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Union Calendar No. 56 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2112 

[Report No. 112–101] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 3, 2011 

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, 

and for other purposes. 


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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 

7 ending September 30, 2012, and for other purposes, 

8 namely: 

9 TITLE I 

10 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

11 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary 

14 of Agriculture, $4,293,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

15 $11,000 of this amount shall be available for official recep16 tion and representation expenses, not otherwise provided 

17 for, as determined by the Secretary. 

18 OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Tribal Rela20 tions, $423,000 to support communication and consulta21 tion activities with Federally Recognized Tribes, as well 

22 as other requirements established by law. 


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1 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

2 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

3 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

4 Economist, $10,707,000. 

5 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

6 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi7 sion, $12,091,000. 

8 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

10 Program Analysis, $8,004,000. 

11 OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Homeland Se13 curity, $1,272,000. 

14 OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of Advocacy and 

16 Outreach, $1,209,000. 

17 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In19 formation Officer, $35,000,000. 

20 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi22 nancial Officer, $5,310,000: Provided, That no funds 

23 made available by this appropriation may be obligated for 

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

25 has submitted to the Committees on Appropriations of 


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1 both Houses of Congress and the Committee on Oversight 

2 and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 

3 a report on the Department’s contracting out policies, in4 cluding agency budgets for contracting out. 

5 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

6 RIGHTS

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

8 Secretary for Civil Rights, $760,000. 

9 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

11 $19,288,000. 

12 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

13 ADMINISTRATION

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

15 Secretary for Administration, $683,000. 

16 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES AND RENTAL

17 PAYMENTS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu20 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

21 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis22 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri23 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

25 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 


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1 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con2 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

3 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im4 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili5 ties, and for related costs, $209,505,000, to remain avail6 able until expended; of which $151,396,000 shall be avail7 able for payments to the General Services Administration 

8 for rent; of which $11,452,000 shall be available for pay9 ment to the Department of Homeland Security for build10 ing security activities; and of which $46,657,000 shall be 

11 available for buildings operations and maintenance ex12 penses: Provided, That the Secretary may use unobligated 

13 balances from prior years to cover shortfalls incurred in 

14 prior year rental payments: Provided further, That the 

15 Secretary is authorized to transfer funds from a Depart16 mental agency to this account to recover the full cost of 

17 the space and security expenses of that agency that are 

18 funded by this account when the actual costs exceed the 

19 agency estimate which will be available for the activities 

20 and payments described herein. 

21 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri24 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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


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1 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,393,000, to remain avail3 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

4 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

5 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

6 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

7 pursuant to the above Acts on Federal and non–Federal 

8 lands. 

9 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For Departmental Administration, $23,900,000, to 

12 provide for necessary expenses for management support 

13 services to offices of the Department and for general ad14 ministration and other miscellaneous supplies and ex15 penses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the 

16 practical and efficient work of the Department: Provided, 

17 That this appropriation shall be reimbursed from applica18 ble appropriations in this Act for travel expenses incident 

19 to the holding of hearings as required by 5 U.S.C. 551– 

20 558. 

21 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR

22 CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

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1 grams funded by this Act, including programs involving 

2 intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the executive 

3 branch, $3,289,000: Provided, That these funds may be 

4 transferred to agencies of the Department of Agriculture 

5 funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the agency 

6 level; Provided further, That no funds made available by 

7 this appropriation may be obligated after 30 days from 

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

9 has notified the Committees on Appropriations of both 

10 Houses of Congress on the allocation of these funds by 

11 USDA agency: Provided further, That no other funds ap12 propriated to the Department by this Act shall be available 

13 to the Department for support of congressional relations 

14 activities. 

15 OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of Communica17 tions, $8,058,000. 

18 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

19 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

20 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978, $80,000,000, including such sums 

22 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange23 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

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1 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform2 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

4 of Public Law 97–98. 

5 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

7 Counsel, $35,204,000. 

8 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

9 EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

11 Secretary for Research, Education and Economics, 

12 $760,000. 

13 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

14 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

15 Service, $70,000,000. 

16 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

17 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

18 Statistics Service, $149,500,000, of which up to 

19 $40,000,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen20 sus of Agriculture. 

21 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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


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1 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

4 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed5 eral ownership, $993,345,000: Provided, That appropria6 tions hereunder shall be available for the operation and 

7 maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to exceed 

8 one for replacement only: Provided further, That appro9 priations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

11 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro12 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

15 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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

17 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

18 of the current replacement value of the building or 

19 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

20 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

21 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

22 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria23 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

24 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

25 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 


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1 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

3 funds may be received from any State, other political sub4 division, organization, or individual for the purpose of es5 tablishing or operating any research facility or research 

6 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

7 by law. 

8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

9 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

10 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

11 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

12 for other expenses, $600,800,000, as follows: to carry out 

13 the provisions of the Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. 361a– 

14 i), $208,000,000; for grants for cooperative forestry re15 search (16 U.S.C. 582a through a–7), $30,000,000; for 

16 payments to eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 3222), 

17 $48,000,000, provided that each institution receives no 

18 less than $1,000,000; for special grants (7 U.S.C. 

19 450i(c)), $1,250,000; for competitive grants for Inte20 grated Pest Management and Biological Control (7 U.S.C. 

21 450i(c)), $14,000,000; for competitive grants (7 U.S.C. 

22 450i(b)), $229,500,000, to remain available until ex23 pended; for the support of animal health and disease pro24 grams (7 U.S.C. 3195), $4,000,000; for a program pursu25 ant to section 1415A of the National Agricultural ReVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:49 Jun 03, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2112.RH H2112

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1 search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 

2 U.S.C. 3151a), $4,200,000, to remain available until ex3 pended; for a higher education multicultural scholars pro4 gram (7 U.S.C. 3152(b)(5)), $1,000,000, to remain avail5 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for an education 

6 grants program for Hispanic–serving Institutions (7 

7 U.S.C. 3241), $7,800,000; for competitive grants for the 

8 purpose of carrying out all provisions of 7 U.S.C. 3156 

9 to individual eligible institutions or consortia of eligible in10 stitutions in Alaska and in Hawaii, with funds awarded 

11 equally to each of the States of Alaska and Hawaii, 

12 $2,700,000; for secondary education, 2-year post-sec13 ondary education, and agriculture in the K-12 classroom 

14 (7 U.S.C. 3152(j)), $900,000; for aquaculture grants (7 

15 U.S.C. 3322), $3,300,000; for sustainable agriculture re16 search and education (7 U.S.C. 5811), $12,300,000; for 

17 a program of capacity building grants (7 U.S.C. 

