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 119 STAT. 2158

Arizona.

State listing. Loans. Grants.

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

13:51 Oct 26, 2006

PUBLIC LAW 109–97—NOV. 10, 2005

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. 759. 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 Biomass Research and Development Program in excess of $12,000,000, as authorized by Public Law 106–224 (7 U.S.C. 7624 note). SEC. 760. 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. 761. Notwithstanding 40 U.S.C. 524, 571, and 572, the Secretary of Agriculture may sell the US Water Conservation Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona, and credit the net proceeds of such sale as offsetting collections to its Agricultural Research Service Buildings and Facilities account. Such funds shall be available until September 30, 2007 to be used to replace these facilities and to improve other USDA-owned facilities. SEC. 762. None of the funds provided in this Act may be used for salaries and expenses to draft or implement any regulation or rule insofar as it would require recertification of rural status for each electric and telecommunications borrower for the Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans program. SEC. 763. 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. 764. There is hereby appropriated $650,000, to remain available until expended, to carry out provisions of section 751 of division A of Public Law 108–7. SEC. 765. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and until the receipt of the decennial Census in the year 2010, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consider— (1) the City of Bridgeton, New Jersey, the City of Kinston, North Carolina, and the City of Portsmouth, Ohio as rural areas for the purposes of Rural Housing Service Community Facilities Program loans and grants; (2) the Township of Bloomington, Illinois (including individuals and entities with projects within Township) shall be eligible for Rural Housing Service Community Facilities Programs loans and grants; (3) the City of Lone Grove, Oklahoma (including individuals and entities with projects within the city) shall be eligible for Rural Housing Service Community Facilities Program loans and grants; (4) the City of Butte/Silverbow, Montana, rural areas for purposes of eligibility for Rural Utilities Service water and

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