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Calendar No. 100 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1244 

[Report No. 113–46] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 27, 2013 

Mr. PRYOR, 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, 2014, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

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, 2014, and for other purposes, 

2 namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $44,148,000, of which not to exceed $5,086,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

11 to exceed $502,000 shall be available for the Office of 

12 Tribal Relations; not to exceed $1,507,000 shall be avail13 able for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency 

14 Coordination; not to exceed $1,217,000 shall be available 

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

16 $23,802,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist17 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,993,000 

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

23 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

24 the Department; not to exceed $3,897,000 shall be avail25 able for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres-
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1 sional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this 

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

4 exceed $8,137,000 shall be available for the Office of Com5 munications: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture 

6 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 

18 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 

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

20 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 

21 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may be 

22 transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

23 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

24 level: Provided further, That no funds made available 

25 under this heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary 
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1 for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 30 

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

3 Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropriations 

4 of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these 

5 funds by USDA agency. 

6 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

7 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

9 Economist, $16,854,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 

10 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

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

12 the enactment of this Act. 

13 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

14 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi15 sion, $12,940,000. 

16 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

18 Program Analysis, $9,129,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In21 formation Officer, $44,159,000. 

22 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

23 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi24 nancial Officer, $6,243,000: Provided, That no funds 

25 made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 
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1 FAIR Act or Circular A–76 activities until the Secretary 

2 has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 

3 both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight 

4 and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 

5 a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in6 cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 

7 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

8 RIGHTS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

10 Secretary for Civil Rights, $898,000. 

11 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

13 $21,550,000. 

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, $233,095,000, to remain avail4 able until expended, of which $164,470,000 shall be avail5 able for payments to the General Services Administration 

6 for rent; of which $13,800,000 is for payments to the De7 partment of Homeland Security for building security ac8 tivities; and of which $54,825,000 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.), $3,600,000, 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 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

10 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

11 General Act of 1978, $89,902,000, including such sums 

12 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange13 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

15 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden16 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform17 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

19 of Public Law 97–98. 

20 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

22 Counsel, $47,304,000, of which $3,451,000 is for the Of23 fice of Ethics. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

2 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

4 Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 

5 $898,000. 

6 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

8 Service, $78,506,000. 

9 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

10 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

11 Statistics Service, $162,133,000, of which up to 

12 $44,545,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen13 sus of Agriculture. 

14 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

19 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

22 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed23 eral ownership, $1,123,150,000: Provided, That appro24 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

25 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 
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1 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

2 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

4 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro5 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

8 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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

10 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

11 of the current replacement value of the building or 

12 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

13 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

14 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

15 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria16 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

17 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

18 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

19 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

21 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

22 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 

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

24 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re25 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 
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1 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

3 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

5 may be received from any State, other political subdivi6 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab7 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

8 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

9 by law. 

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

11 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

12 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

13 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

14 for other expenses, $772,794,000, which shall be for the 

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

16 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

17 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

19 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, capac20 ity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 

21 agriculture and food research initiative, Critical Agricul22 tural Materials Act, veterinary medicine loan repayment, 

23 multicultural scholars, graduate fellowship and institution 

24 challenge grants, and grants management systems shall 

25 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
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1 each institution eligible to receive funds under the Evans2 Allen program receives no less than $1,000,000: Provided 

3 further, That funds for education grants for Alaska Native 

4 and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions be made avail5 able to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligi6 ble institutions with funds awarded equally to each of the 

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

8 for education grants for 1890 institutions shall be made 

9 available to institutions eligible to receive funds under 7 

10 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222. 

11 HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND

12 UNIVERSITIES ENDOWMENT FUND

13 For the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and 

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

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

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

17 to remain available until expended. 

18 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

19 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

22 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

23 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

25 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $469,399,000, 
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1 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci2 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

3 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom4 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im5 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

6 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

7 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex8 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

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

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

11 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail12 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

13 extension agents. 

14 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

15 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

16 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex17 penses, $35,317,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

18 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In19 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

20 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

21 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re22 main available until September 30, 2014. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

2 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

4 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

5 $898,000. 

6 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

11 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

13 $825,754,000, of which $1,507,000, to remain available 

14 until expended, shall be available for the control of out15 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

17 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

18 which $12,720,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

20 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

21 zones; of which $36,858,000, to remain available until ex22 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

23 which $893,000 shall be for activities under the authority 

24 of the Horse Protection Act of 1970, as amended (15 

25 U.S.C. 1831); of which $49,840,000, to remain available 
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1 until expended, shall be used to support avian health; of 

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

3 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

4 which $151,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

5 shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $8,877,000, to 

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

7 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $57,000,000, to re8 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

9 pests; of which $3,723,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 

11 which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex12 pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 

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

14 shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 

15 aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 

16 this heading for wildlife services methods development, 

17 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro18 vided further, That of amounts available under this head19 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

20 available until expended: Provided further, That no funds 

21 shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 

22 eradication program for the current fiscal year that does 

23 not require minimum matching by the States of at least 

24 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

25 be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 
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1 and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 

2 be for replacement only: Provided further, That in addi3 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

4 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec5 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

6 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart7 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail8 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi9 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani10 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

11 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro12 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

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

14 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

15 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

16 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

17 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

18 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter19 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

20 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

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

22 current replacement value of the building. 

