               New crop opportunities, KY                                          McConnell                                               563,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               New satellite and computer-based technology for agriculture, MS     Cochran                                                 702,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Oil resources from desert plants, NM                                Bingaman, Domenici                                      188,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Organic cropping, OR                                                Blumenauer, DeFazio, Hooley, Smith, Walden, Wyden       150,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Organic Cropping, WA                                                Cantwell, Dicks, Hastings, Larsen, Murray, Smith        266,000
                                                                                          (WA)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Organic Waste Utilization, NM                                       Bingaman, Domenici, Wilson (NM)                          75,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Oyster Post Harvest Treatment, FL                                   Boyd                                                    332,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Pasture and Forage Research, UT                                     Bennett                                                 188,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Peach Tree Short Life, SC                                           Brown (SC), Clyburn, Graham                             209,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Perennial Wheat, WA                                                 Cantwell, Dicks, Larsen, Murray                         105,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Pest Control Alternatives, SC                                       Clyburn, Graham                                         212,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Phytophthora Research, GA                                           Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston,              191,000
                                                                                          Marshall
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Phytophthora Research, MI                                           Dingell, Ehlers, Hoekstra, Levin, Rogers (MI),          371,000
                                                                                          Stabenow, Upton, Walberg
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Pierce's Disease, CA                                                Boxer, Farr, Feinstein, McCarthy (CA), Radanovich,    1,642,000
                                                                                          Thompson (CA)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Policy analyses for a national secure and sustainable food, fiber,  Hutchison                                               150,000
                      forestry, and energy program, TX
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Potato cyst nematode, ID                                            Craig, Crapo                                            375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Potato Research                                                     Allen, Cantwell, Collins, Craig, Crapo, Hastings      1,112,000
                                                                                          (WA), Hooley, Murray, Smith (OR), Snowe, Wyden
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Precision agriculture, AL                                           Cramer, Rogers (AL), Shelby                             449,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Precision agriculture, KY                                           McConnell                                               506,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Preharvest Food Safety, KS                                          Boyda, Brownback, Moran (KS), Moore (KS), Roberts,      152,000
                                                                                          Tiahrt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Preservation and Processing Research, OK                            Inhofe, Lucas                                           186,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Protein Utilization, IA                                             Grassley, Harkin, Latham                                628,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Regional Barley Gene Mapping Project, OR                            Craig, Dicks, Hastings (WA), Hooley, Larsen,            506,000
                                                                                          McMorris Rodgers, Musgrave, Reichert, Smith (OR),
                                                                                          Wu, Wyden
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Regionalized Implications of Farm Programs, MO, TX                  Edwards, Emerson, Hutchison                             638,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Renewable energy and products                                       Conrad, Dorgan, Pomeroy                                 750,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Rice Agronomy, MO                                                   Emerson                                                 186,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Ruminant Nutrition Consortium, MT, ND, SD, WY                       Herseth Sandlin, Johnson (SD), Thune                    469,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Rural Development Centers, LA                                       Alexander (LA)                                          113,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Rural Development Centers, ND                                       Conrad, Dorgan                                           86,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Rural Policies Institute, IA, MO, NE                                Emerson, Hagel, Harkin, Nelson (NE)                     895,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Russian Wheat Aphid, CO                                             Allard, Musgrave, Salazar (Ken), Udall (CO)             230,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Seafood Safety, MA                                                  Kennedy (MA), Kerry, Olver                              314,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Seed Technology, SD                                                 Herseth Sandlin, Johnson, Thune                         267,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Small Fruit Research, ID, OR, WA                                    Baird, Blumenauer, Craig, Crapo, Dicks, DeFazio,        329,000
                                                                                          Hastings (WA), Hooley, Larsen, McMorris Rodgers,
                                                                                          Murray, Simpson, Smith (OR), Walden, Wu, Wyden
