117 STAT. 44
President. Contracts.
42 USC 3121 note.
VerDate 11-MAY-2000
13:45 Aug 26, 2004
PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003 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. 742. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this 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. 743. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out section 9010 of Public Law 107–171 (7 U.S.C. 8108) that exceed 77 percent of the payment that would otherwise be paid to eligible producers. SEC. 744. 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 (Point Remove) project in Arkansas and the Matanuska River erosion control project in Alaska. SEC. 745. The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o) is amended— (1) in subsections (c) and (g), by striking ‘‘may’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘shall’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(o) PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER PRIVATE ENTITIES.—In entering into agreements described in subsection (c), the President (acting through the Secretary)— ‘‘(1) shall enter into agreements with eligible entities described in subparagraphs (C) and (F) of subsection (b)(5); and ‘‘(2) shall not discriminate against such eligible entities.’’. SEC. 746. Of the unobligated balances of funds made available under the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Buildings and Facilities appropriation in Public Law 104– 180, $795,400 are hereby rescinded. SEC. 747. None of the funds made available in fiscal year 2003 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. 748. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Natural Resources Conservation Service may provide financial and technical assistance to the Dry Creek/Neff’s Grove project, Utah, and the Jefferson River Watershed, Montana. SEC. 749. Section 307 of Title III—Denali Commission of Division C—Other Matters of Public Law 105–277, as amended, is further amended by adding a new subsection at the end thereof as follows: ‘‘(d) SOLID WASTE.—The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make direct lump sum payments which shall remain available until expended to the Denali Commission to address deficiencies in solid waste disposal sites which threaten to contaminate rural drinking water supplies.’’.
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