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Union Calendar No. 153 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3049 

[Report No. 114–205] 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2016, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 14, 2015 

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 

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 fiscal year ending 

7 September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 

8 TITLE I 

9 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

10 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

14 $39,379,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

15 available for the Immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

17 Tribal Relations; not to exceed $1,496,000 shall be avail18 able for the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency 

19 Coordination; not to exceed $1,209,000 shall be available 

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

21 $23,590,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assist22 ant Secretary for Administration, of which $22,786,000 

23 shall be available for Departmental Administration to pro24 vide for necessary expenses for management support serv25 ices to offices of the Department and for general adminisVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 Jul 14, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3049.RH H3049

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1 tration, security, repairs and alterations, and other mis2 cellaneous supplies and expenses not otherwise provided 

3 for and necessary for the practical and efficient work of 

4 the Department; not to exceed $3,064,000 shall be avail5 able for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres6 sional Relations to carry out the programs funded by this 

7 Act, including programs involving intergovernmental af8 fairs and liaison within the executive branch; and not to 

9 exceed $4,471,000 shall be available for the Office of Com10 munications: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture 

11 is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office 

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

13 Office of the Secretary: Provided further, That no appro14 priation for any office shall be increased or decreased by 

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

16 $11,000 of the amount made available under this para17 graph for the immediate Office of the Secretary shall be 

18 available for official reception and representation ex19 penses, not otherwise provided for, as determined by the 

20 Secretary: Provided further, That the amount made avail21 able under this heading for Departmental Administration 

22 shall be reimbursed from applicable appropriations in this 

23 Act for travel expenses incident to the holding of hearings 

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

25 funds made available under this heading for the Office of 


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1 the Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations may 

2 be transferred to agencies of the Department of Agri3 culture funded by this Act to maintain personnel at the 

4 agency level: Provided further, That no funds made avail5 able under this heading for the Office of Assistant Sec6 retary for Congressional Relations may be obligated after 

7 30 days from the date of enactment of this Act, unless 

8 the Secretary has notified the Committees on Appropria9 tions of both Houses of Congress on the allocation of these 

10 funds by USDA agency. 

11 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

12 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

13 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

14 Economist, $16,777,000, of which $4,000,000 shall be for 

15 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

16 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

17 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

18 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi19 sion, $12,841,000. 

20 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

22 Program Analysis, $9,081,000. 

23 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

24 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In25 formation Officer, $44,031,000, of which not less than 


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1 $27,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the De2 partment. 

3 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

4 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi5 nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 

6 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

7 RIGHTS

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

9 Secretary for Civil Rights, $893,000. 

10 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

12 $23,871,000. 

13 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

15 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu16 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

17 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis18 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri19 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

21 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

22 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con23 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

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1 ties, and for related costs, $54,730,000, to remain avail2 able until expended, for buildings operations and mainte3 nance expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may use un4 obligated prior year balances of an agency or office that 

5 are no longer available for new obligation for the sole pur6 pose of covering shortfalls incurred in prior or current 

7 year rental payments for such agency or office. 

8 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

10 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri11 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

13 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

14 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,600,000, to remain avail15 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

16 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

17 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

18 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

20 lands. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, $95,643,000, including such sums 

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1 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

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

3 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden4 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform5 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

7 of Public Law 97–98. 

8 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

10 Counsel, $43,313,000. 

11 OFFICE OF ETHICS

12 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

13 $3,440,000. 

14 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

15 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

17 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

18 $893,000. 

19 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

20 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

21 Service, $78,058,000. 

22 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

23 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

24 Statistics Service, $161,206,000, of which up to 

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1 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

2 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur3 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

4 2204g(d) and (f). 

5 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

10 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

13 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed14 eral ownership, $1,122,454,000: Provided, That appro15 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

16 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

17 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

18 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

20 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro21 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

24 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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


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1 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

2 of the current replacement value of the building or 

3 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

4 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

5 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

6 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria7 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

8 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

9 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

10 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

12 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

13 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 

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

15 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re16 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

17 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

19 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

21 may be received from any State, other political subdivi22 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab23 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

24 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

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1 under, $56,123,000 may not be obligated until thirty days 

2 after the Secretary of Agriculture certifies in writing to 

3 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con4 gress that the Agricultural Research Service has updated 

5 its animal care policies and that all Agricultural Research 

6 Service research facilities at which animal research is con7 ducted have a fully functioning Institutional Animal Care 

8 and Use Committee, including all appropriate and nec9 essary record keeping: Provided further, That such certifi10 cation shall set forth in detail the factual basis for the 

11 certification and the Department’s plan for ensuring these 

12 changes are maintained in the future: Provided further, 

13 That such certification shall be subject to prior consulta14 tion with the Committees on Appropriations of both 

15 Houses of Congress. 

16 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

17 For the acquisition of land, construction, repair, im18 provement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed 

19 equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agri20 cultural research programs of the Department of Agri21 culture, where not otherwise provided, $45,000,000 to re22 main available until expended. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

2 RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

3 For payments to agricultural experiment stations, for 

4 cooperative forestry and other research, for facilities, and 

5 for other expenses, $781,510,000, which shall be for the 

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

7 ‘‘National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Research 

8 and Education Activities’’ in the report accompanying this 

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

10 institutions, education grants for 1890 institutions, the 

11 agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medi12 cine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fel13 lowship and institution challenge grants, and grants man14 agement systems shall remain available until expended: 

15 Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 

16 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 

17 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu18 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian19 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

20 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

21 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha22 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 

23 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

24 eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: 

25 Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the 


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1 amounts made available by this or any other Act to carry 

2 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

3 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Ag4 riculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec5 retary in carrying out that authority. 

6 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

7 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

10 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

11 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

13 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $472,051,000, 

14 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci15 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

16 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom17 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im18 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

19 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

20 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex21 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

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

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

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1 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

2 extension agents. 

3 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

4 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

5 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex6 penses, $30,900,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

7 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In8 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

9 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

10 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re11 main available until September 30, 2017. 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

13 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

15 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

16 $893,000. 

17 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

22 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

24 $870,945,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

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1 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

3 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

4 which $11,520,000, to remain available until expended, 

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

6 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

7 zones; of which $35,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

9 which $697,000 shall be for activities under the authority 

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

11 U.S.C. 1831); of which $55,340,000, to remain available 

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

13 which $4,251,000, to remain available until expended, 

14 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

15 which $158,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

16 shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $8,826,000, to 

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

18 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $45,519,000, to re19 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

20 pests; of which $3,973,000, to remain available until ex21 pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 

22 which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex23 pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 

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

25 shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 


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1 aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 

2 this heading for wildlife services methods development, 

3 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro4 vided further, That of amounts available under this head5 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

6 available until expended: Provided further, That no funds 

7 shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 

8 eradication program for the current fiscal year that does 

9 not require minimum matching by the States of at least 

10 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

11 be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 

12 and the purchase of not to exceed four, of which two shall 

13 be for replacement only: Provided further, That in addi14 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

15 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec16 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 

17 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart18 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail19 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi20 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani21 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

22 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro23 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

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

25 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 


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1 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

2 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

3 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

4 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter5 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

6 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

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

8 current replacement value of the building. 

