S.2803 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005108th Congress (2003-2004)
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Hide Overview| Sponsor: | Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] (Introduced 09/14/2004) |
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| Committees: | Senate - Appropriations |
| Committee Reports: | S. Rept. 108-340 |
| Latest Action: | Senate - 09/14/2004 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 694. (All Actions) |
| Notes: | Agriculture appropriations are Division A in the H.R. 4818 conference report. H.R. 4818, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, became Public Law 108-447 on 12/8/2004. |
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Placed on Calendar Senate (09/14/2004)
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
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Calendar No. 694
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2803
[Report No. 108-340]
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 14, 2004
Mr. Bennett, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the
calendar
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A BILL
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
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, 2005, 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, $5,124,000: 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),
$9,817,000.
national appeals division
For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division,
$14,154,000.
office of budget and program analysis
For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, $8,128,000.
homeland security staff
For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security Staff, $1,000,000.
Office of the Chief Information Officer
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information
Officer, $17,595,000.
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, $125,585,000, 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, $5,742,000: 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 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, $819,000.
Office of Civil Rights
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $20,347,000.
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Administration, $682,000.
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, $170,870,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That not to exceed 5 percent of 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 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.), $15,532,000, 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, $22,626,000, 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, $3,852,000: 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, $9,365,000: 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,
$78,289,000, 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,
$36,236,000.
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,
$605,000.
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,
$75,268,000.
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,
$130,299,000, of which up to $22,405,000 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, $1,090,261,000: Provided, That appropriations hereunder
shall be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft and
the purchase of not to exceed one for replacement only: Provided
further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7
U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair of buildings
and improvements, but unless otherwise provided, the cost of
constructing any one building shall not exceed $375,000, except for
headhouses or greenhouses which shall each be limited to $1,200,000,
and except for 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not
to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one building
during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the current
replacement value of the building or $375,000, whichever is greater:
Provided further, That the limitations on alterations contained in this
Act shall not apply to modernization or replacement of existing
facilities at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That
appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting easements at
the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided further, That the
foregoing limitations shall not apply to replacement of buildings
needed to carry out the Act of April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a):
Provided further, That funds may be received from any State, other
political subdivision, organization, or individual for the purpose of
establishing or operating any research facility or research project of
the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized by law: Provided
further, That all rights and title of the United States in the 1.0664-
acre parcel of land including improvements, as recorded at Book 1320,
Page 253, records of Larimer County, State of Colorado, shall be
conveyed to the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University for
the benefit of Colorado State University.
None of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be
available to carry out research related to the production, processing
or marketing of tobacco or tobacco products.
buildings and facilities
For acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement,
extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as
necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the
Department of Agriculture, where not otherwise provided, $172,838,000,
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,
$628,492,000, as follows: to carry out the provisions of the Hatch Act
of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a-i), $180,148,000; for grants for cooperative
forestry research (16 U.S.C. 582a through a-7), $23,000,000; for
payments to the 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University
and West Virginia State University (7 U.S.C. 3222), $36,000,000, 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)),
$108,731,000; for special grants for agricultural research on improved
pest control (7 U.S.C. 450i(c)), $14,595,000; for competitive research
grants (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)), $183,000,000; for the support of animal
health and disease programs (7 U.S.C. 3195), $5,098,000; for
supplemental and alternative crops and products (7 U.S.C. 3319d),
$840,000; for grants for research pursuant to the Critical Agricultural
Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178 et seq.), $1,111,000, 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), $1,087,000, 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)), $2,883,000,
to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for higher
education challenge grants (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1)), $4,859,000; 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), $4,645,000; for noncompetitive grants for the purpose of
carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3242 (section 759 of Public Law
106-78) to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible
institutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded equally to
each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, $3,500,000; for a secondary
agriculture education program and 2-year post-secondary education (7
U.S.C. 3152(j)), $890,000; for aquaculture grants (7 U.S.C. 3322),
$4,000,000; for sustainable agriculture research and education (7
U.S.C. 5811), $12,222,000; 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, $11,411,000, to remain
available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 1994
Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public Law 103-382,
$1,689,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and Education
Activities, $26,785,000.
