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Calendar No. 382 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2375 

[Report No. 112–163] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2013, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 26, 2012 

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

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
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1 ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes, 

2 namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

8 of Agriculture, $5,051,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

9 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep10 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

11 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

12 OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Rela14 tions, $498,000, to support communication and consulta15 tion activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as well 

16 as other requirements established by law. 

17 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

18 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

20 Economist, $16,008,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 

21 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

22 7 U.S.C. 3155 and shall be obligated within 90 days of 

23 the enactment of this Act. 
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1 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

2 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi3 sion, $14,225,000. 

4 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

6 Program Analysis, $9,049,000. 

7 OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY

8 COORDINATION

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Se10 curity and Emergency Coordination, $1,496,000. 

11 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and 

13 Outreach, $1,422,000. 

14 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In16 formation Officer, $44,031,000. 

17 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi19 nancial Officer, $6,247,000: Provided, That no funds 

20 made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 

21 FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary 

22 has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

23 both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight 

24 and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
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1 a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in2 cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 

3 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

4 RIGHTS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

6 Secretary for Civil Rights, $893,000. 

7 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

9 $22,692,000. 

10 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

13 Secretary for Administration, $804,000. 

14 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

15 PAYMENTS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu18 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

19 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis20 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri21 culture under 40 U.S.C. 486, for programs and activities 

22 of the Department which are included in this Act, and for 

23 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

24 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con25 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 
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1 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im2 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili3 ties, and for related costs, $241,336,000, to remain avail4 able until expended, of which $175,694,000 shall be avail5 able for payments to the General Services Administration 

6 for rent; of which $13,473,000 is for payments to the De7 partment of Homeland Security for building security ac8 tivities; and of which $52,169,000 is for buildings oper9 ations and maintenance expenses: Provided, That the Sec10 retary may use unobligated prior year balances of an agen11 cy or office that are no longer available for new obligation 

12 to cover shortfalls incurred in prior year rental payments 

13 for such agency or office: Provided further, That the Sec14 retary is authorized to transfer funds from a Depart15 mental agency to this account to recover the full cost of 

16 the space and security expenses of that agency that are 

17 funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the 

18 agency estimate which will be available for the activities 

19 and payments described herein. 

20 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri23 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

25 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 
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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,992,000, to remain avail2 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

3 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

4 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

5 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

7 lands. 

8 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For Departmental Administration, $27,647,000, to 

11 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

12 services to offices of the Department and for general ad13 ministration, security, repairs and alterations, and other 

14 miscellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise pro15 vided for and necessary for the practical and efficient work 

16 of the Department: Provided, That this appropriation shall 

17 be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this Act 

18 for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings as 

19 required by 5 U.S.C. 551–558. 

20 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

21 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

24 Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out the pro25 grams funded by this Act, including programs involving 
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1 intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 

2 branch, $3,869,000: Provided, That these funds may be 

3 transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

4 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

5 level: Provided further, That no funds made available by 

6 this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary 

8 has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 

9 Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 

10 USDA agency. 

11 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Communica13 tions, $9,006,000. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

16 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

17 General Act of 1978, $89,016,000, including such sums 

18 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange19 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

21 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden22 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform23 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

25 of Public Law 97–98. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

3 Counsel, $45,074,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

5 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 

8 $893,000. 

9 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

10 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

11 Service, $77,397,000. 

12 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

13 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

14 Statistics Service, $179,477,000, of which up to 

15 $62,500,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen16 sus of Agriculture. 

17 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

22 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

25 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed-
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1 eral ownership, $1,101,853,000: Provided, That appro2 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

3 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

4 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

5 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

14 of the current replacement value of the building or 

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

16 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

17 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

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

20 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

21 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

22 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

24 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

25 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 
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1 for the construction of a research facility by a non-Federal 

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

4 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

6 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

7 interest of the United States: Provided further, That funds 

8 may be received from any State, other political subdivi9 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab10 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

11 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

12 by law. 

13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

14 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

15 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

16 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

17 for other expenses, $738,638,000, which shall be for the 

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

19 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

20 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

22 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capac23 ity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 

24 agriculture and food research initiative, Critical Agricul25 tural Materials Act, veterinary medicine loan repayment, 
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1 multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution 

2 challenge grants, and grants management systems shall 

3 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

4 each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans5 Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided 

6 further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native 

7 and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made avail8 able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi9 ble institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the 

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

11 for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 

12 available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 

13 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222. 

14 HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND

15 UNIVERSITIES ENDOWMENT FUND

16 For the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and 

17 Universities Endowment Fund under section 1456(b) (7 

18 U.S.C. 3243(b)) of the National Agricultural Research, 

19 Extension and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, $10,000,000, 

20 to remain available until expended. 

21 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

22 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

24 note), $11,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
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1 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

2 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

4 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $475,125,000, 

5 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci6 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

7 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom8 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im9 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

10 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

11 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex12 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

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

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

15 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail16 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

17 extension agents. 

18 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

19 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

20 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex21 penses, $24,982,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

22 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In23 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

24 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 
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1 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re2 main available until September 30, 2014. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

4 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

7 $893,000. 