9 In fiscal year 2016, the agency is authorized to collect 

10 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist11 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

12 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

13 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

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

17 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail18 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

19 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

20 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

21 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte22 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al23 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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


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1 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail2 able until expended. 

3 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

4 MARKETING SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

6 Service, $80,743,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

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

8 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

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

10 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

11 value of the building. 

12 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

14 U.S.C. 9701). 

15 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

16 Not to exceed $60,982,000 (from fees collected) shall 

17 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra18 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

20 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

21 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

22 Congress. 


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1 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

2 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

8 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

10 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,186,000 

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

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

14 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

15 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

16 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

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

19 $1,235,000. 

20 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

21 ADMINISTRATION

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

24 Packers and Stockyards Administration, $43,048,000: 

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

2 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

3 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

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

6 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

7 EXPENSES

8 Not to exceed $55,000,000 (from fees collected) shall 

9 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

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

12 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

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

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

16 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

17 Secretary for Food Safety, $811,000. 

18 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

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

21 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

23 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

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

3 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

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

5 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

6 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

8 be employed during fiscal year 2016 for purposes dedi9 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

10 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 

11 this appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 

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

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

15 the current replacement value of the building. 

16 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

19 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

20 $893,000. 

21 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

25 $1,183,025,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 


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1 of the $129,546,000 made available under this heading 

2 for information technology related to farm program deliv3 ery, including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of 

4 Agricultural Systems and other farm program delivery 

5 systems, may be obligated until the Secretary submits to 

6 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con7 gress a plan for expenditure that (1) identifies for each 

8 project/investment over $25,000 (a) the functional and 

9 performance capabilities to be delivered and the mission 

10 benefits to be realized, (b) the estimated lifecycle cost, in11 cluding estimates for development as well as maintenance 

12 and operations, and (c) key milestones to be met; (2) dem13 onstrates that each project/investment is, (a) consistent 

14 with the Farm Service Agency Information Technology 

15 Roadmap, (b) being managed in accordance with applica16 ble lifecycle management policies and guidance, and (c) 

17 subject to the applicable Department’s capital planning 

18 and investment control requirements; and (3) has been re19 viewed by the Government Accountability Office and ap20 proved by the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the Secretary 

22 is authorized to use the services, facilities, and authorities 

23 (but not the funds) of the Commodity Credit Corporation 

24 to make program payments for all programs administered 

25 by the Agency: Provided further, That other funds made 


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1 available to the Agency for authorized activities may be 

2 advanced to and merged with this account: Provided fur3 ther, That funds made available to county committees 

4 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

5 That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 

6 Agency shall be used to close Farm Service Agency county 

7 offices: Provided further, That none of the funds available 

8 to the Farm Service Agency shall be used to permanently 

9 relocate county based employees that would result in an 

10 office with two or fewer employees without prior notifica11 tion and approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

12 of both Houses of Congress. 

13 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

14 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul15 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

16 5106), $3,404,000. 

17 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

18 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

19 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

21 $5,526,000, to remain available until expended. 

22 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

25 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 


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1 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

2 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro3 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 

4 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de5 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

6 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria7 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

8 12). 

9 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

10 ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di13 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

14 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer15 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac16 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

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

18 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

19 (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul20 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,000,000,000 

21 for guaranteed farm ownership loans and $1,500,000,000 

22 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,393,443,000 for un23 subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 

24 $1,252,004,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

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1 $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

2 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

3 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 

4 loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

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

6 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

7 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

8 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

10 as follows: farm operating loans, $53,961,000 for direct 

11 operating loans, $14,352,000 for unsubsidized guaranteed 

12 operating loans, and emergency loans, $1,262,000, to re13 main available until expended. 

14 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

15 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

16 $314,918,000, of which $306,998,000 shall be transferred 

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

18 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

19 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

20 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

21 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

22 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro23 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

24 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad25 vance of any transfer. 


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1 RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Risk Management 

4 Agency, $73,984,000: Provided, That not to exceed 

5 $1,000 shall be available for official reception and rep6 resentation expenses, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1506(i). 

7 CORPORATIONS 

8 The following corporations and agencies are hereby 

9 authorized to make expenditures, within the limits of 

10 funds and borrowing authority available to each such cor11 poration or agency and in accord with law, and to make 

12 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

13 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 

14 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying 

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

16 fiscal year for such corporation or agency, except as here17 inafter provided. 

18 FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION FUND

19 For payments as authorized by section 516 of the 

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

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


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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUND

2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec5 essary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for 

6 net realized losses sustained, but not previously reim7 bursed, pursuant to section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

8 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a–11): Provided, That of the funds 

9 available to the Commodity Credit Corporation under sec10 tion 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act 

11 (15 U.S.C. 714i) for the conduct of its business with the 

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

13 transferred to and used by the Foreign Agricultural Serv14 ice for information resource management activities of the 

15 Foreign Agricultural Service that are not related to Com16 modity Credit Corporation business. 

17 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT

18 (LIMITATION ON EXPENSES)

19 For the current fiscal year, the Commodity Credit 

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

21 site investigation and cleanup expenses, and operations 

22 and maintenance expenses to comply with the requirement 

23 of section 107(g) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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1 9607(g)), and section 6001 of the Resource Conservation 

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

3 TITLE II 

4 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 

5 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NATURAL

6 RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

8 Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, 

9 $893,000. 

10 NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE

11 CONSERVATION OPERATIONS

12 For necessary expenses for carrying out the provi13 sions of the Act of April 27, 1935 (16 U.S.C. 590a–f), 

14 including preparation of conservation plans and establish15 ment of measures to conserve soil and water (including 

16 farm irrigation and land drainage and such special meas17 ures for soil and water management as may be necessary 

18 to prevent floods and the siltation of reservoirs and to con19 trol agricultural related pollutants); operation of conserva20 tion plant materials centers; classification and mapping of 

21 soil; dissemination of information; acquisition of lands, 

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

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

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

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1 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build2 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

3 $832,928,000, to remain available until September 30, 

4 2017: Provided, That appropriations hereunder shall be 

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

6 improvement of buildings and public improvements at 

7 plant materials centers, except that the cost of alterations 

8 and improvements to other buildings and other public im9 provements shall not exceed $250,000: Provided further, 

10 That when buildings or other structures are erected on 

11 non-Federal land, that the right to use such land is ob12 tained as provided in 7 U.S.C. 2250a. 