18 3152(b)(4)) to institutions eligible to receive funds under 

19 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $16,400,000, to remain avail20 able until expended (7 U.S.C. 2209b); for payments to the 

21 1994 Institutions pursuant to section 534(a)(1) of Public 

22 Law 103–382, $2,800,000; for resident instruction grants 

23 for insular areas under section 1491 of the National Agri24 cultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 

25 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363), $900,000; for distance education 


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1 grants for insular areas under section 1490 of the Na2 tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 

3 Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362), $750,000; for com4 petitive grants for policy research (7 U.S.C. 3155), 

5 $3,000,000; and for necessary expenses of Research and 

6 Education Activities, $10,000,000, of which $2,500,000 

7 for the Research, Education, and Economics Information 

8 System and $2,000,000 for the Electronic Grants Infor9 mation System, are to remain available until expended. 

10 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

11 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

14 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

15 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

17 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $411,200,000, 

18 as follows: payments for cooperative extension work under 

19 the Smith–Lever Act, to be distributed under sections 3(b) 

20 and 3(c) of said Act, and under section 208(c) of Public 

21 Law 93–471, for retirement and employees’ compensation 

22 costs for extension agents, $259,200,000; payments for 

23 extension work at the 1994 Institutions under the Smith– 

24 Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $3,600,000; payments for 

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1 areas under section 3(d) of the Act, $58,000,000; pay2 ments for the pest management program under section 

3 3(d) of the Act, $8,400,000; payments for New Tech4 nologies for Agriculture Extension under section 3(d) of 

5 the Act, $1,400,000; payments to upgrade research, exten6 sion, and teaching facilities at institutions eligible to re7 ceive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222, $16,700,000, 

8 to remain available until expended; payments for youth9 at-risk programs under section 3(d) of the Smith–Lever 

10 Act, $7,100,000; payments for carrying out the provisions 

11 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 

12 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), $3,400,000; payments for the feder13 ally-recognized Tribes Extension Program under section 

14 3(d) of the Smith–Lever Act, $2,600,000; payments for 

15 sustainable agriculture programs under section 3(d) of the 

16 Act, $4,000,000; payments for rural health and safety 

17 education as authorized by section 502(i) of Public Law 

18 92–419 (7 U.S.C. 2662(i)), $1,500,000; payments for co19 operative extension work by eligible institutions (7 U.S.C. 

20 3221), $36,000,000, provided that each institution re21 ceives no less than $1,000,000; for grants to youth organi22 zations pursuant to 7 U.S.C. 7630, $1,500,000; for pay23 ments to carry out the food animal residue avoidance data24 base program as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 7642, 


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1 $1,000,000; and for necessary expenses of Extension Ac2 tivities, $6,800,000. 

3 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

4 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

5 grants program authorized under section 406 of the Agri6 cultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act 

7 of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626), including necessary administra8 tive expenses, $8,000,000, as follows: for a competitive or9 ganic transition program, $4,000,000; and for the regional 

10 pest management centers program $4,000,000. 

11 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

12 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

14 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

15 $760,000. 

16 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

21 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

23 $790,000,000, of which $2,000,000, to be available until 

24 expended, shall be available for the control of outbreaks 

25 of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for control 


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1 of pest animals and birds (‘‘contingency fund’’) to the ex2 tent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of which 

3 $16,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

4 used for the cotton pests program for cost share purposes 

5 or for debt retirement for active eradication zones; of 

6 which $32,500,000, to remain available until expended, 

7 shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of which 

8 $54,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

9 used to support avian health; of which $4,200,000, to re10 main available until expended, shall be for information 

11 technology infrastructure; of which $147,000,000, to re12 main available until expended, shall be for specialty crop 

13 pests; of which, $9,000,000, to remain available until ex14 pended, shall be for field crop and rangeland ecosystem 

15 pests; of which $52,000,000, to remain available until ex16 pended, shall be for tree and wood pests; of which 

17 $2,300,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

18 for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of which up to 

19 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

20 for the scrapie program for indemnities; of which 

21 $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

22 for wildlife services methods development; of which 

23 $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

24 for the wildlife damage management program for aviation 

25 safety; and up to 25 percent of the screwworm program 


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1 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no 

2 funds shall be used to formulate or administer a brucel3 losis eradication program for the current fiscal year that 

4 does not require minimum matching by the States of at 

5 least 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation 

6 shall be available for the operation and maintenance of 

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

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

9 in addition, in emergencies which threaten any segment 

10 of the agricultural production industry of this country, the 

11 Secretary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

12 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart13 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail14 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi15 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani16 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

17 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro18 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

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

20 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

21 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

22 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

23 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

24 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter25 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 


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1 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

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

3 current replacement value of the building. 

4 In fiscal year 2012, the agency is authorized to collect 

5 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist6 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

7 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

8 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

12 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail13 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

14 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

15 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

16 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte17 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al18 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

20 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,200,000, to remain avail21 able until expended. 

22 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

23 MARKETING SERVICES

24 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

25 Service, $77,500,000: Provided, That this appropriation 


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

2 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

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

4 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

5 value of the building. Fees may be collected for the cost 

6 of standardization activities, as established by regulation 

7 pursuant to law (31 U.S.C. 9701). 

8 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

9 Not to exceed $61,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 

10 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra11 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

13 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

14 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

15 Congress. 

16 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

17 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

19 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au20 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com21 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

23 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

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1 for formulation and administration of marketing agree2 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

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

4 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

5 For payments to State departments of agriculture, 

6 bureaus and departments of markets, and similar agencies 

7 for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agri8 cultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

9 $1,331,000. 

10 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

14 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $37,000,000: 

15 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu16 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

17 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

18 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

19 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build20 ing. 

21 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

22 EXPENSES

23 Not to exceed $47,500,000 (from fees collected) shall 

24 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

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1 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

2 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

3 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com4 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

7 Secretary for Food Safety, $689,000. 

8 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

9 For necessary expenses to carry out services author10 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

11 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

13 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

15 $972,028,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred16 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab17 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

18 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

19 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

20 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

21 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

22 That this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law 

23 (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings 

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1 ing during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of 

2 the current replacement value of the building. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

7 $760,000. 