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Soil and Environmental Quality, DE                                  Castle                                                  219,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Soil-Borne Disease Prevention in Irrigated Agriculture, NM          Bingaman, Domenici                                      188,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Southeast Bioenergy, AL                                             Sessions                                                225,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Southwest Consortium for Plant Genetics and Water Resources, NM     Benjamin, Domenici, Grijalva, Pastor                    291,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Soybean Cyst Nematode, MO                                           Emerson                                                 596,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Soybean Research, IL                                                Durbin, Jackson, Johnson (IL), LaHood, Obama            799,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Specialty Crops, AR                                                 Lincoln, Pryor, Ross                                     75,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               STEEP III--Water Quality in Northwest                               Blumenauer, Cantwell, Craig, Crapo, Dicks,              476,000
                                                                                          Hastings (WA), Hooley, Larsen, McMorris Rodgers,
                                                                                          Murray, Wu, Wyden
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Sudden Oak Death, CA                                                Feinstein, Thompson (CA)                                 73,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources, PA                   Casey, Peterson (PA), Specter                           143,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Sustainable Agriculture, CA                                         Farr                                                    383,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Sustainable Agriculture, MI                                         Dingell, Ehlers, Levin, Rogers (MI), Stabenow,          285,000
                                                                                          Upton, Walberg
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Sustainable Beef Supply, MT                                         Baucus, Rehberg, Tester                                 731,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Sustainable Engineered Materials from Renewable Sources, VA         Boucher, Goode, Warner, Webb                            520,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Sweet sorghum for energy production, NE                             Fortenberry, Hagel, Nelson (NE)                         150,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Swine and Other Animal Waste Management, NC                         Burr, Dole, Etheridge, Price (NC)                       375,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Tick Borne Disease Prevention, RI                                   Kennedy (RI), Langevin, Reed, Whitehouse                300,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Tillage, Silviculture, Waste Management, LA                         Alexander (LA), Baker, Landrieu, Vitter                 371,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Tri-state Joint Peanut Research, AL                                 Everett, Rogers (AL), Shelby                            443,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Tropical and Subtropical Research/T-Star                            Akaka, Boyd, Fortuno, Hirono, Inouye, Young           7,161,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Tropical Aquaculture, FL                                            Castor, Martinez                                        157,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Uniform Farm Management Program, MN                                 Coleman, Emerson, Klobuchar, Walz                       221,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Virtual Plant Database Enhancement Project, MO                      Bond, Emerson                                           630,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Viticulture Consortium, CA, NY, PA                                  Arcuri, Boxer, Clinton, Farr, Feinstein, Hinchey,     1,559,000
                                                                                          Schumer, Specter, Thompson (CA), Walsh
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Water conservation, KS                                              Boyda, Brownback, Moore (KS), Moran (KS), Roberts,       75,000
                                                                                          Tiahrt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Water Use Efficiency and Water Quality Enhancements, GA             Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston,              371,000
                                                                                          Marshall
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Wetland Plants, LA                                                  Alexander (LA), Baker, Landrieu, Vitter                 418,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Wheat Genetic Research, KS                                          Boyda, Brownback, Moore (KS), Moran (KS), Roberts,      258,000
                                                                                          Tiahrt
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Wine Grape Foundation Block, WA                                     Cantwell, Dicks, Hastings (WA), Larsen, Murray          239,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Wood Utilization, AK, ID, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, OR, TN, WV            Alexander (TN), Allen, Blumenauer, Byrd, Cochran,     4,875,000
                                                                                          Coleman, Collins, Craig, Crapo, Etheridge,
                                                                                          Hooley, Klobuchar, Landrieu, Levin, Michaud,
                                                                                          Pickering, Price (NC), Rogers (MI), Sali, Smith
                                                                                          (OR), Snowe, Stabenow, Stevens, Vitter, Upton,
                                                                                          Wu, Wyden
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CS/SRG               Wool Research, MT, TX, WY                                           Conaway, Hutchison, Rodriguez                           221,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FDA                  Center of Excellence, Davis, CA                                     Boxer, Feinstein, Lungren, Thompson (CA)              1,500,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FDA                  Collaborative Drug Safety Research at Critical Path Institute and   Bennett, The President                                  563,000
                      University of Utah
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FDA                  Dietary supplements/botanicals/National Center for Natural          Cochran, The President                                1,725,000
                      Products, MS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FDA                  ISSC shellfish safety regulations                                   Cochran, The President                                  186,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FDA                  ISSC Vibrio Vulnificus education                                    Cochran, The President                                  149,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FDA                  National Center for Food Safety and Technology, IL                  Durbin, Jackson, Lipinski, The President              2,228,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FDA                  New Mexico State University's Agricultural Products Food Safety     Bingaman, Domenici, Wilson (NM), The President        1,769,000
                      Laboratory