13 WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM

14 Under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed 

15 Protection and Flood Prevention Act, $6,000,000 is pro16 vided. 

17 TITLE III 

18 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

20 DEVELOPMENT

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Rural Development, $893,000. 


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1 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For necessary expenses for carrying out the adminis4 tration and implementation of programs in the Rural De5 velopment mission area, including activities with institu6 tions concerning the development and operation of agricul7 tural cooperatives; and for cooperative agreements; 

8 $222,705,000: Provided, That no less than $19,500,000 

9 shall be for the Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: 

10 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law, funds appropriated under this heading may 

12 be used for advertising and promotional activities that 

13 support the Rural Development mission area: Provided 

14 further, That any balances available from prior years for 

15 the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and 

16 the Rural Business–Cooperative Service salaries and ex17 penses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 

18 this appropriation. 

19 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

20 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di23 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by title V of the 

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

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


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

2 unsubsidized guaranteed loans; $26,278,000 for section 

3 504 housing repair loans; $28,398,000 for section 515 

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

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

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

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

8 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

9 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

12 502 loans, $60,750,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

13 504 housing repair loans, $3,424,000; and repair, rehabili14 tation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

15 $8,414,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

16 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

17 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

18 any fees to cover the projected cost of such loan guaran19 tees pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Reform Act 

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

21 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That appli22 cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv23 er under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

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

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1 under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 

2 available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 

3 loans, no less than $5,000,000 shall be available for direct 

4 loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 

5 to a program funded with a mutual and self-help housing 

6 grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 

7 1949 until June 1, 2016. 

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

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

10 $15,125,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

11 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

12 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail13 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans14 ferred to and merged with this account. 

15 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

16 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

17 $417,854,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

18 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex19 penses’’. 

20 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

21 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re22 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

23 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

24 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

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1 $1,167,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be 

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

3 liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 

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

5 of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 

6 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 

7 shall be funded for a one-year period: Provided further, 

8 That rental assistance contracts will not be renewed within 

9 the 12-month contract period: Provided further, That any 

10 unexpended balances remaining at the end of such 1-year 

11 agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes 

12 of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilita13 tion of any existing projects; preservation; and rental as14 sistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro15 vided further, That rental assistance provided under agree16 ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2016 for a farm 

17 labor multi-family housing project financed under section 

18 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in 

19 another project until such assistance has remained unused 

20 for a period of 12 consecutive months, if such project has 

21 a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 

22 project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 

23 receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such re24 captured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, 


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1 be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 

2 project financed under section 514 or 516 of the Act. 

3 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

4 ACCOUNT

5 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

6 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not7 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi8 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

9 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous10 ing properties described in this paragraph, $24,000,000, 

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

12 funds made available under this heading, $7,000,000, 

13 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low14 income household (including those not receiving rental as15 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

16 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

17 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

18 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 

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

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

21 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap22 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

23 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

24 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid25 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 


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1 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

2 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de3 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

4 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec5 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

6 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

7 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro8 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

9 heading, $17,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra10 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

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

12 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

13 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex14 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi15 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

16 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi17 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

18 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 

19 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

20 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

21 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in22 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

23 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

24 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

25 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 


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1 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

2 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

3 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra4 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur5 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

6 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

7 program similar to the demonstration program described 

8 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

9 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

10 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro12 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

13 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

14 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

15 under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi16 ties funded under this heading. 

17 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

18 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

19 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

20 1490c), $27,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

21 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

22 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

23 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

25 $32,239,000, to remain available until expended. 


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1 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

3 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di4 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

6 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for di7 rect loans and $148,305,085 for guaranteed loans. 

8 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

9 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con10 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $3,500,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

13 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

15 Development Act, $26,778,000, to remain available until 

16 expended: Provided, That $4,000,000 of the amount ap17 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

18 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur19 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

20 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

21 housing and community development organizations, low22 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na23 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

24 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

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1 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri2 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro3 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

4 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga5 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

6 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

7 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

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

9 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

10 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco11 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per12 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

13 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

14 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head15 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

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

17 Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

18 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

19 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

20 heading. 

21 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

22 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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1 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 

2 (g) of section 310B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

3 Development Act, $59,686,000, to remain available until 

4 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

5 under this heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be made 

6 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

7 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

8 order to promote economic development: Provided further, 

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

10 heading shall be for business grants to benefit Federally 

11 Recognized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 

12 for a grant to a qualified national organization to provide 

13 technical assistance for rural transportation in order to 

14 promote economic development: Provided further, That for 

15 purposes of determining eligibility or level of program as16 sistance the Secretary shall not include incarcerated pris17 on populations: Provided further, That sections 381E–H 

18 and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop19 ment Act are not applicable to funds made available under 

20 this heading. 

21 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author24 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac25 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 


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1 For the cost of direct loans, $5,217,000, as author2 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac3 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $531,000 shall be avail4 able through June 30, 2016, for Federally Recognized Na5 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,021,000 shall be 

6 available through June 30, 2016, for Mississippi Delta Re7 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

8 Law 100–460): Provided, That such costs, including the 

9 cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 

10 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

11 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

12 the direct loan programs, $4,410,000 shall be transferred 

13 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop14 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

15 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

16 ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

18 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author19 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

20 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development 

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

22 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

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

24 Electrification Act of 1936, $154,000,000 shall not be ob25 ligated and $154,000,000 are rescinded. 


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1 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

2 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

4 Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932), $21,300,000, of 

5 which $2,500,000 shall be for cooperative agreements for 

6 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro7 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

8 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

9 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

10 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di11 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in12 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

13 groups; and of which $10,000,000, to remain available 

14 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod15 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

16 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 

17 U.S.C. 1632a). 

18 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

20 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

21 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

22 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $842,000: Provided, That the cost 

23 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

24 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres25 sional Budget Act of 1974. 