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

24 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist25 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 
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1 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

2 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

6 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail7 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

8 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte11 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al12 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

14 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail15 able until expended. 

16 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

17 MARKETING SERVICES

18 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

19 Service, $82,792,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

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

21 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

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

23 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

24 value of the building. 
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1 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

3 U.S.C. 9701). 

4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

6 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra7 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

9 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

10 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

11 Congress. 

12 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

13 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au16 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com17 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

19 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

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

22 for formulation and administration of marketing agree23 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

24 Agreement Act of 1937 and the Agricultural Act of 1961. 
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1 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

2 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

3 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

4 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul5 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

6 $1,363,000. 

7 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

8 ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

11 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $40,531,000: 

12 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu13 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

14 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

15 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

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

18 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

19 EXPENSES

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

21 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

22 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac23 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

24 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 
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1 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com2 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

5 Secretary for Food Safety, $816,000. 

6 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

7 For necessary expenses to carry out services author8 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

9 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

11 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

13 $1,020,473,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred14 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab15 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

16 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

17 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

18 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

19 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

21 be employed during fiscal year 2014 for purposes dedi22 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

23 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 

24 the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue im25 plementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246: 
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1 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

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

3 repair of buildings and improvements, but the cost of al4 tering any one building during the fiscal year shall not 

5 exceed 10 percent of the current replacement value of the 

6 building. 

7 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

8 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

10 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

11 $898,000. 

12 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

16 $1,176,460,000: Provided, That the Secretary is author17 ized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not 

18 the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 

19 program payments for all programs administered by the 

20 Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available 

21 to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced 

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

23 funds made available to county committees shall remain 

24 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), $3,782,000. 

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: $2,000,000,000 

13 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and $575,000,000 

14 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,500,000,000 for un15 subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 

16 $1,223,686,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

17 loans, $34,658,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

18 $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

19 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

20 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

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

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

23 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

24 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

25 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 
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1 in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 

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

3 farm operating loans, $67,058,000 for direct operating 

4 loans, $18,300,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed operating 

5 loans, emergency loans, $1,698,000, to remain available 

6 until expended; and Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

7 $68,000. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

9 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

10 $314,918,000, of which $306,998,000 shall be transferred 

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

12 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

13 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

14 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

15 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

16 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro17 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

18 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad19 vance of any transfer. 

20 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

21 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

22 Agency, $71,496,000: Provided, That the funds made 

23 available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insur24 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used for the Common 

25 Information Management System: Provided further, That 
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1 not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official recep2 tion and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 

3 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

4 CORPORATIONS 

5 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

6 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

7 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor8 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

9 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

10 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

11 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

13 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here14 inafter provided. 

15 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

16 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

19 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

20 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec23 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

24 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim25 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 
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1 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

2 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec3 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

4 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

6 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv7 ice for information resource management activities of the 

8 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com9 modity Credit Corporation business. 

10 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

11 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

12 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

14 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

15 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

16 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

18 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

19 and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6961). 
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1 TITLE II 

2 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

4 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

7 $898,000. 

8 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

9 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

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

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

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

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

19 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

23 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter24 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build25 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 
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1 $818,376,000, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2015: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

4 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

5 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

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

8 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

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

11 TITLE III 

12 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

14 DEVELOPMENT

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

16 Secretary for Rural Development, $898,000. 

17 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis20 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De21 velopment mission area, including activities with institu22 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul23 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

24 $204,695,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

25 provision of law, funds appropriated under this heading 
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1 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

2 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro3 vided further, That any balances available from prior years 

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

5 the Rural Business—Cooperative Service salaries and ex6 penses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 

7 this appropriation. 

8 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

9 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

16 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $26,280,000 for section 

17 504 housing repair loans; $28,432,000 for section 515 

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

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

20 of single family housing acquired property; $5,000,000 for 

21 section 523 self-help housing land development loans; and 

22 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

23 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

25 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: section 
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1 502 loans, $24,480,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

2 504 housing repair loans, $2,176,000; and repair, rehabili3 tation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

4 $6,656,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

5 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

6 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

7 any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guaran8 tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 

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

10 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That appli11 cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv12 er under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

13 U.S.C. 1490q) shall be treated as living in a rural area 

14 for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided 

15 under this heading: Provided further, That the Secretary 

16 shall set aside for Rural Economic Area Partnership 

17 (REAP) Zones an amount of funds made available under 

18 this paragraph equal to the amount obligated for REAP 

19 Zones by the Secretary for programs described in this 

20 paragraph in the most recent fiscal year any such funds 

21 were obligated for REAP Zones: Provided further, That 

22 such set-asides shall remain in effect until August 15, 

23 2014: Provided further, That of the amounts available 

24 under this paragraph for section 502 direct loans, no less 

25 than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct loans for in-
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1 dividuals whose homes will be built pursuant to a program 

2 funded with a mutual and self-help housing grant author3 ized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 until June 

4 1, 2014. 