8 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

13 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

15 $816,534,000, of which $1,500,000, to remain available 

16 until expended, shall be available for the control of out17 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

18 control of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to 

19 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

20 which $15,970,000, to remain available until expended, 

21 shall be used for the cotton pests program for cost share 

22 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

23 zones; of which $36,858,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

25 which $891,000 shall be for activities under the authority 
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1 of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 

2 U.S.C. 1831); of which $50,761,000, to remain available 

3 until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of 

4 which $4,335,000, to remain available until expended, 

5 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

6 which $153,950,000, to remain available until expended, 

7 shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $9,068,000, to 

8 remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 

9 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $56,638,000, to re10 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

11 pests; of which $2,750,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 

13 which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 

15 of which $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

16 shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 

17 aviation safety: Provided, That, of amounts available 

18 under this heading for wildlife services methods develop19 ment, $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: 

20 Provided further, That, of amounts available under this 

21 heading for the screwworm program, $4,971,000 shall re22 main available until expended: Provided further, That no 

23 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel24 losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that 

25 does not require minimum matching by the States of at 
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1 least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation 

2 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of 

3 aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which 

4 two shall be for replacement only: Provided further, That, 

5 in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment 

6 of the agricultural production industry of this country, the 

7 Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

8 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart9 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail10 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi11 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani12 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

13 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro14 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

15 and 442 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7751 and 

16 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

17 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

18 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

19 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

20 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter21 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

22 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

23 during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the 

24 current replacement value of the building. 
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1 In fiscal year 2013, the agency is authorized to collect 

2 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist3 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

4 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

5 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

9 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail10 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

11 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

12 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

13 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte14 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al15 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

16 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 2250, and acquisition of land as 

17 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail18 able until expended. 

19 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

20 MARKETING SERVICES

21 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

22 Service, $77,863,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

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

24 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

25 the cost of altering any one building during the fiscal year 
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1 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

2 value of the building. 

3 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

5 U.S.C. 9701). 

6 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

7 Not to exceed $62,592,000 (from fees collected) shall 

8 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra9 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

11 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

12 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

13 Congress. 

14 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

15 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au18 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com19 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

21 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

23 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,056,000 

24 for formulation and administration of marketing agree-
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1 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

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

3 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

4 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

5 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

6 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul7 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

8 $1,331,000. 

9 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

10 ADMINISTRATION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

13 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $40,261,000: 

14 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu15 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

16 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

17 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

18 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build19 ing. 

20 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

21 EXPENSES

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

23 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

24 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac25 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 
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1 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

2 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

4 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Food Safety, $811,000. 

7 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

8 For necessary expenses to carry out services author9 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

10 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

12 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

14 $1,001,427,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred15 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab16 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

17 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

18 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

19 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

20 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

22 be employed during fiscal year 2013 for purposes dedi23 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

24 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 

25 the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue im-
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1 plementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246: 

2 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

3 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and 

4 repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al5 tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 

6 exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 

7 building. 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

9 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

11 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

12 $893,000. 

13 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

16 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

17 $1,208,290,000: Provided, That the Secretary is author18 ized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not 

19 the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 

20 program payments for all programs administered by the 

21 Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available 

22 to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced 

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

24 funds made available to county committees shall remain 

25 available until expended. 
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1 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

2 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul3 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

4 5106), $4,369,000. 

5 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

6 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

7 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

9 $6,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

13 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

14 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

15 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

17 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de18 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

19 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria20 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

21 12). 
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1 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

6 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer7 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac8 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

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

10 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

11 (25 U.S.C. 488), to be available from funds in the Agricul12 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: farm ownership 

13 loans, $1,975,000,000, of which $1,500,000,000 shall be 

14 for unsubsidized guaranteed loans and $475,000,000 shall 

15 be for direct loans; operating loans, $2,550,089,000, of 

16 which $1,500,000,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaran17 teed loans and $1,050,089,000 shall be for direct loans; 

18 emergency loans, $34,658,000; Indian tribe land acquisi19 tion loans, $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

20 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

21 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

22 loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

23 deem the pink bollworm to be a boll weevil for the purpose 

24 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 
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1 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

2 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

4 as follows: farm ownership loans, $20,140,000 for direct 

5 loans; operating loans, $76,340,000, of which 

6 $17,850,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans, 

7 and $58,490,000 shall be for direct loans; emergency 

8 loans, $1,317,000, to remain available until expended; and 

9 Indian highly fractionated land loans, $173,000. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

11 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

12 $312,897,000 of which $304,977,000 shall be transferred 

13 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

14 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

15 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

16 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

17 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

18 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro19 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

20 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad21 vance of any transfer. 

22 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

23 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

24 Agency, $74,900,000: Provided, That not to exceed 
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1 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep2 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

3 CORPORATIONS 

4 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

5 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

6 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor7 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

8 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

9 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

10 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

12 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here13 inafter provided. 

14 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

15 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

18 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

19 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec22 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

23 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim24 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

25 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 
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1 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec2 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

3 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

5 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv6 ice for information resource management activities of the 

7 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com8 modity Credit Corporation business. 

