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Calendar No. 152 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1800 

[Report No. 114–82] 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 16, 2015 

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

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

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 

Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 

and for other purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Ag5 riculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra6 tion, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
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1 ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes, 

2 namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

5 PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING

6 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, 

9 $46,055,000, of which not to exceed $5,051,000 shall be 

10 available for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not 

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

12 Tribal Relations; not to exceed $250,000 shall be available 

13 for the Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison; not to ex14 ceed $1,496,000 shall be available for the Office of Home15 land Security and Emergency Coordination; not to exceed 

16 $1,209,000 shall be available for the Office of Advocacy 

17 and Outreach; not to exceed $25,928,000 shall be avail18 able for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Adminis19 tration, of which $25,124,000 shall be available for De20 partmental Administration to provide for necessary ex21 penses for management support services to offices of the 

22 Department and for general administration, security, re23 pairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies 

24 and expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for 

25 the practical and efficient work of the Department; not 
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1 to exceed $3,869,000 shall be available for the Office of 

2 Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry 

3 out the programs funded by this Act, including programs 

4 involving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the 

5 executive branch; and not to exceed $7,750,000 shall be 

6 available for the Office of Communications: Provided, 

7 That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to transfer 

8 funds appropriated for any office of the Office of the Sec9 retary to any other office of the Office of the Secretary: 

10 Provided further, That no appropriation for any office 

11 shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent: 

12 Provided further, That not to exceed $11,000 of the 

13 amount made available under this paragraph for the im14 mediate Office of the Secretary shall be available for offi15 cial reception and representation expenses, not otherwise 

16 provided for, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 

17 further, That the amount made available under this head18 ing for Departmental Administration shall be reimbursed 

19 from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel ex20 penses incident to the holding of hearings as required by 

21 5 U.S.C. 551–558: Provided further, That funds made 

22 available under this heading for the Office of the Assistant 

23 Secretary for Congressional Relations may be transferred 

24 to agencies of the Department of Agriculture funded by 

25 this Act to maintain personnel at the agency level: Pro-
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1 vided further, That no funds made available under this 

2 heading for the Office of Assistant Secretary for Congres3 sional Relations may be obligated after 30 days from the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary has 

5 notified the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 

6 of Congress on the allocation of these funds by USDA 

7 agency. 

8 EXECUTIVE OPERATIONS

9 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief 

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

12 grants or cooperative agreements for policy research under 

13 7 U.S.C. 3155. 

14 NATIONAL APPEALS DIVISION

15 For necessary expenses of the National Appeals Divi16 sion, $13,317,000. 

17 OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS

18 For necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and 

19 Program Analysis, $9,392,000. 

20 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief In22 formation Officer, $45,045,000, of which not less than 

23 $28,000,000 is for cybersecurity requirements of the De24 partment. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

2 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Fi3 nancial Officer, $6,028,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CIVIL

5 RIGHTS

6 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Assistant 

7 Secretary for Civil Rights, $898,000. 

8 OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS

9 For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, 

10 $24,070,000. 

11 AGRICULTURE BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

13 For payment of space rental and related costs pursu14 ant to Public Law 92–313, including authorities pursuant 

15 to the 1984 delegation of authority from the Adminis16 trator of General Services to the Department of Agri17 culture under 40 U.S.C. 121, for programs and activities 

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

19 alterations and other actions needed for the Department 

20 and its agencies to consolidate unneeded space into con21 figurations suitable for release to the Administrator of 

22 General Services, and for the operation, maintenance, im23 provement, and repair of Agriculture buildings and facili24 ties, and for related costs, $53,618,000, to remain avail25 able until expended, for buildings operations and mainte-
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1 nance expenses: Provided, That the Secretary may use un2 obligated prior year balances of an agency or office that 

3 are no longer available for new obligation to cover short4 falls incurred in prior or current year rental payments for 

5 such agency or office. 

6 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS MANAGEMENT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

8 For necessary expenses of the Department of Agri9 culture, to comply with the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

11 9601 et seq.) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery 

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.), $3,618,000, to remain avail13 able until expended: Provided, That appropriations and 

14 funds available herein to the Department for Hazardous 

15 Materials Management may be transferred to any agency 

16 of the Department for its use in meeting all requirements 

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

18 lands. 

19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

20 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

21 General, including employment pursuant to the Inspector 

22 General Act of 1978, $95,294,000, including such sums 

23 as may be necessary for contracting and other arrange24 ments with public agencies and private persons pursuant 

25 to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
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1 and including not to exceed $125,000 for certain confiden2 tial operational expenses, including the payment of inform3 ants, to be expended under the direction of the Inspector 

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

5 of Public Law 97–98. 

6 OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of the General 

8 Counsel, $44,383,000. 

9 OFFICE OF ETHICS

10 For necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics, 

11 $3,654,000. 

12 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH, 

13 EDUCATION, AND ECONOMICS

14 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

15 Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, 

16 $898,000. 

17 ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE

18 For necessary expenses of the Economic Research 

19 Service, $85,373,000. 

20 NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

21 For necessary expenses of the National Agricultural 

22 Statistics Service, $168,108,000, of which up to 

23 $41,842,000 shall be available until expended for the Cen24 sus of Agriculture: Provided, That amounts made available 

25 for the Census of Agriculture may be used to conduct Cur-
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1 rent Industrial Report surveys subject to 7 U.S.C. 

2 2204g(d) and (f). 

3 AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Research 

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

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

8 for land exchanges where the lands exchanged shall be of 

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

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

11 total value of the land or interests transferred out of Fed12 eral ownership, $1,136,825,000: Provided, That appro13 priations hereunder shall be available for the operation 

14 and maintenance of aircraft and the purchase of not to 

15 exceed one for replacement only: Provided further, That 

16 appropriations hereunder shall be available pursuant to 7 

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

18 of buildings and improvements, but unless otherwise pro19 vided, the cost of constructing any one building shall not 

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

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

22 10 buildings to be constructed or improved at a cost not 

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

24 building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent 

25 of the current replacement value of the building or 
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1 $375,000, whichever is greater: Provided further, That the 

2 limitations on alterations contained in this Act shall not 

3 apply to modernization or replacement of existing facilities 

4 at Beltsville, Maryland: Provided further, That appropria5 tions hereunder shall be available for granting easements 

6 at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center: Provided 

7 further, That the foregoing limitations shall not apply to 

8 replacement of buildings needed to carry out the Act of 

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

10 appropriations hereunder shall be available for granting 

11 easements at any Agricultural Research Service location 

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

13 entity for use by, and acceptable to, the Agricultural Re14 search Service and a condition of the easements shall be 

15 that upon completion the facility shall be accepted by the 

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

17 Secretary finds that acceptance of the facility is in the 

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

19 may be received from any State, other political subdivi20 sion, organization, or individual for the purpose of estab21 lishing or operating any research facility or research 

22 project of the Agricultural Research Service, as authorized 

23 by law. 
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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, $791,096,000, 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, capac11 ity building for non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, the 

12 agriculture and food research initiative, veterinary medi13 cine loan repayment, multicultural scholars, graduate fel14 lowship and institution challenge grants, and grants man15 agement systems shall remain available until expended: 

16 Provided further, That each institution eligible to receive 

17 funds under the Evans-Allen program receives no less 

18 than $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds for edu19 cation grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian20 serving institutions be made available to individual eligible 

21 institutions or consortia of eligible institutions with funds 

22 awarded equally to each of the States of Alaska and Ha23 waii: Provided further, That funds for education grants for 

24 1890 institutions shall be made available to institutions 

25 eligible to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 and 3222: 
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1 Provided further, That not more than 5 percent of the 

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

3 out the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative under 

4 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) may be retained by the Secretary of Ag5 riculture to pay administrative costs incurred by the Sec6 retary in carrying out that authority. 

7 HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND

8 UNIVERSITIES ENDOWMENT FUND

9 For the Hispanic-Serving Agricultural Colleges and 

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

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

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

13 to remain available until expended. 

14 NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND

15 For the Native American Institutions Endowment 

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

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

18 EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

19 For payments to States, the District of Columbia, 

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

21 Northern Marianas, and American Samoa, $488,891,000, 

22 which shall be for the purposes, and in the amounts, speci23 fied in the table titled ‘‘National Institute of Food and 

24 Agriculture, Extension Activities’’ in the report accom25 panying this Act: Provided, That funds for facility im-
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1 provements at 1890 institutions shall remain available 

2 until expended: Provided further, That institutions eligible 

3 to receive funds under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative ex4 tension receive no less than $1,000,000: Provided further, 

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

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

7 and section 208(c) of Public Law 93–471 shall be avail8 able for retirement and employees’ compensation costs for 

9 extension agents. 

