DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Executive Operations Working Capital Fund For necessary expenses of “Working Capital Fund” related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. Agricultural Research Service Buildings and Facilities For an additional amount for “Buildings and Facilities”, $9,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. Rural Development Programs Rural Community Advancement Program For the cost of grants for the water, waste disposal, and wastewater facilities programs authorized under section 306(a) and 306A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, $45,000,000: Provided, That funds made available under this paragraph shall remain available until expended to respond to damage caused by hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year: Provided further, That the amounts provided under this heading are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 119 STAT. 2746 Rural Housing Service RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to respond to damage caused by hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year to be available from the Rural Housing Insurance Fund, as follows: $1,468,696,000 for loans to section 502 borrowers, as determined by the Secretary, of which $175,593,000 shall be for direct loans and of which $1,293,103,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; and $34,188,000 for section 504 housing repair 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, to remain available until expended: section 502 loans, $35,000,000, of which $20,000,000 shall be for direct loans, and of which $15,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; and section 504 housing repair loans, $10,000,000: Provided, That the amounts provided under this heading are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS For an additional amount for grants for very low-income housing repairs as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474 to respond to damage caused by hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That these funds are not subject to any age limitation. Rural Utilities Service RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT For gross obligations for the principal amount of direct rural telecommunication loans as authorized by section 306 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to respond to damage caused by hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year, $50,000,000, as determined by the Secretary. For the cost of loan modifications to rural electric loans made or guaranteed under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to respond to damage caused by hurricanes that occurred during the 2005 calendar year, $8,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 119 STAT. 2747 Food and Nutrition Service Commodity Assistance Program For an additional amount for “Commodity Assistance Program” for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $6,000,000 shall be for The Emergency Food Assistance Program and $4,000,000 shall be for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provisions of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (the “Act”), the Secretary may allocate additional foods and funds for administrative expenses from resources specifically appropriated, transferred, or reprogrammed to restore to states resources used to assist families and individuals displaced by the hurricanes of calendar year 2005 among the states without regard to sections 204 and 214 of the Act: Provided further, That such programs may operate in any area where emergency feeding organizations develop a program to provide temporary emergency nonprofit food service to families and individuals displaced by the hurricanes of calendar year 2005: Provided further, That the amounts provided under this heading are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.