8 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

12 $1,176,500,000: Provided, That the Secretary is author13 ized to use the services, facilities, and authorities (but not 

14 the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make 

15 program payments for all programs administered by the 

16 Agency: Provided further, That other funds made available 

17 to the Agency for authorized activities may be advanced 

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

19 funds made available to county committees shall remain 

20 available until expended. 

21 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

22 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul23 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

24 5106), $3,550,000. 


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1 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

3 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

5 $3,605,000, to remain available until expended. 

6 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

9 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

10 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

11 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro12 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

13 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de14 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

15 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria16 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

17 12). 

18 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

19 ACCOUNT

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di22 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

23 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, Indian 

24 tribe land acquisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil 

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


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1 U.S.C. 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land 

2 loans (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the 

3 Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: 

4 $1,500,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed farm owner5 ship loans and $475,000,000 for farm ownership direct 

6 loans; $1,500,000,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed oper7 ating loans and $1,050,090,000 for direct operating loans; 

8 Indian tribe land acquisition loans, $2,000,000; guaran9 teed conservation loans, $150,000,000; Indian highly 

10 fractionated land loans, $10,000,000; and for boll weevil 

11 eradication program loans, $100,000,000: Provided, That 

12 the Secretary shall deem the pink bollworm to be a boll 

13 weevil for the purpose of boll weevil eradication program 

14 loans. 

15 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

16 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

18 as follows: farm ownership, $22,800,000 for direct loans; 

19 farm operating loans, $26,100,000 for unsubsidized guar20 anteed operating loans, $59,120,000 for direct operating 

21 loans; and Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

22 $193,000. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

24 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

25 $268,634,000, of which $260,730,000 shall be paid to the 


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1 appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Ex2 penses’’. 

3 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

4 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

5 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

6 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro7 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

8 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad9 vance of any transfer. 

10 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

11 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

12 Agency, $68,016,000: Provided, That the funds made 

13 available under section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insur14 ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) may be used for the Common 

15 Information Management System: Provided further, That 

16 not to exceed $1,000 shall be available for official recep17 tion and representation expenses, as authorized by 7 

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

19 CORPORATIONS 

20 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

21 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

22 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor23 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

24 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

25 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 


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1 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

3 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here4 inafter provided. 

5 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

6 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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

9 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

10 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec13 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

14 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim15 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

16 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

17 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec18 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

19 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

21 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv22 ice for information resource management activities of the 

23 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com24 modity Credit Corporation business. 


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1 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

2 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

3 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

5 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

6 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

7 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

9 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

11 TITLE II 

12 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

14 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

16 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

17 $760,000. 

18 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

19 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

20 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi21 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

22 including preparation of conservation plans and establish23 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

24 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas25 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 


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1 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con2 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva3 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

4 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

8 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter9 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build10 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

11 $770,956,000, to remain available until September 30, 

12 2013: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

14 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

15 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

16 and improvements to other buildings and other public im17 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

18 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

19 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob20 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 

21 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

22 Under the authorities of Section 14 of the Watershed 

23 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $15,000,000 is pro24 vided. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

4 DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Rural Development, $760,000. 

7 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis10 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De11 velopment mission area, including activities with institu12 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul13 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

14 $161,011,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other 

15 provision of law, funds appropriated under this section 

16 may be used for advertising and promotional activities 

17 that support the Rural Development mission area: Pro18 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex19 pended to provide modest non-monetary awards to non20 USDA employees: Provided further, That any balances 

21 available from prior years for the Rural Utilities Service, 

22 Rural Housing Service, and the Rural Business-Coopera23 tive Service salaries and expenses accounts shall be trans24 ferred to and merged with this appropriation. 


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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

7 rural housing insurance fund, as follows: $24,845,666,000 

8 for loans to section 502 borrowers, of which $845,666,000 

9 shall be for direct loans, and of which $24,000,000,000 

10 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans; and 

11 $58,617,000 for section 515 rental housing loans. 

12 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

14 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows: 

15 $40,000,000 for 502 direct loans; and $20,000,000 for re16 pair, rehabilitation, and new construction of section 515 

17 rental housing: Provided, That of the total amount appro18 priated in this paragraph, the amount equal to the amount 

19 of Rural Housing Insurance Fund Program Account funds 

20 allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Part21 nership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available 

22 through June 30, 2012, for communities designated by the 

23 Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partner24 ship Zones. 


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

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

3 $12,500,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

4 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

5 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail6 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans7 ferred and merged with this account. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

9 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

10 $400,000,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 

11 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

12 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

13 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re14 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

15 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

16 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

17 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, $890,000,000; 

18 and, in addition, such sums as may be necessary, as au19 thorized by section 521(c) of the Act, to liquidate debt 

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

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

22 Provided, That of this amount not less than $1,500,000 

23 is available for newly constructed units financed by section 

24 515 of the Housing Act of 1949, and not less than 

25 $2,500,000 is for newly constructed units financed under 


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1 sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949: Pro2 vided further, That rental assistance agreements entered 

3 into or renewed during the current fiscal year shall be 

4 funded for a one-year period: Provided further, That any 

5 unexpended balances remaining at the end of such one6 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 2012 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, $11,000,000, 

6 to remain available until expended, which shall be avail7 able for rural housing vouchers to any low-income house8 hold (including those not receiving rental assistance) re9 siding in a property financed with a section 515 loan 

10 which has been prepaid after September 30, 2005: Pro11 vided, That the amount of such voucher shall be the dif12 ference between comparable market rent for the section 

13 515 unit and the tenant-paid rent for such unit: Provided 

14 further, That funds made available for such vouchers shall 

15 be subject to the availability of annual appropriations: 

16 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the max17 imum extent practicable, administer such vouchers with 

18 current regulations and administrative guidance applicable 

19 to section 8 housing vouchers administered by the Sec20 retary of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop21 ment. 

