Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 118.djvu/70

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.

118 STAT. 40 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 SEC. 768. Section 501(b)(5)(B) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1471(b)(5)(B) is amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 2002 and 2003,’’. SEC. 769. AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE. Section 524(b)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(iii) CERTAIN USES.—Of the amounts made avail able to carry out this subsection for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2007 the Commodity Credit Cor poration shall use not less than— ‘‘(I) $14,000,000 to carry out subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2) through the Natural Resources Conservation Service; ‘‘(II) $1,000,000 to provide organic certification cost share assistance through the Agricultural Marketing Service; and ‘‘(III) $5,000,000 to conduct activities to carry out subparagraph (F) of paragraph (2) through the Risk Management Agency.’’. SEC. 770. Hereafter, no funds provided in this or any other Act shall be available to the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Foreign Agricultural Service to promote the sale or export of tobacco or tobacco products. SEC. 771. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3(o)(4) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)(4), is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and except that on October 1, 2003, in the case of households residing in Alaska and Hawaii the Secretary may not reduce the cost of such diet in effect on September 30, 2002’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective beginning on September 30, 2003. SEC. 772. Section 601(b)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE RURAL COMMUNITY.—The term ‘eligible rural community’ means any area of the United States that is not contained in an incorporated city or town with a population in excess of 20,000 inhabitants.’’. SEC. 773. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 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. 774. The first sentence of section 306(g)(1) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘or title V of the Housing Act of 1949’’; and (2) by inserting after ‘‘1944’’ the following: ‘‘, title V of the Housing Act of 1949,’’. SEC. 775. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (including the associated regula tions) governing the Community Facilities Program, the Secretary 7 USC 2012 note. 7 USC 5603 note.