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

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

7 $13,992,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

8 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

9 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail10 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans11 ferred to and merged with this account. 

12 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

13 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

14 $417,692,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

15 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex16 penses’’. 

17 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

18 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re19 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

20 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

21 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

22 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 

23 $1,015,050,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be 

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

25 liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 
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1 out the rental assistance program under section 521(a)(2) 

2 of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 

3 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 

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

5 any unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 1- 

6 year agreements may be transferred and used for the pur7 poses of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or reha8 bilitation of any existing projects; preservation; and rental 

9 assistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: 

10 Provided further, That rental assistance provided under 

11 agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2014 for a 

12 farm labor multi-family housing project financed under 

13 section 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for 

14 use in another project until such assistance has remained 

15 unused for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such 

16 project has a waiting list of tenants seeking such assist17 ance or the project has rental assistance eligible tenants 

18 who are not receiving such assistance: Provided further, 

19 That such recaptured rental assistance shall, to the extent 

20 practicable, be applied to another farm labor multi-family 

21 housing project financed under section 514 or 516 of the 

22 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, $32,575,000, 

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

10 funds made available under this heading, $12,575,000, 

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, $20,000,000 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), $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

19 Provided, That the Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco20 nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones an amount of 

21 funds made available under this paragraph equal to the 

22 amount obligated for REAP Zones by the Secretary for 

23 programs described in this paragraph in the most recent 

24 fiscal year any such funds were obligated for REAP 
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1 Zones: Provided further, That such set-asides shall remain 

2 in effect until August 15, 2014. 

3 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

4 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

5 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

7 $32,239,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That the Secretary shall set aside for Rural Eco9 nomic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones an amount of 

10 funds made available under this paragraph equal to the 

11 amount obligated for REAP Zones by the Secretary for 

12 programs described in this paragraph in the most recent 

13 fiscal fear any such funds were obligated for REAP Zones: 

14 Provided further, That such set-asides shall remain in ef15 fect until August 15, 2014. 

16 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di19 rect loans as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

21 Development Act, $1,500,000,000 for direct loans and 

22 $59,543,000 for guaranteed loans. 

23 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

24 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con-
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1 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,775,000, to remain 

2 available until expended. 

3 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

4 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

6 Development Act, $28,733,000, to remain available until 

7 expended: Provided, That $5,955,000 of the amount ap8 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

9 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur10 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

11 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

12 housing and community development organizations, low13 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na14 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

15 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

16 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

17 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri18 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro19 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

20 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga21 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

22 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

23 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

24 That $5,778,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

25 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 
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1 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco2 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per3 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

4 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

5 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head6 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

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

8 Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall set aside 

9 for Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones an 

10 amount of funds made available under this paragraph 

11 equal to the amount obligated for REAP Zones by the 

12 Secretary for programs described in this paragraph in the 

13 most recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated for 

14 REAP Zones: Provided further, That such set-asides shall 

15 remain in effect until August 15, 2014: Provided further, 

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

17 Farm and Rural Development Act are not applicable to 

18 the funds made available under this heading. 

19 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

20 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

23 rural business development programs authorized by sec24 tions 306 and 310B and described in subsections (f) and 

25 (g) of section 310B and section 381E(d)(3) of the Consoli-
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1 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $98,539,000, to 

2 remain available until expended: Provided, That of the 

3 amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

4 $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to a qualified 

5 national organization to provide technical assistance for 

6 rural transportation in order to promote economic develop7 ment and $5,000,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Re8 gional Authority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural 

9 Community Advancement Program purpose as described 

10 in section 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

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

12 be used for administrative expenses: Provided further, 

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

14 heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally 

15 Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 

16 for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 

17 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 

18 promote economic development: Provided further, That the 

19 Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic Area Part20 nership (REAP) Zones an amount of funds made available 

21 under this paragraph equal to the amount obligated for 

22 REAP Zones by the Secretary for programs described in 

23 section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

24 Development Act in the most recent fiscal year any such 

25 funds were obligated for REAP Zones: Provided further, 
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1 That such set-asides shall remain in effect until August 

2 15, 2014: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

3 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

4 Act are not applicable to funds made available under this 

5 heading. 

6 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author9 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

10 9812(a)), $18,889,000. 

11 For the cost of direct loans, $4,082,000, as author12 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

13 9812(a)), of which $900,000 shall be available through 

14 June 30, 2014, for Federally Recognized Native American 

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

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

17 determined in accordance with Public Law 100–460): Pro18 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 

19 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con20 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That the 

21 Secretary shall set aside for Rural Economic Area Part22 nership (REAP) Zones an amount of funds made available 

23 under this paragraph equal to the amount obligated for 

24 REAP Zones by the Secretary for programs described in 

25 this paragraph in the most recent fiscal year any such 
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1 funds were obligated for REAP Zones: Provided further, 

2 That such set-asides shall remain in effect until August 

3 15, 2014. 