22 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

23 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

24 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

25 1490c), $22,000,000, to remain available until expended: 


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1 Provided, That of the total amount appropriated under 

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

3 and Self-Help Housing Grants allocated by the Secretary 

4 for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal 

5 year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for 

6 communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 

7 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

8 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For grants and contracts for very low-income housing 

11 repair made by the Rural Housing Service, as authorized 

12 by 42 U.S.C. 1474, $32,000,000, to remain available until 

13 expended: Provided, That of the total amount appro14 priated under this heading, the amount equal to the 

15 amount of Rural Housing Assistance Grants allocated by 

16 the Secretary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones 

17 for the fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 

18 30, 2012, for communities designated by the Secretary of 

19 Agriculture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

20 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For the cost of direct loans and grants for rural com23 munity facilities programs as authorized by section 306 

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

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1 main available until expended: Provided, That $3,000,000 

2 of the amount appropriated under this heading shall be 

3 available for a Rural Community Development Initiative: 

4 Provided further, That such funds shall be used solely to 

5 develop the capacity and ability of private, non-profit com6 munity-based housing and community development orga7 nizations, low-income rural communities, and Federally 

8 Recognized Native American Tribes to undertake projects 

9 to improve housing, community facilities, community and 

10 economic development projects in rural areas: Provided 

11 further, That such funds shall be made available to quali12 fied private, nonprofit and public intermediary organiza13 tions proposing to carry out a program of financial and 

14 technical assistance: Provided further, That such inter15 mediary organizations shall provide matching funds from 

16 other sources, including Federal funds for related activi17 ties, in an amount not less than funds provided: Provided 

18 further, That of the amount appropriated under this head19 ing, the amount equal to the amount of Rural Community 

20 Facilities Program Account funds allocated by the Sec21 retary for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the 

22 fiscal year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, 

23 for communities designated by the Secretary of Agri24 culture as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the 

25 rural community programs described in section 


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1 381E(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop2 ment Act: Provided further, That sections 381E-H and 

3 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

4 Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 

5 this heading. 

6 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

7 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

10 rural business development programs authorized by sec11 tions 306 and 310B and described in section 381E(d)(3) 

12 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 

13 $64,500,000, to remain available until expended: Pro14 vided, That of the amount appropriated under this head15 ing, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made available for 

16 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 

19 $2,250,000 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Au20 thority (7 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Commu21 nity Advancement Program purpose as described in sec22 tion 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and rural Develop23 ment Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 

24 for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 

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1 ing shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recog2 nized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a 

3 grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech4 nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro5 mote economic development: Provided further, That of the 

6 amount appropriated under this heading, the amount 

7 equal to the amount of Rural Business Program Account 

8 funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic Area 

9 Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be avail10 able through June 30, 2012, for communities designated 

11 by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic Area 

12 Partnership Zones for the rural business and cooperative 

13 development programs described in section 381E(d)(3) of 

14 the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: Pro15 vided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N of the 

16 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are not 

17 applicable to funds made available under this heading: 

18 Provided further, That any prior balances in the Rural De19 velopment, Rural Community Advancement Program ac20 count for programs authorized by sections 306 and 310B 

21 and described in section 381E(d)(3) of such Act be trans22 ferred and merged with this account and any other prior 

23 balances from the Rural Development, Rural Community 

24 Advancement Program account that the Secretary deter25 mines is appropriate to transfer. 


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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

5 9812(a)), $14,758,000. 

6 For the cost of direct loans, $5,000,000, as author7 ized by the Rural Development Loan Fund (42 U.S.C. 

8 9812(a)), of which $750,000 shall be available through 

9 June 30, 2012, for Federally Recognized Native American 

10 Tribes; and of which $1,500,000 shall be available through 

11 June 30, 2012, for Mississippi Delta Regional counties (as 

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

14 such loans, shall be defined in section 502 of the Congres15 sional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That of the 

16 total amount appropriated under this heading, the amount 

17 equal to the amount of Rural Development Loan Fund 

18 Program Account funds allocated by the Secretary for 

19 Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal 

20 year 2011, shall be available through June 30, 2012, for 

21 communities designated by the Secretary of Agriculture 

22 as Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones. 

23 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

24 the direct loan programs, $3,500,000 shall be paid to the 


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1 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex2 penses’’. 

3 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 (INCLUDING CANCELLATION OF FUNDS)

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

8 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

10 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

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

12 Electrification Act of 1936, $155,000,000 shall not be ob13 ligated and $155,000,000 are hereby permanently can14 celled. 

15 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

16 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

18 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $22,500,000 of 

19 which, $2,000,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

20 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro21 gram: Provided, That, not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

22 for cooperatives or associations of cooperatives whose pri23 mary focus is to provide assistance to small, socially dis24 advantaged producers and whose governing board and/or 

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1 disadvantaged members; and of which $12,500,000, to re2 main available until expended, shall be for value-added ag3 ricultural product market development grants, as author4 ized by section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection 

5 Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 

6 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

7 For the cost of a program of loan guarantees and 

8 grants, under the same terms and conditions as authorized 

9 by section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest10 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $1,300,000: Provided, 

11 That the cost of loan guarantees, including the cost of 

12 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

13 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

14 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

15 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

17 For the cost of direct loans and grants for the rural 

18 water, waste water, waste disposal, and solid waste man19 agement programs authorized by sections 306, 306A, 

20 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and described in sections 

21 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 381E(d)(2) of the Consoli22 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, $500,000,000, 

23 to remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

24 $497,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

25 described in section 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of 


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1 which not to exceed $993,000 shall be available for the 

2 rural utilities program described in section 306E of such 

3 Act: Provided, That $65,000,000 of the amount appro4 priated under this heading shall be for loans and grants 

5 including water and waste disposal systems grants author6 ized by 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated 

7 Farm and Rural Development Act, Federally-recognized 

8 Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and 

9 the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State 

10 of Hawaii): Provided further, That funding provided for 

11 section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel12 opment Act may be provided to a consortium formed pur13 suant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: Provided fur14 ther, That not more than 2 percent of the funding pro15 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

16 Rural Development Act may be used by the State of Alas17 ka and/or by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 

18 of Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assist19 ance programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 

20 $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head21 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

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

23 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex24 treme need, of which $3,400,000 shall be made available 

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1 technical assistance organization, with experience in work2 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

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

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

5 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper6 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

7 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali8 fied national Native American organization to provide 

9 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com10 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

11 $14,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head12 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi13 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as14 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

15 not to exceed $3,400,000 shall be for solid waste manage16 ment grants: Provided further, That of the amount appro17 priated under this heading, the amount equal to the 

18 amount of Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Ac19 count funds allocated by the Secretary for Rural Economic 

20 Area Partnership Zones for the fiscal year 2011, shall be 

21 available through June 30, 2012, for communities des22 ignated by the Secretary of Agriculture as Rural Economic 

23 Area Partnership Zones for the rural utilities programs 

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

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1 tions 381E–H and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and 

2 Rural Development Act are not applicable to the funds 

3 made available under this heading: Provided further, That 

4 any prior balances in the Rural Development, Rural Com5 munity Advancement Program account programs author6 ized by sections 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B 

7 and described in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

8 381E(d)(2) of such Act be transferred to and merged with 

9 this account and any other prior balances from the Rural 

10 Development, Rural Community Advancement Program 

11 account that the Secretary determines is appropriate to 

12 transfer. 