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.
extension activities
For payments to States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, Northern Marianas, and American
Samoa, $443,061,000, 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,
$277,742,000; payments for extension work at the 1994 Institutions
under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $2,929,000; payments
for the nutrition and family education program for low-income areas
under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,000,000; payments for the pest
management program under section 3(d) of the Act, $9,563,000; payments
for the farm safety program under section 3(d) of the Act, $4,174,000;
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), $14,912,000, to remain available until
expended; payments for youth-at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the
Smith-Lever Act, $7,538,000; 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.), $4,093,000; payments for Indian reservation agents under
section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever Act, $1,774,000; payments for
sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the Act,
$4,333,000; payments for rural health and safety education as
authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 92-419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)),
$1,981,000; 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,
$32,117,000, 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, $2,667,000; and for necessary expenses
of Extension Activities, $20,794,000.
integrated activities
For the integrated research, education, and extension grants
programs, including necessary administrative expenses, $57,242,000, 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), $39,558,000, including $11,530,000 for the water
quality program, $13,305,000 for the food safety program, $4,028,000
for the regional pest management centers program, $4,345,000 for the
Food Quality Protection Act risk mitigation program for major food crop
systems, $1,330,000 for the crops affected by Food Quality Protection
Act implementation, $3,131,000 for the methyl bromide transition
program, and $1,889,000 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, $895,000; for grants programs authorized
under section 2(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 89-106, as amended, $1,789,000,
including $444,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006 for
the critical issues program, and $1,345,000 for the regional rural
development centers program; and $15,000,000 for the homeland security
program authorized under section 1484 of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching Act of 1977, to remain available
until September 30, 2006.
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, 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; $733,000.
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, $786,866,000, of which
$4,119,000 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
$47,500,000 shall be used for the boll weevil eradication program for
cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication
zones; of which $33,197,000 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:
Provided further, That no funds shall be used to implement a national
animal identification system prior to notification to the Committees on
Appropriations and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry in the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture in the House of
Representatives which shall include a detailed explanation of the
components of such system.
In fiscal year 2005, 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, $4,967,000, 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, $78,198,000, 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, of which not less than $2,500,000
shall be for the development of a web-based supply chain management
system: 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 $64,459,000 (from fees collected) shall be obligated
during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses: Provided,
That if crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events
occur, the agency may exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress.
funds for strengthening markets, income, and supply (section 32)
(including transfers of funds)
Funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7
U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for commodity program expenses as
authorized therein, and other related operating expenses, except for:
(1) transfers to the Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish
and Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise provided in
this Act; and (3) not more than $15,800,000 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, $37,299,000: 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, $608,000.
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), $823,757,000, of which no
less than $740,835,000 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 2005 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,
$4,000,000 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 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, $648,000.
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,
$1,004,032,000: 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), $4,000,000.
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, $1,310,000,000, of which $1,100,000,000 shall be for
guaranteed loans and $210,000,000 shall be for direct loans; operating
loans, $1,950,000,000, of which $1,000,000,000 shall be for
unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $300,000,000 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, $17,065,000, of which
$5,830,000 shall be for guaranteed loans, and $11,235,000 shall be for
direct loans; operating loans, $137,815,000, of which $32,300,000 shall
be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, $39,930,000 shall be for
subsidized guaranteed loans, and $65,585,000 shall be for direct loans;
and Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $105,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $301,764,000, of which
$293,764,000 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), $72,044,000: Provided, That not to exceed $1,000 shall be
available for official reception and representation expenses, as
authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i).
CORPORATIONS
The following corporations and agencies are hereby authorized to
make expenditures, within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to each such corporation or agency and in accord with law,
and to make contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation
Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the programs set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for such corporation or
agency, except as hereinafter provided.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund
For payments as authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums as may be necessary, to remain
available until expended.
Commodity Credit Corporation Fund
reimbursement for net realized losses
For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary to
reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses
sustained, but not previously reimbursed, pursuant to section 2 of the
Act of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11).
hazardous waste management
(limitation on expenses)
For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall
not expend more than $5,000,000 for site investigation and cleanup
expenses, and operations and maintenance expenses to comply with the
requirement of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9607(g)), and
section 6001 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C.
6961).
TITLE II
CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to administer the laws
enacted by the Congress for the Forest Service and the Natural
Resources Conservation Service, $758,000.
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,
$845,863,000, to remain available until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b), of
which not less than $12,000,000 is for snow survey and water
forecasting, and not less than $16,000,000 is for operation and
establishment of the plant materials centers, and of which not less
than $23,500,000 shall be for the grazing lands conservation
initiative: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be available
pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and improvement of buildings
and public improvements at plant materials centers, except that the
cost of alterations and improvements to other buildings and other
public improvements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, That
when buildings or other structures are erected on non-Federal land,
that the right to use such land is obtained as provided in 7 U.S.C.
