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Public Law 108-199
108th Congress

                                 An Act


 
Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
    Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
      September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. <<NOTE: Jan. 23, 
                         2003 -  [H.R. 2673]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2004.>> assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2004''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.

       DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 
   ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS, 2004

Title I--Agricultural Programs
Title II--Conservation Programs
Title III--Rural Development Programs
Title IV--Domestic Food Programs
Title V--Foreign Assistance and Related Programs
Title VI--Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration
Title VII--General Provisions

  DIVISION B--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED 
                      AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2004

Title I--Department of Justice
Title II--Department of Commerce and Related Agencies
Title III--The Judiciary
Title IV--Department of State and Related Agency
Title V--Related Agencies
Title VI--General Provisions
Title VII--Rescissions
Title VIII--Alaskan Fisheries

          DIVISION C--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS, 2004

Title I--Federal Funds
Title II--District of Columbia Funds
Title III--DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003
Title IV--General Provisions

 DIVISION D--FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                          APPROPRIATIONS, 2004

Title I--Export and Investment Assistance
Title II--Bilateral Economic Assistance
Title III--Military Assistance
Title IV--Multilateral Economic Assistance

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Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--Millennium Challenge Act of 2003

DIVISION E--LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED 
                      AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2004

Title I--Department of Labor
Title II--Department of Health and Human Services
Title III--Department of Education
Title IV--Related Agencies
Title V--General Provisions

     DIVISION F--TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
                          APPROPRIATIONS, 2004

Title I--Department of Transportation
Title II--Department of the Treasury
Title III--Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated to 
           the President
Title IV--Independent Agencies
Title V--General Provisions
Title VI--General Provisions--Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

  DIVISION G--VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
                INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2004

Title I--Department of Veterans Affairs
Title II--Department of Housing and Urban Development
Title III--Independent Agencies
Title IV--General Provisions
Title V--Pesticide Products and Fees

          DIVISION H--MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS AND OFFSETS

SEC. 3. <<NOTE: 1 USC 1 note.>> REFERENCES.

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

 DIVISION A--AGRICULTURE, <<NOTE: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
   and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
  2004.>> RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004

                                 An Act


Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
    Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
               September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

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, 2004, and for other purposes, namely:

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                                 TITLE I

                          AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

                  Production, Processing, and Marketing

                         Office of the Secretary

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, $5,092,000: 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

    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), $8,707,000.

    For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Division, 
                              $13,670,000.

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, 
                               $7,740,000.

    For necessary expenses of the Homeland Security Staff, $499,000.

                 Office of the Chief Information Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Information 
                          Officer, $15,493,000.

    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, $119,289,000, 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.

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                  Office of the Chief Financial Officer

    For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 
$5,684,000: Provided, That the Chief Financial Officer shall actively 
market and expand cross-servicing activities of the National Finance 
Center: Provided further, That <<NOTE: Reports.>> 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, $808,000.

                         Office of Civil Rights

    For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $17,450,000.

          Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

    For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Administration, $673,000.

        Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments

    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, as follows: for payments to the General Services 
Administration, $123,910,000, and for buildings operations and 
maintenance, $32,559,000, 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

    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.),

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$15,611,000, 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

    For Departmental Administration, $23,031,000, 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

    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, $3,796,000: 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, $9,228,000: 
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, 
$77,281,000, 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,

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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, 
$34,700,000.

   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 

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