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1 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

2 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

9 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop10 ment Act, $473,897,000, to remain available until ex11 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail12 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

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

14 $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

15 described in section 306E of such Act: Provided, That not 

16 to exceed $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated under 

17 this heading shall be for grants authorized by section 

18 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop19 ment Act in addition to funding authorized by section 

20 306A(i)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That not to ex21 ceed $54,240,000 of the amount appropriated under this 

22 heading shall be for loans and grants including water and 

23 waste disposal systems grants authorized by section 

24 306C(a)(2)(B) and section 306D of the Consolidated 

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1 Native American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1) of such 

2 Act, and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (of 

3 the State of Hawaii): Provided further, That funding pro4 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

5 Rural Development Act may be provided to a consortium 

6 formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83: 

7 Provided further, That not more than 2 percent of the 

8 funding provided for section 306D of the Consolidated 

9 Farm and Rural Development Act may be used by the 

10 State of Alaska for training and technical assistance pro11 grams and not more than 2 percent of the funding pro12 vided for section 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

13 Rural Development Act may be used by a consortium 

14 formed pursuant to section 325 of Public Law 105–83 for 

15 training and technical assistance programs: Provided fur16 ther, That not to exceed $19,000,000 of the amount ap17 propriated under this heading shall be for technical assist18 ance grants for rural water and waste systems pursuant 

19 to section 306(a)(14) of such Act, unless the Secretary 

20 makes a determination of extreme need, of which 

21 $6,000,000 shall be made available for a grant to a quali22 fied nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance or23 ganization, with experience in working with small commu24 nities on water and waste water problems, the principal 

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1 with populations of 3,300 or less, in improving the plan2 ning, financing, development, operation, and management 

3 of water and waste water systems, and of which not less 

4 than $800,000 shall be for a qualified national Native 

5 American organization to provide technical assistance for 

6 rural water systems for tribal communities: Provided fur7 ther, That not to exceed $15,919,000 of the amount ap8 propriated under this heading shall be for contracting with 

9 qualified national organizations for a circuit rider program 

10 to provide technical assistance for rural water systems: 

11 Provided further, That not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be 

12 for solid waste management grants: Provided further, That 

13 any prior year balances for high-energy cost grants au14 thorized by section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 

15 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged 

16 with the Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants 

17 Account: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 

18 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

19 Act are not applicable to the funds made available under 

20 this heading. 

21 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

22 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

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1 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

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

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

5 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money 

6 rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursu7 ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 

8 loans, $690,000,000: Provided, That up to 

9 $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi10 tion, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 

11 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon se12 questration systems. 

13 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

14 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

15 935), including the cost of modifying loans, as defined in 

16 section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, cost 

17 of money rural telecommunications loans, $207,000. 

18 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

19 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

20 $34,247,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

21 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

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1 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

2 PROGRAM

3 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni4 cation loans, $24,077,000. 

5 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

7 et seq., $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

8 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

9 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $5,265,000, 

10 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

12 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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

14 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

15 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

16 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

17 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

18 TITLE IV 

19 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

20 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

21 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

23 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

24 $811,000. 


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1 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

2 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

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

7 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

8 21; $21,507,426,000 to remain available through Sep9 tember 30, 2017, of which such sums as are made avail10 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

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

15 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu16 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

17 further, That of the total amount available, $20,000,000 

18 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

19 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

20 schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve 

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

22 the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 

23 breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total 

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1 expended to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture 

2 Appropriations Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–80). 

3 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

4 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup6 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

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

8 $6,484,000,000, to remain available through September 

9 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

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

11 1786(h)(10)), not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 

12 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

13 $14,000,000 shall be used for infrastructure, $55,000,000 

14 shall be used for management information systems, in15 cluding WIC electronic benefit transfer systems and activi16 ties: Provided further, That none of the funds provided in 

17 this account shall be available for the purchase of infant 

18 formula except in accordance with the cost containment 

19 and competitive bidding requirements specified in section 

20 17 of such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 

21 provided shall be available for activities that are not fully 

22 reimbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

23 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro24 vided further, That upon termination of a federally man25 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condiVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 Jul 14, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3049.RH H3049

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1 tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 

2 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re3 quest of a State agency. 

4 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

7 $81,653,207,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

8 available through September 30, 2017, shall be placed in 

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

10 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

11 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

12 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

15 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

16 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

17 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

18 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

19 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re20 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

21 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re22 main available through September 30, 2017: Provided fur23 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

24 section 28(d)(1) and section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri25 tion Act of 2008 shall remain available through September 


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1 30, 2017: Provided further, That, subject to section 735 

2 of this Act, funds made available under this heading may 

3 be used to enter into contracts and employ staff to conduct 

4 studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities related to pro5 gram integrity provided that such activities are authorized 

6 by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

7 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

8 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist9 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

10 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con11 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

12 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist13 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec14 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend15 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm16 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

17 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $288,317,000, 

18 to remain available through September 30, 2017: Pro19 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim20 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

21 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith22 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

23 made available in fiscal year 2016 to support the Seniors 

24 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

25 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 


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1 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

2 September 30, 2017: Provided further, That of the funds 

3 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri4 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

5 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu6 tion of commodities. 

7 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

8 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

9 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri10 tion assistance program, $141,348,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

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

14 TITLE V 

15 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

16 PROGRAMS 

17 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

20 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

21 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa22 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

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

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1 penditures made on behalf of Federal agencies, public and 

2 private organizations and institutions under agreements 

3 executed pursuant to the agricultural food production as4 sistance programs (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assist5 ance programs of the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development: Provided further, That funds made 

7 available for middle-income country training programs, 

8 funds made available for the Borlaug International Agri9 cultural Science and Technology Fellowship program, and 

10 up to $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service ap11 propriation solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations 

12 in international currency exchange rates, subject to docu13 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re14 main available until expended. 

15 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

16 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

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

20 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,528,000, 

21 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

22 for ‘‘Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

23 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

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1 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

2 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec3 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

4 $1,417,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

6 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

8 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest9 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $191,626,000, to 

10 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com11 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

12 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im13 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

14 amounts provided herein. 

15 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

16 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

18 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com19 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

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

21 overhead expenses as permitted by section 11 of the Com22 modity Credit Corporation Charter Act and in conformity 

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

24 $6,394,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

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1 and Expenses’’, and of which $354,000 shall be trans2 ferred to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Farm 

3 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

4 TITLE VI 

5 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 

6 ADMINISTRATION 

7 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

8 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Food and Drug Ad11 ministration, including hire and purchase of passenger 

12 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

14 activities of the Food and Drug Administration which are 

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

16 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

17 and emergency expenses of enforcement activities, author18 ized and approved by the Secretary and to be accounted 

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

20 $25,000; and notwithstanding section 521 of Public Law 

21 107–188; $4,549,219,000: Provided, That of the amount 

22 provided under this heading, $826,072,000 shall be de23 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

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1 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

2 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re3 main available until expended; $320,029,000 shall be de4 rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 

5 21 U.S.C. 379j–42, and shall be credited to this account 

6 and remain available until expended; $21,540,000 shall be 

7 derived from biosimilar biological product user fees au8 thorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–52, and shall be credited to 

9 this account and remain available until expended; 

10 $22,140,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

12 to this account and remain available until expended; 

13 $7,429,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user 

14 fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–21, and shall be cred15 ited to this account and remain available until expended; 