2250a: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for
technical assistance and related expenses to carry out programs
authorized by section 202(c) of title II of the Colorado River Basin
Salinity Control Act of 1974 (43 U.S.C. 1592(c)): Provided further,
That qualified local engineers may be temporarily employed at per diem
rates to perform the technical planning work of the Service: Provided
further, That none of the funds made available under this paragraph by
this or any other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical
assistance with respect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).
watershed surveys and planning
For necessary expenses to conduct research, investigation, and
surveys of watersheds of rivers and other waterways, and for small
watershed investigations and planning, in accordance with the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1009), $7,500,000:
Provided, That none of the funds made available under this paragraph by
this or any other appropriations Act may be used to provide technical
assistance with respect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).
watershed and flood prevention operations
For necessary expenses to carry out preventive measures, including
but not limited to research, engineering operations, methods of
cultivation, the growing of vegetation, rehabilitation of existing
works and changes in use of land, in accordance with the Watershed
Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001-1005 and 1007-
1009), the provisions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f),
and in accordance with the provisions of laws relating to the
activities of the Department, $64,000,000, 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 $24,000,000 of this
appropriation shall be available for technical assistance: Provided
further, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appropriation is
available to carry out the purposes of the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (Public Law 93-205), including cooperative efforts as contemplated
by that Act to relocate endangered or threatened species to other
suitable habitats as may be necessary to expedite project construction:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this
paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act may be used to
provide technical assistance with respect to programs listed in section
1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).
watershed rehabilitation program
For necessary expenses to carry out rehabilitation of structural
measures, in accordance with section 14 of the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), and in accordance with the
provisions of laws relating to the activities of the Department,
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That none of
the funds made available under this paragraph by this or any other
appropriations Act may be used to provide technical assistance with
respect to programs listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)).
resource conservation and development
For necessary expenses in planning and carrying out projects for
resource conservation and development and for sound land use pursuant
to the provisions of sections 31 and 32 of the Bankhead-Jones Farm
Tenant Act (7 U.S.C. 1010-1011; 76 Stat. 607); the Act of April 27,
1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a-f); and subtitle H of title XV of the Agriculture
and Food Act of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3451-3461), $50,760,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds made
available under this paragraph by this or any other appropriations Act
may be used to provide technical assistance with respect to programs
listed in section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3841(a)).
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, $645,000.
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, $733,360,000, to remain available until expended, of which
$85,680,000 shall be for rural community programs described in section
381E(d)(1) of such Act; of which $573,500,000 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 $2,000,000 shall be available for
the rural utilities program described in section 306E of such Act; and
of which $74,180,000 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 $5,000,000 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, $6,500,000 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; $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 the United States/Mexico border, including grants
pursuant to section 306C of such Act; not to exceed $28,000,000 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 $19,000,000
shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water and waste
systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, of which $5,750,000
shall be for Rural Community Assistance Programs and not less than
$800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native American organization
to provide technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal
communities; 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 $22,166,000 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; of which
$1,081,000 shall be for the rural community programs described in
section 381E(d)(1) of such Act, of which $12,582,000 shall be for the
rural utilities programs described in section 381E(d)(2) of such Act,
and of which $8,503,000 shall be for the rural business and cooperative
development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act:
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated for rural community
programs, not to exceed $21,000,000 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 of the amount made available for high energy
cost grants, up to $3,000,000 shall be available to a not-for-profit
consumer-owned cooperative utility provider serving an island community
in a non-contiguous State for the purpose of defraying transaction,
transition, organizational, and other fair and reasonable costs, as
determined by the Secretary, incurred during the period July 1, 1999
through December 31, 2002, and directly related to the successful
acquisition by such provider of the investor-owned electric utility
facilities (including generation, transmission, distribution, and other
related assets) formerly serving ratepayers on the island: Provided
further, That any prior year balances for high cost energy grants
authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7
U.S.C. 901(19)) shall be transferred to and merged with the ``Rural
Utilities Service, High Energy Costs Grants Account''.
Rural Development Salaries and Expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses for carrying out the administration and
implementation of programs in the Rural Development mission area,
including activities with institutions concerning the development and
operation of agricultural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements;
$143,452,000: 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: $3,925,185,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as
determined by the Secretary, of which $1,200,000,000 shall be for
direct loans, and of which $2,725,185,000 shall be for unsubsidized
guaranteed loans; $35,000,000 for section 504 housing repair loans;
$90,000,000 for section 515 rental housing; $85,960,000 for section 538
guaranteed multi-family housing loans; $5,045,000 for section 524 site
loans; $11,501,000 for credit sales of acquired property, of which up
to $1,501,000 may be for multi-family credit sales; and $5,000,000 for
section 523 self-help housing land development loans.
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including the cost of
modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as follows: section 502 loans, $171,960,000, of which
$138,960,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $33,608,000, to
remain available until expended, shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans; section 504 housing repair loans, $10,171,000; section 515
rental housing, $42,381,000; section 538 multi-family housing
guaranteed loans, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended;
multi-family credit sales of acquired property, $727,000: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, $7,100,000
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:
Provided further, That any funds under this paragraph allocated by the
Secretary for housing projects in the State of Alaska that are not
obligated by the end of this fiscal year shall be carried over to the
next fiscal year and made available for such housing projects only in
the State of Alaska.
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry out the
direct and guaranteed loan programs, $448,342,000, 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,
$585,900,000; 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 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.