9 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

10 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

11 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

13 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

14 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

15 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

17 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

19 TITLE II 

20 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

22 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

24 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

25 $893,000. 
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1 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

2 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi4 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

5 including preparation of conservation plans and establish6 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

7 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas8 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

9 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con10 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva11 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

12 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

16 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter17 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build18 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

19 $828,498,000, to remain available until September 30, 

20 2014: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

22 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

23 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

24 and improvements to other buildings and other public im25 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 
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1 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

2 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob3 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 

4 TITLE III 

5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

6 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

7 DEVELOPMENT

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

9 Secretary for Rural Development, $893,000. 

10 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis13 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De14 velopment mission area, including activities with institu15 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul16 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

17 $206,857,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

18 provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 

19 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

20 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro21 vided further, That any balances available from prior years 

22 for the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and 

23 the Rural Business—Cooperative Service salaries and ex24 penses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 

25 this appropriation. 
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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di5 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

7 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $900,000,000 

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

9 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $27,952,000 for section 

10 504 housing repair loans; $28,433,000 for section 515 

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

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

13 of single family housing acquired property; and 

14 $5,000,000 for section 523 self-help housing land develop15 ment loans. 

16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

19 502 loans, $53,730,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

20 504 housing repair loans, $3,821,000; and repair, rehabili21 tation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

22 $10,000,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

23 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

24 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

25 any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guaran-
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1 tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 

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

3 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That com4 munities that have a current administrative population 

5 waiver under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

6 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be eligible for section 502 guaranteed 

7 loans provided under this heading: Provided further, That 

8 of the total amount appropriated in this paragraph, the 

9 amount equal to the amount of Rural Housing Insurance 

10 Fund Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary 

11 for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal 

12 year 2012, shall be available through June 30, 2013, for 

13 communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 

14 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones: Provided fur15 ther, That, of the amounts available under this paragraph 

16 for section 502 direct loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall 

17 be available for direct loans for individuals whose homes 

18 will be built pursuant to a program funded with a mutual 

19 and self help housing grant authorized by section 523 of 

20 the Housing Act of 1949 until June 1, 2013: Provided 

21 further, That in balancing the needs between the section 

22 515 rental housing program and the multi-family housing 

23 revitalization program, the Secretary may transfer not 

24 more than 50 percent of the funds appropriated for the 
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1 section 515 program to the Multi-Family Housing Revital2 ization Program Account. 

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

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

5 $17,526,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

6 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

7 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail8 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans9 ferred to and merged with this account. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

11 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

12 $410,627,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

13 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex14 penses’’. 

15 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

16 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re17 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

18 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

19 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

20 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $907,128,000; 

21 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au22 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 

23 incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry out the rental 

24 assistance program under section 521(a)(2) of the Act: 

25 Provided, That of this amount not less than $3,000,000 
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1 is for newly constructed units financed under sections 514 

2 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949: Provided further, 

3 That rental assistance agreements entered into or renewed 

4 during the current fiscal year shall be funded for a 1-year 

5 period: Provided further, That any unexpended balances 

6 remaining at the end of such 1-year agreements may be 

7 transferred and used for the purposes of any debt reduc8 tion; maintenance, repair, or rehabilitation of any existing 

9 projects; preservation; and rental assistance activities au10 thorized under title V of the Act: Provided further, That 

11 rental assistance provided under agreements entered into 

12 prior to fiscal year 2013 for a farm labor multi-family 

13 housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the 

14 Act may not be recaptured for use in another project until 

15 such assistance has remained unused for a period of 12 

16 consecutive months, if such project has a waiting list of 

17 tenants seeking such assistance or the project has rental 

18 assistance eligible tenants who are not receiving such as19 sistance: Provided further, That such recaptured rental as20 sistance shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to an21 other farm labor multi-family housing project financed 

22 under section 514 or 516 of the Act. 
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1 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

2 ACCOUNT

3 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

4 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not5 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi6 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

7 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous8 ing properties described in this paragraph, $27,782,000, 

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

10 funds made available under this heading, $11,000,000, 

11 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low12 income household (including those not receiving rental as13 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

14 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

15 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

16 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

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

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

19 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap20 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

21 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

22 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid23 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

24 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

25 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de-
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1 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

2 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec3 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

4 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

5 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro6 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

7 heading, $16,782,000 shall be available for a demonstra8 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

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

10 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

11 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex12 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi13 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

14 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi15 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

16 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 

17 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

18 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

19 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in20 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

21 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

22 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

23 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

24 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

25 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 
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1 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra2 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur3 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

4 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

5 program similar to the demonstration program described 

6 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

7 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

8 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit9 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro10 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

11 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

12 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

13 under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi14 ties funded under this heading. 

15 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

16 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

17 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

18 1490c), $30,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

19 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated under 

20 this heading, the amount equal to the amount of Mutual 

21 and Self-Help Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural 

22 Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 

23 2012, shall be available through June 30, 2013, for com24 munities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 

25 Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 
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1 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

2 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

3 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

4 Service, as authorized by 42 U.S.C. 1474, and 1490m, 

5 $33,136,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That of the total amount appropriated under this 

7 heading, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Hous8 ing Assistance Grants allocated by the Secretary for Rural 

9 Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 

10 2012, shall be available through June 30, 2013, for com11 munities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as 

12 Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

13 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di16 rect loans as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

18 Development Act, $2,000,000,000. 

19 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

20 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

22 Development Act, $28,428,000, to remain available until 

23 expended: Provided, That $6,121,000 of the amount ap24 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

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

2 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

3 housing and community development organizations, low4 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na5 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

6 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

7 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

8 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri9 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro10 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

11 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga12 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

13 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

14 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

15 That $5,938,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

16 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

17 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco18 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per19 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

20 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

21 $3,369,000 of the amount appropriated under this head22 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

23 tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 

24 Act: Provided further, That of the total amount appro25 priated under this heading, the amount equal to the 
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1 amount of Rural Community Facilities Program Account 

2 funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area 

3 Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall be avail4 able through June 30, 2013, for communities designated 

5 by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 

6 Partnership Zones: Provided further, That sections 381E– 

7 H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel8 opment Act are not applicable to the funds made available 

9 under this heading. 

