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Union Calendar No. 82 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2410 

[Report No. 113–116] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 18, 2013 

Mr. Aderholt, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

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1 tion, and Related Agencies programs for fiscal year ending 

2 September 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $40,516,000, of which not to exceed $4,550,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

11 to exceed $498,000 shall be available for the Office of 

12 Tribal Relations; not to exceed $1,295,000 shall be avail13 able for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency 

14 Coordination; not to exceed $1,185,000 shall be available 

15 for the Office of Advocacy and Outreach; not to exceed 

16 $21,580,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist17 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $20,760,000 

18 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro19 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv20 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminis21 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis22 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 

23 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

24 the Department; not to exceed $3,504,000 shall be avail25 able for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congresmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 sional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this 

2 Act, including programs involving intergovernmental af3 fairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to 

4 exceed $7,904,000 shall be available for the Office of Com5 munications: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture 

6 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 

7 of the Office of the Secretary to any other office of the 

8 Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appro9 priation for any office shall be increased or decreased by 

10 more than 5 percent: Provided further, That not to exceed 

11 $11,000 of the amount made available under this para12 graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be 

13 available for official reception and representation ex14 penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 

15 Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail16 able under this heading for Departmental Administration 

17 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 

18 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 

19 as required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That 

20 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

21 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 

22 transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

23 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

24 level: Provided further, That no funds made available 

25 under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary 

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1 for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 

2 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless the 

3 Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations 

4 of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these 

5 funds by USDA agency. 

6 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

9 Economist, $15,245,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 

10 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

11 7 U.S.C. 3155 and shall be obligated within 90 days of 

12 enactment of this Act. 

13 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

14 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi15 sion, $12,584,000. 

16 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

18 Program Analysis, $8,767,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In21 formation Officer, $42,925,000. 

22 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi24 nancial Officer, $6,090,000. 

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1 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

2 RIGHTS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

4 Secretary for Civil Rights, $871,000. 

5 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

7 $20,540,000. 

8 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For programs and activities of the Department which 

11 are included in this Act, and for alterations and other ac12 tions needed for the Department and its agencies to con13 solidate unneeded space into configurations suitable for 

14 release to the Administrator of General Services, and for 

15 the operation, maintenance, improvement, and repair of 

16 Agriculture buildings and facilities, and for related costs, 

17 $64,658,000, to remain available until expended, of which 

18 $13,800,000 is for payments to the Department of Home19 land Security for building security activities; and of which 

20 $50,858,000 is for buildings operations and maintenance 

21 expenses. 

22 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri25 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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1 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

3 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,520,000, to remain avail4 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

5 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

6 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

7 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

8 pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non-Federal 

9 lands. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

12 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

13 General Act of 1978, $86,779,000, including such sums 

14 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange15 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

16 to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

17 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden18 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform19 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

20 General pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 

21 of Public Law 97–98. 

22 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

24 Counsel, $40,558,000. 

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1 OFFICE OF ETHICS

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

3 $3,337,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

5 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 

8 $871,000. 

9 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

10 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

11 Service, $75,452,000. 

12 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

13 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

14 Statistics Service, $154,762,000, of which up to 

15 $42,295,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen16 sus of Agriculture. 

17 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

20 Service and for acquisition of lands by donation, exchange, 

21 or purchase at a nominal cost not to exceed $100, and 

22 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

23 equal value or shall be equalized by a payment of money 

24 to the grantor which shall not exceed 25 percent of the 

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1 eral ownership, $1,074,163,000: Provided, That appro2 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

3 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

4 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

5 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

6 U.S.C. 2250 for the construction, alteration, and repair 

7 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro8 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

9 exceed $375,000, except for headhouses or greenhouses 

10 which shall each be limited to $1,200,000, and except for 

11 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

12 to exceed $750,000 each, and the cost of altering any one 

13 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

14 of the current replacement value of the building or 

15 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

16 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

17 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

18 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria19 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

20 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

21 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

22 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

23 April 24, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 113a): Provided further, That 

24 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

25 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 

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1 for the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 

2 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re3 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

4 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

5 Secretary, subject to the availability of funds herein, if the 

6 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

7 interest of the United States: Provided further, That sec8 tion 732(b) of division A of Public Law 112-55 (125 Stat. 

9 587) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

10 sentence: ‘‘The conveyance authority provided by this sub11 section expires September 30, 2014, and all conveyances 

12 under this subsection must be completed by that date.’’: 

13 Provided further, That funds may be received from any 

14 State, other political subdivision, organization, or indi15 vidual for the purpose of establishing or operating any re16 search facility or research project of the Agricultural Re17 search Service, as authorized by law. 

18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

19 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

20 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

21 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

22 for other expenses, $718,714,000, which shall be for the 

23 purposes, and in the amounts, specified in the table titled 

24 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

25 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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1 Act: Provided, That funds for research grants for 1994 

2 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capac3 ity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 

4 agriculture and food research initiative, Critical Agricul5 tural Materials Act, veterinary medicine loan repayment, 

6 multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution 

7 challenge grants, and grants management systems shall 

8 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

9 each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans10 Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided 

11 further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native 

12 and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made avail13 able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi14 ble institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the 

15 States of Alaska and Hawaii: Provided further, That funds 

16 for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 

17 available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 

18 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222. 

19 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

20 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

21 Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382 (7 U.S.C. 301 

22 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

24 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

25 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Micronesia, the 

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1 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $459,011,000, 

2 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci3 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

4 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom5 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im6 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

7 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

8 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex9 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

10 That funds for cooperative extension under sections 3(b) 

11 and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b) and (c)) 

12 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail13 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

14 extension agents. 

15 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

16 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

17 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex18 penses, $31,137,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

19 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In20 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

21 the report accompanying this Act. 

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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

2 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

4 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

5 $871,000. 