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,
$46,992,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not
less than $6,000,000 shall be made available for loans to private non-
profit organizations, or such non-profit organizations' affiliate loan
funds and State 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 one 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 three 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, 2005, 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, $31,471,000, 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)), $34,213,000.
For the cost of direct loans, $15,868,000, 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, 2005, for Federally Recognized
Native American Tribes and of which $3,449,000 shall be available
through June 30, 2005, 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,
$2,447,000 shall be available through June 30, 2005, 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, $4,316,000 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,
$4,698,000.
Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of credit
payments in the current fiscal year, as authorized by section 313 of
the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, $4,698,000 shall not be
obligated and $4,698,000 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, of which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative
agreements for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas
program: Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 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 $15,000,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product market
development grants, as authorized by section 6401 of the Farm Security
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).
rural empowerment zones and enterprise communities grants
For grants in connection with second and third rounds of
empowerment zones and enterprise communities, $12,500,000, 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).
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), $20,000,000 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, $120,000,000; 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; 5 percent rural telecommunications loans,
$145,000,000; cost of money rural telecommunications loans,
$250,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural
telecommunications loans, $125,000,000; and for guaranteed underwriting
loans pursuant to section 313A, $1,000,000,000.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, including the cost of modifying loans, of direct and
guaranteed loans authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936), as follows: cost of
rural electric loans, $5,058,000, and the cost of telecommunication
loans, $100,000: 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, $38,277,000 which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
rural telephone bank program account
(including transfer of funds)
The Rural Telephone Bank is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds available to such corporation
in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the
Government Corporation Control Act, as may be necessary in carrying out
its authorized programs. During fiscal year 2005 and within the
resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal
amount of direct loans shall be $175,000,000.
In addition, for administrative expenses, including audits,
necessary to carry out the loan programs, $3,152,000, which shall be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Rural
Development, Salaries and Expenses''.
distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program
For the principal amount of direct distance learning and
telemedicine loans, $20,000,000; and for the principal amount of direct
broadband telecommunication loans, $600,000,000.
For grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural
areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $38,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That $13,000,000 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., $12,780,000, to remain available until September 30, 2006:
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 for the cost of loans to
carry out the Distance Learning and Telemedicine program as authorized
by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $284,000: 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,
$608,000.
Food and Nutrition Service
child nutrition programs
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21;
$11,380,557,000, to remain available through September 30, 2006, of
which $6,060,860,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,319,697,000 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 $4,000,000 shall be
available for Child Nutrition Program assessment activities: Provided
further, That except as specifically provided under this heading, none
of the funds 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), $5,175,250,000, to remain available
through September 30, 2006, of which $263,000,000 shall be allocated as
the Secretary deems necessary, notwithstanding section 17(i) of such
Act, to support participation, and of which $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 $125,000,000 of this amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 402 of S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That
this $125,000,000 shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for a specific dollar amount, that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in S. Con. Res. 95 (108th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2005, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided further, 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 up
to $20,000,000 shall be available for a management information system
initiative and up to $5,000,000 shall be available for pilot projects
to prevent childhood obesity upon a determination by the Secretary that
funds are available to meet caseload requirements: Provided further,
That notwithstanding section 17(h)(10)(A) of such Act, $14,000,000
shall be available for the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B):
Provided further, That 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.), $33,641,798,000, of which $3,000,000,000 shall be placed
in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become
necessary to carry out program operations: Provided, That none of the
funds made available under this heading shall be used for studies and
evaluations: Provided further, That of the funds made available under
this heading and not already appropriated to the Food Distribution
Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) established under section 4(b)
of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), not to exceed
$4,000,000 shall be used to purchase bison meat for the FDPIR from
Native American bison producers as well as from producer-owned
cooperatives of bison ranchers: Provided further, That funds provided
herein shall be expended in accordance with section 16 of the Food
Stamp Act: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be subject
to any work registration or workfare requirements as may be required by
law: Provided further, That funds made available for Employment and
Training under this heading shall remain available until expended, as
authorized by section 16(h)(1) of the Food Stamp Act: 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; and 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, $172,081,000, to
remain available through September 30, 2006: Provided, That none of
these funds shall be available to reimburse the Commodity Credit
Corporation for commodities donated to the program.
nutrition programs administration
For necessary administrative expenses of the domestic nutrition
assistance programs funded under this Act, $142,592,000, of which
$5,000,000 shall be available only for simplifying procedures, reducing
overhead costs, tightening regulations, improving food stamp benefit
delivery, and assisting in the prevention, identification, and
prosecution of fraud and other violations of law; and of which not less
than $4,000,000 shall be available to improve integrity in the Food
Stamp and Child Nutrition programs.
