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111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session 111–181 

AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG 

ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2010 

JUNE 23, 2009.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 

the Union and ordered to be printed 

Ms. DELAURO, from the Committee on Appropriations, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

together with 

MINORITY VIEWS 

[To accompany H.R. 2997] 

The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report in 

explanation of the accompanying bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 

Related Agencies for fiscal year 2010. 

INTRODUCTION 

After years of underinvestment in the federal government’s capabilities to protect public health, support U.S. agriculture, and conserve the environment, the Committee proposes new investments 

in the agencies funded in this bill in order to strengthen the critical 

services they provide to the American people. 

The bill focuses on key priorities, such as: protecting public 

health: bolstering food nutrition programs; investing in rural communities; agriculture research; strengthening animal health and 

marketing programs; and conserving our natural resources. 

SAFETY OF OUR FOOD AND MEDICAL PRODUCTS 

The bill provides a substantial increase for the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) to support a total funding level of $2.338 billion in discretionary funding fiscal year 2010, an increase of almost 

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FDA’s priority needs will help to reform how the agency ensures 

food and medical product safety and significantly improve food and 

medical products safety. 

In addition, the bill fully funds the President’s request for the 

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), providing over $1 billion 

for FSIS for the first time in history. 

BOLSTERING NUTRITION PROGRAMS 

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, 

AND CHILDREN

Food costs and participation continue to increase at dramatic 

rates for fiscal years 2009 and 2010. In 2010 alone, participation 

in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, Children (WIC) is estimated to rise up to 10.1 million people. 

The bill addresses this growing critical need by providing sufficient 

funding to help up to an additional 700,000 women, infants, and 

children. In total, the bill provides $7.541 billion for WIC to serve 

our nation’s vulnerable populations. This record funding level is 

over $681 million above (or 10 percent) fiscal year 2009. 

COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM

The bill includes record funding of $180 million for supplemental 

food for women, infants, children, and the elderly, an increase of 

almost $20 million above fiscal year 2009 and over $17 million 

above the President’s request. In order to ensure that more families 

receive the support they need during this time of economic stress, 

the bill also provides funding to expand this critical assistance in 

new states with USDA-approved feeding plans. 

INVESTING IN RURAL AMERICA 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

The Committee seeks to not only sustain our rural communities, 

but also to create new opportunities for growth and development in 

the nation’s small town economies. 

The Committee makes substantial investments in rural communities. The bill provides funding for programs that help house families, invest in rural businesses, and support new community facility 

infrastructure. The bill also increases funding for water and waste 

water infrastructure. 

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

Research is at the core of maintaining U.S. agriculture’s place in 

the forefront of scientific discovery and development, as well as ensuring that the nation continues to be a competitive exporter. 

The bill makes significant investments in agricultural research 

by providing total funding levels of nearly $1.2 billion for the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and almost $1.25 billion for the 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). Funding for 

NIFA is nearly $82 million over the President’s budget request. 


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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH

The bill includes nearly $886 million to fund programs that protect American agriculture against animal and plant diseases, such 

as preventing or controlling the spread of emerald ash borer, and 

the Asian long-horned beetle. 

CONSERVING NATURAL RESOURCES 

The Committee makes a significant investment in USDA’s natural resource conservation programs. The bill rejects the President’s cuts to the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) 

farm bill conservation programs, such as the Wetlands Reserve 

Program, Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, and Wildlife 

Habitat Incentives Program. With ongoing demands for cleaner 

water, reduced soil erosion, and more wildlife habitat, Congress believes that those resources are critical. With the substantial funding resources provided in the Committee’s bill, NRCS will be able 

to make valuable investments in assistance to help farmers and 

ranchers protect the environment and meet their resource management needs. 

INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID 

The bill expands America’s historical commitment to international food aid by providing an increase of over $464 million (27 

percent) to the U.S. government’s primary international food aid 

program, the P.L. 480 Title II Grants Program. With this increase, 

the program will have a base funding level of $1.69 billion in fiscal 

year 2010 to provide critical assistance to meet emergency and nonemergency feeding needs in other countries. According to the U.S. 

Agency for International Development, the Title II program provided assistance to approximately 56 million people in 49 countries 

in fiscal year 2008. 

In addition, the bill also provides an additional $99.5 million to 

the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, doubling the amount of funding appropriated in 

fiscal year 2009 to a total of $199.5 million. This valuable program 

supports education, child development, and food security for some 

of the world’s poorest children. According to USDA, in 2009 alone 

the program supported education and feeding programs in 15 countries that benefitted over 3.7 million children. To date, the McGovern-Dole program has provided meals to more than 22 million children in 41 countries and boosted school attendance by an estimated 

14 percent. 

TERMINATIONS, REDUCTIONS AND OTHER SAVINGS 

In order to invest in the important programs funded in this bill 

and to use the resources available to it wisely, the Committee has 

proposed a number of program terminations, reductions, and other 

savings from the fiscal year 2009 level totaling over $274 million 

and $735 million in other program terminations, reductions, and 

other savings from the budget request. 


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TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $5,174,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 5,285,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 5,285,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +111,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Secretary, the Committee provides an ap- propriation of $5,285,000, an increase of $111,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same amount as the 

budget request. 

Explanatory Notes.—The Committee appreciates receiving the detailed information provided in the Explanatory Notes prepared by 

the Department and relies heavily on this information when considering budget proposals. For fiscal year 2011 and future years, 

the Department is directed to present Explanatory Notes in a format consistent with the presentation used for the fiscal year 2010 

Budget. The Explanatory Notes should also be assembled putting 

the accounts in the same order as the accounts in the bill. Any deviations from that format are to be approved in advance by the 

Committee. 

State Office Collocation.—The Committee continues to direct that 

any reallocation of resources related to the collocation of state offices scheduled for 2010 and subsequent years is subject to the 

Committee’s reprogramming procedures. 

Administrative Provision.—The Committee directs the Secretary 

to advise the Committees on Appropriations in writing of the status 

of all reports requested of the Department in this bill, at the time 

of submission of the fiscal year 2011 budget and quarterly thereafter. 

The Committee further directs that the dates established for the 

receipt of reports requested by the Committee herein are firm and 

that submission of reports is not to be delayed pending completion 

of the conference on this bill. 

The Committee reminds the Secretary that all correspondence related to the directives in this bill must be addressed to the Committee on Appropriations. 

Loan and Grant Programs.—The Committee is concerned by the 

lack of timely information on the unprecedented demand for the 

Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund programs and the loan programs running out of funding half way through the fiscal year. The 

Committee directs the Department to provide quarterly reports to 


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the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

and the Senate on the status of obligations and funds availability 

for the loan and grant programs provided in this bill. The Committee further directs the Department to notify the Committees if 

a program is experiencing unprecedented demand and is expected 

to run out of funds before the end of the fiscal year. 

On May 26, 2009 the Environmental Protection Agency published a proposed rule (40 CFR Part 80, [EPA–HQ–OAR–2005– 

0161; FRL–8903–1]) proposing changes to the Renewable Fuel 

Standard Program. The rule includes new definitions and criteria 

for both renewable fuels and the feedstocks used to produce them, 

including new greenhouse gas emission thresholds for renewable 

fuels. For the first time in a regulatory program, an assessment of 

greenhouse gas emission performance is being utilized to establish 

those fuels that qualify for the four different renewable fuel standards. The greenhouse gas emission assessment evaluates the full 

lifecycle emission impacts of fuel production including both direct 

and indirect emissions, including significant emissions from land 

use changes. 

EPA’s modeling of indirect land use changes has not been published nor has it been peer reviewed. The Committee recognizes 

that this controversial type of modeling and analysis may have 

misstated the impact of indirect land. The Committee directs the 

Secretary of Agriculture through the Department of Agriculture’s 

Economic Research Service, in conjunction with the Office of the 

Chief Economist, to do an independent study of significant indirect 

land use changes for renewable fuels and the feedstocks used to 

produce them. 

OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. 0 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... $1,000,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,000,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of Tribal Relations, the Committee provides an appropriation of $1,000,000, the same as the budget request. 

EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $10,651,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 16,732,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 13,032,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +2,381,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥3,700,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Chief Economist, the Committee provides an appropria- tion of $13,032,000, an increase of $2,381,000 above the amount 


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available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $3,700,000 below 

the budget request. 

The Committee provides an increase of $3,000,000 for the Office 

of Energy and Climate change. 

NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $14,711,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 15,559,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 15,289,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +578,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥270,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the National Appeals Division, the Committee provides an 

appropriation of $15,289,000, an increase of $578,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $270,000 

below the budget request. 

OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $9,054,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 9,436,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 9,436,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +382,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of Budget and Program Analysis, the Committee 

provides an appropriation of $9,436,000, an increase of $382,000 

above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same 

amount as the budget request. 

OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $974,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 2,994,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 2,494,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,520,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥500,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of Homeland Security, the Committee provides an 

appropriation of $2,494,000, an increase of $1,520,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $500,000 

below the budget request. 

Included in this amount is $1,500,000 for eight staff years for 

protective security detail. The Committee expects that the Department will not continue to use greenbook charges to fund this activity. 


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OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. 0 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... $3,000,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 3,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +3,000,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of Advocacy and Outreach, the Committee provides 

an appropriation of $3,000,000, the same as the budget request. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $17,527,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 63,579,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 61,579,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +44,052,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥2,000,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), the Committee provides an appropriation of $61,579,000, an increase of 

$44,052,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a 

decrease of $2,000,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee provides the increased funds to improve the Department’s information technology security by conducting network 

security assessments, procuring and deploying security tools, and 

establishing the Agriculture Security Operations Center to monitor 

and protect USDA’s systems. 

In addition to the funding within OCIO, the Committee notes 

that the budget requested increased funding to centralize critical 

information technology systems in other agencies, including the 

Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). The Committee’s recommended funding level 

takes into account the overlapping increases provided in these accounts for this initiative. The Committee expects that FSIS and 

FAS will coordinate and cooperate with OCIO in a timely manner 

to deploy these critical security improvements. 

The Committee directs OCIO to provide a summary report by 

December 1, 2009, that updates the Committee on the status of 

this network security initiative. 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $5,954,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 6,566,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 6,466,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +512,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥100,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the Committee provides an appropriation of $6,466,000, an increase of $512,000 above 


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the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of 

$100,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee directs the Department to submit a report concurrent with the Department’s annual budget submission for the 

following fiscal year, updating the Committee on its contracting out 

policies, including agency budgets for contracting out, for fiscal 

years 2009 and 2010. The Committee is continuing bill language 

requiring the submission of the report on contracting out policies 

and agency budgets, prior to use of any funds appropriated to the 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer for FAIR Act or Circular A– 

76 activities. 

Assessments.—As with charges for electronic government initiatives, the assessments that the Department charges its agencies for 

other government- and department-wide activities continue to escalate. Since these assessments are borne by the agencies, and Congress did not specifically provide increases to the agencies for these 

costs, most of the funding for the increase has come at the expense 

of programs. The Committee continues to direct the Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer to scrutinize the need for each activity, excluding electronic government initiatives; to consider its benefit to 

the mission of each agency; and to limit spending wherever possible. 

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $871,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 895,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 888,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +17,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥7,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, the 

Committee provides an appropriation of $888,000, an increase of 

$17,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $7,000 below the budget request. 

OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $21,551,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 23,922,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 23,922,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +2,371,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of Civil Rights, the Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,922,000, an increase of $2,371,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same amount as the 

budget request. 


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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $687,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 806,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 700,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +13,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥106,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration, the 

Committee provides an appropriation of $700,000, an increase of 

$13,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $106,000 below the budget request. 

AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $244,244,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 346,182,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 326,982,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +82,738,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥19,200,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments, 

the Committee provides an appropriation of $326,982,000, an increase of $82,738,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 

2009 and a decrease of $19,200,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee provides the requested increases for pay costs, 

rental payments owed to the General Services Administration for 

leased space in several previous years, and consolidation of currently leased space. The Committee supports the request for additional funds for security services; however, the Committee understands that USDA may wish to revise the justification for the funds 

and so it has deferred consideration of the request. 

The following table represents the Committee’s specific recommendations for this account: 

AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL PAYMENTS

[In thousands of dollars] 

2009 estimate 2010 budget 

request 

Committee 

recommendation 

Rental Payments ..................................... $168,901 $237,901 $224,401 

Department of Homeland Security 

Building Security ................................ 13,500 13,500 13,500 

Building Operations ................................ 61,843 94,781 89,081 

Total .............................................. 244,244 346,182 326,982 

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $5,100,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 5,125,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 5,125,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +25,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 


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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Hazardous Materials Management, the Committee provides 

an appropriation of $5,125,000, an increase of $25,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same amount as the 

budget request. 

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $27,011,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 43,319,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 41,319,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +14,308,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥2,000,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Departmental Administration, the Committee provides an 

appropriation of $41,319,000, an increase of $14,308,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $2,000,000 

below the budget request. 

The Committee provides an increase of $13,000,000 for stabilization and reconstruction activities in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CONGRESSIONAL

RELATIONS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $3,877,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 3,968,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 3,968,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +91,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations, the Committee provides an appropriation of $3,968,000, an 

increase of $91,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 

and the same as the budget request. 

Within 30 days from the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 

on the allocation of these funds by USDA agency, along with an explanation for the agency-by-agency distribution of the funds. 

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $9,514,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 9,922,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 9,722,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +208,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥200,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of Communications, the Committee provides an 

appropriation of $9,722,000, an increase of $208,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $200,000 

below the budget request. 


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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $85,766,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 88,781,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 88,781,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +3,015,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of Inspector General, the Committee provides an 

appropriation of $88,781,000, an increase of $3,015,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget 

request. 

The Committee provides increases as requested for: pay costs, 

$1,759,000; support for investigations of food safety issues, 

$500,000; audits and investigations of civil rights issues; and training activities, $256,000. 

OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $41,620,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 44,651,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 43,601,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,981,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥1,050,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the General Counsel, the Committee provides 

an appropriation of $43,601,000, an increase of $1,981,000 above 

the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of 

$1,050,000 below the budget request. 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND

ECONOMICS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $609,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 895,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 620,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +11,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥275,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, 

and Economics, the Committee provides an appropriation of 

$620,000, an increase of $11,000 above the amount available for 

fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $275,000 below the budget request. 

The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 made a number 

of changes to the research authorities of USDA. One of the most 

significant changes is the establishment of the National Institute 

of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the requirement that by October 1, 2009, the Secretary transfer all authorities of the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service to NIFA. 


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ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $79,500,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 82,478,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 82,478,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +2,978,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Economic Research Service, the Committee provides an appropriation of $82,478,000, an increase of $2,978,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget 

request. 

The committee provides the following increases, as requested: $1,178,000 for employee pay costs; and $1,800,000 for economic research of carbon offset markets. 

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $151,565,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 161,830,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 161,830,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +10,265,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the Committee provides an appropriation of $161,830,000, an increase of 

$10,265,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and 

the same as the budget request. 

The Committee provides the following increases, as requested: $2,022,000 for employee pay costs; $5,750,000 for the Agricultural 

Chemical Use program; and $1,850,000 to collect bio-energy production and utilization data. 

Included in this amount is $37,908,000 for the Census of Agri- culture, an increase of $643,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. The Census of 

Agriculture collects and provides comprehensive data on all aspects 

of the agricultural economy. Also included in this amount is $123,922,000 for the Agricultural 

Estimates, an increase of $9,622,000 above the amount available 

for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. 

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $1,140,406,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,153,368,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,155,568,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +15,162,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +2,200,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

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crease of $15,162,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 

2009 and an increase of $2,200,000 above the budget request. The Committee provides an increase of $18,201,000 for employee 

pay costs. 

High Priority Research.—The budget request identifies the following Administration research priorities: prevention of childhood 

obesity, bioenergy, world hunger, and global climate change. The 

Committee recommendation includes an increase of $8,632,000 to 

support these research initiatives. This increase brings the total 

provided for this research at ARS to at least $138,000,000. 

Office of Pest Management Policy.—The President’s budget proposes to transfer the Office of Pest Management Policy to the Office 

of the Chief Economist. The Committee does not recommend this 

transfer and provides $1,700,000 for the Office of Pest Management 

Policy in ARS. 

Plum Island Animal Disease Center.—The Committee directs 

that none of the funds appropriated to the Agricultural Research 

Service for the Advanced Animal Vaccine Project at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center may be directed for any other use by 

the Department of Homeland Security. 

The following table reflects the amount provided by the committee: 

AGRICULTURE RESEARCH SERVICE—SALARIES AND EXPENSES 

Animal Vaccines, Greenport, NY .................................................................................................................... $1,518,000 

Aquaculture Fisheries Center, Stuttgart, AR .................................................................................................. 519,000 

Biomass Crop Production, Brookings, SD ...................................................................................................... 1,131,000 

Biomedical Materials in Plants (Biotech Foundation), Beltsville, MD .......................................................... 1,698,000 

Bioremediation Research, Beltsville, MD ....................................................................................................... 111,000 

Catfish Genome, Auburn, AL .......................................................................................................................... 819,000 

Center for Agroforestry, Booneville, AR .......................................................................................................... 660,000 

Cereal Disease, St. Paul, MN ......................................................................................................................... 290,000 

Crop Production and Food Processing, Peoria, IL .......................................................................................... 786,000 

Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center, Booneville, AR ...................................................................... 1,805,000 

Endophyte Research, Booneville, AR .............................................................................................................. 994,000 

Formosan Subterranean Termites Research, New Orleans, LA ...................................................................... 2,600,000 

Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization, Beltsville, MD ................................................................................... 638,000 

Human Nutrition Research, Boston, MA ........................................................................................................ 254,000 

Human Nutrition Research, Houston, TX ....................................................................................................... 254,000 

Livestock-Crop Rotation Management, Kutztown, PA .................................................................................... 349,000 

Lyme Disease, 4 Poster Project, Washington, DC .......................................................................................... 700,000 

Medicinal and Bioactive Crops, Washington, DC .......................................................................................... 111,000 

Mosquito Trapping Research/West Nile Virus, Gainesville, FL ...................................................................... 1,454,000 

National Center for Agricultural Law, Beltsville, MD .................................................................................... 654,000 

National Corn to Ethanol Research Pilot Plant, Washington, DC ................................................................. 360,000 

Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, ND ............................................................................ 511,000 

Northwest Center for Small Fruits, Corvallis, OR .......................................................................................... 254,000 

Phytoestrogen Research, New Orleans, LA ..................................................................................................... 1,426,000 

Potato Diseases, Beltsville, MD ..................................................................................................................... 61,000 

Poultry Diseases, Beltsville, MD ..................................................................................................................... 408,000 

Sorghum Research, Little Rock, AR ............................................................................................................... 135,000 

Soybean Genomics, St. Paul, MN ................................................................................................................... 200,000 

Subtropical Beef Germplasm, Brooksville, FL ................................................................................................ 1,033,000 

Termite Species in Hawaii, Gainesville, FL .................................................................................................... 130,000 

Tropical Aquaculture Feeds (Oceanic Institute), Hilo, HI .............................................................................. 1,438,000 

Water Management Research Laboratory, Brawley, CA ................................................................................. 317,000 

Water Use Reduction, Dawson, GA ................................................................................................................ 1,200,000 

Wild Rice, St. Paul, MN .................................................................................................................................. 303,000 

Total ....................................................................................................................................................... $25,121,000 


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The recommended funding in the table above provides $25,121,000 for research. Of this amount the Committee recommendation includes the following: $3,357,000 for environmental 

stewardship research, $2,069,000 for human nutrition research, 

$7,417,000 for livestock and crop production research, and 

$4,780,000 for research to develop and improve agricultural products. 

The Committee provides an increase of $500,000 for cranberry 

research, to be spent as the agency determines appropriate. 

The Committee is aware that citrus greening disease is a serious 

threat to the nation’s citrus producers. The Committee encourages 

ARS to continue to research the main components of the disease, 

the pathogen and the insect vector. ARS is urged to continue to collaborate with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 

to implement the results of this research. In addition, the Committee provides an increase of $500,000 for 

human nutrition research at the North Carolina Research Campus. The Committee provides an increase of $1,000,000 for research 

on water quantity and quality, irrigation and drainage methods, 

and current farming practices. ARS is encouraged to work with research institutions in the Lower Mississippi River Basin to support 

current regional, state and local efforts to address regional groundwater problems. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $46,752,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 0 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 35,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥11,752,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +35,000,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities, the Committee provides an appropriation of $35,000,000, a decrease of 

$11,752,000 below the amount available in fiscal year 2009, and an 

increase of $35,000,000 above the budget request. 