10 INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES

11 For the integrated research, education, and extension 

12 grants programs, including necessary administrative ex13 penses, $13,700,000, which shall be for the purposes, and 

14 in the amounts, specified in the table titled ‘‘National In15 stitute of Food and Agriculture, Integrated Activities’’ in 

16 the report accompanying this Act: Provided, That funds 

17 for the Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative shall re18 main available until September 30, 2017. 

19 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR MARKETING

20 AND REGULATORY PROGRAMS

21 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

22 Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 

23 $898,000. 
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1 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses of the Animal and Plant 

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

6 representation allowances and for expenses pursuant to 

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

8 $876,465,000, of which $470,000, to remain available 

9 until expended, shall be available for the control of out10 breaks of insects, plant diseases, animal diseases and for 

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

12 the extent necessary to meet emergency conditions; of 

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

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

15 purposes or for debt retirement for active eradication 

16 zones; of which $35,339,000, to remain available until ex17 pended, shall be for Animal Health Technical Services; of 

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

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

20 U.S.C. 1831); of which $52,340,000, to remain available 

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

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

23 shall be for information technology infrastructure; of 

24 which $156,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

25 shall be for specialty crop pests; of which, $8,826,000, to 
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1 remain available until expended, shall be for field crop and 

2 rangeland ecosystem pests; of which $54,000,000, to re3 main available until expended, shall be for tree and wood 

4 pests; of which $3,973,000, to remain available until ex5 pended, shall be for the National Veterinary Stockpile; of 

6 which up to $1,500,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, shall be for the scrapie program for indemnities; 

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

9 shall be for the wildlife damage management program for 

10 aviation safety: Provided, That of amounts available under 

11 this heading for wildlife services methods development, 

12 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro13 vided further, That of amounts available under this head14 ing for the screwworm program, $4,990,000 shall remain 

15 available until expended: Provided further, That no funds 

16 shall be used to formulate or administer a brucellosis 

17 eradication program for the current fiscal year that does 

18 not require minimum matching by the States of at least 

19 40 percent: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

20 be available for the operation and maintenance of aircraft 

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

22 be for replacement only: Provided further, That in addi23 tion, in emergencies which threaten any segment of the 

24 agricultural production industry of this country, the Sec25 retary may transfer from other appropriations or funds 
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1 available to the agencies or corporations of the Depart2 ment such sums as may be deemed necessary, to be avail3 able only in such emergencies for the arrest and eradi4 cation of contagious or infectious disease or pests of ani5 mals, poultry, or plants, and for expenses in accordance 

6 with sections 10411 and 10417 of the Animal Health Pro7 tection Act (7 U.S.C. 8310 and 8316) and sections 431 

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

9 7772), and any unexpended balances of funds transferred 

10 for such emergency purposes in the preceding fiscal year 

11 shall be merged with such transferred amounts: Provided 

12 further, That appropriations hereunder shall be available 

13 pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the repair and alter14 ation of leased buildings and improvements, but unless 

15 otherwise provided the cost of altering any one building 

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

17 current replacement value of the building. 

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

19 fees to cover the total costs of providing technical assist20 ance, goods, or services requested by States, other political 

21 subdivisions, domestic and international organizations, 

22 foreign governments, or individuals, provided that such 

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

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

25 or services provided to the entity by the agency, and such 
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1 fees shall be reimbursed to this account, to remain avail2 able until expended, without further appropriation, for 

3 providing such assistance, goods, or services. 

4 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

5 For plans, construction, repair, preventive mainte6 nance, environmental support, improvement, extension, al7 teration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities, as 

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

9 authorized by 7 U.S.C. 428a, $3,175,000, to remain avail10 able until expended. 

11 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

12 MARKETING SERVICES

13 For necessary expenses of the Agricultural Marketing 

14 Service, $81,192,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

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

16 alteration and repair of buildings and improvements, but 

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

18 shall not exceed 10 percent of the current replacement 

19 value of the building. 

20 Fees may be collected for the cost of standardization 

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

22 U.S.C. 9701). 

23 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

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

25 be obligated during the current fiscal year for administra-
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1 tive expenses: Provided, That if crop size is understated 

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

3 exceed this limitation by up to 10 percent with notification 

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 

5 Congress. 

6 FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND

7 SUPPLY (SECTION 32)

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 Funds available under section 32 of the Act of Au10 gust 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), shall be used only for com11 modity program expenses as authorized therein, and other 

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

13 Department of Commerce as authorized by the Fish and 

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

15 provided in this Act; and (3) not more than $20,489,000 

16 for formulation and administration of marketing agree17 ments and orders pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing 

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

19 PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS

20 For payments to departments of agriculture, bureaus 

21 and departments of markets, and similar agencies for 

22 marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricul23 tural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1623(b)), 

24 $1,235,000. 
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1 GRAIN INSPECTION, PACKERS AND STOCKYARDS

2 ADMINISTRATION

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Grain Inspection, 

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

6 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available pursu7 ant to law (7 U.S.C. 2250) for the alteration and repair 

8 of buildings and improvements, but the cost of altering 

9 any one building during the fiscal year shall not exceed 

10 10 percent of the current replacement value of the build11 ing. 

12 LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES

13 EXPENSES

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

15 be obligated during the current fiscal year for inspection 

16 and weighing services: Provided, That if grain export ac17 tivities require additional supervision and oversight, or 

18 other uncontrollable factors occur, this limitation may be 

19 exceeded by up to 10 percent with notification to the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 

21 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD SAFETY

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

23 Secretary for Food Safety, $816,000. 
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1 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

2 For necessary expenses to carry out services author3 ized by the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poultry 

4 Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products Inspection 

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

6 allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of the 

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

8 $1,013,621,000; and in addition, $1,000,000 may be cred9 ited to this account from fees collected for the cost of lab10 oratory accreditation as authorized by section 1327 of the 

11 Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

12 (7 U.S.C. 138f): Provided, That funds provided for the 

13 Public Health Data Communication Infrastructure system 

14 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

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

16 be employed during fiscal year 2016 for purposes dedi17 cated solely to inspections and enforcement related to the 

18 Humane Methods of Slaughter Act: Provided further, That 

19 the Food Safety and Inspection Service shall continue im20 plementation of section 11016 of Public Law 110–246 as 

21 further clarified by the amendments made in section 

22 12106 of Public Law 113–79: Provided further, That this 

23 appropriation shall be available pursuant to law (7 U.S.C. 

24 2250) for the alteration and repair of buildings and im25 provements, but the cost of altering any one building dur-
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1 ing the fiscal year shall not exceed 10 percent of the cur2 rent replacement value of the building. 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FARM AND

4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 

7 $898,000. 

8 FARM SERVICE AGENCY

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

11 For necessary expenses of the Farm Service Agency, 

12 $1,180,391,000: Provided, That not more than 50 percent 

13 of the $112,575,000 made available under this heading 

14 for information technology related to farm program deliv15 ery, including the Modernize and Innovate the Delivery of 

16 Agricultural Systems (MIDAS) and other farm program 

17 delivery systems, may be obligated until the Secretary sub18 mits to the Committees on Appropriations a plan for ex19 penditure that (1) identifies for each project/investment 

20 over $25,000 (a) the functional and performance capabili21 ties to be delivered and the mission benefits to be realized, 

22 (b) the estimated lifecycle cost, including estimates for de23 velopment as well as maintenance and operations, and (c) 

24 key milestones to be met; (2) demonstrates that each 

25 project/investment is, (a) consistent with the Farm Service 
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1 Agency Information Technology Roadmap, (b) being man2 aged in accordance with applicable lifecycle management 

3 policies and guidance, and (c) subject to the applicable De4 partment’s capital planning and investment control re5 quirements; and (3) has been submitted to the Govern6 ment Accountability Office: Provided further, That the 

7 agency shall submit a report by the end of the fourth quar8 ter of fiscal year 2016 to the Committees on Appropria9 tions and the Government Accountability Office, that iden10 tifies for each project/investment that is operational (a) 

11 current performance against key indicators of customer 

12 satisfaction, (b) current performance of service level agree13 ments or other technical metrics, (c) current performance 

14 against a pre-established cost baseline, (d) a detailed 

15 breakdown of current and planned spending on oper16 ational enhancements or upgrades, and (e) an assessment 

17 of whether the investment continues to meet business 

18 needs as intended as well as alternatives to the investment: 

19 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to use 

20 the services, facilities, and authorities (but not the funds) 

21 of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make program 

22 payments for all programs administered by the Agency: 

23 Provided further, That other funds made available to the 

24 Agency for authorized activities may be advanced to and 

25 merged with this account: Provided further, That funds 
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1 made available to county committees shall remain avail2 able until expended: Provided further, That none of the 

3 funds available to the Farm Service Agency shall be used 

4 to close Farm Service Agency county offices: Provided fur5 ther, That none of the funds available to the Farm Service 

6 Agency shall be used to permanently relocate county based 

7 employees that would result in an office with two or fewer 

8 employees without prior notification and approval of the 

9 Committees on Appropriations. 

10 STATE MEDIATION GRANTS

11 For grants pursuant to section 502(b) of the Agricul12 tural Credit Act of 1987, as amended (7 U.S.C. 5101– 

13 5106), $3,404,000. 

