[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 116 (Thursday, September 15, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10080-S10103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
               RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 2744, the Agriculture 
appropriations bill. I further ask that the committee-reported 
substitute be agreed to as the original text for purposes of further 
amendment and that no points of order be waived by virtue of this 
agreement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2744) making appropriations for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2006, and for other purposes. The Senate proceeded to 
     consider the bill which had been reported from the Committee 
     on Appropriations, with an amendment.

  (Strike the part shown in black brackets and insert the part shown in 
italic.)

                               H.R. 2744

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,
     [That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money 
     in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2006, and for other purposes, namely:

                                [TITLE I

                         [AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                        [Office of the Secretary

       [For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, $5,127,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 
     of this amount shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as 
     determined by the Secretary.

                         [Executive Operations


                            [chief economist

       [For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including 
     economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, 
     energy and new uses, and the functions of the World 
     Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $10,539,000.

                       [National Appeals Division

       [For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
     $14,524,000.

                 [Office of Budget and Program Analysis

       [For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis, $8,298,000.

                        [Homeland Security Staff

       [For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security Staff, 
     $934,000.

                [Office of the Chief Information Officer

       [For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, $16,462,000.

                     [Common Computing Environment

       [For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing 
     Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
     the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, and Rural 
     Development mission areas for information technology, 
     systems, and services,

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     $124,580,000 (reduced by $40,000,000) (reduced by $2,000,000) 
     (reduced by $855,000) (reduced by $21,000,000) to remain 
     available until expended, for the capital asset acquisition 
     of shared information technology systems, including services 
     as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915-16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421-28: 
     Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be consistent 
     with the Department of Agriculture Service Center 
     Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be 
     with the concurrence of the Department's Chief Information 
     Officer.

                 [Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       [For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Financial Officer, $5,874,000: Provided, That the Chief 
     Financial Officer shall actively market and expand cross-
     servicing activities of the National Finance Center: Provided 
     further, That no funds made available by this appropriation 
     may be obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A-76 activities 
     until the Secretary has submitted to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress and the Committee 
     on Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report 
     on the Department's contracting out policies, including 
     agency budgets for contracting out.

          [Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       [For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $811,000.

                        [Office of Civil Rights

       [For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $20,109,000.

         [Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       [For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Administration, $676,000.

       [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, $183,133,000, to 
     remain available until expended, as follows: for payments to 
     the General Services Administration and the Department of 
     Homeland Security for building security, $147,734,000, and 
     for buildings operations and maintenance, $35,399,000: 
     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.), $15,644,000, 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, $23,103,000, 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 salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 
     the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
     intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
     branch, $3,821,000: 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 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, $9,509,000: Provided, That not to 
     exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins.

                    [Office of the Inspector General

       [For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, $79,626,000, 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, $38,439,000.

  [Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

       [For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic 
     Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics 
     Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the 
     Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
     $598,000.

                       [Economic Research Service

       [For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
     conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by 
     the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) 
     and other laws, $75,931,000.

               [National Agricultural Statistics Service

       [For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
     Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
     service work, including crop and livestock estimates, 
     statistical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys, 
     and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     1621-1627 and 2204g, and other laws, $136,241,000, of which 
     up to $29,115,000 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, 
     $1,035,475,000: 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 sub-
     division, 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 the Secretary, through the 
     Agricultural Research Service, or successor, is authorized to 
     lease approximately 40 acres of land at the Central Plains 
     Experiment Station, Nunn, Colorado, to the Board of Governors 
     of the Colorado State University System, for its Shortgrass 
     Steppe Biological Field Station, on such terms and conditions 
     as the Secretary deems in the public interest: Provided 
     further, That the Secretary understands that it is the intent 
     of the University to construct research and educational 
     buildings on the subject acreage and to conduct agricultural 
     research and educational activities in these buildings: 
     Provided further, That as consideration for a lease, the 
     Secretary may accept the benefits of mutual cooperative 
     research

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     to be conducted by the Colorado State University and the 
     Government at the Shortgrass Steppe Biological Field Station: 
     Provided further, That the term of any lease shall be for no 
     more than 20 years, but a lease may be renewed at the option 
     of the Secretary on such terms and conditions as the 
     Secretary deems in the public interest.
       [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, $87,300,000, 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, $661,691,000 (increased by $855,000), as 
     follows: to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 
     (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), $178,807,000; for grants for cooperative 
     forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $22,255,000; 
     for payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including 
     Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University (7 
     U.S.C. 3222), $37,704,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made 
     available only for the purpose of ensuring that each 
     institution shall receive no less than $1,000,000; for 
     special grants for agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), 
     $92,064,000; for special grants for agricultural research on 
     improved pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,038,000; for 
     competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $214,634,000; 
     for the support of animal health and disease programs (7 
     U.S.C. 3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative 
     crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $1,187,000; for grants 
     for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials 
     Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,102,000, 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), $1,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended; for rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), 
     $1,000,000; for higher education graduate fellowship grants 
     (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(6)), $4,500,000, to remain available until 
     expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher education challenge 
     grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,500,000; for a higher 
     education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 
     3152(b)(5)), $998,000, to remain available until expended (7 
     U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-
     serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $5,645,000 (increased 
     by $855,000); for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of 
     carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of 
     Public Law 106-78) to individual eligible institutions or 
     consortia of eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, 
     with funds awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska 
     and Hawaii, $2,997,000; for a secondary agriculture education 
     program and 2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 
     3152(j)), $1,000,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), 
     $3,968,000; for sustainable agriculture research and 
     education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,400,000; for a program of 
     capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges 
     eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 
     U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), including Tuskegee University and 
     West Virginia State University, $12,312,000, 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, $2,250,000; 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), $500,000; and for necessary expenses of 
     Research and Education Activities, $39,773,000, of which 
     $2,750,000 for the Research, Education, and Economics 
     Information System and $2,173,000 for the Electronic Grants 
     Information System, are to remain available until expended.
       [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, That this paragraph shall not apply to research on 
     the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of 
     tobacco.

              [Native American Institutions Endowment Fund

       [For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund 
     authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), 
     $12,000,000, 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, $444,871,000, 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, $275,940,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 
     Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), 
     $3,273,000; payments for the nutrition and family education 
     program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, 
     $62,409,000; payments for the pest management program under 
     section 3(d) of the Act, $10,000,000; payments for the farm 
     safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; 
     payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under section 
     3(d) of the Act, $1,000,000; payments to upgrade research, 
     extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant 
     colleges, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
     State University, as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 
     95-113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $16,777,000, to remain available 
     until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under 
     section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,978,000; for youth 
     farm safety education and certification extension grants, to 
     be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, 
     $444,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 
     Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 
     seq.), $4,060,000; payments for Indian reservation agents 
     under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,996,000; 
     payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 
     3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for rural health and 
     safety education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public 
     Law 92-419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,965,000; payments for 
     cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the 
     benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328) 
     and Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 
     $33,868,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available only 
     for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
     receive no less than $1,000,000; and for necessary expenses 
     of Extension Activities, $16,531,000.

                         [Integrated Activities

       [For the integrated research, education, and extension 
     grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
     $15,513,000, as follows: 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, $1,000,000; for grants programs 
     authorized under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89-106, as 
     amended, $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     2007 for the critical issues program, and $1,513,000 for the 
     regional rural development centers program; and $12,000,000 
     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, 2007.

              [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), $5,935,000 (increased by $1,875,000), to remain 
     available until expended.

  [Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       [For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to 
     administer programs under the laws enacted by the Congress 
     for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; the 
     Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspection, 
     Packers and Stockyards Administration; $724,000.

              [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, $823,635,000 (increased by $18,885,000), of which 
     $4,140,000 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 $38,634,000 shall be used for 
     the boll weevil eradication program for cost share purposes 
     or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of which 
     $33,340,000 shall be available for a National Animal 
     Identification program: 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

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     year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 
     value of the building.
       [In fiscal year 2006, the agency is authorized to collect 
     fees to cover the total costs of providing technical 
     assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other 
     political subdivisions, domestic and international 
     organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided 
     that such fees are structured such that any entity's 
     liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
     assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the 
     agency, and such fees shall be credited to this account, to 
     remain available until expended, without further 
     appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
     services.

                       [Buildings and Facilities

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

                    [AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

                          [Marketing Services

       [For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 
     consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, 
     transportation, and regulatory programs, as authorized by 
     law, and for administration and coordination of payments to 
     States, $78,032,000, 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 $65,667,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
     expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or 
     other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this 
     limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

   [Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply (Section 32)


                    [(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       [Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
     program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
     operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
     Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
     Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
     this Act; and (3) not more than $16,055,000 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)), $1,347,000.

        [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, $38,400,000: Provided, 
     That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 
     U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.

        [Limitation on Inspection and Weighing Services Expenses

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

             [Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       [For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws 
     enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 
     Service, $590,000.

                  [FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

                         [Salaries and Expenses

       [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), $837,264,000, of which no 
     less than $756,152,000 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 of the total amount made 
     available under this heading, no less than $20,653,000 shall 
     be obligated for regulatory and scientific training: Provided 
     further, That this appropriation shall be available pursuant 
     to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of 
     buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering any one 
     building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 
     of the current replacement value of the building.

   [Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

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

                          [FARM SERVICE AGENCY

                         [Salaries and Expenses


                    [(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       [For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs administered by the Farm 
     Service Agency, $1,023,738,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
     is authorized to use the services, facilities, and 
     authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
     administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 
     funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities 
     may be advanced to and merged with this account.

                        [State Mediation Grants

       [For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), 
     $4,250,000.

                        [Dairy Indemnity Program


                     [(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       [For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 
     payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products 
     under a dairy indemnity program, $100,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That such program is 
     carried out by the Secretary in the same manner as the dairy 
     indemnity program described in 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, 
     $1,600,000,000, of which $1,400,000,000 shall be for 
     guaranteed loans and $200,000,000 shall be for direct loans; 
     operating loans, $2,116,256,000, of which $1,200,000,000 
     shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $266,256,000 
     shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $650,000,000 
     shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 
     loans, $2,020,000; 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, $16,960,000, of which $6,720,000 shall be for 
     guaranteed loans, and $10,240,000 shall be for direct loans; 
     operating loans, $134,317,000, of which $36,360,000 shall be 
     for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $33,282,000 shall be for 
     subsidized guaranteed loans, and $64,675,000 shall be for 
     direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
     $81,000.
       [In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
     carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
     $305,127,000, of which $297,127,000 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

                 [Administrative and Operating Expenses

       [For administrative and operating expenses, as authorized 
     by section 226A of the Department of Agriculture 
     Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6933), $77,806,000: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for 
     official reception and representation expenses, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).

                             [Corporations

       [The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
     authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
     and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act as may be necessary in carrying out

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     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 salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest 
     Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
     $744,000.

                [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, $793,640,000 (reduced by 
     $20,000,000), to remain available until March 31, 2007, of 
     which not less than $10,457,000 is for snow survey and water 
     forecasting, and not less than $10,547,000 is for operation 
     and establishment of the plant materials centers, and of 
     which not less than $27,312,000 shall be for the grazing 
     lands conservation initiative: Provided, That appropriations 
     hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for 
     construction and improvement of buildings and public 
     improvements at plant materials centers, except that the cost 
     of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other 
     public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided 
     further, That when buildings or other structures are erected 
     on non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is 
     obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: Provided further, 
     That this appropriation shall be available for technical 
     assistance and related expenses to carry out programs 
     authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado 
     River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): 
     Provided further, That qualified local engineers may be 
     temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the 
     technical planning work of the Service.

                    [Watershed Surveys and Planning

       [For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, 
     and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and 
     for small watershed investigations and planning, in 
     accordance with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1009), $7,026,000.

               [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, $60,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000 may be 
     available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 
     Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a): Provided, 
     That not to exceed $25,000,000 of this appropriation shall be 
     available for technical assistance: Provided further, That 
     not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available 
     to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 (Public Law 93-205), including cooperative efforts as 
     contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened 
     species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to 
     expedite project construction.

                   [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, $27,000,000 (increased 
     by $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), $51,360,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall enter into 
     a cooperative or contribution agreement, within 45 days of 
     enactment of this Act, with a national association regarding 
     a Resource Conservation and Development program and such 
     agreement shall contain the same matching, contribution 
     requirements, and funding level, set forth in a similar 
     cooperative or contribution agreement with a national 
     association in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not 
     to exceed $3,411,000 shall be available for national 
     headquarters activities.

                               [TITLE III

                      [RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          [Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       [For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs 
     under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing 
     Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the 
     Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture, 
     $627,000.