10 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

11 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

14 rural business development programs authorized by sec15 tions 306 and 310B and described in subsections (f) and 

16 (g) of section 310B and section 381E(d)(3) of the Consoli17 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $85,904,000, to 

18 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

19 amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

20 $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 

21 national organization to provide technical assistance for 

22 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop23 ment and $3,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Re24 gional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural 

25 Community Advancement Program purpose as described 
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1 in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

2 Development Act, of which not more than 5 percent may 

3 be used for administrative expenses: Provided further, 

4 That $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

5 heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally 

6 Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 

7 for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 

8 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 

9 promote economic development: Provided further, That of 

10 the total amount appropriated under this heading, the 

11 amount equal to the amount of Rural Business Program 

12 Account funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Eco13 nomic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2012, 

14 shall be available through June 30, 2013, for communities 

15 designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Eco16 nomic Area Partnership Zones for the rural business and 

17 cooperative development programs described in section 

18 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop19 ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

20 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

21 Act are not applicable to funds made available under this 

22 heading. 
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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

6 For the cost of direct loans, $6,052,000, as author7 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

8 9812(a)), of which $900,000 shall be available through 

9 June 30, 2013, for Federally Recognized Native American 

10 Tribes; and of which $2,000,000 shall be available through 

11 June 30, 2013, for Mississippi Delta Region counties (as 

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

14 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con15 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of 

16 the total amount appropriated under this heading, the 

17 amount equal to the amount of Rural Development Loan 

18 Fund Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary 

19 for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal 

20 year 2012, shall be available through June 30, 2013, for 

21 communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 

22 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

24 the direct loan programs, $4,438,000 shall be transferred 
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1 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop2 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

3 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

6 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author7 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

8 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

10 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

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

12 Electrification Act of 1936, $180,000,000 shall not be ob13 ligated and $180,000,000 are rescinded. 

14 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

15 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

17 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $27,706,000, of 

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

19 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro20 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,456,000 shall be 

21 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

22 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

23 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di24 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in25 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 
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1 groups; and of which $15,000,000, to remain available 

2 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod3 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

4 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 

5 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

6 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

8 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

9 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

10 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $3,400,000: Provided, That the 

11 cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 

12 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con13 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

14 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

15 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

19 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec20 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de21 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

22 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop23 ment Act, $522,481,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail25 able for the rural utilities program described in section 
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1 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

2 $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

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

4 $66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head5 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

6 waste disposal systems grants authorized by 

7 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

8 Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native 

9 American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the De10 partment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Ha11 waii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 

12 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

13 Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to 

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

15 not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec16 tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop17 ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 

18 and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 

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

20 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 

21 used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 

22 Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 

23 programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

24 $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head25 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 
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1 and waste systems pursuant to section 306(a)(14) of such 

2 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex3 treme need, of which $5,750,000 shall be made available 

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

5 technical assistance organization, with experience in work6 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

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

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

9 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper10 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

11 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali12 fied national Native American organization to provide 

13 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com14 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

15 $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head16 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi17 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as18 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

19 not to exceed $3,400,000 shall be for solid waste manage20 ment grants: Provided further, That of the total amount 

21 appropriated under this heading, the amount equal to the 

22 amount of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac23 count funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic 

24 Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2012, shall be 

25 available through June 30, 2013, for communities des-
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1 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

2 Area Partnership Zones for the rural utilities programs 

3 described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm 

4 and Rural Development Act: Provided further, That 

5 $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head6 ing shall be transferred to, and merged with, the Rural 

7 Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Account to 

8 provide grants authorized under section 19 of the Rural 

9 Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided fur10 ther, That any prior year balances for high-energy cost 

11 grants authorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrifica12 tion Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to 

13 and merged with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy 

14 Cost Grants Account: Provided further, That sections 

15 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

16 Development Act are not applicable to the funds made 

17 available under this heading. 

18 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di19 rect loans as authorized by section 1006a of title 16 of 

20 the United States Code, except for the limitations con21 tained in the last sentence of such section, for projects 

22 whose features include agricultural water supply benefits, 

23 groundwater protection, environmental enhancement and 

24 flood control, $40,000,000: Provided, That such loans 

25 shall be made by the Rural Utilities Service. 
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1 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

5 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec6 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

7 made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 

8 $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 

9 Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; guaranteed under10 writing loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 

11 cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

12 $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 

13 be used for the construction, acquisition, or improvement 

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

15 existing) that utilize carbon sequestration systems. 

16 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

17 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

18 $34,467,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

19 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

20 and Expenses’’. 

21 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

22 PROGRAM

23 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni24 cation loans, $63,358,000. 
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1 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

3 et seq., $24,950,000, to remain available until expended: 

4 Provided, That $3,000,000 shall be made available for 

5 grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

6 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

7 provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the 

8 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 

9 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri10 teria for a consortium as established by this section: Pro11 vided further, That $3,000,000 shall be made available to 

12 those noncommercial educational television broadcast sta13 tions that serve rural areas and are qualified for Commu14 nity Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broad15 casting under section 396(k) of the Communications Act 

16 of 1934, including associated translators and repeaters, 

17 regardless of the location of their main transmitter, stu18 dio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow local con19 trol over digital content and programming through the use 

20 of high-definition broadcast, multi-casting and datacasting 

21 technologies. 