14 GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM

15 For necessary expenses to carry out wellhead or 

16 groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of 

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

18 $6,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

19 DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For necessary expenses involved in making indemnity 

22 payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy 

23 products under a dairy indemnity program, such sums as 

24 may be necessary, to remain available until expended: Pro25 vided, That such program is carried out by the Secretary 
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1 in the same manner as the dairy indemnity program de2 scribed in the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

3 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria4 tions Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387, 114 Stat. 1549A– 

5 12). 

6 AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM

7 ACCOUNT

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

9 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di10 rect and guaranteed farm ownership (7 U.S.C. 1922 et 

11 seq.) and operating (7 U.S.C. 1941 et seq.) loans, emer12 gency loans (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.), Indian tribe land ac13 quisition loans (25 U.S.C. 488), boll weevil loans (7 

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

15 1924 et seq.), and Indian highly fractionated land loans 

16 (25 U.S.C. 488) to be available from funds in the Agricul17 tural Credit Insurance Fund, as follows: $2,000,000,000 

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

19 for farm ownership direct loans; $1,393,443,000 for un20 subsidized guaranteed operating loans and 

21 $1,252,004,000 for direct operating loans; emergency 

22 loans, $34,667,000; Indian tribe land acquisition loans, 

23 $2,000,000; guaranteed conservation loans, 

24 $150,000,000; Indian highly fractionated land loans, 

25 $10,000,000; and for boll weevil eradication program 
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1 loans, $60,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

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

3 of boll weevil eradication program loans. 

4 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans and 

5 grants, including the cost of modifying loans as defined 

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

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

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

9 operating loans, and emergency loans, $1,262,000, to re10 main available until expended. 

11 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

12 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

13 $314,918,000, of which $306,998,000 shall be transferred 

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

15 Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

16 Funds appropriated by this Act to the Agricultural 

17 Credit Insurance Program Account for farm ownership, 

18 operating and conservation direct loans and guaranteed 

19 loans may be transferred among these programs: Pro20 vided, That the Committees on Appropriations of both 

21 Houses of Congress are notified at least 15 days in ad22 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, $74,829,000: 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 

24 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 
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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 $898,000. 

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 

25 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 428a); purchase and erection or alter-
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1 ation or improvement of permanent and temporary build2 ings; and operation and maintenance of aircraft, 

3 $855,209,000, 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: Provided further, 

13 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

14 $5,600,000, shall remain available until expended for the 

15 authorities under 16 U.S.C. 1001–1005 and 1007–1009 

16 for authorized ongoing watershed projects with a primary 

17 purpose of providing water to rural communities: Provided 

18 further, That of the amounts made available under this 

19 heading, $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended 

20 for the authorities under section 13 of the Flood Control 

21 Act of December 22, 1944 (Public Law 78–534) for au22 thorized ongoing projects with a primary purpose of water23 shed protection by stabilizing stream channels, tributaries, 

24 and banks to reduce erosion and sediment transport. 
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1 TITLE III 

2 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

3 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RURAL

4 DEVELOPMENT

5 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

6 Secretary for Rural Development, $898,000. 

7 RURAL DEVELOPMENT SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

14 $228,701,000: Provided, That no less than $19,500,000 

15 shall be for the Comprehensive Loan Accounting System: 

16 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law, funds appropriated under this heading may 

18 be used for advertising and promotional activities that 

19 support the Rural Development mission area: Provided 

20 further, That any balances available from prior years for 

21 the Rural Utilities Service, Rural Housing Service, and 

22 the Rural Business–Cooperative Service salaries and ex23 penses accounts shall be transferred to and merged with 

24 this appropriation. 
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1 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE

2 RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

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

10 504 housing repair loans; $28,398,000 for section 515 

11 rental housing; $200,000,000 for section 538 guaranteed 

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

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

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

15 $5,000,000 for section 524 site development loans. 

16 For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including 

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

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

19 502 loans, $60,750,000 shall be for direct loans; section 

20 504 housing repair loans, $3,424,000; and repair, rehabili21 tation, and new construction of section 515 rental housing, 

22 $8,414,000: Provided, That to support the loan program 

23 level for section 538 guaranteed loans made available 

24 under this heading the Secretary may charge or adjust 

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

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

3 loans may not be subsidized: Provided further, That appli4 cants in communities that have a current rural area waiv5 er under section 541 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 

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

7 for purposes of section 502 guaranteed loans provided 

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

9 available under this paragraph for section 502 direct 

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

11 loans for individuals whose homes will be built pursuant 

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

13 grant authorized by section 523 of the Housing Act of 

14 1949 until June 1, 2016. 

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

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

17 $15,053,000, to remain available until expended, for direct 

18 farm labor housing loans and domestic farm labor housing 

19 grants and contracts: Provided, That any balances avail20 able for the Farm Labor Program Account shall be trans21 ferred to and merged with this account. 

22 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

23 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

24 $415,100,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 
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1 appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and Ex2 penses’’. 

3 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

4 For rental assistance agreements entered into or re5 newed pursuant to the authority under section 521(a)(2) 

6 or agreements entered into in lieu of debt forgiveness or 

7 payments for eligible households as authorized by section 

8 502(c)(5)(D) of the Housing Act of 1949, 

9 $1,167,000,000; and, in addition, such sums as may be 

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

11 liquidate debt incurred prior to fiscal year 1992 to carry 

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

13 of the Act: Provided, That rental assistance agreements 

14 entered into or renewed during the current fiscal year 

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

16 rental assistance contracts will not be renewed within the 

17 12-month contract period: Provided further, That any un18 expended balances remaining at the end of such 1-year 

19 agreements may be transferred and used for the purposes 

20 of any debt reduction; maintenance, repair, or rehabilita21 tion of any existing projects; preservation; and rental as22 sistance activities authorized under title V of the Act: Pro23 vided further, That rental assistance provided under agree24 ments entered into prior to fiscal year 2016 for a farm 

25 labor multi-family housing project financed under section 
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1 514 or 516 of the Act may not be recaptured for use in 

2 another project until such assistance has remained unused 

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

4 a waiting list of tenants seeking such assistance or the 

5 project has rental assistance eligible tenants who are not 

6 receiving such assistance: Provided further, That such re7 captured rental assistance shall, to the extent practicable, 

8 be applied to another farm labor multi-family housing 

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

10 MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVITALIZATION PROGRAM

11 ACCOUNT

12 For the rural housing voucher program as authorized 

13 under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949, but not14 withstanding subsection (b) of such section, and for addi15 tional costs to conduct a demonstration program for the 

16 preservation and revitalization of multi-family rental hous17 ing properties described in this paragraph, $24,000,000, 

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

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

20 shall be available for rural housing vouchers to any low21 income household (including those not receiving rental as22 sistance) residing in a property financed with a section 

23 515 loan which has been prepaid after September 30, 

24 2005: Provided further, That the amount of such voucher 

25 shall be the difference between comparable market rent 
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1 for the section 515 unit and the tenant paid rent for such 

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

3 vouchers shall be subject to the availability of annual ap4 propriations: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, 

5 to the maximum extent practicable, administer such 

6 vouchers with current regulations and administrative guid7 ance applicable to section 8 housing vouchers administered 

8 by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 

9 Development: Provided further, That if the Secretary de10 termines that the amount made available for vouchers in 

11 this or any other Act is not needed for vouchers, the Sec12 retary may use such funds for the demonstration program 

13 for the preservation and revitalization of multi-family 

14 rental housing properties described in this paragraph: Pro15 vided further, That of the funds made available under this 

16 heading, $17,000,000 shall be available for a demonstra17 tion program for the preservation and revitalization of the 

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

19 properties to restructure existing USDA multi-family 

20 housing loans, as the Secretary deems appropriate, ex21 pressly for the purposes of ensuring the project has suffi22 cient resources to preserve the project for the purpose of 