                  [Rural Community Advancement Program


                    [(including transfers of funds)

       [For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, 
     as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 
     1932, except for sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act, $657,389,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $38,006,000 shall be for 
     rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of 
     such Act; of which $531,162,000 shall be for the rural 
     utilities programs described in sections 381E(d)(2), 
     306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act, 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; and 
     of which $88,221,000 shall be for the rural business and 
     cooperative development programs described in sections 
     381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the 
     total amount appropriated in this account, $24,000,000 shall 
     be for loans and grants to benefit Federally Recognized 
     Native American Tribes, including grants for drinking water 
     and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of such 
     Act, of which $4,000,000 shall be available for community 
     facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 
     section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act, and of which $250,000 shall be available for 
     a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 
     technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 
     promote economic development: Provided further, That of the 
     amount appropriated for rural community programs, $6,200,000 
     shall be available for a Rural Community Development 
     Initiative: Provided further, That such funds shall be used 
     solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, 
     nonprofit community-based housing and community development 
     organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally 
     Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to 
     improve housing, community facilities, community and economic 
     development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That 
     such funds shall be made available to qualified private, 
     nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to 
     carry out a program of financial and technical assistance: 
     Provided further, That such intermediary organizations shall 
     provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal 
     funds for related activities, in an amount not less than 
     funds provided: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated for the rural business and cooperative 
     development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
     available for a grant to a qualified national organization to 
     provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
     order to promote economic development; $1,000,000 shall be 
     for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
     seq.) for any purpose under this heading: Provided further, 
     That of the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, 
     not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste 
     disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along

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     the United States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to 
     section 306C of such Act; not to exceed $17,500,000 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 for Rural Community Assistance Programs; 
     and not to exceed $14,000,000 shall be for contracting with 
     qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 
     to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not 
     to exceed $21,367,000 shall be available through June 30, 
     2006, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
     communities and communities designated by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of 
     which $1,067,000 shall be for the rural community programs 
     described in section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which 
     $12,000,000 shall be for the rural utilities programs 
     described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which 
     $8,300,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative 
     development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of such 
     Act: Provided further, That any prior year balances for high 
     cost energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the ``Rural Utilities Service, 
     High Energy Costs Grants Account''.

                           [RURAL DEVELOPMENT

                         [Salaries and Expenses


                    [(including transfers of funds)

       [For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs in the Rural Development 
     mission area, including activities with institutions 
     concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
     cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $152,623,000: 
     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: $4,821,832,000 for loans to 
     section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of 
     which $1,140,799,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which 
     $3,681,033,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
     $35,969,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; 
     $100,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 for 
     section 538 guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,000,000 
     for section 524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit sales of 
     acquired property, of which up to $1,500,000 may be for 
     multi-family credit sales; and $5,048,000 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, $170,837,000, of which $129,937,000 shall be for 
     direct loans, and of which $40,900,000, to remain available 
     until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
     section 504 housing repair loans, $10,521,000; section 515 
     rental housing, $45,880,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
     guaranteed loans, $5,420,000; multi-family credit sales of 
     acquired property, $681,000; and section 523 self-help 
     housing and development loans, $52,000: Provided, That of the 
     total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall 
     be available through June 30, 2006, for authorized 
     empowerment zones and enterprise communities and communities 
     designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 
     Area Partnership Zones.
       [In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 
     carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 
     $455,242,000, 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, $650,026,000; and, 
     in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by 
     section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior 
     to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
     program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of 
     this amount, $5,900,000 shall be available for debt 
     forgiveness or payments for eligible households as authorized 
     by section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Act, and not to exceed $20,000 
     per project for advances to non-profit 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 four-year period: Provided further, That any 
     unexpended balances remaining at the end of such four-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.

                  [Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants

       [For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $34,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
     amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through 
     June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment zones and 
     enterprise communities and communities designated by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
     Zones.

                    [Rural Housing Assistance Grants

       [For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
     repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
     for construction defects, and rural housing preservation made 
     by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $41,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available through June 30, 
     2006, for authorized empowerment zones and enterprise 
     communities and communities designated by the Secretary of 
     Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones.

                      [Farm Labor Program Account

       [For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
     authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $32,728,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans 
     and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts.

                  [RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE

              [Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account


                     [(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       [For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
     the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
     $34,212,000.
       [For the cost of direct loans, $14,718,000, 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, 2006, 
     for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and of which 
     $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 2006, for the 
     Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.): Provided, 
     That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the total 
     amount appropriated, $887,000 shall be available through June 
     30, 2006, 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, $4,719,000 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, $25,003,000.
       [For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
     modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $4,993,000, to remain 
     available until expended.
       [Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 
     credit payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized by 
     section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, 
     $18,877,000 shall not be obligated and $18,877,000 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), $24,000,000 (increased by 
     $40,000,000), of which $500,000 shall be for cooperative 
     research agreements; and of which $2,500,000 shall be for 
     cooperative agreements for the appropriate technology 
     transfer for rural areas program: Provided, That not to 
     exceed $1,000,000 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 not to exceed $15,500,000 (increased by 
     $40,000,000), 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

                           [Community Grants

       [For grants in connection with second and third rounds of 
     empowerment zones and enterprise communities, $10,000,000, 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-

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     277): Provided, That of the funds appropriated, $1,000,000 
     shall be made available to third round empowerment zones, as 
     authorized by the Community Renewal Tax Relief Act (Public 
     Law 106-554).

                       [Renewable Energy Program

       [For the cost of a program of direct loans, 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), $23,000,000 for 
     direct and guaranteed renewable energy loans and grants: 
     Provided, That the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, 
     including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as 
     defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974.

  [Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account


                     [(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       [Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of 
     the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be 
     made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 
     $100,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 
     $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
     rural electric, $2,100,000,000; Treasury rate direct electric 
     loans, $1,000,000,000; guaranteed under-writing loans 
     pursuant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000; 5 percent rural 
     telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural 
     telecommunications loans, $424,000,000; and for loans made 
     pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 
     loans, $125,000,000.
       [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, $6,160,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans, 
     $212,000: 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, 
     $38,907,000 which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.

                 [Rural Telephone Bank Program Account


                     [(including transfer of funds)

       [The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
     expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such 
     corporation in accord with law, and to make such contracts 
     and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized 
     programs.
       [For administrative expenses, including audits, necessary 
     to continue to service existing loans, $2,500,000, which 
     shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
       [Of the unobligated balances from the Rural Telephone Bank 
     Liquidating Account, $2,500,000 shall not be obligated and 
     $2,500,000 are rescinded.

        [Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program

       [For the principal amount of direct distance learning and 
     telemedicine loans, $50,000,000; and for the principal amount 
     of direct broadband telecommunication loans, $463,860,000.
       [For the cost of direct loans and grants for telemedicine 
     and distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized 
     by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $25,750,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which $750,000 shall be for direct loans: 
     Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined 
     in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       [For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     901 et seq., $9,973,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the interest rate for such loans shall be the 
     cost of borrowing to the Department of the Treasury for 
     obligations of comparable maturity: Provided further, That 
     the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 
     of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       [In addition, $9,000,000, 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 salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and 
     Nutrition Service, $599,000.

                      [FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

                       [Child Nutrition Programs


                    [(including transfers of funds)

       [For necessary expenses to carry out the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 
     except sections 17 and 21; $12,412,027,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2007, of which $7,224,406,000 
     is hereby appropriated and $5,187,621,000 shall be derived by 
     transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 
     August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
     studies and evaluations: Provided further, That up to 
     $5,235,000 shall be available for independent verification of 
     school food service claims.

    [Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
                             Children (WIC)

       [For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $5,257,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2007: 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) 
     shall be effective in 2006; including $14,000,000 for the 
     purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i): Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this 
     heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: 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 on or after October 1, 2005, 
     or the date of enactment of this act, whichever is later, any 
     individual seeking certification or recertification for 
     benefits under the income eligibility provisions of section 
     17(d)(2)(iii) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 shall meet 
     such eligibility requirements only if the income, as 
     determined under title XIX of the Social Security Act, of the 
     individual or the family of which the individual is a member 
     is less than 250 percent of the applicable nonfarm income 
     poverty guideline: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 
     reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
     agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act.

                          [Food Stamp Program

       [For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 
     U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $40,711,395,000, of which 
     $3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 
     2007, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts 
     and at such times as may become necessary to carry out 
     program operations: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be used for studies and 
     evaluations: Provided further, That 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.

                     [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 (in a form determined by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture) 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, 
     $178,797,000, to remain available through September 30, 2007: 
     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 2006 to support the 
     Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 4402 of Public Law 107-171, such funds shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2007.

                   [Nutrition Programs Administration

       [For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic 
     nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 
     $140,761,000.

                                [TITLE V

                     [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

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     expenses pursuant to section 8 of the Act approved August 3, 
     1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), $148,224,000: Provided, That the 
     Service may utilize advances of funds, or reimburse this 
     appropriation for expenditures made on behalf of Federal 
     agencies, public and private organizations and institutions 
     under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food 
     production assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the 
     foreign assistance programs of the United States Agency for 
     International Development.

  [Public Law 480 Title I Direct Credit and Food for Progress Program 
                                Account


                    [(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

       [For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 
     Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
     and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 
     modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, $65,040,000, 
     to remain available until expended.
       [In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     credit program of title I, Public Law 83-480, and the Food 
     for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appropriated 
     for Public Law 83-480 are utilized, $3,385,000, of which 
     $168,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
     and Expenses'', and of which $3,217,000 may be transferred to 
     and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, 
     Salaries and Expenses''.

       [Public Law 480 Title I Ocean Freight Differential Grants


                     [(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

       [For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 
     agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under the 
     Food for Progress Act of 1985, $11,940,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That funds made available 
     for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I 
     ocean freight differential may be used interchangeably 
     between the two accounts with prior notice to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.

                    [Public Law 480 Title II Grants

       [For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development 
     and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities supplied in 
     connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 
     Act, $1,107,094,000, 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, $5,279,000; to cover common overhead expenses as 
     permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990, of which $3,440,000 may be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $1,839,000 may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.

  [McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
                             Program Grants

       [For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
     2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1), $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

                     [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; 
     $1,837,928,000: Provided, That of the amount provided under 
     this heading, $305,332,000 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 2007 but 
     collected in fiscal year 2006; $40,300,000 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 $11,318,000 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 2006, including any such fees assessed prior to 
     the current fiscal year but credited during the current year, 
     shall be subject to the fiscal year 2006 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) $444,095,000 shall be for the Center for 
     Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 
     $519,814,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation and 
     Research and related field activities in the Office of 
     Regulatory Affairs; (3) $178,713,000 shall be for the Center 
     for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 
     $99,787,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medicine 
     and for related field activities in the Office of Regulatory 
     Affairs; (5) $243,939,000 shall be for the Center for Devices 
     and Radiological Health and for related field activities in 
     the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,152,000 shall be 
     for the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
     $58,515,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 
     which $21,974,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other than 
     the amounts paid to the General Services Administration for 
     rent; (8) $134,853,000 shall be for payments to the General 
     Services Administration for rent; and (9) $117,060,000 shall 
     be for other activities, including the Office of the 
     Commissioner; the Office of Management; the Office of 
     External Relations; the Office of Policy and Planning; and 
     central services for these offices: Provided further, That of 
     the funds provided herein for other activities, $5,853,000 
     may not be obligated until the Commissioner or Acting 
     Commissioner has presented public testimony on the 
     President's 2006 budget request before the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives: 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, $5,000,000 to remain available until 
     expended.

                         [INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

                  [Commodity Future 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, $98,386,000, including not to exceed 
     $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses.

                      [FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

                 [Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       [Not to exceed $44,250,000 (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 RESCISSION 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 320 passenger 
     motor vehicles, of which 320 shall be for replacement only, 
     and for the hire of such vehicles.
       [Sec. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of 
     Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
     therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
       [Sec. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     available for employment pursuant to the second sentence of 
     section 706(a) of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act 
     of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 3109.
       [Sec. 704. New obligational authority provided for the 
     following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 
     available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, 
     information technology infrastructure, fruit fly program, 
     emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, up to $8,000,000 
     in the low pathogen avian influenza program for indemnities, 
     up to $1,500,000 in the scrapie program for indemnities, up 
     to $33,340,000 in animal health monitoring and surveillance 
     for the animal identification system, up to $3,009,000 in the 
     emergency management systems program for the vaccine bank, 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, field automation 
     and information management project; Cooperative State 
     Research, Education, and Extension

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     Service, funds for competitive research grants (7 U.S.C. 
     450i(b)); Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds 
     made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, middle-income country training program, and up to 
     $1,565,000 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. 705. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 
     unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by 
     this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 
     balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 
     Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital 
     equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, 
     administrative, and information technology services of 
     primary benefit to the agencies of the Department of 
     Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made available 
     by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the 
     Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the agency 
     administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 
     section shall be available for obligation without the prior 
     approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress.
       [Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       [Sec. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations 
     available to the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall 
     be available to provide appropriate orientation and language 
     training pursuant to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 
     1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b).
       [Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
     pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
     or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
     of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 
     percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the 
     purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out 
     programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This 
     does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on 
     grants and contracts with such institutions when such 
     indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all 
     agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.
       [Sec. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     to lease space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of 
     other agencies of the Department of Agriculture when such 
     space will be jointly occupied.
       [Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to pay indirect costs charged against competitive 
     agricultural research, education, or extension grant awards 
     issued by the Cooperative State Research, Education, and 
     Extension Service that exceed 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. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     all loan levels provided in this Act shall be considered 
     estimates, not limitations.
       [Sec. 712. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended 
     to cover obligations made in the current fiscal year for the 
     following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program 
     account, the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication 
     Loans program account, and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
     program account.
       [Sec. 713. 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. 714. 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. 715. 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. 716. 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. 717. 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. 718. (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. 719. With the exception of funds needed to administer 
     and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations 
     incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
     Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 
     to carry out the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105-
     185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems 
     (7 U.S.C. 7621).
       [Sec. 720. 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 2007 
     appropriations Act.
       [Sec. 721. None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to close or relocate a State Rural 
     Development office unless or until cost effectiveness and 
     enhancement of program delivery have been determined.
       [Sec. 722. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or 
     made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is appropriated for 
     the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland 
     Hunger Fellowships, through the Congressional Hunger Center.
       [Sec. 723. Notwithstanding section 412 of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 
     1736f), any balances available to carry out title III of such 
     Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, and any 
     recoveries and reimbursements that become available to carry 
     out title III of such Act, may be used to carry out title II 
     of such Act.
       [Sec. 724. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is 
     amended by striking ``$27,998,000'' and inserting 
     ``$28,498,000''.