4 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

5 the direct loan programs, $4,467,000 shall be transferred 

6 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop7 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

8 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

9 ACCOUNT

10 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

11 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author12 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

13 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

15 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

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

17 Electrification Act of 1936, $180,000,000 shall not be ob18 ligated and $180,000,000 are rescinded. 

19 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

20 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

22 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $26,050,000, of 

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

24 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro25 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 
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1 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

2 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

3 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di4 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in5 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

6 groups; and of which $15,000,000, to remain available 

7 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod8 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

9 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 

10 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

11 RURAL MICROENTERPRISE INVESTMENT PROGRAM

12 ACCOUNT

13 For the cost of direct loans, $1,405,000, under the 

14 same terms and conditions as authorized by section 379E 

15 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 

16 U.S.C. 2008s): Provided, That such costs of loans, includ17 ing the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 

18 by section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

19 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

21 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

22 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

23 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $4,000,000: Provided, That the 

24 cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying 
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1 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974. 

3 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

4 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

8 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec9 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de10 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

11 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop12 ment Act, $455,000,000, to remain available until ex13 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail14 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

15 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

16 $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

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

18 $66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head19 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

20 waste disposal systems grants authorized by 

21 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

22 Rural Development Act, Federally recognized Native 

23 American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the De24 partment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Ha25 waii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 
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1 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

2 Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to 

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

4 not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec5 tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop6 ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 

7 and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 

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

9 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 

10 used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 

11 Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 

12 programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

13 $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head14 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

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

16 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex17 treme need, of which $6,000,000 shall be made available 

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

19 technical assistance organization, with experience in work20 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

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

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

23 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper24 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

25 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali-
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1 fied national Native American organization to provide 

2 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com3 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

4 $15,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head5 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi6 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as7 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

8 not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste manage9 ment grants: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 

10 set aside for Rural Economic Area Partnership (REAP) 

11 Zones an amount of funds made available under this para12 graph equal to the amount obligated for REAP Zones by 

13 the Secretary for the rural utilities programs described in 

14 section 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

15 Development Act in the most recent fiscal year any such 

16 funds were obligated for REAP Zones: Provided further, 

17 That such set-asides shall remain in effect until August 

18 15, 2014: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 

19 amount appropriated under this heading shall be trans20 ferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, 

21 High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants au22 thorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 

23 of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a): Provided further, That any prior 

24 year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by 

25 section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
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1 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the 

2 Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac3 count: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

4 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

5 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

6 heading. 

7 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di8 rect loans as authorized by section 1006a of title 16 of 

9 the United States Code, except for the limitations con10 tained in the last sentence of such section as well as limita11 tions in section 1002 of title 16, as determined by the Sec12 retary, for projects whose features include agricultural 

13 water supply benefits, groundwater protection, and envi14 ronmental enhancement, $40,000,000: Provided, That 

15 such loans shall be made by the Rural Utilities Service: 

16 Provided further, That the Secretary may treat these 

17 projects as works of improvement pursuant to Public Law 

18 83–566: Provided further, That the Secretary may adopt 

19 a watershed plan developed by the Army Corps of Engi20 neers with respect to such projects. 

21 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

22 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

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

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

3 that Act, rural electric, $5,000,000,000; guaranteed un4 derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $500,000,000; 

5 cost of money rural telecommunications loans, 

6 $690,000,000: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 shall 

7 be used for the construction, acquisition, or improvement 

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

9 existing) that utilize carbon sequestration systems. 

10 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

11 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

12 $34,694,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

13 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

14 and Expenses’’. 

15 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

16 PROGRAM

17 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni18 cation loans, $30,651,000. 

19 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

21 et seq., $24,274,000, to remain available until expended: 

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

23 grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

24 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

25 provided under this heading for grants under 379G of the 
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1 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 

2 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri3 teria for a consortium as established by this section: Pro4 vided further, That $2,750,000 shall be made available to 

5 those noncommercial educational television broadcast sta6 tions that serve rural areas and are qualified for Commu7 nity Service Grants by the Corporation for Public Broad8 casting under section 396(k) of the Communications Act 

9 of 1934, including associated translators and repeaters, 

10 regardless of the location of their main transmitter, stu11 dio-to-transmitter links, and equipment to allow local con12 trol over digital content and programming through the use 

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

14 technologies. 

15 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

16 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,000,000, 

17 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

19 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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

21 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

22 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

23 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

24 U.S.C. 950aaa. 
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1 TITLE IV 

2 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

4 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 

7 $816,000. 