6 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

10 Health Inspection Service, including up to $30,000 for 

11 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

12 the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4085), 

13 $803,538,000; of which $12,720,000, to remain available 

14 until expended, shall be used for the cotton pests program 

15 for cost share purposes or for debt retirement for active 

16 eradication zones; of which $34,500,000, to remain avail17 able until expended, shall be for Animal Health Technical 

18 Services; of which $500,000 shall be for activities under 

19 the authority of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as 

20 amended (15 U.S.C. 1831); of which $52,340,000, to re21 main available until expended, shall be used to support 

22 avian health; of which $4,167,000, to remain available 

23 until expended, shall be for information technology infra24 structure; of which $148,489,000, to remain available 

25 until expended, shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, 

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1 $8,877,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

2 for field crop and rangeland ecosystem pests; of which 

3 $48,290,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

4 for tree and wood pests; of which $2,750,000, to remain 

5 available until expended, shall be for the National Veteri6 nary Stockpile; of which up to $1,500,000, to remain 

7 available until expended, shall be for the scrapie program 

8 for indemnities; of which $1,000,000, to remain available 

9 until expended, shall be for wildlife services methods devel10 opment; of which $1,500,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, shall be for the wildlife damage management pro12 gram for aviation safety: Provided, That, of amounts 

13 available under this heading for the screwworm program, 

14 $4,990,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro15 vided further, That no funds shall be used to formulate 

16 or administer a brucellosis eradication program for the 

17 current fiscal year that does not require minimum match18 ing by the States of at least 40 percent: Provided further, 

19 That this appropriation shall be available for the operation 

20 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

21 exceed four, of which two shall be for replacement only: 

22 Provided further, That, in addition, in emergencies which 

23 threaten any segment of the agricultural production indus24 try of this country, the Secretary may transfer from other 

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1 porations of the Department such sums as may be deemed 

2 necessary, to be available only in such emergencies for the 

3 arrest and eradication of contagious or infectious disease 

4 or pests of animals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses 

5 in accordance with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Ani6 mal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and 

7 sections 431 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 

8 U.S.C. 7751 and 7772), and any unexpended balances of 

9 funds transferred for such emergency purposes in the pre10 ceding fiscal year shall be merged with such transferred 

11 amounts: Provided further, That appropriations hereunder 

12 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

13 repair and alteration of leased buildings and improve14 ments, but unless otherwise provided the cost of altering 

15 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

16 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build17 ing. 

18 In fiscal year 2014, the agency is authorized to collect 

19 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist20 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

21 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

22 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

23 fees are structured such that any entity’s liability for such 

24 fees is reasonably based on the technical assistance, goods, 

25 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 

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1 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail2 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

3 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

4 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

5 MARKETING SERVICES

6 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

7 Service, $77,035,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

8 shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the 

9 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

10 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 

11 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

12 value of the building. 

13 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

14 activities, as established by regulation pursuant to law (31 

15 U.S.C. 9701). 

16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

17 Not to exceed $60,435,000 (from fees collected) shall 

18 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra19 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

20 and/or other uncontrollable events occur, the agency may 

21 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

22 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

23 Congress. 

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1 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

2 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au5 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com6 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

7 related operating expenses, except for: (1) transfers to the 

8 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

9 Wildlife Act of August 8, 1956; (2) transfers otherwise 

10 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,181,000 

11 for formulation and administration of marketing agree12 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

13 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 

14 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

15 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

16 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

17 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul18 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

19 $1,171,000. 

20 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

24 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $39,249,000: 

25 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursumstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

2 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

3 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

4 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build5 ing. 

6 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

7 EXPENSES

8 Not to exceed $50,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 

9 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

10 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac11 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

12 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

13 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

17 Secretary for Food Safety, $791,000. 

18 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

19 For necessary expenses to carry out services author20 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

21 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

22 Act, including not to exceed $50,000 for representation 

23 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

24 Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

25 $998,762,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be credmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab2 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

3 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

4 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

5 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

6 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

7 That no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions shall 

8 be employed during fiscal year 2014 for purposes dedi9 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

10 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 

11 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

12 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

13 and improvements, but the cost of altering any one build14 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

15 the current replacement value of the building. 

16 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

19 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

20 $871,000. 

21 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

25 $1,177,926,000: Provided, That the Secretary is authormstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 ized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not 

2 the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 

3 program payments for all programs administered by the 

4 Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available 

5 to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced 

6 to and merged with this account: Provided further, That 

7 funds made available to county committees shall remain 

8 available until expended. 

9 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

10 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul11 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

12 5106), $4,259,000. 

13 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

15 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

16 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2), 

17 $4,552,000, to remain available until expended. 

18 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

21 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

22 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

23 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro24 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

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1 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

2 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria3 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

4 12). 

5 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di9 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

10 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer11 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac12 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

13 U.S.C. 1989), guaranteed conservation loans (7 U.S.C. 

14 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

15 (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul16 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,000,000,000 

17 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm ownership loans and 

18 $575,000,000 for direct farm ownership loans; 

19 $1,426,311,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm oper20 ating loans and $1,131,752,000 for direct farm operating 

21 loans; emergency loans, $26,204,000; Indian tribe land ac22 quisition loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation 

23 loans, $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land 

24 loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication pro25 gram loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary 

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1 shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the 

2 purpose of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

3 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

4 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

5 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

6 as follows: $4,428,000 for direct farm ownership loans; 

7 $62,020,000 for direct farm operating loans; $17,401,000 

8 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm operating loans; emer9 gency loans, $1,284,000, to remain available until ex10 pended; and Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

11 $68,000. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $305,034,000, of which $297,313,000 shall be paid to the 

15 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex16 penses’’. 

17 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

18 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

19 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

20 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro21 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

22 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad23 vance of any transfer. 

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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

3 Agency, $71,496,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

4 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep5 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

6 CORPORATIONS 

7 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

8 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

9 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor10 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

11 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

12 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

13 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

14 out the programs set forth in the budget for the current 

15 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here16 inafter provided. 

17 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

18 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

19 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1516), such sums 

20 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

21 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

22 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec25 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

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1 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim2 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

3 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

4 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec5 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

6 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

7 Foreign Agricultural Service, up to $5,000,000 may be 

8 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv9 ice for information resource management activities of the 

10 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com11 modity Credit Corporation business. 

12 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

13 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

14 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

15 Corporation shall not expend more than $5,000,000 for 

16 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

17 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

18 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

19 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

21 and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 

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1 TITLE II 

2 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

4 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

7 $871,000. 