The following table reflects the amount provided by the Committee: 

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE—BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 

Agricultural Research Facility, Beltsville, MD ................................................................................................ $3,000,000 

Animal Bioscience Facility, Bozeman, MT ...................................................................................................... 3,654,000 

Center for Advanced Viticulture and Tree Crop Research, Davis, CA ........................................................... 3,000,000 

Center for Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY ......................................................................................................... 3,654,000 

Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, Storrs, CT ................................................................................. 3,654,000 

U.S. Agricultural Research Service Laboratory, Canal Point, FL ................................................................... 3,422,000 

U.S. Agricultural Research Service Laboratory, Pullman, WA ........................................................................ 3,654,000 

U.S. Agricultural Research Service Sugarcane Research Laboratory, Houma, LA ........................................ 3,654,000 

U.S. Agricultural Research Station, Salinas, CA ........................................................................................... 3,654,000 

University of Toledo Greenhouse and Hydroponic Research Complex, Toledo, OH ........................................ 3,654,000 

Total ....................................................................................................................................................... 35,000,000 


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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $691,043,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 622,892,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 708,004,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +16,961,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +85,112,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Research and Education Activities, the Committee provides an appropriation of $708,004,000, an increase of $16,961,000 above 

the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and an increase of 

$85,112,000 above the budget request. The Committee provides an increase of $1,000,000 for global 

change/UVB radiation research, to be spent as the agency determines appropriate. 

The following table reflects the amount provided by the Committee: 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

2009 enacted 2010 request 2010 Committee 

recommendation 

Hatch Act .................................................................................. $207,106 $207,106 $215,000 

McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Research Program ....... 27,535 27,535 28,000 

Evans-Allen Program (1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University) ....................................................................................... 45,504 45,504 48,000 

Agriculture and Food Research Initiative ................................. 201,504 201,504 210,000 

Special Research Grants: ......................................................... 84,499 2,021 70,676 

Improved Pest Control: 

Expert IPM Decision Support System ............................... 154 154 154 

Integrated Pest Management .......................................... 2,379 2,379 2,379 

Minor Crop Pest Management (IR–4) .............................. 12,000 12,000 12,000 

Pest Management Alternatives ........................................ 1,412 1,412 1,412 

Total, Improved Pest Control .................................. 15,945 15,945 15,945 

Total, Special Research Grants ..................... 100,444 17,966 85,621 

Animal Health and Disease Research (Sec. 1433) .................. 2,950 2,950 2,950 

1994 Institutions Research Program ........................................ 1,610 1,610 1,610 

Rangeland Research ................................................................. 983 983 983 

Graduate Fellowship Grants ..................................................... 3,859 3,859 3,859 

Institution Challenge Grants .................................................... 5,654 23,154 5,654 

Multicultural Scholars Program ................................................ 981 981 981 

Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants ...................... 6,237 9,237 10,000 

Secondary/2-year Post-secondary ............................................. 983 18,483 983 

Capacity Building Grants (1890 Institutions) .......................... 15,000 18,000 20,000 

Payments to the 1994 Institutions (Tribal Colleges) ............... 3,342 3,342 3,342 

Alaska Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-serving Education Grants ........................................................................ 3,196 3,196 3,196 

Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Areas ......................... 800 800 1,000 

Distance Education Grants for Insular Areas 0 0 1,000 

Sun Grant Program 0 0 3,000 

New Era Rural Technology Program ......................................... 750 750 1,000 

Veterinary Medical Services Act ............................................... 2,950 2,950 4,000 

Subtotal ............................................................................ 631,388 589,910 651,179 

Federal Administration: 

Data Information System (REEIS) .................................... 2,704 2,704 2,704 


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RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

2009 enacted 2010 request 2010 Committee 

recommendation 

Move Costs ....................................................................... 0 1,500 0 

Electronic Grants Administration System ........................ 2,136 2,136 2,136 

Office of Extramural Programs (Grants) ......................... 440 440 440 

Pay Costs ......................................................................... 4,973 5,576 5,576 

Peer Panels ...................................................................... 397 397 397 

Other Federal Administration ........................................... 28,776 0 27,245 

Subtotal ................................................................... 39,426 12,753 38,498 

Other: 

Supplemental and Alternative Crops ............................... 819 819 0 

Aquaculture Centers (Sec. 1475) .................................... 3,928 3,928 3,928 

Critical Agricultural Materials Act ................................... 1,083 1,083 0 

Sustainable Agriculture ................................................... 14,399 14,399 14,399 

Total, Other ............................................................. 20,229 20,229 18,327 

Total, Research and Education Activities ..... 691,043 622,892 708,004 

The following is a list of Congressionally-designated projects: 

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 

Amount 

Special Research Grants: 

Advancing Biofuel Production, TX ......................................................................................................... $140,000 

Aegilops Cylindrica ID, WA .................................................................................................................... 245,000 

Agricultural Diversification, HI .............................................................................................................. 153,000 

Agricultural Entrepreneurial Alternatives, PA ....................................................................................... 233,000 

Agricultural Marketing, IL ..................................................................................................................... 176,000 

Agriculture Energy Innovation Center, GA ............................................................................................. 1,000,000 

Agriculture Science, OH ......................................................................................................................... 382,000 

Agroecology/Chesapeake Bay Agro-ecology, MD ................................................................................... 439,000 

Air Quality, KS, TX ................................................................................................................................. 1,090,000 

Animal Science Food Safety Consortium, AR, IA, KS ............................................................................ 939,000 

Apple Fire Blight, MI, NY ...................................................................................................................... 346,000 

Aquaculture, CA, FL, TX ........................................................................................................................ 416,000 

Aquaculture, ID, WA .............................................................................................................................. 529,000 

Aquaculture, LA ..................................................................................................................................... 150,000 

Aquaculture, NC .................................................................................................................................... 227,000 

Armilliaria Root Rot, MI ........................................................................................................................ 104,000 

Asparagus Production Technologies, WA .............................................................................................. 173,000 

Avian Bioscience, DE ............................................................................................................................. 94,000 

Babcock Institute, WI ............................................................................................................................ 416,000 

Barley for Rural Development, ID, MT .................................................................................................. 514,000 

Beef Improvement Research, MO, TX .................................................................................................... 693,000 

Bioactive Foods Research for Health and Food Safety, MA ................................................................. 525,000

Biodesign and Processing Research Center, VA ................................................................................... 868,000 

Biomass-based Energy Research, MS, OK ............................................................................................ 839,000 

Biotechnology, NC .................................................................................................................................. 199,000 

Bovine Tuberculosis, MI ........................................................................................................................ 246,000 

Brucellosis Vaccine, MT ........................................................................................................................ 305,000 

Cataloging Genes Associated with Drought and Disease Resistance, NM .......................................... 176,000 

Center for One Medicine, IL .................................................................................................................. 235,000 

Citrus Canker/ Greening, FL .................................................................................................................. 1,217,000 

Competitiveness of Agricultural Products, WA ..................................................................................... 469,000 

Computational Agriculture, NY .............................................................................................................. 131,000 

Cool Season Legume Research, ID, ND, WA ......................................................................................... 235,000 

Cotton Insect Management and Fiber Quality, GA ............................................................................... 346,000 


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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE—Continued 

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 

Amount 

Cranberry/Blueberry Disease and Breeding, NJ .................................................................................... 451,000 

Cranberry/Blueberry, MA ........................................................................................................................ 111,000 

Crop Integration and Production, SD .................................................................................................... 258,000 

Crop Pathogens, NC .............................................................................................................................. 225,000 

Dairy Farm Profitability, PA ................................................................................................................... 349,000 

Designing Foods for Health, TX ............................................................................................................ 1,385,000 

Detection and Food Safety, AL .............................................................................................................. 1,748,000 

Drought Mitigation, NE .......................................................................................................................... 469,000 

Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX ................................................................................................................... 1,160,000 

Environmental Research, NY ................................................................................................................. 258,000 

Environmental Risk Factors/Cancer, NY ............................................................................................... 150,000 

Expanded Wheat Pasture, OK ................................................................................................................ 223,000 

Floriculture, HI ....................................................................................................................................... 243,000 

Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, IA, MO, NV, WI .......................................................... 1,139,000 

Food Marketing Policy Center, CT ......................................................................................................... 401,000 

Food Safety Research Consortium, NY .................................................................................................. 693,000 

Food Safety, ME, OK .............................................................................................................................. 382,000 

Food Safety, TX ...................................................................................................................................... 69,000 

Food Security, WA .................................................................................................................................. 276,000 

Forestry Research, AR ........................................................................................................................... 319,000 

Fresh Produce Food Safety, CA ............................................................................................................. 704,000 

Future Foods, IL ..................................................................................................................................... 461,000 

Genomics for Southern Crop Stress and Disease, MS ......................................................................... 797,000 

Geographic Information System ............................................................................................................ 1,248,000 

Grain Sorghum, KS, TX .......................................................................................................................... 515,000 

Grass Seed Cropping for Sustainable Agriculture, ID, OR, WA ............................................................ 313,000 

Human Nutrition, NY ............................................................................................................................. 377,000 

Hydroponic Production, OH .................................................................................................................... 124,000 

Improved Dairy Management Practices, PA .......................................................................................... 243,000 

Improved Fruit Practices, MI ................................................................................................................. 147,000 

Increasing Shelf Life of Agricultural Commodities, ID ......................................................................... 603,000 

Infectious Disease Research, CO .......................................................................................................... 572,000 

Initiative to Improve Blueberry Production and Efficiency, GA ............................................................ 209,000 

Institute for Food Science and Engineering, AR ................................................................................... 775,000 

Integrated Production Systems, OK ....................................................................................................... 177,000 

International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ ............................................................................................. 401,000 

Livestock and Dairy Policy, NY, TX ....................................................................................................... 693,000 

Lowbush Blueberry Research, ME ......................................................................................................... 173,000 

Meadow Foam, OR ................................................................................................................................. 180,000 

Michigan Biotechnology Consortium ..................................................................................................... 384,000 

Midwest Poultry Consortium, IA ............................................................................................................ 471,000 

Milk Safety, PA ...................................................................................................................................... 771,000 

Minor Use Animal Drugs ....................................................................................................................... 429,000 

Molluscan Shellfish, OR ........................................................................................................................ 253,000 

Multi-commodity Research, OR ............................................................................................................. 244,000 

National Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation Consortium, CO, GA, NY ...................................................... 615,000 

Nematode Resistance Genetic Engineering, NM ................................................................................... 209,000 

New Century Farm, IA ........................................................................................................................... 282,000 

Oil Resources from Desert Plants, NM ................................................................................................. 176,000 

Organic Cropping, OR ........................................................................................................................... 140,000 

Organic Cropping, WA ........................................................................................................................... 248,000 

Peach Tree Short Life Research ............................................................................................................ 195,000 

Perennial Wheat, WA ............................................................................................................................. 98,000 

Phytophthora Research, GA ................................................................................................................... 178,000 

Phytophthora Research, MI ................................................................................................................... 346,000 

Phytosensors for Crop Security and Precision Agriculture, TN ............................................................. 1,000,000 

Pierce’s Disease, CA .............................................................................................................................. 1,531,000 

Potato Cyst Nematode, ID ..................................................................................................................... 349,000 

Potato Research, ID, OR, WA ................................................................................................................ 1,037,000 

Precision Agriculture, AL ....................................................................................................................... 419,000 

Preharvest Food Safety, KS ................................................................................................................... 142,000 

Preservation and Processing Research, OK .......................................................................................... 174,000 

Protein Production for Research to Combat Viruses and Microbes, CT ............................................... 500,000 


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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE—Continued 

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 

Amount 

Regional Barley Gene Mapping Project, OR .......................................................................................... 471,000 

Regionalized Implications of Farm Programs, MO, TX ......................................................................... 595,000 

Renewable Energy and Products, ND .................................................................................................... 939,000 

Rice Agronomy, MO ............................................................................................................................... 174,000 

Ruminant Nutrition Consortium, MT, ND, SD, WY ................................................................................ 434,000 

Rural Policies Institute, IA, MO, NE ...................................................................................................... 835,000 

Rural Renewable Energy Research and Education Center, WI ............................................................. 500,000 

Russian Wheat Aphid, CO ..................................................................................................................... 214,000 

Seed Technology, SD ............................................................................................................................. 282,000 

Small Fruit Research, ID, OR, WA ......................................................................................................... 307,000 

Soil-borne Disease Prevention in Irrigated Agriculture, NM ................................................................. 176,000 

Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium, NM ....................................................................................... 235,000 

Southwest Consortium for Plant Genetics and Water Resources, NM ................................................. 271,000 

Soybean Cyst Nematode, MO ................................................................................................................ 556,000 

Soybean Research, IL ............................................................................................................................ 745,000 

Specialty Crops, IN ................................................................................................................................ 235,000 

STEEP IV—Water Quality in Northwest ................................................................................................ 444,000 

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources, PA ............................................................................ 133,000 

Sustainable Agriculture, CA .................................................................................................................. 357,000 

Sustainable Agriculture, MI ................................................................................................................... 266,000 

Sustainable Beef Supply, MT ................................................................................................................ 682,000 

Sustainable Engineered Materials from Renewable Sources, VA ......................................................... 485,000 

Swine and Other Animal Waste Management, NC ............................................................................... 349,000 

Technology for Irrigated Vegetable Production, SC .............................................................................. 500,000 

Texas Obesity Reserch Project .............................................................................................................. 500,000 

Tick Borne Disease Prevention, RI ........................................................................................................ 280,000 

Tillage, Silviculture, Waste Management, LA ....................................................................................... 188,000 

Tri-state Joint Peanut Research, AL ..................................................................................................... 413,000 

Tropical and Subtropical Research/T-Star ............................................................................................ 6,677,000 

Tropical Aquaculture, FL ....................................................................................................................... 300,000 

Virtual Plant Database Enhancement Project, MO ............................................................................... 400,000 

Virus-free Wine Grape Cultivars, WA .................................................................................................... 223,000 

Viticulture Consortium, CA, NY, PA ....................................................................................................... 1,454,000 

Water Conservation, KS ......................................................................................................................... 69,000 

Water Use Efficiency and Water Quality Enhancements, GA ............................................................... 346,000 

Wetland Plants, LA ................................................................................................................................ 188,000 

Wheat Genetic Research, KS ................................................................................................................. 240,000 

Wood Utilization, AK, ID, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, OR, TN, WV ................................................................ 4,545,000 

Wool Research, MT, TX, WY ................................................................................................................... 206,000 

Subtotal ........................................................................................................................................ 69,676,000 

Other Federal Administration: 

Ag-Based Industrial Lubricants, IA ....................................................................................................... 380,000 

Agriculture Development in the American Pacific ................................................................................ 349,000 

Animal Waste Management, OK ............................................................................................................ 274,000 

Applied Agriculture and Environmental Research, CA ......................................................................... 693,000 

Aquaculture Research and Education Center, PA ................................................................................ 300,000 

Aquaculture, OH .................................................................................................................................... 623,000 

Best Practices in Agriculture Waste Management, CA ........................................................................ 300,000 

Cellulosic Biomass, SC ......................................................................................................................... 469,000 

Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, IA .............................................................................. 412,000 

Center for Food Industry Excellence, TX ............................................................................................... 946,000 

Center for Innovative Food Technology, OH .......................................................................................... 793,000 

Center for North American Studies, TX ................................................................................................. 693,000 

Center for Renewable Transportation Fuel, MI ..................................................................................... 500,000 

Climate Forecasting, FL ........................................................................................................................ 2,494,000 

Cotton Research, TX .............................................................................................................................. 1,730,000 

Dietary Intervention, OH ........................................................................................................................ 866,000 

Farmland Preservation, OH ................................................................................................................... 105,000 

Florida Biomass to Biofuels Conversion Program, FL .......................................................................... 235,000 

Greenhouse Nurseries, OH ..................................................................................................................... 1,380,000 

High Value Horticultural Crops, VA ....................................................................................................... 502,000 

Mariculture, NC ..................................................................................................................................... 220,000 


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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE—Continued 

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES 

Amount 

Medicinal and Bioactive Crop Research, TX ......................................................................................... 280,000 

Mississippi Valley State University, Curriculum Development ............................................................. 1,002,000 

Monitoring Agricultural Sewage Sludge Application, OH ...................................................................... 500,000 

NE Center for Invasive Plants, CT, ME, VT ........................................................................................... 295,000 

Nutrition Research, NY .......................................................................................................................... 188,000 

Nutrition and Diet, CA ........................................................................................................................... 925,000 

Pasteurization of Shell Eggs, MI ........................................................................................................... 935,000 

PM-10 Study, WA ................................................................................................................................... 268,000 

Polymer Research, KS ............................................................................................................................ 1,500,000 

Rural Agriculture Small Business Development Program .................................................................... 500,000

Rural Systems, MS ................................................................................................................................ 215,000 

Shrimp Aquaculture, AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC, TX ................................................................................. 2,908,000 

Sustainable Agricultural Freshwater Conservation, TX ......................................................................... 1,434,000 

University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point- Institute for Sustainable Technologies ................................ 1,400,000 

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, OH ........................................................................................................ 209,000 

Vitis Gene Discovery, MO ...................................................................................................................... 422,000 

Subtotal ........................................................................................................................................ 27,245,000 

Total, Research and Education ........................................................................................... 96,121,000 

NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $11,880,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 11,880,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 11,880,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... – – – 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund, the 

Committee provides $11,880,000, the same as the amount available 

in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. 

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $474,250,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 487,005,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 485,466,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +11,216,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥1,539,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Extension Activities, the Committee provides an appropriation of $485,466,000, an increase of $11,216,000 above the amount 

available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $1,539,000 below 

the budget request. 

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

2009 enacted 2010 request 2010 Committee 

recommendation 

Smith-Lever Sections 3(b) and (c) ......................................... $ 288,548 $ 288,548 $295,000 

Smith-Lever Section 3(d): 

Farm Safety .................................................................... 4,863 0 4,863 

Food and Nutrition Education (EFNEP) .......................... 66,155 66,155 68,000 

Federally-recognized Tribes Extension Program .............. 3,000 3,000 3,000 

New Technologies for Ag Extension ............................... 1,500 1,500 1,500 

Improve Rural Quality of Life .......................................... 0 28,000 0 

Pest Management ........................................................... 9,791 9,791 9,791 

Sustainable Agriculture .................................................. 4,568 4,568 4,568 

Children, Youth, and Families at Risk ............................ 8,182 8,182 8,396 

Youth Farm Safety Education and Certification ............ 479 479 479 

Total Section 3(d) Programs ................................. 98,538 121,675 100,597 

1890 Colleges and Tuskegee University ................................. 40,150 40,150 44,000 

1890 Facilities Grants (Sec. 1447) ......................................... 18,000 18,000 21,000 

Renewable Resources Extension Act (RREA) .......................... 4,008 4,008 4,008 

Rural Health and Safety Education ........................................ 1,738 1,738 0 

Extension Services at the 1994 Institutions ........................... 3,321 4,321 4,321 

Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database ............................. 806 0 806 

Grants to Youth Serving Institutions ...................................... 1,767 0 1,800 

Subtotal .......................................................................... 456,876 478,440 471,532 

Federal Admininstration and Special Grants: 

Ag in the Classroom ...................................................... 553 553 553 

General Administration ................................................... 7,433 8,012 8,012 

Other Federal Administation and Special Grants .......... 9,388 0 5,369 

Subtotal ................................................................. 17,374 8,565 13,934 

Total, Extension Activities ............................ 474,250 487,005 485,466 

The following is a list of Congressionally-designated projects: 

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EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 

Amount 

Federal Administration and Special Grants: 

Dairy Education, IA ................................................................................................................................ $159,000 

Diabetes Detection and Prevention, WA, PA ......................................................................................... 1,033,000 

Efficient Irrigation, TX, NM ................................................................................................................... 1,610,000 

Income Enhancement Demonstration, OH ............................................................................................. 864,000 

Pilot Technology Transfer, MS, OK ........................................................................................................ 209,000 

Pilot Technology Transfer, WI ................................................................................................................ 174,000 

Potato Integrated Pest Management, ME ............................................................................................. 280,000 

Potato Pest Management, WI ................................................................................................................ 277,000 

Range Improvement, NM ....................................................................................................................... 209,000 

University of Wisconsin-Extension Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility ................................ 450,000 

Urban Horticulture and Marketing, IL ................................................................................................... 104,000 

Total, Federal Administration and Special Grants ...................................................................... 5,369,000


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INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $56,864,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 56,864,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 60,022,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +3,158,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +3,158,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Integrated Activities, the Committee provides an appropriation of $60,022,000, an increase of $3,158,000 above the amount 

available for fiscal year 2009 and an increase of $3,158,000 above 

the budget request. 