8 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

9 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

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

15 21; $20,487,229,000, to remain available through Sep16 tember 30, 2015, of which such sums as are made avail17 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

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

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

24 further, That of the total amount available, $35,000,000 

25 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 
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1 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

2 schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve 

3 healthier meals, improve food safety, and to help support 

4 the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 

5 breakfast program. 

6 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

7 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup9 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

11 $7,070,415,000, to remain available through September 

12 30, 2015: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

13 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

14 1786(h)(10)), not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for 

15 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

16 $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, and 

17 $30,000,000 shall be used for management information 

18 systems: Provided further, That funds made available for 

19 the purposes specified in section 17(h)(10)(B)(i) and sec20 tion 17(h)(10)(B)(ii) shall only be made available upon a 

21 determination by the Secretary that funds are available 

22 to meet caseload requirements without the use of funds 

23 in the contingency reserve that are without fiscal year lim24 itation: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

25 in this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 
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1 formula except in accordance with the cost containment 

2 and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 

3 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

4 provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 

5 reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

6 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act. 

7 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

10 $78,383,112,000, of which $5,000,000,000, to remain 

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

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

13 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

14 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

15 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

18 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

19 Federally recognized tribes participating in the Food Dis20 tribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided fur21 ther, That this appropriation shall be subject to any work 

22 registration or workfare requirements as may be required 

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

24 Employment and Training under this heading shall re25 main available until expended, notwithstanding section 
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1 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008: Provided 

2 further, That funds made available under this heading for 

3 section 28(d)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

4 shall remain available through September 30, 2015: Pro5 vided further, That funds made available under this head6 ing may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff 

7 to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities re8 lated to program integrity provided that such activities are 

9 authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

10 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

11 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist12 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

13 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con14 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

15 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist16 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec17 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend18 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm19 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

20 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $271,701,000, 

21 to remain available through September 30, 2015: Pro22 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim23 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

24 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith25 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 
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1 made available in fiscal year 2014 to support the Seniors 

2 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

3 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

4 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

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

6 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri7 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

8 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu9 tion of commodities: Provided further, That of the total 

10 amount available, $2,000,000 shall be available for pro11 gram integrity activities associated with the Emergency 

12 Food Assistance Program, including, but not limited to, 

13 grants to States, and section 204(a) of the Emergency 

14 Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, shall not apply 

15 to such grants. 

16 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

17 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

18 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri19 tion assistance program, $146,592,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

22 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 $178,826,000: 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, $2,730,000, 

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: Provided, That for purposes of funds appropriated 

25 under this heading, in addition to amounts made available 
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1 under section 202(e)(1) of the Food for Peace Act, of the 

2 total amount provided under this heading, $35,000,000 

3 shall be made available pursuant to section 202(e)(1) of 

4 the Food for Peace Act to eligible organizations: Provided 

5 further, That funds made available pursuant to section 

6 202(e)(1) of the Food for Peace Act to eligible organiza7 tions may, in addition to the purposes set forth in section 

8 202(e)(1)(A)–(C), be made available to assist such organi9 zations to carry out activities consistent with section 

10 203(d)(1)–(3) of the Food for Peace Act: Provided further, 

11 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the re12 quirements pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)(1) may be 

13 waived for any amounts higher than those specified under 

14 this authority for fiscal year 2009. 

15 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

16 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

18 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest19 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $185,126,000, to 

20 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com21 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

22 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im23 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

24 amounts provided herein. 
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

2 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com5 modity Credit Corporation’s export guarantee program, 

6 GSM 102 and GSM 103, $6,748,000; to cover common 

7 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com8 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

10 $6,394,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

11 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

12 and Expenses’’, and of which $354,000 shall be trans13 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

14 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

15 TITLE VI 

16 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

17 ADMINISTRATION 

18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

19 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad22 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

23 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

25 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 
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1 included in this Act; for rental of special purpose space 

2 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

3 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author4 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

6 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

7 107–188; $4,346,670,000: Provided, That of the amount 

8 provided under this heading, $760,000,000 shall be de9 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

11 remain available until expended; $114,833,000 shall be de12 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

13 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re14 main available until expended; $305,996,000 shall be de15 rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 

16 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account 

17 and remain available until expended; $20,716,000 shall be 

18 derived from biosimilar biological product user fees au19 thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to 

20 this account and remain available until expended; 

21 $23,600,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

23 to this account and remain available until expended; 

24 $7,328,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user 

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

2 $534,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user 

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

4 to this account and remain available until expended; 

5 $12,925,000 shall be derived from food and feed recall 

6 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, and shall be cred7 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

8 $15,367,000 shall be derived from food reinspection fees 

9 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, and shall be credited 

10 to this account and remain available until expended; and 

11 amounts derived from voluntary qualified importer pro12 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31 shall be cred13 ited to this account and remain available until expended: 

14 Provided further, That in addition and notwithstanding 

15 any other provision under this heading, amounts collected 

16 for prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, 

17 human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological prod18 uct user fees, animal drug user fees, and animal generic 