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       [Sec. 725. Of any shipments of commodities made pursuant to 
     section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
     1431(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent 
     practicable, direct that tonnage equal in value to not more 
     than $25,000,000 shall be made available to foreign countries 
     to assist in mitigating the effects of the Human 
     Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency 
     Syndrome on communities, including the provision of--
       [(1) agricultural commodities to--
       [(A) individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus or 
     Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the communities; and
       [(B) households in the communities, particularly 
     individuals caring for orphaned children; and
       [(2) agricultural commodities monetized to provide other 
     assistance (including assistance under microcredit and 
     microenterprise programs) to create or restore sustainable 
     livelihoods among individuals in the communities, 
     particularly individuals caring for orphaned children.
       [Sec. 726. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service shall provide 
     financial and technical assistance to the Kane County, 
     Illinois, Indian Creek Watershed Flood Prevention Project, 
     from funds available for the Watershed and Flood Prevention 
     Operations program, not to exceed $1,000,000 and Hickory 
     Creek Special Drainage District, Bureau County, Illinois, not 
     to exceed $50,000.
       [Sec. 727. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this or 
     any other appropriation Act.
       [Sec. 728. 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 22 
     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. 729. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the 
     Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1012(h)(1)).
       [Sec. 730. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd 
     through dd-7).
       [Sec. 731. Agencies and offices of the Department of 
     Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and expenses 
     funds to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel for 
     salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other related 
     expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and offices 
     in the resolution of complaints by employees or applicants 
     for employment, and in cases and other matters pending before 
     the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal 
     Labor Relations Authority, or the Merit Systems Protection 
     Board with the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       [Sec. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out section 6405 of Public Law 
     107-171 (7 U.S.C. 2655).
       [Sec. 733. Of the funds made available under section 27(a) 
     of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the 
     Secretary may use up to $10,000,000 for costs associated with 
     the distribution of commodities.
       [Sec. 734. 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 enroll in excess of 
     154,500 acres in the calendar year 2006 wetlands reserve 
     program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
       [Sec. 735. 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 who 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 
     $1,012,000,000 (increased by $40,000,000).
       [Sec. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the $23,000,000 
     made available by section 9006(f) of the Farm Security and 
     Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106(f)).
       [Sec. 737. With the exception of funds provided in fiscal 
     year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the $50,000,000 
     made available by section 601(j)(1)(A) of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)).
       [Sec. 738. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
     2005 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. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the $120,000,000 
     made available by section 6401(a) of Public Law 107-171.
       [Sec. 740. 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. 741. 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 a 
     Conservation Security Program authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3838 et 
     seq., in excess of $258,000,000 (reduced by $13,000,000).
       [Sec. 742. 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 section 2502 
     of Public Law 107-171 in excess of $60,000,000 (reduced by 
     $17,000,000).
       [Sec. 743. 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 section 2503 
     of Public Law 107-171 in excess of $83,500,000 (reduced by 
     $10,000,000).
       [Sec. 744. With the exception of funds provided in fiscal 
     year 2005, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to carry out 
     section 6029 of Public Law 107-171.
       [Sec. 745. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act shall be expended to violate Public Law 
     105-264.
       [Sec. 746. 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 a ground and 
     surface water conservation program authorized by section 2301 
     of Public Law 107-171 in excess of $51,000,000.
       [Sec. 747. 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. 748. 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. 749. 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 section 9010 
     of Public Law 107-171 in excess of $60,000,000.
       [Sec. 750. Agencies and offices of the Department of 
     Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary funds to 
     cover the costs of preparing, or contracting for the 
     preparation of, final agency decisions regarding complaints 
     of discrimination in employment or program activities arising 
     within such agencies and offices.
       [Sec. 751. Funds made available under section 1240I and 
     section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 in fiscal 
     year 2006 shall remain available until expended to cover 
     obligations made in fiscal year 2006, and are not available 
     for new obligations.
       [Sec. 752. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     shall be available to pay the administrative expenses of a 
     State agency that, after the date of enactment of this Act 
     and prior to implementation of interim final regulations 
     regarding vendor cost containment in accordance with the 
     provisions set forth in section 17(h)(11)(G) of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966, authorizes any new for-profit 
     vendor(s) to transact food instruments under the Special 
     Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and 
     Children if it is expected that more than 50 percent of the 
     annual revenue of the vendor from the sale of food items will 
     be derived from the sale of supplemental foods that are 
     obtained with WIC food instruments, except that the Secretary 
     may approve the authorization of such a vendor if the 
     approval is necessary to assure participant access to program 
     benefits or is in accordance with the provisions set forth in 
     section 17(h)(11)(E) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.
       [Sec. 753. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for a grant to the Ohio 
     Livestock Expo Center in Springfield, Ohio.
       [Sec. 754. 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 
     Agricultural Management Assistance Program as authorized by 
     section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act in excess of 
     $6,000,000 (7 U.S.C. 1524).
       [Sec. 755. 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 a Biomass 
     Research and Development Program in excess of $12,000,000, as 
     authorized by Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7624 note).
       [Sec. 756. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 572, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture

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     may sell the US Water Conservation Laboratory, Phoenix, 
     Arizona, and credit the net proceeds of such sale as 
     offsetting collections to its Agricultural Research Service 
     Buildings and Facilities account. Such funds shall be 
     available until September 30, 2007 to be used to replace 
     these facilities and to improve other USDA-owned facilities.
       [Sec. 757. 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. 758. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act shall be used for the implementation of 
     Country of Origin Labeling for meat or meat products.
       [Sec. 759. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     and until the receipt of the decennial Census in the year 
     2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider--
       [(1) the City of Bridgeton, New Jersey, the City of 
     Kinston, North Carolina, and the City of Portsmouth, Ohio as 
     rural areas for the purposes of Rural Housing Service 
     Community Facilities Program loans and grants;
       [(2) the Township of Bloomington, Illinois (including 
     individuals and entities with projects within the Township) 
     eligible for Rural Housing Service Community Facilities 
     Programs loans and grants; and
       [(3) the City of Lone Grove, Oklahoma (including 
     individuals and entities with projects within the city) 
     eligible for Rural Housing Service Community Facilities 
     Program loans and grants.
       [Sec. 760. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 
     $10,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
     to remain available until expended, to compensate commercial 
     citrus and lime growers in the State of Florida for tree 
     replacement and for lost production with respect to trees 
     removed to control citrus canker, and with respect to 
     certified citrus nursery stocks within the citrus canker 
     quarantine areas, as determined by the Secretary. For a 
     grower to receive assistance for a tree under this section, 
     the tree must have been removed after September 30, 2001.
       [Sec. 761. The counties of Burlington and Camden, New 
     Jersey (including individuals and entities with projects 
     within these counties) shall be eligible for loans and grants 
     under the Rural Community Advancement Program for fiscal year 
     2006 to the same extent they were eligible for such 
     assistance during the fiscal year 2005 under section 106 of 
     Chapter 1 of Division B of Public Law 108-324 (188 Stat. 
     1236).
       [Sec. 762. Of the unobligated balances available in the 
     Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
     and Children reserve account, $32,000,000 is hereby 
     rescinded.
       [Sec. 763. None of the funds provided by this Act shall be 
     used to pay salaries and expenses and other costs associated 
     with implementing or administering section 508(e)(3) of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the 
     2006 reinsurance year.
       [Sec. 764. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for the Food and Drug Administration 
     may be used under section 801 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
     Cosmetic Act to prevent an individual not in the business of 
     importing a prescription drug within the meaning of section 
     801(g) of such Act, wholesalers, or pharmacists from 
     importing a prescription drug which complies with sections 
     501, 502, and 505.
       [Sec. 765. 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. 766. In addition to other amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act, there is hereby 
     appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $7,000,000, of 
     which not to exceed 5 percent may be available for 
     administrative expenses, to remain available until expended, 
     to make specialty crop block grants under section 101 of the 
     Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-
     465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note).
       [Sec. 767. It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary 
     of Agriculture should use the transfer authority provided by 
     section 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7772) to 
     implement the strategic plan developed by the Animal and 
     Plant Health Inspection Service for the eradication of 
     Emerald Ash Borer in the States of Michigan, Ohio, and 
     Indiana.
       [Sec. 768. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used--
       [(1) to grant a waiver of a financial conflict of interest 
     requirement pursuant to section 505(n)(4) of the Federal 
     Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for any voting member of an 
     advisory committee or panel of the Food and Drug 
     Administration; or
       [(2) to make a certification under section 208(b)(3) of 
     title 18, United States Code, for any such voting member.
       [Sec. 769. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to pay the salaries or expenses of personnel to 
     inspect horses under section 3 of the Federal Meat Inspection 
     Act (21 U.S.C. 603) or under the guidelines issued under 
     section 903 the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
     Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104-127).
       [Sec. 770. None of the funds made available by this Act to 
     the Secretary of Agriculture may be used, after December 31, 
     2005, to purchase chickens, including chicken products, under 
     the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966, unless the Secretary shall take into 
     account whether such purchases are in compliance with 
     standards relating to the wholesomeness of food for human 
     consumption, pursuant to section 14(d) of the Richard B. 
     Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1762a(d)).
       [This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006''.]
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Agriculture, 
     Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2006, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                         AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                  Production, Processing and Marketing

                        Office of the Secretary

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, $5,127,000: Provided, That not to exceed $11,000 
     of this amount shall be available for official reception and 
     representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as 
     determined by the Secretary.

                          Executive Operations


                            chief economist

       For necessary expenses of the Chief Economist, including 
     economic analysis, risk assessment, cost-benefit analysis, 
     energy and new uses, and the functions of the World 
     Agricultural Outlook Board, as authorized by the Agricultural 
     Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622g), $10,539,000.


                       National Appeals Division

       For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
     $14,524,000.


                 Office of Budget and Program Analysis

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program 
     Analysis, $8,298,000.


                        Homeland Security Staff

       For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security Staff, 
     $1,166,000.

                Office of the Chief Information Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Information Officer, $16,726,000.

                      Common Computing Environment

       For necessary expenses to acquire a Common Computing 
     Environment for the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
     the Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service, and Rural 
     Development mission areas for information technology, 
     systems, and services, $128,072,000, to remain available 
     until expended, for the capital asset acquisition of shared 
     information technology systems, including services as 
     authorized by 7 U.S.C. 6915-16 and 40 U.S.C. 1421-28: 
     Provided, That obligation of these funds shall be consistent 
     with the Department of Agriculture Service Center 
     Modernization Plan of the county-based agencies, and shall be 
     with the concurrence of the Department's Chief Information 
     Officer.

                 Office of the Chief Financial Officer

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial 
     Officer, $5,874,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial 
     Officer shall actively market and expand cross-servicing 
     activities of the National Finance Center: Provided further, 
     That no funds made available by this appropriation may be 
     obligated for FAIR Act or Circular A-76 activities until the 
     Secretary has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
     of both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Government 
     Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the 
     Department's contracting out policies, including agency 
     budgets for contracting out.

           Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, $821,000.

                         Office of Civil Rights


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 
     $20,109,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Administration, $676,000.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For payment of space rental and related costs pursuant to 
     Public Law 92-313, including authorities pursuant to the 1984 
     delegation of authority from the Administrator of General 
     Services to the Department of Agriculture under 40 U.S.C. 
     486, for programs and activities of the Department which are 
     included in this Act, and for alterations and other actions 
     needed for the Department and its agencies to consolidate 
     unneeded space into configurations suitable for release to 
     the Administrator of General Services, and for the operation, 
     maintenance, improvement, and repair of Agriculture buildings 
     and facilities, and for related costs, $187,734,000, to 
     remain available until expended, as follows: for payments to 
     the General Services Administration and the Department of 
     Homeland Security for building security, $147,734,000, and 
     for buildings operations and maintenance, $40,000,000: 
     Provided, That amounts which are made available for space 
     rental and related costs for the

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     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.), $12,000,000, 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, $23,103,000, 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 salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out 
     the programs funded by this Act, including programs involving 
     intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 
     branch, $3,846,000: 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 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, $9,509,000: Provided, That not to 
     exceed $2,000,000 may be used for farmers' bulletins.