8 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

9 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

10 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi11 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

12 including preparation of conservation plans and establish13 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

14 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas15 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

16 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con17 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva18 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

19 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

20 water, and interests therein for use in the plant materials 

21 program by donation, exchange, or purchase at a nominal 

22 cost not to exceed $100 pursuant to the Act of August 

23 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter24 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build25 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

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1 $810,115,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2015: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

3 available pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 2250 for construction and 

4 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

5 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

6 and improvements to other buildings and other public im7 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

8 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

9 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob10 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 

11 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

12 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

13 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $12,000,000 is pro14 vided. 

15 TITLE III 

16 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

17 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

18 DEVELOPMENT

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

20 Secretary for Rural Development, $871,000. 

21 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis24 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De25 velopment mission area, including activities with institumstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul2 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

3 $201,659,000: Provided, That $32,000,000 shall be for 

4 the Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: Provided 

5 further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

6 funds appropriated under this heading may be used for 

7 advertising and promotional activities that support the 

8 Rural Development mission area: Provided further, That 

9 any balances available from prior years for the Rural Utili10 ties Service, Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Busi11 ness—Cooperative Service salaries and expenses accounts 

12 shall be transferred to and merged with this appropria13 tion. 

14 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

15 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di18 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

19 Housing Act of 1949, to be available from funds in the 

20 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $820,221,000 

21 shall be for direct loans and $24,000,000,000 shall be for 

22 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $25,362,000 for section 

23 504 housing repair loans; $28,432,000 for section 515 

24 rental housing; $150,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 

25 multi-family housing loans; $10,000,000 for credit sales 

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1 of single family housing acquired property; and 

2 $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop3 ment loans. 

4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

5 the cost of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of 

6 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 

7 502 loans, $22,310,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

8 504 housing repair loans, $2,100,000; and repair, rehabili9 tation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

10 $6,656,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

11 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

12 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

13 any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guaran14 tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 

15 of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), and the interest on such 

16 loans may not be subsidized. 

17 In addition, for the cost of direct loans, grants, and 

18 contracts, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1484 and 1486, 

19 $13,168,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

20 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

21 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail22 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans23 ferred and merged with this account. 

24 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

25 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

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1 $400,308,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

2 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex3 penses’’. 

4 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

5 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re6 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

7 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

8 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

9 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 

10 $1,012,050,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be 

11 necessary, as authorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to 

12 liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 

13 out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) 

14 of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 

15 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 

16 shall be funded for a 1-year period: Provided further, That 

17 any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 

18 one-year agreements may be transferred and used for the 

19 purposes of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or 

20 rehabilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and 

21 rental assistance activities authorized under title V of the 

22 Act: Provided further, That rental assistance provided 

23 under agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2014 

24 for a farm labor multi-family housing project financed 

25 under section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured 

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1 for use in another project until such assistance has re2 mained unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if 

3 such project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such as4 sistance or the project has rental assistance eligible ten5 ants who are not receiving such assistance: Provided fur6 ther, That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the 

7 extent practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi8 family housing project financed under section 514 or 516 

9 of the Act. 

10 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

13 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not14 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi15 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

16 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous17 ing properties described in this paragraph, $27,084,000, 

18 to remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

19 funds made available under this heading, $9,749,000, 

20 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low21 income household (including those not receiving rental as22 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

23 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

24 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

25 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

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1 for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 

2 unit: Provided further, That funds made available for such 

3 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap4 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

5 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

6 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid7 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

8 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

9 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de10 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

11 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec12 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

13 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

14 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro15 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

16 heading, $17,335,000 shall be available for a demonstra17 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

18 sections 514, 515, and 516 multi-family rental housing 

19 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

20 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex21 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi22 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

23 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi24 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

25 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 

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1 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

2 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

3 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in4 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

5 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

6 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

7 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

8 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

9 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

10 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra11 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur12 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

13 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

14 program similar to the demonstration program described 

15 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

16 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

17 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro19 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

20 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than $975,000 

21 total, from the program funds made available under this 

22 heading, for administrative expenses for activities funded 

23 under this heading. 

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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

3 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1490c), $17,131,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 For grants for very low-income housing repair made 

7 by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 

8 1474, $18,585,000, to remain available until expended. 

9 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di12 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

13 and described in section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated 

14 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for di15 rect loans and $47,319,000 for guaranteed loans. 

16 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

17 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con18 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,000,000, to remain 

19 available until expended. 

20 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

21 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

22 section 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

23 Development Act, $22,251,000, to remain available until 

24 expended: Provided, That $5,967,000 of the amount ap25 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

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1 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur2 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

3 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

4 housing and community development organizations, low5 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na6 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

7 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

8 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

9 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri10 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro11 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

12 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga13 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

14 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

15 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

16 That $3,284,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

17 heading shall be available for community facilities grants 

18 to tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of 

19 such Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

20 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

21 Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 

22 this heading. 

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1 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

2 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of loan guarantees and grants, for the 

5 rural business development programs authorized by sec6 tions 306 and 310B and described in sections 310B(g) 

7 and 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De8 velopment Act, $71,777,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 

10 this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made avail11 able for one grant to a qualified national organization to 

12 provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

13 order to promote economic development and: Provided fur14 ther, That $3,900,000 of the amount appropriated under 

15 this heading shall be for business grants to benefit Feder16 ally Recognized Native American Tribes, including 

17 $244,000 for a grant to a qualified national organization 

18 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

19 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

20 That sections 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated 

21 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

22 funds made available under this heading. 

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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author4 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

5 9812(a)), $18,889,000. 

6 For the cost of direct loans, $4,082,000, as author7 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

8 9812(a)), of which $531,000 shall be available through 

9 June 30, 2014, for Federally Recognized Native American 

10 Tribes; and of which $1,021,000 shall be available through 

11 June 30, 2014, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

12 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro13 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

14 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

17 the direct loan programs, $4,326,000 shall be transferred 

18 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop19 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

20 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

21 ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

23 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author24 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

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1 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

2 and job creation projects, $33,077,000. 