19 drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 2014 

20 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to this 

21 account and remain available until expended: Provided fur22 ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de23 vice, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, 

24 animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fis25 cal year 2014, including any such fees collected prior to 
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1 fiscal year 2014 but credited for fiscal year 2014, shall 

2 be subject to the fiscal year 2014 limitations: Provided fur3 ther, That the Secretary may, prior to the due date for 

4 such fees, accept payment during fiscal year 2014 of user 

5 fees specified under this heading and authorized for fiscal 

6 year 2015, and that amounts of such fees assessed for 

7 fiscal year 2015 for which the Secretary accepts payment 

8 in fiscal year 2014 shall not be included in amounts under 

9 this heading: Provided further, That none of these funds 

10 shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program 

11 of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided fur12 ther, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 

13 $900,259,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 

14 Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 

15 of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,288,880,000 shall be for the 

16 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

17 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (3) 

18 $337,374,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua19 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

20 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $173,207,000 shall be 

21 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 

22 field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; (5) 

23 $408,637,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra24 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of25 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $62,494,000 shall be for 
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1 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

2 $501,476,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod3 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu4 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $178,293,000 shall be for 

5 Rent and Related activities, of which $61,922,000 is for 

6 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 

7 the General Services Administration for rent; (9) not to 

8 exceed $219,845,000 shall be for payments to the General 

9 Services Administration for rent; and (10) not less than 

10 $150,000 shall be used to implement a requirement that 

11 the labeling of genetically engineered salmon offered for 

12 sale to consumers indicate that such salmon is genetically 

13 engineered; and (11) $276,205,000 shall be for other ac14 tivities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food 

15 and Drugs, the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, 

16 the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office 

17 of Global and Regulatory Policy, the Office of Operations, 

18 the Office of the Chief Scientist, and central services for 

19 these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed $25,000 

20 of this amount shall be for official reception and represen21 tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 

22 by the Commissioner: Provided further, That funds may 

23 be transferred from one specified activity to another with 

24 the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

25 of both Houses of Congress. 
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1 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

2 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

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

5 remain available until expended. 

6 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

7 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten8 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili9 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

10 where not otherwise provided, $11,000,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

13 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

14 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

15 Not to exceed $63,300,000 (from assessments col16 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

17 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

18 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

20 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re21 ceiverships. 
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1 TITLE VII 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

5 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart6 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

8 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 69 passenger 

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

10 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith11 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

12 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

13 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper14 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

15 public safety. 

16 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli18 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

19 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal20 ances of the Department of Agriculture that are remaining 

21 available at the end of the fiscal year, to the Working Cap22 ital Fund for the acquisition of plant and capital equip23 ment necessary for the delivery of financial, administra24 tive, and information technology services of primary ben25 efit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture, such 
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1 transferred funds to remain available until expended: Pro2 vided, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

3 or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working Cap4 ital Fund without the prior approval of the agency admin5 istrator: Provided further, That none of the funds trans6 ferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this sec7 tion shall be available for obligation without written notifi8 cation to and the prior approval of the Committees on Ap9 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, 

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

11 available to the Department’s Working Capital Fund shall 

12 be available for obligation or expenditure to make any 

13 changes to the Department’s National Finance Center 

14 without written notification to and prior approval of the 

15 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

16 as required by section 726 of this Act: Provided further, 

17 That of annual income amounts in the Working Capital 

18 Fund of the Department of Agriculture allocated for the 

19 National Finance Center, the Secretary may reserve not 

20 more than 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition 

21 of capital equipment, including equipment for the improve22 ment and implementation of a financial management plan, 

23 information technology, and other systems of the National 

24 Finance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary 

25 cost of the National Finance Center: Provided further, 
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1 That none of the amounts reserved shall be available for 

2 obligation unless the Secretary submits written notifica3 tion of the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations 

4 of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 

5 further, That the limitation on the obligation of funds 

6 pending notification to Congressional Committees shall 

7 not apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Sec8 retary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emer9 gency that significantly impacts the operations of the Na10 tional Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the Na11 tional Finance Center to a safe haven to continue oper12 ations of the National Finance Center. 

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

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

17 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

18 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

19 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu20 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

21 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar22 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

23 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro24 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

25 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com-
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1 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro2 priations are provided in this Act. 

3 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri4 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

5 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

6 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

7 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop8 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica9 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

10 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

12 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac13 quire new information technology systems or significant 

14 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor15 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa16 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa17 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

18 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

19 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

20 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa21 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

22 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

24 funds available to the Department of Agriculture for infor25 mation technology shall be obligated for projects over 
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1 $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief 

2 Information Officer. 

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

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

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

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

7 available until expended to disburse obligations made in 

8 the current fiscal year. 

9 SEC. 708. Hereafter, notwithstanding any other pro10 vision of law, any former RUS borrower that has repaid 

11 or prepaid an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the 

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

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

14 under such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under sec15 tion 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a 

16 borrower under such Act. 