                    Office of the Inspector General

       For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
     General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 
     General Act of 1978, $81,045,000, 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, $40,263,000.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Economic 
     Research Service, the National Agricultural Statistics 
     Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the 
     Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, 
     $598,000.

                       Economic Research Service

       For necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service in 
     conducting economic research and analysis, as authorized by 
     the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621-1627) 
     and other laws, $78,549,000.

                National Agricultural Statistics Service

       For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 
     Statistics Service in conducting statistical reporting and 
     service work, including crop and livestock estimates, 
     statistical coordination and improvements, marketing surveys, 
     and the Census of Agriculture, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     1621-1627 and 2204g, and other laws, $145,159,000, of which 
     up to $29,115,000 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, 
     $1,109,981,000: 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 
     the foregoing limitations shall not apply to the purchase of 
     land at Florence, South Carolina: 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.
       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, $160,645,000, 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, $652,231,000, as follows: to carry out 
     the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), 
     $178,707,000; for grants for cooperative forestry research 
     (16 U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $22,205,000; for payments to 
     the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University 
     and West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), 
     $37,477,000, of which $1,507,496 shall be made available only 
     for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
     receive no less than $1,000,000; for special grants for 
     agricultural research (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $110,281,000; for 
     special grants for agricultural research on improved pest 
     control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $15,158,000; for competitive 
     research grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $190,000,000; for the 
     support of animal health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 
     3195), $5,057,000; for supplemental and alternative crops and 
     products (7 U.S.C. 3319d), $833,000; for grants for research 
     pursuant to the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 
     178 et seq.), $1,102,000, 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), $1,078,000, to remain available until expended; for 
     rangeland research grants (7 U.S.C. 3333), $992,000; for 
     higher education graduate fellowship grants (7 U.S.C. 
     3152(b)(6)), $2,976,000, to remain available until expended 
     (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for a higher education agrosecurity 
     education program (7 U.S.C. 3351), $750,000, to remain 
     available until expended; for higher education challenge 
     grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $5,456,000; for a higher 
     education multicultural scholars program (7 U.S.C. 
     3152(b)(5)), $990,000, to remain available until expended (7 
     U.S.C. 2209b); for an education grants program for Hispanic-
     serving Institutions (7 U.S.C. 3241), $5,600,000; for 
     noncompetitive grants for the purpose of carrying out all 
     provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of Public Law 106-
     78) to individual eligible institutions or consortia of 
     eligible institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds 
     awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, 
     $3,472,000; for a secondary agriculture education program and 
     2-year post-secondary education (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $992,000; 
     for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322), $3,968,000; for 
     sustainable agriculture research and education (7 U.S.C. 
     5811), $12,400,000; for a program of capacity building grants 
     (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(4)) to colleges eligible to receive funds 
     under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328), 
     including Tuskegee University and West Virginia State 
     University, $12,312,000, 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, 
     $2,232,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and 
     Education Activities, $38,193,000, of which $2,424,000 for 
     the Research, Education, and Economics Information System and 
     $1,928,000 for the Electronic Grants Information System, are 
     to remain available until expended.
       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, That this paragraph shall not apply to research on 
     the medical, biotechnological, food, and industrial uses of 
     tobacco.


              Native American Institutions Endowment Fund

       For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund 
     authorized by Public Law 103-382 (7

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     U.S.C. 301 note), $12,000,000, 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, $453,438,000, 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, $275,520,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 
     Institutions under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), 
     $3,247,000; payments for the nutrition and family education 
     program for low-income areas under section 3(d) of the Act, 
     $62,909,000; payments for the pest management program under 
     section 3(d) of the Act, $9,920,000; payments for the farm 
     safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,563,000; 
     payments for New Technologies for Ag Extension under Section 
     3(d) of the Act, $2,000,000; payments to upgrade research, 
     extension, and teaching facilities at the 1890 land-grant 
     colleges, including Tuskegee University and West Virginia 
     State University, as authorized by section 1447 of Public Law 
     95-113 (7 U.S.C. 3222b), $16,777,000, to remain available 
     until expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under 
     section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $7,478,000; for youth 
     farm safety education and certification extension grants, to 
     be awarded competitively under section 3(d) of the Act, 
     $440,000; payments for carrying out the provisions of the 
     Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 et 
     seq.), $4,060,000; payments for Indian reservation agents 
     under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,760,000; 
     payments for sustainable agriculture programs under section 
     3(d) of the Act, $4,067,000; payments for rural health and 
     safety education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public 
     Law 92-419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,965,000; payments for 
     cooperative extension work by the colleges receiving the 
     benefits of the second Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. 321-326 and 328) 
     and Tuskegee University and West Virginia State University, 
     $33,643,000, of which $1,724,884 shall be made available only 
     for the purpose of ensuring that each institution shall 
     receive no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth 
     organizations pursuant to section 7630 of title 7, United 
     States Code, $2,646,000; and for necessary expenses of 
     Extension Activities, $22,443,000.


                         Integrated Activities

       For the integrated research, education, and extension 
     grants programs, including necessary administrative expenses, 
     $55,784,000, 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), 
     $45,784,000, including $12,867,000 for the water quality 
     program, $14,847,000 for the food safety program, $4,167,000 
     for the regional pest management centers program, $4,464,000 
     for the Food Quality Protection Act risk mitigation program 
     for major food crop systems, $1,389,000 for the crops 
     affected by Food Quality Protection Act implementation, 
     $3,106,000 for the methyl bromide transition program, and 
     $1,874,000 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, 
     $992,000; for grants programs authorized under section 
     2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89-106, as amended, $744,000, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2007 for the critical 
     issues program, and $1,334,000 for the regional rural 
     development centers program; and $10,000,000 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, 
     2007.


              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), $5,888,000, to remain available until expended.

  Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs to 
     administer programs under the laws enacted by the Congress 
     for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; the 
     Agricultural Marketing Service; and the Grain Inspection, 
     Packers and Stockyards Administration; $724,000.

               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, $807,768,000, of which $4,140,000 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 
     $39,900,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication 
     program for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for 
     active eradication zones; of which $32,932,000 shall be 
     available for a National Animal Identification program: 
     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 2006, the agency is authorized to collect 
     fees to cover the total costs of providing technical 
     assistance, goods, or services requested by States, other 
     political subdivisions, domestic and international 
     organizations, foreign governments, or individuals, provided 
     that such fees are structured such that any entity's 
     liability for such fees is reasonably based on the technical 
     assistance, goods, or services provided to the entity by the 
     agency, and such fees shall be credited to this account, to 
     remain available until expended, without further 
     appropriation, for providing such assistance, goods, or 
     services.


                        Buildings and Facilities

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

                     Agricultural Marketing Service


                           Marketing Services

       For necessary expenses to carry out services related to 
     consumer protection, agricultural marketing and distribution, 
     transportation, and regulatory programs, as authorized by 
     law, and for administration and coordination of payments to 
     States, $76,643,000, 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 $65,667,000 (from fees collected) shall be 
     obligated during the current fiscal year for administrative 
     expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated and/or 
     other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may exceed this 
     limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.


    Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply (Section 32)

                     (including transfers of funds)

       Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 
     1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity 
     program expenses as authorized therein, and other related 
     operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 
     Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife 
     Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in 
     this Act; and (3) not more than $16,055,000 for formulation 
     and administration of marketing agreements and orders 
     pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 
     and the Agricultural Act of 1961.


                   Payments to States and Possessions

       For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus and 
     departments of markets, and similar agencies for marketing 
     activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing 
     Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), $3,847,000, of which not less 
     than $2,500,000 shall be used to make a grant under this 
     heading.

        Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     United States Grain Standards Act, for the administration of 
     the Packers and Stockyards Act, for certifying procedures 
     used to protect purchasers of farm products, and the 
     standardization activities related to grain under the 
     Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, $38,443,000: 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.

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             Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Food Safety to administer the laws 
     enacted by the Congress for the Food Safety and Inspection 
     Service, $602,000.

                   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), $836,818,000, of which no 
     less than $751,457,000 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 63 full time 
     equivalent positions above the fiscal year 2002 level shall 
     be employed during fiscal year 2006 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, notwithstanding section 
     704 of this Act $5,000,000, available until September 30, 
     2007, shall be obligated to include the Humane Animal 
     Tracking System as part of the Field Automation and 
     Information Management System following notification to the 
     Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a detailed 
     explanation of the components of such system: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount made available under this 
     heading, no less than $20,653,000 shall be obligated for 
     regulatory and scientific training: Provided further, That 
     this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 
     U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and 
     improvements, but the cost of altering any one building 
     during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 
     current replacement value of the building.

    Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
                                Services

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

                          Farm Service Agency


                         Salaries and Expenses

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs administered by the Farm 
     Service Agency, $1,043,555,000: Provided, That the Secretary 
     is authorized to use the services, facilities, and 
     authorities (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation to make program payments for all programs 
     administered by the Agency: Provided further, That other 
     funds made available to the Agency for authorized activities 
     may be advanced to and merged with this account.


                         State Mediation Grants

       For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101-5106), 
     $4,250,000.


               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), $4,250,000, 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, 
     $1,608,000,000, of which $1,400,000,000 shall be for 
     guaranteed loans and $208,000,000 shall be for direct loans; 
     operating loans, $2,033,000,000, of which $1,100,000,000 
     shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $283,000,000 
     shall be for subsidized guaranteed loans and $650,000,000 
     shall be for direct loans; Indian tribe land acquisition 
     loans, $2,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 
     loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall deem 
     the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose of boll 
     weevil eradication program loans.
       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the 
     cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: farm ownership 
     loans, $17,370,000, of which $6,720,000 shall be for 
     guaranteed loans, and $10,650,000 shall be for direct loans; 
     operating loans, $133,380,000, of which $33,330,000 shall be 
     for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $35,375,000 shall be for 
     subsidized guaranteed loans, and $64,675,000 shall be for 
     direct loans; and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 
     $80,000.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $317,137,000, of 
     which $309,137,000 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), $73,448,000: Provided, That not 
     to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official reception 
     and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 
     1506(i).

                              CORPORATIONS

       The following corporations and agencies are hereby 
     authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of funds 
     and borrowing authority available to each such corporation or 
     agency and in accord with law, and to make contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set 
     forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
     corporation or agency, except as hereinafter provided.

                Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund

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

                   Commodity Credit Corporation Fund


                 reimbursement for net realized losses

       For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary 
     to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net 
     realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, 
     pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 1961 (15 
     U.S.C. 713a-11): 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 salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Forest 
     Service and the Natural Resources Conservation Service, 
     $744,000.

                 Natural Resources Conservation Service


                        Conservation Operations

       For necessary expenses to carry 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, $819,561,000, to remain available 
     until expended, of which not less than $11,000,000 is for 
     snow survey and water forecasting, and not less than 
     $11,847,000 is for operation and establishment of the plant 
     materials centers, and of which not less than $28,156,000 
     shall be for the grazing lands conservation initiative: 
     Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 
     pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of 
     buildings and public improvements at plant materials centers, 
     except that the cost of alterations and improvements to other 
     buildings and other public improvements shall not exceed 
     $250,000: Provided further, That when buildings or other 
     structures are erected on non-Federal land, that the right to 
     use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a: 
     Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
     for technical assistance and related expenses to carry out 
     programs authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the 
     Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 
     1592(c)): Provided further, That qualified local engineers 
     may be temporarily employed at per diem rates to perform the 
     technical planning work of the Service.


                     Watershed Surveys and Planning

       For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, 
     and surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and 
     for small watershed investigations and planning, in 
     accordance

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     with the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
     U.S.C. 1001-1009), $5,141,000.


               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, $60,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended; of which up to $10,000,000 may be 
     available for the watersheds authorized under the Flood 
     Control Act (33 U.S.C. 701 and 16 U.S.C. 1006a): Provided, 
     That not to exceed $27,199,000 of this appropriation shall be 
     available for technical assistance: Provided further, That 
     not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is available 
     to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of 
     1973 (Public Law 93-205), including cooperative efforts as 
     contemplated by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened 
     species to other suitable habitats as may be necessary to 
     expedite project construction.


                    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, $27,313,000, 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), $51,228,000, to remain available 
     until expended.

                               TITLE III

                       RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

          Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development

       For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Rural Development to administer programs 
     under the laws enacted by the Congress for the Rural Housing 
     Service, the Rural Business-Cooperative Service, and the 
     Rural Utilities Service of the Department of Agriculture, 
     $635,000.