The following table reflects the amount provided by the Committee: 

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INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

2009 enacted 2010 request 2010 Committee 

recommendation 

Section 406 Legislative Authority: 

Water Quality ................................................................... $12,649 $12,649 $12,649 

Food Safety ...................................................................... 14,596 14,596 14,596 

Regional Pest Management Centers ............................... 4,096 4,096 4,096 

Crops at Risk from FQPA Implementation ...................... 1,365 1,365 1,365 

FQPA Risk Mitigation Program for Major Food Crop Systems ............................................................................. 4,388 4,388 4,388 

Methyl Bromide Transition Program ................................ 3,054 3,054 3,054 

Organic Transition Program ............................................. 1,842 1,842 5,000 

Total, Section 406 ................................................... 41,990 41,990 45,148 

International Science and Education Grants Program ............. 3,000 3,000 3,000 

Critical Issues Program ............................................................ 732 732 732 

Regional Rural Development Centers Program ........................ 1,312 1,312 1,312 

Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative (Homeland Security) 9,830 9,830 9,830 

Total Integrated Activities ............................................... 56,864 56,864 60,022 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING AND

REGULATORY PROGRAMS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $737,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 895,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 753,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +16,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥142,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, the Committee provides an appropriation of 

$753,000, an increase of $16,000 above the amount available for 

fiscal year 2009 and $142,000 below the budget request. 


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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $876,675,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 872,423,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 881,019,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +4,344,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +8,596,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries 

and Expenses, the Committee recommends an appropriation of 

$881,019,000, an increase of $4,344,000 above the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2009 and an increase of $8,596,000 above the 

budget request. 

The Committee is aware of the proposal for user fees in the 

President’s budget, but does not recommend establishing such fees 

in annual appropriations acts and will consider such fees if they 

are authorized. 

The following table reflects the amounts provided by the Committee: 

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Program Amount 

Pest and Disease Exclusion: 

Agricultural quarantine inspection ....................................................................................................... $26,000 

Cattle ticks ............................................................................................................................................ 13,157 

Foreign animal diseases/FMD ............................................................................................................... 4,004 

Fruit fly exclusion and detection .......................................................................................................... 62,920 

Import-export inspection ....................................................................................................................... 13,298 

Overseas technical and trade operations ............................................................................................. 15,881 

Screwworm ............................................................................................................................................. 27,714 

Tropical bont tick .................................................................................................................................. 429 

Total, Pest and Disease Exclusion ............................................................................................... 163,403 

Plant and Animal Health Monitoring: 

Animal health monitoring & surveillance ............................................................................................. 115,302 

Animal and plant health regulatory enforcement ................................................................................ 13,983 

Avian influenza ...................................................................................................................................... 60,243 

Emergency management systems ......................................................................................................... 15,794 

National veterinary stockpile ................................................................................................................. 3,757 

Pest detection ........................................................................................................................................ 28,030 

Select Agents ......................................................................................................................................... 5,176 

Total, Plant & Animal Health Monitoring .................................................................................... 242,285 

Pest and Disease Management: 

Aquaculture ........................................................................................................................................... 6,394 

Biological control ................................................................................................................................... 9,967 

Brucellosis ............................................................................................................................................. 9,707 

Chronic wasting disease ....................................................................................................................... 16,631 

Contigency fund .................................................................................................................................... 2,058 

Cotton Pests .......................................................................................................................................... 23,390 

Emerging plant pests ............................................................................................................................ 156,800 

Golden nematode ................................................................................................................................... 831 

Grasshopper and Mormon cricket ......................................................................................................... 4,578 

Gypsy moth ............................................................................................................................................ 5,420 

Imported fire ant ................................................................................................................................... 1,902 

Johne’s disease ..................................................................................................................................... 6,876 

Noxious weeds ....................................................................................................................................... 1,547 


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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE—Continued 

[In thousands of dollars] 

Program Amount 

Plum pox ................................................................................................................................................ 2,206 

Pseudorabies ......................................................................................................................................... 2,510 

Scrapie ................................................................................................................................................... 17,906 

Tuberculosis ........................................................................................................................................... 15,516 

Wildlife services operations .................................................................................................................. 73,669 

Witchweed .............................................................................................................................................. 1,517 

Total, Pest and Disease Management ......................................................................................... 359,425 

Animal Care: 

Animal welfare ...................................................................................................................................... 21,979 

Horse protection .................................................................................................................................... 500 

Total, Animal Care ....................................................................................................................... 22,479 

Scientific and Technical Services: 

Biotechnology regulatory services ......................................................................................................... 13,050 

Environmental Compliance .................................................................................................................... 2,715 

Plant methods development labs ......................................................................................................... 9,949 

Veterinary biologics ............................................................................................................................... 17,325 

Veterinary diagnostics ........................................................................................................................... 24,106 

Wildlife services methods development ................................................................................................ 16,083 

Total, Scientific and Technical Services ...................................................................................... 83,228 

Information technology infrastructure ................................................................................................... 4,474 

Physical security .................................................................................................................................... 5,725 

Total, Management initiatives ..................................................................................................... 10,199 

Total, Salaries and Expenses .............................................................................................. 881,019 

To maintain agency functions, the Committee provides the requested amount for cost of living requirements. 

Cattle Fever Tick.—The Committee recommendation provides $13,157,000 for this program. Within this amount, the recommendation includes an increase of $3,000,000, as requested, to 

strengthen the implementation of the five-year cattle fever tick 

eradication strategic plan. 

The Committee recognizes the difficulties that exist in effectively 

addressing the cattle fever tick problem on the southern border of 

the United States, and therefore urges APHIS to continue collaborating with the appropriate federal, state, and local government officials, as well as non-profit organizations and universities, to develop and evaluate new methods and strategies to successfully address cattle fever tick issues to reduce the risk and costs associated 

with this problem. 

National Animal Identification System.—The Committee recommendation eliminates funding for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). After receiving $142,000,000 in funding 

since fiscal year 2004, APHIS has yet to put into operation an effective national system that would provide needed animal health 

and livestock market benefits. The Committee is aware that USDA 

is conducting a public listening tour around the country for several 

months to develop a more comprehensive understanding of how to 

design and deliver a successful animal identification system. Until 

USDA finishes its listening sessions and provides details as to how 

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Aquaculture.—The Committee recommendation provides $6,394,000 for this program, as requested. Within this amount, the 

recommendation provides $4,528,000 for viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) surveillance and management. The Committee is very 

concerned about the findings of VHS in Lake Michigan and the recent cases of VHS in inland waters in Michigan, New York, Ohio, 

and Wisconsin. The Committee strongly encourages APHIS to 

prioritize the limited VHS resources in regions where the agency 

has confirmed or suspected cases of viral outbreaks. 

Emerging Plant Pests.—The Committee expects the Secretary of 

Agriculture to continue to use the authority provided in this bill to 

transfer funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) for 

the arrest and eradication of animal and plant pests and diseases 

that threaten American agriculture. By providing funds in this account, the Committee is enhancing, but not replacing, the use of 

CCC funding for emergency outbreaks. 

The Committee recommendation provides $156,800,000 for this 

program, an increase of $23,123,000 above fiscal year 2009. The 

Committee provides the following amounts for eradication and control activities: $43,656,000 for citrus pests and diseases; 

$35,021,000 for Asian Longhorned Beetle; $22,983,000 for Glassywinged Sharpshooter/Pierce’s Disease; $5,347,000 for Sudden Oak 

Death; $2,151,000 for Karnal Bunt; $34,705,000 for Emerald Ash 

Borer; $8,327,000 for Potato Cyst Nematode; $1,008,000 for Light 

Brown Apple Moth; $1,500,000 for Sirex Wasp; and $2,102,000 for 

other miscellaneous pests and diseases. 

In fiscal years 2007 and 2008, approximately $90,000,000 in 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds had been made available in addition to regularly appropriated funds for the light brown 

apple moth program. Of this amount, the President’s budget estimates that at least $10,000,000 in CCC funding, as well as the 

$1,008,000 in appropriated funding, will be available in fiscal year 

2010 to continue to eradicate the light brown apple moth. The 

Committee encourages the Secretary to utilize all funds necessary 

from CCC to ensure that adequate funding is made available for 

the eradication of the light brown apple moth in California. 

The Committee encourages APHIS to continue supporting 

projects to develop best management practices to manage P. 

ramorum (Sudden Oak Death) in nurseries, including determining 

how to prevent the spread of the disease and help nurseries reduce 

stock loss. 

The following is a list of Congressionally-designated projects: 

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 

[Congressionally-Designated Projects] 

Project Amount 

Agriculture Compliance Laboratory Equipment, Delaware ............................................................................. $69,000 

Beaver Management in North Carolina ......................................................................................................... 208,000 

Bio-Safety Institute for Genetically Modified Agriculture Products ............................................................... 259,000 

Blackbird Management, Louisiana ................................................................................................................. 94,000 

Brown Tree Snake Management in Guam ..................................................................................................... 657,000 

California County Pest Detection Augmentation Program ............................................................................. 581,000 

California County Pest Detection Import Inspection Program ....................................................................... 693,000 

Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance, Wisconsin ........................................................................................ 1,024,000 

Cooperative Livestock Protection Program Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture ...... 209,000 


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ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE—Continued 

[Congressionally-Designated Projects] 

Project Amount 

Cormorant Control, Michigan ......................................................................................................................... 139,000 

Crop and Aquaculture Losses in Southeast Missouri .................................................................................... 207,000 

Database of North Carolina’s Agricultural Industry for Rapid Response ..................................................... 208,000 

Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee, MT, ID, WY ........................................................... 650,000 

Johne’s Disease activities, Wisconsin ............................................................................................................ 939,000 

National Agriculture Biosecurity Center, Kansas ........................................................................................... 259,000 

National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, Kiski Basin, Pennsylvania ...................................................... 200,000 

National Wildlife Research Station, Texas A&M ............................................................................................ 290,000 

New Jersey Gypsy Moth Pest Management .................................................................................................... 500,000 

New Mexico Rapid Syndrome Validation Program, New Mexico State University ......................................... 379,000 

Nez Perce Bio-Control Center, Idaho .............................................................................................................. 176,000 

Remote Diagnostic and Wildlife Disease Surveillance, ND ........................................................................... 700,000 

Technology to Combat Asian Long-Horned Beetles in New York Forests ...................................................... 500,000

Tri-State Predator Control Program, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming ............................................................ 926,000 

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Monitoring and Management, Wisconsin ...................................................... 588,000 

Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium .............................................................................................. 1,500,000 

Wolf Predation Management in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan ......................................................... 727,000

Total, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service .............................................................................. 12,682,000 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $4,712,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 4,712,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 4,712,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... – – – 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Buildings and 

Facilities, the Committee provides an appropriation of $4,712,000, 

the same as the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same 

as the budget request. 

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

MARKETING SERVICES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $86,711,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 90,848,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 90,848,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +4,137,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Marketing Services of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 

the Committee provides an appropriation of $90,848,000, an increase of $4,137,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 

2009 and the same as the budget request. 

The Committee provides an increase of $2,800,000, as requested, 

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LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

2009 limitation .................................................................................... ($62,888,000) 

2010 budget limitation ....................................................................... (64,583,000) 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (64,583,000) 

Comparison: 

2009 limitation ............................................................................ +1,695,000 

2010 budget limitation ................................................................ – – –

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For a Limitation on Administrative Expenses of the Agricultural Marketing Service, the Committee provides $64,583,000, an increase of $1,695,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 

2009 and the same as the budget request. 

FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY

(SECTION 32)

MARKETING AGREEMENT AND ORDERS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. ($17,270,000) 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... (20,056,000) 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (20,056,000) 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ............................................................... +2,786,000 

2010 budget estimate ........................................................... – – – 

The following table reflects the status of this fund for fiscal years 

2009 through 2010: 


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ESTIMATED TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE AND BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD 

FISCAL YEARS 2009–2010 

FY 2009 

estimate 

FY 2010 

estimate 

FY 2010 recommendation 

Appropriation (30% of Customs Receipts) .............................. $7,979,334,788 $8,061,101,371 $8,061,101,371 

Rescission ........................................................................ ¥293,530,000 ¥43,000,000 ¥52,000,000 

Less Transfers: 

Food and Nutrition Service .............................................. ¥6,455,802,000 ¥6,747,877,000 ¥6,747,877,000 

Commerce Department .................................................... ¥108,510,788 ¥114,224,371 ¥114,224,371 

Total, Transfers ....................................................... ¥6,564,312,788 ¥6,862,101,371 ¥6,862,101,371 

Budget Authority ....................................................................... 1,121,492,000 1,156,000,000 1,147,000,000 

Unobligated Balance Available, Start of Year ......................... 293,529,985 343,491,985 343,491,985 

Available for Obligation ............................................................ 1,415,021,985 1,499,491,985 1,490,491,985 

Less Obligations: 

Child Nutrition Programs (Entitlement Commodities) .... 465,000,000 465,000,000 465,000,000 

12 Percent Commodity Floor Requirement ............. 0 176,000,000 176,000,000 

State Option Contract ...................................................... 0 5,000,000 5,000,000 

Removal of Defective Commodities ................................. 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 

Emergency Surplus Removal ........................................... 279,167,505 0 0 

Direct Payments ............................................................... 750,000 0 0 

Disaster Relief ................................................................. 5,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 

Additional Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts Purchases ........ 119,500,000 199,000,000 199,000,000 

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program ................................ 108,000,000 101,000,000 101,000,000 

Whole Grain Products Study (FSA) .................................. 4,000,000 0 0 

Estimated Future Needs .................................................. 38,261,495 193,108,000 193,108,000 

Total, Commodity Procurement ............................... 1,022,179,000 1,146,608,000 1,146,608,000 

Administrative Funds: 

Commodity Purchase Support .......................................... 22,081,000 22,336,000 22,336,000 

WebSCM—Additional Funding ................................ 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 

Marketing Agreements and Orders .................................. 17,270,000 20,056,000 20,056,000 

Total, Administrative Funds .................................... 49,351,000 52,392,000 52,392,000 

Total Obligations ....................................................................... 1,071,530,000 1,199,000,000 1,199,000,000 

Unobligated Balance Available, End of Year ........................... 343,491,985 300,491,985 291,491,985 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Marketing Agreements and Orders Program, the Committee provides a transfer from section 32 funds of $20,056,000, an 

increase of $2,786,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 

2009 and the same amount as the budget request. 

The Committee provides not less than $20,000,000 in funding for 

the Web-based Supply Chain Management System (WBSCM) in 

this account. 

The Committee reiterates its position that administrative expenses to support section 32 purposes are expressly allowed, and 

that purchase and maintenance of a computer system supporting 

commodity purchases is an authorized administrative expense. Development and maintenance of all previous computer systems to 

support commodity purchase, including the existing Processed 

Commodity Inventory Management System (PCIMS), have been 

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PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $1,334,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,334,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,334,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... – – – 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Payments to States and Possessions, the Committee provides 

an appropriation of $1,334,000, the same as the amount available 

in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. 

GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $40,342,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 41,964,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 41,964,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,622,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 

(GIPSA), the Committee provides $41,964,000, an increase of 

$1,622,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the 

same as the budget request. 

The Committee provides the following increases, as requested: 

$722,000 for employee pay costs; and $900,000 for increased staff 

for the Packers and Stockyards program to strengthen the agency’s 

compliance, investigative, and enforcement activities in the field. 

The Committee is aware of the proposal for user fees in the 

President’s budget, but does not recommend establishing such fees 

in annual appropriations acts and will consider such fees if they 

are authorized. 

LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES

2009 limitation .................................................................................... ($42,463,000) 

2010 budget limitation ....................................................................... (42,463,000) 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (42,463,000) 

Comparison: 

2009 limitation ............................................................................ – – – 

2010 budget limitation ................................................................ – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

The Committee includes a limitation on inspection and weighing 

services expenses of $42,463,000, the same as the amount available 

for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. The bill 

includes authority to exceed by 10 percent the limitation on inspection and weighing services with notification to the Committees on 

Appropriations. This allows for flexibility if export activities require 

additional supervision and oversight or other uncontrollable factors 

occur. 


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OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $613,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 813,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 622,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +9,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥191,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety, the Committee provides an appropriation of $622,000, an increase of $9,000 

above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of 

$191,000 below the budget request. 

FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $971,566,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,018,520,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1,018,520,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +46,954,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the Committee provides an appropriation of $1,018,520,000, an increase of 

$46,954,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and 

the same as the budget request. 

The Committee is aware of the proposal for user fees in the 

President’s budget, but does not recommend establishing such fees 

in annual appropriations acts. The Committee will consider such 

fees if they are authorized. 

The Committee provides the following increases, as requested: 

$19,954,000 for employee pay costs; $23,000,000 for the Food Safety Public Health Infrastructure; and $4,000,000 for food safety assessments. 

Bonuses.—In 2007, the Committee requested a report on bonuses 

awarded to senior officials for fiscal year 2007. The Committee 

asked for this report because it learned that FSIS spent nearly half 

a million dollars on bonuses for senior FSIS officials for fiscal year 

2006, when the agency nearly exhausted its budget and was forced 

to maintain a hiring freeze for non-frontline positions. The Committee requests such a report for fiscal year 2009 and continues its 

direction that FSIS use its appropriated funds for activities directly 

in support of the public health to the maximum available extent 

before using them for bonus awards for senior officials. 


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FARM ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND FOREIGN

AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $646,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 895,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 662,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +16,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥233,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, the Committee provides an appropriation of 

$662,000, an increase of $16,000 above the amount available for 

fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $233,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee encourages FSA to continue a pilot research program as put forth in the Memorandum of Understanding signed on 

July 2, 2008, to study the effects of harvesting pine straw on lands 

enrolled in the Conservation Research Program. 

FARM SERVICE AGENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Appropriation Transfer from 

program accts. Total, FSA, S&E 

2009 appropriation .......... $1,170,273,000 ($312,487,000) ($1,482,760,000) 

2010 budget estimate ..... 1,253,777,000 (321,340,000) (1,575,117,000) 

Provided in the bill ......... 1,253,777,000 (321,340,000) (1,575,117,000) 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation .. +83,504,000 +8,853,000 +92,357,000 

2010 budget estimate ...................... – – – – – – – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Salaries and Expenses of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), 

the Committee provides an appropriation of $1,253,777,000 and 

transfers from other accounts of $321,340,000, for a total program 

level of $1,575,117,000. This is an increase of $92,357,000, as requested, above the amount available for fiscal year 2009. 

The Committee recommendation includes an additional 

$25,057,000 for pay costs. The Committee also provides 

$67,300,000, as requested, for stabilization of the network and 

database/applications. 

Given the complexity and scale of FSA’s information technology 

(IT) improvement initiative, however, the Committee seeks to ensure that FSA successfully and cost-effectively delivers the modernized systems. Moreover, the Committee recognizes that achieving 

FSA’s IT modernization goals depends on coordination and integration with other IT initiatives across the Department that are beyond FSA’s control. 

Accordingly, the Committee directs the Department to submit to 

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partment will coordinate and oversee the interdependent planning 

and implementation of FSA’s IT modernization initiative with all 

other related Department IT modernization initiatives. 

Furthermore, the Committee directs the Department to submit 

by October 1, 2009, to the Committee an expenditure plan for all 

past-and current-year funds allocated for FSA IT systems modernization and stabilization activities since fiscal year 2008 that describes: 

1. the FSA IT projects funded; 

2. the expected performance capabilities and mission benefits of each of these projects; 

3. the estimated and completed project cost, schedule, and 

system operation milestones with target dates; 

4. the estimated and actual costs associated with attaining 

these milestones; and 

5. the processes, tools, contracts, and human capital in place 

or planned to accomplish effective management and oversight 

of the projects. 

After the initial expenditure plan, USDA is to provide reports by 

April 1, 2010, and by August 1, 2010, that provide updates on the 

cost, schedule, and system operation milestones. To the extent 

milestones are missed, the report is to provide a summary of the 

reasons why and plans for corrective actions. 

STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $4,369,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 4,369,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 4,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥369,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥369,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For State Mediation Grants, the Committee provides an appropriation of $4,000,000, a decrease of $369,000 below the amount 

available in fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $369,000 below the 

budget request. 

GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $5,000,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 5,000,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 5,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... – – – 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Grassroots Source Water Protection Program, the Committee provides an appropriation of $5,000,000, the same as the 

amount available in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget 

request. 


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DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. 1 $1,700,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1 930,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 1 930,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥770,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 1 Current indefinite appropriation. 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Dairy Indemnity Program, the Committee provides an 

appropriation of such sums as may be necessary (estimated to be 

$930,000 in the President’s fiscal year 2010 budget request), a decrease of $770,000 below the amount estimated for fiscal year 2009 

and the same as the budget request. 

AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

ESTIMATED LOAN LEVELS

2009 loan level .................................................................................... $3,427,584,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 4,109,457,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 4,151,397,000 

Comparison: 

2009 loan level ............................................................................. +723,813,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +41,940,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund program account, the 

Committee provides a loan level of $4,151,397,000, an increase of 

$723,813,000 above the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and 

an increase of $41,940,000 above the budget request. 

