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 PUBLIC LAW 109–97—NOV. 10, 2005

119 STAT. 2163

(4) Section 203(d)(2) of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 541) is amended by striking ‘‘and bison’’ and inserting ‘‘bison, horses, and deer’’. (c) APPLICABILITY.— (1) IN GENERAL.—This section and the amendments made by this section apply to losses resulting from a disaster that occurs on or after July 28, 2005. (2) PRIOR LOSSES.—This section and the amendments made by this section do not apply to losses resulting from a disaster that occurred before July 28, 2005. SEC. 785. Amounts made available for the Plant Materials Center in Fallon, Nevada, under the heading ‘‘Conservation Operations’’ under the heading ‘‘Natural Resources Conservation Service’’ of title II of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 2823) shall remain available until expended. SEC. 786. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to study, complete a study of, or enter into a contract with a private party to carry out, without specific authorization in a subsequent Act of Congress, a competitive sourcing activity of the Secretary of Agriculture, including support personnel of the Department of Agriculture, relating to rural development or farm loan programs. SEC. 787. None of the funds made available under this Act shall be available to pay the administrative expenses of a State agency that, after the date of enactment of this Act and prior to receiving certification in accordance with the provisions set forth in section 17(h)(11)(E) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, authorizes any new for-profit vendor(s) to transact food instruments under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) if it is expected that more than 50 percent of the annual revenue of the vendor from the sale of food items will be derived from the sale of supplemental foods that are obtained with WIC food instruments, except that the Secretary may approve the authorization of such a vendor if the approval is necessary to assure participant access to program benefits. SEC. 788. Of the unobligated balances under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $37,601,000 are hereby rescinded. SEC. 789. None of the funds provided in this Act may be obligated or expended for any activity the purpose of which is to require a recipient of any grant that was funded in Public Law 102–368 and Public Law 103–50 for ‘‘Rural Housing for Domestic Farm Labor’’ in response to Hurricane Andrew to pay the United States any portion of any interest earned with respect to such grants: Provided, That such funds are expended by the grantee within 18 months of the date of enactment of this section for the purposes of providing farm labor housing consistent with the purpose authorized in title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as determined by the Secretary. SEC. 790. There is hereby appropriated $140,000 to remain available until expended, for a grant to the University of Nevada at Reno; $400,000 to remain available until expended for a grant to the Ohio Center for Farmland Policy Innovation at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; $200,000 to remain available until expended, for a grant to Utah State University for a farming and dairy training initiative; $500,000, to remain available until

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