17 SEC. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

19 Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform 

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

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

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

23 Act in the form of unrecovered indirect costs not otherwise 

24 charged against the grant, consistent with the indirect 

25 rate of cost approved for a recipient. 
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1 SEC. 710. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

2 by law, unobligated balances from appropriations made 

3 available for salaries and expenses in this Act for the 

4 Farm Service Agency and the Rural Development mission 

5 area, shall remain available through September 30, 2015, 

6 for information technology expenses. 

7 SEC. 711. The Secretary of Agriculture may author8 ize a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to 

9 exceed the maximum amount of liquid infant formula 

10 specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant for11 mula to participants. 

12 SEC. 712. None of the funds appropriated or other13 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

15 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

16 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

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

20 subtitle A of title III of such Act, or programs for which 

21 indefinite amounts were provided in that Act, that is au22 thorized or required to be carried out using funds of the 

23 Commodity Credit Corporation— 

24 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

25 and related administrative expenses, including tech-
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1 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

2 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

3 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

4 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

7 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

8 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

9 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

10 in such section. 

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

12 year 2013 or preceding fiscal years for programs author13 ized under the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) 

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

15 Commodity Credit Corporation for the release of eligible 

16 commodities under section 302(f)(2)(A) of the Bill Emer17 son Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1): Pro18 vided, That any such funds made available to reimburse 

19 the Commodity Credit Corporation shall only be used pur20 suant to section 302(b)(2)(B)(i) of the Bill Emerson Hu21 manitarian Trust Act. 

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

23 not more than $2,000,000 shall be used to cover necessary 

24 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

25 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 
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1 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego2 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi3 tively awarded grants. 

4 SEC. 716. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail5 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 

6 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

7 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

8 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

9 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

10 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

11 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro12 vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 

13 National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail14 able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 

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

16 U.S.C. 638). 

17 SEC. 717. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

18 require budget authority and the program level has been 

19 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

20 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran21 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

22 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec23 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria24 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad25 vance. 
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1 SEC. 718. 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 Watershed Rehabilitation program au6 thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Pro7 tection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 

8 1012(h)(1)); 

9 (2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro10 gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 

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

12 3839aa–8) in excess of $1,350,000,000; 

13 (3) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act author14 ized by section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 

15 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1)) in excess 

16 of $70,000,000; and 

17 (4) Agricultural Management Assistance Pro18 gram as authorized by section 524 of the Federal 

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

20 excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural Resources Con21 servation Service. 

22 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

25 a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(vi) of section 14222 
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1 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $901,000,000, as fol2 lows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Commod3 ities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

4 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

5 $2,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail6 able in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries 

7 and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 

8 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

9 Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that ex10 cludes the transfer of $119,000,000 of the funds to be 

11 transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Pub12 lic Law 110–246, until October 1, 2014: Provided further, 

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

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

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

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

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

18 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

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

20 the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Depart21 ment of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit 

22 Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agri23 cultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 

24 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal ac25 tivities or price support activities under section 5 of the 
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1 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided fur2 ther, That of the available unobligated balances under 

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

4 $166,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 

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

6 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex7 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

9 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

10 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri11 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra12 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re13 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

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

15 submission of the budget unless such budget submission 

16 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

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

18 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con19 ference for the fiscal year 2015 appropriations Act. 

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

21 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen22 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

24 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

25 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
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1 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

2 through a reprogramming, transfer of funds, or reim3 bursements as authorized by the Economy Act, or in the 

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

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

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

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

8 (1) creates new programs; 

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

10 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

11 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

12 denied or restricted; 

13 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

15 or 

16 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

17 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

18 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

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

20 in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

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

23 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro24 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

25 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
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1 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

2 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

3 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

5 for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogram6 ming or use of the authorities referred to in subsection 

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

8 whichever is less, that— 

9 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac10 tivities; 

11 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist12 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per13 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

14 (3) results from any general savings from a re15 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

16 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap17 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri18 culture or the Secretary of Health and Human Serv19 ices (as the case may be) notifies, in writing, the 

20 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

21 Congress at least 30 days in advance of the re22 programming or transfer of such funds or the use of 

23 such authority. 

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

25 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing the 
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1 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

2 before implementing any program or activity not carried 

3 out during the previous fiscal year unless the program or 

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

5 other Act. 

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

7 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

8 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

9 the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con10 gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 

11 the notification as required in this section. 

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

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

14 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

15 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

16 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

17 portion of the loan. 

18 SEC. 723. None of the funds appropriated or other19 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 

20 the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans21 mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 

22 of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 

23 Services employee questions or responses to questions that 

24 are a result of information requested for the appropria25 tions hearing process. 
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1 SEC. 724. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

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

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

7 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

8 funded by that executive branch agency. 

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

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

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

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

14 reimbursed by the receiving agency or office for the salary 

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

16 SEC. 726. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 

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

18 SEC. 727. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 for 

19 the purposes of section 727 of division A of Public Law 

20 112–55. 