The following table reflects the loan levels for the Agricultural 

Credit Insurance Fund program account: 

AGRICULTURE CREDIT PROGRAMS—LOAN LEVELS

[In thousands of dollars] 

FY 2009 

level 

FY 2010 

estimate 

Committee 

provisions 

Farm loan programs: 

Farm ownership: 

Direct .................................................................................................. $222,298 $392,990 $392,990 

Guaranteed ......................................................................................... 1,238,768 1,500,000 1,500,000 

Farm operating: 

Direct .................................................................................................. 575,095 700,000 700,000

Unsubsidized guaranteed .................................................................. 1,017,497 1,150,000 1,150,000 

Subsidized guaranteed ...................................................................... 269,986 144,467 144,467 

Indian tribe land acquisition ...................................................................... 3,940 2,000 3,940 

Conservation: 

Direct .................................................................................................. 0 75,000 75,000 

Guaranteed ......................................................................................... 0 75,000 75,000 

Indian highly fractionated land .................................................................. 0 10,000 10,000 

Boll weevil eradication ............................................................................... 100,000 60,000 100,000 

Total, farm loans ........................................................................... $3,427,584 $4,109,457 $4,151,397 


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ESTIMATED LOAN SUBSIDY AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LEVELS

Direct loan 

subsidy 

Guaranteed loan 

subsidy Grants Administrative expenses 

2009 appropriation .................... $80,767,000 $66,655,000 0 $317,323,000 

2010 budget estimate .................. 51,072,000 53,050,000 $5,000,000 326,093,000 

Provided in the 

bill ..................... 51,072,000 53,050,000 0 326,093,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...... ¥29,695,000 ¥13,605,000 – – – +8,770,000 

2010 budget 

estimate ..... – – – – – – ¥5,000,000 – – – 

The following table reflects the costs of loan programs under 

credit reform: 

AGRICULTURE CREDIT PROGRAMS—SUBSIDIES AND GRANTS 

[In thousands of dollars] 

FY 2009 

estimate 

FY 2010 

estimate 

Committee 

provisions 

Farm loan subsidies: 

Farm ownership: 

Direct ...................................................................................... $12,715 $16,034 $16,034 

Guaranteed ............................................................................. 4,088 5,550 5,550 

Subtotal ............................................................................. 16,803 21,584 21,584 

Farm operating: 

Direct ...................................................................................... 67,804 33,180 33,180 

Guaranteed unsubsidized ...................................................... 25,336 26,910 26,910 

Guaranteed subsidized .......................................................... 37,231 20,312 20,312 

Subtotal ............................................................................. 130,371 80,402 80,402 

Indian tribe land acquisition .......................................................... 248 0 0 

Conservation: 

Direct ...................................................................................... 0 1,065 1,065 

Guaranteed ............................................................................. 0 278 278 

Subtotal ............................................................................. 0 1,343 1,343 

Indian highly fractionated land ...................................................... 0 793 793 

Individual development accounts ................................................... 0 5,000 0 

Total, Farm loan subsidies .................................................... $147,422 $109,122 $104,122 

ACIF expenses: 

Salaries and expenses ............................................................... 309,403 318,173 318,713 

Administrative expenses ............................................................. 7,920 7,920 7,920 

Total, ACIF expenses .............................................................. $317,323 $326,093 $326,093 

RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $77,177,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 80,325,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 80,325,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +3,148,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 


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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Risk Management Agency, the Committee provides an 

appropriation of $80,325,000, an increase of $3,148,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget 

request. 

The Committee provides increases, as requested, for: pay costs, 

$1,348,000; and $1,800,000 for an additional 15 staff years for enhanced compliance and oversight work. 

CORPORATIONS 

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

2009 appropriation ................................................................. 1 $6,582,945,000 

2010 budget estimate ............................................................. 1 7,502,601,000 

Provided in the bill ................................................................. 7,502,601,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation .......................................................... +919,656,000 

2010 budget estimate ...................................................... – – – 

1 Current indefinite appropriation. 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Fund, the Committee provides an appropriation of such sums as may be necessary 

(estimated to be $7,502,601,000 in the President’s fiscal year 2010 

budget request), an increase of $919,656,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. 

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

2009 appropriation ................................................................. 1 $11,106,324,000 

2010 budget estimate ............................................................. 1 13,878,054,000 

Provided in the bill ................................................................. 1 13,878,054,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation .......................................................... +2,771,730,000 

2010 budget estimate ...................................................... – – – 

1 Current indefinite appropriation. 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses to the Commodity 

Credit Corporation, the Committee provides such sums as may be 

necessary to reimburse for net realized losses sustained, but not 

previously reimbursed (estimated to be $13,878,054,000 in the 

President’s fiscal year 2009 budget request), an increase of 

$2,771,730,000 above the amount estimated in fiscal year 2009 and 

the same as the budget request. 

The Commmittee is concerned about well-documented reports of 

overpayments in the direct and countercyclical farm payments program. A recent USDA study identified roughly $50,000,000 in improper payments to farmers who were ineligible for these payments. Therefore, the Committee directs UDA to submit to the 

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Committee directs USDA to include in such report a plan to prevent future improper payments and to recoup all improper payments that have been made prior to October 1, 2009. 

HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

(LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

2009 limitation ........................................................................ $5,000,000 

2010 budget estimate ............................................................. 5,000,000 

Provided in the bill ................................................................. 5,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 limitation ................................................................ – – – 

2010 budget estimate ...................................................... – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For CCC Hazardous Waste Management, the Committee pro- vides a limitation of $5,000,000, the same as the amount available 

for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. 


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TITLE II—CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND

ENVIRONMENT

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $758,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 895,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 774,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +16,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥121,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and 

Environment, the Committee provides an appropriation of 

$774,000, an increase of $16,000 above the amount available for 

fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $121,000 below the budget request. 

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $853,400,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 867,197,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 869,397,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +15,997,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +2,200,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Conservation Operations, the Committee provides an appro- priation of $869,397,000, an increase of $15,997,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and an increase of $2,200,000 

above the budget request. The Committee provides $9,930,000 for the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative and does not include the reduction proposed in 

the request. The Committee recommendation includes $10,965,000 

for the Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting program, 

$11,088,000 for Plant Materials Centers, and $93,939,000 for the 

Soil Surveys Program. For Conservation Technical Assistance, 

$743,475,000 is provided. The recommendation for each program 

includes pay costs, as requested. 

State funding allocations.—The Committee is concerned that 

funding allocations to the States are being reduced in proportion to 

Congressional projects funded in the Conservation Operations account. The Committee directs the Chief of the Natural Resources 

Conservation Service (NRCS), in making the fiscal year 2010 Conservation Operations funding allocations to the States, to treat 

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Committee on Appropriations, not later than 45 days after the enactment of this Act, including the following: fiscal year 2009 Conservation Operations allocation by State, fiscal year 2010 Conservation Operations allocation by State, the fiscal year 2010 Congressional projects by State, and the total Conservation Operations allocation by State. In addition, the Chief of the NRCS is directed to 

inform the Committee immediately about any changes to the formula or process by which the base state allocations are made. 

Great Lakes Interagency Task Force.—To more effectively organize environmental restoration activities to address non-point 

source pollution concerns, the Committee encourages NRCS to coordinate closely with the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force. The 

Committee directs NRCs to provide a summary report to the Committee on its coordination activities with the interagency task force 

by December 1, 2009. 

The following is a list of Congressionally-designated projects: 

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 

[Conservation Operations, Congressionally-Designated Projects] 

Project Amount 

Agricultural Development and Resource Conservation, Hawaii RC&D Councils ........................................... $376,000 

Assistance to Improve Water Quality for Tarrant County, Texas ................................................................... 336,000 

Audubon Conservation Curriculum ................................................................................................................. 333,000 

Best Management Practices and Master Farmer Special Research Grant with LSU, LA ............................. 267,000 

Cane Run Creek Watershed Remediation, Kentucky ...................................................................................... 400,000 

Carson City Waterfall Fire Restoration, Carson City, Nevada ....................................................................... 375,000 

CEMSA with Iowa Soybean Association ......................................................................................................... 288,000 

Chesapeake Bay Activities ............................................................................................................................. 3,998,000 

Conservation Planning, Massachusetts and Wisconsin ................................................................................ 423,000 

Conservation Technical Assistance in New Jersey ......................................................................................... 236,000 

Cooperative Agreement with Tufts University, Connecticut ........................................................................... 333,000 

Deer Creek Watershed Conservation and Restoration, Maryland .................................................................. 400,000 

Farm Viability Program, Vermont ................................................................................................................... 236,000 

Fountain Creek Watershed Project, Colorado ................................................................................................. 500,000 

Genesee River Watershed, New York .............................................................................................................. 500,000 

Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Cooperative Agreement ................................................. 2,423,000 

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, Wisconsin ......................................................................................... 835,000 

Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control ............................................................. 404,000 

Green Institute, Florida .................................................................................................................................. 267,000 

Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education Watershed Project, Texas State University .............................. 282,000 

Hawaii Plant Materials Center, Hawaii .......................................................................................................... 106,000 

Hungry Canyons Alliance, Iowa ...................................................................................................................... 282,000 

Kentucky Soil Erosion Control ........................................................................................................................ 724,000 

Long Island Sound Watershed, New York ...................................................................................................... 133,000 

Massaro Community Farm, Connecticut ........................................................................................................ 300,000 

Maumee Watershed Hydrological and Flood Mitigation, Ohio ....................................................................... 667,000 

Mojave Water Agency Non-Native Plant Removal, California ........................................................................ 667,000 

Municipal Water District of Orange County for Efficient Irrigation, California ............................................ 134,000 

Operation Oak Program .................................................................................................................................. 267,000 

Pace University Land Use Law Center, White Plains, New York ................................................................... 133,000 

Pastureland Management/Rotational Grazing, New York .............................................................................. 400,000 

Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation Initiative, New Hampshire ..................................................................... 282,000 

Range Revegetation for Fort Hood, Texas ...................................................................................................... 333,000 

Sand County Foundation, Wisconsin .............................................................................................................. 892,000 

Tallgrass Prairie Center—Native Seed Testing Lab, Iowa ............................................................................ 298,000 

Technical Assistance Grants to Kentucky Soil Conservation Districts, Kentucky Division of Conservation 545,000 

Technical Assistance to Livestock/Poultry Producers, North Carolina ........................................................... 300,000 

Town of Cary Swift Creek Stream Bank Restoration, North Carolina ........................................................... 199,000 

Upper White River Basin Water Quality, Missouri ......................................................................................... 287,000 

Water Quality Protection Program for the Monterey Bay Sanctuary, California ............................................ 400,000 

Watershed Agricultural Council, New York .................................................................................................... 480,000 

Watershed Demonstration Project, Iowa ........................................................................................................ 134,000 


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NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE—Continued 

[Conservation Operations, Congressionally-Designated Projects] 

Project Amount 

Watershed Protection Plan for Hood County, Texas ....................................................................................... 67,000 

Total, Conservation Operations ............................................................................................................. 21,242,000 

WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $24,289,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 0 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 20,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥4,289,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +20,000,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations, the Committee provides an appropriation of $20,000,000, a decrease of $4,289,000 

below the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and an increase of 

$20,000,000 above the budget request. Language is included which 

limits the amount spent on technical assistance to not more than 

$12,000,000. 

The following is a list of Congressionally-designated projects: 

NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 

[Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations, Congressionally-Designated Projects] 

Project Amount 

Alameda Creek Watershed Project, California ............................................................................................... $1,337,000 

Big Slough Watershed Project, Arkansas ....................................................................................................... 57,000 

Departee Creek Watershed Project, Arkansas ................................................................................................ 110,000 

Farmington River Restoration Project, Riverton, Connecticut ....................................................................... 500,000 

Hurricane Katrina Related Watershed Restoration Project, Mississippi ........................................................ 229,000 

Lake Oscawana Management and Restoration Plan, New York .................................................................... 400,000 

Little Sioux Watershed Project, Iowa .............................................................................................................. 1,146,000 

Lower Hamakua Ditch Watershed Project, Hawaii ......................................................................................... 1,169,000 

Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed Project, Pennsylvania ................................................................................... 573,000 

Richland Creek Reservoir, Paulding County, Georgia .................................................................................... 100,000 

Soap Creek Watershed Project, Iowa ............................................................................................................. 984,000 

South Fork of the Licking River Watershed Project, Ohio ............................................................................. 125,000 

Upcountry Maui Watershed Project, Hawaii ................................................................................................... 1,815,000 

Wailuku-Alenaio Watershed Project, Hawaii .................................................................................................. 191,000 

Total, Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations .............................................................................. 8,736,000 

WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $40,000,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 40,161,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 40,161,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +161,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Watershed Rehabilitation Program, the Committee provides an appropriation of $40,161,000, an increase of $161,000 


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above the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the 

budget request. 

RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $50,730,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 0 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 50,730,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... 0 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +50,730,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Resource Conservation and Development, the Committee provides an appropriation of $50,730,000, the same as the amount 

available for fiscal year 2009 and an increase of $50,730,000 above 

the budget request. 

The recommendation includes funding for each of the 375 Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Councils to have a 

Federal coordinator. 

The Committee encourages NRCS to continue to work with the 

Councils to develop appropriate measures of effectiveness for both 

conservation and economic development. Therefore, future budget 

proposals can be based on the effectiveness and performance of the 

program. 

The Committee expects NRCS to promptly fill RC&D coordinator 

vacancies, and to allocate funding equitably among the existing 

councils. 


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TITLE III—RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $646,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 895,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 660,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +14,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥235,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development, the 

Committee provides an appropriation of $660,000, an increase of 

$14,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $235,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee recognizes the important roles that Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones play in rural communities. The 

Committee encourages the Department to prioritize Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones when it distributes funds under the 

Rural Business Opportunity and Rural Business Enterprise Grant 

programs. 

The Committee is aware that the Department of Agriculture is 

currently considering a redefinition of eligibility for the section 

9007 REAP program for agricultural producers in urban areas and 

encourages the Department to design rules for fiscal year 2010 that 

allow agricutural producers to participate in the program regardless of their geography as authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill. 

The Committee notes that the 2008 Farm Bill authorized section 

6015, locally or regionally produced agricultural food products. This 

section provides that in addition to rural areas, urban communities 

are eligible for this purpose and that five percent of the guaranteed 

business and industry loan program shall be made available to 

carry out section 6015. The Committee directs the Department to 

provide direction to the state offices for solicitation of loan applications that meet this new eligibility and to more effectively utilize 

this new authority to maximize opportunities to serve food insecure 

regions. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

FY 2009 estimate FY 2010 estimate Committee provisions 

Appropriations .................... $192,484,000 $195,987,000 $195,987,000 

Transfer from: 

Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program 

Account ..................... 460,217,000 468,593,000 468,593,000 

Rural Development 

Loan Fund Program 

Account ..................... 4,853,000 4,941,000 4,941,000 


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FY 2009 estimate FY 2010 estimate Committee provisions 

Rural Electrification 

and Telecommunications Loans Program Account ........... 39,245,000 39,959,000 39,959,000 

Total, RD Salaries 

and Expenses ........ $696,799,000 $709,480,000 $709,480,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Salaries and Expenses of the Rural Development mission 

areas, the Committee provides an appropriation of $709,480,000, 

an increase of $12,681,000 above the amount available for fiscal 

year 2009 and the same as the budget request. 

Of the amount provided, the Committee expects that $2,500,000 

will be for projects and additional National Office staffing associated with maintaining the compliance, safety, and soundness of the 

portfolio of loans guaranteed through the section 502 guaranteed 

single family housing loan program. 

RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Loan level Subsidy level Administrative expenses 

2009 appropriation ................................................................... $7,599,821,000 $200,951,000 $460,217,000 

2010 budget estimate .............................................................. 7,580,409,000 155,732,000 468,593,000 

Provided in the bill ................................................................... 7,590,897,000 158,589,000 468,593,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation .......................................................... ¥8,924,000 ¥42,362,000 +8,376,000 

2010 budget estimate ..................................................... +10,488,000 +2,857,000 – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account, the 

Committee provides a loan level of $7,590,897,000, a decrease of 

$8,924,000 below the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and an 

increase of $10,488,000 above the budget request. 

The following table reflects the loan levels for the Rural Housing 

Insurance Fund program account: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

FY 2009 level FY 2010 estimate Committee provisions 

Rural Housing Insurance Fund Loans 

Single family housing (sec. 502): 

Direct ....................................................................... $1,121,488 $1,121,488 $1,121,488 

Unsubsidized guaranteed ....................................... 6,223,859 6,204,444 6,204,444 

Housing repair (sec. 504) ................................................ 34,410 34,412 34,412 

Rental housing (sec. 515) ............................................... 69,512 69,512 80,000 

Multi-family guaranteed (sec. 538) ............................... 129,090 129,090 129,090 

Housing site development (sec. 524) .............................. 5,045 5,045 5,045 

Credit sales of acquired property .................................... 11,447 11,448 11,448 

Self-help housing land development fund ...................... 4,970 4,970 4,970 

Total, Loan authorization ............................................ $7,599,821 $7,580,409 $7,590,897 

The following table reflects the costs of loan programs under 

credit reform: 


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ESTIMATED LOAN SUBSIDY AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LEVELS

[In thousands of dollars] 

FY 2009 level FY 2010 estimate Committee provisions 

Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account (loan subsidies): 

Single family housing (sec. 502): 

Direct ....................................................................... $75,364 $40,710 $40,710 

Unsubsidized guaranteed ....................................... 79,043 89,624 89,624 

Housing repair (sec. 504) ................................................ 9,246 4,422 4,422 

Rental housing (sec. 515) ............................................... 28,611 18,935 21,792 

Multi-family guaranteed (sec. 538) ................................ 8,082 1,485 1,485 

Credit sales of acquired property .................................... 523 556 556 

Self-help housing land development fund ...................... 82 0 0 

Total, Loan subsidies .................................................. $200,951 $155,732 $158,589 

RHIF expenses: 

Administrative expenses .................................................. $460,217 $468,593 $468,593 

RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $902,500,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 1,091,430,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 980,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +77,500,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥111,430,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rental Assistance Program, the Committee provides a 

program level of $980,000,000 an increase of $77,500,000 above the 

amount available in fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of 

$111,430,000 below the budget request. 

MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $27,714,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 26,616,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 31,756,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +4,042,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +5,140,000 

For the Multifamily Housing Revitalization Program Account, the Committee provides an appropriation of $31,756,000, an increase of $4,042,000 above the amount available in fiscal year 2009 

and an increase of $5,140,000 above the budget request. The Committee provides $4,965,000 for the rural housing vouch- er program; $1,791,000 for the preservation of the section 515 

multi-family housing portfolio; and $25,000,000 to continue a demonstration program for projects financed under the section 515 program. 

MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $38,727,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 38,727,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 45,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +6,273,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +6,273,000 


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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, the Committee provides an appropriation of $45,000,000, an increase of $6,273,000 

above the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and an increase of 

$6,273,000 above the budget request. 

RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $41,500,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 41,500,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 45,500,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +4,000,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +4,000,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Housing Assistance Grants program, the Committee provides an appropriation of $45,500,000, an increase of 

$4,000,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2009 and an 

increase of $4,000,000 above the budget request. The appropriated 

amount includes $31,600,000 for very-low income housing repair 

grants, $9,400,000 for rural housing preservation grants, and 

$500,000 for the compensation for construction defects program. 

FARM LABOR PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Loan level Subsidy level Grants 

2009 appropriation ................................................ $21,678,000 $9,135,000 $9,134,000 

2010 budget estimate ........................................... 21,677,000 7,834,000 9,134,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................... 30,501,000 11,023,000 11,500,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ....................................... +8,823,000 +1,888,000 +2,366,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................. +8,824,000 +3,189,000 +2,366,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Farm Labor program account, the Committee provides a 

loan subsidy of $11,023,000, which supports a loan level of 

$30,501,000, an increase of $1,888,000 in loan subsidy and an increase of $8,823,000 in loan level above the amount available in fiscal year 2009, and an increase of $3,189,000 in loan subsidy and 

an increase of $8,824,000 in loan level above the amount in the 

budget request. 

The Committee also provides $11,500,000 in grants, an increase 

of $2,366,000 above the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and 

an increase of $2,366,000 above the budget request. 

RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $63,830,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 54,993,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 51,091,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥12,739,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥3,902,000 


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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Community Facilities Program Account, the Committee provides an appropriation of $51,091,000, a decrease of 

$12,739,000 below the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and a 

decrease of $3,902,000 below the budget request. 

The following table provides the Committee’s recommendations 

as compared to the budget request: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

FY 2009 

level 

FY 2010 

estimated 

Committee 

provisions 

Loan levels: 

Community facility direct loans ...................................... ($294,948) ($294,962) ($294,962) 

Community facility guaranteed loans ............................. (206,425) (206,417) (206,417) 

Subsidy and grants: 

Community facility direct loans ...................................... 16,871 3,864 3,864 

Community facility guaranteed loans ............................. 6,358 6,626 6,626 

Community facility grants ............................................... 20,373 20,373 20,373 

Other ................................................................................ 20,228 24,130 20,228 

Total, Rural Community Facilities Program subsidy and grants ............................................. 63,830 54,993 51,091 

The following programs are included in bill language for the 

Rural Community Facilities Program: $6,256,000 is for the Rural 

Community Development Initiative; $3,972,000 is for community 

facilities grants to tribal colleges; $10,000,000 is for economic impact initiative grants; and $1,000,000 is for empowerment zones 

and enterprise communities (EZ/EC) and communities designated 

by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

RURAL BUSINESS-COOPERATIVE SERVICE

RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $87,385,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 97,116,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 97,116,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +9,731,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Business Program Account, the Committee provides an appropriation of $97,116,000, an increase of $9,731,000 

above the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the 

budget request. 