16 $599,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user 

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

18 to this account and remain available until expended: Pro19 vided further, That in addition and notwithstanding any 

20 other provision under this heading, amounts collected for 

21 prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, 

22 human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological prod23 uct user fees, animal drug user fees, and animal generic 

24 drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 2016 

25 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to this 


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1 account and remain available until expended: Provided fur2 ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de3 vice, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, 

4 animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fis5 cal year 2016, including any such fees collected prior to 

6 fiscal year 2016 but credited for fiscal year 2016, shall 

7 be subject to the fiscal year 2016 limitations: Provided fur8 ther, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal 

9 year 2016 of user fees specified under this heading and 

10 authorized for fiscal year 2017, prior to the due date for 

11 such fees, and that amounts of such fees assessed for fis12 cal year 2017 for which the Secretary accepts payment 

13 in fiscal year 2016 shall not be included in amounts under 

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

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

16 of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided fur17 ther, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 

18 $938,403,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 

19 Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 

20 of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,365,691,000 shall be for the 

21 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

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

23 $345,190,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua24 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

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1 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 

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

3 $424,135,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra4 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of5 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $59,171,000 shall be for 

6 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

7 $564,117,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod8 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu9 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $164,762,000 shall be for 

10 Rent and Related activities, of which $47,218,000 is for 

11 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 

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

13 exceed $229,432,000 shall be for payments to the General 

14 Services Administration for rent; and (10) $280,703,000 

15 shall be for other activities, including the Office of the 

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

17 Veterinary Medicine, the Office of Medical and Tobacco 

18 Products, the Office of Global and Regulatory Policy, the 

19 Office of Operations, the Office of the Chief Scientist, and 

20 central services for these offices: Provided further, That 

21 not to exceed $25,000 of this amount shall be for official 

22 reception and representation expenses, not otherwise pro23 vided for, as determined by the Commissioner: Provided 

24 further, That any transfer of funds pursuant to section 

25 770(n) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 


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1 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only be from amounts made avail2 able under this heading for other activities: Provided fur3 ther, That funds may be transferred from one specified 

4 activity to another with the prior approval of the Commit5 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

6 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

7 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

9 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

10 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro11 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

12 facility fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–62, prescription 

13 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

14 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), and third-party logis15 tics provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 

16 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), shall be credited to this ac17 count, to remain available until expended. 

18 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

19 For plans, construction, repair, improvement, exten20 sion, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facili21 ties of or used by the Food and Drug Administration, 

22 where not otherwise provided, $8,788,000, to remain 

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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

2 COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), in5 cluding the purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles, 

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

7 in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and overhead 

8 expenses for the Office of the Inspector General such as 

9 training, lease of space, utilities, communications, print10 ing, supplies, equipment, and other services, 

11 $250,000,000, including not to exceed $3,000 for official 

12 reception and representation expenses, and not to exceed 

13 $25,000 for the expenses for consultations and meetings 

14 hosted by the Commission with foreign governmental and 

15 other regulatory officials, of which not less than 

16 $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

17 2017, shall be for the purchase of information technology 

18 and of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be for ex19 penses of the Office of the Inspector General, not to in20 clude overhead expenses such as training, lease of space, 

21 utilities, communications, printing, supplies, equipment, 

22 and other services: Provided, That the Commission shall 

23 apply the entire Second Refurbishment Credit in the cur24 rent fiscal year under Section 23 of the Fifth Amendment 

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1 tre Property LLC on August 14, 2009: Provided further, 

2 That as the entire Second Refurbishment Credit is applied 

3 to monthly payments of the Commission in the current 

4 fiscal year under such Agreement, the sum herein appro5 priated for the current fiscal year shall be reduced on a 

6 dollar-for-dollar basis by not more than $5,000,000, so as 

7 to result in a final fiscal year 2016 appropriation from 

8 the general fund of $245,000,000. 

9 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

11 Not to exceed $65,600,000 (from assessments col12 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

13 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

14 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

16 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re17 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

19 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con20 gress. 

21 TITLE VII 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

23 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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1 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

3 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

4 motor vehicles of which 68 shall be for replacement only, 

5 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith6 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

7 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 

8 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper9 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

10 public safety. 

11 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli13 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

14 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal15 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

16 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi17 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv18 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech19 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

20 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re21 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

23 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

24 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur25 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 


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1 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

2 for obligation without the written notification and prior 

3 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

5 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

6 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

7 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De8 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti9 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap10 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

11 section 717 of this Act: Provided further, That of annual 

12 income 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 written notification of 

23 the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of 

24 both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That the limi25 tation on the obligation of funds pending notification to 


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1 Congressional Committees shall not apply to any obliga2 tion that, as determined by the Secretary, is necessary to 

3 respond to a declared state of emergency that significantly 

4 impacts the operations of the National Finance Center; 

5 or to evacuate employees of the National Finance Center 

6 to a safe haven to continue operations of the National Fi7 nance 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 United 

14 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu15 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

16 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar17 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

18 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro19 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

20 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com21 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro22 priations are provided in 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 made available to the 

7 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac8 quire new information technology systems or significant 

9 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor10 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa11 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa12 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

13 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

14 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

15 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa16 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

17 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

18 Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwith19 standing section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, 

20 none of the funds available to the Department of Agri21 culture for information technology shall be obligated for 

22 projects over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval 

23 by the Chief Information Officer. 

24 SEC. 707. Funds made available under section 524(b) 

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1 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex2 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

3 year. 

4 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

6 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

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

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

9 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

10 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor11 rower under such Act. 

12 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

13 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal14 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 

15 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 

16 remain available through September 30, 2017, for infor17 mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth18 erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 

19 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex20 penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 

21 shall remain available through September 30, 2017, for 

22 information technology expenses. 

23 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other24 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

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


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1 contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 

2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

3 SEC. 711. In the case of each program established 

4 or amended by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 

5 113–79), other than by title I or subtitle A of title III 

6 of such Act, or programs for which indefinite amounts 

7 were provided in that Act, that is authorized or required 

8 to be carried out using funds of the Commodity Credit 

9 Corporation— 

10 (1) such funds shall be available for salaries 

11 and related administrative expenses, including tech12 nical assistance, associated with the implementation 

13 of the program, without regard to the limitation on 

14 the total amount of allotments and fund transfers 

15 contained in section 11 of the Commodity Credit 

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

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

18 not be considered to be a fund transfer or allotment 

19 for purposes of applying the limitation on the total 

20 amount of allotments and fund transfers contained 

21 in such section. 

22 SEC. 712. Of the funds made available by this Act, 

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

24 expenses of activities related to all advisory committees, 

25 panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department 


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1 of Agriculture, except for panels used to comply with nego2 tiated rule makings and panels used to evaluate competi3 tively awarded grants. 