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FDA                  Warehousing Education and Research Council                          Bingaman, Domenici, Wilson (NM), The President           74,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FNS                  Congressional Hunger Center                                         Emerson, Harkin, Kaptur, Kohl, McGovern               2,475,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GP                   Agriculture Pest Facility, HI                                       Hirono, Inouye                                          150,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
GP                   Natural Products Lab                                                Cochran                                               3,750,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Accelerated Soil Mapping Survey, WY                                 Cubin, Enzi, Thomas                                     214,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Agricultural Development and Resource Conservation, HI              Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                   643,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center                           Cochran                                               1,083,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Alaska Association of Conservation Districts                        Stevens                                                 661,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Altamaha River Basin water quality project, GA                      Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston                             71,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Appalachian Small Farmer Outreach Program/Risk Management           Byrd                                                    722,000
                      Initiative, WV
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Audubon at Home                                                     Kaptur, Moran (VA)                                      357,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Bayou Sere Drainage Improvements/False River                        Baker                                                   143,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Best Management Practices and Master Farmer Special Research Grant  Alexander (LA), Baker, Landrieu, Vitter                 286,000
                      with LSU, LA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Big Sandy Tri-State Watershed Inventory and Analysis, WV            Byrd                                                    289,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Carson City Waterfall Fire Restoration, NV                          Ensign, Heller, Reid                                    289,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              CEMSA with Iowa Soybean Assoc.                                      Grassley, Harkin, Latham                                309,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Chesapeake Bay Activities                                           Sarbanes, Scott, Van Hollen                           4,288,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Choctaw County feasibility study for surface impoundment, MS        Lott, Wicker                                            179,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Community Nutrient Management Facilities for the Lagoon Waste       Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Kingston                        250,000
                      Management Demonstration program, GA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Conservation education, AL                                          Shelby                                                  217,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Conservation internships, WI                                        Kohl                                                     87,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Conservation Planning, MA/WI                                        Frank, Kennedy (MA), Kerry, Kohl                        433,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Conservation Technical Assistance                                   Lautenberg, Menendez                                    253,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Conservation Technology Transfer                                    Kohl                                                    505,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Cooperative agreement with Tufts University to improve              Courtney, DeLauro                                       357,000
                      conservation practices, CT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Dairy Business Association, WI                                      Kohl                                                    180,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Delta Conservation Demonstration                                    Cochran                                                 433,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Delta water study                                                   Cochran                                                 181,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Driftless Area Initiative                                           Klobuchar, Kohl                                         253,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Farm Viability Program, VT                                          Leahy, Welch                                            253,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              GA Soil and Water Conservation Commission Cooperative Agreement     Bishop (GA), Chambliss, Isakson, Kingston,            2,599,000
                                                                                          Marshall
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Geospatial Framework for Water Management, NM                       Domenici, Wilson (NM)                                   361,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              GIS Center of Excellence, WV                                        Byrd                                                  3,249,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, WI                           Kohl, Obey                                              686,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Great Lakes Basin Soil and Erosion Control                          Clinton, Klobuchar, Levin, Schumer, Stabenow            433,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Green Institute, FL                                                 Boyd                                                    286,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Green River Water Quality and Biological Diversity Project, KY      McConnell                                                90,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              HI Plant Materials Center                                           Hirono, Inouye                                          114,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Hudson River Navigator, NY                                          Hinchey                                                  64,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Hudson River shoreline at Village of Tarrytown, NY                  Lowey                                                   179,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Hungry Canyons Project, IA                                          Grassley, Harkin, King (IA)                             858,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Idaho One Plan                                                      Simpson                                                 143,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Illinois Buffer Initiative                                          LaHood                                                   71,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Illinois River Agricultural Water Conservation                      Durbin                                                  108,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Illinois River Basin                                                LaHood                                                  433,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Iowa Buffer Initiative                                              Latham                                                   71,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Irrigation System Program, DE                                       Biden, Carper, Castle                                   253,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Kentucky soil erosion control                                       Bunning, McConnell, Rogers (KY)                         776,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Little Wood River Irrigation District Gravity Pressure Delivery     Craig                                                   144,000