23 providing safe and affordable housing for low-income resi24 dents and farm laborers including reducing or eliminating 

25 interest; deferring loan payments, subordinating, reducing 
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1 or reamortizing loan debt; and other financial assistance 

2 including advances, payments and incentives (including 

3 the ability of owners to obtain reasonable returns on in4 vestment) required by the Secretary: Provided further, 

5 That the Secretary shall as part of the preservation and 

6 revitalization agreement obtain a restrictive use agreement 

7 consistent with the terms of the restructuring: Provided 

8 further, That if the Secretary determines that additional 

9 funds for vouchers described in this paragraph are needed, 

10 funds for the preservation and revitalization demonstra11 tion program may be used for such vouchers: Provided fur12 ther, That if Congress enacts legislation to permanently 

13 authorize a multi-family rental housing loan restructuring 

14 program similar to the demonstration program described 

15 herein, the Secretary may use funds made available for 

16 the demonstration program under this heading to carry 

17 out such legislation with the prior approval of the Commit18 tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Pro19 vided further, That in addition to any other available 

20 funds, the Secretary may expend not more than 

21 $1,000,000 total, from the program funds made available 

22 under this heading, for administrative expenses for activi23 ties funded under this heading. 
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1 MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS

2 For grants and contracts pursuant to section 

3 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1490c), $27,500,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS

6 For grants for very low-income housing repair and 

7 rural housing preservation made by the Rural Housing 

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

9 $32,239,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

12 For gross obligations for the principal amount of di13 rect and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 306 

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

15 Farm and Rural Development Act, $2,200,000,000 for di16 rect loans and $84,746,000 for guaranteed loans. 

17 For the cost of guaranteed loans, including the cost 

18 of modifying loans, as defined in section 502 of the Con19 gressional Budget Act of 1974, $2,000,000, to remain 

20 available until expended. 

21 For the cost of grants for rural community facilities 

22 programs as authorized by section 306 and described in 

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

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

25 expended: Provided, That $4,000,000 of the amount ap-
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1 propriated under this heading shall be available for a 

2 Rural Community Development Initiative: Provided fur3 ther, That such funds shall be used solely to develop the 

4 capacity and ability of private, nonprofit community-based 

5 housing and community development organizations, low6 income rural communities, and Federally Recognized Na7 tive American Tribes to undertake projects to improve 

8 housing, community facilities, community and economic 

9 development projects in rural areas: Provided further, 

10 That such funds shall be made available to qualified pri11 vate, nonprofit and public intermediary organizations pro12 posing to carry out a program of financial and technical 

13 assistance: Provided further, That such intermediary orga14 nizations shall provide matching funds from other sources, 

15 including Federal funds for related activities, in an 

16 amount not less than funds provided: Provided further, 

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

18 heading shall be to provide grants for facilities in rural 

19 communities with extreme unemployment and severe eco20 nomic depression (Public Law 106–387), with up to 5 per21 cent for administration and capacity building in the State 

22 rural development offices: Provided further, That 

23 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head24 ing shall be available for community facilities grants to 

25 tribal colleges, as authorized by section 306(a)(19) of such 
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1 Act: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

2 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

3 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

4 heading. 

5 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE

6 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

9 rural business development programs authorized by sec10 tion 310B and described in subsections (a), (c), (f) and 

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

12 Development Act, $62,687,000, to remain available until 

13 expended: Provided, That of the amount appropriated 

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

15 available for one grant to a qualified national organization 

16 to provide technical assistance for rural transportation in 

17 order to promote economic development and $3,000,000 

18 shall be for grants to the Delta Regional Authority (7 

19 U.S.C. 2009aa et seq.) for any Rural Community Ad20 vancement Program purpose as described in section 

21 381E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop22 ment Act, of which not more than 5 percent may be used 

23 for administrative expenses: Provided further, That 

24 $4,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head25 ing shall be for business grants to benefit Federally Recog-
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1 nized Native American Tribes, including $250,000 for a 

2 grant to a qualified national organization to provide tech3 nical assistance for rural transportation in order to pro4 mote economic development: Provided further, That for 

5 purposes of determining eligibility or level of program as6 sistance the Secretary shall not include incarcerated pris7 on populations: Provided further, That sections 381E–H 

8 and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop9 ment Act are not applicable to funds made available under 

10 this heading. 

11 INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author14 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac15 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), $18,889,000. 

16 For the cost of direct loans, $5,217,000, as author17 ized by the Intermediary Relending Program Fund Ac18 count (7 U.S.C. 1936b), of which $531,000 shall be avail19 able through June 30, 2016, for Federally Recognized Na20 tive American Tribes; and of which $1,021,000 shall be 

21 available through June 30, 2016, for Mississippi Delta Re22 gion counties (as determined in accordance with Public 

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

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

25 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
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1 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

2 the direct loan programs, $4,439,000 shall be transferred 

3 to and merged with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Develop4 ment, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

5 RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM

6 ACCOUNT

7 (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)

8 For the principal amount of direct loans, as author9 ized under section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act, 

10 for the purpose of promoting rural economic development, 

11 energy efficiency, and job creation projects, $48,013,000. 

12 Of the funds derived from interest on the cushion of 

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

14 Electrification Act of 1936, $182,000,000 shall not be ob15 ligated and $182,000,000 are rescinded. 

16 RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

17 For rural cooperative development grants authorized 

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

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

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

21 the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas pro22 gram: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be 

23 for grants for cooperative development centers, individual 

24 cooperatives, or groups of cooperatives that serve socially 

25 disadvantaged groups and a majority of the boards of di-
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1 rectors or governing boards of which are comprised of in2 dividuals who are members of socially disadvantaged 

3 groups; and of which $10,750,000, to remain available 

4 until expended, shall be for value-added agricultural prod5 uct market development grants, as authorized by section 

6 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 

7 U.S.C. 1632a). 

8 RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM

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

10 the same terms and conditions as authorized by section 

11 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

12 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), $500,000: Provided, That the cost 

13 of loan guarantees, including the cost of modifying such 

14 loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres15 sional Budget Act of 1974. 

16 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE

17 RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

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

21 and solid waste management programs authorized by sec22 tions 306, 306A, 306C, 306D, 306E, and 310B and de23 scribed in sections 306C(a)(2), 306D, 306E, and 

24 381E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop25 ment Act, $496,738,000, to remain available until ex-
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1 pended, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be avail2 able for the rural utilities program described in section 

3 306(a)(2)(B) of such Act, and of which not to exceed 

4 $993,000 shall be available for the rural utilities program 

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

6 $66,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head7 ing shall be for loans and grants including water and 

8 waste disposal systems grants authorized by 

9 306C(a)(2)(B) and 306D of the Consolidated Farm and 

10 Rural Development Act, Federally Recognized Native 

11 American Tribes authorized by 306C(a)(1), and the De12 partment of Hawaiian Home Lands (of the State of Ha13 waii): Provided further, That funding provided for section 

14 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 

15 Act may be provided to a consortium formed pursuant to 

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

17 not more than 2 percent of the funding provided for sec18 tion 306D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop19 ment Act may be used by the State of Alaska for training 

20 and technical assistance programs and not more than 2 

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

22 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may be 

23 used by a consortium formed pursuant to section 325 of 

24 Public Law 105–83 for training and technical assistance 

25 programs: Provided further, That not to exceed 
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1 $19,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this head2 ing shall be for technical assistance grants for rural water 

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

4 Act, unless the Secretary makes a determination of ex5 treme need, of which $6,000,000 shall be made available 

6 for a grant to a qualified nonprofit multi-State regional 

7 technical assistance organization, with experience in work8 ing with small communities on water and waste water 

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

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

11 in improving the planning, financing, development, oper12 ation, and management of water and waste water systems, 

13 and of which not less than $800,000 shall be for a quali14 fied national Native American organization to provide 

15 technical assistance for rural water systems for tribal com16 munities: Provided further, That not to exceed 

17 $16,500,000 of the amount appropriated under this head18 ing shall be for contracting with qualified national organi19 zations for a circuit rider program to provide technical as20 sistance for rural water systems: Provided further, That 

21 not to exceed $4,000,000 shall be for solid waste manage22 ment grants: Provided further, That $10,000,000 of the 

23 amount appropriated under this heading shall be trans24 ferred to, and merged with, the Rural Utilities Service, 

25 High Energy Cost Grants Account to provide grants au-
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1 thorized under section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act 

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

3 year balances for high-energy cost grants authorized by 

4 section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 

5 U.S.C. 918a) shall be transferred to and merged with the 

6 Rural Utilities Service, High Energy Cost Grants Ac7 count: Provided further, That sections 381E–H and 381N 

8 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are 

9 not applicable to the funds made available under this 

10 heading. 