4 SEC. 713. None of the funds in this Act shall be avail5 able to pay indirect costs charged against any agricultural 

6 research, education, or extension grant awards issued by 

7 the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that exceed 

8 30 percent of total Federal funds provided under each 

9 award: Provided, That notwithstanding section 1462 of 

10 the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 

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

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

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

16 U.S.C. 638). 

17 SEC. 714. None of the funds appropriated or other18 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

20 the following: 

21 (1) A program authorized by section 14(h)(1) 

22 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 

23 Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)). Of the funds available 

24 under section 14(h)(1) of such Act for fiscal year 

25 2016, $69,000,000 are rescinded. 


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1 (2) An Environmental Quality Incentives Pro2 gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 

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

4 3839aa–8) in excess of $1,349,000,000: Provided, 

5 That this limitation shall apply only to funds pro6 vided by section 1241(a)(5)(C) of the Food Security 

7 Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(5)(C)). 

8 (3) The Conservation Stewardship Program as 

9 authorized by sections 1238D–1238G of the Food 

10 Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d–3838g) in 

11 excess of 7,741,000 acres. 

12 (4) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program au13 thorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and 

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

15 excess of $12,000,000 in new obligational authority. 

16 (5) The Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical and 

17 Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance pro18 gram as authorized by section 9003(g)(1) of the 

19 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

20 U.S.C. 8103(g)(1)) in excess of $147,000,000. 

21 (6) The Rural Energy for America Program as 

22 authorized by section 9007(g)(1) of the Farm Secu23 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

24 8107(g)(1)) in excess of $35,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 715. None of the funds appropriated or other2 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

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

4 a program under subsection (b)(2)(A)(viii) of section 

5 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $884,980,000, 

6 as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Com7 modities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

8 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

9 $2,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail10 able in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries 

11 and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 

12 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

13 Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that ex14 cludes the transfer of $125,000,000 of the funds to be 

15 transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Pub16 lic Law 110–246, until October 1, 2016: Provided further, 

17 That $125,000,000 made available on October 1, 2016, 

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

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

20 from the limitation described in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ix) 

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

22 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

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

24 the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Depart25 ment of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit 


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1 Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agri2 cultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 

3 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal ac4 tivities or price support activities under section 5 of the 

5 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided fur6 ther, That of the available unobligated balances under 

7 (b)(2)(A)(viii) of section 14222 of Public Law 110–246, 

8 $293,020,000 are rescinded. 

9 SEC. 716. None of the funds appropriated by this or 

10 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex11 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

13 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

14 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De15 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

16 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

17 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

18 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

19 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

20 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

21 event the user fees proposals are not enacted prior to the 

22 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

23 the fiscal year 2017 appropriations Act. 

24 SEC. 717. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act, 

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1 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

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

3 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

4 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

5 available for obligation or expenditure through a re6 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au7 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart8 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 

9 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or10 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

11 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

12 (1) creates new programs; 

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

14 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

15 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

16 denied or restricted; 

17 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

19 or 

20 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

21 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

22 unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of 

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1 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 

2 30 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds 

3 or the use of such authority. 

4 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro5 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

6 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

7 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

8 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

9 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

10 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro11 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

12 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

13 in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, 

14 that— 

15 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac16 tivities; 

17 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist18 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per19 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

20 (3) results from any general savings from a re21 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

22 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap23 proved by Congress; unless the Secretary of Agri24 culture, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv25 ices, or the Chairman of the Commodity Futures 


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1 Trading Commission (as the case may be) notifies in 

2 writing and receives approval from the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at 

4 least 30 days in advance of the reprogramming or 

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

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

7 Health and Human Services, or the Chairman of the Com8 modity Futures Trading Commission shall notify in writ9 ing and receive approval from the Committees on Appro10 priations of both Houses of Congress before implementing 

11 any program or activity not carried out during the pre12 vious fiscal year unless the program or activity is funded 

13 by this Act or specifically funded by any other Act. 

14 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro15 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

16 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

17 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

18 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

19 fees available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be 

20 available for— 

21 (1) modifying major capital investments fund22 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

23 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

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1 excess of $500,000 or 10 percent of the total cost, 

2 whichever is less; 

3 (2) realigning or reorganizing new, current, or 

4 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

5 establish a center, office, branch, or similar entity 

6 with five or more personnel; or 

7 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

8 were not described in the budget request; unless the 

9 agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

11 Congress at least 30 days in advance of using the 

12 funds for these purposes. 

13 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

14 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture, the 

15 Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the Chair16 man of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission re17 ceives from the Committee on Appropriations of both 

18 Houses of Congress written or electronic mail confirma19 tion of receipt of the notification as required in this sec20 tion. 

21 SEC. 718. Notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the 

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

23 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

24 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 


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1 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

2 portion of the loan. 

3 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other4 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

5 Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures 

6 Trading Commission, or the Farm Credit Administration 

7 shall be used to transmit or otherwise make available re8 ports, questions, or responses to questions that are a re9 sult of information requested for the appropriations hear10 ing process to any non-Department of Agriculture, non11 Department of Health and Human Services, non-Com12 modity Futures Trading Commission, or non-Farm Credit 

13 Administration employee. 

14 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

16 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre17 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 

18 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti19 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

20 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

21 funded by that executive branch agency. 

22 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri23 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

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1 in a fiscal year unless the individual’s employing agency 

2 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

3 office for the salary and expenses of the employee for the 

4 period of assignment. 

5 SEC. 722. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of per7 sonnel who provide nonrecourse marketing assistance 

8 loans for mohair under section 1201 of the Agricultural 

9 Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79). 

10 SEC. 723. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

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

12 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, the 

13 Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis14 sion, and the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administra15 tion shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of 

16 both Houses of Congress a detailed spending plan by pro17 gram, project, and activity for all the funds made available 

18 under this Act including appropriated user fees, as defined 

19 in the report accompanying this Act. 

20 SEC. 724. Funds made available under title II of the 

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

22 used to provide assistance to recipient nations if adequate 

23 monitoring and controls, as determined by the Adminis24 trator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, 

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1 by the intended beneficiaries in areas affected by food 

2 shortages and not diverted for unauthorized or inappro3 priate purposes. 

4 SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue the pilot pro5 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re6 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec7 retary shall continue agreements with current inter8 mediary organizations and not later than 90 days after 

9 enactment of this Act enter into additional agreements 

10 necessary for a total not less than 10 qualified inter11 mediary organizations. The Secretary shall work with 

12 these organizations to increase the effectiveness of the sec13 tion 502 single family direct loan program in rural com14 munities and shall set aside and make available from the 

15 national reserve section 502 loans an amount necessary 

16 to support the work of such intermediaries and provide 

17 a priority for review of such loans. 