The following table provides the Committee’s recommendations 

as compared to the budget request: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

FY 2009 

level 

FY 2010 

estimated 

Committee 

provisions 

Loan level: 

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[In thousands of dollars] 

FY 2009 

level 

FY 2010 

estimated 

Committee 

provisions 

Subsidy and grants: 

Business and industry guaranteed loans ....................... 43,196 52,927 52,927 

Rural business enterprise grants .................................... 38,727 38,727 38,727 

Rural business opportunity grants .................................. 2,483 2,483 2,483 

Delta regional authority ................................................... 2,979 2,979 2,979 

Total, Rural Business Program subsidy and 

grants ............................................................. 87,385 97,116 97,116 

The following programs are included in bill language for the 

Rural Business Program: $500,000 for rural transportation technical assistance; $4,000,000 for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes, of which $250,000 is for transportation technical assistance; and $8,300,000 is for empowerment zones and enterprise 

communities (EZ/EC) and communities designated by the Secretary 

of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

Loan level Subsidy level Administrative 

expenses 

2009 appropriation ..................................................................................... $33,536,000 $14,035,000 $4,853,000 

2010 budget estimate ................................................................................ 33,536,000 8,464,000 4,941,000 

Provided in the bill ..................................................................................... 33,536,000 8,464,000 4,941,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ............................................................................ – – – ¥5,571,000 +88,000 

2010 budget estimate ....................................................................... – – – – – – – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Development Loan Fund program account, the 

Committee provides for a loan level of $33,536,000, the same as the 

amount provided for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget 

request. 

For the estimated loan subsidy, the Committee provides an appropriation of $8,464,000, a decrease of $5,571,000 below the 

amount available in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget 

request. 

In addition, the Committee provides $4,941,000 for administrative expenses, an increase of $88,000 above the amount available 

in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. 

RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING RECISSION OF FUNDS)

Loan level 

2009 appropriation ............................................................................................................................................... $33,077,000 

2010 budget estimate .......................................................................................................................................... 33,077,000 

Provided in the bill .............................................................................................................................................. 33,077,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................................................................................... – – – 

2010 budget estimate ................................................................................................................................. – – – 


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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account, 

the Committee provides for a loan level of $33,077,000, the same 

as the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the 

budget request. 

RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $12,636,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 38,636,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 30,636,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +18,000,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥8,000,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Rural Cooperative Development Grants, the Committee provides an appropriation of $30,636,000, an increase of $18,000,000 

above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of 

$8,000,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee provides a total of $30,636,000 for the Rural Cooperative Development Grant program, of which: $2,582,000 is provided for a cooperative agreement for the Appropriate Technology 

Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA) program through a cooperative 

agreement with the National Center for Appropriate Technology; 

$3,463,000 is for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose 

primary focus is to provide assistance to small, minority producers; 

$5,424,000 is for cooperative development grants; $300,000 is for a 

cooperative research agreement with a qualified academic institution; and $18,867,000 is for the value-added agricultural product 

market development grant program. 

RURAL MICROENTERPRISE INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. 0 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... $22,000,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 0 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... – – – 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥22,000,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Microenterprise Investment Program Account, the 

Committee does not provide an appropriation, the same as the 

amount available in fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $22,000,000 

below the budget request. The 2008 Farm Bill provided $4,000,000 

in fiscal year 2010 for this program. 

RURAL EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES GRANTS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $8,130,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 0 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 0 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥8,130,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 


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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities 

Grants, the Committee does not provide an appropriation, a decrease of $8,130,000 below the amount available in fiscal year 2009 

and the same as the budget request. 

RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

Loan level Subsidy level Grants 

2009 appropriation ................................................................................... $25,780,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 

2010 budget estimate .............................................................................. 246,334,000 33,600,000 34,530,000 

Provided in the bill ................................................................................... 73,314,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation .......................................................................... +47,534,000 +7,500,000 +7,500,000 

2010 budget estimate ..................................................................... ¥173,020,000 ¥23,600,000 ¥24,530,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Energy for America Program, the Committee provides an appropriation of $20,000,000, an increase of $15,000,000 

above the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of 

$48,130,000 below the budget request. 

The 2008 Farm Bill provided $60,000,000 in mandatory funding 

for this program in fiscal year 2010, which provides an additional 

program level of $244,000,000. 

The Committee expects the Department to fund projects that use 

a variety of feedstock alternatives and other alternative sources of 

renewable energy such as wind, solar and anaerobic digesters. 

BIOREFINERY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. 0 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... $17,339,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 0 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... – – – 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥17,339,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Biorefinery Assistance Program Account, the Committee 

does not provide an appropriation, the same as the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $17,339,000 below the 

budget request. The 2008 Farm Bill provided $245,000,000 in mandatory funding for this program in fiscal year 2010, which provides 

a program level of $690,725,000. 

RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $556,268,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 546,230,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 546,230,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... ¥10,038,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 


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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, the 

Committee provides an appropriation of $546,230,000, a decrease of 

$10,038,000 below the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and the 

same as the budget request. 

The following table provides the Committee’s recommendations 

as compared to the budget request: 

[In thousands of dollars] 

FY 2009 

level 

FY 2010 

estimated 

Committee 

provisions 

Loan levels: 

Water and waste direct loans ......................................... ($1,094,500) ($1,022,163) ($1,022,163) 

Water and waste guaranteed loans ................................ (75,000) (75,000) (75,000) 

Subsidy and grants: 

Water and waste disposal direct loans .......................... 142,285 77,071 77,071 

Water and waste disposal grants ................................... 391,552 464,228 464,228 

Solid waste management grants .................................... 3,441 3,441 3,441 

High Energy Cost Grants ................................................. 17,500 0 0 

Other ................................................................................ 1,490 1,490 1,490 

Total Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program subsidy and grants ...................................................... 556,268 546,230 546,230 

The following programs are included in bill language for the 

Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program: $993,000 is for grants 

to nonprofit organizations to finance construction, refurbishing, and 

servicing of individually-owned household water well systems in 

rural areas; $41,085,000 is for water and waste disposal systems in 

the Colonias and for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes; 

$19,500,000 is for technical assistance for rural water and waste 

systems, of which $6,000,000 is for a rural community assistance 

program, and of which $800,000 is for technical assistance for rural 

water systems for tribal communities; $15,000,000 is for a circuit 

rider program; and $12,700,000 is for empowerment zones and enterprise communities (EZ/EC) and communities designated by the 

Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership 

Zones. 

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM

ACCOUNT

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

Loan level Subsidy level Administrative 

expenses 

2009 appropriation ...................... $7,290,000,000 $525,000 $39,245,000 

2010 budget estimate ................. 7,290,000,000 0 39,959,000 

Provided in the bill ..................... 7,290,000,000 0 39,959,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation .............. – – – ¥525,000 +714,000 

2010 budget estimate .......... – – – – – – – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program Account, the Committee provides a loan level of 

$7,920,000,000, the same as the amount available in fiscal year 

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mittee provides $39,959,000 for administrative expenses, an increase of $714,000 above the amount available in 2009 and the 

same as the budget request. 

The following table reflects the loan levels for the Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans Program account: 

[Dollars in thousands] 

FY 2009 enacted FY 2010 estimate Committee 

provisions 

Loan authorizations: 

Electric: 

Direct, 5% ..................................................................... $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 

Direct, FFB .................................................................... 6,500,000 6,500,000 6,500,000 

Subtotal ................................................................ 6,600,000 6,600,000 6,600,000 

Telecommunications: 

Direct, 5% ..................................................................... 145,000 145,000 145,000 

Direct, Treasury rate ..................................................... 250,000 250,000 250,000 

Direct, FFB .................................................................... 295,000 295,000 295,000 

Subtotal ................................................................ 690,000 690,000 690,000 

Total, Loan authorizations ................................... $7,290,000 $7,290,000 $7,290,000 

ESTIMATED LOAN SUBSIDY AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LEVELS

[Dollars in thousands] 

FY 2009 enacted FY 2010 estimate Committee 

provisions 

Loan subsidies: 

Telecommunications: 

Direct, Treasury rate ..................................................... $525 0 0 

Subtotal ................................................................ 525 0 0 

Total, Loan subsidies ........................................... 525 0 0 

Electric and Telecommunications expenses: 

Administrative expenses ............................................... $39,245 $39,959 $39,959 

DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE AND BROADBAND PROGRAM

Loan level Subsidy level Grants 

2009 appropriation ...................... $400,487,000 $15,619,000 $48,161,000 

2010 budget estimate ................. 531,699,000 38,495,000 43,196,000 

Provided in the bill ..................... 400,000,000 28,960,000 52,731,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation .............. ¥487,000 +13,341,000 +4,570,000 

2010 budget estimate .......... ¥131,699,000 ¥9,535,000 +9,535,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program, the Committee provides an appropriation of $81,691,000, an 

increase of $17,911,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 

2009 and the same as the budget request, including: $34,755,000 

for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants; $28,960,000 for 

Broadband Telecommunications loan subsidy, which supports a 

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TITLE IV—DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, NUTRITION AND

CONSUMER SERVICES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $610,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 813,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 623,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +13,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥190,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and 

Consumer Services, the Committee provides an appropriation of 

$623,000, an increase of $13,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $190,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee continues to be concerned about privatization of 

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Indiana. The 

Committee directs the Secretary to continue comprehensive oversight and undertake an evaluation of this effort. The Committee 

further directs the Secretary to continue providing the Committee 

with quarterly reports on this contract, including the effects on enrollment, program access, error rates, and spending on administrative expenses. The quarterly report should also include a summary 

and an assessment of the key performance standards broken out by 

demographic and sub-state population data included in the monthly Indiana Program Operations Data reports required by USDA. 

The Committee also directs the Secretary to delay further expansion of the project if the state’s program does not meet basic program integrity and access standards or if performance standards as 

stated in the contract are not met. 

The Committee directs the Department to provide within 120 

days of enactment, a report to the Committees that details: (a) opportunities to streamline procurement rules for schools wishing to 

purchase food locally; (b) suggestions for making food procurement 

data more readily available to local jurisdictions, to the states and 

for the food and nutrition service; and (c) suggestions for requirements of new legislative authority or programs that may be needed 

if schools and jurisdictions are unable to purchase food locally. 

The Committee directs FNS to continue making all policy documents related to the WIC program (including, but not limited to, 

instructions, memoranda, guidance, and questions and answers) 

available to the public on the internet within one week of their release to state WIC administrators. 

The Committee directs the Department to report to the Committees within 180 days on the national demand for farm to school 

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to nutritious food while benefiting community and local farmers by 

providing a consistent, reliable market. 

FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

Direct appropriation Transfer from 

section 32 Total program level 

2009 appropriation ........ $8,496,109,000 $6,455,802,000 $14,951,911,000 

2010 budget estimate ... 10,049,369,000 6,747,877,000 16,797,246,000 

Provided in the bill ....... 10,051,707,000 6,747,877,000 16,799,584,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation +1,555,598,000 +292,075,000 +1,847,673,000 

2010 budget estimate .................... +2,338,000 – – – +2,338,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Child Nutrition Programs, the Committee provides a total of $16,799,584,000, an increase of $1,847,673,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and an increase of $2,338,000 

above the budget request. Of the total amount provided, 

$10,051,707,000 is by direct appropriation and $6,747,877,000 is by 

transfer from Section 32. 

The following table reflects the Committee recommendations for 

the child nutrition programs: 

[Dollars in thousands] 

Child Nutrition Programs: 

School lunch program ..................................................................... $9,821,347 

School breakfast program .............................................................. 2,866,683 

Child and adult care food program ............................................... 2,686,523 

Summer food service program ....................................................... 377,752 

Special milk program ..................................................................... 13,590 

State administrative expenses ....................................................... 193,268 

Commodity procurement ................................................................ 793,045 

Team nutrition ................................................................................ 15,016 

Food safety education ..................................................................... 2,510 

Coordinated review ......................................................................... 5,751 

Computer support and processing ................................................. 9,525 

CACFP training and technical assistance .................................... 3,537 

Studies and other activities ........................................................... 11,037 

Total ................................................................................................. 16,799,584 

The Committee provides $2,510,000 for Food Safety Education 

and encourages FNS to continue developing materials to educate 

children and their families on food safety issues such as anaphylaxis, to conduct further research into the causes of foodborne illness in schools using CDC data, support educational initiatives on 

the occurrence of foodborne illness outbreaks in schools and other 

food safety education activities. 

The Committee provides $5,000,000 to implement Hunger-Free 

Community grants as authorized in Section 4405 of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. These funds will be used for 

competitive grants that focus on promotion, outreach, demonstration projects and technical assistance to community gardens, community-supported agriculture programs, and linkages between 

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The Committee provides $2,338,000 to enable the agency to increase efforts to work directly with State and local administrators 

to provide technical assistance to promote accuracy in payments, 

and to develop appropriate improvement strategies. Funding will 

support increased technical assistance to States in areas such as 

data analysis, policy interpretation and training development. 

The Committee supports continued efforts by FNS to encourage 

school districts to provide a lactose intolerant beveage option and 

vegetarian option for children participating in the School lunch and 

School breakfast programs. 

The Committee is concerned about an FNS report, verified by the 

Government Accountability Office, identifying improper payments 

of approximately $860,000,000 (representing 8.6 percent of the 

total program cost in 2006) to schools participating in the school 

lunch and school breakfast programs. Therefore, the Committee directs USDA to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations detailing plans to present future improper 

payments and to recapture prior improper payment amounts or reduce future state allocations in amounts equal to the estimated 

overpayments by such states. 

The Committee further directs USDA to report on costs incurred 

on preparing this report and the cost to recapture prior improper 

payments. In addition the report should include administration efficiencies to address under certification issues. 

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $6,860,000,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 7,777,000,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 7,541,000,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +681,000,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥236,000,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the Committee provides an appropriation of $7,541,000,000, an increase of $681,000,000 above the 

amount available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $236,00,000 

below the budget request. 

The President’s request included an increase of $625,000,000 to 

provide an estimated average monthly participation of 9.8 million 

and average monthly food cost per person at $45.01 in fiscal year 

2010. Given the uncertainty of participation, the Committee is providing an increase of $645,000,000 to support an average monthly 

participation of 10.1 million. 

The Committee does not provide the additional $225,000,000 requested in the President’s budget to increase the contingency fund 

to $750,000,000 in fiscal year 2010. It is currently estimated that 

$487,000,000 will be available in the contingency fund in fiscal 

year 2010. 

The Committee will continue to monitor WIC food costs, participation, and carry-over funds, and take additional action as necessary to ensure that funding provided in fiscal year 2010 is sufficient to serve all eligible applicants. 


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The recommended funding level includes $20,000,000 for continuation of the breastfeeding peer counselor program. The Committee provides $30,000,000 for investments in management information systems. 

Electronic Benefit Transfer.—The Committee recommendation includes language to allow funds to be used for WIC electronic benefit transfer (EBT) systems and sets the authorized level of infrastructure funding at $14,000,000, which includes funding to develop EBT systems. The Committee recommendation also includes $125,000,000 for 

WIC reauthorization and program improvements to be used for increasing fruit and vegetable vouchers up to the Institute of Medicine recommendation, providing continued support for management 

information system projects, to move States toward implementation 

of electronic benefit transfer systems, and for an expanded 

breastfeeding peer counseling program. 

The Committee urges the Department to use the WIC program 

to participate in targeted forms of early intervention. The Committee recommends cooperative partnerships, which would allow 

for prevention and wellness screening services to be offered concurrent with WIC services, provided the cost of these additional services including the associated administrative costs are reimbursed to 

the program. Currently participants of the WIC program are 

screened for anemia. The simple addition of a glucose test at the 

expanded screenings would lead to the early intervention necessary 

to keep obesity and diabetes levels low, and the Committee encourages the agency to participate in these type of ventures. 

SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $53,969,246,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 61,351,846,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 61,351,846,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +7,382,600,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Com- mittee provides $61,351,846,000, an increase of $7,382,600,000 

above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same as 

the budget request. The total amount includes $3,000,000,000 for 

a contingency reserve in fiscal year 2010 and $253,250,000 for the 

Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). 

The following table reflects the Committee recommendations for 

the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: 

[Dollars in thousands] 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Account: 

Benefits ............................................................................................ 52,778,897 

Contingency Reserve ...................................................................... 3,000,000 

State Administrative Cost ............................................................. 2,840,000 

Employment and Training ............................................................. 370,093 

Other Program Costs ...................................................................... 94,176 

Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico ............................................ 1,873,103 

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) .... 112,656 

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) ................... 253,250 

American Samoa ............................................................................. 7,523 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ....................... 12,148 


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Associated Activities ....................................................................... 10,000 

Total ................................................................................................. 61,351,846 

The Committee directs that, not later than June 30, 2010, the 

Secretary of Agriculture to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a report that 

specifies the costs incurred for fiscal year 2009 by the United 

States for each of the following: (1) providing benefits to households 

receiving benefits under section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

of 2008 and (2) providing benefits to households that received a 

standard utility allowance determined under section 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) 

of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

The Committee is concerned about well-documented reports of 

overpayments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 

which are estimated to amount to $1,200,000,000. While the Committee is committed to ensuring that all eligible families receive 

the assistance to which they are legally entitled, record budget 

deficits also require vigilance in defense of precious taxpayer funds. 

Therefore, the Committee directs USDA to submit a report to the 

House and Senate Committees on Appropriations detailing plans to 

prevent future improper payments and to reduce future state administrative fees in amounts equal to the estimated overpayments 

by such states. 

COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $230,800,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 233,388,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 255,570,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +24,770,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. +22,182,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

The Committee provides an appropriation of $255,570,000 for the 

Commodity Assistance Program, an increase of $24,770,000 above 

the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and an increase of 

$22,182,000 above the budget request. 

The recommended funding level for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) is $180,000,000, an increase of 

$19,570,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and an 

increase of $17,182,000 above the budget request. The Committee 

provides this level of funding for the CSFP with the expectation 

that the fiscal year 2009 participation will be maintained. Of this 

increase, the Committee provides $5,000,000 to begin funding new 

states with USDA approved plans and $12,182,000 to expand caseload in existing States. 

The Committee has included $49,500,000 for administrative 

funding for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), the 

same as the amount available in fiscal year 2009 and the same as 

the budget request. In addition to the grant funds appropriated for 

commodity handling and distribution costs, the bill permits states 

to use up to 10 percent of the funds provided for purchasing 

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cies to consult with their emergency feeding organizations on the 

need for the conversion of such funds. 

For the Food Donations Programs the Committee provides an ap- propriation of $1,070,000 for Pacific Island Assistance, the same as 

the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the 

budget request. The Committee recommendation includes $20,000,000 for the 

Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, an increase of $200,000 above 

the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the same as the 

budget request. The Committee recommendation includes $5,000,000 for Emergency Food Program Infrastructure Grants, an increase of 

$5,000,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and an 

increase of $5,000,000 above the budget request. 

Seniors Farmers’ Market Program.—Section 4406(c)(1) of the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 directs mandatory 

funding for this program from funds available to the Commodity 

Credit Corporation. The funding level is $20,600,000 in fiscal year 

2010. 

NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $142,595,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 150,139,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 147,801,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +5,206,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. ¥2,338,000 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Nutrition Programs Administration, the Committee has provided $147,801,000, an increase of $5,206,000 above the amount 

available for fiscal year 2009 and a decrease of $2,338,000 below 

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TITLE V—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS 

FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

[Dollars in thousands] 

Appropriation Transfer from loan accounts Total, FAS 

2009 appropriation ...................... $165,436 ($4,985) ($170,421) 

2010 budget estimate ................. 180,367 (6,465) (186,832) 

Provided in the bill ..................... 177,136 (6,465) (183,601) 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation .............. +11,700 (+1,480) (+13,180) 

2010 budget estimate .......... ¥3,231 – – – (¥3,231) 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), the Committee provides an appropriation of $177,136,000 and transfers of $6,465,000, 

for a total salaries and expenses level of $183,601,000, an increase 

of $13,180,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and 

a decrease of $3,231,000 below the budget request. 

The Committee provides the following increases, as requested: 

$2,684,000 for employee pay costs; $3,606,000 for capital security 

cost sharing with the Department of State; $1,210,000 for administrative services provided by the Department of State; $4,200,000 

for enhanced information technology (IT) security and data infrastructure relocation; and $1,480,000 to ensure proper administration of the export credit guarantee programs. 

The Committee directs FAS to coordinate and cooperate in a 

timely manner with the Office of the Chief Information Officer to 

implement the IT security improvements to the agency’s data and 

communication systems. 