11 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

12 LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

14 The principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans 

15 as authorized by sections 305 and 306 of the Rural Elec16 trification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 935 and 936) shall be 

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

18 that Act, rural electric, $6,000,000,000; guaranteed un19 derwriting loans pursuant to section 313A, $750,000,000; 

20 5 percent rural telecommunications loans, cost of money 

21 rural telecommunications loans, and for loans made pursu22 ant to section 306 of that Act, rural telecommunications 

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

24 $2,000,000,000 shall be used for the construction, acquisi25 tion, or improvement of fossil-fueled electric generating 
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1 plants (whether new or existing) that utilize carbon se2 questration systems. 

3 For the cost of direct loans as authorized by section 

4 305 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 

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

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

7 of money rural telecommunications loans, $104,000. 

8 In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to 

9 carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, 

10 $34,478,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 

11 with the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries 

12 and Expenses’’. 

13 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND

14 PROGRAM

15 For the principal amount of broadband telecommuni16 cation loans, $20,576,000. 

17 For grants for telemedicine and distance learning 

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

19 et seq., $22,000,000, to remain available until expended: 

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

21 grants authorized by 379G of the Consolidated Farm and 

22 Rural Development Act: Provided further, That funding 

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

24 Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act may only 
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1 be provided to entities that meet all of the eligibility cri2 teria for a consortium as established by this section. 

3 For the cost of broadband loans, as authorized by 

4 section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act, $4,500,000, 

5 to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 

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

7 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 

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

9 expended, for a grant program to finance broadband 

10 transmission in rural areas eligible for Distance Learning 

11 and Telemedicine Program benefits authorized by 7 

12 U.S.C. 950aaa. 

13 TITLE IV 

14 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 

15 OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOOD, 

16 NUTRITION, AND CONSUMER SERVICES

17 For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under 

18 Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 

19 $816,000. 

20 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE

21 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the Richard B. 

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

25 seq.), except section 21, and the Child Nutrition Act of 
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1 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 

2 21; $21,524,377,000 to remain available through Sep3 tember 30, 2017, of which such sums as are made avail4 able under section 14222(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, 

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

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

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

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

9 shall be available to carry out section 19 of the Child Nu10 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.): Provided 

11 further, That of the total amount available, $25,000,000 

12 shall be available to provide competitive grants to State 

13 agencies for subgrants to local educational agencies and 

14 schools to purchase the equipment needed to serve 

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

16 the establishment, maintenance, or expansion of the school 

17 breakfast program: Provided further, That of the total 

18 amount available, $16,000,000 shall remain available until 

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

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

21 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR

22 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the special sup24 plemental nutrition program as authorized by section 17 

25 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), 
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1 $6,513,000,000, to remain available through September 

2 30, 2017: Provided, That notwithstanding section 

3 17(h)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

4 1786(h)(10)), not less than $60,000,000 shall be used for 

5 breastfeeding peer counselors and other related activities, 

6 $13,600,000 shall be used for infrastructure, $55,000,000 

7 shall be used for management information systems: Pro8 vided further, That none of the funds provided in this ac9 count shall be available for the purchase of infant formula 

10 except in accordance with the cost containment and com11 petitive bidding requirements specified in section 17 of 

12 such Act: Provided further, That none of the funds pro13 vided shall be available for activities that are not fully re14 imbursed by other Federal Government departments or 

15 agencies unless authorized by section 17 of such Act: Pro16 vided further, That upon termination of a federally man17 dated vendor moratorium and subject to terms and condi18 tions established by the Secretary, the Secretary may 

19 waive the requirement at 7 CFR 246.12(g)(6) at the re20 quest of a State agency. 

21 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the Food and 

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

24 $81,662,069,000, of which $3,000,000,000, to remain 

25 available through September 30, 2017, shall be placed in 
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1 reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times 

2 as may become necessary to carry out program operations: 

3 Provided, That funds provided herein shall be expended 

4 in accordance with section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 

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

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

7 provide nutrition education services to State agencies and 

8 Federally Recognized Tribes participating in the Food 

9 Distribution Program on Indian Reservations: Provided 

10 further, That this appropriation shall be subject to any 

11 work registration or workfare requirements as may be re12 quired by law: Provided further, That funds made available 

13 for Employment and Training under this heading shall re14 main available through September 30, 2017: Provided fur15 ther, That funds made available under this heading for 

16 a study on Indian tribal administration of nutrition pro17 grams, as provided in title IV of the Agricultural Act of 

18 2014 (Public Law 113–79), and a study of the removal 

19 of cash benefits in Puerto Rico, as provided in title IV 

20 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79) shall 

21 be available until expended: Provided further, That funds 

22 made available under this heading for section 28(d)(1) and 

23 section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 shall 

24 remain available through September 30, 2017: Provided 

25 further, That funds made available under this heading for 
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1 employment and training pilot projects, as provided in title 

2 IV of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79), 

3 shall remain available through September 30, 2018: Pro4 vided further, That funds made available under this head5 ing may be used to enter into contracts and employ staff 

6 to conduct studies, evaluations, or to conduct activities re7 lated to program integrity provided that such activities are 

8 authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. 

9 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

10 For necessary expenses to carry out disaster assist11 ance and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program as 

12 authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Con13 sumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note); the 

14 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983; special assist15 ance for the nuclear affected islands, as authorized by sec16 tion 103(f)(2) of the Compact of Free Association Amend17 ments Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–188); and the Farm18 ers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by section 

19 17(m) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, $288,317,000, 

20 to remain available through September 30, 2017: Pro21 vided, That none of these funds shall be available to reim22 burse the Commodity Credit Corporation for commodities 

23 donated to the program: Provided further, That notwith24 standing any other provision of law, effective with funds 

25 made available in fiscal year 2016 to support the Seniors 
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1 Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, as authorized by 

2 section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 

3 Act of 2002, such funds shall remain available through 

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

5 made available under section 27(a) of the Food and Nutri6 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)), the Secretary may 

7 use up to 10 percent for costs associated with the distribu8 tion of commodities. 

9 NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

10 For necessary administrative expenses of the Food 

11 and Nutrition Service for carrying out any domestic nutri12 tion assistance program, $151,824,000: Provided, That of 

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

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

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

16 TITLE V 

17 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 

18 PROGRAMS 

19 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

22 For necessary expenses of the Foreign Agricultural 

23 Service, including not to exceed $250,000 for representa24 tion allowances and for expenses pursuant to section 8 of 

25 the Act approved August 3, 1956 (7 U.S.C. 1766), 
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1 $187,225,000, of which no more than 6 percent shall re2 main available until September 30, 2017, for overseas op3 erations to include the payment of locally employed staff: 

4 Provided, That the Service may utilize advances of funds, 

5 or reimburse this appropriation for expenditures made on 

6 behalf of Federal agencies, public and private organiza7 tions and institutions under agreements executed pursu8 ant to the agricultural food production assistance pro9 grams (7 U.S.C. 1737) and the foreign assistance pro10 grams of the United States Agency for International De11 velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 

12 for middle-income country training programs, funds made 

13 available for the Borlaug International Agricultural 

14 Science and Technology Fellowship program, and up to 

15 $2,000,000 of the Foreign Agricultural Service appropria16 tion solely for the purpose of offsetting fluctuations in 

17 international currency exchange rates, subject to docu18 mentation by the Foreign Agricultural Service, shall re19 main available until expended. 