3 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

4 credit payments, as authorized by section 313 of the Rural 

5 Electrification Act of 1936, $180,000,000 shall not be ob6 ligated and $180,000,000 are rescinded. 

7 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

8 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

9 under section 310B(e) of the Consolidated Farm and 

10 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $17,250,000, of 

11 which $2,250,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

12 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro13 gram; and of which $15,000,000, to remain available until 

14 expended, shall be for value-added agricultural product 

15 market development grants, as authorized by section 231 

16 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 

17 1621 note). 

18 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

19 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees, under 

20 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

21 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

22 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $3,000,000: Provided, That the 

23 cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 

24 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con25 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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1 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

2 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and 

5 grants for the rural water, waste water, waste disposal, 

6 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec7 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de8 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

9 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop10 ment Act, $447,997,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, of which not to exceed $500,000 shall be available 

12 for the rural utilities program described in section 

13 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

14 $968,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

15 described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That 

16 $64,829,000 of the amount appropriated under this head17 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

18 waste disposal systems grants authorized by 

19 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

20 Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native 

21 American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the De22 partment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Ha23 waii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 

24 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

25 Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to 

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1 section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided further, That 

2 not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec3 tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop4 ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 

5 and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 

6 percent of the funding provided for section 306D of the 

7 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 

8 used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 

9 Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 

10 programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

11 $18,523,000 of the amount appropriated under this head12 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

13 and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 

14 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex15 treme need, of which $5,606,000 shall be made available 

16 for a grant to a qualified non-profit multi-state regional 

17 technical assistance organization, with experience in work18 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

19 problems, the principal purpose of such grant shall be to 

20 assist rural communities with populations of 3,300 or less, 

21 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper22 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

23 and of which not less than $780,000 shall be for a quali24 fied national Native American organization to provide 

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1 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

2 $14,623,000 of the amount appropriated under this head3 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi4 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as5 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

6 not to exceed $3,315,000 shall be for solid waste manage7 ment grants: Provided further, That any prior year bal8 ances for high energy cost grants authorized by section 

9 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

10 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the Rural 

11 Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account: Pro12 vided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the 

13 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 

14 applicable to the funds made available under this heading. 

15 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

16 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

19 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec20 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

21 made as follows: loans made pursuant to section 306 of 

22 that Act, rural electric, $4,000,000,000; guaranteed un23 derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 

24 cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

25 $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 

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1 be used for the construction, acquisition, or improvement 

2 of fossil-fueled electric generating plants (whether new or 

3 existing) that utilize carbon sequestration systems. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

5 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

6 $33,601,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

7 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

8 and Expenses’’. 

9 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

10 PROGRAM

11 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni12 cation loans, $42,146,000. 

13 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

14 services in rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa 

15 et seq., $24,323,000, to remain available until expended. 

16 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

17 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,500,000, 

18 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

19 cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 

20 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

21 In addition, $10,111,000, to remain available until 

22 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

23 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

24 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

25 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 

7 $791,000. 

8 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

9 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

12 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 

13 seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 

14 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

15 21; $20,452,229,000, to remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2015, of which such sums as are made avail17 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

18 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as 

19 amended by this Act, shall be merged with and available 

20 for the same time period and purposes as provided herein: 

21 Provided, That of the total amount available, $17,004,000 

22 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu23 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

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1 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

2 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup4 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

5 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 

6 $6,654,871,000, to remain available through September 

7 30, 2015: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

8 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

9 1786(h)(10)), not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 

10 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

11 $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, and 

12 $30,000,000 shall be used for management information 

13 systems: Provided further, That funds made available 

14 under section 17(h)(10) shall only be made available upon 

15 a determination by the Secretary that funds are available 

16 to meet caseload requirements without the use of funds 

17 in the contingency reserve that are without fiscal year lim18 itation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

19 in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 

20 formula except in accordance with the cost containment 

21 and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 

22 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

23 provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 

24 reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

25 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act. 

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1 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

3 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 

4 $76,332,112,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

5 available through September 30, 2015, shall be placed in 

6 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 

7 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

8 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

9 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

10 Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 

11 available under this heading, $998,000 may be used to 

12 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

13 Federally recognized tribes participating in the Food Dis14 tribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided fur15 ther, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 

16 registration or workfare requirements as may be required 

17 by law: Provided further, That funds made available for 

18 Employment and Training under this heading shall re19 main available until expended, notwithstanding section 

20 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided 

21 further, That of the funds made available under this head22 ing, not more than $350,000,000 shall be expended for 

23 section 28(d)(1)(D) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

24 2008 and shall remain available through September 30, 

25 2015: Provided further, That funds made available under 

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1 this heading may be used to enter into contracts and em2 ploy staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct 

3 activities related to program integrity provided that such 

4 activities are authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act 

5 of 2008. 

6 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

7 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist8 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

9 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con10 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

11 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist12 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec13 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend14 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm15 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

16 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $265,892,000, 

17 to remain available through September 30, 2015: Pro18 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim19 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

20 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith21 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

22 made available in fiscal year 2014 to support the Seniors 

23 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

24 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

25 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

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1 September 30, 2015: Provided further, That of the funds 

2 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri3 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

4 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu5 tion of commodities. 

6 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

7 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

8 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri9 tion assistance program, $139,899,000: Provided, That of 

10 the funds provided herein $2,000,000 shall be used for 

11 the purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171, as 

12 amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 

13 TITLE V 

14 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

15 PROGRAMS 

16 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

20 Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representa21 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

22 the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 

23 $172,866,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad24 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex25 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 

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1 private organizations and institutions under agreements 

2 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as3 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assist4 ance programs of the United States Agency for Inter5 national Development: Provided further, That funds made 

6 available for middle-income country training programs, 

7 funds made available for the Borlaug International Agri8 cultural Science and Technology Fellowship program, and 

9 up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service ap10 propriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations 

11 in international currency exchange rates, subject to docu12 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re13 main available until expended. 

14 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

15 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

18 program of title I, Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83– 

19 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,735,000, 

20 shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agen21 cy, Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided, That funds made 

22 available for the cost of agreements under title I of the 

23 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 

24 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be used 

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1 tice to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

2 of Congress. 

3 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

4 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth5 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in6 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

7 (Public Law 83–480, as amended), for commodities sup8 plied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II 

9 of said Act, $1,149,680,000, to remain available until ex10 pended. 