                      System
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Long Island Sound Watershed, NY                                     Lowey                                                   143,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Maumee Watershed Hydrological Study and Flood Mitigation            Kaptur                                                  715,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Missouri River Sedimentation                                        Herseth Sandlin, Johnson (SD)                           325,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Mojave Water Agency Non-Native Plant Removal                        Lewis (CA)                                              715,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Molokai Agriculture Development and Resource Conservation           Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                    72,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Monterey Bay Sanctuary                                              Farr                                                    429,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              MS Conservation Initiative                                          Cochran                                               1,191,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Municipal Water District of Orange County for efficient             Boxer, Calvert, Feinstein, Miller (Gary),               144,000
                      irrigation, CA                                                      Rohrabacher, Sanchez (Loretta)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              National Water Management Center, AR                                Berry                                                 1,965,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Native plant Commercialization, AK                                  Stevens                                                 133,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Nitrate Pollution Reduction, RI                                     Reed                                                    166,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Non-Point Pollution in Onondaga and Oneida Lake Watersheds          Walsh                                                   357,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              On-Farm Management System Evaluation Network, IA                    Grassley, Harkin, Latham                                179,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Operation Oak Program                                               Berry, Bishop (GA), Boyd, Chambliss, Graham,            286,000
                                                                                          Kingston, Lincoln, Pryor
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Pace University Land Use Law Center, NY                             Clinton, Lowey, Schumer                                 143,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Pastureland Management/Rotational Grazing, NY                       Walsh                                                   429,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Phosphorus Loading in Lake Champlain                                Leahy                                                   180,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Potomac River Tributary Strategy, WV                                Byrd                                                    180,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Range Revegetation for Fort Hood, TX                                Carter, Edwards, Hutchison                              357,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Rangeland Conservation and Fuels Management                         Reid                                                    144,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Reduce Small Farm Outreach Wetlands Management Center, AR           Lincoln, Pryor                                          144,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Riparian Restoration along the Rio Grande, Pecos and Canadian       Bingaman                                                180,000
                      Rivers, NM
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Sand County Foundation, WI                                          Baldwin, Kohl                                           858,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Skaneateles and Owasco Lake Watersheds, NY                          Walsh                                                   232,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Soil Phosphorus Studies                                             Byrd                                                    217,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Soil Surveys, RI                                                    Reed                                                    144,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Suwannee, Dixie, and Lafayette Counties Dairy and Poultry waste     Boyd                                                    715,000
                      treatment
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Tallgrass Prairie Center--Native Seed Testing Lab, IA               Braley, Grassley, Harkin                                319,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Technical Assistance to Livestock Poultry Industry, NC              Butterfield, Etheridge, Price (NC)                      322,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Technical Assistance to providing grants to Soil Conservation       Bunning, McConnell, Rogers (KY)                         715,000
                      Districts in KY
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Town of Cary Swift Creek watershed protection and stream bank       Dole, Miller (NC), Price (NC)                           213,000
                      restoration, NC
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              U.S. Cold Regions Botanical Research Network, AK                    Stevens                                                 133,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Union-Lincoln Regional Water Supply Initiative, LA                  Alexander (LA), Landrieu, Vitter                        144,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Upper White River Basin Water Quality Project, MO                   Blunt                                                   308,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Utah conservation initiative                                        Bennett                                               2,635,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Washington Fields, UT                                               Bennett, Hatch, Matheson                              2,144,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Water conservation project, CO                                      Allard, Musgrave, Salazar (Ken)                         361,000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NRCS/CO              Water Protection Plan for Hood County, TX                           Edwards                                                  72,000