                  Rural Community Advancement Program

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and grants, 
     as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1926, 1926a, 1926c, 1926d, and 
     1932, except for sections 381E-H and 381N of the Consolidated 
     Farm and Rural Development Act, $705,106,000, to remain 
     available until expended, of which $86,770,000 shall be for 
     rural community programs described in section 381E(d)(1) of 
     such Act; of which $528,115,000 shall be for the rural 
     utilities programs described in sections 381E(d)(2), 
     306C(a)(2), and 306D of such Act, of which not to exceed 
     $496,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 
     described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which 
     not to exceed $992,000 shall be available for the rural 
     utilities program described in section 306E of such Act; and 
     of which $90,221,000 shall be for the rural business and 
     cooperative development programs described in sections 
     381E(d)(3) and 310B(f) of such Act: Provided, That of the 
     total amount appropriated in this account, $26,000,000 shall 
     be for loans and grants to benefit Federally Recognized 
     Native American Tribes, including grants for drinking water 
     and waste disposal systems pursuant to section 306C of such 
     Act, of which $4,464,000 shall be available for community 
     facilities grants to tribal colleges, as authorized by 
     section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act, and of which $250,000 shall be available for 
     a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 
     technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 
     promote economic development: Provided further, That of the 
     amount appropriated for rural community programs, $6,500,000 
     shall be available for a Rural Community Development 
     Initiative: Provided further, That such funds shall be used 
     solely to develop the capacity and ability of private, 
     nonprofit community-based housing and community development 
     organizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally 
     Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects to 
     improve housing, community facilities, community and economic 
     development projects in rural areas: Provided further, That 
     such funds shall be made available to qualified private, 
     nonprofit and public intermediary organizations proposing to 
     carry out a program of financial and technical assistance: 
     Provided further, That such intermediary organizations shall 
     provide matching funds from other sources, including Federal 
     funds for related activities, in an amount not less than 
     funds provided: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated for the rural business and cooperative 
     development programs, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 
     available for a grant to a qualified national organization to 
     provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 
     order to promote economic development; $140,000 shall be made 
     available to conduct a feasibility study; $3,000,000 shall be 
     for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
     seq.) for any purpose under this heading: Provided further, 
     That of the amount appropriated for rural utilities programs, 
     not to exceed $25,000,000 shall be for water and waste 
     disposal systems to benefit the Colonias along the United 
     States/Mexico border, including grants pursuant to section 
     306C of such Act; $26,000,000 shall be for water and waste 
     disposal systems for rural and native villages in Alaska 
     pursuant to section 306D of such Act, with up to 2 percent 
     available to administer the program and/or improve 
     interagency coordination may be transferred to and merged 
     with the appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses'', of which $100,000 shall be provided to develop a 
     regional system for centralized billing, operation, and 
     management of rural water and sewer utilities through 
     regional cooperatives, of which 25 percent shall be provided 
     for water and sewer projects in regional hubs, and the State 
     of Alaska shall provide a 25 percent cost share, and grantees 
     may use up to 5 percent of grant funds, not to exceed $35,000 
     per community, for the completion of comprehensive community 
     safe water plans; not to exceed $18,250,000 shall be for 
     technical assistance grants for rural water and waste systems 
     pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which 
     $5,600,000 shall be for Rural Community Assistance Programs 
     and not less than $850,000 shall be for a qualified national 
     Native American organization to provide technical assistance 
     for rural water systems for tribal communities; and not to 
     exceed $13,500,000 shall be for contracting with qualified 
     national organizations for a circuit rider program to provide 
     technical assistance for rural water systems: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount appropriated, not to exceed 
     $21,367,000 shall be available through June 30, 2006, for 
     authorized empowerment zones and enterprise communities and 
     communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 
     Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones; of which $1,067,000 
     shall be for the rural community programs described in 
     section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which $12,000,000 shall be 
     for the rural utilities programs described in section 
     381E(d)(2) of such Act, and of which $8,300,000 shall be for 
     the rural business and cooperative development programs 
     described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act: Provided 
     further, That of the amount appropriated for rural community 
     programs, $20,000,000 shall be to provide grants for 
     facilities in rural communities with extreme unemployment and 
     severe economic depression (Public Law 106-387), with 5 
     percent for administration and capacity building in the State 
     rural development offices: Provided further, That of the 
     amount appropriated, $28,000,000 shall be transferred to and 
     merged with the ``Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost 
     Grants Account'' to provide grants authorized under section 
     19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): 
     Provided further, That any prior year balances for high cost 
     energy grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be 
     transferred to and merged with the ``Rural Utilities Service, 
     High Energy Costs Grants Account''.

                Rural Development Salaries and Expenses


                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration 
     and implementation of programs in the Rural Development 
     mission area, including activities with institutions 
     concerning the development and operation of agricultural 
     cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; $164,773,000: 
     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: $4,927,581,000 for loans to 
     section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of 
     which $1,000,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which 
     $3,681,033,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
     $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans; $90,000,000 
     for section 515 rental housing; $100,000,000 for section 538 
     guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,000,000 for section 
     524 site loans; $11,500,000 for credit sales of acquired 
     property, of which up to $1,500,000 may be for multi-family 
     credit sales; and $5,048,000 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, $154,800,000, of which $113,900,000 shall be for 
     direct loans, and of which $40,900,000, to remain available 
     until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; 
     section 504 housing repair loans, $10,238,000; repair, 
     rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 rental 
     housing, $41,292,000; section 538 multi-family housing 
     guaranteed loans, $5,420,000; multi-family credit sales of 
     acquired property, $681,000; section 523 self-help housing 
     and development loans, $52,000: Provided, That of the total 
     amount appropriated in this paragraph, $2,500,000 shall be 
     available through June 30, 2006, 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,

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     2006, shall be carried over until September 30, 2007, and 
     made available for such housing projects only in the State of 
     Alaska.
       For additional costs to conduct a demonstration program for 
     the preservation and revitalization of the section 515 multi-
     family rental housing properties, $16,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That funding made 
     available under this heading shall be used to restructure 
     existing section 515 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 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.
       In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
     out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $465,886,000, 
     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, $653,102,000; and, 
     in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as authorized by 
     section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt incurred prior 
     to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental assistance 
     program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: Provided, That of 
     this amount, no less than $8,976,000 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 four-year period: Provided 
     further, That any unexpended balances remaining at the end of 
     such four-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 that is 
     recovered from projects that are subject to prepayment shall 
     be deobligated and reallocated for vouchers and debt 
     forgiveness or payments consistent with the requirements of 
     this Act for purposes authorized under section 542 and 
     section 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended.


                     Rural Housing Voucher Program

       For the rural housing voucher program as authorized under 
     section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, (without regard to 
     section 542(b)), $16,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That such vouchers shall be available 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 the 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 for 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).


                  Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants

       For grants and contracts pursuant to section 523(b)(1)(A) 
     of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c), $34,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total 
     amount appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be available through 
     June 30, 2005, for authorized empowerment zones and 
     enterprise communities and communities designated by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
     Zones.


                    Rural Housing Assistance Grants

       For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 
     repair, supervisory and technical assistance, compensation 
     for construction defects, and rural housing preservation made 
     by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     1474, 1479(c), 1490e, and 1490m, $43,976,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That $2,976,000 shall be 
     made available for 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 
     total amount appropriated, $1,200,000 shall be available 
     through June 30, 2006, for authorized empowerment zones and 
     enterprise communities and communities designated by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 
     Zones.


                       Farm Labor Program Account

       For the cost of direct loans, grants, and contracts, as 
     authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, $29,607,000, to remain 
     available until expended, for direct farm labor housing loans 
     and domestic farm labor housing grants and contracts.

                  Rural Business--Cooperative Service


              Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For the principal amount of direct loans, as authorized by 
     the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)), 
     $34,212,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, $14,718,000, 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, 2006, for 
     Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and of which 
     $3,449,000 shall be available through June 30, 2006, for 
     Mississippi Delta Region counties (as determined in 
     accordance with Public Law 100-460): Provided, That of such 
     amount made available, the Secretary may provide up to 
     $1,500,000 for the Delta Regional Authority (7 U.S.C. 1921 et 
     seq.): Provided further, 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, $887,000 shall be 
     available through June 30, 2006, 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, $6,656,000 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, $25,003,000.
       For the cost of direct loans, including the cost of 
     modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, $4,993,000, to remain 
     available until expended.
       Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit 
     payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized by section 
     313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $4,993,000 
     shall not be obligated and $4,993,000 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), $24,988,000, of which 
     $500,000 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 $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for the 
     appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program: 
     Provided, That not to exceed $1,488,000 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 $15,500,000, 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 Community Grants

       For grants in connection with second and third rounds of 
     empowerment zones and enterprise communities, $12,400,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for designated rural 
     empowerment zones and rural enterprise communities, as 
     authorized by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 and the Omnibus 
     Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     1999 (Public Law 105-277): Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated, $1,000,000 shall be made available to third 
     round empowerment zones, as authorized by the Community 
     Renewal Tax Relief Act (Public Law 106-554).


                        Renewable Energy Program

       For the cost of a program of direct loans, 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), $23,000,000 for direct and 
     guaranteed renewable energy loans and grants: Provided, That 
     the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, including the 
     cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 
     502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

                        Rural Utilities Service


   Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Insured loans pursuant to the authority of section 305 of 
     the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935) shall be 
     made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 
     $100,000,000; municipal rate rural electric loans, 
     $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, 
     rural electric, $2,700,000,000; Treasury rate direct electric 
     loans, $1,000,000,000; guaranteed underwriting loans pursuant 
     to section 313A, $1,500,000,000; 5 percent rural 
     telecommunications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural 
     telecommunications loans, $425,000,000; and for loans made 
     pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 
     loans, $125,000,000.
       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

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     loans, $6,160,000, and the cost of telecommunications loans, 
     $212,000: 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, $39,933,000 
     which shall be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Rural Development, Salaries and 
     Expenses''.


                  Rural Telephone Bank Program Account

                     (including transfer of funds)

       The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such 
     expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such 
     corporation in accord with law, and to make such contracts 
     and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized 
     programs.
       For administrative expenses, including audits, necessary to 
     continue to service existing loans, $2,500,000, 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, $550,000,000.
       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 $10,000,000 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., $11,825,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2007: Provided, That the interest rate for such loans 
     shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department of the 
     Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: Provided 
     further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in 
     section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 
     transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 
     and 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 salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to 
     administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and 
     Nutrition Service, $599,000.

                       Food and Nutrition Service


                        Child Nutrition Programs

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 
     except sections 17 and 21; $12,412,027,000, to remain 
     available through September 30, 2007, of which $7,224,406,000 
     is hereby appropriated and $5,187,621,000 shall be derived by 
     transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of 
     August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the 
     funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
     studies and evaluations: Provided further, That up to 
     $5,235,000 shall be available for independent verification of 
     school food service claims.


Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 
                                 (WIC)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the special 
     supplemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
     $5,257,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
     2007, of which such sums as are necessary to restore the 
     contingency reserve to $125,000,000 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 2006; including $14,000,000 for the purposes 
     specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and $20,000,000 for the 
     purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii): Provided 
     further, That none of the funds made available under this 
     heading shall be used for studies and evaluations: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
     available to pay administrative expenses of WIC clinics 
     except those that have an announced policy of prohibiting 
     smoking within the space used to carry out the program: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds provided in this 
     account shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 
     except in accordance with the cost containment and 
     competitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 
     such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 
     shall be available for activities that are not fully 
     reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 
     agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act.


                           Food Stamp Program

       For necessary expenses to carry out the Food Stamp Act (7 
     U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $40,711,395,000, of which 
     $3,000,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 
     2007, shall be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts 
     and at such times as may become necessary to carry out 
     program operations: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be used for studies and 
     evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading and not already appropriated to 
     the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) 
     established under section 4(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
     (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be used to 
     purchase bison meat for the FDPIR from Native American bison 
     producers as well as from producer-owned cooperatives of 
     bison ranchers: Provided further, That funds provided herein 
     shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food 
     Stamp Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
     subject to any work registration or workfare requirements as 
     may be required by law: Provided further, That funds made 
     available for Employment and Training under this heading 
     shall remain available until expended, as authorized by 
     section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: 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.


                      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 (in a form determined by the 
     Secretary of Agriculture) 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, 
     $179,935,000, to remain available through September 30, 2007: 
     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 2006 to support the 
     Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 
     section 4402 of Public Law 107-171, such funds shall remain 
     available through September 30, 2007: 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 domestic 
     nutrition assistance programs funded under this Act, 
     $140,761,000, of which $5,000,000 shall be available only for 
     simplifying procedures, reducing overhead costs, tightening 
     regulations, improving food stamp benefit delivery, and 
     assisting in the prevention, identification, and prosecution 
     of fraud and other violations of law.

                                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), 
     $147,868,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances 
     of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures 
     made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and private 
     organizations and institutions under agreements executed 
     pursuant to the agricultural food production assistance 
     programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs 
     of the United States Agency for International Development.


  Public Law 480 Title I Direct Credit and Food for Progress Program 
                                Account

                     (including transfers of funds)

       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of agreements under the 
     Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, 
     and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, including the cost of 
     modifying credit arrangements under said Acts, $65,040,000, 
     to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
     Secretary of Agriculture may implement a commodity 
     monetization program under existing provisions of the Food 
     for Progress Act of 1985 to provide no less than $5,000,000 
     in local-currency funding support for rural electrification 
     development overseas.
       In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the 
     credit program of title I, Public Law 83-480, and the Food 
     for Progress Act of 1985, to the extent funds appropriated 
     for Public Law 83-480 are utilized, $3,385,000, of which 
     $168,000 may be transferred to and merged with the 
     appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 
     and Expenses'', and of which $3,217,000 may be transferred to 
     and merged

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     with the appropriation for ``Farm Service Agency, Salaries 
     and Expenses''.