11 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

12 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

14 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com15 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

16 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,635,000; to cover common 

17 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com18 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

19 with the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990, of which 

20 $6,290,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign 

21 Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, and of 

22 which $345,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 

23 ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

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1 MC GOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

2 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest5 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $180,320,000, to 

6 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com7 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

8 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im9 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

10 amounts provided herein. 

11 TITLE VI 

12 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

13 ADMINISTRATION 

14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

15 SERVICES 

16 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad19 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

20 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

21 costs pursuant to Public Law 92–313 for programs and 

22 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

23 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 

24 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

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1 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

2 for solely on the Secretary’s certificate, not to exceed 

3 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

4 107–188; $4,280,164,000: Provided, That of the amount 

5 provided under this heading, $760,000,000 shall be de6 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

7 U.S.C. 379h, and shall be credited to this account and 

8 remain available until expended, and shall not include any 

9 fees pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 379h(a)(2) and (a)(3) assessed 

10 for fiscal year 2015 but collected in fiscal year 2014; 

11 $114,833,000 shall be derived from medical device user 

12 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited 

13 to this account and remain available until expended; 

14 $23,600,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

15 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–12, and shall be credited 

16 to this account and remain available until expended; 

17 $7,328,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user 

18 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be cred19 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

20 $534,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user 

21 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s and shall be credited 

22 to this account and remain available until expended; 

23 $12,925,000 shall be derived from food and feed recall 

24 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31, and shall be cred25 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

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1 $15,367,000 shall be derived from food reinspection fees 

2 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-31, and shall be credited 

3 to this account and remain available until expended; 

4 $305,996,000 shall be derived from human generic drug 

5 user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j-42, and shall be 

6 credited to this account and remain available until ex7 pended; $20,716,000 shall be derived from biosimilar bio8 logical product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j9 52, and shall be credited to this account and remain avail10 able until expended; and amounts derived from voluntary 

11 qualified importer program fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 

12 379j-31, and shall be credited to this account and remain 

13 available until expended: Provided further, That in addi14 tion and notwithstanding any other provision under this 

15 heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user fees, 

16 medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, 

17 biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug user 

18 fees, and animal generic drug user fees that exceed the 

19 respective fiscal year 2014 limitations are appropriated 

20 and shall be credited to this account and remain available 

21 until expended: Provided further, That fees derived from 

22 prescription drug, medical device, animal drug, animal ge23 neric drug, human generic drug, biosimilar biological, and 

24 tobacco product assessments for fiscal year 2014 received 

25 during fiscal year 2014, including any such fees assessed 

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1 prior to fiscal year 2014 but credited for fiscal year 2014, 

2 shall be subject to the fiscal year 2014 limitations: Pro3 vided further, That none of these funds shall be used to 

4 develop, establish, or operate any program of user fees au5 thorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the 

6 total amount appropriated: (1) $878,161,000 shall be for 

7 the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and re8 lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

9 (2) $1,288,191,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Eval10 uation and Research and related field activities in the Of11 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $331,726,000 shall be for 

12 the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for 

13 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

14 (4) $168,098,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary 

15 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 

16 Regulatory Affairs; (5) $400,938,000 shall be for the Cen17 ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 

18 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 

19 $57,869,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi20 cological Research; (7) $501,476,000 shall be for the Cen21 ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

22 in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (8) not to exceed 

23 $175,785,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 

24 which $63,896,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 

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1 tration for rent; (9) not to exceed $209,436,000 shall be 

2 for payments to the General Services Administration for 

3 rent; and (10) $268,484,000, of which not less than 

4 $10,312,000 shall be for Medical Countermeasure initia5 tive, shall be for other activities, including the Office of 

6 the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, the Office of Foods 

7 and Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and To8 bacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Pol9 icy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Sci10 entist, and central services for these offices: Provided fur11 ther, That the Secretary may, prior to the due date for 

12 such fees, accept payment of prescription drug user fees, 

13 medical device user fees, human generic drug user fees, 

14 biosimilar biological product user fees, animal drug user 

15 fees, and animal generic drug user fees authorized for fis16 cal year 2015, and that amounts of such fees assessed for 

17 fiscal year 2015 for which the Secretary accepts payment 

18 in fiscal year 2014 shall not be included in amounts pro19 vided under this heading: Provided further, That not to 

20 exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official recep21 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

22 for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided further, 

23 That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of 

24 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

25 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made available 

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1 under this heading for other activities: Provided further, 

2 That funds may be transferred from one specified activity 

3 to another with the prior approval of the Committees on 

4 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

5 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

6 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

7 by 21 U.S.C. 381, and priority review user fees authorized 

8 by 21 U.S.C. 360n may be credited to this account, to 

9 remain available until expended. 

10 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

11 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in14 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

15 and the rental of space (to include multiple year leases) 

16 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $194,555,000, 

17 including not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and 

18 representation expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the 

19 expenses for consultations and meetings hosted by the 

20 Commission with foreign governmental and other regu21 latory officials, of which $35,500,000, shall be for the pur22 chase of information technology until September 30, 2015, 

23 except that such amount shall not be used for personnel 

24 compensation and benefits, and of which $1,430,000 shall 

25 be for the Office of the Inspector General: Provided, That 

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1 the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Com2 mission shall develop and report to the Committees on Ap3 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen4 ate, the House Committee on Agriculture, the Senate 

5 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, the 

6 House Committee on Financial Services, and the Senate 

7 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs with8 in 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

9 a schedule of implementation and sequencing of all rules, 

10 regulations, and orders under section 716 or 722(d) of 

11 Public Law 111-203, section 1a(49)(D) or 4m of the Com12 modity Exchange Act, or any of the amendments made 

13 by section 737 of Public Law 111-203, including all Com14 mission cost benefit analyses and studies relied upon in 

15 the formulation of any regulations issued in implementing 

16 any of such sections or amendments. 

17 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

18 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

19 Not to exceed $61,900,000 (from assessments col20 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

21 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

22 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

23 as authorized under 12 U.S.C. 2249: Provided, That this 

24 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re25 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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1 this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification to the 

2 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con3 gress: Provided further, That no funds available to the 

4 Farm Credit Administration shall be used to implement 

5 or enforce those portions of the final regulation published 

6 in the Federal Register on October 3, 2012, (77 Fed. Reg. 

