PUBLIC LAW 109–97—NOV. 10, 2005
119 STAT. 2143
DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM
For the principal amount of direct distance learning and telemedicine loans, $25,000,000; and for the principal amount of broadband telecommunication loans, $500,000,000. For the cost of direct loans and grants for telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq., $30,375,000, to remain available until expended, of which $375,000 shall be for direct loans: Provided, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That $5,000,000 shall be made available to convert analog to digital operation those noncommercial educational television broadcast stations that serve rural areas and are qualified for Community Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting under section 396(k) of the Communications Act of 1934, including associated translators and repeaters, regardless of the location of their main transmitter, studio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow local control over digital content and programming through the use of highdefinition broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting technologies. For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., $10,750,000, to remain available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the interest rate for such loans shall be the cost of borrowing to the Department of the Treasury for obligations of comparable maturity: Provided further, That the cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. In addition, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant program to finance broadband transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa. TITLE IV DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS OFFICE
OF THE
UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION CONSUMER SERVICES
AND
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services to administer the laws enacted by the Congress for the Food and Nutrition Service, $599,000. FOOD
AND
NUTRITION SERVICE
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
(INCLUDING
TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses to carry out the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $12,660,829,000, to remain available through September 30, 2007, of which $7,473,208,000 is hereby appropriated and $5,187,621,000 shall be derived by transfer from funds available under section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c): Provided, That none of the funds made available under this heading
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