18 SEC. 726. For loans and loan guarantees that do not 

19 require budget authority and the program level has been 

20 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

21 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran22 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

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1 tions of both Houses of Congress at least 15 days in ad2 vance. 

3 SEC. 727. None of the credit card refunds or rebates 

4 transferred to the Working Capital Fund pursuant to sec5 tion 729 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

6 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria7 tions Act, 2002 (7 U.S.C. 2235a; Public Law 107–76) 

8 shall be available for obligation without written notifica9 tion to, and the prior approval of, the Committees on Ap10 propriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided, That 

11 the refunds or rebates so transferred shall be available for 

12 obligation only for the acquisition of plant and capital 

13 equipment necessary for the delivery of financial, adminis14 trative, and information technology services of primary 

15 benefit to the agencies of the Department of Agriculture. 

16 SEC. 728. (a) Section 5b(k)(5) of the Commodity Ex17 change Act (7 U.S.C. 7a-1(k)(5)) is amended to read as 

18 follows: 

19 ‘‘(5) CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.—Before 

20 the Commission may share information with any en21 tity described in paragraph (4), the Commission 

22 shall receive a written agreement from each entity 

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1 the information on swaps transactions that is pro2 vided.’’. 

3 (b) Section 21(d) of the Commodity Exchange Act 

4 (7 U.S.C. 24a(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

5 ‘‘(d) CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT.—Before the 

6 swap data repository may share information with any enti7 ty described in subsection (c)(7), the swap data repository 

8 shall receive a written agreement from each entity stating 

9 that the entity shall abide by the confidentiality require10 ments described in section 8 relating to the information 

11 on swaps transactions that is provided.’’. 

12 (c) The amendments made by this section shall take 

13 effect as if enacted on July 21, 2010. 

14 SEC. 729. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used to procure processed poultry products 

16 imported into the United States from the People’s Repub17 lic of China for use in the school lunch program under 

18 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child and Adult Food Care Pro20 gram under section 17 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1766), the 

21 Summer Food Service Program for Children under section 

22 13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1761), or the school breakfast 

23 program under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

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1 SEC. 730. In response to an eligible community where 

2 the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a nat3 ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including 

4 drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide po5 table water through the Emergency Community Water As6 sistance Grant Program for an additional period of time 

7 not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period pro8 vided under the Program in order to protect public health. 

9 SEC. 731. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro10 priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini11 tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 

12 without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 

13 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require14 ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en15 actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 

16 of 7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(9) shall continue to apply. 

17 SEC. 732. For the period beginning on the date of 

18 enactment of this Act through school year 2016–2017, 

19 with respect to the school lunch program established under 

20 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program es22 tablished under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

23 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) and final regulations published by 

24 the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 

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1 retary shall allow States to grant an exemption from the 

2 whole grain requirements that took effect on or after July 

3 1, 2014, and the States shall establish a process for evalu4 ating and responding, in a reasonable amount of time, to 

5 requests for an exemption: Provided, That school food au6 thorities demonstrate hardship, including financial hard7 ship, in procuring specific whole grain products which are 

8 acceptable to the students and compliant with the whole 

9 grain-rich requirements: Provided further, That school 

10 food authorities shall comply with the applicable grain 

11 component or standard with respect to the school lunch 

12 or school breakfast program that was in effect prior to 

13 July 1, 2014. 

14 SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated or other15 wise made available by this or any other Act shall be used 

16 to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to implement 

17 any regulations under the Richard B. Russell National 

18 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child Nu19 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Healthy, 

20 Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–296), or 

21 any other law that would require a reduction in the quan22 tity of sodium contained in federally reimbursed meals, 

23 foods, and snacks sold in schools below Target 1 (as de24 scribed in section 220.8(f)(3) of title 7, Code of Federal 

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1 entific research establishes the reduction is beneficial for 

2 children. 

3 SEC. 734. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to release or implement the final version 

5 of the eighth edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Ameri6 cans, revised pursuant to section 301 of the National Nu7 trition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 (7 

8 U.S.C. 5341), unless the Secretary of Agriculture and the 

9 Secretary of Health and Human Services comply with 

10 each of the following requirements: 

11 (1) Each revision to any nutritional or dietary 

12 information or guideline contained in the 2010 edi13 tion of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and 

14 any new nutritional or dietary information or guide15 line to be included in the eighth edition of the Die16 tary Guidelines for Americans— 

17 (A) shall be based on scientific evidence 

18 that has been rated ‘‘Grade I: Strong’’ by the 

19 grading rubric developed by the Nutrition Evi20 dence Library of the Department of Agri21 culture; and 

22 (B) shall be limited in scope to only mat23 ters of diet and nutrient intake. 

24 (2) The Secretaries shall release a preliminary 

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1 for Americans, including a list of all the scientific 

2 studies and evidence supporting each revised or new 

3 nutritional or dietary information or guideline, for a 

4 period of public comment of at least 90 days. 

5 (3) Following the end of the public comment 

6 period, the Secretaries shall provide a period for 

7 agency review of public comments of at least 60 

8 days. 

9 SEC. 735. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used by the Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

11 through the Food and Nutrition Service, to commence any 

12 new research and evaluation projects until the Secretary 

13 submits to the Committees on Appropriations of both 

14 Houses of Congress a research and evaluation plan for fis15 cal year 2016, prepared in coordination with the Research, 

16 Education, and Economics mission area of the Depart17 ment of Agriculture, and a period of 30 days beginning 

18 on the date of the submission of the plan expires to permit 

19 Congressional review of the plan. 

20 SEC. 736. The unobligated balances identified by the 

21 Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X0113 are re22 scinded. 

23 SEC. 737. Of the unobligated prior year balance can24 cellations identified by Treasury Appropriation Fund 

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1 SEC. 738. The unobligated balances identified by the 

2 Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X3318, 

3 12X1010, 12X1090, 12X1003, 12X1907, 12X0402, 

4 12X3508, and 12X3322 are rescinded. 

5 SEC. 739. Section 166 of the Federal Agriculture Im6 provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7286) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘and title I of the Food, Con9 servation, and Energy Act of 2008’’ both places it 

10 appears and inserting ‘‘title I of the Food, Conserva11 tion, and Energy Act of 2008, and Subtitle B of title 

12 I of the Agricultural Act of 2014’’; and 

13 (2) by amending paragraph (3) of subsection 

14 (c) to read as follows: 

15 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF AUTHORITY.—The Sec16 retary shall carry out paragraph (1) under the same 

17 terms and conditions as were in effect for the 2008 

18 crop year for loans made to producers under subtitle 

19 B of title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

20 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et. seq.).’’. 