13 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

14 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

17 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec18 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

19 made as follows: 5 percent rural electrification loans, 

20 $100,000,000; loans made pursuant to section 306 of that 

21 Act, rural electric, $6,500,000,000; 5 percent rural tele22 communications loans, $145,000,000; cost of money rural 

23 telecommunications loans, $250,000,000; and for loans 

24 made pursuant to section 306 of that Act, rural tele25 communications loans, $295,000,000. 


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1 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

2 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

3 $30,000,000, which shall be paid to the appropriation for 

4 ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

6 PROGRAM

7 (INCLUDING CANCELLATION OF FUNDS)

8 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

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

11 TITLE IV 

12 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

13 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

14 NUTRITION AND CONSUMER SERVICES

15 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

16 Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, 

17 $689,000. 

18 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

19 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

24 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

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1 tember 30, 2013, of which such sums as are made avail2 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

6 Provided, That of the total amount available, $16,516,000 

7 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu8 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

9 further, That section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conserva10 tion, and Energy Act of 2008 is amended by adding at 

11 the end before the period, ‘‘except section 21, and the 

12 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), ex13 cept sections 17 and 21’’. 

14 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

15 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup17 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

19 $6,048,250,000, to remain available through September 

20 30, 2013: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

21 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

22 1786(h)(10)), of the amounts made available under this 

23 heading, not less than $14,000,000 shall be used for infra24 structure, not less than $50,000,000 shall be used for 

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1 $75,000,000 shall be used for breastfeeding peer coun2 selors and other related activities, and not less than 

3 $7,500,000 shall be used for breastfeeding performance 

4 awards: Provided further, That none of the funds provided 

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

6 formula except in accordance with the cost containment 

7 and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 

8 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

9 provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 

10 reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

11 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act. 

12 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

15 $71,173,308,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

16 available through September 30, 2013, shall be placed in 

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

18 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

19 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

20 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

21 Act of 2008: Provided further, That this appropriation 

22 shall be subject to any work registration or workfare re23 quirements as may be required by law: Provided further, 

24 That funds made available for Employment and Training 

25 under this heading shall remain available until expended, 


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1 notwithstanding section 16(h)(1) of the Food and Nutri2 tion Act of 2008: Provided further, That of the funds made 

3 available under this heading, $1,000,000 may be used to 

4 provide nutrition education services to state agencies and 

5 Federally recognized tribes participating in the Food Dis6 tribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided fur7 ther, That funds made available under this heading may 

8 be available to enter into contracts and employ staff to 

9 conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities re10 lated to program integrity provided that such activities are 

11 authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

12 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

13 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist14 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

15 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con16 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

17 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist18 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec19 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend20 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm21 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

22 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $192,500,000, 

23 to remain available through September 30, 2013: Pro24 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim25 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 


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1 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith2 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

3 made available in fiscal year 2012 to support the Seniors 

4 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

5 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

6 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

7 September 30, 2013: Provided further, That of the funds 

8 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri9 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

10 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu11 tion of commodities. 

12 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

13 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

14 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri15 tion assistance program, $125,000,000: Provided, That of 

16 the funds provided herein, $1,500,000 shall be used for 

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

18 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 $175,000,000: 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 

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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, $2,385,000, 

9 which shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Farm Service 

10 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided, That funds 

11 made available for the cost of agreements under title I 

12 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 

13 of 1954 and for title I ocean freight differential may be 

14 used interchangeably between the two accounts with prior 

15 notice to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

16 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, $1,040,198,000, to remain available until ex24 pended. 


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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, $6,820,000; 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 $6,465,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for ‘‘Foreign 

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

12 which $355,000 shall be paid to the appropriation for 

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

14 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

15 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest18 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $180,000,000, to 

19 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com20 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

21 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im22 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

23 amounts provided herein. 


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1 TITLE VI 

2 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

3 ADMINISTRATION 

4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

9 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

11 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

13 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

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

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

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

18 107–188; $3,654,148,000: Provided, That of the amount 

19 provided under this heading, $856,041,000 shall be de20 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

22 remain available until expended, and shall not include any 

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

24 for fiscal year 2013 but collected in fiscal year 2012; 

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1 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this 

2 account and remain available until expended; $21,768,000 

3 shall be derived from animal drug user fees authorized by 

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

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

6 and remain available until expended; $5,706,000 shall be 

7 derived from animal generic drug user fees authorized by 

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

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

10 and shall remain available until expended; and 

11 $477,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user 

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

13 to this account and remain available until expended; 

14 $12,364,000 shall be derived from food and feed recall 

15 fees authorized by section 743 of the Federal Food, Drug, 

16 and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), as amended by 

17 the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111– 

18 353), and shall be credited to this account and remain 

19 available until expended; $14,700,000 shall be derived 

20 from food reinspection fees authorized by section 743 of 

21 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 

22 75–717), as amended by the Food Safety Modernization 

23 Act (Public Law 111–353), and shall be credited to this 

24 account and remain available until expended; and 

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1 porter program fees authorized by section 743 of the Fed2 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Public Law 75–717), 

3 as amended by the Food Safety Modernization Act (Public 

4 Law 111–353), and shall be credited to this account and 

5 remain available until expended: Provided further, That 

6 fees derived from prescription drug, medical device, animal 

7 drug, animal generic drug, and tobacco product assess8 ments for fiscal year 2012 received during fiscal year 

9 2012, including any such fees assessed prior to fiscal year 

10 2012 but credited for fiscal year 2012, shall be subject 

11 to the fiscal year 2012 limitations: Provided further, That 

12 in addition and notwithstanding any other provision under 

13 this heading, amounts collected for prescription drug user 

14 fees that exceed the fiscal year 2012 limitation are appro15 priated and shall be credited to this account and remain 