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

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

23 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 

24 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 

25 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
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1 of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spending 

2 plan by program, project, and activity for the funds made 

3 available under this Act. 

4 SEC. 729. Of the unobligated balances for buildings 

5 operations and maintenance expenses within Agriculture 

6 Buildings and Facilities and Rental Payments, 

7 $30,000,000 are rescinded: Provided, That no amount 

8 may be rescinded from funds made available for payments 

9 to the General Services Administration for rent and funds 

10 made available for payments to the Department of Home11 land Security for building security activities. 

12 SEC. 730. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, any area eligible for rural housing programs of the 

14 Rural Housing Service on September 30, 2013, shall re15 main eligible for such programs until September 30, 2014. 

16 SEC. 731. Funds received by the Secretary of Agri17 culture in the global settlement of any Federal litigation 

18 concerning Federal mortgage loans during fiscal year 

19 2012 may be obligated and expended, in addition to any 

20 other available funds, by the Rural Housing Service to pay 

21 for costs associated with servicing single family housing 

22 loans guaranteed by the Rural Housing Service and such 

23 funds shall remain available until expended. 

24 SEC. 732. Hereafter, the Secretary may charge a fee 

25 for lenders to access Department loan guarantee systems 
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1 in connection with such lenders’ participation in loan 

2 guarantee programs of the Rural Housing Service: Pro3 vided, That the funds collected from such fees shall be 

4 made available to the Secretary without further appropria5 tion and such funds shall be deposited into the Rural De6 velopment Salaries and Expense Account and shall remain 

7 available until expended for obligation and expenditure by 

8 the Secretary for administrative expenses of the Rural 

9 Housing Service Loan Guarantee Program in addition to 

10 other available funds: Provided further, That such fees col11 lected shall not exceed $50 per loan. 

12 SEC. 733. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

13 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

14 of 16 U.S.C. 1310, there is appropriated $4,000,000, to 

15 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew16 able agreements for flooded agricultural lands, as deter17 mined by the Secretary, under the Water Bank Act (16 

18 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

19 SEC. 734. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture and the 

20 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration shall 

21 submit annual reports to the Inspector General or senior 

22 ethics official for any entity without an Inspector General, 

23 regarding the costs and contracting procedures related to 

24 each conference held by any such Department, agency, 

25 board, commission, or office during fiscal year 2014 for 
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1 which the cost to the United States Government was more 

2 than $100,000. 

3 (b) Each report submitted shall include, for each con4 ference described in subsection (a) held during the applica5 ble period— 

6 (1) a description of its purpose; 

7 (2) the number of participants attending; 

8 (3) a detailed statement of the costs to the 

9 United States Government, including— 

10 (A) the cost of any food or beverages; 

11 (B) the cost of any audio-visual services; 

12 (C) the cost of employee or contractor 

13 travel to and from the conference; and 

14 (D) a discussion of the methodology used 

15 to determine which costs relate to the con16 ference; and 

17 (4) a description of the contracting procedures 

18 used including— 

19 (A) whether contracts were awarded on a 

20 competitive basis; and 

21 (B) a discussion of any cost comparison 

22 conducted by the departmental component or 

23 office in evaluating potential contractors for the 

24 conference. 
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1 (c) Within 15 days of the date of a conference held 

2 by any executive branch department, agency, board, com3 mission, or office funded by this Act during fiscal year 

4 2014 for which the cost to the United States Government 

5 was more than $20,000, the head of any such Depart6 ment, agency, board, commission, or office shall notify the 

7 Inspector General or senior ethics official for any entity 

8 without an Inspector General, of the date, location, and 

9 number of employees attending such conference. 

10 (d) A grant or contract funded by amounts appro11 priated by this Act to an executive branch agency may 

12 not be used for the purpose of defraying the costs of a 

13 conference described in subsection (c) that is not directly 

14 and programmatically related to the purpose for which the 

15 grant or contract was awarded, such as a conference held 

16 in connection with planning, training, assessment, review, 

17 or other routine purposes related to a project funded by 

18 the grant or contract. 

19 (e) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

20 be used for travel and conference activities that are not 

21 in compliance with Office of Management and Budget 

22 Memorandum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012. 

23 SEC. 735. (a) DESIGNATION.—The Federal building 

24 located at 64 Nowelo Street, Hilo, Hawaii, shall be known 
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1 and designated as the ‘‘Daniel K. Inouye United States 

2 Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center’’. 

3 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg4 ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United 

5 States to the Federal building referred to in subsection 

6 (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Daniel K. 

7 Inouye United States Pacific Basin Agricultural Research 

8 Center’’. 

9 SEC. 736. None of the funds made available in this 

10 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per11 sonnel to— 

12 (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed13 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

14 (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the 

15 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

16 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

17 (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 

18 9, Code of Federal Regulations. 

19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De20 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

21 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014’’. 
Calendar No. 100 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1244 

[Report No. 113–46] 

A BILL 

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

JUNE 27, 2013 

Read twice and placed on the calendar