        Public Law 480 Title I Ocean Freight Differential Grants

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For ocean freight differential costs for the shipment of 
     agricultural commodities under title I of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and under the 
     Food for Progress Act of 1985, $11,940,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That funds made available 
     for the cost of agreements under title I of the Agricultural 
     Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I 
     ocean freight differential may be used interchangeably 
     between the two accounts with prior notice to the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.


                     Public Law 480 Title II Grants

       For expenses during the current fiscal year, not otherwise 
     recoverable, and unrecovered prior years' costs, including 
     interest thereon, under the Agricultural Trade Development 
     and Assistance Act of 1954, for commodities supplied in 
     connection with dispositions abroad under title II of said 
     Act, $1,150,000,000, 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, $5,279,000; to cover common overhead expenses as 
     permitted by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act and in conformity with the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990, of which $3,440,000 may be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural 
     Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $1,839,000 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; $1,841,959,000: Provided, 
     That of the amount provided under this heading, $305,332,000 
     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 2007 but collected in fiscal year 2006; 
     $40,300,000 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 $11,318,000 
     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 2006, including any 
     such fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but 
     credited during the current year, shall be subject to the 
     fiscal year 2006 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) 
     $450,179,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 
     Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 
     of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $515,430,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) 
     $178,714,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evaluation 
     and Research and for related field activities in the Office 
     of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $99,787,000 shall be for the 
     Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related field 
     activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 
     $245,770,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and 
     Radiological Health and for related field activities in the 
     Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $41,152,000 shall be for 
     the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 
     $58,515,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, other 
     than the amounts paid to the General Services Administration 
     for rent; (8) $134,853,000 shall be for payments to the 
     General Services Administration for rent; and (9) 
     $117,559,000 shall be for other activities, including the 
     Office of the Commissioner; the Office of Management; the 
     Office of External Relations; the Office of Policy and 
     Planning; and central services for these offices: Provided 
     further, That funds may be transferred from one specified 
     activity to another with the prior approval of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 42 U.S.C. 
     263b may be credited to this account, to remain available 
     until expended.
       In addition, export certification user fees authorized by 
     21 U.S.C. 381 may be credited to this account, to remain 
     available until expended.


                        Buildings and Facilities

       For plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, 
     alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities of 
     or used by the Food and Drug Administration, where not 
     otherwise provided, $7,000,000, 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, $98,386,000, including not to exceed 
     $3,000 for official reception and representation expenses.

                       Farm Credit Administration


                 Limitation on Administrative Expenses

       Not to exceed $44,250,000 (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: Provided 
     further, That up to an additional 5 percent of the amount of 
     this limitation may be expended for expenses associated with 
     unforeseen termination applications, upon a finding of 
     extraordinary circumstances by the Federal Credit 
     Administration Board.

                               TITLE VII

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 
     appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of 
     Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall 
     be available for the purchase, in addition to those 
     specifically provided for, of not to exceed 320 passenger 
     motor vehicles, of which 320 shall be for replacement only, 
     and for the hire of such vehicles.
       Sec. 702. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the 
     Forest Service) shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
     as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
       Sec. 703. Hereafter, funds appropriated by this or any 
     other Act to the Department of Agriculture (excluding the 
     Forest Service) shall be available for employment pursuant to 
     the second sentence of section 706(a) of the Department of 
     Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5 U.S.C. 
     3109.
       Sec. 704. New obligational authority provided for the 
     following appropriation items in this Act shall remain 
     available until expended: Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service, the contingency fund to meet emergency conditions, 
     information technology infrastructure, fruit fly program, 
     emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, low pathogen avian 
     influenza program, up to $32,932,000 in animal health 
     monitoring and surveillance for the animal identification 
     system, up to $2,993,000 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, field automation and information 
     management project; Cooperative State Research, Education, 
     and Extension Service, funds for competitive research grants 
     (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), funds for the Research, Education, and 
     Economics Information System, 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. 705. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
     transfer unobligated balances of discretionary funds 
     appropriated by this or any other Act or other available 
     unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of 
     Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition 
     of plant and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of 
     financial, administrative, and information technology 
     services of primary benefit to the agencies of the Department 
     of Agriculture: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available by this Act or any other Act shall be transferred 
     to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of the 
     agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the 
     funds transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to 
     this section shall be available for obligation without the 
     prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 
     Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 707. Hereafter, not to exceed $50,000 of the funds 
     appropriated by this or any other Act to the Department of 
     Agriculture (excluding the Forest Service) shall be available 
     to provide appropriate orientation and language training 
     pursuant to section 606C of the Act of August 28, 1954 (7 
     U.S.C. 1766b).
       Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to 
     pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements 
     or similar arrangements between the United States Department 
     of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 
     percent of the total direct cost of

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     the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative 
     arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 
     between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate 
     payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such 
     institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a 
     similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are 
     provided in this Act.
       Sec. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be available 
     to 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. 710. Hereafter, loan levels provided in this or any 
     other Act to the Department of Agriculture shall be 
     considered estimates, not limitations.
       Sec. 711. Appropriations to the Department of Agriculture 
     for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made available in 
     the current fiscal year shall remain available until expended 
     to cover obligations made in the current fiscal year for the 
     following accounts: the Rural Development Loan Fund program 
     account, the Rural Telephone Bank program account, the Rural 
     Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program account, 
     and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account.
       Sec. 712. 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. 713. 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. 714. 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. 715. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to 
     transmit or otherwise make available to any non-Department of 
     Agriculture employee questions or responses to questions that 
     are a result of information requested for the appropriations 
     hearing process.
       Sec. 716. 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. 717. (a) Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by 
     this or any other Act to the agencies funded by this Act, or 
     provided from 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) Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated by this or 
     any other Act to the agencies funded by this Act, or provided 
     from accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
     the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
     this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
     for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming 
     of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 
     less, that: (1) augments existing programs, projects, or 
     activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any 
     existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of 
     personnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) 
     results from any general savings from a reduction in 
     personnel which would result in a change in existing 
     programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress; 
     unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
     Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     reprogramming of funds.
       (c) Hereafter, 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. 718. With the exception of funds needed to administer 
     and conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations 
     incurred in prior fiscal years, none of the funds 
     appropriated or otherwise made available by this or any other 
     Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel 
     to carry out the provisions of section 401 of Public Law 105-
     185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems 
     (7 U.S.C. 7621).
       Sec. 719. 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 2006 
     appropriations Act.
       Sec. 720. None of the funds made available by this or any 
     other Act may be used to close or relocate a State Rural 
     Development office unless or until cost effectiveness and 
     enhancement of program delivery have been determined.
       Sec. 721. In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated or 
     made available by this Act, $2,500,000 is appropriated for 
     the purpose of providing Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland 
     Hunger Fellowships, through the Congressional Hunger Center.
       Sec. 722. Hereafter, notwithstanding section 412 of the 
     Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 
     U.S.C. 1736f), any balances available to carry out title III 
     of such Act as of the date of enactment of this Act, and any 
     recoveries and reimbursements that become available to carry 
     out title III of such Act, may be used to carry out title II 
     of such Act.
       Sec. 723. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and 
     Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by 
     striking ``$27,998,000'' and inserting ``$29,998,000''.
       Sec. 724. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010, the 
     Secretary of Agriculture shall consider the City of Butte/
     Silverbow, Montana and the designated Census track areas for 
     the Upper Kanawha Valley Enterprise Community, rural areas 
     for purposes of eligibility for rural development programs.
       Sec. 725. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial 
     and technical assistance through the Watershed and Flood 
     Prevention Operations program for the Matanuska River erosion 
     control project in Alaska, Little Otter Creek project in 
     Missouri, the Manoa Watershed project in Hawaii, the West 
     Tarkio project in Iowa, and the Coal Creek project in Utah.
       Sec. 726. Hereafter, none of the funds made available in 
     this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
     instrumentality of the United States Government, except 
     pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 
     provided in, this or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
     the funds made available in this Act for competitive research 
     grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), the Secretary may use up to 20 
     percent of the amount provided to carry out a competitive 
     grants program under the same terms and conditions as those 
     provided in section 401 of the Agricultural Research, 
     Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7621).
       Sec. 728. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out section 14(h)(1) of the 
     Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
     1012(h)(1)).
       Sec. 729. None of the funds made available to the Food and 
     Drug Administration by this Act shall be used to close or 
     relocate, or to plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug 
     Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. 
     Louis, Missouri, outside the city or county limits of St. 
     Louis, Missouri.
       Sec. 730. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out subtitle I of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009dd 
     through dd-7).
       Sec. 731. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Department 
     of Agriculture may utilize any unobligated salaries and 
     expenses funds to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel 
     for salaries and expenses of personnel, and for other related 
     expenses, incurred in representing such agencies and offices 
     in the resolution of complaints by employees or applicants 
     for employment, and in cases and other matters pending before 
     the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Federal 
     Labor Relations Authority, or the Merit Systems Protection 
     Board with the prior approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
       Sec. 732. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and 
     expenses of personnel to carry out section 6405 of Public Law 
     107-171 (7 U.S.C. 2655).
       Sec. 733. Hereafter, the Agricultural Marketing Service and 
     the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, 
     that have statutory authority to purchase interest bearing 
     investments outside of the Treasury, are not required to 
     establish obligations and outlays for

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     those investments, provided those investments are insured by 
     the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or are 
     collateralized at the Federal Reserve with securities 
     approved by the Federal Reserve, operating under the 
     guidelines of the United States Department of the Treasury.
       Sec. 734. 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 enroll in excess of 
     150,000 acres in the calendar year 2006 wetlands reserve 
     program as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 3837.
       Sec. 735. 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 who 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 
     $1,017,000,000.
       Sec. 736. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the $23,000,000 
     made available by section 9006(f) of the Farm Security and 
     Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106(f)).
       Sec. 737. With the exception of funds provided in fiscal 
     year 2003, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the $50,000,000 
     made available by section 601(j)(1)(A) of the Rural 
     Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)).
       Sec. 738. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 
     2006 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. 739. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay the 
     salaries and expenses of personnel to expend the $120,000,000 
     made available by section 6401(a) of Public Law 107-171.
       Sec. 740. 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. 741. 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 section 2502 
     of Public Law 107-171 in excess of $47,000,000.
       Sec. 742. Of the unobligated balances available in the 
     Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
     and Children reserve account, $32,000,000 is hereby 
     rescinded.
       Sec. 743. Not more than $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 of 
     the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this or 
     any other Act shall be used to carry out section 6029 of 
     Public Law 107-171.
       Sec. 744. 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 a ground and 
     surface water conservation program authorized by section 2301 
     of Public Law 107-171 in excess of $51,000,000.
       Sec. 745. 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. 746. 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. 747. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Agriculture may use appropriations 
     available to the Secretary for activities authorized under 
     sections 426-426c of title 7, United States Code, under this 
     or any other Act, to enter into cooperative agreements, with 
     a State, political subdivision, or agency thereof, a public 
     or private agency, organization, or any other person, to 
     lease aircraft if the Secretary determines that the 
     objectives of the agreement will: (1) serve a mutual interest 
     of the parties to the agreement in carrying out the programs 
     administered by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
     Service, Wildlife Services; and (2) all parties will 
     contribute resources to the accomplishment of these 
     objectives; award of a cooperative agreement authorized by 
     the Secretary may be made for an initial term not to exceed 5 
     years.
       Sec. 748. 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 section 9010 
     of Public Law 107-171 in excess of $60,000,000.
       Sec. 749. Hereafter, agencies and offices of the Department 
     of Agriculture may utilize any available discretionary funds 
     to cover the costs of preparing, or contracting for the 
     preparation of, final agency decisions regarding complaints 
     of discrimination in employment or program activities arising 
     within such agencies and offices.
       Sec. 750. 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 
     cover obligations made in the current fiscal year, and are 
     not available for new obligations.
       Sec. 751. There is hereby appropriated $1,500,000, 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. 752. Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       (1)(A) the Alaska Department of Community and Economic 
     Development shall be eligible to receive a water and waste 
     disposal grant under section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm 
     and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)) in an amount 
     that is equal to not more than 75 percent of the total cost 
     of providing water and sewer service to the proposed hospital 
     in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska; and
       (B) the Alaska Department of Community and Economic 
     Development shall be allowed to pass the grant funds through 
     to the local government entity that will provide water and 
     sewer service to the hospital;
       (2) or any percentage of cost limitation in current law or 
     regulations, the construction projects known as the Tri-
     Valley Community Center addition in Healy, Alaska; the Cold 
     Climate Housing Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska; and the 
     University of Alaska-Fairbanks Allied Health Learning Center 
     skill labs/classrooms shall be eligible to receive Community 
     Facilities grants in amounts that are equal to not more than 
     75 percent of the total facility costs: Provided, That for 
     the purposes of this paragraph, the Cold Climate Housing 
     Research Center is designated an ``essential community 
     facility'' for rural Alaska;
       (3) for any fiscal year and hereafter, in the case of a 
     high cost isolated rural area in Alaska that is not connected 
     to a road system, the maximum level for the single family 
     housing assistance shall be 150 percent of the median 
     household income level in the nonmetropolitan areas of the 
     State and 115 percent of all other eligible areas of the 
     State;
       (4)(A) the Natural Resources Conservation Service shall 
     provide financial and technical assistance through the 
     Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations program to carry 
     out the East Locust Creek Watershed Plan Revision in 
     Missouri; and
       (B) the Natural Resources Conservation Service is 
     authorized to provide 100 percent of the engineering 
     assistance and 75 percent cost share for construction cost of 
     the project; and
       (5) 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. 753. Hereafter, notwithstanding the provisions of the 
     Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (including the 
     associated regulations) governing the Community Facilities 
     Program, the Secretary may allow all Community Facility 
     Program facility borrowers and grantees to enter into 
     contracts with not-for-profit third parties for services 
     consistent with the requirements of the Program, grant, and/
     or loan: Provided, That the contracts protect the interests 
     of the Government regarding cost, liability, maintenance, and 
     administrative fees.
       Sec. 754. Hereafter, 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. 755. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
     used for salaries and expenses to carry out any regulation or 
     rule insofar as it would make ineligible for enrollment in 
     the conservation reserve program established under subchapter 
     B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) land that is 
     planted to hardwood trees as of the date of enactment of this 
     Act and was enrolled in the conservation reserve program 
     under a contract that expired prior to calendar year 2002.
       Sec. 756. None of the funds made available under this Act 
     shall be available to pay the administrative expenses of a 
     State agency that, after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     authorizes any new for-profit vendor(s) to transact food 
     instruments under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program 
     for Women, Infants, and Children if it is expected that more 
     than 50 percent of the annual revenue of the vendor from the 
     sale of food items will be derived from the sale of 
     supplemental foods that are obtained with WIC food 
     instruments, except that the Secretary may approve the 
     authorization of such a vendor if the approval is necessary 
     to assure participant access to program benefits.
       Sec. 757. The Secretary of Agriculture may use any 
     unobligated carryover funds made available for any program 
     administered by the Rural Utilities Service (not including 
     funds made available under the heading ``Rural Community 
     Advancement Program'' in any Act of appropriation) to carry 
     out section 315 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
     U.S.C. 940e).
       Sec. 758. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, to carry out provisions of 
     section 751 of division A of Public Law 108-7.