16 available until expended: Provided further, That of the 

17 total amount appropriated: (1) $799,820,000 shall be for 

18 the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and re19 lated field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

20 (2) $1,031,205,000 shall be for the Center for Drug Eval21 uation and Research and related field activities in the Of22 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (3) $327,651,000 shall be for 

23 the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and for 

24 related field activities in the Office of Regulatory Affairs; 

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1 Medicine and for related field activities in the Office of 

2 Regulatory Affairs; (5) $321,171,000 shall be for the Cen3 ter for Devices and Radiological Health and for related 

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

5 $51,461,000 shall be for the National Center for Toxi6 cological Research; (7) $454,751,000 shall be for the Cen7 ter for Tobacco Products and for related field activities 

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

9 $124,273,000 shall be for Rent and Related activities, of 

10 which $37,073,000 is for White Oak Consolidation, other 

11 than the amounts paid to the General Services Adminis12 tration for rent; (9) not to exceed $177,130,000 shall be 

13 for payments to the General Services Administration for 

14 rent; and (10) $208,812,000 shall be for other activities, 

15 including the Office of the Commissioner; the Office of 

16 Foods; the Office of the Chief Scientist; the Office of Pol17 icy, Planning and Budget; the Office of International Pro18 grams; the Office of Administration; and central services 

19 for these offices: Provided further, That not to exceed 

20 $25,000 of this amount shall be for official reception and 

21 representation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as de22 termined by the Commissioner: Provided further, That 

23 funds may be transferred from one specified activity to 

24 another with the prior approval of the Committees on Ap25 propriations 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, $8,788,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

13 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

15 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in16 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

18 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $171,930,000, 

19 to remain available until September 30, 2013, including 

20 not to exceed $3,000 for official reception and representa21 tion expenses, and not to exceed $25,000 for the expenses 

22 for consultations and meetings hosted by the Commission 

23 with foreign governmental and other regulatory officials. 


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1 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

2 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

3 Not to exceed $62,000,000 (from assessments col4 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

5 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

6 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

8 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re9 ceiverships. 

10 TITLE VII 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

12 (INCLUDING CANCELLATIONS, RECISSIONS AND

13 TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

18 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 461 passenger 

19 motor vehicles, of which 456 shall be for replacement only, 

20 and for the hire of such vehicles. 

21 SEC. 702. The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer 

22 unobligated balances of discretionary funds appropriated 

23 by this Act or other available unobligated discretionary 

24 balances of the Department of Agriculture to the Working 

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1 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis2 trative, and information technology services of primary 

3 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture: 

4 Provided, That none of the funds made available by this 

5 Act or any other Act shall be transferred to the Working 

6 Capital Fund without the prior notification to the agency 

7 administrator: Provided further, That none of the funds 

8 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to this 

9 section shall be available for obligation without the prior 

10 notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

11 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That of annual in12 come amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De13 partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi14 nance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 

15 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 

16 equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 

17 implementation of a financial management plan, informa18 tion technology, and other systems of the National Fi19 nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 

20 of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 

21 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga22 tion unless the Secretary submits notification of the obli23 gation to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

24 of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, That 

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1 tion to Congressional Committees shall not apply to any 

2 obligation that, as determined by the Secretary, is nec3 essary to respond to a declared state of emergency that 

4 significantly impacts the operations of the National Fi5 nance Center; or to evacuate employees of the National 

6 Finance Center to a safe haven to continue operations of 

7 the National Finance Center. 

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

9 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

10 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

12 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

13 agreements or similar arrangements between the Depart14 ment of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess 

15 of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement 

16 when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to 

17 carry out programs of mutual interest between the two 

18 parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of in19 direct costs on grants and contracts with such institutions 

20 when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis 

21 for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in 

22 this Act. 

23 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri24 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

25 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 


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1 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

2 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop3 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica4 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

5 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

6 SEC. 706. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

7 may be used to carry out section 410 of the Federal Meat 

8 Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 679a) or section 30 of the Poul9 try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 471). 

10 SEC. 707. None of the funds made available to the 

11 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac12 quire new information technology systems or significant 

13 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor14 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa15 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa16 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

17 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

18 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

19 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa20 tion Officer unless prior notification has been transmitted 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

22 Congress: Provided further, That none of the funds avail23 able to the Department of Agriculture for information 

24 technology shall be obligated for projects over $25,000 


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1 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Informa2 tion Officer. 

3 SEC. 708. 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. 709. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

11 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

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

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

14 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

15 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor16 rower under such Act. 

17 SEC. 710. 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 

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1 SEC. 711. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

2 by law, unobligated balances remaining available at the 

3 end of the fiscal year from appropriations made available 

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

5 Agency and the Rural Development mission area, shall re6 main available through September 30, 2013, for informa7 tion technology expenses. 

8 SEC. 712. The Secretary of Agriculture may author9 ize a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to 

10 exceed the maximum amount of liquid infant formula 

11 specified in 7 C.F.R. 246.10 when issuing liquid infant 

12 formula to participants. 

13 SEC. 713. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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

16 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

17 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

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

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

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

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

22 required to be carried out using funds of the Commodity 

23 Credit Corporation— 

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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. 715. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

12 502 of the Housing Act of 1949, the Secretary may use 

13 the authority described in subsections (h) and (j) of sec14 tion 538 of such Act. 

15 SEC. 716. Clause (ii) of section 524(b)(4)(B) of the 

16 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘fiscal years 

19 2008 through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘certain fiscal 

20 years’’; and 

21 (2) in the text, by striking ‘‘2012’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘2014’’. 

23 SEC. 717. Appropriations to the Department of Agri24 culture made available in fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 

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1 Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) for the cost of direct loans 

2 shall remain available until expended to disburse valid ob3 ligations made in fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. 