20 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE I DIRECT CREDIT AND FOOD

21 FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For administrative expenses to carry out the credit 

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

25 480) and the Food for Progress Act of 1985, $2,528,000, 
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1 shall be transferred to and merged with the appropriation 

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

3 FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS

4 For expenses during the current fiscal year, not oth5 erwise recoverable, and unrecovered prior years’ costs, in6 cluding interest thereon, under the Food for Peace Act 

7 (Public Law 83–480), for commodities supplied in connec8 tion with dispositions abroad under title II of said Act, 

9 $1,466,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION

11 AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest14 ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1), $201,626,000, to 

15 remain available until expended: Provided, That the Com16 modity Credit Corporation is authorized to provide the 

17 services, facilities, and authorities for the purpose of im18 plementing such section, subject to reimbursement from 

19 amounts provided herein: Provided further, That of the 

20 amount made available under this heading, $10,000,000, 

21 shall remain available until expended for necessary ex22 penses to carry out the provisions of section 3207 of the 

23 Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 1726c). 
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1 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS)

2 CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

4 For administrative expenses to carry out the Com5 modity Credit Corporation’s Export Guarantee Program, 

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

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

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

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

11 appropriation for ‘‘Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries 

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

14 Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

15 TITLE VI 

16 RELATED AGENCY AND FOOD AND DRUG 

17 ADMINISTRATION 

18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

19 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

23 motor vehicles; for payment of space rental and related 

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

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

2 in the District of Columbia or elsewhere; for miscellaneous 

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

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

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

7 107–188; $4,559,663,000: Provided, That of the amount 

8 provided under this heading, $826,072,000 shall be de9 rived from prescription drug user fees authorized by 21 

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

11 remain available until expended; $134,475,000 shall be de12 rived from medical device user fees authorized by 21 

13 U.S.C. 379j, and shall be credited to this account and re14 main available until expended; $320,029,000 shall be de15 rived from human generic drug user fees authorized by 

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

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

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

20 this account and remain available until expended; 

21 $22,140,000 shall be derived from animal drug user fees 

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

23 to this account and remain available until expended; 

24 $7,429,000 shall be derived from animal generic drug user 

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

2 $599,000,000 shall be derived from tobacco product user 

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

4 to this account and remain available until expended: Pro5 vided further, That in addition to and notwithstanding any 

6 other provision under this heading, amounts collected for 

7 prescription drug user fees, medical device user fees, 

8 human generic drug user fees, biosimilar biological prod9 uct user fees, animal drug user fees, and animal generic 

10 drug user fees that exceed the respective fiscal year 2016 

11 limitations are appropriated and shall be credited to this 

12 account and remain available until expended: Provided fur13 ther, That fees derived from prescription drug, medical de14 vice, human generic drug, biosimilar biological product, 

15 animal drug, and animal generic drug assessments for fis16 cal year 2016, including any such fees collected prior to 

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

18 be subject to the fiscal year 2016 limitations: Provided fur19 ther, That the Secretary may accept payment during fiscal 

20 year 2016 of user fees specified under this heading and 

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

22 such fees, and that amounts of such fees assessed for fis23 cal year 2017 for which the Secretary accepts payment 

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

25 this heading: Provided further, That none of these funds 
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1 shall be used to develop, establish, or operate any program 

2 of user fees authorized by 31 U.S.C. 9701: Provided fur3 ther, That of the total amount appropriated: (1) 

4 $948,403,000 shall be for the Center for Food Safety and 

5 Applied Nutrition and related field activities in the Office 

6 of Regulatory Affairs; (2) $1,366,975,000 shall be for the 

7 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and related 

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

9 $345,190,000 shall be for the Center for Biologics Evalua10 tion and Research and for related field activities in the 

11 Office of Regulatory Affairs; (4) $171,115,000 shall be 

12 for the Center for Veterinary Medicine and for related 

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

14 $424,635,000 shall be for the Center for Devices and Ra15 diological Health and for related field activities in the Of16 fice of Regulatory Affairs; (6) $63,331,000 shall be for 

17 the National Center for Toxicological Research; (7) 

18 $564,117,000 shall be for the Center for Tobacco Prod19 ucts and for related field activities in the Office of Regu20 latory Affairs; (8) not to exceed $166,762,000 shall be for 

21 Rent and Related activities, of which $50,218,000 is for 

22 White Oak Consolidation, other than the amounts paid to 

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

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

25 Services Administration for rent; (10) not less than 
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1 $150,000 shall be used to implement a requirement that 

2 the labeling of genetically engineered salmon offered for 

3 sale to consumers indicate that such salmon is genetically 

4 engineered; and (11) $279,703,000 shall be for other ac5 tivities, including the Office of the Commissioner of Food 

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

7 the Office of Medical and Tobacco Products, the Office 

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

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

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

11 of this amount shall be for official reception and represen12 tation expenses, not otherwise provided for, as determined 

13 by the Commissioner: Provided further, That any transfer 

14 of funds pursuant to section 770(n) of the Federal Food, 

15 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379dd(n)) shall only 

16 be from amounts made available under this heading for 

17 other activities: Provided further, That of the amounts 

18 that are made available under this heading for ‘‘other ac19 tivities’’, and that are not derived from user fees, 

20 $1,500,000 shall be transferred to and merged with the 

21 appropriation for ‘‘Department of Health and Human 

22 Services—Office of Inspector General’’ for oversight of the 

23 programs and operations of the Food and Drug Adminis24 tration and shall be in addition to funds otherwise made 

25 available for oversight of the Food and Drug Administra-
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1 tion: Provided further, That funds may be transferred 

2 from one specified activity to another with the prior ap3 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

4 Houses of Congress. 

5 In addition, mammography user fees authorized by 

6 42 U.S.C. 263b, export certification user fees authorized 

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

8 21 U.S.C. 360n and 360ff, food and feed recall fees, food 

9 reinspection fees, and voluntary qualified importer pro10 gram fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 379j–31, outsourcing 

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

12 drug wholesale distributor licensing and inspection fees 

13 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 353(e)(3), and third-party logis14 tics provider licensing and inspection fees authorized by 

15 21 U.S.C. 360eee–3(c)(1), and third-party auditor fees 

16 authorized by 21 U.S.C. 384d(c)(8), shall be credited to 

17 this account, 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 

23 available until expended. 
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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCY 

2 FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

3 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

4 Not to exceed $65,600,000 (from assessments col5 lected from farm credit institutions, including the Federal 

6 Agricultural Mortgage Corporation) shall be obligated 

7 during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses 

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

9 limitation shall not apply to expenses associated with re10 ceiverships: Provided further, That the agency may exceed 

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

12 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con13 gress. 

14 TITLE VII 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSIONS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

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

18 appropriations and authorizations made for the Depart19 ment of Agriculture for the current fiscal year under this 

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

21 specifically provided for, of not to exceed 71 passenger 

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

23 and for the hire of such vehicles: Provided, That notwith24 standing this section, the only purchase of new passenger 

25 vehicles shall be for those determined by the Secretary to 
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1 be necessary for transportation safety, to reduce oper2 ational costs, and for the protection of life, property, and 

3 public safety. 

4 SEC. 702. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer unobli6 gated balances of discretionary funds appropriated by this 

7 Act or any other available unobligated discretionary bal8 ances that are remaining available of the Department of 

9 Agriculture to the Working Capital Fund for the acquisi10 tion of plant and capital equipment necessary for the deliv11 ery of financial, administrative, and information tech12 nology services of primary benefit to the agencies of the 

13 Department of Agriculture, such transferred funds to re14 main available until expended: Provided, That none of the 

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

16 be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without the 

17 prior approval of the agency administrator: Provided fur18 ther, That none of the funds transferred to the Working 

19 Capital Fund pursuant to this section shall be available 

20 for obligation without written notification to and the prior 

21 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

23 funds appropriated by this Act or made available to the 

24 Department’s Working Capital Fund shall be available for 

25 obligation or expenditure to make any changes to the De-
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1 partment’s National Finance Center without written noti2 fication to and prior approval of the Committees on Ap3 propriations of both Houses of Congress as required by 

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

5 income amounts in the Working Capital Fund of the De6 partment of Agriculture allocated for the National Fi7 nance Center, the Secretary may reserve not more than 

8 4 percent for the replacement or acquisition of capital 

9 equipment, including equipment for the improvement and 

10 implementation of a financial management plan, informa11 tion technology, and other systems of the National Fi12 nance Center or to pay any unforeseen, extraordinary cost 

13 of the National Finance Center: Provided further, That 

14 none of the amounts reserved shall be available for obliga15 tion unless the Secretary submits written notification of 

16 the obligation to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur18 ther, That the limitation on the obligation of funds pend19 ing notification to Congressional Committees shall not 

20 apply to any obligation that, as determined by the Sec21 retary, is necessary to respond to a declared state of emer22 gency that significantly impacts the operations of the Na23 tional Finance Center; or to evacuate employees of the Na24 tional Finance Center to a safe haven to continue oper25 ations of the National Finance Center. 
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1 SEC. 703. No part of any appropriation contained in 

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

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

5 used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative 

6 agreements or similar arrangements between the United 

7 States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institu8 tions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of 

9 the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative ar10 rangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest 

11 between the two parties. This does not preclude appro12 priate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts 

13 with such institutions when such indirect costs are com14 puted on a similar basis for all agencies for which appro15 priations are provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 705. Appropriations to the Department of Agri17 culture for the cost of direct and guaranteed loans made 

18 available in the current fiscal year shall remain available 

19 until expended to disburse obligations made in the current 

20 fiscal year for the following accounts: the Rural Develop21 ment Loan Fund program account, the Rural Electrifica22 tion and Telecommunication Loans program account, and 

23 the Rural Housing Insurance Fund program account. 