The Committee directs the Secretary to prepare and submit a report, in consultation with the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for 

International Development, by December 1, 2009. The report 

should provide information about the status of local and regional 

food aid procurement projects, as authorized by section 3206 of the 

2008 farm bill, including the use of fiscal year 2009 funds and 

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PUBLIC LAW 480 

TITLE I AND TITLE II 

PROGRAM AND GRANT ACCOUNTS

(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

The following table reflects the loan levels, subsidy levels, and 

administrative costs for all Public Law 480 programs: 

[Dollars in thousands] 

FY 2009 enacted FY 2010 estimate Committee 

provisions 

Public Law 480 Program Account: 

Title II—Commodities for disposition abroad: 

Program level ................................................................ ($1,225,900) (1,690,000) (1,690,000) 

Appropriation ................................................................. 1,225,900 1,690,000 1,690,000 

Salaries and expenses: 

FAS ................................................................................ – – – – – – – – – 

FSA ................................................................................ 2,736 2,812 2,812 

Total, P.L. 480–S&E ................................................. 2,736 2,812 2,812 

The Committee directs the Secretary, in consultation with the 

Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development 

(USAID), to submit quarterly reports to the Committee on the status of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust, as well as immediately notify the Committee when the Trust has been drawn 

down. 

CCC EXPORT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $5,333,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 6,820,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 6,820,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +1,487,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For administrative expenses of the Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program Account, the Committee provides an 

appropriation of $6,820,000, as requested, an increase of $1,487,000 

above the amount available for fiscal year 2009. 

MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD

NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $100,000,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 199,500,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 199,500,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +99,500,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 


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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child 

Nutrition Program Grants, as authorized by Section 3107 of P.L. 

107–171 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), the Committee provides an appropriation of $199,500,000, as requested, an increase of $99,500,000 

above the amount available for fiscal year 2009. 


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TITLE VI—RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

SERVICES 

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriation 

Drug, device and 

animal drug user 

fees 

Total, FDA, S&E 

2009 appropriation ................................................................... $2,038,964,000 $583,303,000 $2,622,267,000

2010 budget estimate .............................................................. 2,337,656,000 657,562,000 2,995,218,000 

Provided in the bill ................................................................... 2,337,656,000 657,562,000 2,995,218,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation .......................................................... +298,692,000 +74,259,000 +372,951,000 

2010 budget estimate ..................................................... – – – – – – – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

The Committee provides an appropriation of $2,337,656,000 in 

budget authority, an increase of $298,692,000 above the amount 

available in fiscal year 2009 and the same as the budget request. 

In addition, the Committee makes available $578,162,000 in prescription drug user fees, $57,014,000 in medical device user fees, 

$17,280,000 in animal drug user fees, and $5,106,000 in generic 

animal drug user fees, for total Salaries and Expenses of 

$2,995,218,000. 

The Committee provides the following in its appropriation: 

$782,915,000 for the Center for the Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related field activities of the Office of Regulatory Affairs 

(ORA); $873,104,000 for the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related field activities of ORA; $305,249,000 for the 

Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and related field activities of ORA; $155,540,000 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and related field activities of ORA; $349,262,000 for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health and related field activities 

of ORA; $58,745,000 for the National Center for Toxicological Research; $185,793,000 for headquarters and the Office of the Commissioner; $168,728,000 for GSA rental payments; $74,386,000 for 

other rent and rent-related activities; and $41,496,000 for White 

Oak consolidation expenses. From funds provided for the Center for 

Drug Evaluation and Research, the Committee provides an increase over fiscal year 2009 of $5,000,000 for the Office of Generic 

Drugs. 

The discretionary budget authority provided in this bill will allow 

FDA to increase staffing, including staffing devoted to inspections 

and other field activities, and will make real improvements in 

FDA’s work to ensure the safety of foods and medical products. For 

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foreign and domestic food inspections and do 20,000 more examinations of imported food products; in the medical products area, FDA 

will conduct 3300 more examinations of imported drug products 

and 4400 more examinations of imported medical device products. 

FDA will also be able to update its labs with new equipment that 

will allow it to do faster analyses of samples. The investments in 

this bill will also reap benefits in the next several years, when new 

inspectors hired with funds in this bill are fully trained, bringing 

significantly more domestic and foreign inspections and import 

field exams. 

Other activities funded by the increases in the bill include such 

things as research in areas such as Salmonella and E. coli biomarkers and new methods of rapid detection of contamination; improved ability to collect and analyze data on foodborne illnesses; 

work on new screening tests for bloodborne diseases; enhanced efforts to understand adverse events related to medical devices used 

in pediatric hospitals; and evaluations of how the recently authorized Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies plans for drugs are 

working. 

With the funds provided in this bill, FDA will also make substantial investments in information technology for both foods and medical products that will allow the agency to receive and better analyze adverse events electronically, support electronic submission of 

applications, and access old data for safety analyses. 

The Committee is aware of the proposals for user fees in the 

President’s budget, but does not recommend establishing such fees 

in annual appropriations acts. The Committee will consider such 

fees if they are authorized. 

The Committee provides funding for the following items: $174,000 for the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Commission; 

$2,077,000 for the National Center for Food Safety and Technology; 

$1,608,000 for the National Center for Natural Products Research; 

and $1,650,000 for the New Mexico State University Agricultural 

Products Food Safety Laboratory. Funding for these activities is included in the President’s fiscal year 2010 budget request. 

Bill structure.—Although the budget once again requested a statutory ‘‘blank check’’ that would remove the specified levels of funding for each center and other activities in the bill, the Committee 

believes the agency needs more budget controls, not fewer. Therefore, it has maintained the usual bill language structure. 

Tobacco legislation.—The Committee notes that H.R. 1256, legislation to give FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products, was 

cleared by Congress on June 12, 2009. That bill gives FDA the authority to assess fees on tobacco manufacturers to cover the costs 

of tobacco activities by that agency. H.R. 1256 is expected to become law soon, although it has not been signed as of the date that 

the Committee considered this bill. The Committee makes clear its 

intention that language to authorize the collection and spending of 

the tobacco fees for fiscal year 2010 will be included in the final 

appropriations bill for FDA for fiscal year 2010. 

Neuroblastoma.—The Committee continues to note the lack of 

new therapies associated high-risk neuroblastoma. Unlike other pediatric cancers, five-year survival rates for this devastating disease 

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The Committee continues to encourage the FDA to prioritize review 

of new therapies and treatment protocols for Stage IV neuroblastoma patients. 

Sunscreen rule.—In August 2007, FDA published a proposed rule 

for over the counter sunscreens that would require UVB and UVA 

testing and labeling. Given the importance of this rule to protecting 

Americans against skin cancer, the Committee is concerned that 

FDA has not issued a final rule. The Committee instructs FDA to 

issue a final rule before December 31, 2009. 

Dietary guidelines.—The Committee notes that during the coming year, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human 

Services will receive the report of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, and will then have the responsibility to formulate and issue science-based dietary guidance. In view of the need 

to communicate clear messages and motivate changes in consumer 

behavior, the Committee recommends that the Secretaries devise 

targeted communications strategies that will allow consumers to 

build their diets around their specific nutritional needs and healthful food choices. 

Honey.—The Committee recognizes that honey is produced in the 

United States, traded internationally and consumed as both a 

packaged food and as a food ingredient. However, there have been 

instances where manufacturers have been marketing products illegally as ‘‘honey’’ or ‘‘pure honey’’ that contained other ingredients. 

The Committee believes that guidance about the composition and 

labeling of honey is needed to protect consumers and the domestic 

honey industry from misbranded honey and honey-derived products 

that are currently entering the U.S. market. The Committee directs 

FDA to remind manufacturers of honey about the misbranding and 

adulteration provisions of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. 

It is the Committee’s understanding that FDA intends to respond 

to the pending citizen petition proposing a standard of identity for 

honey, and the Committee expects the agency to do so. 

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $12,433,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 12,433,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 12,433,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... – – – 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For Buildings and Facilities of the Food and Drug Administra- tion, the Committee provides $12,433,000, the same as 2009 and 

the request. 

INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

2009 appropriation ............................................................................. $146,000,000 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... 160,600,000 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. 160,600,000 

Comparison: 

2009 appropriation ...................................................................... +14,600,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 


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COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the 

Committee provides an appropriation of $160,600,000 as requested, 

an increase of $14,600,000 above the amount available for fiscal 

year 2009. 

The Committee recognizes the continuing need to provide enhanced oversight and enforcement of commodity futures markets, 

including the markets for financial instruments, energy, and agriculture futures products. With the continuing volatility in the futures markets, the Committee concurs with the President’s request 

for additional CFTC resources to better secure the markets from 

improper speculation. The increased funding will allow the agency 

to continue strengthening its information technology systems and 

hire additional technical and legal staff. 

However, because CFTC will have received a substantial 44 percent increase in its appropriated funding in just two years, the 

Committee seeks to ensure that CFTC invests the fiscal year 2010 

resources most effectively. Therefore, the Committee directs that, 

for the increased funding above the fiscal year 2009 appropriation, 

the agency submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate for both review and approval before these additional funds can be obligated. 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

2009 limitation .................................................................................... ($49,000,000) 

2010 budget estimate ......................................................................... (54,500,000) 

Provided in the bill ............................................................................. (54,500,000) 

Comparison: 

2009 limitation ............................................................................ +5,500,000 

2010 budget estimate .................................................................. – – – 

COMMITTEE PROVISIONS

For a limitation on the expenses of the Farm Credit Administration, the Committee provides $54,500,000, an increase of 

$5,500,000 above the amount available for fiscal year 2009 and the 

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TITLE VII—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS

The General Provisions contained in the accompanying bill for 

fiscal year 2010 are fundamentally the same as those included in 

last year’s appropriations bill, except: 

Section 732: Language is included regarding reconstituted liquid 

concentrate infant formula issuance to WIC participants. 

Section 733: Language is included that rescinds certain funds. 

Section 734: Language is included that rescinds certain funds. 


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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT REQUIREMENTS 

CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY

Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII requires each committee report on a 

public bill or joint resolution to contain a statement citing the specific powers granted to Congress in the Constitution to enact the 

law proposed by the bill or joint resolution. 

The Committee on Appropriations bases its authority to report 

this legislation on clause 7 of section 9 of article I of the Constitution of the United States, which states ‘‘No money shall be drawn 

from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by 

Law. . . .’’ 

Appropriations contained in this Act are made pursuant to this 

specific power granted by the Constitution. 

TRANSFER OF FUNDS

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the following lists the transfers of unexpended 

balances included in the accompanying bill. 

1. Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments.— 

The bill allows funds to be transferred to recover the full cost of 

space and security expenses. 

2. Hazardous Materials Management.—The bill allows the funds 

appropriated to the Department for hazardous materials management to be transferred to agencies of the Department as required. 

3. Departmental Administration.—The bill requires reimbursement for expenses related to certain hearings. 

4. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations.— 

The bill allows a portion of the funds appropriated to the Office of 

the Assistant Secretary to be transferred to agencies. 

5. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.—Authority is included to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to transfer from other 

appropriations or funds of the Department such sums as may be 

necessary to combat emergency outbreaks of certain diseases of 

animals, plants, and poultry. 

6. Funds for Strengthening Markets, Income, and Supply.—The 

bill limits the transfer of section 32 funds to purposes specified in 

the bill. 

7. Farm Service Agency Salaries and Expenses.—The bill provides that funds provided to other accounts in the agency may be 

merged with the salaries and expenses account of the Farm Service 

Agency. 

8. Dairy Indemnity Program.—The bill authorizes the transfer of 

funds to the Commodity Credit Corporation, by reference. 

9. Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund.—The bill provides that 

funds may be transferred among lending programs. 

10. Commodity Credit Corporation.—The bill includes language 

allowing certain funds to be transferred to the Foreign Agricultural 

Service for information resource management activities. 

11. Rural Development Salaries and Expenses.—The bill provides 

that prior year balances from certain accounts shall be transferred 

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12. Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account and Rural 

Housing Assistance Grants account.—The bill provides that balances for demonstration programs shall be transferred to and 

merged with the Rural Housing Service, Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program Account. 

13. Rural Community Facilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Account, and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account.—The bill provides that balances from the Rural 

Community Advancement Program may be transferred to and 

merged with these accounts. 

14. Child Nutrition Programs.—The bill includes authority to 

transfer section 32 funds to these programs. 

15. Foreign Agricultural Service Salaries and Expenses.—The bill 

allows for the transfer of funds from the Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loan Program Account. The bill also provides that 

funds made available for the cost of title I agreements and for title 

I ocean freight differential may be used interchangeably. 

16. Public Law 480 Title I Direct Credit on Food for Progress Program Account.—The bill allows funds to be transferred to the Farm 

Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses account. 

17. Commodity Credit Corporation Export Loans Program.—The 

bill provides for transfer of funds to the Foreign Agricultural Service and to the Farm Service Agency for overhead expenses associated with credit reform. 

18. Food and Drug Administration, Salaries and Expenses.—The 

bill allows funds to be transferred among activities. 

19. General Provisions.—The bill allows unobligated balances of 

discretionary funds to be transferred to the Working Capital Fund. 

CHANGES IN THE APPLICATION OF EXISTING LAW

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(A) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the following statements are submitted 

describing the effect of provisions in the accompanying bill that directly or indirectly change the application of existing law. 

The bill includes a number of provisions which place limitations 

on the use of funds in the bill or change existing limitations and 

which might, under some circumstances, be construed as changing 

the application of existing law: 

1. Office of the Secretary.—Language is included to limit the 

amount of funds for official reception and representation expenses, 

as determined by the Secretary. 

2. Agriculture Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments.— 

Language is included that allows for the reconfiguration and release of space back into the General Services Administration inventory in order to reduce space rental cost for space not needed for 

USDA programs. 

3. Departmental Administration.—Language is included to reimburse the agency for travel expenses incident to the holding of 

hearings. 

4. Agricultural Research Service.—Language is included that allows the Agricultural Research Service to grant easements at the 

Beltsville, MD agricultural research center. 

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under section 7526 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008. 

6. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.—A provision carried in the bill since fiscal year 1973 regarding state matching 

funds has been continued to assure more effective operation of the 

brucellosis control program through state cost sharing, with resulting savings to the Federal budget. 

Language is included to allow APHIS to recoup expenses incurred from providing technical assistance goods, or services to 

non-APHIS personnel, and to allow transfers of funds for Agricultural emergencies. 

7. Agricultural Marketing Service.—The bill includes language 

that allows the Secretary to charge user fees for AMS activity related to preparation of standards. 

8. Agricultural Marketing Service, Limitation on Administrative 

Expenses.—The bill includes language to allow AMS to exceed the 

limitation on administrative expenses by 10 percent with notification to the Appropriations Committees. This allows flexibility in 

case crop size is understated and/or other uncontrollable events 

occur. 

9. Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Inspection and Weighing Services.—The bill includes authority to exceed the limitation on inspection and weighing services by 10 percent with notification to the Appropriations Committees. This allows for flexibility if export activities require additional supervision 

and oversight, or other uncontrollable factors occur. 

10. Dairy Indemnity Program.—Language is included by reference that allows the Secretary to utilize the services of the Commodity Credit Corporation for the purpose of making dairy indemnity payments. 

11. Risk Management Agency.—Language is included to limit the 

amount of funds for official reception and representation expenses. 

12. Commodity Credit Corporation Fund.—Language is included 

to provide for the reimbursement appropriation. Language is also 

included to allow certain funds transferred from the Commodity 

Credit Corporation to be used for information resource management. In addition, language is included which limits the amount of 

funds that can be spent on operation and maintenance costs of 

CCC hazardous waste sites. 

13. Natural Resources Conservation Service-Conservation Operations.—Language which has been included in the bill since 1938 

prohibits construction of buildings on land not owned by the government, although construction on land owned by states and counties is authorized by basic law. 

14. Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations.—Language 

which was included in the Emergency Jobs Bill of 1983 (P.L. 98– 

8) and all bills since 1984 provides that funds may be used for rehabilitation of existing works. 

15. Rural Development Salaries and Expenses.—Language is included to allow funds to be used for advertising and promotional 

activities and to limit the amount of funds to provide modest nonmonetary awards to non-USDA employees. 

16. Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account.—Language 

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shall not be subject to a guarantee fee and the interest on such 

loans may not be subsidized. 

17. Rental Assistance Program.—Language is included which provides that agreements entered into during the current fiscal year 

be funded for a one-year period. 

18. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 

and Children (WIC).—Language is included to: purchase infant formula except in accordance with law; or pay for activities that are 

not fully reimbursed by other departments or agencies unless authorized by law. 

19. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.—Language is 

included on funds availability for Employment and Training and to 

enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to program integrity. 

20. Foreign Agricultural Service.—Language carried since 1979 

enables this agency to use funds received by an advance or by reimbursement to carry out its activities involving international development and technical cooperation. Language is included to limit 

the amount of funds for official reception and representation expenses. 

21. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.—Language is included to limit the amount of funds for official reception and representation expenses. 

22. General Provisions.— Section 702: This provision, carried since 1976, is again included 

which provides that certain appropriations in this Act shall remain 

available until expended where the programs or projects involved 

are continuing in nature under the provisions of authorizing legislation, but for which such legislation may not specifically provide 

for extended availability: Food Safety and Inspection Service, Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure System; Farm Service Agency, salaries and expenses funds made available to county 

committees; Foreign Agricultural Service, middle-income country 

training program, and up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural 

Service appropriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in international currency exchange rates. 

Section 705: This provision provides that none of the funds in 

this Act may be made available to pay indirect costs charged 

against competitive agricultural research, education, or extension 

grants awarded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture 

in excess of 10 percent of total direct costs. 

Section 706: This provision allows funds made available in the 

current fiscal year for the Rural Development Loan Fund program 

account; the Rural Electrification and Telecommunications Loans 

program account; and the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program 

account to remain available until expended to disburse obligations. 

Section 707: Provides that of the funds made available, not more 

than $1,800,000 shall be used to cover expenses of activities related 

to all advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task forces of 

the Department of Agriculture except for panels used to comply 

with negotiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competitively awarded grants. 

Section 708: Provides that none of the funds may be used to 

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Section 709: This provision prohibits any employee of the Department of Agriculture from being detailed or assigned to any other 

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

the individual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by 

the receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the period of assignment. 

Section 710: This provision prohibits the Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration from transmitting or 

making available to any non-Department of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human Services employee questions or responses to questions that are a result of information requested for 

the appropriations hearing process. 

Section 711: Language is included that requires approval of the 

Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment Review Board for acquisition of 

new information technology systems or significant upgrades, and 

that prohibits the transfer of funds to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without the notification of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

Section 712: Language is included that requires certain reprogramming procedures of funds provided in Appropriations Acts. 

Section 713: Language is included that prohibits funds from 

being used to prepare a budget submission to Congress that assumes reductions from the previous year’s budget due to user fee 

proposals unless the submission also identifies spending reductions 

which should occur if the user fees are not enacted. 

Section 714: Language is included that provides that no funds 

may be used to close or relocate a Rural Development office unless 

or until cost effectiveness and enhancement of program delivery 

have been determined. The bill also requires notification and a report to the Committees on Appropriation prior to the proposed closure or relocation. 

Section 715: Language is included that prohibits the Food and 

Drug Administration from closing or relocating the Food and Drug 

Administration Division of Pharmaceutical Analysis in St. Louis, 

Missouri, outside the city or county limits of St. Louis, Missouri. 

Section 716: Language is included that limits the environmental 

quality incentives program. 

Section 717: Language is included that allows for reimbursement 

of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. 

Section 718: Language is included that limits the dam rehabilitation program. 

Section 719: Language is included regarding the availability of 

funds for certain conservation programs. 

Section 720: Language is included that relates to government 

sponsored news stories. 

Section 721: Language is included regarding eligibility for certain 

rural development programs. 

Section 722: Language is included that rescinds section 32 unobligated balances. 

Section 723: Language is included prohibiting the establishment 

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Section 724: Language is included regarding the use of funds to 

implement the risk-based inspection program. 

Section 725: Language is included to provide that certain locations shall be considered eligible for certain rural development programs. 

Section 726: Language is included providing funding for the Bill 

Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger Fellowships. 

Section 727: Language is included providing funding for certain 

projects. 

Section 728: Language is included authorizing certain watershed 

projects. 

Section 729: Language is included amending the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. 

Section 730: Language is included modifying matching requirements for certain research grants. 

Section 731: Language is included regarding the Federal Meat 

Inspection and other acts. 

Section 732: Language is included regarding reconstituted liquid 

concentrate infant formula issuance to WIC participants. 

Section 733: Language is included that rescinds certain funds. 

Section 734: Language is included that rescinds certain funds. 

STATEMENT OF GENERAL PERFORMANCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the following is a statement of general performance goals and objectives for which this measure authorizes funding: 

The Committee on Appropriations considers program performance, including a program’s success in developing and attaining 

outcome-related goals and objectives, in developing funding recommendations. 

COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CL. 3(e) (RAMSEYER RULE) 

In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, 

as reported, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, 

existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman): 

SECTION 17 OF THE RICHARD B. RUSSELL 

NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT 

SEC. 17. CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM. 

(a) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(r) PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK SCHOOL CHILDREN.— 

(1) * * * 

* * * * * * * 

(5) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall limit reimbursement 

under this subsection for meals served under a program to institutions located in the District of Columbia and øten¿ eleven 

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Vermont, Maryland, West Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Delaware, and Michigan and two States shall be approved by the Secretary through a competitive application 

process. 

* * * * * * * 

APPROPRIATIONS NOT AUTHORIZED BY LAW

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1)(B) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 

House of Representatives, the following table lists the appropriations in the accompanying bill which are not authorized by law for 

the period concerned: 

[in thousands of dollars] 

Agency/program Last year of 

authorization 

Authorization 

level 

Appropriations 

in last year of 

authorization 

Appropriations 

in this bill 

Rural Housing Service: 

Multi-family Housing Revitalization Program ....................... 9/30/2009 27,714 27,714 31,756 

Rural Utilities Service: 

Broadband Telecommunications Grants ............................... 9/30/2009 $13,406 $13,406 $17,976 

Food and Nutrition Service: 

Farmers Market Nutrition Program ....................................... 9/30/2009 Such sums 19,800 20,000 

CNP, State Administrative Expenses .................................... 9/30/2009 Such sums 178,994 193,268 

Summer Food Service Program ............................................. 9/30/2009 Such sums 357,984 377,752 

WIC Infrastructure, MIS, Special Nutrition Education .......... 9/30/2009 64,000 28,850 64,000 

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC ................ 9/30/2009 Such sums 6,831,150 7,477,000 

RESCISSIONS

Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives, the following lists the rescissions of unexpended 

balances included in the accompanying bill: The bill proposes rescissions of $43,000,000 of funds derived from 

interest on the cushion of credit payments under the Rural Economic Development Loans Program Account; $52,000,000 from Section 32 funds; $11,000,000 from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program employment and training funds; and $25,008,000 of unobligated balances for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

Rural Development Act. 


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COMPARISON WITH THE BUDGET RESOLUTION

Pursuant to clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House 

of Representatives and section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974, the following table compares the levels of new 

budget authority provided in the bill with the appropriate allocation under section 302(b) of the Budget Act. 

[In millions of dollars] 

302 (b) Alloation This Bill 

Budget 

Authority Outlays Budget Authority Outlays 

Comparison with Budget Resolution: 

General purpose discretionary .............................................. $22,900 $25,000 $22,900 1 $24,883 

Mandatory ............................................................................. 99,615 89,147 99,615 89,147 

1 Includes outlays from prior year budget authority. 

FIVE-YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS

Pursuant to section 308(a)(1)(B) of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, the following table contains five-year projections prepared 

by the Congressional Budget Office of outlays associated with the 

budget authority provided in the accompanying bill: 

[In millions of dollars] 

Projection of outlays associated with the recommendation: 

2010 ........................................................................................................... 1 $96,176 

2011 ........................................................................................................... 3,769 

2012 ........................................................................................................... 1,050 

2013 ........................................................................................................... 232 

2014 and future years .............................................................................. 183 1 Excludes outlays from prior year budget authority 

ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Pursuant to section 308(a)(1)(C) of the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, the amounts of financial assistance to State and local governments is as follows: 

[In millions of dollars] 

FY 2010 budget authority ............................................................................... $33,874 

FY 2010 ............................................................................................................ 1 29,363 1 Excludes outlays from prior year budget authority 

DIRECTED SPENDING BY CONGRESS AND BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH

This bill contains about $1.3 billion in grant funding awarded 

solely at the discretion of the Administration, and $3.011 million 

in funding requested by the President for specific projects. In addition to placing a one year moratorium on earmarks in appropriations bills enacted in 2007 so that new rules could be put in place, 

the Committee has subsequently taken unprecedented action to increase transparency and reduce funding for earmarks. This bill 

continues to further reduce earmarks in 2010 and is expected ultimately to be 3% below 2009. In this bill since 2006, the total funding earmarked has been reduced by 56%. This year earmarked 

funding will equal 1% of the cost of the bill. It should also be noted 

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funds an earmark designated for a for-profit entity, the Committee 

includes legislative language requiring the Executive Branch to 

nonetheless issue a request for proposal that gives other entities an 

opportunity to apply and requires the agency to evaluate all bids 

received and make a decision based on merit. This gives the original designee an opportunity to be brought to the attention of the 

agency, but with the possibility that an alternative entity may be 

selected. 

2006 2008 2009 2010 Committee 

$ in millions # $ in millions # $ in millions # $ in millions 

$865 623 $400 521 $380 322 $220 


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DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY 

DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS 

The following table is submitted in compliance with clause 9 of 

rule XXI, and lists the congressional earmarks (as defined in paragraph (e) of clause 9) contained in the bill or in this report. Neither 

the bill nor the report contain any limited tax benefits or limited 

tariff benefits as defined in paragraphs (f) or (g) of clause 9 of rule 

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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 

[Presidentially Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount 

Requester(s) 

Administration House 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Minor Use Animal Drugs $429,000 The President Hinchey; Latham Rural-Business Cooperative Service Rural cooperative development 

grants 

Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas $2,582,000 The President Boozman; Carney; Farr; Hinchey; 

Rehberg 

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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Animal Vaccines, Greenport, NY $1,518,000 DeLauro Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Aquaculture Fisheries Center, Stuttgart, AR $519,000 Berry; Ross Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Biomass Crop Production, Brookings, SD $1,131,000 Herseth Sandlin Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Biomedical Materials in Plants (Biotech Foundation), Beltsville, MD $1,698,000 Hoyer Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Bioremediation Research, Beltsville, MD $111,000 Blumenauer Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Catfish Genome, Auburn, AL $819,000 Rogers (AL) Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Center for Agroforestry, Booneville, AR $660,000 Emerson Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Cereal Disease, St. Paul, MN $290,000 McMorris Rodgers Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Crop Production and Food Processing, Peoria, IL $786,000 Schock Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center, Booneville, AR $1,805,000 Berry; Ross 


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Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Endophyte Research, Booneville, AR $994,000 Blumenauer; Boozman; Ross; 

Schrader 

Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Formosan Subterranean Termites Research, New Orleans, LA $2,600,000 Alexander Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Foundry Sand By-Products Utilization, Beltsville, MD $638,000 Hoyer Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Human Nutrition Research, Boston, MA $254,000 Capuano; Markey (MA) Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Human Nutrition Research, Houston, TX $254,000 Bishop (GA) Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Human Nutrition Research, NC $500,000 Kissell Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Livestock-Crop Rotation Management, Kutztown, PA $349,000 Gerlach Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Lyme Disease, 4 Poster Project, Washington, DC $700,000 DeLauro Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Medicinal and Bioactive Crops, Washington, DC $111,000 Hoyer Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Mosquito Trapping Research/West Nile Virus, Gainesville, FL $1,454,000 DeLauro Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses National Center for Agricultural Law, Beltsville, MD $654,000 Boozman Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses National Corn to Ethanol Research Pilot Plant, Washington, DC $360,000 Shimkus Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, ND $511,000 Pomeroy Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Northwest Center for Small Fruits, Corvallis, OR $254,000 Blumenauer; Hastings (WA); Larsen 

(WA); McDermott; Schrader; Simpson; Walden; Wu 

Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Phytoestrogen Research, New Orleans, LA $1,426,000 Cao; Kaptur Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Potato Diseases, Beltsville, MD $61,000 Hoyer; Larsen (WA) Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Poultry Diseases, Beltsville, MD $408,000 Hoyer Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Sorghum Research, Little Rock, AR $135,000 Snyder Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Soybean Genomics, St. Paul, Minnesota $200,000 Walz 


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[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Subtropical Beef Germplasm, Brooksville, FL $1,033,000 Brown-Waite, Ginny Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Termite Species in Hawaii, Gainesville, FL $130,000 Abercrombie; Hirono Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Tropical Aquaculture Feeds (Oceanic Institute), Hilo, HI $1,438,000 Abercrombie; Hirono Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Water Management Research Laboratory, Brawley, CA $317,000 Filner Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Water Use Reduction, Dawson, GA $1,200,000 Bishop (GA); Johnson (GA); Kingston; Marshall; Scott (GA) Agricultural Research Service Salaries and expenses Wild Rice, St. Paul, MN $303,000 Peterson Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities Agricultural Research Facility, Beltsville, MD $3,000,000 Hoyer Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities Animal Bioscience Facility, Bozeman, MT $3,654,000 Rehberg Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities Center for Advanced Viticulture and Tree Crop Research, Davis, CA $3,000,000 Thompson (CA) Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities Center for Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY $3,654,000 Arcuri; Hinchey Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, Storrs, CT $3,654,000 DeLauroAgricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities U.S. Agricultural Research Service Laboratory, Canal Point, FL $3,422,000 Boyd; Grayson; Hastings (FL); 

Melancon; Wasserman Schultz 

Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities U.S. Agricultural Research Service Laboratory, Pullman, WA $3,654,000 Hastings (WA); Inslee; Larsen (WA); 

McDermott; McMorris Rodgers; Smith (WA) 

Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities U.S. Agricultural Research Service Sugarcane Research Laboratory, 

Houma, LA 

$3,654,000 Alexander; Melancon 

Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities U.S. Agricultural Research Station, Salinas, CA $3,654,000 Farr 


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Agricultural Research Service Buildings and facilities University of Toledo Greenhouse and Hydroponic Research Complex, Toledo, OH $3,654,000 Kaptur National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Dairy Education, IA $159,000 Latham National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Diabetes Detection and Prevention, WA, PA $1,033,000 Fattah; Smith (WA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Efficient Irrigation, TX, NM $1,610,000 Edwards (TX); Reyes; Rodriguez; 

Teague 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Income Enhancement Demonstration, OH $864,000 Kaptur National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Pilot Technology Transfer, MS, OK $209,000 Boren; Cole; Lucas National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Pilot Technology Transfer, WI $174,000 Obey National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Potato Integrated Pest Management, ME $280,000 Michaud National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Potato Pest Management, WI $277,000 Obey National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Range Improvement, NM $209,000 Teague National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension University of Wisconsin-Extension Northern Aquaculture Demonstation 

Facility 

$450,000 Obey 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture Extension Urban Horticulture and Marketing, IL $104,000 Davis (IL); Jackson (IL) National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Ag-Based Industrial Lubricants, IA $380,000 Braley (IA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Agriculture Development in the American Pacific $349,000 Bordallo; Hirono National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Animal Waste Management, OK $274,000 Boren; Lucas National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Applied Agriculture and Environmental Research, CA $693,000 Capps; Cardoza; Costa; Farr; 

Napolitano; Schiff; Thompson (CA) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Aquaculture Research and Education Center, PA $300,000 Brady (PA); Sestak 


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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Aquaculture, OH $623,000 Kaptur National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Best Practices in Agriculture Waste Management, CA $300,000 Eshoo National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Cellulosic Biomass, SC $469,000 Clyburn National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, IA $412,000 Latham National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for Food Industry Excellence, TX $946,000 Conaway; Neugebauer National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for Innovative Food Technology, OH $793,000 Kaptur National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for North American Studies, TX $693,000 Edwards (TX) National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Center for Renewable Transportation Fuel, MI $500,000 Kilpatrick (MI) National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Climate Forecasting, FL $2,494,000 Boyd; Diaz-Balart, Lincoln; DiazBalart, Mario National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Cotton Research, TX $1,730,000 Conaway; Neugebauer National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Dietary Intervention, OH $866,000 Kaptur; Turner National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Farmland Preservation, OH $105,000 LaTourette National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Florida Biomass to Biofuels Conversion Program, FL $235,000 Brown, Corrine; Klein (FL); Kosmas; 

Wexler 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Greenhouse Nurseries, OH $1,380,000 Kaptur National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA High Value Horticultural Crops, VA $502,000 Perriello National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Mariculture, NC $220,000 McIntyre 


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National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Medicinal and Bioactive Crop Research, TX $280,000 Gohmert National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Mississippi Valley State University, Curriculum Development $1,002,000 Thompson (MS) National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Monitoring Agricultural Sewage Sludge Application, OH $500,000 Kaptur National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA NE Center for Invasive Plants, CT, ME, VT $295,000 DeLauro; Michaud National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Nutrition and Diet, CA $925,000 Baca; Lewis (CA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Nutrition Research, NY $188,000 Serrano National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Pasteurization of Shell Eggs, MI $935,000 Dingell National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA PM-10 Study, WA $268,000 Dicks; McMorris Rodgers National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Polymer Research, KS $1,500,000 Jenkins National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Rural Agriculture Small Business Development Program $500,000 Murphy (PA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Rural Systems, MS $215,000 Thompson (MS) National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Shrimp Aquaculture, AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC, TX $2,908,000 Abercrombie; Grijalva; Hirono; Ortiz; 

Pastor (AZ) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Sustainable Agricultural Freshwater Conservation, TX $1,434,000 Reyes; Rodriguez National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point- Institute for Sustainable Technologies $1,400,000 Obey National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia, OH $209,000 Kaptur National Institute of Food and Agriculture RE/FA Vitis Gene Discovery, MO $422,000 Emerson National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Advancing Biofuel Production, TX $140,000 Edwards (TX) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aegilops Cylindrica, ID, WA $245,000 Dicks; Hastings (WA); Inslee National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agricultural Diversification, HI $153,000 Hirono 


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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agricultural Entrepreneurial Alternatives, PA $233,000 Holden; Shuster; Thompson (PA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agricultural Marketing, IL $176,000 Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agriculture Energy Innovation Center, GA $1,000,000 Kingston National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agriculture Science, OH $382,000 Boccieri; Kaptur National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Agroecology/Chesapeake Bay Agro-ecology, MD $439,000 Bartlett; Cummings; Kratovil; 

Ruppersberger; Sarbanes 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Air Quality, KS, TX $1,090,000 Edwards (TX) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Animal Science Food Safety Consortium, AR, IA, KS $939,000 Berry; Boozman; Latham National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Apple Fire Blight, MI, NY $346,000 Ehlers; Hinchey; Hoekstra; Rogers 

(MI); Upton 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture, CA, FL, TX $416,000 Brown-Waite, Ginny; Davis (CA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture, ID, WA $529,000 Baird; Dicks; Simpson National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture, LA $150,000 Alexander National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Aquaculture, NC $227,000 Butterfield; Price (NC) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Armilliaria Root Rot, MI $104,000 Rogers (MI) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Asparagus Production Technologies, WA $173,000 Hastings (WA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Avian Bioscience, DE $94,000 Castle National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Babcock Institute, WI $416,000 Baldwin 


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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Barley for Rural Development, ID, MT $514,000 Rehberg; Simpson National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Beef Improvement Research, MO, TX $693,000 Rodriguez National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Bioactive Foods Research for Health and Food Safety, MA $525,000 Olver National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Biodesign and Processing Research Center, VA $868,000 Boucher National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Biomass-based Energy Research, MS, OK $839,000 Boren; Harper; Lucas National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Biotechnology, NC $199,000 Etheridge; Miller (NC); Price (NC) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Bovine Tuberculosis, MI $246,000 Rogers (MI) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Brucellosis Vaccine, MT $305,000 Rehberg National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Cataloging Genes Associated with Drought and Disease Resistance, 

NM 

$176,000 Teague 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Center for One Medicine, IL $235,000 Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Citrus Canker/ Greening, FL $1,217,000 Crenshaw; Diaz-Balart, Mario; 

Posey; Putnam 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Competitiveness of Agricultural Products, WA $469,000 Baird; Dicks; Hastings (WA); Larsen 

(WA); McDermott 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Computational Agriculture, NY $131,000 Hinchey National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Cool Season Legume Research, ID, ND, WA $235,000 Dicks; Hastings (WA); McMorris 

Rodgers; Pomeroy; Simpson 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Cotton Insect Management and Fiber Quality, GA $346,000 Bishop (GA); Johnson (GA); Marshall; Scott (GA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Cranberry/Blueberry Disease and Breeding, NJ $451,000 Adler (NJ); Holt; LoBiondo; Pallone; 

Rothman (NJ) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Cranberry/Blueberry, MA $111,000 Frank (MA) 


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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Crop Integration and Production, SD $258,000 Herseth Sandlin National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Crop Pathogens, NC $225,000 Butterfield; Etheridge; Miller (NC); 

Price (NC) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Dairy Farm Profitability, PA $349,000 Dahlkemper; Holden; Murtha; Shuster; Thompson (PA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Designing Foods for Health, TX $1,385,000 Rodriguez National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Detection and Food Safety, AL $1,748,000 Bright; Rogers (AL) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Drought Mitigation, NE $469,000 Fortenberry National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX $1,160,000 Edwards (TX); Heinrich; Ortiz; 

Reyes; Rodriguez 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Environmental Research, NY $258,000 Hinchey National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Environmental Risk Factors/Cancer, NY $150,000 Lowey National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Expanded Wheat Pasture, OK $223,000 Boren; Cole; Lucas National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Floriculture, HI $243,000 Abercrombie; Hirono National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, IA, MO, NV, WI $1,139,000 Emerson; Latham National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Marketing Policy Center, CT $401,000 DeLauro National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Safety Research Consortium, NY $693,000 Hinchey National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Safety, ME, OK $382,000 Boren; Lucas National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Safety, TX $69,000 Edwards (TX) 


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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Food Security, WA $276,000 McDermott National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Forestry Research, AR $319,000 Ross National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Fresh Produce Food Safety, CA $704,000 Farr National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Future Foods, IL $461,000 Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Genomics for Southern Crop Stress and Disease, MS $797,000 Harper National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Geographic Information System $1,248,000 Boozman; Kanjorski National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Grain Sorghum, KS, TX $515,000 Edwards (TX); Jenkins; Moore (KS); 

Moran (KS); Neugebauer; Tiahrt 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Grass Seed Cropping for Sustainable Agriculture, ID, OR, WA $313,000 Dicks; McMorris Rodgers; Schrader; 

Wu 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Human Nutrition, NY $377,000 Hinchey National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Hydroponic Production, OH $124,000 Kaptur National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Improved Dairy Management Practices, PA $243,000 Holden; Platts; Shuster; Thompson 

(PA) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Improved Fruit Practices, MI $147,000 Ehlers; Rogers (MI) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Increasing Shelf Life of Agricultural Commodities, ID $603,000 Simpson National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Infectious Disease Research, CO $572,000 Markey (CO) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Initiative to Improve Blueberry Production and Efficiency, GA $209,000 Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall; 

Scott (GA) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Institute for Food Science and Engineering, AR $775,000 Boozman National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Integrated Production Systems, OK $177,000 Boren; Cole; Lucas 


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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ $401,000 Grijalva; Herseth Sandlin; Ortiz; 

Pastor (AZ) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Livestock and Dairy Policy, NY, TX $693,000 Edwards (TX); Hinchey National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Lowbush Blueberry Research, ME $173,000 Michaud; Pingree (ME) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Meadow Foam, OR $180,000 Wu National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Michigan Biotechnology Consortium $384,000 Rogers (MI) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Midwest Poultry Consortium, IA $471,000 Latham National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Milk Safety, PA $771,000 Carney; Holden; Platts; Shuster; 

Thompson (PA) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Minor Use Animal Drugs $429,000 Hinchey; Latham National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Molluscan Shellfish, OR $253,000 Schrader; Wu National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Multi-commodity Research, OR $244,000 DeFazio; Schrader; Walden; Wu National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG National Beef Cattle Genetic Evaluation Consortium, CO, GA, NY $615,000 Hinchey; Markey (CO); Scott (GA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Nematode Resistance Genetic Engineering, NM $209,000 Teague National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG New Century Farm, IA $282,000 Boswell; Latham National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Oil Resources from Desert Plants, NM $176,000 Teague National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Organic Cropping, OR $140,000 DeFazio; Schrader; Wu National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Organic Cropping, WA $248,000 Dicks; Hastings (WA); Larsen (WA); 

McDermott; Smith (WA) 


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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Peach Tree Short Life Research $195,000 Brown (SC) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Perennial Wheat, WA $98,000 Dicks; McMorris Rodgers National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Phytophthora Research, GA $178,000 Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Phytophthora Research, MI $346,000 Conyers; Dingell; Ehlers; Hoekstra; 

Rogers (MI); Upton 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Phytosensors for Crop Security and Precision Agriculture, TN $1,000,000 Davis (TN); Duncan National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Pierce’s Disease, CA $1,531,000 Calvert; Capps; Farr; Thompson 

(CA) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Potato Cyst Nematode, ID $349,000 Simpson National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Potato Research, ID, OR, WA $1,037,000 Hastings (WA); Larsen (WA); 

McMorris Rodgers; Simpson; Walden; Wu 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Precision Agriculture, AL $419,000 Aderholt; Griffith National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Preharvest Food Safety, KS $142,000 Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran (KS); 