4 SEC. 718. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this Act or any other Act shall 

6 be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to 

7 carry out a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(iv) of sec8 tion 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of 

9 $948,000,000, as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Enti10 tlement Commodities – $465,000,000; State Option Con11 tract – $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities – 

12 $2,500,000; Disaster Relief – $5,000,000; Additional 

13 Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts Purchases –$206,000,000; 

14 Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program – $20,000,000; Esti15 mated Future Needs – $196,713,000; and, Administrative 

16 Funds – $47,787,000: Provided, That none of the funds 

17 made available in this Act or any other Act shall be used 

18 for salaries and expenses to carry out section 19(i)(1)(E) 

19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as 

20 amended by section 4304 of Public Law 110–246 in excess 

21 of $20,000,000, including the transfer of funds under sub22 section (c) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, until 

23 October 1, 2012: Provided further, That $133,000,000 

24 made available on October 1, 2012, to carry out section 

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1 Lunch Act as amended by section 4304 of Public Law 

2 110–246 shall be excluded from the limitation described 

3 in subsection (b)(2)(A)(v) of section 14222 of Public Law 

4 110–246: Provided further, That none of the funds appro5 priated or otherwise made available by this or any other 

6 Act shall be used to pay the salaries or expenses of any 

7 employee of the Department of Agriculture or officer of 

8 the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out clause (3) 

9 of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 

10 612c), or for any surplus removal activities or price sup11 port activities under section 5 of the Commodity Credit 

12 Corporation Charter Act: Provided further, That of the 

13 available unobligated balances under (b)(2)(A)(iv) of sec14 tion 14222 of Public Law 110–246, $150,000,000 are 

15 hereby rescinded. 

16 SEC. 719. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

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

18 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

19 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 

20 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego21 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi22 tively awarded grants. 

23 SEC. 720. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail24 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 

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1 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

2 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

3 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

4 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

5 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310), funds pro6 vided by this Act for grants awarded competitively by the 

7 National Institute of Food and Agriculture shall be avail8 able to pay full allowable indirect costs for each grant 

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

10 U.S.C. 638). 

11 SEC. 721. None of the funds made available by this 

12 or any other Act may be used to write, prepare, develop, 

13 or publish a final rule or an interim final rule in further14 ance of, or otherwise to implement, the proposed rule enti15 tled ‘‘Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title 

16 XI of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008; 

17 Conduct in Violation of the Act’’ (75 Fed. Reg. 35338 

18 (June 22, 2010)). 

19 SEC. 722. The unobligated balances available for the 

20 Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forestry Incen21 tives Program, as identified by Treasury Appropriation 

22 Fund Symbol 12X3336, $5,500,000 are rescinded, and 

23 the unobligated balances available for the Natural Re24 sources Conservation Service, Great Plains Conservation 


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1 Program, as identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund 

2 Symbol 12X2268, $500,000 are rescinded. 

3 SEC. 723. Of the unobligated balances provided pur4 suant to section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition 

5 Act of 2008, $11,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

6 SEC. 724. Section 1238E(a) of the Food Security Act 

7 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838e(a)) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

9 SEC. 725. (a) Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security 

10 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)) is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

12 (b) Section 1241(a)(6)(E) of the Food Security Act 

13 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(6)(E)) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘fiscal year 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 

15 2012 through 2014’’. 

16 SEC. 726. Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act 

17 of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended— 

18 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

19 striking ‘‘2012,’’ and inserting ‘‘2012 (and fiscal 

20 year 2014 in the case of the programs specified in 

21 paragraphs (3)(B), (4), (6), and (7)),’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking ‘‘fiscal year 

23 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2012 

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1 SEC. 727. Section 1241(a)(7)(D) of the Food Secu2 rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(7)(D)) is amended 

3 by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’. 

4 SEC. 728. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

7 the following: 

8 (1) The Conservation Stewardship Program au9 thorized by sections 1238D–1238G of the Food Se10 curity of Act 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in ex11 cess of $634,000,000. 

12 (2) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au13 thorized by section 14(h) of the Watershed Protec14 tion and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)). 

15 (3) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro16 gram as authorized by sections 1241–1240H of the 

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

18 3839aa-8) in excess of $1,400,000,000. 

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

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

22 $150,000,000. 

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1 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838o–3838q) in excess of 

2 209,000 acres in fiscal year 2012. 

3 (6) The Wetlands Reserve Program authorized 

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

5 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837–3837f) to enroll in excess of 

6 185,800 acres in fiscal year 2012. 

7 (7) The Wildlife Habitat Incentives Act author8 ized by section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 

9 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1)) in excess of 

10 $50,000,000. 

11 (8) The Voluntary Public Access and Habitat 

12 Incentives Program authorized by section 1240R of 

13 the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb– 

14 5). 

15 (9) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program au16 thorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and 

17 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111). 

18 (10) The Bioenergy Program for Advanced 

19 Biofuels authorized by section 9005 of the Farm Se20 curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

21 8105) in excess of $55,000,000. 

22 (11) The Rural Energy for America Program 

23 authorized by section 9007 of the Farm Security 

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1 (12) The Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance 

2 Program authorized by section 6022 of the Farm 

3 Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

4 U.S.C. 2008s). 

5 (13) Section 508(d)(3) of the Federal Crop In6 surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(3)) to provide a per7 formance-based premium discount in the crop insur8 ance program. 

9 (14) Agricultural Management Assistance Pro10 gram as authorized by section 524 of the Federal 

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

12 excess of $2,500,000 for the Natural Resources con13 servation Service. 

14 SEC. 729. The funds made available in Public Law 

15 111–344 through February 12, 2012 for trade adjustment 

16 for farmers are hereby rescinded. 

17 SEC. 730. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

19 salaries and expenses of personnel to carry out the emer20 gency food assistance program authorized by section 27(a) 

21 of the Food and Nutrition Stamp Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

22 2036(a)) if such program exceeds $200,000,000. 

23 SEC. 731. (a) CLOSURE AND CONVEYANCE OF AGRI24 CULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE FACILITIES.—The Sec25 retary of Agriculture may close up to 10 facilities of the 


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1 Agricultural Research Service, as proposed in the budget 

2 of the President for fiscal year 2012 submitted to Con3 gress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States 

4 Code. 

5 (b) CONVEYANCE AUTHORITY.—With respect to an 

6 Agricultural Research Service facility to be closed pursu7 ant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture may 

8 convey, with or without consideration, all right, title, and 

9 interest of the United States in and to any real property, 

10 including improvements and equipment thereon, of the fa11 cility to an eligible entity specified in subsection (c). If 

12 the Agricultural Research Service facility consists of more 

13 than one parcel of real property, the Secretary may convey 

14 each parcel separately and to different eligible entities. 