22 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

23 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $6,000,000, 

24 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
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1 cost of direct loans shall be as defined in section 502 of 

2 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

3 In addition, $10,372,000, to remain available until 

4 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

5 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

6 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

7 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

8 TITLE IV 

9 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

10 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

11 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

13 Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 

14 $811,000. 

15 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

16 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

21 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

22 21; $19,657,500,000, to remain available through Sep23 tember 30, 2014, of which such sums as are made avail24 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

25 and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246) shall be 
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1 merged with and available for the same time period and 

2 purposes as provided herein: Provided, That of the total 

3 amount available, $16,504,000 shall be available to carry 

4 out section 19 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

5 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total 

6 amount available, $1,000,000 shall be available to imple7 ment section 23 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

8 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.). 

9 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

10 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup12 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

14 $7,041,000,000, to remain available through September 

15 30, 2014: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

16 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

17 1786(h)(10)), of the amounts made available under this 

18 heading, only the provisions of section 17(h)(10)(B)(iii) 

19 shall be effective in fiscal year 2013 (excluding perform20 ance bonus payments), for which not less than 

21 $60,000,000 shall be used for breast-feeding peer coun22 selors and other related activities, $14,000,000 shall be 

23 used for infrastructure, and $30,000,000 shall be used for 

24 management information systems: Provided further, That 

25 funds made available for the purposes specified in section 
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1 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and section 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall only be 

2 made available upon a determination by the Secretary that 

3 funds are available to meet caseload requirements without 

4 the use of the contingency reserve funds: Provided further, 

5 That none of the funds provided in this account shall be 

6 available for the purchase of infant formula except in ac7 cordance with the cost containment and competitive bid8 ding requirements specified in section 17 of such Act: Pro9 vided further, That none of the funds provided shall be 

10 available for activities that are not fully reimbursed by 

11 other Federal Government departments or agencies unless 

12 authorized by section 17 of such Act. 

13 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

16 $79,993,795,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

17 available through September 30, 2014, shall be placed in 

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

19 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

20 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

21 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

24 provide nutrition education services to state agencies and 

25 Federally recognized tribes participating in the Food Dis-
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1 tribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided fur2 ther, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 

3 registration or workfare requirements as may be required 

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

5 Employment and Training under this heading shall re6 main available until expended, notwithstanding section 

7 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided 

8 further, That funds made available under this heading 

9 may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to 

10 conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities re11 lated to program integrity provided that such activities are 

12 authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

13 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

14 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist15 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

16 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con17 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

18 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist19 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec20 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend21 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm22 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

23 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $253,952,000, 

24 to remain available through September 30, 2014: Pro25 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim-
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1 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

2 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith3 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

4 made available in fiscal year 2013 to support the Seniors 

5 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

6 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

7 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

8 September 30, 2014: Provided further, That of the funds 

9 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri10 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

11 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu12 tion of commodities. 

13 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

15 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri16 tion assistance program, $143,505,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

19 amended by section 4401 of Public Law 110–246. 
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1 TITLE V 

2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

3 PROGRAMS 

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

7 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

8 Service, including not to exceed $158,000 for representa9 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

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

11 $176,789,000: Provided, That the Service may utilize ad12 vances of funds, or reimburse this appropriation for ex13 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 

14 private organizations and institutions under agreements 

15 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as16 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assist17 ance programs of the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development: Provided further, That funds made 

19 available for middle-income country training programs, 

20 funds made available for the Borlaug International Agri21 cultural Science and Technology Fellowship program, and 

22 up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service ap23 propriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations 

24 in international currency exchange rates, subject to docu-
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1 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re2 main available until expended. 

3 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

4 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

6 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

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

8 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,806,000, 

9 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

10 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’: Pro11 vided, That funds made available for the cost of agree12 ments under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development 

13 and Assistance Act of 1954 and for title I ocean freight 

14 differential may be used interchangeably between the two 

15 accounts with prior notice to the Committees on Appro16 priations of both Houses of Congress. 

17 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

18 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth19 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in20 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

21 (Public Law 83–480, as amended), for commodities sup22 plied in connection with dispositions abroad under title II 

23 of said Act, $1,466,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended. 
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1 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

2 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest5 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $184,000,000, to 

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

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

10 amounts provided herein. 

11 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

12 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

16 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,806,000; to cover common 

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

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

20 $6,452,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

21 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

22 and Expenses’’, and of which $354,000 shall be trans23 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

24 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad8 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

9 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

11 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

13 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

14 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author15 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

17 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

18 107–188; $3,878,416,000: Provided, That, of the amount 

19 provided under this heading, $712,808,000 shall be de20 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

21 U.S.C. 379h shall be credited to this account and remain 

22 available until expended, and shall not include any fees 

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

24 fiscal year 2013 but collected in fiscal year 2012; 

25 $69,700,000 shall be derived from medical device user fees 
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1 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 