7 60, 582-602), establishing a requirement that Farm Cred8 it System institutions hold an advisory vote on officer com9 pensation. 

10 TITLE VII 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

12 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 701. Within the unit limit of cost fixed by law, 

14 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart15 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

16 Act shall be available for the purchase, in addition to those 

17 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 69 passenger 

18 motor vehicles of which 69 shall be for replacement only, 

19 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith20 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

21 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

22 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper23 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

24 public safety. 

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1 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli3 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

4 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal5 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

6 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi7 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv8 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech9 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

10 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re11 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

12 funds made available by this Act or any other Act shall 

13 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

14 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur15 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

16 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

17 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

18 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

19 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 

20 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

21 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

22 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De23 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti24 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap25 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

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1 section 721 of this Act: Provided further, That of annual 

2 income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De3 partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi4 nance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 

5 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 

6 equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 

7 implementation of a financial management plan, informa8 tion technology, and other systems of the National Fi9 nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 

10 of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 

11 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga12 tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of 

13 the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur15 ther, That the limitation on the obligation of funds pend16 ing notification to Congressional Committees shall not 

17 apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Sec18 retary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emer19 gency that significantly impacts the operations of the Na20 tional Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the Na21 tional Finance Center to a safe haven to continue oper22 ations of the National Finance Center. 

23 SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 

24 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

25 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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1 SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

2 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

3 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

4 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu5 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

6 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar7 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

8 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro9 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

10 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com11 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro12 priations are provided in this Act. 

13 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri14 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

15 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

16 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

17 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop18 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica19 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

20 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

21 SEC. 706. None of the funds made available to the 

22 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac23 quire new information technology systems or significant 

24 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor25 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informamstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa2 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

3 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

4 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

5 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa6 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

7 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That none of the 

9 funds available to the Department of Agriculture for infor10 mation technology shall be obligated for projects over 

11 $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief 

12 Information Officer. 

13 SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 1240I 

14 and section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 and 

15 section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 

16 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in the current fiscal year shall remain 

17 available until expended to disburse obligations made in 

18 the current fiscal year. 

19 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid or prepaid 

21 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

22 Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit utility 

23 that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan under 

24 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

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1 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor2 rower under such Act. 

3 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 law, for the purposes of a grant under section 412 of the 

5 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 

6 Act of 1998, none of the funds in this or any other Act 

7 may be used to prohibit the provision of in-kind support 

8 from non-Federal sources under section 412(e)(3) of such 

9 Act in the form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise 

10 charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect 

11 rate of cost approved for a recipient. 

12 SEC. 710. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

13 by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the 

14 end of the fiscal year from appropriations made available 

15 for salaries and expenses in this Act for the Farm Service 

16 Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall re17 main available through September 30, 2015, for informa18 tion technology expenses. 

19 SEC. 711. The Secretary of Agriculture may author20 ize a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to 

21 exceed the maximum amount of liquid infant formula 

22 specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant for23 mula to participants. 

24 SEC. 712. None of the funds appropriated or other25 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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1 travel by the employees of agencies funded by this Act in 

2 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

3 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

4 SEC. 713. In the case of each program established 

5 or amended by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

6 of 2008 (Public Law 110–246), other than by title I or 

7 subtitle A of title III of such Act or programs for which 

8 indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is au9 thorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 

10 Commodity Credit Corporation— 

11 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

12 and related administrative expenses, including tech13 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

14 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

15 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

16 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

17 Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i); and 

18 (2) the use of such funds for such purpose shall 

19 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

20 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

21 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

22 in such section. 

23 SEC. 714. None of the funds made available in fiscal 

24 year 2014 or preceding fiscal years for programs author25 ized under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) 

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1 in excess of $20,000,000 shall be used to reimburse the 

2 Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible 

3 commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emer4 son Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro5 vided, That any such funds made available to reimburse 

6 the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pur7 suant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Hu8 manitarian Trust Act. 

9 SEC. 715. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

10 not more than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover necessary 

11 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

12 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

13 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego14 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi15 tively awarded grants. 

16 SEC. 716. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail17 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 

18 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

19 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

20 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

21 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

22 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

23 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro24 vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 

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1 able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 

2 awarded under section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 

3 U.S.C. 638). 

4 SEC. 717. Section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nu5 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(A)), is amended 

6 by inserting ‘‘and fiscal year 2014’’ after ‘‘2013’’. 

7 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other8 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

9 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

10 the following: 

11 (1) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au12 thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Pro13 tection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 

14 1012(h)(1)); 

15 (2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro16 gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 

17 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 

18 3839aa–8) in excess of $1,350,000,000; 

19 (3) The Farmland Protection Program as au20 thorized by section 1238I of the Food Security Act 

21 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838i) in excess of 

22 $150,000,000; 

23 (4) The Wetlands Reserve Program authorized 

24 by sections 1237–1237F of the Food Security Act of 

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1 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837–3837f) to enroll in excess of 

2 71,104 acres in fiscal year 2014; 

3 (5) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act author4 ized by section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 

5 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1)) in excess of 

6 $45,000,000; and 

7 (6) Agricultural Management Assistance Pro8 gram as authorized by section 524 of the Federal 

9 Crop Insurance Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1524) in 

10 excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural Resources Con11 servation Service. 

12 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

14 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

15 a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(vi) of section 14222 

16 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $861,000,000, as fol17 lows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod18 ities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

19 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

20 $2,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail21 able in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries 

22 and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 

23 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

24 Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that ex25 cludes the transfer of $119,000,000 of the funds to be 

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1 transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Pub2 lic Law 110–246, until October 1, 2014: Provided further, 

3 That $119,000,000 made available on October 1, 2014, 

4 to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell 

5 National School Lunch Act, as amended, shall be excluded 

6 from the limitation described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(vii) 

7 of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246: Provided further, 

8 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

9 available by this or any other Act shall be used to pay 

10 the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Depart11 ment of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit 

12 Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agri13 cultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 

14 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal ac15 tivities or price support activities under section 5 of the 

16 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided fur17 ther, That of the available unobligated balances under 

18 (b)(2)(A)(vi) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, 

19 $206,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

20 SEC. 720. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

21 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex22 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

23 language as part of the President’s Budget submission to 

24 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

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1 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra2 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re3 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

4 proposals that have not been enacted into law prior to the 

5 submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 

6 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

7 occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted 

8 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con9 ference for the fiscal year 2015 appropriations Act. 