15 (c) ENTITIES.—The following entities are eligible to 

16 receive real property under subsection (b): 

17 (1) Land-grant colleges and universities (as de18 fined in section 1404(13) of the National Agricul19 tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 

20 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(13)). 

21 (2) 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 

22 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act 

23 of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382)). 

24 (3) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and 

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1 National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

2 Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(10)). 

3 (d) CONDITIONS ON RECEIPT.—As a condition of the 

4 conveyance of real property under subsection (b), the re5 cipient of the property must— 

6 (1) be located in the same State or territory of 

7 the United States in which the property is located; 

8 and 

9 (2) agree to accept and use the property for ag10 ricultural and natural resources research for a min11 imum of 25 years. 

12 SEC. 732. Section 9 of the Richard B. Russell Na13 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(l) FOOD DONATION PROGRAM.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each school and local edu17 cational agency participating in the school lunch 

18 program under this Act may donate any food not 

19 consumed under such program to eligible local food 

20 banks or charitable organizations. 

21 ‘‘(2) GUIDANCE.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

23 days after the date of the enactment of this 

24 subsection, the Secretary shall develop and pub25 lish guidance to schools and local educational 


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1 agencies participating in the school lunch pro2 gram under this Act to assist such schools and 

3 local educational agencies in donating food 

4 under this subsection. 

5 ‘‘(B) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall up6 date such guidance as necessary. 

7 ‘‘(3) LIABILITY.—Any school or local edu8 cational agency making donations pursuant to this 

9 subsection shall be exempt from civil and criminal li10 ability to the extent provided under the Bill Emer11 son Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 1791). 

13 ‘‘(4) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

14 ‘eligible local food banks or charitable organizations’ 

15 means any food bank or charitable organization 

16 which is exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of 

17 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

18 501(c)(3)).’’. 

19 SEC. 733. Notwithstanding this Act or any other Act, 

20 of the unobligated balances available to the Department 

21 of Agriculture from prior appropriations, with the excep22 tion of Rural Development and Domestic Food Programs, 

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1 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Con2 current Resolution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget 

3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. 

4 SEC. 734. None of the funds appropriated or other5 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture or 

6 the Food and Drug Administration shall be used to trans7 mit or otherwise make available to any non-Department 

8 of Agriculture or non-Department of Health and Human 

9 Services employee questions or responses to questions that 

10 are a result of information requested for the appropria11 tions hearing process. 

12 SEC. 735. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

13 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen14 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

16 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

17 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

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

20 Department of Agriculture, through use of the authority 

21 provided by section 702(b) of the Department of Agri22 culture Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 

23 8 of Public Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

24 (1) creates new programs; 

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1 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

2 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

3 denied or restricted; 

4 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

6 or 

7 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

8 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

9 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

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

12 notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

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

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

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

18 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

19 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

20 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

21 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 

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

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

2 whichever is less, that— 

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

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

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

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

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

15 in writing, the Committees on Appropriations of 

16 both Houses of Congress at least 30 days in advance 

17 of the reprogramming of such funds or the use of 

18 such authority. 

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

20 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com21 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress be23 fore implementing any program or activity not carried out 

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1 tivity is funded by this Act or specifically funded by any 

2 other Act. 

3 SEC. 736. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

4 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex5 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

7 the Congress of the United States for programs under the 

8 jurisdiction of the Appropriations Subcommittees on Agri9 culture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra10 tion, and Related Agencies that assumes revenues or re11 flects a reduction from the previous year due to user fees 

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

13 submission of the Budget unless such Budget submission 

14 identifies which additional spending reductions should 

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

16 prior to the date of the convening of a committee of con17 ference for the fiscal year 2013 appropriations Act. 

18 SEC. 737. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

20 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre21 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

22 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti23 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

24 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

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1 SEC. 738. No employee of the Department of Agri2 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

3 office funded by this act to any other agency or office of 

4 the Department for more than 30 days unless the individ5 ual’s employing agency or office is fully reimbursed by the 

6 receiving agency or office for the salary and expenses of 

7 the employee for the period of assignment. 

8 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be used to pay the salaries or expenses of per10 sonnel to— 

11 (1) inspect horses under section 3 of the Fed12 eral Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

13 (2) inspect horses under section 903 of the 

14 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

15 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

16 (3) implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 

17 9, Code of Federal Regulations. 

18 SEC. 740. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used by the Food and Drug Administration 

20 to write, prepare, develop or publish a proposed, interim, 

21 or final rule, regulation, or guidance that is intended to 

22 restrict the use of a substance or a compound unless the 

23 Secretary bases such rule, regulation or guidance on hard 

24 science (and not on such factors as cost and consumer 

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1 evidence, epidemiological evidence, and risk assessments 

2 clearly justifies such action, including a demonstration 

3 that a product containing such substance or compound is 

4 more harmful to users than a product that does not con5 tain such substance or compound, or in the case of phar6 maceuticals, has been demonstrated by scientific study to 

7 have none of the purported benefits. 

8 SEC. 741. The Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce 

9 the payment rate for upland cotton under section 1103(b) 

10 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 

11 U.S.C. 8713(b)) as necessary so that reductions in the 

12 amount of direct payments made to producers for upland 

13 cotton completely offset the costs incurred by the Com14 modity Credit Corporation to provide payments to the 

15 Brazil Cotton Institute. 

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

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

18 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

19 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor20 poration that was convicted (or had an officer or agent 

21 of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation 

22 convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal 

23 or State law within the preceding 24 months. 

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

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1 (or to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to pro2 vide payments) to the Brazil Cotton Institute. 

3 SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available by this Act or any other Act may be 

5 used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of the 

6 Department of Agriculture to provide any benefit de7 scribed in section 1001D(b)(1)(C) of the Food Security 

8 Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(1)(C)) to a person or 

9 legal entity if the average adjusted gross income of the 

10 person or legal entity exceeds $250,000. 

11 SEC. 745. None of the funds made available by this 

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

13 of understanding, or cooperative agreement with, make a 

14 grant to, or provide a loan or loan guarantee to, any cor15 poration that any unpaid Federal tax liability that has 

16 been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative 

17 remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that 

18 is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agree19 ment with the authority responsible for collecting the tax 

20 liability. 

21 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

22 SEC. 746. The amount by which the applicable alloca23 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

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1 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex2 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De4 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

5 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 56 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2112 

[Report No. 112–101] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2012, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JUNE 3, 2011 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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