2 account and remain available until expended; $30,530,000 

3 shall be derived from animal drug user fees authorized by 

4 section 740 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

5 (21 U.S.C. 379j–12), and shall be credited to this account 

6 and remain available until expended; $7,595,000 shall be 

7 derived from animal generic drug user fees authorized by 

8 section 741 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

9 (21 U.S.C. 379j–21), and shall be credited to this account 

10 and shall remain available until expended; $505,000,000 

11 shall be derived from tobacco product user fees authorized 

12 by 21 U.S.C. 387s and shall be credited to this account 

13 and remain available until expended; $12,925,000 shall be 

14 derived from food and feed recall fees authorized by sec15 tion 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

16 (Public Law 75–717), as amended by the Food Safety 

17 Modernization Act (Public Law 111–353), and shall be 

18 credited to this account and remain available until ex19 pended; $15,367,000 shall be derived from food reinspec20 tion fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal Food, 

21 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), as amend22 ed by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 

23 111–353), and shall be credited to this account and re24 main available until expended; and amounts derived from 

25 voluntary qualified importer program fees authorized by 
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1 section 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

2 (Public Law 75–717), as amended by the Food Safety 

3 Modernization Act (Public Law 111–353), and shall be 

4 credited to this account and remain available until ex5 pended: Provided further, That, in addition and notwith6 standing any other provision under this heading, amounts 

7 collected for prescription drug, animal drug user fees, and 

8 animal generic drug user fees that exceed the respective 

9 fiscal year 2013 limitations are appropriated and shall be 

10 credited to this account and remain available until ex11 pended: Provided further, That fees derived from prescrip12 tion drug, medical device, animal drug, and animal generic 

13 drug assessments for fiscal year 2013 received during fis14 cal year 2013, including any such fees assessed prior to 

15 fiscal year 2013 but credited for fiscal year 2013, shall 

16 be subject to the fiscal year 2013 limitations: Provided fur17 ther, That none of these funds shall be used to develop, 

18 establish, or operate any program of user fees authorized 

19 by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided further, That of the total 

20 amount appropriated: (1) $884,481,000 shall be for the 

21 Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and related 

22 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (2) 

23 $984,248,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Evaluation 

24 and Research and related field activities in the Office of 

25 Regulatory Affairs; (3) $331,420,000 shall be for the Cen-
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1 ter for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for related 

2 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) 

3 $174,952,000 shall be for the Center for Veterinary Medi4 cine and for related field activities in the Office of Regu5 latory Affairs; (5) $360,501,000 shall be for the Center 

6 for Devices and Radiological Health and for related field 

7 activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (6) 

8 $59,232,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi9 cological Research; (7) $482,398,000 shall be for the Cen10 ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

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

12 $160,669,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 

13 which $61,681,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 

14 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis15 tration for rent; (9) not to exceed $205,853,000 shall be 

16 for payments to the General Services Administration for 

17 rent; and (10) $234,662,000 shall be for other activities, 

18 including the Office of the Commissioner of Food and 

19 Drugs, the Office of Foods, the Office of Medical and To20 bacco Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Pol21 icy, the Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Sci22 entist, and central services for these offices: Provided fur23 ther, That the Secretary may, prior to the due date for 

24 such fees, accept payment of animal drug user fees and 

25 animal generic drug user fees authorized for fiscal year 
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1 2014, and that amounts of such fees assessed for fiscal 

2 year 2014 for which the Secretary accepts payment in fis3 cal year 2013 shall not be included in amounts provided 

4 under this heading: Provided further, That not to exceed 

5 $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and 

6 representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as de7 termined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That 

8 funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 

9 another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap10 propriations of both Houses of Congress. 

11 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

12 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

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

15 remain available until expended. 

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

17 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten18 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili19 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

20 where not otherwise provided, $5,320,000, to remain 

21 available until expended. 
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

2 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

3 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

4 Not to exceed $63,300,000 (from assessments col5 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

6 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

7 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

9 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re10 ceiverships. 

11 TITLE VII 

12 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

13 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

15 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart16 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

18 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 124 passenger 

19 motor vehicles of which 124 shall be for replacement only, 

20 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith21 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

22 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

23 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper24 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

25 public safety. 
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1 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

6 available at the end of the fiscal year, to the Working Cap7 ital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equip8 ment necessary for the delivery of financial, administra9 tive, and information technology services of primary ben10 efit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such 

11 transferred funds to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

13 or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working Cap14 ital Fund without the prior approval of the agency admin15 istrator: Provided further, That none of the funds trans16 ferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this sec17 tion shall be available for obligation without written notifi18 cation to and the prior approval of the Committees on Ap19 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 

20 That none of the funds appropriated by this Act or made 

21 available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall 

22 be available for obligation or expenditure to make any 

23 changes to the Department’s National Finance Center 

24 without written notification to and prior approval of the 

25 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
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1 as required by section 724 of this Act: Provided further, 

2 That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital 

3 Fund of the Department of Agriculture allocated for the 

4 National Finance Center, the Secretary may reserve not 

5 more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 

6 of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve7 ment and implementation of a financial management plan, 

8 information technology, and other systems of the National 

9 Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary 

10 cost of the National Finance Center: Provided further, 

11 That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for 

12 obligation unless the Secretary submits written notifica13 tion of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 

15 further, That the limitation on the obligation of funds 

16 pending notification to Congressional Committees shall 

17 not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Sec18 retary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emer19 gency that significantly impacts the operations of the Na20 tional Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the Na21 tional Finance Center to a safe haven to continue oper22 ations of the National Finance Center. 