TITLE V
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
Foreign Agricultural Service
salaries and expenses
(including transfers of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural Service,
including carrying out title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (7
U.S.C. 1761-1768), 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), $139,162,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of
funds, or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on behalf
of Federal agencies, public and private organizations and institutions
under agreements executed pursuant to the agricultural food production
assistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance programs
of the United States Agency for International Development.
public law 480 title i program account
(including transfers of funds)
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, of agreements under the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954, and the Food for Progress Act of 1985,
including the cost of modifying credit arrangements under said Acts,
$94,198,000, 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, $4,034,000, of which $1,097,000 may be transferred to and
merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign Agricultural Service,
Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $2,937,000 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, $22,723,000, 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, $1,185,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
mcgovern-dole international food for education and child nutrition
program grants
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 3107
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-
1), $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.
commodity credit corporation export loans program account
(including transfers of funds)
For administrative expenses to carry out the Commodity Credit
Corporation's export guarantee program, GSM 102 and GSM 103,
$4,423,000; 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 $3,421,000 may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Foreign
Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses'', and of which $1,002,000
may be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for ``Farm
Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses''.
TITLE VI
RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Administration,
including hire and purchase of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of
space rental and related costs pursuant to Public Law 92-313 for
programs and activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are
included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space in the
District of Columbia or elsewhere; 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; $1,791,599,000: Provided, That of the amount
provided under this heading, $284,394,000 shall be derived from
prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be
credited to this account and remain available until expended;
$33,938,000 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 $8,000,000 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 2005, including any such
fees assessed prior to the current fiscal year but credited during the
current year, shall be subject to the fiscal year 2005 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)
$439,038,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and Applied
Nutrition and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (2) $497,447,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation
and Research and related field activities in the Office of Regulatory
Affairs; (3) $172,414,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics
Evaluation and Research and for related field activities in the Office
of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $98,610,000 shall be for the Center for
Veterinary Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of
Regulatory Affairs; (5) $235,078,000 shall be for the Center for
Devices and Radiological Health and for related field activities in the
Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $40,530,000 shall be for the National
Center for Toxicological Research; (7) $62,722,000 shall be for Rent
and Related activities, other than the amounts paid to the General
Services Administration for rent; (8) $129,815,000 shall be for
payments to the General Services Administration for rent; and (9)
$115,945,000 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.
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, $95,327,000,
including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and
representation expenses.
Farm Credit Administration
limitation on administrative expenses
Not to exceed $41,800,000 (from assessments collected from farm
credit institutions and from the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation) shall be obligated during the current fiscal year for
administrative expenses as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided,
That this limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with
receiverships.
TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law,
appropriations and authorizations made for the Department of
Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this Act shall be
available for the purchase, in addition to those specifically provided
for, of not to exceed 388 passenger motor vehicles, of which 388 shall
be for replacement only, and for the hire of such vehicles.
Sec. 702. Funds in this Act available to the Department of
Agriculture shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902).
Sec. 703. Funds appropriated by this Act shall be available for
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a) of the
Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225) and 5
U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 704. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobligated
balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this Act or other
available unobligated discretionary balances of the Department of
Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisition of plant
and capital equipment necessary for the delivery of financial,
administrative, and information technology services of primary benefit
to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: Provided, That none
of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall be
transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the prior approval of
the agency administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds
transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall
be available for obligation without the prior approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Sec. 705. New obligational authority provided for the following
appropriation items in this Act shall remain available until expended:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the contingency fund to
meet emergency conditions, information technology infrastructure, fruit
fly program, emerging plant pests, boll weevil program, wildlife
services methods development, up to $1,000,000 of the Wildlife Services
operation 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 (REEIS), and funds for the Native American
Institutions Endowment Fund; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses
funds made available to county committees; Foreign Agricultural
Service, middle-income country training program and up to $2,000,000 of
the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation solely for the purpose
of offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates,
subject to documentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service.
Sec. 706. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 707. Not to exceed $50,000 of the appropriations available to
the Department of Agriculture in this Act shall be available to provide
appropriate orientation and language training pursuant to section 606C
of the Act of August 28, 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1766b).
Sec. 708. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay
negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar
arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and
nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost
of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is
to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This
does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and
contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed
on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are
provided in this Act.
Sec. 709. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to
restrict the authority of the Commodity Credit Corporation to lease
space for its own use or to lease space on behalf of other agencies of
the Department of Agriculture when such space will be jointly occupied.
Sec. 710. None of the funds in this Act shall be available to pay
indirect costs charged against competitive agricultural research,
education, or extension grant awards issued by the Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service that exceed 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 Telephone Bank program
account, the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program
account, the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account, and the
Rural Economic Development Loans program account.
Sec. 713. None of the funds in this Act may be used to retire more
than 5 percent of the Class A stock of the Rural Telephone Bank or to
maintain any account or subaccount within the accounting records of the
Rural Telephone Bank the creation of which has not specifically been
authorized by statute: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available in this Act may be used to transfer to the Treasury or to the
Federal Financing Bank any unobligated balance of the Rural Telephone
Bank telephone liquidating account which is in excess of current
requirements and such balance shall receive interest as set forth for
financial accounts in section 505(c) of the Federal Credit Reform Act
of 1990.
