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118 STAT. 2850 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 SEC. 779. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts made available to the Dakota Value Capture Cooperative under section 747 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–76; 115 Stat. 738) shall remain available until expended for a project conducted by the Dakota Value Capture Cooperative at South Dakota State University. SEC. 780. 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, authorizes any new for profit vendor(s) to transact food instruments under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 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. 781. Of the unobligated balances under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, $163,000,000 are hereby rescinded. SEC. 782. Of the unobligated balances available to the Foreign Agricultural Service for the Public Law 480 Title I Program at the beginning of fiscal year 2005, $191,108,000 are hereby rescinded: Provided, That for purposes of determining the amount of funds available for transfer under section 412(b) of Public Law 83–480, as amended, the maximum amount of funds available for transfer shall be calculated based upon the total funds available prior to this rescission. SEC. 783. 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. 784. None of the funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to reduce the mission, resources, staffing, facilities, or capabilities of the Wildlife Habitat Management Institute in Mississippi as in existence on December 17, 2003. SEC. 785. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE. (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a livestock assistance, compensation, or feed program, the Sec retary of Agriculture shall include elk, reindeer, and bison within the definition of ‘‘livestock’’ covered by the program. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Section 602(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471(2)) is amended by inserting ‘‘elk, reindeer, bison,’’ after ‘‘cattle,’’. (2) Section 10104 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1472) is amended— (A) by redesignating subsections (a) through (d) as subsections (b) through (e), respectively; and (B) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so redesig nated) the following: ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF LIVESTOCK.—In this section, the term ‘live stock’ includes elk, reindeer, and bison.’’. (3) Section 203(d) of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 541) is amended—