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

24 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

25 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
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1 SEC. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be 

2 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

3 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

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

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

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

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

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

15 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

16 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

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

20 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

21 SEC. 706. Hereafter, none of the funds appropriated 

22 by this Act or any other Act may be used to carry out 

23 section 410 of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 

24 679a) or section 30 of the Poultry Products Inspection 

25 Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 
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1 SEC. 707. None of the funds made available to the 

2 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac3 quire new information technology systems or significant 

4 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor5 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa6 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa7 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

8 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

9 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

10 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa11 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

12 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

14 funds available to the Department of Agriculture for infor15 mation technology shall be obligated for projects over 

16 $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief 

17 Information Officer. 

18 SEC. 708. Funds made available under section 1240I 

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

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

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

22 available until expended to disburse obligations made in 

23 the current fiscal year. 

24 SEC. 709. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro25 vision of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid 
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1 or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the 

2 Rural Electrification Act of 1936, or any not-for-profit 

3 utility that is eligible to receive an insured or direct loan 

4 under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under sec5 tion 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a 

6 borrower under such Act. 

7 SEC. 710. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

9 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 

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

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

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

13 Act in the form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise 

14 charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect 

15 rate of cost approved for a recipient. 

16 SEC. 711. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, unobligated balances from appropriations made 

18 available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the 

19 Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission 

20 area, shall remain available through September 30, 2014, 

21 for information technology expenses. 

22 SEC. 712. The Secretary of Agriculture may author23 ize a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to 

24 exceed the maximum amount of liquid infant formula 
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1 specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant for2 mula to participants. 

3 SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

6 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

7 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

8 SEC. 714. In the case of each program established 

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

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

11 subtitle A of title III of such Act, that is authorized or 

12 required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity 

13 Credit Corporation— 

14 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

15 and related administrative expenses, including tech16 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

17 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

18 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

19 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

22 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

23 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

24 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

25 in such section. 
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1 SEC. 715. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

2 law, the amounts set forth in section 412(e)(1) of the 

3 Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1)), may be re4 duced by any amount the Administrator determines nec5 essary to meet emergency food needs. 

6 SEC. 716. None of the funds made available in fiscal 

7 year 2013 or preceding fiscal years for programs author8 ized under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) 

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

10 Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible 

11 commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emer12 son Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro13 vided, That any such funds made available to reimburse 

14 the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pur15 suant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Hu16 manitarian Trust Act. 

17 SEC. 717. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

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

19 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

20 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

21 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego22 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi23 tively awarded grants. 

24 SEC. 718. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail25 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 
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1 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

2 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

3 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

4 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

5 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

6 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro7 vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 

8 National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail9 able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 

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

11 U.S.C. 638). 

12 SEC. 719. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 

13 to carry out section 1621 of Public Law 110–246. 

14 SEC. 720. Subject to authorization by the Congress, 

15 the Secretary may reserve, through April 1, 2013, up to 

16 5 percent of the funding available for the following items 

17 for projects in areas that are engaged in strategic regional 

18 development planning as defined by the Secretary: busi19 ness and industry guaranteed loans; rural development 

20 loan fund; rural business enterprise grants; rural business 

21 opportunity grants; rural economic development program; 

22 rural microenterprise program; biorefinery assistance pro23 gram; rural energy for America program; value-added pro24 ducer grants; broadband program; water and waste pro25 gram; and rural community facilities program. 
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1 SEC. 721. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

4 the following: 

5 (1) The Agricultural Management Assistance 

6 Program as authorized by section 524 of the Federal 

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

8 excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural Resources Con9 servation Service; 

10 (2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro11 gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 

12 Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

13 3839aa–3839aa(8)), in excess of $1,400,000,000; 

14 (3) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au15 thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Pro16 tection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 

17 1012(h)(1); 

18 (4) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program 

19 authorized by section 1240N of the Food Security 

20 Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1), in 

21 excess of $73,000,000; and 

22 (5) A program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv) of 

23 section 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of 

24 $981,000,000, as follows: Child Nutrition Programs 

25 Entitlement Commodities—$465,000,000; State Op-
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1 tion Contracts—$5,000,000; Removal of Defective 

2 Commodities—$2,500,000: Provided, That none of 

3 the funds made available in this Act or any other 

4 Act shall be used for salaries and expenses to carry 

5 out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell 

6 National School Lunch Act as amended by section 

7 4304 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of 

8 $41,000,000, including the transfer of funds under 

9 subsection (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110– 

10 246, until October 1, 2013: Provided further, That 

11 $117,000,000 made available on October 1, 2013, to 

12 carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Rus13 sell National School Lunch Act as amended by sec14 tion 4304 of Public Law 110–246 shall be excluded 

15 from the limitation described in subsection 

16 (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 of Public Law 110– 

17 246: Provided further, That none of the funds appro18 priated or otherwise made available by this or any 

19 other Act shall be used to pay the salaries or ex20 penses of any employee of the Department of Agri21 culture or officer of the Commodity Credit Corpora22 tion to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agri23 cultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74– 

24 320, 7 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus 

25 removal activities or price support activities under 
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1 section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 

2 Charter Act: Provided further, That of the available 

3 unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 

4 14222 of Public Law 110–246, $150,000,000 are 

5 hereby rescinded. 

6 SEC. 722. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 to 

7 the Farm Service Agency to carry out a program to dem8 onstrate the use of new technologies that increase the rate 

9 of growth of re-forested hardwood trees on private non10 industrial forests lands, enrolling lands on the coast of the 

11 Gulf of Mexico that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina 

12 in 2005. 