Sec. 714. Of the funds made available by this Act, not more than
$2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary expenses of activities
related to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task
forces of the Department of Agriculture, except for panels used to
comply with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate
competitively awarded grants.
Sec. 715. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to
carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C.
471).
Sec. 716. No employee of the Department of Agriculture may be
detailed or assigned from an agency or office funded by this Act to any
other agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days unless
the individual's employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the
receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee
for the period of assignment.
Sec. 717. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Agriculture shall be used to transmit or
otherwise make available to any non-Department of Agriculture employee
questions or responses to questions that are a result of information
requested for the appropriations hearing process.
Sec. 718. None of the funds made available to the Department of
Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information
technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office
of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief
Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information
Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That notwithstanding any
other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the
Chief Information Officer without the prior approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
Sec. 719. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided
by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that
remain available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal
year, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United
States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies
funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure
through a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2)
eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or
personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have
been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5)
reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or
privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal
employees; unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress are notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of
funds.
(b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or provided by previous
Appropriations Acts to the agencies funded by this Act that remain
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or
provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act,
shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities,
programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of
$500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing
programs, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 percent funding
for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of personnel
by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in
existing programs, activities, or projects as approved by Congress;
unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress are
notified 15 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds.
(c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Health and Human
Services, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of
Congress before implementing a program or activity not carried out
during the previous fiscal year unless the program or activity is
funded by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act.
Sec. 720. With the exception of funds needed to administer and
conduct oversight of grants awarded and obligations incurred in prior
fiscal years, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this or any other Act may be used to pay the salaries and
expenses of personnel to carry out the provisions of section 401 of
Public Law 105-185, the Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food
Systems (7 U.S.C. 7621).
Sec. 721. None of the funds 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. 722. 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. 723. 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. 724. 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. 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. Section 375(e)(6)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(B)) is amended by striking
``$26,998,000'' and inserting ``$28,998,000''.
Sec. 727. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service may provide financial and technical
assistance through the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
program for the Kuhn Bayou project in Arkansas, the Matanuska River
erosion control project in Alaska, the DuPage County watershed project
in Illinois, and the Coal Creek project in Utah.
Sec. 728. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
authority provided in, this or any other appropriation Act.
Sec. 729. None of the funds made available to the Food and Drug
Administration by this Act shall be used to close or relocate, or to
plan to close or relocate, the Food and Drug Administration Division of
Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. Louis, Missouri, outside the city or
county limits of St. Louis, Missouri.
Sec. 730. 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. 731. 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. 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 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and
Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)).
Sec. 733. 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. 734. 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. 735. 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
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. 736. 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. 737. 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 2005 wetlands reserve program as authorized by 16 U.S.C.
3837.
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 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 $1,025,000,000.
Sec. 740. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service may provide from appropriated funds
financial and technical assistance to the Dry Creek project, Utah.
Sec. 741. Hereafter, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
permit employees of the United States Department of Agriculture to
carry and use firearms for personal protection while conducting field
work in remote locations in the performance of their official duties.
Sec. 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 9006(f) of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106(f)).
Sec. 743. 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 carry out section 601(j)(1)(A) of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(j)(1)(A)).
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 section 231(b)(4) of the
Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).
Sec. 745. 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. 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,
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of
$51,000,000.
Sec. 747. 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, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of
$47,000,000.
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 2503 of Public Law 107-
171, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of
$112,000,000.
Sec. 749. There is hereby appropriated $2,400,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2006, to carry out section 6028 of Public
Law 107-171, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 383B(g)(1) of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009bb-1(g)(1)), the Federal
share of the administrative expenses of the Northern Great Plains
Regional Authority for fiscal year 2005 shall be 100 percent.
Sec. 750. Not more than $34,000,000 for fiscal year 2005 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, of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
Sec. 751. 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. 752. 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. 753. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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 average income level in the metropolitan areas of the State and 115
percent of all other eligible areas of the State.
Sec. 754. There is hereby appropriated $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. 755. 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. 756. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and until
receipt of the decennial Census for the year 2010, for all activities
under programs of the Rural Development Mission Area within the County
of Honolulu, Hawaii, the Secretary may designate any portion of the
county as a rural area or eligible rural community that the Secretary
determines is not urban in character: Provided, That the Secretary
shall not include in any such rural area or eligible rural community
any area included in the Honolulu Census Designated Place as determined
by the Secretary of Commerce.
Sec. 757. 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. 758. 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 Service; and (2) all parties
will contribute resources to the accomplishment of these objectives;
award of a cooperative agreement authorized by the Secretary may be
made for an initial term not to exceed 5 years.
Sec. 759. 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. 760. Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
(1) 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
(2) 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.