10 SEC. 721. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

11 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen12 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

13 or expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

14 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

15 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

16 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

17 through a reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reim18 bursements as authorized by the Economy Act, or in the 

19 case of the Department of Agriculture, through use of the 

20 authority provided by section 702(b) of the Department 

21 of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or 

22 section 8 of Public Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

23 (1) creates new programs; 

24 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

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1 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

2 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

3 denied or restricted; 

4 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

5 (5) reorganizes offices, programs, or activities; 

6 or 

7 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

8 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

9 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

10 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com11 modity Futures Trading Commission (as the case may be) 

12 notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

13 both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of 

14 the reprogramming of such funds or the use of such au15 thority. 

16 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro17 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

18 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

19 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

20 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

21 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

22 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

23 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram24 ming or use of the authorities referred to in subsection 

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1 (a) involving funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, 

2 whichever is less, that— 

3 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac4 tivities; 

5 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist6 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per7 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

8 (3) results from any general savings from a re9 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

10 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap11 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri12 culture, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv13 ices, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 

14 Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies, 

15 in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

16 both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 

17 of the reprogramming or transfer of such funds or 

18 the use of such authority. 

19 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

20 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com21 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ22 ing the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

23 Congress before implementing any program or activity not 

24 carried out during the previous fiscal year unless the promstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 gram or activity is funded by this Act or specifically fund2 ed by any other Act. 

3 (d) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

4 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

5 Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Chairman 

6 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission receives 

7 from the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of 

8 Congress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt 

9 of the notification as required in this section. 

10 SEC. 722. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

11 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

12 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

13 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

14 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

15 portion of the loan. 

16 SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or other17 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

18 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 

19 Trading Commission, and the Farm Credit Administra20 tion shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available 

21 to any non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department 

22 of Health and Human Services employee questions or re23 sponses to questions that are a result of information re24 quested for the appropriations hearing process. 

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1 SEC. 724. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

2 law, none of the funds provided in this Act, may be used 

3 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre4 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

5 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti6 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

7 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

8 funded by that executive branch agency. 

9 SEC. 725. No employee of the Department of Agri10 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

11 office funded by this Act or any other Act to any other 

12 agency or office of the Department for more than 30 days 

13 unless the individual’s employing agency or office is fully 

14 reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 

15 and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment. 

16 SEC. 726. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per18 sonnel who provide nonrecourse marketing assistance 

19 loans for mohair under section 1201 of the Food, Con20 servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8731). 

21 SEC. 727. Of the unobligated balances in the Natural 

22 Resources Conservation Service, Resource Conservation 

23 and Development Account, $2,017,000 are hereby perma24 nently cancelled: Provided, That no amounts may be can25 celled from amounts that were designated by the Congress 

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1 as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Concurrent 

2 Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and 

3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

4 SEC. 728. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

5 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

6 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 

7 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis8 sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra9 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

10 the House of Representatives and the Senate a detailed 

11 spending plan by program, project, and activity for the 

12 funds made available under this Act. 

13 SEC. 729. Of the unobligated balances available to 

14 the Department of Agriculture under the account ‘‘Agri15 culture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments’’, 

16 $30,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That no amount 

17 may be rescinded from funds made available for payments 

18 to the General Services Administration for rent and funds 

19 made available for payments to the Department of Home20 land Security for building security activities. 

21 SEC. 730. Funds made available under title II of the 

22 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) may only be 

23 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

24 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis25 trator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 

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1 are in place to ensure that emergency food aid is received 

2 by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food 

3 shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappro4 priate purposes. 

5 SEC. 731. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, the requirements pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1) 

7 may be waived for any amounts higher than those speci8 fied under this authority for fiscal year 2009. 

9 SEC. 732. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

10 year 2014 rental payments to the General Services Admin11 istration for programs funded by this Act shall be ab12 sorbed within the discretionary levels appropriated in this 

13 Act: Provided, That the Secretary may use unobligated 

14 prior year balances of an agency or office that are no 

15 longer available for new obligation to cover shortfalls in16 curred in prior year rental payments for such agency or 

17 office: Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized 

18 to transfer funds from a Departmental agency to this ac19 count to recover the full cost of the space and security 

20 expenses of that agency that are funded by this account 

21 when the actual costs exceed the agency estimate which 

22 will be available for the activities and payments described 

23 herein. 

24 SEC. 733. Of the unobligated balance of funds avail25 able to the Department of Agriculture for the cost of secmstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with BILLS

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1 tion 502 single family housing guaranteed loans for fiscal 

2 years 2007 through 2010 under the heading ‘‘Rural De3 velopment Programs – Rural Housing Service – Rural 

4 Housing Insurance Fund Program Account’’ in prior ap5 propriations Acts, $1,314,734 is rescinded. 

6 SEC. 734. Of the unobligated balances provided pur7 suant to section 9005(g)(1) of the Farm Security and 

8 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105(g)(1)), 

9 $41,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

10 SEC. 735. The Secretary shall expand the pilot pro11 gram currently in effect for packaging section 502 single 

12 family direct loans and not later than 90 days after enact13 ment of this Act enter into Memorandums of Under14 standing with not less than 5 qualified intermediary orga15 nizations to work in coordination with the Secretary to 

16 increase the effectiveness of the section 502 single family 

17 direct loan program in States and communities currently 

18 not served under the existing pilot program. 

19 SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated or other20 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

21 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out 

22 section 307(b) of division C of the Omnibus Consolidated 

23 and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 

24 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-640) in excess of 

25 $4,000,000. 

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1 SEC. 737. Of the unobligated balances provided pur2 suant to section 9003(h)(1) of the Farm Security and 

3 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103(h)(1)), 

4 $40,694,000 are hereby rescinded. 