13 SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

14 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex15 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

16 language as part of the President’s budget submission to 

17 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

18 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri19 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra20 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re21 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

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

23 submission of the budget unless such budget submission 

24 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

25 occur in the event the user fees proposals are not enacted 
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1 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con2 ference for the fiscal year 2014 appropriations Act. 

3 SEC. 724. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

4 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen5 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

7 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

8 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

10 through a reprogramming of funds, or in the case of the 

11 Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority 

12 provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agri13 culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 

14 8 of Public Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

15 (1) creates new programs; 

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

17 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

18 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

19 denied or restricted; 

20 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

22 or 

23 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

24 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
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1 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

2 Health and Human Services (as the case may be) notifies, 

3 in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both 

4 Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance of the 

5 reprogramming of such funds or the use of such authority. 

6 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro7 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

8 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

9 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

10 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

11 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

13 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram14 ming or use of the authorities referred to in subsection 

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

16 whichever is less, that— 

17 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac18 tivities; 

19 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist20 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per21 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

22 (3) results from any general savings from a re23 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

24 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap25 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri-
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1 culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv2 ices (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the 

3 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

4 Congress at least 30 days in advance of the re5 programming of such funds or the use of such au6 thority. 

7 (c) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

8 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

10 before implementing any program or activity not carried 

11 out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or 

12 activity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

13 other Act. 

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

15 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

16 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

17 the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con18 gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 

19 the notification as required in this section. 

20 SEC. 725. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

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

22 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

23 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

24 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

25 portion of the loan. 
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1 SEC. 726. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 

3 the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans4 mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 

5 of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 

6 Services employee questions or responses to questions that 

7 are a result of information requested for the appropria8 tions hearing process. 

9 SEC. 727. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

11 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre12 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

13 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti14 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

15 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

16 funded by that executive branch agency. 

17 SEC. 728. No employee of the Department of Agri18 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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

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

22 reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 

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

24 SEC. 729. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, any area eligible for rural housing programs of the 
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1 Rural Housing Service on September 30, 2012, shall re2 main eligible for such programs until September 30, 2013. 

3 SEC. 730. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

5 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

6 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to any cor7 poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 

8 of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 

9 convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 

10 or State law within the preceding 24 months, where the 

11 awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the 

12 agency has considered suspension or debarment of the cor13 poration, or such officer or agent, and made a determina14 tion that this further action is not necessary to protect 

15 the interests of the Government. 

16 SEC. 731. None of the funds made available by this 

17 Act may be used to enter into a contract, memorandum 

18 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

19 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor20 poration that any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

21 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

22 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

23 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree24 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

25 liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid 
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1 tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension 

2 or debarment of the corporation and made a determination 

3 that this further action is not necessary to protect the in4 terests of the Government. 

5 SEC. 732. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be used to send or otherwise pay for the attend7 ance of more than 50 employees of the Department of Ag8 riculture or the Food and Drug Administration who are 

9 stationed in the United States, at any single international 

10 conference occurring outside the United States, unless the 

11 Secretary of Agriculture or the Commissioner of Food and 

12 Drugs reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

13 such attendance is in the national interest: Provided, That 

14 for purposes of this section the term ‘‘international con15 ference’’ shall mean a conference attended by representa16 tives of the United States Government and of foreign gov17 ernments, international organizations, or nongovern18 mental organizations. 

19 SEC. 733. The conference transparency report re20 quired by section 14208 of Public Law 110–246 shall be 

21 submitted to the Department of Agriculture Inspector 

22 General: Provided, That the report shall be made available 

23 quarterly: Provided further, That in addition to the re24 quirements in section 14208(a)(2) of Public Law 110–246 

25 the report shall include the cost of any food or beverages, 
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1 the cost of any audio-visual services, and a description of 

2 the contracting procedures, including whether the con3 tracts were awarded on a competitive basis for the con4 ference and a discussion of any cost comparison con5 ducted. 

6 SEC. 734. The Food and Drug Administration shall 

7 submit quarterly reports to the Department of Health and 

8 Human Services Inspector General regarding the costs 

9 and contracting procedures relating to each conference 

10 during fiscal year 2013 for which the cost to the United 

11 States Government was more than $20,000: Provided, 

12 That each report submitted shall include a description of 

13 the purpose for each conference, the number of partici14 pants attending each conference, and a detailed statement 

15 of the costs to the United States Government relating to 

16 each conference: Provided further, That the detailed state17 ment of costs shall include the cost of any food or bev18 erages, the cost of any audio-visual services, and a discus19 sion of the methodology used to determine which costs re20 late to each conference: Provided further, That the report 

21 shall include a description of the contracting procedures 

22 relating to each conference, including whether contracts 

23 were awarded on a competitive basis for the conference 

24 and a discussion of any cost comparison conducted. 
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1 SEC. 735. Grants or contracts funded by amounts 

2 made available by this Act may not be used for the pur3 pose of defraying the costs of a conference that is not di4 rectly and programmatically related to the purpose for 

5 which the grant or contract was awarded, such as a ban6 quet or conference held in connection with planning, train7 ing, assessment, review, or other routine purposes related 

8 to a project funded by the grant or contract. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De10 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

11 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013’’. 
Calendar No. 382 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2375 

[Report No. 112–163] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2013, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

APRIL 26, 2012 

Read twice and placed on the calendar