Sec. 761. 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. 762. Of the unobligated balances in the Local Television Loan
Guarantee Program account, $88,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
Sec. 763. None of the funds provided to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture in any fiscal year for information technology shall be
obligated for projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of written
approval by the Chief Information Officer.
Sec. 764. 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, the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, in excess of
$100,000,000.
Sec. 765. Privacy Protection of Certain Sellers of Farm Products.
Section 1324(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1631(c)) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (2)(C)(ii)(II), by inserting ``,
or other approved unique identifier,'' after both
``social security number'' and ``identification
number'';
(B) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii), by inserting ``, or
other approved unique identifier,'' after both ``social
security number'' and ``identification number''; and
(C) by adding the following at the end:
``(5) The term `approved unique identifier' means a number,
combination of numbers and letters, or other identifier
selected by the Secretary of State using a selection system or
method approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.''
(2) in subsection (e)(1)(A)(ii)(III), by inserting ``, or
other approved unique identifier,'' after both ``social
security number'' and ``identification number''; and
(3) in subsection (g)(2)(A)(ii)(III), by inserting ``, or
other approved unique identifier,'' after both ``social
security number'' and ``identification number''.
Sec. 766. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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 section, the Cold Climate Housing Research Center is designated
an ``essential community facility'' for rural Alaska.
Sec. 767. Section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land Grant
Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 193-382) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (23) through (32) as
paragraphs (24) through (33), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (22) the following: ``(23)
Tohono O`odham Community College.''.
Sec. 768. Of the unobligated balances of funds in the Agricultural
Conservation Program account, $2,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
Sec. 769. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts
made available to the Dakota Value Capture Cooperative under section
747 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public
Law 107-76; 115 Stat. 738) shall remain available until expended for a
project conducted by the Dakota Value Capture Cooperative at South
Dakota State University.
Sec. 770. 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. 771. Of the unobligated balances under section 32 of the Act
of August 24, 1935, $163,000,000 are hereby rescinded.
Sec. 772. Of the unobligated balances available to the Foreign
Agricultural Service for the Public Law 480 Title I Program at the
beginning of fiscal year 2005, $174,000,000 are hereby rescinded:
Provided, That for purposes of determining the amount of funds
available for transfer under section 412(b) of Public Law 83-480, as
amended, the maximum amount of funds available for transfer shall be
calculated based upon the total funds available prior to this
rescission.
Sec. 773. 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. 774. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act
may be used to reduce the mission, resources, staffing, facilities, or
capabilities of the Wildlife Habitat Management Institute in
Mississippi as in existence on December 17, 2003.
Sec. 775. Renewable Energy System Loan Guarantees. (a) In
General.--Title IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.) is amended by adding the following:
``SEC. 9012. RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM LOAN GUARANTEES.
``(a) Definition of Subsidy Costs.--In this section, the term
`subsidy costs' has the meaning given the term `cost' in section 502 of
the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a).
``(b) Projects.--Subsection (c)(1) shall not apply to a loan
guarantee made under this section to carry out a project if--
``(1) the loan will be used--
``(A) to purchase a renewable energy system that
has, as one of its principal purposes, the commercial
production of an agricultural commodity; and
``(B) to promote a solution to an environmental
problem in a rural area of the State in which the
project will be carried out;
``(2) the lender of the loan exercises due diligence with
respect to the borrower of the loan;
``(3) the borrower of the loan pays in full, before the
guarantee is issued, a guarantee fee in the amount of the
estimated subsidy cost of the guarantee, as determined by the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
``(4) except as provided in paragraph (5), the principal
amount of the loan is not more than $25,000,000;
``(5) the principal amount of the loan is more than
$25,000,000, but is not more than $75,000,000, if the
Secretary--
``(A) approves the loan application; and
``(B) does not delegate the authority described in
subparagraph (A);
``(6) the project requires no Federal or State financial
assistance, other than the loan guarantee provided under this
section; and
``(7) the project complies with all necessary permits,
licenses, and approvals required under the laws of the State.
``(c) Cost Sharing.--
``(1) In general.--The amount of a loan guarantee under
this section for a project described in subsection (b) shall
not exceed 80 percent of the total project cost.
``(2) Subordination.--Any financing for the non-Federal
share of the total project cost shall be subordinated to the
federally guaranteed portion of the total project cost.
``(3) Loan guarantee limits.--The loan guarantee
limitations applicable to the business and industry guarantee
loan program authorized under section 310B of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932) shall apply to
loan guarantees made under this section.
``(4) Maximum amount.--
``(A) Individual loans.--The amount of principal
for a loan under this section for a project described
in subsection (b) shall not exceed $75,000,000.
``(B) All loans.--The total outstanding amount of
principal for loans under this section for all projects
described in subsection (b) shall not exceed
$500,000,000.''.
(b) Proposed Rule.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate a
proposed rule to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a).