Tiahrt 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Preservation and Processing Research, OK $174,000 Boren; Lucas National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Protein Production for Research to Combat Viruses and Microbes, CT $500,000 DeLauro; Murphy (CT) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Regional Barley Gene Mapping Project, OR $471,000 Dicks; Hastings (WA); McCollum; 

McDermott; McMorris Rodgers; Peterson; Schrader; Walden; Wu 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Regionalized Implications of Farm Programs, MO, TX $595,000 Edwards (TX); Emerson National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Renewable Energy and Products, ND $939,000 Pomeroy National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Rice Agronomy, MO $174,000 Emerson 


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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Ruminant Nutrition Consortium, MT, ND, SD, WY $434,000 Herseth Sandlin National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Rural Policies Institute, IA, MO, NE $835,000 Emerson National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Rural Renewable Energy Research & Education Center, WI $500,000 Obey National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Russian Wheat Aphid, CO $214,000 Markey (CO) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Seed Technology, SD $282,000 Herseth Sandlin National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Small Fruit Research, ID, OR, WA $307,000 Baird; Blumenauer; Dicks; Hastings 

(WA); Inslee; Larsen (WA); Schrader; Simpson; Walden; Wu 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Soil-borne Disease Prevention in Irrigated Agriculture, NM $176,000 Teague National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium, NM $235,000 Heinrich; Teague National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Southwest Consortium for Plant Genetics and Water Resources, NM $271,000 Grijalva; Pastor (AZ); Teague National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Soybean Cyst Nematode, MO $556,000 Emerson National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Soybean Research, IL $745,000 Jackson (IL); Johnson (IL) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Specialty Crops, IN $235,000 Ellsworth National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG STEEP IV -- Water Quality in Northwest $444,000 Dicks; Hastings (WA); McMorris 

Rodgers; Simpson; Walden; Wu 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources, PA $133,000 Dent; Holden; Platts; Shuster; 

Thompson (PA) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Sustainable Agriculture, CA $357,000 Farr 


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National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Sustainable Agriculture, MI $266,000 Ehlers; Rogers (MI) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Sustainable Beef Supply, MT $682,000 Rehberg National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Sustainable Engineered Materials from Renewable Sources, VA $485,000 Boucher National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Swine and Other Animal Waste Management, NC $349,000 Etheridge; Price (NC) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Technology for Irrigated Vegetable Production, SC $500,000 Spratt National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Texas Obesity Reserch Project $500,000 Johnson, Eddie Bernice National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Tick Borne Disease Prevention, RI $280,000 Kennedy; Langevin National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Tillage, Silviculture, Waste Management, LA $188,000 Alexander National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Tri-state Joint Peanut Research, AL $413,000 Bright National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Tropical and Subtropical Research/T-Star $6,677,000 Abercrombie; Bordallo; Hirono; Putnam; Young (FL) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Tropical Aquaculture, FL $300,000 Castor (FL); Putnam National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Virtual Plant Database Enhancement Project, MO $400,000 Carnahan National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Virus-free Wine Grape Cultivars, WA $223,000 Dicks; Hastings (WA); Inslee; 

Larsen (WA); McDermott; McMorris Rodgers 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Viticulture Consortium, CA, NY, PA $1,454,000 Farr; Hinchey; Thompson (CA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Water Conservation, KS $69,000 Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran (KS); 

Tiahrt 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Water Use Efficiency and Water Quality Enhancements, GA $346,000 Bishop (GA); Kingston; Marshall National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Wetland Plants, LA $188,000 Alexander 


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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Wheat Genetic Research, KS $240,000 Jenkins; Moore (KS); Moran (KS); 

Tiahrt 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Wood Utilization, AK, ID, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, OR, TN, WV $4,545,000 Butterfield; DeFazio; Harper; 

Michaud; Miller (NC); Oberstar; Price (NC); Rogers (MI); Schrader; Wu 

National Institute of Food and Agriculture SRG Wool Research, MT, TX, WY $206,000 Conaway; Rodriguez Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Agriculture Compliance Laboratory Equipment, Delaware $69,000 Castle Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Beaver Management in North Carolina $208,000 Price (NC) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Bio-Safety Institute for Genetically Modified Agriculture Products $259,000 Latham Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Blackbird Management, Louisiana $94,000 Alexander Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Brown Tree Snake Management in Guam $657,000 Abercrombie; Bordallo; Hirono Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses California County Pest Detection Augmentation Program $581,000 Cardoza; Costa; Farr; Filner; Honda; Schiff Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses California County Pest Detection Import Inspection Program $693,000 Cardoza; Costa; Farr; Filner; Honda; Schiff Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance, Wisconsin $1,024,000 Kagen; Obey 


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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Cooperative Livestock Protection Program Pennsylvania and Pennsyl- vania Department of Agriculture $209,000 Holden Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Cormorant Control, Michigan $139,000 Stupak Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Crop and Aquaculture Losses in Southeast Missouri $207,000 Emerson Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Database of North Carolina’s Agricultural Industry for Rapid Response $208,000 Etheridge; Kissell; McIntyre; Miller (NC); Price (NC) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Greater Yellowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee, MT, ID, WY $650,000 Rehberg; Simpson Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Johne’s Disease activities, Wisconsin $939,000 Kagen; Obey Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses National Agriculture Biosecurity Center, Kansas $259,000 Moore (KS); Moran (KS); Tiahrt Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, Kiski Basin, Pennsylvania $200,000 Murtha Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses National Wildlife Research Station, Texas A&M $290,000 Ortiz Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses New Jersey Gypsy Moth Pest Management $500,000 LoBiondo; Pallone; Pascrell; Roth- man (NJ); Sires; Smith (NJ) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses New Mexico Rapid Syndrome Validation Program, New Mexico State University $379,000 Heinrich; Teague Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Nez Perce Bio-Control Center, Idaho $176,000 Simpson Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Remote Diagnostic and Wildlife Disease Surveillance, ND $700,000 Pomeroy 


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AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION—Continued 

[Congressionally Directed Spending Items] 

Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Technology to Combat Asian Long-Horned Beetles in New York Forests $500,000 Arcuri; Higgins; Maffei; McHugh; Tonko Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Tri-State Predator Control Program, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming $926,000 Simpson Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Monitoring and Management, Wisconsin $588,000 Kagen; Obey Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium $1,500,000 Kagen; Obey Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Salaries and expenses Wolf Predation Management in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan $727,000 Oberstar Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Agricultural Development and Resource Conservation, Hawaii RC&D 

Councils 

$376,000 Hirono 

Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Assistance to Improve Water Quality for Tarrant County, Texas $336,000 Barton (TX); Granger Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Audubon conservation curriculum $333,000 Moran (VA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Best Management Practices and Master Farmer Special Research 

Grant with LSU, LA 

$267,000 Alexander 

Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Cane Run Creek Watershed Remediation, Kentucky $400,000 ChandlerNatural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Carson City Waterfall Fire Restoration, Carson City, Nevada $375,000 Heller Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations CEMSA with Iowa Soybean Association $288,000 Boswell; King (IA); Latham; 

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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Chesapeake Bay Activities $3,998,000 Bartlett; Connolly (VA); Edwards 

(MD); Kratovil; Moran (VA); Norton; Ruppersberger; Sarbanes; Scott (VA); Van Hollen 

Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Conservation Planning, Massachusetts and Wisconsin $423,000 Frank (MA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Conservation Technical Assistance in New Jersey $236,000 Holt; Rothman (NJ) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Cooperative Agreement with Tufts University, Connecticut $333,000 Courtney; DeLauro Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Deer Creek Watershed Conservation and Restoration, Maryland $400,000 Bartlett; Kratovil; Ruppersberger Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Farm Viability Program, Vermont $236,000 Welch Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Fountain Creek Watershed Project, Colorado $500,000 Salazar Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Genesee River Watershed, New York $500,000 Lee (NY) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission Cooperative Agreement $2,423,000 Kingston; Marshall; Scott (GA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative, Wisconsin $835,000 Obey Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control $404,000 Ehlers Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Green Institute, Florida $267,000 Boyd Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education Watershed Project, Texas 

State University 

$282,000 Doggett 

Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Hawaii Plant Materials Center, Hawaii $106,000 Abercrombie; Hirono Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Hungry Canyons Alliance, Iowa $282,000 King (IA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Kentucky Soil Erosion Control $724,000 Rogers (KY) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Long Island Sound Watershed, New York $133,000 Lowey 


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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Massaro Community Farm, Connecticut $300,000 DeLauro Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Maumee Watershed Hydrological and Flood Mitigation, Ohio $667,000 Kaptur Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Mojave Water Agency Non-Native Plant Removal, California $667,000 Lewis (CA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Municipal Water District of Orange County for Efficient Irrigation, California $134,000 Calvert; Miller, Gary; Rohrabacher; Sanchez, Loretta Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Operation Oak Program $267,000 Berry; Bishop (GA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Pace University Land Use Law Center, White Plains, New York $133,000 Lowey Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Pastureland Management/Rotational Grazing, New York $400,000 Arcuri Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Quabbin to Cardigan Conservation Initiative, New Hampshire $282,000 Hodes Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Range Revegetation for Fort Hood, Texas $333,000 Carter; Edwards (TX) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Sand County Foundation, Wisconsin $892,000 Baldwin Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Tallgrass Prairie Center--Native Seed Testing Lab, Iowa $298,000 Braley (IA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Technical Assistance Grants to Kentucky Soil Conservation Districts, 

Kentucky Division of Conservation 

$545,000 Rogers (KY) 

Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Technical Assistance to Livestock/Poultry Producers, North Carolina $300,000 Price (NC) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Town of Cary Swift Creek Stream Bank Restoration, North Carolina $199,000 Miller (NC) Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Upper White River Basin Water Quality, Missouri $287,000 Blunt Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Water Quality Protection Program for the Monterey Bay Sanctuary, California $400,000 Farr 


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Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Watershed Agricultural Council, New York $480,000 Hinchey Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Watershed Demonstration Project, Iowa $134,000 Boswell; King (IA); Latham; 

Loebsack 

Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Operations Watershed Protection Plan for Hood County, Texas $67,000 Edwards (TX) Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Alameda Creek Watershed Project, California $1,337,000 Stark Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Big Slough Watershed Project, Arkansas $57,000 Berry Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Departee Creek Watershed Project, Arkansas $110,000 Berry Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Farmington River Restoration Project, Riverton, Connecticut $500,000 Larson (CT) Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Hurricane Katrina Related Watershed Restoration Project, Mississippi $229,000 Taylor Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Lake Oscawana Management and Restoration Plan, New York $400,000 Hall (NY) Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Little Sioux Watershed Project, Iowa $1,146,000 King (IA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Lower Hamakua Ditch Watershed Project, Hawaii $1,169,000 Abercrombie; Hirono Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Pidcock-Mill Creeks Watershed Project, Pennsylvania $573,000 Murphy, Patrick Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Richland Creek Reservoir, Paulding County, Georgia $100,000 Gingrey (GA) Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Soap Creek Watershed Project, Iowa $984,000 Loebsack Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations South Fork of the Licking River Watershed Project, Ohio $125,000 Space Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Upcountry Maui Watershed Project, Hawaii $1,815,000 Hirono Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed/Flood Prevention Operations Wailuku-Alenaio Watershed Project, Hawaii $191,000 Abercrombie; Hirono Rural Development Rural coop grants Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas $2,582,000 Boozman; Carney; Farr; Hinchey; 

Rehberg 

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Agency Account Project Amount Requester(s) 

Food and Drug Administration Salaries and expenses ISSC vibrio vulnificus education $174,000 Melancon Food and Drug Administration Salaries and expenses National Center for Food Safety and Technology, IL $2,077,000 Jackson (IL); Lipinski Food and Drug Administration Salaries and expenses New Mexico State University Agricultural Products Food Safety Laboratory $1,650,000 Teague General Provision Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program and the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship Program $2,500,000 Emerson; Kaptur; McGovern General Provision Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection $1,408,000 Obey General Provision Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention $200,000 DeLauro General Provision International Food Protection Training Institute $1,000,000 Schauer General Provision Prototype for a National Carbon Inventory and Accounting System $1,000,000 Lewis (CA) 


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MINORITY VIEWS OF MR. LEWIS AND MR. KINGSTON 

This appropriations act can be viewed in two ways. First, it uses 

the basic approach of funding programs following the guidelines set 

forth in the recent Farm Bill authorization. It allocates $22.9 billion—the full amount of the 302(b) allocation—in discretionary 

funds and a total of $123.8 billion in discretionary and mandatory 

programs, to a wide variety of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, 

International, Food and Drug Administration and CFTC programs. 

It does so in an orderly, straight forward, competent manner that 

is largely in accord with the President’s requested amounts. 

Food and nutrition programs are funded at record levels of $86.3 

billion, $10 billion above the amount provided for this fiscal year. 

This level will ensure that those with low or no income will receive 

all the benefits available to them and to which they are entitled 

during this period of severe economic downturn and includes substantial cushions of extra funding. 

Also, with $3 billion in funding to support $18.4 billion in grants 

and loans, Federal funding is more than sufficient to help rural 

economies and provide for future rural economic development 

through the continued expansion of basic infrastructure in rural 

counties, including broadband development and implementation. In 

addition, this bill provides $435 million in funding to support 

grants and over $4 billion in new lending for farm operations and 

ownership, which is also more than sufficient to meet the rising demand for Federal loans that is occurring as a result of the temporary shutdown or heightened credit requirements by private 

lending markets in rural counties. In the meantime, multifamily 

rental housing assistance and single family homeownership programs are also increased to meet the rising demand for Federal 

guarantees as the private market retrenches. 

Food safety also receives a substantial increase in both USDA 

and the Food and Drug Administration reflecting the rising concern 

by Congress over the increase in the detection of cases associated 

with food borne illness. In total these programs are increased by 

about $350 million or about 10% over current year levels. 

However we have serious concerns about the allocation itself. Another way to view this bill, however, is to evaluate the allocation 

of $22.9 billion in discretionary funds and $123.8 billion in total 

costs within the larger context of the Nation’s rapidly escalating 

debt and inflationary pressure. Could the 302(b) and the amounts 

provided in this bill have been significantly lower without harming 

the programs or beneficiaries? Was the allocation the minimum 

necessary to meet the needs of the programs and especially the 

beneficiaries of those programs while ensuring that the programs 

operate in the most cost effective way possible? We believe that the 

allocation fails both of those tests. We strongly support the Republican proposal to cap discretionary spending at 2 percent above the 

2009 enacted level—the level proposed by Ranking Member Lewis 

as an alternative 302(b) allocation. 

According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) the Obama 

Administration is well on its way to doubling the national debt in 

5 years. In so doing it will drive the Debt-to-GDP ratio from 41% 

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Let’s face it—the United States Treasury is building a mountain 

of debt and the Federal Reserve has issued another mountain of 

dollars in its attempt to sustain the credit markets in recent 

months. The possibility of much higher inflation, which will reduce 

the value of the payments to the holders of the US debt, is a very 

real, if not the single largest threat against the ability of the economy to recover. 

That rapid rise in debt is being fueled by unprecedented increases in the annual deficits. The deficits projected in the Obama 

Budget Blueprint, and adopted by the Democrats’ Congressional 

Budget Resolution averages just shy of $1 trillion (that is $100 billion!) annually for the next ten years—not including revenue shortfalls in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which will add 

even greater amounts to the annual deficit. In addition, the Budget 

Resolution—at the behest of the Administration—and a harbinger 

of more to come—raises taxes by $1.5 trillion over the next ten 

years, withdrawing those funds from private production in the 

economy as well. Before the recession, federal spending totaled $24,000 per U.S. 

household. President Obama and the budget resolution that incorporates that plan would hike it to $32,000 per household by 2019— 

an inflation-adjusted $8,000-per-household expansion of government. Even the steep tax increases planned for all taxpayers would 

not finance all of this spending. 

Simply put, the President’s budget and the budget resolution 

that adopted those spending levels would add trillions of dollars in 

new debt. In fact if enacted, the President’s Budget Blueprint 

would, over time, dump an estimated $84,352 in new debt on our 

children and grandchildren. 

And that debt can only be paid for by borrowing even more. But 

the global demand for U.S. debt is not infinite and continued purchases of debt can only be induced by greater interest rates. We are 

already seeing that occur as treasury rates have soared recently in 

the face of government borrowing. For example, mortgage rates 

have jumped from 4.8% to 5.8% wiping out billions in potential savings for homeowners. 

This is not the time in our history to add permanently to the 

burden on taxpayers. It is the time to minimize that burden and 

hasten the recovery. The alternative budget blueprint that has 

been proposed by the Republicans and the specific alternative 

302(b) allocation that was offered by Ranking Member Lewis as an 

alternative to the allocation adopted do just that—by capping domestic discretionary spending in 2010 at 2 percent above the 2009 

enacted levels. 

To protect credit and keep interest rates low we must shrink the 

budget deficit in the near term and rein in entitlement spending, 

neither of which is occurring in this bill. 

Many of these programs have received enormous increases over 

their normal appropriation levels in supplemental appropriations 

in 2008, the recently enacted ‘‘stimulus’’ bill and the current 2009 

supplemental. In large part, these funds have not been spent or 

have not been spent on the purposes for which they were appropriated. 

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FDA received $150 million in additional funds in the 2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act to begin hiring staff to meet the increased challenges posed by food borne illnesses. As of this printing 

the FDA has only hired 14 staff years at a total cost of $2 million 

out of the $150 million provided over a year ago and will instead 

spend $135 million of the appropriations for equipment—not staff— 

and much of that in the last month of the year before funds expire. 

Given the slow payout of prior year funds, FDA could well have 

been held to last year’s appropriations level, yet is being provided 

an increase of $300 million over the 2009 level in this bill for 2010, 

despite concerns raised by the minority. 

In the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) USDA and Commerce were provided with about $7 billion in new funds 

to implement broadband grants and loans in rural counties. USDA 

was provided $2.5 billion, a one-time addition of six times the $400 

million in loan authority that it received in 2009 regular appropriations. To date, few if any of those funds have been allocated to any 

firm or entity to actually implement broadband equipment or services and in fact USDA and Commerce are still working out the details of the program’s content. No harm would be done to have not 

provided another $400 million in loan authority in this bill for 

2010. It is very unlikely that any of these funds be spent in 2010. Similarly, ARRA included an additional $1.3 billion in grants 

and loans for rural water and waste water construction, nearly 

three times the normal levels provided to the program in annual 

appropriations. In spite of that huge one time increase this bill provides another $550 million for 2010. Again will all the ARRA funds 

be spent in the next year? 

The recent 2009 supplemental that the President has just signed into law includes $700 million in additional fund for the Food for 

Peace program (PL 480). This amount was included in spite of the 

fact that the Administration requested $300 million and indicated 

that $300 million was the most it could use. Given that request 

from the President, it would seem reasonable and fair to reduce the 

2010 level by $400 million compared to the amounts in 2009. Instead, this bill increases the amount compared to last year by another $465 million. 

Finally, it should be noted that SNAP recipients received a onetime 13% increase in the food purchase allowance in ARRA. This 

is about $80 per month per person on average. Yet the 2010 bill 

does not return the purchase rate to pre-ARRA levels but continues 

that 13% increase permanently—at the request of the Administration. The increase was intended to help families during the current 

economic downturn and was not intended to be a permanent increase in funding. 

Second, in addition to cases of overspending on programs that 

did not absolutely need those funds, we are concerned about improper payments that are significantly undermining the credibility 

of the programs and are reducing program effectiveness. For example this bill contains $2.3 million to evaluate and remedy improper 

payments in the WIC program. We strongly support this evaluation. 

Unfortunately there are other mandatory programs for which 

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In 2005 and 2006 the Food and Nutrition Service identified about 

$850 million in misspent funds to providers of the school lunch program. That error rate is over 8% of the total program costs. Yet no 

attempt has been made to offset future payments to those entities 

or otherwise recover those funds. 

Likewise USDA has identified $50 million in inappropriate farm 

benefit payments to ineligible individuals but no effort has been 

made to offset future payments or otherwise recover those funds. 

Current estimates are that overpayments by States to individ- uals of more than $1.2 billion have occurred in the SNAP program 

yet there is no remedy or mandate in the bill which fixes the problems and ensures future payments are made only to eligible individuals or to offset payments to States with errors. 

The minority successfully obtained Report language requiring 

USDA to determine remedies for improper payments going forward 

and to review options for recovering erroneous payments already 

made. We look forward to the speedy deployment of these remedies. 

In conclusion, it is our strong belief that the majority has done 

an excellent job in setting priorities and allocating the 302(b) level 

of $22.9 billion in discretionary funds among the many programs 

administered by USDA, FDA and the CFTC. Yet the minority also 

strongly believes that the total amounts of both discretionary and 

mandatory funds provided in the bill could have been significantly 

reduced without harm to the programs and would have helped to 

ensure that entitlement payments only go to deserving and eligible 

recipients. A level that is 2 percent above last year could have been 

easily achieved from a host of sources within the bill. 

JERRY LEWIS. 

JACK KINGSTON. 

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