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       Sec. 759. There is hereby appropriated $500,000 for a grant 
     to Alaska Village Initiatives for the purpose of 
     administering a private lands wildlife management program in 
     Alaska.
       Sec. 760. There is hereby appropriated $2,250,000, to 
     remain available until expended, for a grant to the Wisconsin 
     Federation of Cooperatives for pilot Wisconsin-Minnesota 
     health care cooperative purchasing alliances.
       Sec. 761. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, effective with funds made available in fiscal year 2004 
     to States administering the Child and Adult Care Food 
     Program, for the purpose of conducting audits of 
     participating institutions, funds identified by the Secretary 
     as having been unused during the initial fiscal year of 
     availability may be recovered and reallocated by the 
     Secretary: Provided, That States may use the reallocated 
     funds until expended for the purpose of conducting audits of 
     participating institutions.
       Sec. 762. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and 
     directed to quitclaim to the City of Elkhart, Kansas, all 
     rights, title and interests of the United States in that 
     tract of land comprising 151.7 acres, more or less, located 
     in Morton County, Kansas, and more specifically described in 
     a deed dated March 11, 1958, from the United States of 
     America to the City of Elkhart, State of Kansas, and filed of 
     record April 4, 1958 at Book 34 at Page 520 in the office of 
     the Register of Deeds of Morton County, Kansas.
       Sec. 763. There is hereby appropriated $5,000,000 to carry 
     out the Healthy Forests Reserve Program authorized under 
     Title V of Public Law 108-148 (16 U.S.C. 6571-6578).
       Sec. 764. 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. 765. 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 a Biomass 
     Research and Development Program in excess of $12,000,000, as 
     authorized by Public Law 106-224 (7 U.S.C. 7624 note).
       Sec. 766. (a) In General.--Subject to the limitations in 
     this section and the provisions of the Federal Credit Reform 
     Act of 1990, as amended, a borrower of a loan made by the 
     Federal Financing Bank and guaranteed under this Act may 
     request an extension of the final maturity of the outstanding 
     principal balance of such loan or any loan advance 
     thereunder. If the Secretary and the Federal Financing Bank 
     approve such an extension, then the period of the existing 
     guarantee shall also be considered extended.
       (b) Limitations.--
       (1) Feasibility and security.--Extensions under this 
     section shall not be made unless the Secretary first finds 
     and certifies that, after giving effect to the extension, in 
     his judgment the security for all loans to the borrower made 
     or guaranteed under this Act is reasonably adequate and that 
     all such loans will be repaid within the time agreed.
       (2) Extension of useful life of collateral.--Extensions 
     under this section shall not be granted unless the borrower 
     first submits with its request either--
       (A) Evidence satisfactory to the Secretary that a Federal 
     or State agency with jurisdiction and expertise has made an 
     official determination, such as through a licensing 
     proceeding, extending the useful life of a generating plant 
     or transmission line pledged as collateral to or beyond the 
     new final maturity date being requested by the borrower, or
       (B) A certificate from an independent licensed engineer 
     concluding, on the basis of a thorough engineering analysis 
     satisfactory to the Secretary, that the useful life of the 
     generating plant or transmission line pledged as collateral 
     extends to or beyond the new final maturity date being 
     requested by the borrower.
       (3) Amount eligible for extension.--Extensions under this 
     section shall not be granted if the principal balance 
     extended exceeds the appraised value of the generating plant 
     or transmission line referred to in subsection (2).
       (4) Period of extension.--Extensions under this section 
     shall in no case result in a final maturity greater than 55 
     years from the time of original disbursement and shall in no 
     case result in a final maturity greater than the useful life 
     of the plant.
       (5) Number of extensions.--Extensions under this section 
     shall not be granted more than once per loan advance.
       (c) Fees.--
       (1) In general.--A borrower that receives an extension 
     under this section shall pay a fee to the Secretary which 
     shall be credited to the Rural Electrification and 
     Telecommunications Loans Program account. Such fees shall 
     remain available without fiscal year limitation to pay the 
     modification costs for extensions.
       (2) Amount.--The amount of the fee paid shall be equal to 
     the modification cost, calculated in accordance with section 
     502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, of 
     such extension.
       (3) Payment.--The borrower shall pay the fee required under 
     this section at the time the existing guarantee is extended 
     by making a payment in the amount of the required fee.
       Sec. 767. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to 
     provide for consistent regulation of consumer contact lenses, 
     no funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used in 
     this and each fiscal year hereafter for the approval for sale 
     in the United States of any contact lens produced by a 
     manufacturer unless that manufacturer certifies that it does 
     not discriminate in the distribution of, or restrict consumer 
     access to, any contact lenses it produces, markets, 
     distributes, or sells, and makes any such lenses available in 
     a commercially reasonable and non-discriminatory manner 
     directly to and generally within all alternative channels of 
     distribution: Provided, That for the purposes of this 
     section, the term ``alternative channels of distribution'' 
     means any mail order company, Internet retailer, pharmacy, 
     buying club, department store, mass merchandise outlet or 
     other distribution alternative without regard to whether it 
     is associated with a prescriber, and the term 
     ``manufacturer'' means the manufacturer and its parents, 
     subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns.
       Sec. 768. (a) In General.--Hereafter, the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services, on behalf of the United States 
     may, whenever the Secretary deems desirable, relinquish to 
     the State of Arkansas all or part of the jurisdiction of the 
     United States over the lands and properties encompassing the 
     Jefferson Labs campus in the State of Arkansas that are under 
     the supervision or control of the Secretary.
       (b) Terms.--Relinquishment of jurisdiction under this 
     section may be accomplished, under terms and conditions that 
     the Secretary deems advisable,
       (1) by filing with the Governor of the State of Arkansas a 
     notice of relinquishment to take effect upon acceptance 
     thereof; or
       (2) as the laws of such State may otherwise provide.
       (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Jefferson Labs 
     campus'' means the lands and properties of the National 
     Center for Toxicological Research and the Arkansas Regional 
     Laboratory.
       Sec. 769. Section 204(b)(3)(A) of the Child Nutrition and 
     WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (118 Stat. 781; 42 U.S.C. 
     1751 note) is amended by striking ``July 1, 2006'' and 
     inserting ``October 1, 2005''.
       Sec. 770. (a) Section 18(f)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(f)(1)(B)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``April 2004'' and inserting ``June 2005''; 
     and
       (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``66.67'' and inserting 
     ``75''.
       (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on 
     January 1, 2006.
       Sec. 771. There is hereby appropriated $1,250,000 to the 
     National Agricultural Imagery Program to acquire one meter 
     natural color digital ortho-imagery of the entire state of 
     Utah.
       Sec. 772. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for 
     eligibility to participate in the Environmental Quality 
     Incentives Program (EQIP), a producer is deemed to have an 
     interest in a farming or ranching operation whether the 
     source of income for that operation is derived from crops or 
     livestock owned by that producer, or owned by another and 
     raised by that producer.
       Sec. 773. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     retire more than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural 
     Telephone Bank, except in the event of liquidation or 
     dissolution of the telephone bank during fiscal year 2006, 
     pursuant to section 411 of the Rural Electrification Act of 
     1936, as amended, or to maintain any account or subaccount 
     within the accounting records of the Rural Telephone Bank the 
     creation of which has not specifically been authorized by 
     statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury 
     or to the Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of 
     the Rural Telephone Bank telephone liquidating account which 
     is in excess of current requirements and such balance shall 
     receive interest as set forth for financial accounts in 
     section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990.
       Sec. 774. There is hereby appropriated $2,000,000 to carry 
     out Section 120 of Public Law 108-265 in Utah and Wisconsin.
       Sec. 775. There is hereby appropriated $700,000 to provide 
     administrative support for a world food hunger organization: 
     Provided, That none of the funds may be used for a monetary 
     award to an individual.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural 
     Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
     Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.
  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that all after 
the enacting clause be stricken; that the text of H.R. 2744, Calendar 
No. 141, the Senate committee-reported bill, be inserted in lieu 
thereof, considered as original text for the purpose of further 
amendments, and that no points of order be waived by reason of this 
agreement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. That order has been entered.
  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I am pleased to bring before the Senate 
for myself and the ranking member of the subcommittee, Senator Kohl, 
the fiscal year 2006 appropriations bill for Agriculture, Rural 
Development and related agencies. This bill contains the funding for 
the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It also sets a limitation on 
the funding for the Farm Credit Administration, although no 
appropriated funds are provided for that agency.
  The bill is at our 302(B) budget authority allocation of $17.348 
billion, and it is within our outlay allocation of $18.816 billion. It 
is the product of more than 7 months' examination of the 
administration's budget proposal and

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many requests from Senators and other stakeholders. It was approved 
unanimously by the subcommittee and the full committee and is the 
product of a completely bipartisan effort with contributions from 
Senators on both sides of the aisle.
  Since I have been the chairman of this subcommittee, I have had the 
pleasure of working with Senator Kohl and his excellent staff and have 
learned a great deal from that experience. For the record, I thank them 
for the excellent and professional way in which they have helped us 
craft this bill. This is truly a bipartisan effort. There has been a 
minimum of difficulty and bickering. This is a tribute to Senator Kohl 
and the staff he has assembled on his side, as well as the staff that 
made themselves available to me. I express my gratitude to him and to 
all of the staffers involved; also, the members of the subcommittee and 
the full committee who have cooperated with us in producing the 
unanimous report at both levels.
  We commonly refer to this as simply the ``Ag appropriations bill,'' 
but it has a much wider impact on American citizens than just 
agriculture. The largest portion of the funding in this bill, whether 
discretionary or mandatory, goes to nutrition and feeding programs for 
mothers and children both in low-income groups and in senior citizens. 
We often think of the Agriculture appropriations bill entirely in terms 
of farmers, so I wish to make the point that this bill funds the 
feeding and nutrition program for those I have described.
  It is also a consumer protection bill for food, drugs, and medical 
devices. It is an export promotion bill for our farmers and food 
manufacturers. It is a conservation and natural resources bill, and it 
is a bill to promote the economic development of rural America.
  The budget authority allocation is $516 million more than last year's 
level, which sounds good if one is looking for more spending. Last 
year, we had a $406 million one-time saving that is not available this 
year. So when one nets those two numbers out, this bill is virtually 
identical to the previous allocation.
  Also, we should note that the administration budget proposes $177 
million in user fees contingent on authorization, which was sent to the 
authorizing committee only 3 weeks ago and has not been considered. So 
those user fees also reduce the total amount of the bill. That is why I 
say in general terms, this bill is level funding of the previous year.
  I should point out that the previous year was below the year before 
that. So at least as far as this subcommittee of the Appropriations 
Committee is concerned, we are not expanding the Federal budget or 
adding to the deficit by increasing every year. We are either going 
down or, at best, holding steady.
  We do thank Chairman Cochran for the allocation that gives us the 
$516 million more than that I talked about. Because of the other 
factors I have described, it is absolutely essential to keep us 
effectively holding steady.
  At this time when we are concerned about homeland security, I will 
outline the homeland security increases that are in this bill. There is 
$10 million for the National Agricultural Pest Information Systems; 
provides $166.5 million for food defense activities at FDA. This is an 
increase of $16.6 million over fiscal year 2005. In addition, the 
committee continues to fund FDA counterterrorism activities related to 
medical product countermeasures at $57.2 million.
  We provide $13 million for the Food Emergency Response Network in 
USDA and FDA to integrate the Nation's food testing laboratories for 
the detection of threat agents in food at the local, State, and Federal 
levels. We fund the completion of the National Animal Disease Center. 
Those are the increases in the funding levels for terrorism.