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NRCS/CO              Water Quality for Tarrant County, TX                                Granger                                                 361,000
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NRCS/CO              Water quality, UT                                                   Bennett                                                 253,000
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NRCS/CO              Watershed Agricultural Council, NY                                  Hinchey                                                 515,000
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NRCS/CO              Watershed Demonstration Project, IA                                 Grassley, Harkin                                        144,000
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NRCS/CO              Weed It Now on the Berkshire Taconic Landscape, MA                  Olver                                                    48,000
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NRCS/CO              Wildfire Support, NV                                                Reid                                                    108,000
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NRCS/CO              Wildlife Habitat Improvement, IL                                    Durbin                                                  108,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Attoyac Bayou site 23-A, TX                                         Gohmert                                                 332,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Big Creek (Tri-County) Watershed Project, TX                        Carter                                                  810,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Big Creek-Hurricane Creek, MO                                       Bond                                                    539,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Big Slough Watersheds, AR                                           Berry                                                   166,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Buck and Duck Creek Watershed Project, NE                           Fortenberry, Hagel, Nelson (NE)                       2,488,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Buena Vista Watershed, VA                                           Goodlatte                                                62,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Departee Creek Watershed, AR                                        Berry                                                    91,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Doyle Creek Watershed, KS                                           Moran (KS)                                              118,000
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NRCS/WFPO            East Fork of the Grand, MO                                          Bond                                                    124,000
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NRCS/WFPO            East Locust Creek Watershed Plan Revision in Missouri               Bond                                                  2,819,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Little Otter Creek Watershed Project, MO                            Graves, Bond                                            539,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Little Sioux Watershed Project, IA                                  Harkin, King (IA)                                     1,037,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Lost River Watershed Project, WV                                    Byrd                                                  3,856,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Lower Hamakua Ditch Watershed, HI                                   Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                   207,000
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NRCS/WFPO            McDowell Grove Dam Flood Plain/Wetlands Restoration Project in      Durbin                                                1,658,000
                      DuPage County, IL
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NRCS/WFPO            McKenzie Canyon Irrigation Pipeline Project, OR                     Walden                                                  448,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Neshaminy Creek Watershed Project, Bucks County, PA                 Murphy (Patrick)                                      2,512,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Pocasset River Floodplain Management Project, RI                    Reed                                                     62,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Soap Creek Watershed, IA                                            Harkin, Loebsack                                        955,000
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NRCS/WFPO            South Fork of the Licking River Watershed Project, OH               Space                                                   203,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Swan Quarter Dike, NC                                               Jones (NC)                                            2,818,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Tuplehocken Creek Watershed, PA                                     Holden                                                  850,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Upcountry Maui Watershed, HI                                        Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                   207,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Wailuka-Alenaio Watershed, HI                                       Akaka, Hirono, Inouye                                   124,000
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NRCS/WFPO            Yadkin County Deep Creek Project, NC                                Foxx                                                  4,975,000
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RD                   Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas                     Baucus, Boozman, Carney, Gilchrest, Harkin,           2,600,000
                                                                                          Hinchey, Johnson (SD), Kohl, Leahy, Lincoln,
                                                                                          McConnell, Pryor, Specter, Tester, Walsh
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                  AMENDED BILL TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

    The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2008 provided in the amended bill, with comparisons 
to the fiscal year 2007 amount, the 2008 budget estimates, and 
the House and Senate bills for 2008 follow:

(In thousands of dollars)

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2007...    $101,177,439
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2008...........................................      89,852,742
House bill, fiscal year 2008............................      90,737,986
Senate bill, fiscal year 2008...........................      90,721,092
Amended bill, fiscal year 2008..........................      91,027,689
Amended bill compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2007..............................................     -10,149,750
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2008..................................      +1,174,947
    House bill, fiscal year 2008........................        +289,703
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2008.......................        +306,597