Making appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, and Transportation for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.
Summary
Appropriates FY 2005 appropriations to the Department of Agriculture for the: (1) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; (2) Rural Community Advancement Program; (3) Rural Housing Service; and (4) Rural Utilities Service (rural telephone bank program account, and distance learning, telemedicine, and broadband program).
Appropriates FY 2005 appropriations to the Department of Education for the rural education achievement program.
Appropriates FY 2005 appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services for rural programs of the Health Resources and Services Administration.
Appropriates FY 2005 appropriations to the Department of Transportation for air carrier payments.
States that for taxpayers with adjusted gross income in excess of $1 million for calendar year 2004 the amount of the tax reduction resulting from enactment of the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be reduced by 5.1 percent.