  Food safety, we have an increase of $36.2 million, and this includes 
full funding for food inspection, BSE surveillance--BSE is the more 
appropriate name for what the press calls mad cow disease--as well as 
humane slaughter. As far as animal health programs are concerned, we 
provide full funding for BSE surveillance and an increase for the 
detection of low pathogenic avian influenza.
  In the area of the research and education program, there is $1.167 
billion to support research, education, and extension activities at 
America's land grant colleges and universities. We have learned that is 
the backbone of research in agriculture, and that is why we continue to 
fund that particular area. We also fund 1890 institutions--those are 
the historically Black land grant colleges--as well as tribal colleges 
and schools of forestry.
  There is approximately $1.1 billion for the Agricultural Research 
Service, adding money for research in animal diseases, human nutrition, 
and food safety. Then there is $59 million to complete funding for the 
National Animal Disease Center located in Ames, IA. This is a project 
that we have been involved in for some years, and with this 
appropriation it will finally be completed.
  For the farm assistance programs, there is $3.7 billion for farm 
loans; conservation programs, $963 million for conservation and 
watershed activities; and in the area of rural development, we have 
$454 million for water and waste water grants; $5 billion for low-
income housing; over $1 billion in loans and grants for small rural 
businesses; $6.2 billion for rural electrification and 
telecommunications loans; and $550 million for broadband loans.
  In the area of domestic food programs, WIC funding, Women and Infant 
Children, $5.257 billion; and for food stamps, $40.7 billion. These are 
very large numbers. This is the area I spoke of earlier where the bulk 
of the appropriations go, and for those who are concerned about these 
areas of nutrition for people in need, both funding levels provided 
will meet the expected caseload.
  Foreign assistance, we have $147.868 million; PL-480 title II funds, 
$1.150 billion; and the McGovern-Dole program, $100 million.
  Now let us turn for just a moment to the Food and Drug 
Administration: FDA, $1.841 billion; the medical device review is 
getting $7.8 million above fiscal year 2005; counterterrorism food 
safety, $16.6 million above fiscal year 2005; and drug safety, $5 
million above fiscal year 2005.
  With respect to the limitations on mandatory programs where we have 
looked for savings, we have two goals: one, to do no serious harm and, 
No. 2, in whatever limitations are there, that they be fair. We believe 
we have met both of those goals.
  This was the work of the subcommittee and the full committee in the 
normal course of events, and then, of course, Katrina came along. So I 
think it is appropriate that we make some comments about what may or 
may not be in this bill with respect to the hurricane disaster in the 
southern part of the United States.
  This bill does not have provisions directly tied to that disaster, 
having been written before the disaster came along, but it does provide 
much of the resources USDA will need to help the victims of that 
disaster, resources that were built into the normal course of events. 
There is money for food stamps, WIC, and food safety, as I have 
described. There is conservation recovery and rural housing, as I have 
described. Many of the people who were hurt, particularly I believe in 
Mississippi, are going to be facing rural housing challenges. USDA can 
continue its very commendable efforts to assist those in need with the 
existing authorities as it has with the funds provided in this bill.

  The States affected by Hurricane Katrina are all major beneficiaries 
of these programs. For that reason, I urge my colleagues to help us get 
this bill passed by the Senate as soon as possible. We should not deal 
with all of Katrina with supplemental funds when there are funds in the 
pipeline in the normal fashion that can be of assistance.
  We have had a number of requests from Senators on both sides of the 
aisle regarding matters that came up after this bill was passed by the 
Appropriations Committee back in June. I and my staff and Senator Kohl 
and his staff are working on a managers' amendment to address these 
requests, and I will be offering that amendment later during the 
consideration of this bill.
  I appreciate the attention of the Senate to this outline of where we 
are.


                           Amendment No. 1726

  I send an amendment to the desk on behalf of myself and Senator Kohl.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Utah [Mr. Bennett], for himself and Mr. 
     Kohl, proposes an amendment numbered 1726.

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading 
of the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 154, line 20, after ``Iowa,'', insert the 
     following:
       ``the Steeple Run and West Branch DuPage River Watershed 
     projects in DuPage County, Illinois,''
       On page 167, line 22, strike ``(a)'' through and including 
     ``required fee.'' on page 170, line 11, and insert the 
     following:
       ``The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 is amended by 
     inserting after section 315 (7 U.S.C. 940e) the following:

     ``SEC. 316. EXTENSION OF PERIOD OF EXISTING GUARANTEE.

       ``(a) In General.--Subject to the limitations in this 
     section and the provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act 
     of 1990, as amended, a borrower of a loan made by the Federal 
     Financing Bank and guaranteed under this Act may request an 
     extension of the final maturity of the outstanding principal 
     balance of such loan or any loan advance thereunder. If the 
     Secretary and the Federal Financing Bank approve such an 
     extension, then the period of the existing guarantee shall 
     also be considered extended.
       ``(b) Limitations.--
       ``(1) Feasibility and Security.--Extensions under this 
     section shall not be made unless the Secretary first finds 
     and certifies that, after giving effect to the extension, in 
     his judgment the security for all loans to the borrower made 
     or guaranteed under this Act is reasonably adequate and that 
     all such loans will be repaid within the time agreed.
       ``(2) Extension of Useful Life of Collateral.--Extensions 
     under this section shall not be granted unless the borrower 
     first submits with its request either--
       ``(A) evidence satisfactory to the Secretary that a Federal 
     or State agency with jurisdiction and expertise has made an 
     official determination, such as through a licensing 
     proceeding, extending the useful life of a generating plant 
     or transmission line pledged as collateral to or beyond the 
     new final maturity date being requested by the borrower, or
       ``(B) a certificate from an independent licensed engineer 
     concluding, on the basis of a thorough engineering analysis 
     satisfactory to the Secretary, that the useful life of the 
     generating plant or transmission line pledged as collateral 
     extends to or beyond the new final maturity date being 
     requested by the borrower.
       ``(3) Amount Eligible For Extension.--Extensions under this 
     section shall not be granted if the principal balance 
     extended exceeds the appraised value of the generating plant 
     or transmission line referred to in subsection paragraph (2).
       ``(4) Period of Extension.--Extensions under this section 
     shall in no case result in a final maturity greater than 55 
     years from the time of original disbursement and shall in no 
     case result in a final maturity greater than the useful life 
     of the plant.
       ``(5) Number of Extensions.--Extensions under this section 
     shall not be granted more than once per loan advance.
       ``(c) Fees.--
       ``(1) In General.--A borrower that receives an extension 
     under this section shall pay a fee to the Secretary which 
     shall be credited to the Rural Electrification and 
     Telecommunications Loans Program account. Such fees shall 
     remain available without fiscal year limitation to pay the 
     modification costs for extensions.
       ``(2) Amount.--The amount of the fee paid shall be equal to 
     the modification cost, calculated in accordance with section 
     502 of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, as amended, of 
     such extension.
       ``(3) Payment.--The borrower shall pay the fee required 
     under this section at the time the existing guarantee is 
     extended by making a payment in the amount of the required 
     fee.''.
  Mr. BENNETT. I am happy to yield to my ranking member, good friend, 
and full partner, Senator Kohl.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wisconsin.
  Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, I rise today in support of the fiscal year 
2006 appropriations bill for Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies. This year, the Agriculture Subcommittee received a 
budget allocation of $17.3 billion, the first budget increase in 
several years. Along with our increased allocation, however, came 
increased spending requirements and critical priorities that, in the 
end, left us with essentially the same funding level as last year. 
Thanks in no small part to the hard work of Senator Bennett and his 
staff, I believe we have put together a bill that all Senators should 
be able to support without hesitation.
  Before I discuss the bill at hand, however, I believe we would be 
remiss to not express our deepest sympathies to all of those affected 
by Hurricane Katrina. It seems almost unfair to plan for a year ahead, 
knowing there are people still trying to figure out their next hours 
and days. We are aware that so much remains to be done to help these 
people, and while we do not include funding for specific items related 
to that disaster in this bill, we are working with USDA to ensure that 
immediate help in the form of food and housing is being provided, and 
will work to make sure that when a disaster supplemental is passed, all 
possible help that can be provided by the USDA and FDA will most 
certainly be included.
  In the bill at hand, however, here are a few of the highlights.
  With the recent discovery--the first of its kinds--of BSE resulting 
from a cow born in the United States, it is important to note that this 
bill fully funds the President's request for all mad cow disease 
prevention and detection activities within the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service, the Food Safety and Inspection Service, and the 
Food and Drug Administration. This will allow USDA and FDA to continue 
enhanced inspections of cattle, and to work to ensure the continued 
prevention of BSE in this country.
  Not to diminish the other important work of keeping our food and drug 
supply safe done by those agencies, I would like to point out that the 
Food Safety and Inspection Service received an increase of nearly $20 
million above last year's level, which will provide for 7,690 food 
safety inspectors. The Food and Drug Administration received an 
increase of nearly $35 million, including nearly $17 million for 
counterterrorism activities, nearly $8 million for increased medical 
device review, and $5 million for increased drug safety activities.
  The importance of the conservation and watershed programs cannot be 
overstated, especially in light of recent events. This bill provides 
$963 million for the Natural Resources Conservation Service; $820 
million for conservation operations, $5 million for watershed surveys 
and planning; $60 million for watershed and flood prevention programs; 
$27 million for the watershed rehabilitation program, and $51 million 
for resource conservation and development.
  In rural development, the bill provides adequate funding for programs 
to meet priority needs for rural communities including business 
development, water and waste assistance, affordable rural housing, 
electric, telephone and broadband connections, and essential community 
facilities. The bill also provides a safety net to preserve rural 
multi-family housing and prevent low-income rural residents from being 
displaced from Government financed rental housing projects due to 
recent market and legal developments.
  For the WIC Program, the bill provides $5.25 billion, an increase of 
nearly $22 million from last year's level. Although this amount is less 
than what the administration originally requested, changes in 
participation and food cost estimates allowed these savings, and the 
amount provided ensures full access to this program using the most up-
to-date estimates. This funding level is supported by the 
administration, as well as noted hunger advocacy groups, all of whom 
have worked with the committee in determining the proper and adequate 
WIC funding level. This amount includes a contingency reserve of $125 
million, $20 million for improved computer systems, and $15 million for 
breastfeeding support activities. Further, we did not include the 
President's proposals to limit Medicaid eligibility restrictions, nor 
lower the cap on nutrition services administrative funding. All other 
nutrition programs were funded at or above the President's request 
level, including $40.7 billion for food stamps, $12.4 billion for child 
nutrition programs, nearly $109 million for the Commodity Supplemental 
Food Program, and $140,000,000 for The Emergency Food Assistance 
Program.
  This bill also does not neglect our responsibilities to help other 
countries. The Foreign Agricultural Service received an increase of $11 
million this year. The PL-480 program, which supplies U.S. commodities 
to fight hunger in other countries, is funded at $1.15 billion, and the 
committee did not accept the administration's proposal to shift some of 
these funds to USAID.

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The McGovern-Dole program, which provides food for impoverished 
schoolchildren in other countries, receives $100 million.
  Overall, as I have previously stated, we were able to do everything 
that everyone wanted us to do. However, I think that Senator Bennett 
has done a good job in making sure that this bill addresses the most 
important needs that we have. I would like to thank him again, as well 
as Jon Ziolkowski, Fitz Elder, Hunter Moorhead, Dianne Preece, and 
Stacy McBride on his staff for their hard work and dedication. They 
exhibited professionalism and a strong work ethic throughout this 
entire process, and worked seamlessly with my staff, for which I am 
also thankful.
  I strongly support this bill, and I encourage all Senators to vote in 
favor of it.
  I look forward to debating and passing this bill on the Senate floor 
and moving one step further toward providing USDA and FDA funds for 
fiscal year 2006 in the regular order. I encourage all Senators with 
amendments to this bill to file them early and to work with Senator 
Bennett and myself and our staffs to deal with any and all amendments 
that come up.
  I yield the floor.
  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask further proceedings under the 
quorum call be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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