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

25 Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to ac-
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1 quire new information technology systems or significant 

2 upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Infor3 mation Officer, without the approval of the Chief Informa4 tion Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Informa5 tion Technology Investment Review Board: Provided, That 

6 notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 

7 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 

8 Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Informa9 tion Officer without written notification to and the prior 

10 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both 

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

12 funds available to the Department of Agriculture for infor13 mation technology shall be obligated for projects over 

14 $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief 

15 Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief In16 formation Officer may authorize an agency to obligate 

17 funds without written approval from the Chief Informa18 tion Officer for projects up to $250,000 based upon the 

19 performance of an agency measured against the perform20 ance plan requirements described in the report accom21 panying this Act. 

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

23 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)) in 

24 the current fiscal year shall remain available until ex-
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1 pended to disburse obligations made in the current fiscal 

2 year. 

3 SEC. 708. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

5 an insured, direct or guaranteed loan under the Rural 

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

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

8 such Act, shall be eligible for assistance under section 

9 313(b)(2)(B) of such Act in the same manner as a bor10 rower under such Act. 

11 SEC. 709. Except as otherwise specifically provided 

12 by law, not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated bal13 ances from appropriations made available for salaries and 

14 expenses in this Act for the Farm Service Agency shall 

15 remain available through September 30, 2017, for infor16 mation technology expenses: Provided, That except as oth17 erwise specifically provided by law, unobligated balances 

18 from appropriations made available for salaries and ex19 penses in this Act for the Rural Development mission area 

20 shall remain available through September 30, 2017, for 

21 information technology expenses. 

22 SEC. 710. None of the funds appropriated or other23 wise made available by this Act may be used for first-class 

24 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) The Watershed Rehabilitation program au22 thorized by section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed and 

23 Flood Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)); and 

24 (2) The Environmental Quality Incentives Pro25 gram as authorized by sections 1240–1240H of the 
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1 Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 

2 3839aa–8) in excess of $1,347,000,000: Provided, 

3 That this limitation shall apply only to funds pro4 vided by section 1241(a)(5)(C) of the Food Security 

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

6 further, That of the funds available under section 

7 1241(a)(5)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 

8 U.S.C. 3841(a)(5)(B)) for fiscal year 2016, 

9 $73,000,000 are permanently rescinded; and 

10 (3) The Biomass Crop Assistance Program au11 thorized by section 9011 of the Farm Security and 

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

13 excess of $3,000,000 in new obligational authority. 

14 SEC. 715. 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 carry out 

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

18 14222 of Public Law 110–246 in excess of $884,980,000, 

19 as follows: Child Nutrition Programs Entitlement Com20 modities—$465,000,000; State Option Contracts— 

21 $5,000,000; Removal of Defective Commodities— 

22 $2,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail23 able in this Act or any other Act shall be used for salaries 

24 and expenses to carry out in this fiscal year section 

25 19(i)(1)(E) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
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1 Lunch Act, as amended, except in an amount that ex2 cludes the transfer of $125,000,000 of the funds to be 

3 transferred under subsection (c) of section 14222 of Pub4 lic Law 110–246, until October 1, 2016: Provided further, 

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

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

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

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

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

10 That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

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

12 the salaries or expenses of any employee of the Depart13 ment of Agriculture or officer of the Commodity Credit 

14 Corporation to carry out clause 3 of section 32 of the Agri15 cultural Adjustment Act of 1935 (Public Law 74–320, 7 

16 U.S.C. 612c, as amended), or for any surplus removal ac17 tivities or price support activities under section 5 of the 

18 Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act: Provided fur19 ther, That the available unobligated balances under 

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

21 in excess of the limitation set forth in this section, except 

22 for the amounts to be transferred pursuant to the first 

23 proviso, are hereby permanently rescinded. 

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

25 any other Act shall be used to pay the salaries and ex-
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1 penses of personnel who prepare or submit appropriations 

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

3 the Congress for programs under the jurisdiction of the 

4 Appropriations Subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural De5 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

6 Agencies that assumes revenues or reflects a reduction 

7 from the previous year due to user fees proposals that 

8 have not been enacted into law prior to the submission 

9 of the budget unless such budget submission identifies 

10 which additional spending reductions should occur in the 

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

12 date of the convening of a committee of conference for 

13 the fiscal year 2017 appropriations Act. 

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

15 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agen16 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

17 or 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 obligation or expenditure through a re21 programming, transfer of funds, or reimbursements as au22 thorized by the Economy Act, or in the case of the Depart23 ment of Agriculture, through use of the authority provided 

24 by section 702(b) of the Department of Agriculture Or-
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1 ganic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2257) or section 8 of Public 

2 Law 89–106 (7 U.S.C. 2263), that— 

3 (1) creates new programs; 

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

5 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

6 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

7 denied or restricted; 

8 (4) relocates an office or employees; 

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

10 or 

11 (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

12 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

13 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

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

15 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

16 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

17 days in advance of the reprogramming of such funds or 

18 the use of such authority. 

19 (b) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro20 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

21 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

22 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

23 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

25 available for obligation or expenditure for activities, pro-
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1 grams, or projects through a reprogramming or use of the 

2 authorities referred to in subsection (a) involving funds 

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

4 that— 

5 (1) augments existing programs, projects, or ac6 tivities; 

7 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist8 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per9 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

10 (3) results from any general savings from a re11 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

12 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap13 proved by Congress; 

14 unless the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of 

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

16 in writing and receives approval from the Committees on 

17 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress at least 30 

18 days in advance of the reprogramming or transfer of such 

19 funds or the use of such authority. 

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

21 Health and Human Services shall notify in writing and 

22 receive approval from the Committees on Appropriations 

23 of both Houses of Congress before implementing any pro24 gram or activity not carried out during the previous fiscal 
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1 year unless the program or activity is funded by this Act 

2 or specifically funded by any other Act. 

3 (d) None of the funds provided by this Act, or pro4 vided by previous Appropriations Acts to the agencies 

5 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

6 expenditure in the current fiscal year, or provided from 

7 any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of 

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

9 available for— 

10 (1) modifying major capital investments fund11 ing levels, including information technology systems, 

12 that involves increasing or decreasing funds in the 

13 current fiscal year for the individual investment in 

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

15 whichever is less; 

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

17 vacant positions or agency activities or functions to 

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

19 with five or more personnel; or 

20 (3) carrying out activities or functions that 

21 were not described in the budget request; 

22 unless the agencies funded by this Act notify, in writing, 

23 the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con24 gress at least 30 days in advance of using the funds for 

25 these purposes. 
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1 (e) As described in this section, no funds may be used 

2 for any activities unless the Secretary of Agriculture or 

3 the Secretary of Health and Human Services receives from 

4 the Committee on Appropriations of both Houses of Con5 gress written or electronic mail confirmation of receipt of 

6 the notification as required in this section. 

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

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

9 1932(g)(5)), the Secretary may assess a one-time fee for 

10 any guaranteed business and industry loan in an amount 

11 that does not exceed 3 percent of the guaranteed principal 

12 portion of the loan. 

13 SEC. 719. None of the funds appropriated or other14 wise made available to the Department of Agriculture, the 

15 Food and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Ad16 ministration shall be used to transmit or otherwise make 

17 available to any non-Department of Agriculture, non-De18 partment of Health and Human Services, or non-Farm 

19 Credit Administration employee questions or responses to 

20 questions that are a result of information requested for 

21 the appropriations hearing process. 

22 SEC. 720. Unless otherwise authorized by existing 

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

24 by an executive branch agency to produce any pre25 packaged news story intended for broadcast or distribution 
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1 in the United States unless the story includes a clear noti2 fication within the text or audio of the prepackaged news 

3 story that the prepackaged news story was prepared or 

4 funded by that executive branch agency. 

5 SEC. 721. No employee of the Department of Agri6 culture may be detailed or assigned from an agency or 

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

8 agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days 

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

10 or office is fully reimbursed by the receiving agency or 

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

12 period of assignment. 

13 SEC. 722. The Secretary of Agriculture may author14 ize a State agency to use funds provided in this Act to 

15 exceed the maximum amount of liquid infant formula 

16 specified in 7 CFR 246.10 when issuing liquid infant for17 mula to participants. 