21 SEC. 740. Of the unobligated balances identified by 

22 the Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1072, 

23 $20,000,000 is hereby rescinded: Provided, That no 

24 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des25 ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement or for 


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1 disaster relief requirement pursuant to a Concurrent Res2 olution on the Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer3 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

4 SEC. 741. In carrying out subsection (h) of section 

5 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472), the 

6 Secretary of Agriculture shall have the same authority 

7 with respect to loans guaranteed under such section and 

8 eligible lenders for such loans as the Secretary has under 

9 subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of such Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 1490p–2) with respect to loans guaranteed under 

11 such section 538 and eligible lenders for such loans. 

12 SEC. 742. Of the unobligated balances of appropria13 tions in Public Law 108–199, Public Law 109–234, and 

14 Public Law 110–28 made available for the ‘‘Emergency 

15 Watershed Protection Program’’, $2,400,000 shall be 

16 available for the purposes of such program for any dis17 aster occurring fiscal year 2016 or fiscal year 2017, and 

18 shall remain available until expended. 

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

20 Act may be used to propose, promulgate, or implement 

21 any rule, or take any other action with respect to, allowing 

22 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

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1 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

2 paper form) unless and until a Federal law is enacted to 

3 allow or require such distribution. 

4 SEC. 744. None of the funds made available by this 

5 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

6 final rule entitled ‘‘Food Labeling; Nutrition Labeling of 

7 Standard Menu Items in Restaurants and Similar Retail 

8 Food Establishments’’ published by the Food and Drug 

9 Administration in the Federal Register on December 1, 

10 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 71156 et seq.) until the later of— 

11 (1) December 1, 2016; or 

12 (2) the date that is one year after the date on 

13 which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

14 publishes Level 1 guidance with respect to nutrition 

15 labeling of standard menu items in restaurants and 

16 similar retail food establishments in accordance with 

17 paragraphs (g)(1)(i), (g)(1)(ii), (g)(1)(iii), and 

18 (g)(1)(iv) of section 10.115 of title 21, Code of Fed19 eral Regulations. 

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

21 Act may be used to review or approve an application for 

22 an exemption for investigational use of a drug or biological 

23 product under section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

24 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 355(i)) or section 351(a)(3) 

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1 in research in which a human embryo is intentionally cre2 ated or modified to include a heritable genetic modifica3 tion. 

4 SEC. 746. None of the funds made available by this 

5 or any other Act may be used to implement or enforce 

6 any provision of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act 

7 (P.L. 111–353), including the amendments made thereby, 

8 with respect to the regulation of the distribution, sale, or 

9 receipt of dried spent grain byproducts of the alcoholic 

10 beverage production process, irrespective of whether such 

11 byproducts are solely intended for use as animal feed. 

12 SEC. 747. For each tobacco product which the Sec13 retary of Health and Human Services, by regulation under 

14 section 901(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

15 Act, deems to be subject to chapter IX of such Act, none 

16 of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act 

17 may be used to treat any reference in sections 905 and 

18 910 of such Act to February 15, 2007, as other than a 

19 reference to the effective date of the regulation under 

20 which a tobacco product is deemed subject to the require21 ments of such Act pursuant to section 901(b)(1) of such 

22 Act, and any reference in such sections to 21 months after 

23 the date of enactment of the Family Smoking Prevention 

24 and Tobacco Control Act as other than a reference to 21 

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1 SEC. 748. The program ineligibility penalty that pro2 hibits payment by the Federal Crop Insurance Corpora3 tion of any portion of a crop insurance premium, otherwise 

4 required by sections 1211(a)(1)(E) and 1221(c) of the 

5 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811(a)(1)(E), 

6 3821(c)) as added by section 2611 of the Agricultural Act 

7 of 2014, shall not apply or be enforced for the 2016 rein8 surance year: Provided, That the delay in enforcement im9 posed by this section shall not be construed to limit the 

10 authority of the Department of Agriculture to assist pro11 ducers, particularly producers subject to sections 1211 

12 and 1221 of the Food Security Act of 1985 for the first 

13 time solely due to an amendment made by section 2611 

14 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, to come into compliance 

15 with the requirements of such sections in a timely manner: 

16 Provided further, That a producer that comes into compli17 ance before June 30, 2016, shall not be ineligible for pay18 ment of a portion of a crop insurance premium for the 

19 2016 or 2017 reinsurance year on account of non-compli20 ance before that date. 

21 SEC. 749. None of the funds made available by this 

22 Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the 

23 rule entitled ‘‘Importation of Beef From a Region in Ar24 gentina’’ published by the Department of Agriculture in 

25 the Federal Register on July 2, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 37935 


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1 et seq.) or the rule entitled ‘‘Importation of Beef From 

2 a Region in Brazil’’ published by the Department of Agri3 culture in the Federal Register on July 2, 2015 (80 Fed. 

4 Reg. 37923 et seq.) until the Secretary of Agriculture— 

5 (1) conducts a comprehensive risk evaluation that includes 

6 a quantitative risk assessment of importing beef produced 

7 in Argentina and Brazil; and (2) makes additional site vis8 its to beef slaughtering and processing facilities in Argen9 tina and Brazil and submits to the Committee on Appro10 priations a report on each such site visit not later than 

11 90 days after the date on which the visit occurs. 

12 SEC. 750. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to carry out any activities or incur any 

14 expense related to the issuance of licenses under section 

15 3 of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2133), or the re16 newal of such licenses, to class B dealers who sell dogs 

17 and cats for use in research, experiments, teaching, or 

18 testing. 

19 SEC. 751. Not later than 30 days after the date of 

20 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

21 Human Services shall publish a notice in the Federal Reg22 ister clarifying that until the compliance date specified in 

23 the order published by the Food and Drug Administration 

24 in the Federal Register on June 17, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 

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1 ered generally regarded as safe within the meaning of sec2 tion 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

3 (21 U.S.C. 321(s)). 

4 SEC. 752. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 law— 

6 (1) the Secretary of Agriculture shall implement sec7 tion 12106 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 and the 

8 amendments made by such section (21 U.S.C. 601 note; 

9 Public Law 113–79), including any regulation or guidance 

10 the Secretary of Agriculture issues to carry out such sec11 tion or the amendments made by such section; and 

12 (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

13 shall implement section 403(t) of the Federal Food, Drug, 

14 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 343(t)), including any regu15 lation or guidance the Secretary of Health and Human 

16 Services issues to carry out such section. 

17 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

18 SEC. 753. The amount by which the applicable alloca19 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

20 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec21 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ex22 ceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority is $0. 

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De24 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

25 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 153 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3049 

[Report No. 114–205] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deposes. ending September 30, 2016, and for other pur- Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and 

JULY 14, 2015 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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