5 SEC. 738. Of the unobligated balances made available 

6 under section 231(b)(7)(A) of the Agricultural Risk Pro7 tection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 106- 

8 224), $15,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

9 SEC. 739. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

10 require budget authority and the program level has been 

11 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

12 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran13 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

14 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec15 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria16 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad17 vance. 

18 SEC. 740. (a)(1) Of the funds made available in title 

19 I under the item ‘‘Agricultural Programs-Production, 

20 Processing and Marketing-Office of the Secretary’’, 

21 $1,000,000 shall be available to conduct an assessment 

22 of the existing (as of the date of the enactment of this 

23 Act) and prospective scope of domestic hunger and food 

24 insecurity in accordance with this section. 

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1 (2) The Secretary of Agriculture shall select, through 

2 a competitive process, and enter into an agreement with 

3 an independent, private-sector entity that is an organiza4 tion described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

5 Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) 

6 of such Code, that has recognized credentials and exper7 tise in domestic hunger affairs to— 

8 (A) conduct the assessment required under sub9 section (a); and 

10 (B) provide technical expertise to the National 

11 Commission on Hunger established under subsection 

12 (b). 

13 (3) Not later than 180 days after the date of the en14 actment of this Act, the entity selected in accordance with 

15 paragraph (2) shall submit to the President and Congress 

16 and make publicly available a report containing the assess17 ment required under this subsection and any policy rec18 ommendations that such entity considers appropriate. 

19 (b)(1) There is established a commission to be known 

20 as the ‘‘National Commission on Hunger’’ (in this section 

21 referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 

22 (2) The Commission shall— 

23 (A) provide policy recommendations to Congress 

24 and the Secretary to more effectively use existing (as 

25 of the date of the enactment of this Act) programs 

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1 and funds of the Department of Agriculture to com2 bat domestic hunger and food insecurity; and 

3 (B) develop innovative recommendations to en4 courage public-private partnerships, faith-based sec5 tor engagement, and community initiatives to reduce 

6 the need for government nutrition assistance pro7 grams, while protecting the safety net for the most 

8 vulnerable members of society. 

9 (3) The Commission shall be composed of 10 mem10 bers, of whom— 

11 (A) 3 members shall be appointed by the 

12 Speaker of the House of Representatives; 

13 (B) 2 members shall be appointed by the minor14 ity leader of the House of Representatives; 

15 (C) 3 members shall be appointed by the major16 ity leader of the Senate; and 

17 (D) 2 members shall be appointed by the mi18 nority leader of the Senate. 

19 SEC. 741. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act may be used to eliminate or reduce funding for a pro21 gram, project or activity as proposed in the President’s 

22 budget request for a fiscal year until such proposed change 

23 is subsequently enacted in an appropriation Act, or unless 

24 such change is made pursuant to the reprogramming or 

25 transfer provisions of this Act. 

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1 SEC. 742. None of the funds made available by this 

2 or any other Act may be used to write, prepare, or publish 

3 a final rule or an interim final rule in furtherance of, or 

4 otherwise to implement, ‘‘Implementation of Regulations 

5 Required Under Title XI, of the Food, Conservation and 

6 Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act’’ (75 

7 Fed. Reg. 35338 (June 22, 2010)) unless the combined 

8 annual cost to the economy of such rules does not exceed 

9 $100,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 

10 available by this or any other Act may be used to publish 

11 a final or interim final rule in furtherance of, or to other12 wise implement, proposed sections 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 

13 201.2(u), 201.3(c), 201.210, 201.211, 201.213, or 

14 201.214 of ‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required 

15 Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act 

16 of 2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 

17 35338 (June 22, 2010)). 

18 SEC. 743. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to exclude or restrict the eligibility of 

20 any variety of fresh, whole, or cut vegetables, except for 

21 vegetables with added sugars, fats, or oils, from being pro22 vided as supplemental foods under the special supple23 mental nutrition program for women, infants, and children 

24 under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

25 U.S.C. 1786). 

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1 SEC. 744. (a) None of the funds made available by 

2 this Act may be used to pay more than 75 percent of the 

3 salary of any senior Department of Agriculture official 

4 during the period beginning on July 1, 2014, and ending 

5 on September 30, 2014, unless as of July 1, 2014, the 

6 percentage of improper payments for the school lunch pro7 gram under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the school breakfast pro9 gram under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

10 (42 U.S.C. 1773) has been reduced by at least 25 percent. 

11 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘senior De12 partment of Agriculture official’’ means the Secretary of 

13 Agriculture, the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, and any 

14 Under Secretary, Assistant Secretary or Administrator of 

15 the Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Serv16 ice. 

17 SEC. 745. No State is eligible to receive any of the 

18 funds provided by this Act unless it is in full compliance 

19 with section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

20 U.S.C. 2015). Further, none of the funds provided by this 

21 Act may be used to promote WIC or SNAP benefits to 

22 individuals who are ineligible to receive benefits pursuant 

23 to section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

24 U.S.C. 2015). 

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1 SEC. 746. It is the sense of Congress that Congress 

2 should not pass any legislation which authorizes spending 

3 cuts that would increase hunger in the United States. 

4 SEC. 747. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to reclassify, for purposes of title V of 

6 the Housing Act of 1949 and as a result of data received 

7 from or after the 2010 decennial census, any area classi8 fied as ‘‘rural’’ or a ‘‘rural area’’ as of June 1, 2013. 

9 SEC. 748. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to promulgate rules, regulations, orders, 

11 interpretive guidance, or general statements of policy re12 garding the extraterritorial application of the swaps provi13 sions of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1) pursu14 ant to section 722(d) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re15 form and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5301) un16 less the rules, regulations, orders, interpretive guidance, 

17 or general statements of policy are subject to the notice 

18 and comment procedures of section 553 of title 5, United 

19 States Code, and are promulgated jointly by the Securities 

20 and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures 

21 Trading Commission. 

22 SEC. 749. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per24 sonnel to— 

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1 (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed2 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

3 (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the 

4 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

5 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

6 (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 

7 9, Code of Federal Regulations. 

8 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

9 SEC. 750. The amount by which the applicable alloca10 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

11 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec12 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex13 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De15 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

16 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 

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Union Calendar No. 82 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2410 

[Report No. 113–116] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2014, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JUNE 18, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

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