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

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

20 Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and 

21 the Chairman of the Farm Credit Administration shall 

22 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

23 of Representatives and the Senate a detailed spending 

24 plan by program, project, and activity for all the funds 
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1 made available under this Act including appropriated user 

2 fees, as defined in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 SEC. 724. There is hereby appropriated $1,996,000 

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

5 SEC. 725. The Secretary shall continue the pilot pro6 gram in effect for fiscal year 2013 for packaging and re7 viewing section 502 single family direct loans. The Sec8 retary shall continue agreements with current inter9 mediary organizations and not later than 90 days after 

10 enactment of this Act enter into additional agreements 

11 that increase the number of participating intermediary or12 ganizations to not less than 10. The Secretary shall work 

13 with these organizations to increase the effectiveness of 

14 the section 502 single family direct loan program in rural 

15 communities and shall set aside and make available from 

16 the national reserve section 502 loans an amount nec17 essary to support the work of such intermediaries and pro18 vide a priority for review of such loans. 

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

20 require budget authority and the program level has been 

21 established in this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may 

22 increase the program level for such loans and loan guaran23 tees by not more than 25 percent: Provided, That prior 

24 to the Secretary implementing such an increase, the Sec25 retary notifies, in writing, the Committees on Appropria-
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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. There is hereby appropriated $600,000 for 

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

18 112–55. 

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

20 Act may be used to enforce the final rule entitled ‘‘Food 

21 Labeling; Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in 

22 Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments’’ 

23 published by the Food and Drug Administration in the 

24 Federal Register on December 1, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 

25 71156 et seq.) before December 1, 2016. 
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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. In addition to amounts otherwise made 

10 available by this Act and notwithstanding the last sentence 

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

12 remain available until expended, to implement non-renew13 able agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agri14 cultural lands, as determined by the Secretary, under the 

15 Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1301–1311). 

16 SEC. 732. The Secretary shall set aside for Rural 

17 Economic Area Partnership (REAP) Zones, until August 

18 15, 2016, an amount of funds made available in title III 

19 under the headings of Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

20 Program Account, Mutual and Self-Help Housing Grants, 

21 Rural Housing Assistance Grants, Rural Community Fa22 cilities Program Account, Rural Business Program Ac23 count, Rural Development Loan Fund Program Account, 

24 and Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program Account, 

25 equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones with re-
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1 spect to funds provided under such headings in the most 

2 recent fiscal year any such funds were obligated under 

3 such headings for REAP Zones. 

4 SEC. 733. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

5 may be used to issue, promulgate, or otherwise implement 

6 the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans edition unless 

7 the information and guidelines in the report are solely nu8 tritional and dietary in nature; and based only on a pre9 ponderance of nutritional and dietary scientific evidence 

10 and not extraneous information. 

11 SEC. 734. Funds provided by this or any prior Appro12 priations Act for the Agriculture and Food Research Ini13 tiative under 7 U.S.C. 450i(b) shall be made available 

14 without regard to section 7128 of the Agricultural Act of 

15 2014 (7 U.S.C. 3371 note), under the matching require16 ments in laws in effect on the date before the date of en17 actment of such section: Provided, That the requirements 

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

19 SEC. 735. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Sec20 retary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to 

21 information and subject to the same requirements applica22 ble to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 

23 as provided in section 453 (j) of the Social Security Act 

24 (42 U.S.C. 653 (j)) and section 6103 (l)(7)(D)(ix) of the 

25 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
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1 6103(l)(7)(D)(ix)) to verify the income for individuals par2 ticipating in sections 502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Hous3 ing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472, 1474, 1490a, and 

4 1490r). 

5 SEC. 736. The Secretary may charge a fee for lenders 

6 to access Department loan guarantee systems in connec7 tion with such lenders’ participation in loan guarantee 

8 programs of the Rural Housing Service: Provided, That 

9 the funds collected from such fees shall be made available 

10 to the Secretary without further appropriation and such 

11 funds shall be deposited into the Rural Development Sala12 ries and Expense Account and shall remain available until 

13 expended for obligation and expenditure by the Secretary 

14 for administrative expenses of the Rural Housing Service 

15 Loan Guarantee Program in addition to other available 

16 funds: Provided further, That such fees collected shall not 

17 exceed $50 per loan. 

18 SEC. 737. Of the unobligated balances identified by 

19 the Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1072, 

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

21 amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des22 ignated by Congress as an emergency requirement or for 

23 disaster relief pursuant to a Concurrent Resolution on the 

24 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 

25 Control Act of 1985. 
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1 SEC. 738. Of the unobligated prior year funds identi2 fied by Treasury Appropriation Fund Symbol 12X1980 

3 where obligations have been cancelled, $13,000,000 is re4 scinded. 

5 SEC. 739. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act or any other Act may be used— 

7 (1) in contravention of section 7606 of the Ag8 ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5940); or 

9 (2) to prohibit the transportation, processing, 

10 sale, or use of industrial hemp that is grown or cul11 tivated in accordance with subsection section 7606 

12 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, within or outside 

13 the State in which the industrial hemp is grown or 

14 cultivated. 

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

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

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

18 or requiring information intended for a prescribing health 

19 care professional, in the case of a drug or biological prod20 uct subject to section 503(b)(1) of the Federal Food, 

21 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1)), to be dis22 tributed to such professional electronically (in lieu of in 

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

24 allow or require such distribution. 
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1 SEC. 741. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, 

2 to remain available until expended, for the cost of loans 

3 and grants that is consistent with section 4206 of the Ag4 ricultural Act of 2014, for necessary expenses of the Sec5 retary to support projects that provide access to healthy 

6 food in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality 

7 jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities. 

8 SEC. 742. Notwithstanding any language to the con9 trary, state agricultural experiment stations and state co10 operative extension services are eligible entities under 7 

11 U.S.C. 3125a–1(a). 

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

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

14 rule entitled ‘‘Importation of Beef From a Region in Ar15 gentina’’ published by the Department of Agriculture in 

16 the Federal Register on July 2, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 37935 

17 et seq.) or the rule entitled ‘‘Importation of Beef From 

18 a Region in Brazil’’ published by the Department of Agri19 culture in the Federal Register on July 2, 2015 (80 Fed. 

20 Reg. 37923 et seq.) until the Secretary of Agriculture— 

21 (1) conducts an updated comprehensive risk evaluation of 

22 importing beef produced in Argentina and Brazil; and (2) 

23 updates the Animal Disease Risk Assessment, Prevention, 

24 and Control Act of 2001 (Public Law 107–9) Final Report 

25 issued to Congress in January 2003 as it relates to eco-
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1 nomic impacts associated with the potential introduction 

2 of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), including specific ac3 tions by Federal agencies to prevent the introduction into 

4 or dissemination within the United States of FMD, and 

5 the sufficiency of legislative authority to prevent or control 

6 FMD in the United States; and (3) reports to Congress 

7 on specific steps to implement recommendations of the 

8 May 2015 GAO Report on Federal Veterinarians and 

9 workforce needs for emergency response to an animal dis10 ease outbreak. 

11 SEC. 744. None of the funds appropriated or other12 wise made available by this Act shall be used to pay the 

13 salaries and expenses of personnel— 

14 (1) to inspect horses under section 3 of the 

15 Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 603); 

16 (2) to inspect horses under section 903 of the 

17 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 

18 1996 (7 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 104–127); or 

19 (3) to implement or enforce section 352.19 of 

20 title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor 

21 regulation). 

22 SEC. 745. (a) For the period beginning on the date 

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

24 with respect to the school lunch program established under 

25 the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
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1 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or the school breakfast program es2 tablished under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

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

4 the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on 

5 January 26, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 4088 et seq.), the Sec6 retary shall allow States to grant an exemption from the 

7 whole grain requirements that took effect on or after July 

8 1, 2014, and the States shall establish a process for evalu9 ating and responding, in a reasonable amount of time, to 

10 requests for an exemption: Provided, That school food au11 thorities demonstrate hardship, including financial hard12 ship, in procuring specific whole grain products which are 

13 acceptable to the students and compliant with the whole 

14 grain-rich requirements: Provided further, That school 

15 food authorities shall comply with the applicable grain 

16 component or standard with respect to the school lunch 

17 or school breakfast program that was in effect prior to 

18 July 1, 2014. 

19 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available by this or any other Act shall be used to 

21 pay the salaries and expenses of personnel to implement 

22 any regulations under the Richard B. Russell National 

23 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.), the Child Nu24 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), the Healthy, 

25 Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–296), or 
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1 any other law that would require a reduction in the quan2 tity of sodium contained in Federally reimbursed meals, 

3 foods, and snacks sold in schools below Target 1 (as de4 scribed in section 220.8(f)(3) of title 7, Code of Federal 

5 Regulations (or successor regulations)) until the latest sci6 entific research establishes the reduction is beneficial for 

7 children. 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture, Rural De9 velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

10 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016’’. 
Calendar No. 152 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1800 

[Report No. 114–82] 

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 16, 2015 

Read twice and placed on the calendar