Sec. 776. Travel Relating to Commercial Sales of Agricultural and
Medical Goods. Section 910(a) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209(a)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(a) Authorization of Travel Relating to Commercial Sales of
Agricultural and Medical Goods.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall
promulgate regulations under which the travel-related transactions
listed in paragraph (c) of section 515.560 of title 31, Code of Federal
Regulations, are authorized by general license for travel to, from, or
within Cuba for the purpose of conferring, exhibiting, marketing,
planning, sales negotiation, delivery, expediting, facilitating, or
servicing commercial export sale of agricultural and medical goods
pursuant to the provisions of this title.''.
Sec. 777. Livestock Assistance. (a) In General.--In carrying out a
livestock assistance, compensation, or feed program, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall include elk, reindeer, and bison within the
definition of ``livestock'' covered by the program.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 602(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1471(2)) is amended by inserting ``elk, reindeer,
bison,'' after ``cattle,''.
(2) Section 10104 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1472) is amended--
(A) by redesignating subsections (a) through (d) as
subsections (b) through (e), respectively; and
(B) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so
redesignated) the following:
``(a) Definition of Livestock.--In this section, the term
`livestock' includes elk, reindeer, and bison.''.
(3) Section 203(d) of the Agricultural Assistance Act of
2003 (Public Law 108-7; 117 Stat. 541) is amended--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Livestock.--The term `livestock' includes elk,
reindeer, and bison.''.
Sec. 778. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
shall consider the City of Guymon, Oklahoma; the City of Shawnee,
Oklahoma; and the City of Altus, Oklahoma, to be eligible for loans and
grants provided through the Rural Housing Insurance Fund until receipt
of the decennial Census in the year 2010.
Sec. 779. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the City of
Great Falls, Montana, shall be considered a rural area for purposes of
eligibility for business and industry guaranteed loans under section
310B(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1932(a)(1)) until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010.
Sec. 780. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
may consider the Piedmont Municipal Power Agency of South Carolina
eligible to participate in programs administered by the Rural Utilities
Service until receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010.
Sec. 781. 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.
Sec. 782. (a) Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985, 16
U.S.C. 3839 aa-2, is amended at the end by adding the following:
``(h) Funding for Federally Recognized Native American Indian
Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations.--The Secretary may enter into
alternative funding arrangements with federally recognized Native
American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations (including their
affiliated membership organizations) if the Secretary determines that
the goals and objectives of the program will be met by such
arrangements, and that statutory limitations regarding contracts with
individual producers as defined under this Subtitle will not be
exceeded by any Tribal or Native Corporation member.''.
(b) Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985, 16 U.S.C.
3839aa-7, is amended by inserting after 2007, ``(excluding funding
arrangements with federally recognized Native American Indian Tribes or
Alaska Native Corporations under section 1240B(h))''.
Sec. 783. 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. 784. dboUdnm/Technical Corrections. (a) Section 104(b)(1) of
the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Public Law
108-265) is amended by striking the closing quotation marks and the
following period at the end of section 9(b)(5)(A)(iv) of the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (as added by that section 104(b)(1)
of Public Law 108-265).
(b) Section 13(a)(10) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761(a)(10)) (as added by section 116(d) of Public
Law 108-265) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``2005'' and inserting
``2006''; and
(2) in subparagraph (D)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ``2007'' and
inserting ``2008''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ``2008'' and
inserting ``2009''.
(c) Effective October 1, 2004, section 17(i)(2) of the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(i)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the
following:
``(A) In general.--The Secretary''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Reallocation.--The Secretary may reallocate
audit funds to States administering the child and adult
food care program for the purpose of conducting audits
of participating institutions.''.
(d) Section 21(e)(2)(A) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769b-1(e)(2)(A)) (as amended by section
125(c)(2)(B) of Public Law 108-265) is amended by inserting ``and''
after ``2005''.
(e) Section 17(f)(1)(C)(i) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1786(f)(1)(C)(i) (as amended by section 203(e)(10)(B) of Public
Law 108-265) is amended by striking the period after ``subsection
(h)(11)''.
(f) Section 17(h)(8)(A)(vi) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1786(h)(8)(A)(vi) (as added by section 203(e)(5) of Public Law
108-265) is amended by striking ``Each State'' and inserting
``Effective beginning October 1, 2004, each State''.
(g) Section 502(b) of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization
Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-265) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``203(e)(5),''; and
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``104'' and inserting
``104 (other than section 104(a)(1))''.
Sec. 785. Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program. Effective
beginning October 1, 2005, the Secretary of Agriculture may waive
section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a) for
any landowner participating in a conservation reserve enhancement
program entered into with the State of Hawaii for provision payments to
landowners in that program.
This Act may be cited as the ``Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2005''.
Calendar No. 694
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2803
[Report No. 108-340]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
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September 14, 2004
Read twice and placed on the calendar